Given the number of books he manages to sell, this is a superb promotional opportunity.Mick Mercer wrote:Hello,
I am doing a new book on Goth, my fifth on the subject, to be published this Summer by Cherry Red, and this time concentrating solely on bands, in the Goth genre itself, and in overlapping scenes of Deathrock, Punk Noire, Post-Punk, Ethereal, Heavenly Voices, Faery, Ambient, Dark electronics/folk/country, Atmospheric Industrial, Neo-classical, Horror Rock/Punk, Gothabilly/Psychobilly and all the rest. (I am not interested in Neo-folk, club-style electronics/electro, Art-Noise which I see as Indie, or mainstream Industrial which is decorated Rock.)
I am going through all the lists I have assembled to send out info requests but if you see this first and beat me to it then hurrah! Also, for any new bands I may not be aware of you, but once you see this please join in. If you are not in a band but wish to recommend some likely urls please feel free. (Please don’t post any info here but send to the requested locations behind the cut.) Obviously I want this to be a fully International book, which is why I am posting requests worldwide.
Some people have asked if they have to pay to be in this? The answer is a very simple NO! I am shocked to hear of this. I don’t know if other people doing music books have asked people to pay to be in them but I certainly haven’t, nor ever will. So, if in any doubt, it is free. I write books, publishers print them. Anything else would be weird!
Although I will be scattering more than a soupcon of personal comments through the book this book isn’t ego-driven but something I want to prove useful as a directory of information, and not merely a gaggle of urls, but the sort of thing collectors will be drawn to, as it is something which adds up to coverage in depth. I also want it as accurate as possible, so if you provide the info I can pretty confident that’s correct!
Please send me the following info either to my myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/mickmercer
Or by e-mail to mercermick at hotmail dot com
I realise some parts may not be relevant for bands in suspension or disbanded but please fill in as many as possible.
I would appreciate the following info by the end of February. I won’t have any time given my tight deadline to send out any reminders.
Band formed – date? (Also, any names bands previously went under, or any bizarre names which were considered before you finally settled on your choice.)
Location
Current line-up (please list as below)
Member’s name (previous bands) instrument
Former members (+their previous bands and instrument played)
Releases, as follows
Title – format (dvd / CD album / CD EP / vinyl 7� / cassette / CD-R) – date of release
(*Please include any demos that were available to people, as this is the sort of information collectors require.)
(There is no need to include compilation appearances unless tracks were unavailable elsewhere. Please mention where appropriate, but bear in mind if it’s a huge long list of comps it may get cut out at the editing stage due to space.)
The book will be out in the Summer of this year so if you know there’ll be a release, with title, for late 2008 release please include that.
URL-wise, Please list website url and myspace url but if you have other urls you wish to include, like livejournal urls, myspace groups, or individual websites/zines/club pages you run which you think will be of interest please do so and mention which member is responsible.
Finally, please include one fascinating fact about the band or one of your songs which you know has never been made public before - a genuine fact, obviously.
If you wish to recommend any new bands you think I may not be aware of that would also be much appreciated – simply include an url and I will be all ears.
Cheers!
Mick
p.s.
If you release anything soon for review please considering sending to me for review.
Work appears here:
http://mickmercer.livejournal.com – daily
http://www.myspace.com/mickmercer - weekly roundup (and some reviews copied to http://gothmagazine.com/blog )
http://www.mickmercer.com/themick.html - monthly online mag
My NEW address is Mick Mercer, 33 Lyndale Rd, Redhill, Surrey RH1 2HA, England
In other news, The Hated Reign now have promos (lightscribe CD-r) available for DJ's and clubs. With the debut album out at the end of the year and a new line-up in the making, gigs in and around the UK should follow fairly quickly (well, fingers crossed). If anyone would like a copy (even if you're not a DJ or connected to a club that does gigs
), just drop me a PM with your address and I'll dispatch one ASAP. Cheers.
