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UK
Punk, post-punk, pop Goth.
Dark, melodic, psychedelic.
Active (again) UK. Formed May 1976, supporting Sex Pistols two months later at the 100 Club. Split in 1978, year later reformed as the Doomed, before changing back to the Damned. Used horror kitsch, sixties psychedelia. Had trouble getting a manager, so Rat did it until Andy McQueen took over.
Releases: Damned Damned Damned (1977, credited as being first released punk album); The Black Album (1980); Phantasmagoria (the Goth album); Anything (also considered 'gothic'); I'm Alright Jack...; Summer; Grave Disorder (2001?).
1979 Machine Gun Etiquette, third album, released. Darker and more melodic than previous albums, influenced by psychedelic music.
1980 The Black Album released, dark melodies and themes, classical influences.
1982 - Strawberries, more pop
1985 - Phantasmagoria, pop Goth hybrid (with Gothic imagery and artwork).
Anything, follow-up to Phantasmagoria continuing same themes.
Founded 2000, dark, mostly electronic, heavy guitar, mysterious, experimental.
Active UK. Appeared as the wolf-girl in 'Company of Wolves'
Albums re-issued on Biter of Thorpe via World Serpent Distribution
Changed name to Maldoror circa 1995
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Swedish
Industrial / powernoise / noise.
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UK
One of the more important non-punk influences on early Goth. Also a major influence on New Romantic as well as being responsible for much of the glam look.
Named himself after the Bowie knife.
Borie described Diamond Dogs as gothic
in 1974.
Recorded single with Rene Halkett (from original Bauhaus art school).
MediÜval, ethnic, gothic band, nearly neofolk, ethereal, experimental Goth. Australian.
Previously known as KNO. Industro-black metal. Coventry / West Midlands-based. Themes of failed celebrities, disgraced starlets, decadence.
comparisons: Suicide; Korn (vocals); Manson
Christian band.
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UK, London.
Industrial; industrial dance; alternative; techno; metal; punk; Goth; Tek-punk; Industrial breakbeat; dark techno; rave.
Breakbeats; distorted guitars. Guitar, bass, drums.
Deathboy continues to make available a large range of mp3s of pre- and non-record label tracks.
| release | label | catalogue | format | release date | notes | availability to buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| release | label | catalogue | format | release date | notes | availability to buy |
| Music to Crash Cars To | Wasp Factory | WASPFAC021 | cd | 2003-04-07 | Produced at Parental Advisory Studios. |
Buy
Music to Crash Cars To by Deathboy at amazon.co.uk |
Formed in 1986, Los Angeles-based. Agressive, gutter tech oriented sound.
West Coast band.
2004-04-10 - due to make European debut at Pagan Love Songs festival, Germany.
Florida synth-goth, darkwave, electronics trio.
British
Goth, new wave. Two female vocalists, one male.
comparisons: Cure.
Gothic rock based in North London. John (DJ Gothwin) Goodwin currently managing / promoting. Played as resident band at Club Tenebrae for much of 2001.
Iain left, announced 2003-09-16
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UK, East London-based.
Goth, rock 'n' roll, glam rock.
Johnny is a distant relative of Eddie Cochran and his family were Teddy Boys in the 1950s.
Jacqui and Johnny also ran the monthly Pity for Monsters at The Betsy Trotwood in Farringdon, which is now an occasional night at On the Rocks in Shoreditch (2004-06).
2002 - formed.
2003-08 - Disgraceland recorded, followed by a promotional tour.
2005-05-07 - Last date on Hammer Horror Glamour leg of Memphisto tour at On the Rocks, Shoreditch.
2005-05-07 - Hammer Horror Glamour video due to be put together.
2005-05 - Recording of Memphisto due to take place.
2005-10-01 - Memphisto due for release.
2005-late - Australian tour due.
| release | format | release date | notes | buy UK | buy USA | ||
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| release | format | release date | notes | buy UK | buy USA | ||
| Black Leather Jesus / Levi's Dog | cd | 2002 | November Tenth. promo single? | ||||
| rust garden | cd | 2003 | November Tenth. | ||||
| She's Not America / Memento Mori | cd | November Tenth. promo single | |||||
| Disgraceland | cd | 2003-11-10 | November Tenth. produced by Terry Chimes (The Clash). Recording supervised by Kevin Poree at Berry St Studio. | ||||
| Pandemonium | cd | November Tenth. promo single? 4-trackEP | |||||
| Hammer Horror Glamour | cd single | 2005-02-05 | Released at Dead and Buried, North London. | ||||
| Memphisto | cd | due 2004-late/2005-10-01 | November Tenth. | Recording due to be supervised by Kevin Poree at Berry St studio. |
French electronic-gothics. Darkwave since 1978. Performance art, film imagery with death, S&M. Sampling, treated vocals, rhythms. Influenced ethereal and electro groups. Dance plays a larch part in live shows, as does fetish imaqery.
Inactive (since 2000?). Five piece UK goth band, formed 1992 by Berry. Orchestral sounds.
Gothic rock, alternative
Black metal.
Darkwave, electro.
2004-05-29 - due to play Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig, Germany.
Short-lived name for The Damned when they reformed in late 1970s.
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USA, California, Los Angeles.
One of the more important non-punk influences on early Goth.
From Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception.
Dallas-based quartet. Williams found dead, 14 August, 2002 on tour bus during Ozzfest tour.
Harsh ambient sounds, based in Los Angeles
electro
Manchester-based, formed circa 1978. Ambient, experimental mood music. Vini was a friend of Ian Curtis. Named after Spanish civil war revolutionary anarchist Buenaventura Durruti group. Delicate, instrumental (mostly). Peter Hook used to play with them live, sometimes
Formed Winter, 1998 by Mikey and Naamah. Dark, industrial dance, heavy rock, ethereal melodies. X-tian replaced two guitarists from original line-up and a synth and drum machine replaced the original drummer. Icicle no longer in D.U.S.T. Renamed DUST:RETOX
New name for D.U.S.T.. TechoRock, SpookyGlam.
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Almost operatic female vocals at times.
| release | label | catalogue | format | release date | notes | availability to buy |
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| release | label | catalogue | format | release date | notes | availability to buy |
| Awakening the Oceans | Smd Trisol | cd |
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