Forty years ago today, 16th February 1981, The Sisters of Mercy famously played their first ever gig, supporting The Thompson Twins at a CND benefit concert held at Alcuin College at The University of York.
York University 16th February 1981 (excerpt regarding SoM)
It's only politics! The CND "Winter Cruise" off in York, presumably in an attempt at poppy polemics which illustrated the problems faced in that marriage of convenience between pop music and worthy causes, the benefit gig.
As the assembling audience got tanked up in the bar, two support bands failed to grab the attention of the few in the hall. Maybe Sisters of Mercy opened up a bit gloomily, all suitably bleak and industrial featuring the mandatory drum machine. Lift-off failed and the bar did good business.
- "Beaten To The Punch" York fanzine, May 1984 (Still Unusual, Tumbler 15.08.2012)Happy Sisters Day to everyone.
- Trevor Ristow, author of SoM biography "Waiting for Another War"
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