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==Personnel==
===Members===
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;Current members
* [[Andrew Eldritch]] – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming <small>(1980–1985, 1987–present)</small>, drums <small>(1980)</small><ref name="Clairvoyant" />
* [[Ben Christo]] – guitars, backing vocals, bass <small>(2006–present)</small>
* [[Kai (musician, born 1993)|Kai]] – guitars, backing vocals <small>(2023–present)</small>
* [[Chris Catalyst]] – guitars, backing vocals <small>(2005–2019)</small>,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.side-line.com/sisters-of-mercy-guitarist-chris-catalyst-leaves-the-band/|title=Sisters Of Mercy guitarist Chris Catalyst leaves the band|website=Side-line.com|date=5 June 2019|access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> Doktor Avalanche operator <small>(2023–present)</small>

;Former members
* [[Gary Marx]] – guitars <small>(1980–1985)</small>, vocals <small>(1980)</small><ref name="Life Before Alice" />
* Keith Fuller – vocals <small>(1980)</small><ref name="Life Before Alice" />
* Claire Shearsby – keyboards <small>(1980)</small><ref name="Life Before Alice">{{cite web |last1=Andrews |first1=Mark |title=Life Before Alice: Andrew Eldritch, Leeds & The Birth of The Sisters of Mercy |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/21215-sisters-of-mercy-leeds-andrew-eldritch-interview |website=[[The Quietus]] |date=17 November 2016 |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Jon Langford]] – keyboards <small>(1980)</small><ref name="Clairvoyant">{{cite web |last1=LIPEZ |first1=ZACH |title=The Mekons' Jon Langford on His Brief Sisters of Mercy Stint |date=14 November 2016 |url=https://clrvynt.com/jon-langford-interview/ |access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>
* Dave Humphrey – guitars <small>(1981)</small><ref name="Quietus">{{cite web |last1=Andrews |first1=Mark |title=Shine Like Thunder: The First Golden Age of The Sisters of Mercy |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/23082-sisters-of-mercy-interview-wayne-hussey-craig-adams-gary-marx |website=[[The Quietus]] |date=30 August 2017 |access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Tom Ashton]] – guitars <small>(1981)</small><ref name="Quietus" />
* [[Craig Adams (musician)|Craig Adams]] – bass <small>(1981–1985)</small>
* Ben Gunn – guitars <small>(1981–1983)</small>
* [[Wayne Hussey]] – guitars, backing vocals <small>(1983–1985)</small>
* [[Patricia Morrison]] – bass, backing vocals <small>(1987–1989)</small>
* Andreas Bruhn – guitars <small>(1989–1993)</small>
* [[Tony James (musician)|Tony James]] – bass <small>(1989–1991)</small>
* [[Tim Bricheno]] – guitars <small>(1990–1992)</small>
* Adam Pearson – guitars, backing vocals, bass <small>(1993–2006)</small>
* [[Chris Sheehan]] – guitars, backing vocals <small>(1996, 2000–2005)</small>
* Mike Varjak – guitars <small>(1997–2000)</small>
* Dylan Smith – guitars, bass, backing vocals <small>(2019–2023)</small>

;Former touring musicians
* [[Dan Donovan (keyboardist)|Dan Donovan]] – keyboards <small>(1990–1991)</small>
* Simon Denbigh – Doktor Avalanche operator <small>(1996–2012)</small>
* Ravey Davey – Doktor Avalanche operator <small>(1996; 2008; 2012–2023)</small>
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===Timeline===
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===Line-ups===
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|-
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1980–1981
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1981
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1981–1983
|-
| valign=top |
* '''[[Andrew Eldritch]]''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drums
* '''[[Gary Marx]]''' – guitars, vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, guitars, drum programming
* '''Gary Marx''' – guitars
* '''[[Craig Adams (musician)|Craig Adams]]''' – bass
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, guitars, drum programming
* '''Gary Marx''' – guitars
* '''Craig Adams''' – bass
* '''Ben Gunn''' – guitars
|-
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1983–1985
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1985
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1985–1987
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, guitars, drum programming
* '''Gary Marx''' – guitars
* '''Craig Adams''' – bass
* '''[[Wayne Hussey]]''' – guitars, backing vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, guitars, drum programming
* '''Craig Adams''' – bass
* '''Wayne Hussey''' – guitars, backing vocals
| valign=top |
'''Disbanded'''
|-
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1987–1989
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1989
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1989–1990
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''[[Patricia Morrison]]''' – bass
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Andreas Bruhn''' – guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Andreas Bruhn''' – guitars
* '''Tony James''' – bass
|-
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1990–1991
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1991–1992
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1993
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Andreas Bruhn''' – guitars
* '''Tony James''' – bass
* '''[[Tim Bricheno]]''' – guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Andreas Bruhn''' – guitars
* '''Tim Bricheno''' – guitars
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Andreas Bruhn''' – guitars
* '''Adam Pearson''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
|-
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1993–1996
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1996
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 1997–2000
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Adam Pearson''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Adam Pearson''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
* '''[[Chris Sheehan]]''' – guitars, backing vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Adam Pearson''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
* '''Mike Varjak''' – guitars
|-
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 2000–2005
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 2005–2006
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 2006–2019
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Adam Pearson''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
* '''Chris Sheehan''' – guitars, backing vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Adam Pearson''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
* '''[[Chris Catalyst]]''' – guitars, backing vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Chris Catalyst''' – guitars, backing vocals
* '''[[Ben Christo]]''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
|-
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 2019–2023
! width="25%" valign="top" bgcolor="#e7ebee" | 2023–present
|-
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Ben Christo''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
* '''Dylan Smith''' - guitars, backing vocals
| valign=top |
* '''Andrew Eldritch''' – vocals, keyboards, guitars, drum programming
* '''Ben Christo''' – guitars, backing vocals, bass
* '''[[Kai (musician, born 1993)|Kai]]''' – guitars, backing vocals
|}

===Doktor Avalanche===
The original incarnation of Doktor Avalanche was a [[Boss Corporation|BOSS]] DR-55 ("Doctor Rhythm"); the Doktor was later replaced by a [[Roland TR-606]], soon followed by a [[TR-808]], and, briefly, a [[TR-909]]. On one album, ''[[First and Last and Always]]'', an [[Oberheim DMX]] bore the Doktor name.<ref name="da">{{cite web |url=http://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/tech/doktors.htm |title=Biography of Doktor Avalanche |publisher=The-sisters-of-mercy.com |access-date=21 February 2012 |archive-date=24 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124063125/http://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/tech/doktors.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

With increased financial resources from sale of the album, the Doktor was upgraded to a [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] RX5, and subsequently reinforced by [[Akai]] S900 and [[Akai S1000|S1000]] samplers. An Akai S3200 has been used as studio equipment. Soon after, the first [[Digital data|digital]] Doktor appeared in the form of a set of [[Compaq]] portable PCs, which had to be scrapped when it became impossible to maintain them because of a lack of [[spare part]]s.<ref name="da" />

In recent years the "Digital Doktor" has been moved to a custom-built laptop designed by Eldritch and constructed by an English military software and hardware company. For a time there was some division in the band whether or not the Doktor should be moved to a [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] running [[Logic Pro|Logic]] or remain as is.<ref name="da" />

In a 2011 interview with a New Zealand radio station, Eldritch said Doktor Avalanche was now a [[MacBook Pro]] laptop running [[Steinberg Cubase]].

Doktor Avalanche also "runs" the on-line [[advice column]] on the group's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sisters-of-mercy.com/misc/deardok.htm |title=Dear Doktor |publisher=The-sisters-of-mercy.com |access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref>