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The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth

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It’s great, passionate, properly informedstuff’ Jeremy Allen (Record Collector,the Quietus, Electronic Sound) Robb said that he hopes his book will do for goth what Jon Savage’s book, England’s Dreaming, did for punk in getting people to take it more seriously. “It’s a very artistic movement with its roots in great literature and architecture, from Edgar Allen Poe to the cathedrals of Gothenburg and beyond,” he said. John Robb brilliantly illuminates the realm of imagination and dark beauty. Enter the other side of love. The kingdom of goth is within you.' John Robb has written the definitive bookon a scene that demands to be celebrated.Fascinating, thoughtful, surprising andfreakishly detailed.’ Grace Dent Another expert who spoke to Robb for his book was Johnny Marr. “He’s a musical encyclopaedia and a Bauhaus fan, so that helped a lot,” said Robb.

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I realize I'm prejudiced here, but the entire World of Darkness - that "Gothic-Punk" setting that unleashed more baby bats than the entire catalog of the (Southern) (Death) Cult - is summed up by a single mention of Vampire: The Masquerade... a mention it shares with Skyrim and "Bloodlines." The fact that the latter is A SPIN-OFF OF VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE referred to as if it's a game of its own shows just how little John Robb knows or cares about anything except that brief period when he and his friends were cool.This textual Gormenghast starts out SO WELL. By the end, however, I wanted to throw it at Robb's head, the editor's head, and the head(s) of everyone who let it go to press in this condition. At this book's price point, this level of sloppiness is inexcusable. Robb also discovered that in the same month the review was published, Iggy Pop was also watching Morrison while still a student at university. “Iggy was heavily influenced by Morrison,” Robb says. “You could see that darkness running through his work from the beginning.” From what I've heard (and I don't know how accurate this is, but it makes sense), The Art of Darkness was intended to be an in-depth history of the British post-punk scene in the late 1970s and early 80s, with an overview of its roots in earlier work. In that regard, this book is fantastic. From what I hear, however, the publisher decided that such a book wouldn't sell. Author John Robb was tasked with (or chose to) expand the book into a history of modern Goth in general. In that regard, this book fails. Joy Division may not be everyone’s idea of a Goth band, but it can’t reasonably be denied that their take on Post Punk was hugely influential. As Robb puts it “ There would be few bands in the future Goth scene that did not take something from the Joy Division sound – whether it was those melancholic melodic bass lines, that baritone vocal style or the death disco motorik rhythms of the drums.”

The Art Of Darkness: The History Of Goth by John Robb - Goodreads

The roots of The Cure’s Gothic résumé come in the shape of three albums: Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography,” Tolhurst writes. “The Cure needed a way out of the situation that we found ourselves in, but first we had to undergo a quest to fully understand who we were and where we came from.” READ MORE: The Cure photographer Paul Cox: “Robert Smith is a normal bloke – but he has a presence” Siouxsie and the Banshees were to create more shimmering Goth classics such as Spellbound, Happy House and Arabian Knights, keeping their pole position for many years.I didn’t see myself as a Goth fan as a teenager – to the extent that I would deny that The Cure were Goth – mainly because how could a band I really liked be lumped in with the likes of Fields of the Nephilim or Balaam and the Angel? To give credit to my younger self, The Cure don’t really see themselves as Goth either and nor do 90% of the bands Robb writes about – even Siouxsie and the Banshees, for heaven’s sake. But seriously, one of the book’s strengths is its loose definition of Goth as a broad church. youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvvK-Rj0WI&w=560&h=315]Siouxsie And The Banshees – Spellbound (Official Music Video) – YouTube

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