Editing The Sisters of Mercy (section)

===Timeline===
{{#tag:timeline|
ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20
PlotArea = left:100 bottom:60 top:0 right:5
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat = mm/dd/yyyy
Period = from:1980 till:{{#time:m/d/Y}}
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
Legend = orientation:horizontal position:bottom
ScaleMajor = increment:5 start:1980
ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1980

Colors =
 id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals
 id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitars
 id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass
 id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums
 id:Keyboard value:purple legend:Keyboards
 id:lines1 value:black legend:Studio_album
 id:lines2 value:gray(0.5) legend:Studio_EP

BarData =
 bar:Keith text:"Keith Fuller"
 bar:Andrew text:"Andrew Eldritch"
 bar:Gary text:"Gary Marx"
 bar:Dave text:"Dave Humphrey"
 bar:Tom  text:"Tom Ashton"
 bar:Ben text:"Ben Gunn"
 bar:Wayne text:"Wayne Hussey"
 bar:Andreas text:"Andreas Bruhn"
 bar:Tim text:"Tim Bricheno"
 bar:Adam text:"Adam Pearson"
 bar:Chris text:"Chris Sheehan"
 bar:Mike text:"Mark Varjak"
 bar:Catalyst text:"Chris Catalyst"
 bar:Christo text:"Ben Christo"
 bar:Dylan text:"Dylan Smith"
 bar:Kai text:"Kai"
 bar:Craig text:"Craig Adams"
 bar:Patricia text:"Patricia Morrison"
 bar:Tony text:"Tony James"
 bar:Claire text:"Claire Shearsby"
 bar:Jon text:"Jon Langford"

PlotData=
 width:11

 bar:Keith  from:01/01/1980 till:06/01/1980 color:Vocals
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1980 till:01/01/1981 color:Drums
 bar:Andrew from:06/01/1980 till:01/01/1981 color:Vocals 
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1981 till:06/01/1980 color:Drums width:3
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1981 till:12/31/1985 color:Vocals
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1981 till:12/31/1985 color:Keyboard width:3
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1981 till:12/31/1985 color:Guitar width:7
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1987 till:12/31/1993 color:Vocals
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1987 till:12/31/1993 color:Keyboard width:3
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1987 till:12/31/1993 color:Guitar width:7
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1996 till:end color:Vocals
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1996 till:end color:Keyboard width:3
 bar:Andrew from:01/01/1996 till:end color:Guitar width:7
 bar:Craig from:01/01/1981 till:12/31/1985 color:Bass
 bar:Patricia from:01/01/1987 till:01/03/1989 color:Bass
 bar:Tony from:01/09/1989 till:12/31/1991 color:Bass
 bar:Adam from:01/01/1993 till:12/31/1993 color:Guitar
 bar:Adam from:01/01/1993 till:12/31/1993 color:Bass width:3
 bar:Adam from:01/01/1996 till:12/31/2006 color:Guitar
 bar:Adam from:01/01/1996 till:12/31/2006 color:Bass width:3

 bar:Gary from:01/01/1980 till:06/01/1985 color:Guitar
 bar:Gary from:06/01/1980 till:01/01/1981 color:Vocals width:3
 bar:Dave from:01/01/1981 till:03/01/1981 color:guitar
 bar:Tom  from:03/01/1981 till:06/01/1981 color:guitar
 bar:Ben from:06/01/1981 till:12/31/1983 color:Guitar
 bar:Wayne from:01/01/1984 till:12/31/1985 color:Guitar
 bar:Andreas from:01/01/1989 till:12/31/1993 color:Guitar
 bar:Tim from:01/01/1990 till:12/31/1992 color:Guitar
 bar:Chris from:01/01/1996 till:12/30/1996 color:Guitar
 bar:Chris from:01/01/2000 till:12/31/2005 color:Guitar
 bar:Mike from:01/01/1997 till:12/31/1999 color:Guitar
 bar:Catalyst from:01/01/2005 till:06/04/2019 color:Guitar
 bar:Christo from:01/01/2006 till:end color:Guitar
 bar:Christo from:01/01/2006 till:end color:bass width:3 
 bar:Dylan from: 06/04/2019 till:09/22/2023 color:Guitar
 bar:Kai from:10/14/2023 till:end color:Guitar

 bar:Claire from:01/01/1980 till:06/01/1980 color:Keyboard
 bar:Jon    from:06/01/1980 till:01/01/1981 color:Keyboard

LineData =
  at:03/01/1983 color:lines2 layer:back
  at:05/30/1983 color:lines2 layer:back
  at:06/04/1984 color:lines2 layer:back
  at:03/11/1985 color:lines1 layer:back
  at:11/13/1987 color:lines1 layer:back
  at:11/13/1990 color:lines1 layer:back
}}