The 'godfathers' of goth

Haven't a clue who started it...

The Mission are my faves and :moon: to all you Mission haters!

Davey Druid and the Peagan Nut Munchers,used to sell out Stonehendge back in the 7th century, according to my sources-They all topped themselves before they turned 24 years old,in line with the rules of being Goth

Mr Owens says Aerosmith

W.T.F ????

goths have got into louder and heavier music now ut in the early days it was--banshees,bauhaus,cure some of my fav groups really i think siouxsie and robert smith's look with the hair and make-up must have influnced the goth look

I think a true goth band should be judged by its lyrics. My favourite ones are from The Figurehead by The Cure.

A hundred other words blind me with your purity Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance I think about tomorrow Please let me sleep As I slip down the window Freshly squashed fly

Those were the days. Utterly ridiculous.

geez, just remembered that awful fields of the Nephilim that kept on changin their name. to erm...Neffilim or something.

they floured up their outfits and hats at each gig with bags of homepride.

shockers!!!

craig's digitalwaters wrote: Haven't a clue who started it...

The Mission are my faves and :moon: to all you Mission haters!

the Mish. geez. that butterfly wheel song did well in the charts i seem to remember.

you're not serious though r ya?

The Mission weren't very good. Very dull tunes. Although I didn't mind the odd track. I got dragged along to a concert of theirs once by a mate who was a big fan. I wish their fans washed a bit more. They smelt mouldy.

John Cains wrote: The Mission weren't very good. Very dull tunes. Although I didn't mind the odd track. I got dragged along to a concert of theirs once by a mate who was a big fan. I wish their fans washed a bit more. They smelt mouldy.

and the Neff smelt floury

John Cains wrote: I think a true goth band should be judged by its lyrics. My favourite ones are from The Figurehead by The Cure.

A hundred other words blind me with your purity Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance I think about tomorrow Please let me sleep As I slip down the window Freshly squashed fly

Those were the days. Utterly ridiculous.

yep and the song ends with-'i will never be clean again' figurehead is in my top 10 all time tracks by the way

bansheeman wrote:

John Cains wrote: I think a true goth band should be judged by its lyrics. My favourite ones are from The Figurehead by The Cure.

A hundred other words blind me with your purity Like an old painted doll in the throes of dance I think about tomorrow Please let me sleep As I slip down the window Freshly squashed fly

Those were the days. Utterly ridiculous.

yep and the song ends with-'i will never be clean again' figurehead is in my top 10 all time tracks by the way

There's half a good album on Pornography. Songs like A Strange Day, Cold, One Hundred Years, The Figurehead aren't bad. Mind you, some of the lyrics are the stuff of bad poetry. It's a better album than Movement to be honest, which is New Order's worst, probably, although some of the songs sound better live if you've seen 3:16. Used to like the Banshees as well but I don't think they've done a decent album since A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, although haven't heard anything by them since the early 90s.

My mate who liked The Mission used to like the Neffs as well. I think he went to see them live. I think he wanted some free flour to make some bread.

your right about banshees.aint bothered with the rubbish they made in there later years. 1977-87 is my banshees stuff really

I saw the video for This Corrosion last night. Looks like the Sisters had just gotten off a marathon of Blade Runner and Black Rain before making that one.