The tabloid idea of what Goths are supposed to look like, Alien Sex Fiend were the demented brain-spawn of flamboyant Batcave employee Nik Fiend (real…
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This London quartet featured the rather lovely – and often multi-tracked – voice of Coventry-born music journalist Julianne Regan (an early bassist in Gene Loves Jezebel)…
Bauhaus were the founding fathers of Goth-rock, creating a minimalist, gloomy style of post-punk, driven by jagged guitars and cold, metallic synthesizers. Throughout their brief career,…
Goth’s unlikely tendency to flourish in the world’s sunniest places could be said to start with the debut album, Only Theatre Of Pain (1982), from Los Angeles…
Though there is room for everybody in life’s rich musical pageant, most people with ears drew the line at Fields of The Nephilim. They rode…
Formed in Brixton, London, by singer/guitarist Nick Marsh and drummer James Mitchell in 1982, Flesh For Lulu brought a warmer rock sound to Goth. No…
Identical twins Jay (John) and Mike Aston enjoyed cult appeal as Gene Loves Jezebel in the UK goth community but achieved greater success in America. The…
“Bela Lugosi’s dead, undead, undead…” intoned Peter Murphy on the single that released a new genre – not to mention a fair scattering of bats…
This rock band with definite Goth leanings was formed in England in December 1981. Laurence “Loz” Elliot (bass) met Simon “Detroit” Denbigh (vocals) at Leeds…
This Leeds-based goth-tinged band revolved around Phil Morris (vocals) and Paul James Berry (guitar), with the remainder of the line-up prone to frequent change. They…
They may have been Goth, but unlike such lugubrious peers as Sisters Of Mercy and All About Eve, at least Leeds’ Sex Gang Children – the name was…
These Leeds second-wavers (named after a track from 1968’s Songs Of Leonard Cohen) formed in 1980 and became the sour face of Goth four years…
Barely six months after the demise of Theatre of Hate, Kirk Brandon was braving it on stage in Manchester with a new band, a new name…
The first Theatre of Hate release was the single Original Sin in November 1980, which reached #5 on the UK Indie Chart. It was followed by Rebel…
UK Decay were a gothic punk band from Luton, Bedfordshire, who had formerly been known as The Resistors. Singer/guitarist Steve ‘Abbo” Abbott, bassist Martyn ‘Segovia’ Smith and…