But it was a well cool scene to be in from 1982 onwards; certainly infinitely preferable to the alternatives, eg metaler or flick.
I did the whole full on Andi Sex Gang / Gavin Friday / Nik Fiend make up thing.
Had a mohican which was generally bleached white but was vaiously red, blue, purple, pink
, zebra stripes etc etc.Was recently(ish) speaking to Choque at last Octobers Heartland do at the George reminiscing about the many, many Friday nights I spent at The Warehouse where he was the DJ and the soundtrack was predominantly glam - T Rex, Bowie, Steve Harley, Sweet with a mere smattering of that new 'Goth' stuff eg Siouxsie, Cure, Bauhaus, Killing Joke(!) etc etc
The Goth scene that I relate to from those days had more in common with the New Romantics than Punks, although there was a helathy cross-fertilisation of old school punks, psychobillys (Meteors, Guana Batz, Cramps etc), miserabilists and plain old don't-fit-anywhere-elses.
Musical influences were not as prescriptive as they are these days and nor was the dress code.
I got two severe batterings from walking around Leeds 'gothed up' on my way to nightclubs because unlike today, it WAS dangerous to look different. These days the kids hanging out outside the Korn Exchange (@QB - like it
) hardly raise an eyebrow - pierced or otherwise - and indeed I reckon you'd have to walk stark naked down Briggate with a thermos flask up your arse to get a second look.In brief, it was exciting and I had the time of my life.
Last Wednesday was not only an opportunity to see a reasonable performance from a once magnificent force, but also a chance to say 'Hi' to all those people from 20 years and more ago.
Too Cool.
I must dig some old piccies out and bung them up on the Gallery for all to enjoy and laugh at
Regard myself as just an alternative type. My friends certainly aren't goths.
