We have a special two-part version of We Have A Commentary for you this week, as we’re tackling both discs of the Mick Mercer-curated Gothic Rock compilation, a companion record to Mercer’s book of the same name. In the first instalment, we’re discussing some absolutely foundational tracks by the likes of Bauhaus, X-Mal Deutschland, Virgin Prunes, and plenty of others, noting both the variety of sounds and the emergence of unifying tropes across the genre’s early years. Stay tuned for our discussion of the second disc this weekend! As always, you can rate and subscribe on iTunes, Google Podcasts, download directly, or listen through the widget down below.
Great episode, as always. Brings back lots of teenage/early 20s memories of when this whole “goth” thing was new and scary and dangerous. I very rarely spin much old-school goth when I DJ these days, or listen to much compared to new stuff, but every so often I’m overcome with the urge to dive back in, and listening to this compilation again has sparked that up again. I’ve actually been having a bit of an X-Mal revival in my rotations lately, oh I’d forgotten just how good they were.:)
Also, Alien Sex Fiend were great, but they just did *not* know how to make a song end before it outstayed its welcome. Fight me. ;p