I was thinking, how it used to be. Now, it's different, it's not the same.
I was dreaming, that I was falling, I wasn't stopping. Then, I hit the ground.

Pushed Too Far

Sister Mercedes (sistermercedes@hotmail.co.uk) is the solo project and full band (http://sistermercedes.bandcamp.com/) of Darren Van Asten who played guitar and sang in Junkbox (John Devolle and Shoko Ariba) a rock n roll three piece from London who released their debut LP on reaction records. 
The Sister gave Pete Doherty a cd and Junkbox were asked to join the Libertines on tour. And later continued touring with Babyshambles and Pete's solo shows. Junkbox also toured with Primal Scream, Little Barrie and The Young Knives and many other bands. They played one of the last gigs at CBGBs in New York before it closed. Recorded several XFM radio sessions. John Peel also used to play them on his radio show. 
When Junkbox called it a day after a storming final gig at the 100 club Sister Mercedes formed a new band called The MoonShakers. Recorded many songs and played some explosive shows then split up. Boom! gone. 
The Sister had been writing many solo tracks along side Junkbox and The MoonShakers and continues to do so. Most songs are played at solo gigs, just voice, guitar and stomping foot. Very lo-fi. Simple and raw. Or with the full electric Sister Mercedes band with John Devolle (again) and Dominic Pettit and Raf Bus.

Pushed Too Far

Sister Mercedes

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