page_title: The Mission (band)
section_title: Incarnation
hierarchical_section_title: The Mission (band) / History / Incarnation
caption_attribution_description: English: Subject: Wayne Hussey of The Mission Date: May, 1987 Place: Downstairs at Wolfgang's (nightclub) in San Francisco, California, USA Photographer: Andwhatsnext Original 35mm photograph scanned Credit: Copyright (c) 1987 by Nancy J Price
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: After an aborted recording session with Andrew Eldritch in the summer of 1985, Wayne Hussey and Craig Adams left the Sisters of Mercy. Based in Leeds, the duo continued to work on various musical ideas and recorded them over the autumn. Dismissing the use of a drum-machine, Adams and Hussey asked Mick Brown (Red Lorry Yellow Lorry) to help out with the sessions. By the end of the year, he had joined the band on a permanent basis. With Hussey as both the frontman and principal songwriter, the trio required a second guitarist to facilitate a live set-up. They eventually recruited Simon Hinkler (Artery) who also contributed keyboards and thus completed the four-piece. The name 'The Sisterhood' was chosen with a nod to the past and rehearsals for the first shows started in January 1986. The new name quickly became a point of discussion in the English music-press, giving the four-piece a significant amount of publicity. As 'The Sisterhood', the band made their live-debut on 20 January 1986 at the Alice in Wonderland, London.
  While the band were on tour as support to the Cult around Europe, Eldritch released a single as The Sisterhood. Back in England, Hinkler was briefly dismissed and reinstated for three UK dates where the band revealed their new name, The Mission. Although Hussey and Adams were still under contract with WEA, manager Tony Perrin prepared their material for a release. In May the EP I (Serpents Kiss) appeared on the Chapter 22 label as the Expedition I tour took the band around Europe. Two months later, II (Like a Hurricane/Garden of Delight) was released on the same label and supported by a number of festival slots that culminated in an appearance on the Reading Festival.
caption: Hussey in 1987 – San Francisco, California, USA
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