The Mission (band)

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The Mission
The Mission performing in 2023
Background information
Origin	Leeds, England
Genres	Gothic rock post-punk hard rock alternative rock
Years active	1986–1996 1999–2008 2011–present
Labels	SPV Cooking Vinyl Playground Polydor Polygram Receiver Cleopatra Equator Vertigo Nightracks Chapter 22
Spinoff of	The Sisters of Mercy
Members	Wayne Hussey Craig Adams Simon Hinkler Alex Baum
Past members	Mick Brown Rik Carter Andy Cousin Scott Garrett Rob Holliday Mark Thwaite Rich Vernon Steve Spring Mike Kelly
Website	themissionukband.com

The Mission (known as the Mission UK in the United States) are an English gothic rock band formed in 1986. Initially known as the Sisterhood, the band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams (both from the Sisters of Mercy), soon adding drummer Mick Brown (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry) and guitarist Simon Hinkler (Artery and Pulp). Aside from Hussey, the lineup has changed several times during the years and the band has been on hiatus twice.^[1][2]

The band's catalogue consists of ten studio albums: God's Own Medicine (1986), Children (1988), Carved in Sand (1990), Masque (1992), Neverland (1995), Blue (1996), Aura (2001), God Is a Bullet (2007), The Brightest Light (2013), and Another Fall from Grace (2016), with several live albums, compilations, and other miscellaneous releases.^[3]