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The art of darkness : the history of Goth / John Robb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robb, John, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gothic rock music.
- Goth culture (Subculture).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 539 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- [Manchester] : Louder Than War Books, 2023.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A comprehensive history of Goth music and culture. John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, drawing on his own experience and interviews with a host of bands, from Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Cure to Throbbing Gristle and Lydia Lunch.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Floorshow
- 2 The Fall of Rome
- 3 Deep in the Forest
- 4 ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’
- 5 Euro Visions
- 6 The Devil has the Best Tunes
- 7 Paint it, Black
- 8 All the Children are Insane, or People are Strange
- 9 Wham Bam thank you Glam
- 10 Proto Post-Punk
- 11 The Punk Wars
- 12 ‘What was Once Unhealthily Fresh is Now a Clean Old Hat’
- 13 Spellbound
- 14 Feel the Pain
- 15 Ridicule is Nothing to be Scared of
- 16 New Dawn Fades
- 17 ‘The Wreckers of Western Civilisation…’
- 18 ‘I Must Fight this Sickness… Find a Cure’
- 19 The Naughty North and the Sexy South
- 20 All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
- 21 Lord of Chaos
- 22 Release the Bats!
- 23 ‘I am not Avant-Garde; I am a Deserter’
- 24 Voodoo Idols
- 25 First, Last and Always
- 26 Vagabonds - Bradford
- 27 Flowers in the Forest
- 28 Wanted Dead or Alive
- 29 Do You Believe in the Westworld?
- 30 A New Form of Beauty - Virgin Prunes, Dublin
- 31 ‘Good Poetry Can Still Resonate Louder Than a Thousand Guns’
- 32 At The Gates of Silent Memory
- 33 Darklands
- 34 ‘We Sing to the Gods to Be Free’
- 35 Trans Europe Express
- 36 In the Flat Field, Suburbs & Satellite Towns
- 37 Apocalypse Now! Goth’s End Days
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 24, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-7322-0
- OCLC:
- 1425554956
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