Editing The Sisters of Mercy (section)

===''Vision Thing'' era (1989–1993)===  
The next incarnation of the Sisters of Mercy featured an unknown German guitarist, Andreas Bruhn, whom Eldritch allegedly discovered playing in a [[Hamburg]] pub and brought into the band in April 1989. Joining him were bassist [[Tony James (musician)|Tony James]], former guitarist of [[Sigue Sigue Sputnik]] and bassist/songwriter for [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]], and last-minute recruit [[Tim Bricheno]], formerly of [[All About Eve (band)|All About Eve]], on guitars. The new line-up kicked off with the ''[[Vision Thing (album)|Vision Thing]]'' album, released in October 1990, produced by Eldritch (one song, the single "[[More (Sisters of Mercy song)|More]]," was a co-production and co-written with Steinman). The album also featured guitarist [[John Perry (musician)|John Perry]], with backing vocals by [[Maggie Reilly]]. The title is derived from a quotation by then-Vice President [[George H. W. Bush|George Bush]] in 1987 and marked another change of direction, this time toward guitar-oriented rock.  

The band launched a world tour from 1990 to 1991 to promote the album. In 1991, they organized a controversial North American tour in a double act with [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]. Fearing a clash between the predominantly white fans of the Sisters and the primarily Black following of Public Enemy, several cities banned the performances, leading to the tour being canceled halfway through. Late in 1991, bassist James left the group to pursue a solo career, and the band continued by using a pre-recorded backing track. The US tour fiasco did not help the already strained relationship between Eldritch and the Sisters' new record company [[EastWest]], a [[Warner Music Group|WEA]] subsidiary (the band was assigned to it in 1989 following an internal shuffle within WEA). Conflicts with WEA led to the termination of the band's US record distribution deal circa 1991–92, meaning later recordings became available in the US only as imports.  

Under the insistence of the record company, the band re-recorded their early single "Temple of Love" (with [[Ofra Haza]] on additional vocals and Tony James on bass) to promote the collection of their early independently released singles, entitled ''[[Some Girls Wander By Mistake]]'' (1992). Early in the year, the band performed the track on ''Top of the Pops'' with Haza and Tony James, marking the final time the recording line-up for *Vision Thing* shared the stage.

In June 1992, Eldritch dismissed Boyd Steemson, the band's manager for ten years.  

{{quote|The band's broke. I haven't worked out yet how a band can tour for a year at the Sisters' level and be broke at the end of it [...], but I have parted company with the people managing the band in London. If I have to pay them off, it will make us more broke for a while.<ref name="Andrew Eldritch 1992">Andrew Eldritch, "Justice and the Two-Way Street," Underneath the Rock, Issue No. 5, 1992.</ref>}}  

Around this time, Bricheno began focusing on his other band, XC-NN (originally, CNN). Meanwhile, Bruhn released his debut solo album, ''Broon''. Bruhn claimed that the songs on the album were offered for the next Sisters release, only to be rejected by Eldritch.<ref>Andreas Bruhn, "Alone Again, or," Underneath the Rock, Issue No. 05, 1992.</ref> Eldritch denied these allegations, stating he was never offered the songs.<ref name="Andrew Eldritch 1992"/>  

Bricheno left by the end of the year and was replaced in 1993 by Adam Pearson. Pearson was the only guitarist on the single "[[Under the Gun (The Sisters of Mercy song)|Under the Gun]]," which also featured former [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]] lead vocalist [[Terri Nunn]] on backing vocals. The track was co-produced by [[Billie Hughes]], co-writer of the song. The single was recorded to promote the "greatest hits" compilation, ''[[A Slight Case of Overbombing]]'' (1993). A third video album, ''Shot Rev 2.0'', was also released, containing all videos from the original ''Shot'' in 1988, the videos for the ''Vision Thing'' singles "More," "[[Doctor Jeep]]," as well as the videos for "Under the Gun," the 1992 re-recording of "Temple of Love," and a video for the album track "Detonation Boulevard." Bruhn left the band in 1993. These releases turned out to be the last commercial recordings until the 2021 release of the ''BBC sessions 1982-1984'' on vinyl for [[Record Store Day|RSD]] and CD, containing the 1982 and 1984 [[Peel Session|Peel Sessions]] and the 1983 [[David Jensen|David 'Kid' Jensen]] session.