[kj] The 20 greatest goth tracks?

[Peter Moltesen]

One of yer primary goth credentials has always been

To strenuously deny being goth ;o)

 

Oh - and I have to take issue with your view of the Nephilim

by the way.... 

 

Peter

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Darren A. Peace
Sent: 13 March 2009 00:40
To: 'A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)';
countessghoulita at aol.com
Subject: Re: [kj] The 20 greatest goth tracks?

 

THEATRE OF HATE are Goth now? Pish and nonsense.

 

I dispute that even the Banshees were goth for more than 15 seconds. Fields
Of The Nephilim (who were crap), March Violets (who were crap), Ghost Dance
(who were crap), The Mission (who &c - was there ever a more hideous troll
of a front-man than the pucker-faced Hussey?), Gene Loves Jezebel (who &c),
The Sisters (who I like, until they became infected with members of All
About Eve and Sigue Sigue Shitnik) were goth, because that's how they
positioned themselves. Shades on stage (and consequent stumbling around like
a cretin in all the dry ice - saw Eldritch once bark his shins in what must
have been a terribly painful way on the monitors once - oh how I laughed);
that dry ice again; the occasional Morricone twang on guitar atop a
greatcoat.

 

In passing, did anyone see Fat Bob on Jonathan Ross? He now belongs on this
blog:

 

http://menwholooklikeoldlesbians.blogspot.com/

 

I even read Mercer alleging that my beloved UK Decay were Goth. Honestly,
that man was for Goth what Garry (spit) Bushell was for Oi.

 

Darren

Hungerford, UK

 

From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of Alexander Smith
Sent: 12 March 2009 23:48
To: countessghoulita at aol.com
Cc: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] The 20 greatest goth tracks?

 

 

My point was that just because a single track by a band is labelled "goth,"
that doesn't make that band's entire oeuvre goth.

 

Look, I love a lot of the goth bands -- Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, The Mish,
Fields of the Nephilim, Alien Sex Fiend, the Specimen, The March Violets,
Theatre of Hate, Danielle Dax, etc.. -- but KJ and Joy Division are simply a
*DIFFERENT BREED OF CAT*

 

Alex in NYC

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