A 1989 View of The History of Goth

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http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/o ... goth-music

From The Guardian - Rock’s Backpages revisits Cathi Unsworth’s 1989 piece in Sounds magazine about the genesis of goth.

Funny to remember some of this stuff, never really even at the time thought of the Bunnymen as goth...Although calling the Mish Bad Bunnymen made me smile.
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He would only be bettered by Robert Smith who, in 1985, had the cunning foresight to allow a large tarantula to nest on his head.
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Thanks for sharing this fantastic article. Cathi certainly had a way with words - goth's "rich escapism", the Cure and Bunnymen's "long mac miserabilism", Carl McCoy's "dubious mysticism" and a description of Wake era Eldritch alongside repetition of the accusation of goths being "pompous, miserable bastards". A better history of 80's goth than any Mick Mercer book or draconianly admin'ed FB page.
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A very nice read ... :lol: :D ... thank you for the link ... :notworthy: ...
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He would only be bettered by Robert Smith who, in 1985, had the cunning foresight to allow a large tarantula to nest on his head.
:lol: :notworthy:
Really? ... :eek: :lol: :lol: ...
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This bit was weird:
Loop, Spacemen 3, Thee Hypnotics, the Telescopes and a host of others have all unlocked the gates to the passageway of doom. In a not dissimilar fashion to the end of the 60s, the 80s are riding out on a tidal wave of mutant feedback, hyper-driven wah-wah pedals and disenchanted nihilism.
There definitely is an interesting intersection of fans in both camps, but no way would I have gone so far as to label Loop or the Spacemen as goths. :eek:
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mh wrote:This bit was weird:
Loop, Spacemen 3, Thee Hypnotics, the Telescopes and a host of others have all unlocked the gates to the passageway of doom. In a not dissimilar fashion to the end of the 60s, the 80s are riding out on a tidal wave of mutant feedback, hyper-driven wah-wah pedals and disenchanted nihilism.
There definitely is an interesting intersection of fans in both camps, but no way would I have gone so far as to label Loop or the Spacemen as goths. :eek:
or the Bunnymen?!?!
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Nikolas Vitus Lagartija wrote:Cathi certainly had a way with words
Cathi's books 'The Not Knowing' and 'The Singer' are my favourite works of fiction since I read 'Trainspotting' back in 94/95.

'Weirdo' is particularly good too, lots of goth reference points, including a healthy number of references to The Sisters.
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