Ok, lets begin...
My interest in gothic rock goes back to my high school days when punk
and later, gothic bands provided me and a couple of friends with a new spectrum
of excitement...
Years passed with endless hours of listening, hundreds of records and gigs,
clothes, places, photos, dreaming and even my choice of studies (graphic
design) been influenced by gothic and punk fascination with art and
atmospherics.
Oliver Vaughan, Chris Bigg (4AD) along with Neville’s Brody’s work on
vinyl record sleeves, haunted my walls and my personal work. I can remember
that the first poster I ever did as a student, was a collage of xeroxed photos
for Bauhaus’ live LP “Press the eject and give
me the tape”.
“..discover all of earth’s surprises” – Love under will, Fields of the
Nephilim
Now, so many years later I know Mc Coy was right when he sang this...
I still feel a strong attraction towards not so much the image,
masquerade and paraphernalia
of this kind of music but to it’s very essence.
For each of us it may be somewhat different...
That’s why I bother to upload this blog.
So I’ll start with a cliche.
My top 15 LP’s of classic goth rock.
Please feel free to upload yours.
That’s what blogs are about.
I think that compilations
here are a cheat so I haven’t included any...
Red lorry Yellow lorry - Talk about the weather (1985)
Play Dead - The first flower (1983)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and last and always (1984)
Fields of the Nephilim - the Nephilim (1988)
Fields of the Nephilim - Dawnrazor (1987)
Bauhaus - The sky’s gone out (1982)
The Cult - Dreamtime (1984)
Dance society - Heaven is waiting (1983)
Killing Joke - Night time (1985)
March Violets - Natural history (1984)
The Marionettes - Ave Dementia
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - A kiss in the dreamhouse (1982)
The Mission - God’s own medicine (1986)
Dead can Dance - Dead can dance (1984)
That’s about it...
With no particular order.
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* whenever someone sends a top something I'm going to upload it to this page too instead of leaving it to the obscurity of the comments...
SavaGeo proposes:
Killing Joke - Fire Dances
1919 - Machine
Leitmotiv - Carress & Curse
Southern Death Cult - S/T
The Danse Society - Seduction
The Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always
Bauhaus - Burning From The Inside
Play Dead - The First Flower
Christian Death - Only Theatre Of Pain
Cocteau Twins - Garlands
Gene Loves Jezebel - Promise
Virgin Prunes - If I Die I Die
Skeletal Family - Recollect
* whenever someone sends a top something I'm going to upload it to this page too instead of leaving it to the obscurity of the comments...
SavaGeo proposes:
Killing Joke - Fire Dances
1919 - Machine
Leitmotiv - Carress & Curse
Southern Death Cult - S/T
The Danse Society - Seduction
The Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always
Bauhaus - Burning From The Inside
Play Dead - The First Flower
Christian Death - Only Theatre Of Pain
Cocteau Twins - Garlands
Gene Loves Jezebel - Promise
Virgin Prunes - If I Die I Die
Skeletal Family - Recollect
