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The art of darkness : the history of goth
Author
Title
The art of darkness : the history of goth / John Robb.
ISBN
9781526173201
1526173204
9781526173225
9781526173218
Publication
[Great Britain] : Louder Than War Books, 2023.
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
viii, 539 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 23 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
"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 Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, The Damned, Nick Cave, Southern Death Cult, Einstürzende Neubauten, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Throbbing Gristle, Danielle Dax, Lydia Lunch and many more. It offers a first-hand account of being there at the gigs and clubs that made the scene happen." -- Amazon.com.
Other formats
ebook version :
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 17, 2023
Contents
Introduction: The doors are open ...
Floorshow : a night out
The fall of Rome
Deep in the forest : Europe's goth history
"Mad, bad and dangerous to know" : the romantics and the Gothic imagination
Euro visions
The devil has the best tunes
Paint it black : the dark heart of the psychedelic Sixties
All the children are insane, or people are strange : the (un)holy trinity, The Doors/Velvets/Stooges
Wham bam thank you glam : the dark side of glam rock
Proto post-punk
The punk wars
"What was once unhealthily fresh is now a clean old hat" : post-punk to a very public image
Spellbound : Siouxsie & the Banshees
Feel the pain : The Damned
Ridicule is nothing to be scared of : Adam Ant
New dawn fades : Manchester & Joy Division
"The wreckers of Western civilisation ..." : industrial music
"I must fight this sickness ... find a cure" : The Cure
The naughty North and the sexy South
All we ever wanted was everything : Bauhaus
Lord of chaos : a dark & beautiful playground : Killing Joke
Release the bats! : Nick Cave
"I am not avant-garde, I am a deserter" : Blixa Bargeld, Einstürzend Neubauten & the reinvention of Berlin
Voodoo idols : the ballad of Lux and Ivy
First, last and always : how post-punk Leeds created goth & The Sisters of Mercy
Vagabonds Bradford : New Model Army & Joolz
Flowers in the forest : Southern Death Cult
Wanted dead or alive : how Liverpool opened the doors to a new (north) West Coast sound
Do you believe in the Westworld : Theatre of Hate
A new form of beauty : Virgin Prunes, Dublin : how Lypton Village changed a nation
"Good poetry can still resonate louder than a thousand guns" : Rammstein for grown-ups : Laibach
At the gates of silent memory : Fields of the Nephilim
Darklands : how the dark energy infected indie
"We sing to the gods to be free" : American Gothic & the dark art of the American dream
Trans Europe Express
In the flat field, suburbs & satellite towns : the second coming of goth
Apocalypse now : goth's end days.
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Genre/Form
History.
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