Win Tickets ($150): The Sisters of Mercy @ Crystal Ballroom | UK Goth Rock Legends, Post Punk, New Wave, w/ Blaqk Audio
We are giving you another chance to WIN a pair of tickets to The Sisters of Mercy @ Crystal Ballroom on October 11. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed October 7.
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From our sponsors:
The Sisters Of Mercy
Blaqk Audio
October 11-12, 2024
6:30PM Doors, 8PM Show | $70 ADV, $75 Doors | All Ages
More info: mcmenamins.com
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209
The Sisters of Mercy are inextricably tied to 80s gothic rock, even if vocalist Andrew Eldritch isn’t always thrilled that his band is associated with the movement. However, it’s impossible to deny the midnight-dark vibe of “This Corrosion” and “Lucretia My Reflection,” both of which embody the group’s drum-machine-aided, maximalist music. Eldritch and guitarist Gary Marx formed The Sisters of Mercy in Leeds, England, in 1980 and promptly issued their debut single,
“The Damage Done.” After some lineup shuffling-most notably the addition of said drum machine, dubbed Doktor Avalanche-the band started playing live and released seminal singles including 1982’s “Alice” and 1983’s “Temple of Love.” Wayne Hussey (later of The Mission) joined The Sisters of Mercy and appeared on their 1985 full-length debut, First and Last and Always, though both he and Marx left the band after the LP’s release. The addition of Patricia Morrison kicked off the band’s most commercially successful era, highlighted by a pair of well-received albums, 1987’s Floodland and 1990’s Vision Thing. These proved to be their final recorded offerings before sporadic reunion tours, including one in 2022.
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You should pick me because I wasn’t old enough to see them in the 80’s but I am now
Big fan, and would love to see them!
This would be amazing. My brother would love to go with me to this concert! These guys are pivotal to the music scene of the 80s.
I would *LOVE* to attend this show 🙏
Be great to do the song More
Saw The Sister’s Of Mercy in San Francisco during their height. Became a huge fan of T. S. O. M. In San Francisco there was a radio station called the KQAK that played and catered to nothing but New Wave, punk alternative etc. etc. I abandoned the plethora of Rock n Roll bands and music I’d seriously followed since 1974. But that dark goth music was always favored another was killing Joke Went to so many concerts in S. F. it’s hard to remember. Thompson Twins,
Romeo void, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Soft Cell, The Jam. I grate I was in S. F. during the real thick it. I still listen today. Still have all the CDs save to this day from all those bands and much more.
Thank you
Kindest Regards
The Sundance Kid
My very first show ever was The Sisters of Mercy at the Crystal when I was maybe 14? To see them again 20 years later would be incredible. 💜
Never seen SoM, definitely a bucketlist band
I really really want to see Blaqk Audio and I’m unemployed. 🙁
I want to goooooo. Loved 80s Goth and thrilled to see bands continue on, seeing where their artistic creative processes go. Pick me cuz you can, if you so will. Thank you!
Love Blaqk Audio and would love to take Donna!
Never seen this and would love it.
i would love to go!