Amongst the original industrial pioneers.
Darkwave band.
Russian? 'Elvenmusic'
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View the entry for Carfax Abbey in isolation.
Electro, Goth, metal. Goth-industrial.
Soul to Bleed included on Music from the Succubus Club.
2005-07-15 - played at a skateboard contest and six-band concert in aid of the Hopkins Street Music Learning Center.
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Spain. Goth rock, deathrock.
comparisons: Screams for Tina; Fields of the Nephilim; The Wake
German.
Inactive, formed in late 1980s and based in Los Angeles
Shoegazer.
Duo, dark synths, guitars, gothic industrial. Formed Feb, 1998 - Ravenous joined 1999. Based in Tulsa, OK, USA
comparisons: NewlyDeads
Early eighties-style Goth.
Violins, drums, guitars, synths.
comparisons: Enya
U.K. based quartet, active again. Atmospheric guitars, dark, simple vocal melodies.
German gothic band.
Dark ethereal, orchestral, female vocals, violin, Middle Eastern, neo-classical.
Active since 1993 from Cheltenham. Early techno-poppy influences, but now more heavy bass guitars. Punk, melodic industrial, electronic. Rich left at Christmas 1998.
After playing their last ever gig at Whitby in 2004-late they have reformed and are working on a new album (2004-mid).
Dark neo-classical
Named after line from Apocalypse Now?
First band of Diablo from Katscan. "brass and recorder punk band".
Mid eighties band.
Metal/Hardcore
New York goth group.
Now known as Misery13.
UK-based, formed January, 1991, inactive.
Gothic-techno.
Electronic duo.
Did support tour for the Marionettes, female lead singer.
comparisons: Lydia Lunch
Formed in 1979, Pomona, Ca. as a punk band by Rozz Williams. Rik Agnew replaced Jay early on. Visually a combination of cross-dressing, drugs and satanism. After releasing one album, Rozz lost interest in the band and a new line-up, based on local band Pompeii 99 arose. Years later Rozz formed a new Christian Death, with both bands touring at the same time.
Founded on punk lines in 1979 in Pomona, CA, USA by Rozz Williams (Roger Painter) who died on 01.04.1998 with original line-up of James McCarthy (bass), Jay (guitar), George Belanger (drums). Rik Agnew replaced Jay in 1981? First album in 1982, in 1983 they either 'relocated' to Europe or run out of money to get home after touring. From 1984 onwards the band began going through a series of line-up changes, many of whom had been in another local band, Pompeii 99. Either way Gitane Demone stays in the Netherlands for 8 years. Has featured William Faith. Early to mid 80's featured Todd Williams who was also drummer on Rozz Williams European Tour 1994, and has worked with Gitane Demone.
A week before the 1998 European tour Steve the drummer attempted suicide while Flick was in jail for narcotics offences and sex with under-aged girls. Bishop of Hildesheim (Germany) ensured social authorities were at every show (so Yåål, 5-year-old keyboard player, junior lead vocalist, couldn't perform). Quintet at this point. Fernando was on drums, Wym was on guitar. Rafael Garcia Hernandez mixed Pornographic Messiah in Mexico. Played bass since school in Holland, met Kota (bass player of Christian Death) in London. When he couldn't come to England anymore she replaced him. Maitri likes opera, classical, rock, metal, etcetera but not rap. Have recently used ambient synths/samples, tribal drums, techno-industrial, disco-industrial, industrial-hardcore, avant-garde ambient, classical influences, choral, death rock, gothic metal.
Mexican goth band?
Formed 2, February, 1994. Split in December, 1994 and in Summer, 1995 re-formed with just Ribiat and Lanthier (as opposed to four members), adding Michael, the new guitarist in 1998. California-based deathrock.
California-based. Ethereal electronics.
comparisons: 4AD
Experimental approach.
comparisons: Virgin Prunes (early Clair Obscur)
View the entry for Claytown Troupe in isolation.
Bristol, UK.
Alternative rock, popular with Goths.
Ideas of spirituality, reality and self-analysis.
Inspired by the Cocteau Twins, Riou and Simpson decided to use drum machines and synths. The Claytown played the Marquee, Astoria and the Town & Country Club and supported The Cult on the 'Sonic Temple' tour, Pearl Jam, The Wonder Stuff, The Damned, Julian Cope, The Godfathers and the Mission. The band left EMI, then split up after three members left, forming another band. Riou and Williams have re-formed the band.
Riou claimed in a 2004-10-28 interview that a famous local clairvoyant advised him to form a band called the Clayton Troop.
Riou used to follow The Ruts, Theatre of Hate and the Killing Joke. A similar following sprung up around Claytown Troupe. Ben used to play songs in a cage at 'The Bastille' - a Bristol cellar club modelled after 'The Batcave'. Sharp's late 1990s band Altastate featured members of Skin (Skunk Anansie)'s backing band.
1984 - formed. Sharp was the first bassist though was young and became the Claytown's first fan instead.
1984? Riou and Keith Simpson write and record a few songs
1985-06 - Riou and Holt meet at a party (they'd been in a band together about three years previously), Holt trials for the Claytown.
1986 - the band supports Fields of the Nephilim, Chatshow and Alien Sex Fiend in a few local gigs.
1986 - on the advice of Tony Newland, A&R man for WEA Records Riou gets rid of Keith and the current bassist and Ben joins.
1986? - Pete & Nicki McCarthy (managers of The Bolshoi) get the Claytown a gig at the Marquee where Abbo (who runs Cat & Mouse,
an indie label and later their manager) and A&R from Beggars Banquet and Island records see them. Soon EMI, Chrysalis and Island are trying
to sign them, Island winning in the end.
1988-11 - Through the Veil beings recording, produced by Ron Fair.
1989-03 - supporting The Wonder Stuf, Jesus Jones, Soul Asylum, Julian Cope, The Godfathers, The Damned and the Mission.
1989-Summer - first single releases.
1992 - last gig, Sharp plays on bass.
2002 (circa) - Roth starts working with Riou.
2004-10 - playing WGW.
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| Through The Veil | 1990 | Island | amazon | ||
| Through the Veil | import | amazon | |||
| Wanted It All / How Can Anybody / Alabama / Feel | import | amazon | |||
| Prayer | vinyl | amazon | |||
| Through the Veil | amazon | ||||
| Wanted It All / How Can Anybody / Alabama / Feel | cd | single. | amazon | ||
| Out There | album | ||||
German
Industrial. CNN news channel forced them to change their name (to XC-NN), later reformed as Tin Star.
British experimental, ambient
Darkwave, industrial groove, trance-oriented, glitch-core, bit-crushed post-industrial sound.
Have worked with Tool. Have not yet (mid-2003) played live, though have a number of recorded albums.
Name to represent the 'totally different places' from which the sounds create a cohesive whole.
influencess: Kate Bush; Salvador Dali; Elizabeth Frazier; Lisa Gerrard; David Bowie; Pink Floyd; Terry Gilliam; Queen; Peter Gabriel; Gary Numan.
Swedish.
Tampa, Florida, USA. Electronic. Steel also runs Empire Media. Has been working in scene for twenty years.
Originally duo. Fresh and swirling pop sound. Formed in 1996 on demise of London acts Vendemmian and Altered States. Drafted in Chris Wareham for bass for a while before he left in October 1996. Replaced by Stephen Carey (This Burning Effigy). Andy joins as permanent bassist November 1997.
Swedish.
UK-based.
Industrial, based in Seattle, WA, USA.
Goth, hard edge
View the entry for Corrosion in isolation.
Bovey Tracey, Teignmouth, UK.
Gothic, alternative. Gothic rock.
Powerfull guitars, bass, powerful vocals, keyboards, sampling, base lines, drum machines. Touches of techno, ebm.
Debut performance at Camden Underworld. Have played Heresy all dayer in Coventry, Eurorock in Belgium. Appeared on Angel Child VI from M&A musicart compilation.
2000-late / 2001-early - formed by North and Roe.
2001-05-12 first gig at Camden Underworld supporting Funhouse
2002-02 - Temple of Secrets cd demo.
2003-11-20 broadcast on BBC radio 4 documentary 'A Gothic Quest'
2004 - break from live performance, North and Roe playing live in All Living Fear and working on NYAGA - debut album.
2004-10-28 Nyaga - debut album due to be released at Whitby
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| The Elemental | ep | Debut. Meltdown magazine 'Demo of the Year'. | |||
| Temple of Secrets | demo? |
Mediaeval. German.
Swedish electronic, EBM, future pop band.
Goth metal crossover. Gian has now left.
Pagan-influenced band.
Create moods and atmospheres through powerful, haunting melodies and vocals, combined with audiovisual stimuli.
Formed mid-1978, played several shows in Northampton, before the creation of S.R..
Goth metal. Last ever gig was 1995-03-03 at The Venue, New Cross.
Dark electronic.
Formed 1981 during a tea break for a recording of Juju? when Budgie and Siouxsie wrote a tune. When the other Banshees returned they decided it didn't need anything more than vocals and percussion. Have been working with John Cale (Velvet Underground) since 1995. Jane and Rob play live with them.
Norwegian goth band
comparisons: Portishead; Switchblade Symphony
Later changed name to Tammuz. Middle Eastern influences.
comparisons: Fields of the Nephilim
Formed, Melbourne, Australia 1984 - 1990, though Bonney had used the name throughout the late seventies and early eighties. The Howards are brothers. Melancholy, brooding, atmospheric, blues-based, haunting. Members from the Birthday Party, Einsturzende Neubaten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Darkwave, synth-goth
Formed 1992 by 'two disillusioned hackers and an art student'
. A goth, industrial, new wave influenced group. Sound modules, samplers, sequencers for sensitive, danceable, dark, artistics electronic music. Synthpop?
comparisons: Bella Morte
Active (again). Formerly Southern Death Cult, then Death Cult and latterly just 'Cult', originally formed in the late 1970's in Cheshire, with early Native American influences. Billy Duffy (from Manchester) joined while in the Death Cult phase. Astbury and Duffy had disagreements around 1985, Astbury spent all his time in hotel rooms with his girlfriends while the rest of the band overproduced the album, before it was ditched by ex-Beastie Boys producer Rick Rubin. During their 18-month tour, starting in 1987, Astbury began to drink too much, and trash hotel rooms. American Sorum joined at about this time, but, along with Stewart quit at the end of the Sonic Temple tour in 1990.
Sorum played with the Cult, then Y Kant Tori Read (1988?), later playing with Guns n Roses for the Use Your Illusion tour, before returning to the Cult.
The new Cult consists of Astbury, Duffy and Sorum, with Billy Morrison on bass.
Originally called Sex Gang Children, after a line in a Bow Wow Wow song.
From Spain.
View the entry for The Cure in isolation.
UK.
New wave.
Music and image influenced early Goths, though not part of the Goth scene.
Originally called The Obelisk, then Malice, then the Easy Cure, before settling on The Cure.
Pornography most Goth album.
1980/1 no longer have a new wave sound, more Gothic.
Rilinger has worked with Sara Noxx
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