What is Goth?

Well why not stick my nose in this one?

Goth is a movement that has its roots in British Punk. It has always been based around music. Goth is not a lifestyle. Goth is not an orientation. Goth is about music. A Goth is a fan of that genre of music who tends to dress the part.

"The goth tag was a bit of a joke," insists Ian Astbury. "One of the groups coming up at the same time as us was Sex Gang Children, and Andi -- he used to dress like a Banshees fan, and I used to call him the Gothic Goblin because he was a little guy, and he's dark. He used to like Edith Piaf and this macabre music, and he lived in a building in Brixton called Visigoth Towers. So he was the little Gothic Goblin, and his followers were Goths. That's where goth came from."

Pete Scathe's: History of Goth

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Deadchovsky: Spiritus Sancti Bizarre

Deadchovsky return with 'Spiritus Sancti Bizarre', the follow up to their rather tasty 'Decadence Revolution'. Describing Deadchovsky is easy, they float some where in the middle of the Atlantic between folks like Sex Gang Children, Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend from the blighty Batcave and the Deathrock pioneers of the ex-colonies like Rozz's Christian Death.

In the patch of deep sea delight they bob about it it is still 1983 and Leeds never existed. Quite a picture. Actually they are from France and share a label with the beyond amazing Frustration. The question is, does 'Spiritus Sanct Bizarrei' live up to expectations?

Screaming Banshee Aircrew: When All is Said and Done

The Screaming Banshee Aircrew have always been one of those bands, not uncommon in the Goth scene, that work better live than in the studio. Hey, there is a long tradition of this going back to late 70's. 'Fishnet Messiah' was a good broad album with some great songs on, but just didn't sound right at times. Maybe a lot of that was to do with the drum machine, which always seems to be so hard to get sorted. But like Devilish Presley the Aircrew have got themselves a drummer, and trust me it makes all the difference.

Romance: Paris is Burning

While I get round to some Deadchovsky thoughts and a review of the new Screaming Banshee Aircrew have a video from Seattle dark post-punk band Romance:

Irn-Bru Goth advert.

This made me smile!

UK Decay: Death, So Fatal

This one has been out a few months now, but after the last review I had to write about something I actually liked. So just a quicky.