Members (past and present)

Current band members are shown in bold.

• Gary Marx, guitars, vocals on two early tracks (1980-1985)
• Andrew Eldritch, vocals, keyboards, guitars (1980-)
• Jon Langford, bass (1980-1981)
• Craig Adams, bass (1981-1985)
• Doktor Avalanche, drums, keyboards, bass (1981-)
• Ben Gunn, guitars (1981-1983)
• Wayne Hussey, guitars, backing vocals (1984-1985)
• Patricia Morrison, perhaps pretending to play bass (1985-1989)
• Andreas Bruhn, guitars (1989-1993)
• Tony James, bass (1989-1991)
• Tim Bricheno, guitars (1990-1992)
• Adam Pearson, guitars, backing vocals, bass (1993-2005)
• Chris Sheehan, guitars, backing vocals (1996; 2000-2003)
• Mike Varjak, guitars (1997-1999)
• Chris May, guitars, backing vocals (2005-)
• Ben Christo, guitars, backing vocals (2005-)
• Simon Denbigh, nurse to the Doktor (heaven knows when excactly, definitely also in 2011) ...

Note: this list does not yet include short-lived members from 1980-1981, and live band members from 1990 onwards
(in 1990-1991 they had one keyboardist; from 1992 - 1993, one keyboardist and one keyboardist/singer; and from 1996 onwards,
a Doktor Avalanche operator)

This timeline shows the members of the Sisters of Mercy from 1980 to 2010, showing the bands ever-changing line-ups:
See also The Sisters of Mercy Family Tree