page_title: The Mission (band)
section_title: Deliverance
hierarchical_section_title: The Mission (band) / History / Deliverance
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die britische Gothic-Rock-Band The Mission auf dem Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2017 in Leipzig/Deutschland (Spielstätte Agra). English: The British gothic rock band The Mission at the Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2017 in Leipzig/Germany (Venue Agra).
context_page_description: The Mission 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, soon adding drummer Mick Brown and guitarist Simon Hinkler. Aside from Hussey, the line-up has changed several times during the years and the band has been on hiatus twice.
  The band's catalogue consists of ten main albums with several complementing albums, compilations and other miscellaneous releases also in existence.
context_section_description: In the first half of 1989, Hussey spent some time writing new material in the Black Mountains in South Wales before the band reconvened in April to start the recording process. At the end of the same month the band played two shows, one in support of the Lockerbie disaster and another for the Hillsborough disaster fund. The latter featured guest appearances by Pete Wylie and Mick Jones and saw a committed Hussey, who as lifelong Liverpool F.C. fan was keen to support the victims. In between recording, the band played a number of European festivals supporting The Cure. In contrast to the large shows the band had been playing on the Children tour, they decided to embark on a low-key Scottish Highlands tour with some of their most ardent fans in tow. The last commitment of the year was another headline appearance at the Reading Festival, before the band returned to the studio to complete the album.
  They once again enlisted the help of Tim Palmer to produce the record, while Reeves Gabrels, Baluji Shrivastav and Guy Chambers also made contributions. Slated for an early 1990 release, the recording of the 'Carved in Sand' album had been completed by the end of August 1989. To kill the time, the foursome then promptly went camp to form a glam rock tribute band The Metal Gurus, playing support for The Wonder Stuff towards the end of the year. The first single, Butterfly on a Wheel was released in January 1990 and narrowly missed the top ten. The new album appeared a month later, together with the "Waves upon the Sand" video that documented the recording sessions and Scottish tour of the previous year.
  The 'Deliverance' tour in support of the album proved problematic. The band hired David Wolfenden as a supplemental guitarist to give Hussey free rein as the frontman of the band. An inebriated Hussey appeared on the James Whale show and reports of their debauched behaviour continued to appear in the press. The release of a second single, 'Deliverance', coincided with the UK arena dates. Illness beset the first European leg of the tour as Hinkler contracted scarlet fever leading to some cancellations. Personal tensions led to a confrontation during the North American leg of the tour and Simon Hinkler left the band after a gig at Montreal's Metropolis. The remaining members continued with a variation of stand-ins that included Tim Bricheno (of All About Eve) before he joined The Sisters of Mercy. A third single, 'Into the Blue' was released in May 1990 to coincide with a number of the festival dates, including a headlining slot at Pinkpop and indoor dates to replace the cancelled French dates from earlier in the year. The band also played dates in Australia and New Zealand for the first time in their career. For the second half of 1990, they enlisted the help of Paul "Etch" Etchells (ex-Ghost Dance) on keyboards and guitars. This last leg of the tour, which included a performance filmed for the Rockpalast programme, saw Hinkler returning twice as a guest during the encores at Leeds and the final night at the Brixton Academy.
  The band had a lot of surplus material after the Carved in Sand sessions and had difficulties deciding on the running order of the album. In October 1990 the companion album Grains of Sand was released. It contained the rest of the candidates, some of which had already surfaced as b-sides supplemented by acoustic renditions and covers. A single 'Hands Across the Ocean' co-produced by Andy Partridge became a minor hit and was backed by a live version of 'Amelia'. The band and Hinkler were on friendly terms again and they resurrected the Metal Gurus project to record a cover version of "Merry Xmas Everybody" with Noddy Holder and Jim Lea from Slade for the Childline charity.
  After a break to recuperate, the band teamed up with engineer Joe Gibb to create a high-tech studio setup. Brown had been soaking up the Leeds dance scene, while Hussey's explorations were towards folk music. The band, asked to perform a lucrative headlining gig at Finsbury Park in 1991, brought out quite a different side, joined by Maartin Al
caption: Simon Hinkler 2017
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