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Old 05-15-2014, 11:23 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Sisters of Mercy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As far as I understand, this is where the name came from and it really doesn't have anything to do directly with the Leonard Cohen song.
The link you provided contains a link to the band's page which says this:

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The name was influenced by Robert Altman's film McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), which featured the Leonard Cohen song "Sisters of Mercy" (from the album Songs of Leonard Cohen) ("because [calling ourselves] The Captains of Industry wouldn't have been as funny").
So there.
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