^^About Shadow Project...I've heard of it, but haven't listened to it. I only really listened to Christian Death's first three albums. Later they became rather boring for my taste, so I lost interest, even for Rozz Williams other project. Maybe I should give it a try? These songs are not bad, especially the second one.
@GravitySlips - Yeah, Virgin Prunes are one of the more interesting goth bands. I also have A New Form of Beauty Parts 1-4 from 1981. It is more experimental and out there for this kind of music, and conceptual. It's great. For someone posting this much in this thread, I don't really like a majority of those generic goth rock bands and there were many of those in the 80s and 90s. But the first ones of that death rock/dark wave scene were great.
@James - I love Red Lorry Yellow Lorry too. Glad to see them mentioned.
Here are two interesting bands from the late 80s/90s that are not typical goth rock, but have that dark romantic sensibility and are often referenced as goth:
Cranes are great. People call them shoegaze/dream pop, goth rock, although they started with a strong industrial influence. They have their goth moments especially on Wings of Joy (1991) where they remind me sometimes of Cure/Cocteau Twins.
Miranda Sex Garden are hard to classify. They remind me of earlier Cranes sound with those martial beats, but also sometimes of Swans from the 90s. Really interesting band. I only have one album Fairytales of Slavery (1994). A member of Einstürzende Neubauten produced it.
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