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Patricia Morrison (born January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles) is an American bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. She worked with The Bags, The Gun Club, The Sisters of Mercy, and The Damned.^[1]

Biography

She became a fixture of the Los Angeles, California punk rock scene in her mid-teens, and was a founding member of The Bags in 1976.^[2] She left that band and began Legal Weapon in 1981, releasing an EP called No Sorrow.

She was invited to join The Gun Club in 1982. Morrison quit that group after her second tour with them,^[3] and formed another band called Fur Bible. They performed as the opening act for Siouxsie and the Banshees, and it was during this time Morrison was contacted by Andrew Eldritch, asking her to join The Sisters of Mercy. She performed on the 1986 album Gift (released under the group name The Sisterhood) and on The Sisters of Mercy's 1987 album Floodland.^[4]

According to Jennifer Park:

“

the choice of Patricia Morrison as bassist -- beginning with her work on Floodland (1987) -- was not a decision made without weighing its aesthetic value. Music videos and promotional photographs showcased the perfect goth pin-up girl with her high arched eyebrows, black eyeliner, blood-red lips, teased-out hair, long black nails, and fetish-meets-renaissance wardrobe.^[5]

”

The Sisters of Mercy song "Lucretia My Reflection" was written by Eldritch about Morrison. The lyrics compare her to the historial figure of Lucretia. She left the band in the early '90s,^[6] claiming money that was owed by Eldritch was not paid.^[7]^[8]

In 1994, Morrison released a solo album, Reflect on This.^[9]

In 1996, she was invited to join The Damned after bassist Paul Gray was injured by a fan in concert. That same year Morrison married the Damned's lead singer Dave Vanian.^[10] After giving birth to Emily Vanian in 2004, Morrison retired from the Damned.^[11]

References

^ "Patricia Morrison Biography". http://www.patriciamorrison.co.uk. http://www.patriciamorrison.co.uk. http://www.patriciamorrison.co.uk/Biography.htm. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "AGONY SHORTHAND TALKS ELECTRONICALLY WITH ALICE BAG....". Women in LA Punk. http://alicebag.com. http://alicebag.com/the_bags.html. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Kris Needs (April 2005). "The Blonde Ambition, Blind Drunk Visions & Beautiful Soul Of Jeffrey Lee Pierce." (in English) (Article). trakMARX 19. trakMARX.com. http://www.trakmarx.com/2005_02/09_gunclub.htm. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "The Sisters of Mercy - A brief(ish) history" (in English) (Article). Pravda: The GPS News Service. http://gps.tsom.org.+April 1999. http://gps.tsom.org/history.html. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Jennifer Park, "Melancholy and the Macabre: Gothic Rock and Fashion," Gothic: Dark Glamour by Valerie Steele and Jennifer Park, p. 146.
^ "The Sisters Of Mercy". Lilith: The Gothic eZine. Lilith. http://gothic.lilithezine.com/Sisters-of-Mercy.html. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Mike Gitter (July 1991). "Sisters of Mercy - Sex & Violence" (in English) (Article). RIP Magazine. vamp.org. http://www.vamp.org/Gothic/Text/sisters-interview.html. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "The Sisters Of Mercy". tvTropes. http://tvtropes.org/. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Music/TheSistersOfMercy?from=Main.TheSistersOfMercy. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Patricia Morrison – Reflect On This". Discogs. Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Patricia-Morrison-Reflect-On-This/release/1639946. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Patricia Interview". http://www.patriciamorrison.co.uk. http://www.patriciamorrison.co.uk. http://www.patriciamorrison.co.uk/Interview.htm. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Patricia Morrison". Last.fm. Last.fm Ltd. http://www.last.fm/music/Patricia+Morrison. Retrieved 8 May 2012.

External links

Official Patricia Morrison website

v t e The Damned

Dave Vanian Captain Sensible Stu West Monty Oxy Moron Pinch Brian James Rat Scabies Lu Edmunds Algy Ward Paul Gray Roman Jugg Bryn Merrick Kris Dollimore Alan Lee Shaw Moose Harris Patricia Morrison Jon Moss Lemmy

Studio albums	Damned Damned Damned Music for Pleasure Machine Gun Etiquette The Black Album Strawberries Phantasmagoria Anything Not of This Earth Grave Disorder So, Who's Paranoid?

Live albums	Live Shepperton 1980 Live at Newcastle The Captain's Birthday Party Not the Captain's Birthday Party? Final Damnation Ballroom Blitz – Live at the Lyceum Molten Lager Live at the 100 Club

Compilation albums	Light at the End of the Tunnel The Radio One Sessions Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987

EPs	Friday 13th EP Testify

Singles	"New Rose" "Neat Neat Neat" "Stretcher Case Baby" "Problem Child" "Don't Cry Wolf" "Love Song" "Smash It Up" "I Just Can't Be Happy Today" "White Rabbit" "The History of the World (Part 1)" "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde" "Wait for the Blackout" "Lovely Money" "Dozen Girls" "Lively Arts" "Generals" "Thanks for the Night" "Grimly Fiendish" "The Shadow of Love" "Is It a Dream?" "Eloise" "Gigolo" "Anything" "Alone Again Or" "In Dulce Decorum" "Fun Factory" "Prokofiev" "Shut It" "Little Miss Disaster"

Associated acts	Masters of the Backside London SS The Lords of the New Church Dave Vanian and the Phantom Chords Naz Nomad and the Nightmares

Related articles	Discography Stiff Records Chiswick Records Bronze Records Nitro Records

v t e The Sisters of Mercy

Andrew Eldritch Chris Catalyst Ben Christo Gary Marx Craig Adams Ben Gunn Wayne Hussey Patricia Morrison Andreas Bruhn Tony James Tim Bricheno Adam Pearson

Studio albums	First and Last and Always Floodland Vision Thing

Studio EPs	Floorshow EP Alice EP The Reptile House EP Body and Soul

Singles	The Damage Done Body Electric Alice/Floorshow Anaconda Temple of Love Walk Away No Time to Cry This Corrosion Dominion Lucretia My Reflection More Doctor Jeep When You Don't See Me Temple Of Love (1992) Under the Gun

Compilations	Some Girls Wander by Mistake A Slight Case of Overbombing

Videos	Wake Shot

Side projects	The Sisterhood SSV

Related articles	Discography The Mission Ghost Dance James Ray Merciful Release

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