From the iPod #25 - "Wasteland"
@teamfreak16 (43418)
Denver, Colorado
March 23, 2016 12:49pm CST
The Mission (known as The Mission UK here in the States) formed in the 1980's when vocalist/guitarist Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams left the Sisters of Mercy after that band's debut record.
The Mission were considered one of goth's top band's, despite obvious arena rock tendencies (in an old interview, Hussey said he never minded the "goth" tag but always aspired for more for his band.)
"Wasteland," according to Hussey, was the first song the band ever played live as The Mission. The link below takes you to the official video. Don't let the term "goth" scare you away. It's a goth classic, sure, but not in the "slit your wrists" sense that non-goth's tend to associate with the genre.
Listen for Craig Adams' killer bass line:
1987) Derided by critics as pompous, melodramatic, and bombastic, the Mission, as they were known in their native U.K. (their name had to be changed in Ameri...
6 people like this
5 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 Mar 16
Enjoyed it very much Scott.
What a great video too!
Love the bass.
Love the bass.1 person likes this
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Mar 16
He is an underrated bassist, as far as I'm concerned, and not just because they are my favorite band.
2 people like this
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 Mar 16
@teamfreak16 He is brilliant..
1 person likes this
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
4 Aug 16
You really like this band!
1 person likes this
@crossbones27 (49460)
• Mojave, California
23 Mar 16
Sound familiar. Have I heard of them before?
1 person likes this
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Mar 16
This was used in a Miami Vice episode. You might have heard "Deliverance" or "Tower of Strength" somewhere.
1 person likes this
@FourWalls (68084)
• United States
24 Mar 16
I agree with you that they certainly don't sound "goth." I've been listening to them on You Tube ("Serpent's Kiss" is playing even as I type) and they hardly sound like a stereotypical "goth band."
But that's the problem with letting people who don't really know much about music typecast bands. A lot of people call the Louvin Brothers "bluegrass," but ira despised being called "bluegrass" (despite the fact that he actually loved Bill Monroe's music!). People saw a mandolin and said, "Oh, must be bluegrass." I guess that makes R.E.M. bluegrass, too, because Peter Buck played mandolin on "Losing My Religion" and "You Are the Everything." 
1 person likes this
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Mar 16
People like to classify All About Eve as goth (no doubt because of their ties to The Mission) when, if anything, they were a folky sort of goth. Took everyone by surprise when they released a really good shoegazer album.
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
23 Mar 16
I always describe them as "an arena-rock band trapped in a goth band's body." But yeah, that is my favorite band, right there.
2 people like this
