snowbender 3 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Do we have any goths here? Or people like me who might have been goths at one point. Just read an article on Guardian http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1735690,00.html It sure brought back a lot of memories. At college I was really into the goth scene... Sisters, The Mission, Fields of the Neph. I fondly remember my 'disarmingly pointy boots' as well. I wonder, what music are goths into nowadays. Surely not still waiting for the next Sisters album. Was it pretty much a UK scene or were there big goth communities in other places? "Goths are like masons," I have been told. "They're everywhere." Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Nice one. I liked this: "Sussex University's Dunja Brill, whose doctorate in media and cultural studies looked at people with funny hair and eyeliner in London, Brighton and Cologne.." Link to post Share on other sites
Bonio 0 Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Never been a goth myself but their are lots of them where I live. They have a rather irritating habit of gathering in the town centre in a group of about 30, in the same spot and doing absolutely nothing all day. Not really your classic goth though, they are more of a mish mash of goth (wearing almost entirely black + makeup) punk (The more extreme hairdo's plus doc martins) and grunge (there is always at least 4 wearing the exact same nirvana hoody) I expect they generally intimidate/irritate most people down town at weekends but that is probably the point. It would be nice if goth lolita took off a bit. At least that would be a bit of variation and would show a bit of originality within my town. Might freak out people even more though. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 They were a reasonably visible group in my town, and my mates sister and her boyfriend were fully into the scene. I still remember the first time I saw him come out of her room fully decked out with makeup. I just about pissed my pants! Hehe. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I do believe there will actually be a new Sisters album. Eldrich is just taking his time. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Don't laugh. Are Nine Inch Nails a modern goth type outfit? I quite liked some of the goth type music back then, not sure what I'd think of it now. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I was never a real goth but I used to wear a lot of black and like some of that music. I still do wear a lot of black actually (best colour!) Can't go much wrong with black I had some real full on goth friends though. One friend in particular looked quite spooky when she transformed from the pretty girl she was into this goth monster. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 The goths I knew were quite into the industrial stuff like Nine Inch Nails, and much more obscure, even more industrial groups. Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Being a goth must suck in the summertime. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 They stay indoors. Link to post Share on other sites
ProbablyaCrazyPerson 2 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 ...and only come out at night. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I thought they hibernated. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 "The bats have left the bell tower, the victims have been bled, red velvet lines the black box. Bela Lugosi's dead." Link to post Share on other sites
alferg 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 ah yes, that old bauhaus classic still sends shivers up my spine... it was used so effectively in the vampire film, "the hunger". nobody ever made a gothier song - it sounded like it was recorded in draculas castle! i reckon teenagers will always be drawn towards that exploration of their darker side, so goth will always be around in some form. where i spent my "formative" years in brisbane, queensland, goths were called "swampies". i was a bit of a swampie, but i was only 16 & wasnt into the make-up or anything... living in the southern burbs, i was lucky i was never bashed, cruising around in my tight black jeans, pointy boots & black spikey hair! there were quite a lot of swampies in brisbane back then (late 80s). favourite club was called "morticias". i still listen to a bit of bauhaus & early cure, the jesus & mary chain, etc... some good tunes from that era. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 How can you have goths in Australia? It's far too warm! I never was one, but I can play the intro to Temple of Love on the guitar. I've got a soft spot for the Cult, Bradford's own Red Indians, but more in their Rick Rubin Rockout period. Many modern "electroclash" records sound like "The Walk" by the Cure, except not as good. Link to post Share on other sites
mashed-spuds 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I like the Love album The Cult did, before they went all "US rock" with Electic and even more so from there on. That was their gothy-like period. I liked quite a lot of what The Mission did as well, The Sisters before that. Link to post Share on other sites
alferg 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Mr Wiggles: How can you have goths in Australia? It's far too warm! i know! people do it though. you can be goth in shorts, it just takes some imagination. thanks for reminding me about the cult. i gotta get some more old cult tunes. they rocked! i hear ya re. the cure -> electroclash. i think a lot of dance music is derivative of stuff the cure was doing way back. Link to post Share on other sites
ProbablyaCrazyPerson 2 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Another goth article in the uk http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article352580.ece Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Goths in Australia must spend a fortune protecting their sallow complexions. You can't stick a hat on all that crimped hair. Electroclash is basically 80s synth pop, one of many pies the Cure dipped their fingers into. Gary Numan, Soft Cell, Sparks, etc. is the basic model. The Cult, Bauhaus and various tracks including Cruisers by the Fall and a typical wall of fuzz from Loop are here. http://www.beggars.com/banquet/index.htm?../home/index.htm&0 Click on the "V" on the red bar at the bottom and then on "VIDEO ARCHIVE". For the Cult you have to go through another page. Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne H 0 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I don't actually like the goth tag, but if you want some classic goth type rock, try these albums by The Mission Gods Own Medicine Carved in Sand Aura Aura was only released a few years ago and is a great album, classic Mission sound. Mr Hussey and crew are actually recording a new album this year. There was a friendship between The Cult and the Mission early on, and even recently Craig Adams (originally Mission) was playing bass in The Cult. The Mish are by far the better of the two though. It was sad to see Ian Astbury doing the "lead singer of the reformed Doors" gig recently. I don't think so. Link to post Share on other sites
0151 0 Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I haven't heard more recent stuff of The Mish. The Mish were the best gig I've ever been to though. The Hillsborough benefit concert they did in Liverpool after Hillsborough (Hussey is a lifelong Liverpool fan). Very moving it was, rocking gig (...a few too mad Eskimos though!) Talking of (the brighter side of) goth, my sister has sent me a best of album of All About Eve - never really got into them but this is surprisingly good. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Famous gig that one 0151, there were quite a few special guests at that weren't they, not just The mission? Link to post Share on other sites
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