Put Your Shades On, It's Goth Rock Week!

jackhammer · 08-10-2010, 07:11 PM

Jesu are not exactly Gothic but their music could definitely appeal to fans. This is nothing short of awesome:

~~James~~ · 08-10-2010, 07:17 PM

I always class Jesu as Shoegaze because their Shoegaze stuff is my favourite of theirs.

bob. · 08-10-2010, 07:36 PM

i classify Jesu as Justin Broadrick and thus amazing

that Dark Sanctuary song was sehr gut!

i am waiting for the industrial bug to flow into this

jackhammer · 08-10-2010, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bob.

i classify Jesu as Justin Broadrick and thus amazing

that Dark Sanctuary song was sehr gut!

i am waiting for the industrial bug to flow into this

Your wish is my command!

~~James~~ · 08-10-2010, 07:45 PM

Red Temple Spirits are sometimes tagged as Gothic Rock, their album Dancing To Restore is top drawer stuff.

bob. · 08-10-2010, 07:59 PM

both great track.....Dead World was perfect without going the obvious route (Skinny Puppy)

Play Dead walked that fine line of Goth/Death rock and post-punk....From The Promised Land is a great album

and X-Mal Deutschland....although in many ways they rode on the wave of Siouxsie and the Banshees...still a great band

*edit* it needed to happen

bob. · 08-11-2010, 11:01 AM

that's funny you would mention The Cult....i went to a bar with some friends last night and someone played "Fire Woman" on jukebox....and i thought about this thread

dankrsta · 08-12-2010, 06:41 PM

Glad to see Tones on Tail mentioned. I sometimes enjoy them even more than Bauhaus.

I just remembered another goth band - Clan Of Xymox. This below is the title track from Medusa (1986)

A European band (I think) from the mid 80s (maybe they still exist) who borrowed a lot from Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, New Order, Joy Division but wasn't as good.

Did I say Joy Division? I know, I know, they weren't exactly goth rock, but they had the major influence on it. Without them, I'm not gonna say that goth rock wouldn't exist, but it would've been very different. So I think they deserve a mention. 'Decades' - what is more gothic romantic than lamenting over the passing of time? ...where have they been...

And I know that Cure has been already mentioned, but I have to post this song. It sounds like a soundtrack to some Vincent Price movie. 'Three' from Seventeen Seconds, my favorite Cure album.

fritter · 08-14-2010, 01:39 AM

dankrsta, Clan of Xymox was the band that got me into goth rock. I think their song "Jasmine and Rose" is somewhat better than "Medusa":

This is a pretty good goth rock song too:

Mikael · 08-18-2010, 06:14 PM

totally on the late train here but The Phantom Limbs were a local Deathrock/Goth/Synthpunk something rather on Alternative Tentacles from Oakland. They had some crazy ass live shows.. the lead singer Lotto Ball rolled around in animal blood and sang through one of those bdsm mouth guard thingermajiggers. They have a pretty good cover of The Screamers' "122 Hours of Fear" that's worth looking through many videos of The Shins preforming their song of the same name as the band's and maybe finding. Also, how are goths annoying? The way the media portrays them (IE the disheartening episode of 2 & 1/2 Men) certainly is but they don't get anything right ever. I was pretty into this kinda stuff for a while and there's def some lousy jerks in the scene but you get those in ANY scene.

08-10-2010, 07:11 PM	#21 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Jesu are not exactly Gothic but their music could definitely appeal to fans. This is nothing short of awesome: __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	i classify Jesu as Justin Broadrick and thus amazing that Dark Sanctuary song was sehr gut! i am waiting for the industrial bug to flow into this __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

08-10-2010, 07:59 PM	#26 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	both great track.....Dead World was perfect without going the obvious route (Skinny Puppy) Play Dead walked that fine line of Goth/Death rock and post-punk....From The Promised Land is a great album and X-Mal Deutschland....although in many ways they rode on the wave of Siouxsie and the Banshees...still a great band edit it needed to happen __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

08-11-2010, 11:01 AM	#27 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	that's funny you would mention The Cult....i went to a bar with some friends last night and someone played "Fire Woman" on jukebox....and i thought about this thread __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

08-12-2010, 06:41 PM	#28 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	Glad to see Tones on Tail mentioned. I sometimes enjoy them even more than Bauhaus. I just remembered another goth band - Clan Of Xymox. This below is the title track from Medusa (1986) A European band (I think) from the mid 80s (maybe they still exist) who borrowed a lot from Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, New Order, Joy Division but wasn't as good. Did I say Joy Division? I know, I know, they weren't exactly goth rock, but they had the major influence on it. Without them, I'm not gonna say that goth rock wouldn't exist, but it would've been very different. So I think they deserve a mention. 'Decades' - what is more gothic romantic than lamenting over the passing of time? ...where have they been... And I know that Cure has been already mentioned, but I have to post this song. It sounds like a soundtrack to some Vincent Price movie. 'Three' from Seventeen Seconds, my favorite Cure album. __________________ Last.fm

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~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	I always class Jesu as Shoegaze because their Shoegaze stuff is my favourite of theirs.

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~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	Red Temple Spirits are sometimes tagged as Gothic Rock, their album Dancing To Restore is top drawer stuff.

08-14-2010, 01:39 AM	#29 (permalink)
fritter Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 86	dankrsta, Clan of Xymox was the band that got me into goth rock. I think their song "Jasmine and Rose" is somewhat better than "Medusa": This is a pretty good goth rock song too: __________________ (that weird meatball-looking thing in my avatar is an apple fritter) Some songs I made: Yo Mama Tom-Toms Last edited by fritter; 08-14-2010 at 01:46 AM.

08-18-2010, 06:14 PM	#30 (permalink)
Mikael Groupie Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 20	totally on the late train here but The Phantom Limbs were a local Deathrock/Goth/Synthpunk something rather on Alternative Tentacles from Oakland. They had some crazy ass live shows.. the lead singer Lotto Ball rolled around in animal blood and sang through one of those bdsm mouth guard thingermajiggers. They have a pretty good cover of The Screamers' "122 Hours of Fear" that's worth looking through many videos of The Shins preforming their song of the same name as the band's and maybe finding. Also, how are goths annoying? The way the media portrays them (IE the disheartening episode of 2 & 1/2 Men) certainly is but they don't get anything right ever. I was pretty into this kinda stuff for a while and there's def some lousy jerks in the scene but you get those in ANY scene. __________________ "Wouldn't you rather your kid be a drug dealer than a drug addict?" John Waters. Last edited by Mikael; 08-20-2010 at 06:29 PM.