The G-Word
Saturday 28 February 2009 1900-2000
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/documentaries/thegword.shtml
"In 1979, a dark and moody sound started to emerge from the roots of punk and glam rock. ‘Professional ex-goth’ Andrew Collins speaks to key musicians about the emergence of goth rock, and attempts to dispel some of the genre's myths along the way.
Siouxsie Sioux, Joy Division and Bauhaus all grabbed their eyeliner pencils, dressed in black and released albums of mire and moodiness. Thirty years on and the word goth still fills parents with dread, despite soaps like Hollyoaks and Coronation Street putting goth teens into the mainstream.
Andrew speaks to those who began the post punk exploration of all things darkly glamorous – Siouxsie Soux and Steve Severin of the Banshees, Peter Hook of Joy Division, the original Batcave regulars such as Specimen, and Bauhaus - a Northampton-based band, whose emergence on the post-punk scene helped shape the genre."
