The Mission
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Exit The '80s — Goth: Bats Out Of Hell
Overview by Cathi Unsworth, Sounds, 23 September 1989
It's been the decade of the goth — but, somewhere along the line, the innovation of the Birthday Party, the Banshees and the Sisters gave ...
Review by Chris Roberts, Uncut, January 2000
MOCK AT your peril: word oozing from the bat-infested, lightning-flecked towers of the grown-up music press suggests that the year 2000 will spawn a goth ...
The Mission U.K.: Angst And Ecstacy
Interview by Christine Natanael, Reflex, 27 August 1992
IT'S A GRAY DAY in New York City, and God's pissing on the midday masses as they hustle to their power lunches. The weather matches ...
The Mission: It's For You-Hoo!
Profile and Interview by Lloyd Bradley, Q, February 1990
IN A CRAMPED loft-conversion on the outskirts of Leeds, something of a party atmosphere prevails. Ring pulls are being pulled, Silk Cuts smoulder in ashtrays, ...
Sisters Of Mercy: The Man Who Told The World
Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, 19 September 1987
Two years in the twilight world, ANDREW ELDRITCH hits back with the 1987 SISTERS OF MERCY. In this interview with NEIL PERRY he discusses his acrimonious split ...
Interview by Neil Perry, Sounds, 6 February 1988
Following a hectic and often hair-raising year, including four months spent aboard a bus touring the States, THE MISSION are propelling themselves into 1988 with a new ...
Hillsborough: You'll Never Walk Alone
Live Review by Paul Lester, Melody Maker, 13 May 1989
IN THE WAKE OF THE HILLSBOROUGH TRAGEDY, THE MISSION, PETE WYLIE, MICK JONES AND THE LA'S PERFORMED AT LIVERPOOL'S ROYAL COURT THEATRE TO RAISE MONEY ...
Review by Robert Sandall, Q, March 1990
THE GOOD NEWS is that The Mission's third album is easily their best. ...
Live Review by Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 9 April 1988
MISSION II: On Monday, The Mish came a cropper, limping off after a malformed 'Tower Of Strength' appropriately put paid to a well-below-par showing. ...
Interview by Sylvia Patterson, Smash Hits, 5 November 1986
The Mission might have a big hit with 'Stay With Me', but they still can't afford their own make-up bags — so they have to ...
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