Who were the first real goth band?

[MarkMark]

Pink floyd certianly had the image down pat

can I smell patchouili oil?

 

[maximilian ping]

again...not the first but hot on the heels of UK Decay...Play Dead (started Nov 1980)

fuck me i saw Play Dead live. the bassist was coold and always had an effects peddle going on

 

[Major Tom]

Pink floyd certianly had the image down pat

funnily enough, the Goth who lived next door to me when I was at Poly played Pink Floyd's The Wall every bleeding day.

The only time he didn;t make a snide comment about what I played was when I put the Dead Kennedys on one day.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

If the Banshees can be considered to have been goths as early as '79, so can The Stranglers - ladies and gennerman, I give to you 'The Raven' and 'The Meninblack'.

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Intostella article is pretty much how I remembered it. Obviously written by someone who was there at the time.

Remember reading the NME article on positive punk and thinking so that's what were called and pissing ourselves.

Please note < wind up mode > that early Sisters of mercy looked like a bunch of indie saddos.

Pretty Goth early on also were GLJ ( you knows it )

 

[mr steev]

Gene Loves Jezzabel... pretty goths indeed.
Unlike some:

Smells of patchouili? Smells like shit

 

[ruffneck23]

what aboiut the cult or one of thier earlier incarnations? or was that later

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

what aboiut the cult or one of thier earlier incarnations? or was that later

Southern Death Cult didn't really come about until '82...

 

[mr steev]

what aboiut the cult or one of thier earlier incarnations? or was that later

I think Southern Death Cult were a bit later... 82ish

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

I think Southern Death Cult were a bit later... 82ish

 

[mr steev]

Southern Death Cult didn't really come about until '82...

Beat me to it

 

[mr steev]

Twice

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Twice

Third time for luck?

 

[jonH]

Roy Orbison was the first goth, he dressed in black and wanted to die

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Roy Orbison was the first goth, he dressed in black and wanted to die

Johnny Cash got there before the big O...

 

[mr steev]

Roy Orbison was the first goth, he dressed in black and wanted to die

Me and my mate thought Roy Orbison was blind for years because of his shades!

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Dave Vanian looked the part very early on, even if musically they weren't Goth.

And who could forget Cesare

 

[pogofish]

Interestingly The Doors were described as "gothic rock" in 1967.

And you can't ignore Screaming Lord Sutch in his mid-60's Jack The Ripper days.

 

[ruffneck23]

I think Southern Death Cult were a bit later... 82ish

cheers , its much clearer now

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

cheers , its much clearer now

Hey, I said it first!

 

[John Quays]

The fALL because of the songs 'A Figure Walks', 'Spectre vs Rector' and 'Before The Moon Falls' from 1979

Now that's bullshit and I know it

 

[Major Tom]

The fALL because of the songs 'A Figure Walks', 'Spectre vs Rector' and 'Before The Moon Falls' from 1979

Now that's bullshit and I know it

yeah but I suspect that MES believes it to be true

 

[ruffneck23]

sorry , thank you form letting me know first

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

The fALL because of the songs 'A Figure Walks', 'Spectre vs Rector' and 'Before The Moon Falls' from 1979

And 'Psykick Dancehall', 'Muzorewi's Daughter' and 'Various Times'...good call if we're just talking sonics.

Plus of course just about everything Joy Division ever recorded...ah, Manchester, so much to answer for.

 

[RubberBuccaneer]

Would anyone count the Bunnymen, definately dark sounds, dark hair and big raincoats.

oops

 

[Major Tom]

Would anyone count the Bummymen.

Bummymen?

 

[Juice Terry]

LOL
He said Bummymen!

 

[Hollis]

Would anyone count the Bunnymen, definately dark sounds, dark hair and big raincoats.

oops

Nope.

 

[Major Tom]

i've stopped laughing now - so i can say no.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

The Bunnymen were big coat music - different thing really.