Research Catalog

Title

The art of darkness : the history of goth / John Robb.

Author

Robb, John, 1961-

Publication

• [Great Britain] : Louder Than War Books, 2023.
• ©2023

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Details

Description

viii, 539 pages : illustrations (black & white); 23 cm

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." --

Subject

• Gothic rock music
• Gothic rock music > History
• Goth culture (Subculture)
• Goth culture (Subculture) > History

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Includes index.

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.

Call Number

JME 23-379

ISBN

• 9781526173201
• 1526173204

OCLC

1363100918

Author

Robb, John, 1961- author.

Title

The art of darkness : the history of goth / John Robb.

Publisher

[Great Britain] : Louder Than War Books, 2023.

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781526173225

Research Call Number

JME 23-379