Patricia Morrison

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Patricia Morrison (born January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles ) is an American bassist , singer and songwriter .

Patricia Morrison, circa 1978

Life

Patricia Morrison was a staple of the Los Angeles punk scene in her teenage years and a founding member of The Bags (1976). She left the band in 1981, formed the group Legal Weapon and released the EP No Sorrow.

In 1982 she was offered to become a member of The Gun Club . She worked on the album The Las Vegas Story, among others . After two tours, she left the group and formed the band Fur Bible with Kid Congo Powers . This band released only one EP and played as the opening act for Siouxsie and the Banshees .

In 1986, Morrison was contacted by Andrew Eldritch who wanted to win her for The Sisters of Mercy . The two had known each other since a joint tour by The Sisters of Mercy and The Gun Club in 1983. She appeared on The Sisterhood album Gift from 1986 and the Sisters album Floodland from 1987 on. Patricia Morrison left the Sisters in a dispute in the early 1990s.

In 1994 she released the solo album Reflect on This, on which she played mechanical drums, simple, straightforward dark wave and "obscure guitar rock".

In 1996, she was invited to join The Damned after bassist Paul Gray was injured by a fan during a concert. That same year, Morrison married The Damned lead singer , Dave Vanian . After giving birth to their daughter Emily Vanian in 2004, Morrison retired from the band business and was replaced by Stu West as bassist.

Discography

With The Bags :

  • 1978: Survive (7 ″ single)

With Legal Weapon :

  • 1981: No Sorrow (EP)

With The Gun Club :

  • 1983: Death Party (5-track EP)
  • 1984: The Las Vegas Story (LP)
  • 1985: Love Supreme (Live LP)
  • 1985: Danse Kalinda Boom (Live LP)

With Fur Bible :

  • 1985: Plunder the Tombs (EP)

With The Suicide Twins :

  • 1986: Silver Missiles and Nightingales (LP)

With The Sisterhood :

  • 1986: Giving Ground (7 ″ single)
  • 1986: Gift (LP / CD)

With The Sisters of Mercy :

  • 1987: This Corrosion (7 ″ / 12 ″ single)
  • 1987: Floodland (LP / CD)
  • 1988: Dominion (7 ″ / 12 ″ single)
  • 1988: Lucretia My Reflection (7 ″ / 12 ″ single)

Solo:

  • 1994: Reflect on This (CD)

With The Damned :

  • 2001: Grave Disorder (CD)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Leif Jensen: Patricia Morrison: Reflect on this. In: Voices from the Darkside. No. 6, 1995, p. 68.