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1. Which LP, CD or EP is not from the Sisters of Mercy?
2. Just before the first big split of the Sisters of Mercy, they were busy recording a new record as a follow-up to the album 'First and Last and Always'. Can you give me the name of this album (the working title) that was never finished and released ?
3. From which song is 'I don't sleep, so I don't dream, so I don't wake up frightened' a fragment?
4. In total the Sisters of Mercy released 3 full cds and 2 greatest hits collections. Every fan knows there are dozens of bootleg CD's available. I'm looking for the title of a bootleg greatest hits collection, featuring their singles and backsides from '85 until '88. Who can help me?
5. On the 'Exxile on Euphoria' tour through Europe they used metal band Paradise Lost as a support act. This band has made a cover version of a Sisters song - do you know which song?
6. The Leonard Cohen song 'The Sisters of Mercy' provided the name of the band. In return, Andrew Eldritch and company took a song of Leonard Cohen and hustled the lyrics around a bit resulting in a very nice song, often played on live concerts. This song is?
7. If you want to learn how to operate a Kalashnikov-rifle, which song should you listen to?
8. Which Hot Chocolate song was recorded on 'The John Peel Radio Session' in 1984?
9. From which song is 'all of my words are secondhand and useless in the face of this. Rationale and rhyme and reason pale beside a single kiss' an extract?
10. Although I stated in question 4 there were only 3 full cds released, there is a fourth CD. Because they wanted to terminate the relationship with their record company, the Sisters made in 1997 quickly a full CD which is unbelievably bad (some kind of ambient trip hop?). Although Andrew Eldritch warned the fans not to buy it, some of them did (hey, everything for the collection, no?). Who knows the name of this horrible CD?
11. Back to 1985, when the 'big divorce' was done. Which song is the only song that wasn't originally written for the Sisters of Mercy by Wayne Hussey - all these songs appeared on later albums of the Mission?
12. Prior to the 'Hussey-incident', guitarist Gary Marx left and founded a new band together with singer Anne-Marie. The name of the band?
13. Maybe they got inspired by the movie 'Romeo and Juliet', which put William Shakespeare's play in a modern timeframe, but the fact is they wrote a song referring to the play. This song is played live since a few years back, but has never been released. What is its name?
14. The name of the tour from 1998 was, as usual, one with a deeper meaning. This time it meant the same as the position in a black hole from which light cannot escape anymore. Do you know the name?
15. The song 'Under The Gun' was written for a movie to appear on the soundtrack. Due to some unforeseen difficulties it was not to be. It was released as a single in 1993. Do you know which film we talk about?
16. Which Pink Floyd song has been the opening song of many Sisters concerts?
17. In their early days they wrote a song that, performed live, was a big feast, because it contained the phrases '(we are) the Sisters of Mercy...' and 'we knew the words, we knew the score, we knew what we were fighting for'. Which song made a beautiful sing-along story?
18. Story goes that one of the slowest Sisters' songs resulted from a letter Andrew got from a fan, named 'Isabelle'. The song is performed with the piano as main instrument. What is the name of this slow one?
19. The Sisters of Mercy can't complain about their female guest vocals. Who doesn't like the vocals of Offra Haza on the 'Temple Of Love' remix for instance? Also Terri Nunn has sung along with Andrew -- on which song?
20. A girl named Marian has had a big impact on Andrew Eldritch. In how many songs her name can be heard?
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