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This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk era.Drawing on his own experience as a musician and journalist, Robb covers the style, the music and the clubs that spawned the culture, alongside political and social conditions. He also reaches back further to key historic events and movements that frame the ideas of goth, from the fall of Rome to Lord Byron and the romantic poets, European folk tales, Gothic art and the occult. Finally, he considers the current mainstream goth of Instagram influencers, film, literature and music.The art of darkness features interviews with Andrew Eldritch, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, The Cult, The Banshees, The Damned, Einstürzende Neubauten, Johnny Marr, Trent Reznor, Adam Ant, Laibach, The Cure, Nick Cave and many more. It offers a first-hand account of being there at the gigs and clubs that made the scene happen.
Price: £14.99
Pages: 546
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Louder Than War
Publication Date:
23 March 2023
ISBN: 9781526173201
Format: Paperback
Introduction1 Floorshow: a night out at the heart of 1980s goth2 The fall of Rome3 Deep in the forest: Europe’s Gothic history4 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know': the Romantics and the Gothic imagination5 Euro visions6 The devil has the best tunes7 Paint it black: the dark heart of the psychedelic sixties8 All the children are insane, or people are strange: the (un)holy trinity: The Doors/Velvets/Stooges9 Wham bam thank you glam: the dark side of glam rock10 Proto post-punk11 The punk wars12 'What was once unhealthily fresh is now a clean old hat': post-punk to a very Public Image13 Spellbound: Siouxsie and the Banshees14 Feel the pain: The Damned15 Ridicule is nothing to be scared of: Adam Ant16 New dawn fades: Manchester and Joy Division17 'The wreckers of western civilisation...': industrial music18 'I must fight this sickness... find a cure': The Cure19 The naughty north and the sexy south20 All we ever wanted was everything: Bauhaus21 Lord of chaos: a dark and beautiful playground: Killing Joke22 Release the bats! Nick Cave23 'I am not avant-garde I am a deserter': Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzende Neubauten and the reinvention of Berlin24 Voodoo idols: the ballad of Lux and Ivy25 First, last and always: how post-punk Leeds created goth and The Sisters of Mercy26 Vagabonds Bradford: New Model Army and Joolz27 Flowers in the forest: Southern Death Cult28 Wanted dead or alive: how Liverpool opened the doors to a new (North) West Coast sound29 Do you believe in the westworld? Theatre of Hate30 A new form of beauty: Virgin Prunes, Dublin: how Lypton Village changed a nation31 'Good poetry can still resonate louder than a thousand guns': Rammstein for grown-ups: Laibach32 At the gates of silent memory: Field of the Nephilim33 Darklands: how the dark energy infected indie34 'We sing to the gods to be free': American Gothic and the dark art of the American dream35 Trans Europe Express36 In the flat field, suburbs and satellite towns: the second coming of goth37 Apocalypse now! Goth's end daysIndex