i am liking this thread, possibly way more than is socially acceptable
thinking of other 80s things which might fit here either sonically (the bleaker end of post-punk/looser end of coldwave) or in amounts of eyeliner worn (silly vampire synth-pop i love you) but y'know I wasn't therrrre man* and do not wish to diminish the realness of this thread by my dumb post-hoc connections
* by only a handful of years, in case this seems like a "o i am just barely on the other side of <Real 80s Goth cut-off age>" humblebrag, but a whole lot of earth-salting happened in those years
anyway thanks very much, great thread, please keep it up!
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 10 October 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
trying to think of more US bands that fit in here... Spahn Ranch? Christian Death? TSOL circa Dance With Me?
also some of the bands here:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Hell-Comes-To-Your-House-Part-II/release/979347
― sleeve, Friday, 10 October 2014 21:29 (nine years ago) link
les vampyrettes has been a favourite of mine for years tho its a little strange to see such an alpha as fuck lineup as conny & holger in amongst these minority interest types
― the final twilight of all evaluative standpoints (nakhchivan), Friday, 10 October 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
there was lots of bleed round the edges i think. i mean, this to me is as goth as fuck and you can bet that the everyone there owned a siouxsie album or six but also it's something else entirely...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClInH1P7q14
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 10 October 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
that's pariah by danielle dax btw crut
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 10 October 2014 22:22 (nine years ago) link
more birthday party swamp punk types:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hwHSytI_Vo
Inca Babies - She Mercenary
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 10 October 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2JWl9O8YpA
Bone Orchard - Shall I Carry The Budgie Woman?
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 10 October 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
minority interest, pah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWKv_O0vzQ4
Play Dead - Walk Away
didn't like these dingles much but this performance is yer authentic chicken dancing goth rock plod
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 10 October 2014 22:56 (nine years ago) link
trisomie 21 the last song
only heard it for the first time recently and am *really* into it (mainly that bass)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ZVZVMIG7g
― outback bumfuc (electricsound), Friday, 10 October 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
This youtube is really crappy, but the Thing from the Crypt version of Sad Lovers and Giants' "Clint" is the perfect midpoint between "Just Like Heaven" and "They Walked in Line". Which is everything I want from second-tier goth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGsUZD99kk
― juggulo for the complete klvtz (bendy), Saturday, 11 October 2014 02:22 (nine years ago) link
yeah in no way was I calling holger and conny "also rans", but Les Vampyrettes as a release was pretty low-profile because of the pseudonym and (maybe?) distro at the time of its release? At any rate that band under that name wasn't "Famous" in the Goth canon in the way that other things were.
I assume Christian Death were so popular that they don't belong in this thread either, honestly. Gonna blast "Spiritual Cramp" now in honor of Rozz.
― the tune was space, Saturday, 11 October 2014 03:56 (nine years ago) link
Does this count as also-ran? (Also how do I get the YouTube to embed?)
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/5IbhQFmXsZc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Saturday, 11 October 2014 04:17 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/5IbhQFmXsZc
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Saturday, 11 October 2014 04:18 (nine years ago) link
Here are a few of my favorite synth pop hits for goths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4gBCSY7UtI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqNoulVpE4s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htTvjk0FvoI
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 11 October 2014 04:44 (nine years ago) link
This actually came out 2 years after "Inbetween Days"
The Essence - "Only For You"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeieB08pwAA
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 11 October 2014 05:20 (nine years ago) link
i find it hard to be particularly strident before 8 in the morning but that trisomie 21 song is fucking great. bassline plus the thin metal sheets of sumner-esque guitar that come in every now and again. also it goes on for about 100 years, stuck in loop like yr trapped in a goth hall of mirrors
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 11 October 2014 07:01 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLcU3oiPh-8
more danielle dax, moving away from the artier stuff and trying to break through
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 11 October 2014 07:07 (nine years ago) link
gah, wrong song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU6dIBK7_ig
danielle dax - cathouse
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 11 October 2014 07:10 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0ibrQ2JQQ
Mighty Sphincter - Ghost Walking
― well-behaved wingmen really hate Mystery (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 11 October 2014 10:24 (nine years ago) link
Teahouse Camp - To Kill, Stab in Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPufR5bNQU
― boner of a lonely horse (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:13 (nine years ago) link
As for American bands - here's a song by Eleven Sons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoprinou0WQ
― boner of a lonely horse (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
Stiff Kittens - Contempt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxE5gYtLhsg
― boner of a lonely horse (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:23 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U9M6e4bOpc
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:23 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iXfM0ZSmPY&list=PL6DA530F0763B78A3&index=33
― Unsettled defender (ithappens), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:25 (nine years ago) link
Academy of Unrest - Hope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3LH9JqHkbs
― boner of a lonely horse (fake penthouse letters mcgee), Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:27 (nine years ago) link
These 2 songs by The Arch were big at our local goth night:
"Ribdancer"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LehJ55xbcX4
"Babsi Ist Tot"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cOX0wO92Lc
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:37 (nine years ago) link
The Neon Judgement also had huge club hits here:
"Tomorrow In The Papers"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvYpFw474Ss
"Miss Brown"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJiH-IxqG_U
"Chinese Black"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=736B1FWm1AM
and probably their biggest one, "TV Treated"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRSz-qECBXE
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 11 October 2014 12:57 (nine years ago) link
I remember this period like it was yesterday. Have 1919 shown up yet, my brother liked them (they sounded like Killing Joke basically)
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 October 2014 13:10 (nine years ago) link
Trisomie 21 also had "La Fête Triste" and "Logical Animals"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfxf8PQi5B4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfzTvUlI96E
― LeRooLeRoo, Saturday, 11 October 2014 13:14 (nine years ago) link
(xp) ... and Play Dead, yeah he liked them too!
― ... and a Martin Parr photo essay (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 October 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
on the borderline as they were v popular but hey
x-mal deutschland "polarlicht"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q8cmQ-nXYU
― the tune was space, Saturday, 11 October 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
or x-mal douchebag as some ilxor once renamed them. need to check the last batch on a computer that works, but in honour of this thread I bought a death cult ep today - one pound! passed on a philip boa & the voodoo club album though, did I do wrong?
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 11 October 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link