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Store Hours And receive 'Exclusive Offer Tickets & Free Gifts' from The Attic: Kinda salesy, but there's worse things you could get in your inbox. Please sign up here and get coupons and giveaways and love letters from us! (513) 818-8088 Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, drawing on his own experience and interviews with a host of bands, from Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure to Throbbing Gristle and Lydia Lunch. Connect@bookerycincy. Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, drawing on his own experience and interviews with a host of bands, from The Banshees and The Cure to Throbbing Gristle. Weight: 794gDimension: 152 x 229 x 30 (mm)ISBN-13: 9781526173201 This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture.
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N. Smith
Highly recommended. And he knows so much about just about all music, particularly post punk (two words- not just post-punk). If you have been in the subculture for any amount of time parts of this book will feel familiar, like you are talking to a good friend about 'back in the day'.
Paige Turner
When I was a teen in the mid/late 80's I actually got into The Doors, along with bands such as Virgin Prunes and Specimen so I felt like my experience was finally being seen and talked about. I also love that he really gets into the threads that tangled together to form the goth subculture.
djvampira
Thankfully, journalist and musician John Robb has seen the scene from the beginning, and the six hundred and forty pages of main taxt (plus notes) that he gives us here are packed with information on just about every aspect of the subject you could want. Finished……. I especially love the fact that Robb was actually around the subculture in the 80's. ), their inluences (particularly from the '60's and '70's: Doors, Velvets, Stooges, Bowie, Roxy and others), as well as a host of smaller bands and many on the darker verges of other scenes from industrial and metal to indie and pop.
Gpaolo
The many experiences that Robb talks about in the book are the same that I had halfway around the world in California during the late 80's. He is generous in his opinions of all the musicians. I am more than halfway through this book and I am very, very impressed by the information contained within it.
Anyone who gives a damn about the music genre or general subculture of 'Goth' knows what a daunting task any attempt at a history of it is likely to be: both its historical origins and its influence on wider culture are varied, complex and up for almost constant debate. We get long sections on the expected bands (Bauhaus, Banshees, Cure, Joy Division, Killing Joke, Sisters, etc. The definitive tome on the subject. Wide ranging and well researched with plenty of interviews with the main players, the book has enough depth and detail to surprise even the most demanding and obsessive fans.
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