Anyway! Self-justification is not my aim. In between waiting for a new Sisters album (amongst other things), I churn out words for an online publication called Stylus. As it happens, we're in the middle of a "Goth" week (no, wait, hear me out!)
We all know how much that nice Mr. Eldritch loves that word. It was with such things in mind that we hoped to re-assess the bands which fell beneath this cursed term--as well as mess around and make silly jokes--when we wrote the article. Enough waffling actually, here's the whole shebang (it's a bit of an epic)
Intro/Part One wonders whether we can pin "Goth" on Joy Division, Siouxsie or The Cure.
Part Two deals with Bauhaus and chums.
Part Three is the Batcave mob.
Part Four (that would be me) features everything(?) Leeds.
Part Five will come tomorrow - conclusions and a big fat collection of key albums (with blurbs).
We probably got a couple of things wrong (after all, it was a lot of words - and I was about five years old in the 80s), but we've tried to be accurate. No doubt we'll have suggested things you don't agree with, but we've tried to be interesting and funny.
Ahhh ... I'm rambling on again. Hopefully you guys will find some parts you enjoy! I also hope this "fits" in the Sisters Chat forum.
Might want to check out the sexy "cover" too: http://www.stylusmagazine.com
Urg, this has come out a bit like a sales pitch. We're not selling anything! (though the site has a fair few adverts on it - sorry about that) Actually I guess that's a lie, as I'm "selling" the words. They're good words though, I think. And they're free ...
... Even if they do come from a collective of Pond Scum Music Journos
