Several bands have used this name. 1) The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States due to a naming clash with a Philadelphia R&B band) is a goth band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved goth band The Sisters of Mercy. It was started in Leeds by frontman Wayne Hussey, lead/vocals, guitar and Craig Adams, bass (both of the Sisters)and both in the ressurection of the band in 1999 (with Craig Adams, bass leaving permanantly in 2002 to join The Alarm), soon adding Mick Brown, drums (of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry) and Simon Hinkler, guitar (of Artery/Pulp).
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Masque
Mission At The BBC
Carved In Sand
God Is a Bullet
My Story My Song
Children
The First Chapter
God's Own Medicine
Keep It In The Family
The Best oF The Mission UK
Anthology - The Phonogram Years
Aural Delight
Aura
Evangeline
Tower of Strength
Resurrection: Greatest Hits
Ever After: Live
Resurrection (Greatest Hits)
Blue
Gods Own Medicine
Neverland
Sum And Substance
Salad Daze
Afterglow
Never Again
Like a Child Again
Grains Of Sand
Into the Blue
Butterfly on a Wheel
Beyond the Pale