Editing The Sisters of Mercy (section)

===Feud with EastWest Records and continued activity (1993–2005)===  
Following their last concerts in December 1993, the Sisters of Mercy entered what Eldritch referred to as a "strike against EastWest." He was reported to have been preoccupied with legal matters surrounding the band; although Eldritch has never clarified the meaning behind this, various parties have suggested{{by whom|date=August 2017}} that the issues stemmed from either the short-lived tour with Public Enemy in 1991 or Eldritch's ongoing disputes with EastWest Records, as the band still owed them two original studio albums.  

In 1995, Eldritch remixed two songs for the German group [[Die Krupps]] and appeared on the [[Sarah Brightman]] single "[[A Question of Honour (song)|A Question of Honour]]".  

Eldritch's associates approached Gary Marx, a co-founding member, to write tracks for a new studio album. Marx then met with Eldritch, and the two agreed upon the terms under which the backing tracks would be produced. After Marx delivered a total of eleven tracks, Eldritch backed out of the project "without uttering a single word."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.side-line.com/interviews_comments.php?id=29110_0_16_0_C|title=Gary Marx (ex-Sisters of Mercy) – "The Nowhere Exhibition and a Then and Now"|date=11 February 2008|website=Side-line|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906213048/http://www.side-line.com/interviews_comments.php?id=29110_0_16_0_C|archive-date=6 September 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref>  

In 1996, the band was revived for several gigs supporting the [[Sex Pistols]], with Bruhn's place initially taken by [[Chris Sheehan]]. During subsequent tours, the guitarist position rotated between Sheehan and Mike Varjak.  

In late 1997, the contract with EastWest was terminated after the company agreed to accept material recorded under the [[SSV (band)|SSV]] name instead of the two albums for which the Sisters of Mercy had contractual obligations. The company consented to accept the material (techno-like droning featuring mumbling vocals by Andrew Eldritch, without drums) without listening to it first. The recordings were never officially released and circulated only through pirate MP3s.

Following the release, the official Sisters of Mercy website contained the same "update" for several years:  

{{quote|Now that the moribund relationship with East West Records is officially over, it seemed reasonable to bang out a few singles independently while we're putting an album together (which usually takes a long time) and getting somebody to put it out with a bit of muscle (which usually takes even longer). This series of independent singles was due to start with a stonking (of course) version of 'SUMMER'. The music to 'SUMMER' was written by Adam Pearson. The words were written by Andrew Eldritch. It's very pretty and probably very cruel. It goes like a freight train painted in the shiniest yellows and blues.  

We planned to add another version of it (Adam supplying remix and Kleenex) and a third track, which should have been one of the other new songs; we didn't decide which one. It might have been something you've heard us play live; it might not. What with one thing and another, this was not to be. Sorry. We are working on an album, inter alia, but the matter of single releases is currently on hold.}}