Information about This Corrosion

"This Corrosion" is a song from the album Floodland by The Sisters of Mercy. It was released as a single in 1987.

The song was written by Andrew Eldritch and produced by Jim Steinman. There is also a 1999 cover version by the German band In Extremo.

Floodland is the second album by The Sisters of Mercy, released in 1987. Composed and produced by Andrew Eldritch, it marked a change of direction from guitar-oriented rock towards synthesizer-based productions. The record peaked at number 9 in UK album charts.
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The Sisters of Mercy are a rock band that emerged out of the English post-punk scene in 1980-1981.
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Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, May 15, 1959) is the frontman, singer, songwriter and the only remaining original member of The Sisters of Mercy, a band that emerged from the British post punk scene, reoriented gothic rock and, in later years, also
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Jim Steinman (born November 1, 1947 in New York City, New York)[1] is a record producer, composer, and lyricist responsible for several hit songs. He has also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer.
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"In Extremo" (Latin:"at the edge" or "in the extreme") is a German folk metal band originating from Berlin. The band's musical style combines metal with medieval traditional songs, blending the sound of the standard rock/metal instruments with historical instruments (such as the
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Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, May 15, 1959) is the frontman, singer, songwriter and the only remaining original member of The Sisters of Mercy, a band that emerged from the British post punk scene, reoriented gothic rock and, in later years, also
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Gary Marx (b. Mark Pearman) is founding member of British rock band The Sisters of Mercy and its lead-guitarist and songwriter from 1980 to 1985.

He stepped out of the band in 1985 to form goth/pop/rock combo Ghost Dance, which included ex-Skeletal Family vocalist Anne-Marie
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Doktor Avalanche is the name of the various drum machines used by rock band The Sisters of Mercy. With the exception of the début single Damage Done, on which Andrew Eldritch played the drums, the band exclusively relied on drum machines and never had a live drummer.
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Wayne Hussey (born Jerry Wayne Hussey on 26 May, 1958 in Bristol, England) is a British musician, best known as a member of The Mission and The Sisters of Mercy.

Growing up in Bristol, his early influences included Marc Bolan and his band, T. Rex.
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Craig Adams (born 4 April 1962, Otley, West Yorkshire [1] ) is a British musician, bass guitarist and songwriter for the following bands:
  • The Sisters of Mercy (1981-1985)
  • Mission UK (1985-1992, 1999-2002)
  • The Cult (1993-1995, 2002)

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Ben Gunn is a British guitarist who was with The Sisters of Mercy from 1981 to 1983, appearing on several of their early singles.

John Ashton of Psychedelic Furs produced the early Sisters classic "Alice".
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Patricia Morrison (born January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter.

She became a fixture of the Los Angeles, California punk rock scene in her mid-teens, and was a founding member of The Bags in 1976.
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Tony James (born 12 April 1958) is a British musician, best known as a bassist of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik.

After graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in mathematics and computing, James worked as a computer programmer.
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Tim Bricheno (born Timothy Bricheno, 6 July 1963, Huddersfield, Yorkshire) has been the guitarist for several notable English indie bands, including All About Eve, The Sisters of Mercy, X-CNN and Tin Star. He has also played as a tour guest with The Mission.
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First and Last and Always
(1985) Floodland
(1987)

Singles from First and Last and Always
# "Walk Away"
Released: October 1984# "No Time to Cry"
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Floodland is the second album by The Sisters of Mercy, released in 1987. Composed and produced by Andrew Eldritch, it marked a change of direction from guitar-oriented rock towards synthesizer-based productions. The record peaked at number 9 in UK album charts.
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Vision Thing, the third and last album by UK band The Sisters of Mercy was released in 1990, on band's own label Merciful Release (under distribution contract with EastWest).
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Some Girls Wander by Mistake
(1992) A Slight Case of Overbombing
(1993)

Singles from Some Girls Wonder by Mistake
# "Temple of Love (1992)"
Released: April 20, 1992


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A Slight Case of Overbombing
(1993)

Singles from A Slight Case of Overbombing
# "Under the Gun"
Released: 1993

A Slight Case of Overbombing: Greatest Hits Vol.
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Some Girls Wander By Mistake
(1993)

Some Boys Wander By Mistake is a bootleg album containing unreleased or rare material by The Sisters of Mercy from 1980 to 1990. None of the tracks featured here have been officially released on to CD.
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The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States [1]) is a gothic rock band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved rock band The Sisters of Mercy.
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Ghost Dance was a guitar pop/goth/rock band formed in 1985 by Gary Marx (ex-The Sisters of Mercy guitarist) and Anne-Marie Hurst (ex-Skeletal Family vocalist) as both were leaving their respective bands.
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The Sisterhood was a short-lived English musical project, consisting of Andrew Eldritch (writer and producer), drum machine Doktor Avalanche and the "Chorus of Vengeance" of Lucas Fox (drums), Patricia Morrison (bass and vocals), James Ray (guitar and vocals) and Alan Vega
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Jim Steinman (born November 1, 1947 in New York City, New York)[1] is a record producer, composer, and lyricist responsible for several hit songs. He has also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer.
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Dave Allen (born December 1955) was the bassist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four. In 1981, he left Gang of Four to found Shriekback. He later founded World Domination Recordings and two of its bands, The Elastic Purejoy and Low Pop Suicide (with Rick Boston).
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Ben Christo (AKA Ben Christodoulou, formerly Ben Chivers) is the current lead guitarist for The Sisters of Mercy. He was formerly lead guitarist for a Bristol (UK) based metal band, known as AKO (Project AKO in their early days), who split in late 2004.
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John Perry (born 4 June 1952, Bristol) is an English rock guitarist. He is most recognised for his involvement with the English punk rock band, The Only Ones. Other bands in which he played include Rat Bites From Hell (pre-Only Ones) and Decline and Fall (post-Only Ones).
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James Ray is a rock singer and band-leader, best known as a member of Andrew Eldritch's side-project The Sisterhood.

He was a founding member of "James Ray And The Performance", a rock band with ties to goth rock.
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Merciful Release is a record label started by Andrew Eldritch, frontman with Leeds outfit The Sisters of Mercy. As Eldritch states in an early interview, he wanted to hear himself on the radio.
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