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Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth
1979.
Months of industrial action throughout the winter have left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish piling up in the streets.
After ten brutal homicides and the biggest police hunt in history, the Yorkshire Ripper is still at large and preparing to strike again.
Punk has reached its bleak climax with the fatal heroin overdose of Sid Vicious while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend.
Unlikely alliances of outsiders prepare to seize power, set the political agenda and write the soundtrack for the years to come. Their figureheads are two very different kinds of dominatrices...
As Margaret Thatcher enters 10 Downing Street, four bands born of punk - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, the Cure, and Magazine - find a way to distil the dissonance and darkness of the shifting decade into a new form of music. Pushing at the taboos the Sex Pistols had unlocked and dancing with the fetishistic, all will become global stars of goth.
By the time Thatcher is cast out of office in 1990, the arrival of goth will have imprinted on the cultural landscape as much as the Iron Lady herself.
Now, forty years since its inception, author Cathi Unsworth provides the first comprehensive overview of the music, context and lasting legacy of goth. This is the story of how goth was shaped by the politics of the era - from the miners' strikes and privatisation to the Troubles and AIDS - as well as how its rock 'n' roll outlaw imagery and innovative, atmospheric music cross-pollinated throughout Britain and internationally, speaking to a generation of alienated youths.
A fascinating social history, Season of the Witch tells the tale of an enduring counter-culture, one that steadfastly refuses to give up the ghost.
Months of industrial action throughout the winter have left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish piling up in the streets.
After ten brutal homicides and the biggest police hunt in history, the Yorkshire Ripper is still at large and preparing to strike again.
Punk has reached its bleak climax with the fatal heroin overdose of Sid Vicious while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend.
Unlikely alliances of outsiders prepare to seize power, set the political agenda and write the soundtrack for the years to come. Their figureheads are two very different kinds of dominatrices...
As Margaret Thatcher enters 10 Downing Street, four bands born of punk - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, the Cure, and Magazine - find a way to distil the dissonance and darkness of the shifting decade into a new form of music. Pushing at the taboos the Sex Pistols had unlocked and dancing with the fetishistic, all will become global stars of goth.
By the time Thatcher is cast out of office in 1990, the arrival of goth will have imprinted on the cultural landscape as much as the Iron Lady herself.
Now, forty years since its inception, author Cathi Unsworth provides the first comprehensive overview of the music, context and lasting legacy of goth. This is the story of how goth was shaped by the politics of the era - from the miners' strikes and privatisation to the Troubles and AIDS - as well as how its rock 'n' roll outlaw imagery and innovative, atmospheric music cross-pollinated throughout Britain and internationally, speaking to a generation of alienated youths.
A fascinating social history, Season of the Witch tells the tale of an enduring counter-culture, one that steadfastly refuses to give up the ghost.
464 pages, Paperback
First published May 11, 2023
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Cathi Unsworth
15 books91 followersCathi Unsworth moved to Ladbroke Grove in 1987 and has stayed there ever since. She began a career in rock writing with Sounds and Melody Maker, before co-editing the arts journal Purr and then Bizarre magazine. Her first novel, The Not Knowing, was published by Serpent's Tail in August 2005.
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September 30, 2023
I expected more from this. I’m not sure how a book can have so much information, yet at the same time make me feel like I learned absolutely nothing. There was something about the writing style that kept me from enjoying what I was reading, which made this quite cumbersome and grueling to get through. If I didn’t know the bands and people in here and it wasn’t said that this is about the Goth scene, I wouldn’t have a clue which scene is being talked about. It’s just so general and relays information in the same way every chapter, as if it’s Wikipedia. Even though the author is part of the scene and was there in the origin days, they added nothing to the book; it was so impersonal. I also wasn’t a fan of how the information was ordered. Instead of dedicating a chapter to a band, it was done by year, which made my brain all jumbled. So many names were mentioned, introduced in the middle of talking about someone else, and crossed over into other chapters that it was honestly hard to follow. And once again, if I didn’t already know most of the people in here, I would be a lost cause.
Since there was so much written, I would’ve expected way more mentions of obscure bands and not mainly the cult classics, and even though there were multiple mentions of the same lot, it still seemed skimmed over. Everything just didn't work for me.
One bit that did stand out was the section about Mary Shelley’s very tumultuous marriage; that was the most entertaining part of the book by far.
Seeing as I’m in the minority when it comes to my rating, I’m sure others will like this a lot more than me, but yeah, this kind of felt like a waste of my time. 2 stars get given because it did seem like the author put a lot of work into compiling this regardless.
Since there was so much written, I would’ve expected way more mentions of obscure bands and not mainly the cult classics, and even though there were multiple mentions of the same lot, it still seemed skimmed over. Everything just didn't work for me.
One bit that did stand out was the section about Mary Shelley’s very tumultuous marriage; that was the most entertaining part of the book by far.
Seeing as I’m in the minority when it comes to my rating, I’m sure others will like this a lot more than me, but yeah, this kind of felt like a waste of my time. 2 stars get given because it did seem like the author put a lot of work into compiling this regardless.
July 8, 2023
Full disclosure, I am a huge Cathi Unsworth fan and have read all her books. Were it not so, I probably wouldn't have bothered with Season of the Witch: The Book of Goth, having just finished another weighty tome about Goth. Yes, you wait years for a retrospective history of the genre, and then two come along at once. John Robb's The Art Of Darkness: The History Of Goth got there first, quickly followed by this a few weeks later. This is the better of the two books. Both cover very similar territory. This one is better written, with a pleasing mix of the personal aligned to an objective, all encompassing view of most music that falls under the Goth umbrella.
Both books cast their nets widely, and include many artists, who, back in the day, would have just been known as Alternative. For example, I would not say that say New Model Army, Joy Division, Zodiac Mindwarp, or Echo and the Bunnymen are Goth bands. It doesn't matter though, a comprehensive and broad history of the era makes for a more satisfying read.
Cathi Unsworth also includes an intriguing and inspiring appendix of related books and films to better understand the cultural context. We also, and like John Robb, get sections on those Gothfathers and Gothmothers who inspired the scene.
Season Of The Witch compellingly documents the music, influences, personalities and legacy, and the sociopolitical context. It's detailed, accessible and interesting.
4/5
1979
Months of industrial action throughout the winter have left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish piling up in the streets.
After ten brutal homicides and the biggest police hunt in history, the Yorkshire Ripper is still at large and preparing to strike again.
Punk has reached its bleak climax with the fatal heroin overdose of Sid Vicious while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend.
Unlikely alliances of outsiders prepare to seize power, set the political agenda and write the soundtrack for the years to come. Their figureheads are two very different kinds of dominatrices...
As Margaret Thatcher enters 10 Downing Street, four bands born of punk - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, the Cure, and Magazine - find a way to distil the dissonance and darkness of the shifting decade into a new form of music. Pushing at the taboos the Sex Pistols had unlocked and dancing with the fetishistic, all will become global stars of goth.
By the time Thatcher is cast out of office in 1990, the arrival of goth will have imprinted on the cultural landscape as much as the Iron Lady herself.
Now, forty years since its inception, author Cathi Unsworth provides the first comprehensive overview of the music, context and lasting legacy of goth. This is the story of how goth was shaped by the politics of the era - from the miners' strikes and privatisation to the Troubles and AIDS - as well as how its rock 'n' roll outlaw imagery and innovative, atmospheric music cross-pollinated throughout Britain and internationally, speaking to a generation of alienated youths.
A fascinating social history, Season of the Witch tells the tale of an enduring counter-culture, one that steadfastly refuses to give up the ghost.
Both books cast their nets widely, and include many artists, who, back in the day, would have just been known as Alternative. For example, I would not say that say New Model Army, Joy Division, Zodiac Mindwarp, or Echo and the Bunnymen are Goth bands. It doesn't matter though, a comprehensive and broad history of the era makes for a more satisfying read.
Cathi Unsworth also includes an intriguing and inspiring appendix of related books and films to better understand the cultural context. We also, and like John Robb, get sections on those Gothfathers and Gothmothers who inspired the scene.
Season Of The Witch compellingly documents the music, influences, personalities and legacy, and the sociopolitical context. It's detailed, accessible and interesting.
4/5
1979
Months of industrial action throughout the winter have left the dead unburied and mountains of rubbish piling up in the streets.
After ten brutal homicides and the biggest police hunt in history, the Yorkshire Ripper is still at large and preparing to strike again.
Punk has reached its bleak climax with the fatal heroin overdose of Sid Vicious while awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend.
Unlikely alliances of outsiders prepare to seize power, set the political agenda and write the soundtrack for the years to come. Their figureheads are two very different kinds of dominatrices...
As Margaret Thatcher enters 10 Downing Street, four bands born of punk - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, the Cure, and Magazine - find a way to distil the dissonance and darkness of the shifting decade into a new form of music. Pushing at the taboos the Sex Pistols had unlocked and dancing with the fetishistic, all will become global stars of goth.
By the time Thatcher is cast out of office in 1990, the arrival of goth will have imprinted on the cultural landscape as much as the Iron Lady herself.
Now, forty years since its inception, author Cathi Unsworth provides the first comprehensive overview of the music, context and lasting legacy of goth. This is the story of how goth was shaped by the politics of the era - from the miners' strikes and privatisation to the Troubles and AIDS - as well as how its rock 'n' roll outlaw imagery and innovative, atmospheric music cross-pollinated throughout Britain and internationally, speaking to a generation of alienated youths.
A fascinating social history, Season of the Witch tells the tale of an enduring counter-culture, one that steadfastly refuses to give up the ghost.
October 5, 2023
What a glorious tome. This marvel is so deep, with some breadth, but as Cathi Unsworth so readily illustrates that everyone in this scene, knew everyone. And although I realized some of the cross over with folks working together, after reading the Some Bizzare book, there was so much more going on with all people working on different projects together. Bless J.G. Thirwell as he is often an unsong hero that made some of the best music happen.
More broadly, however, it is nice to see recently that Goth is getting the level of respectability that it deserves with this book, the John Robb History of Goth, as well as, Lol Tolhurst's upcoming "Goth". Also the August issues of Mojo and Record Collector from the UK featured Siouxsie and Siouxsie and Robert on their covers respectfully.
This book is fantastic and goes almost as Sweet Dreams and Deform to Conform (Some Bizzare) year by year, but Unsworth groups like artists together and expounds on certain brands of Goth in each chapter. Shout outs to those who paved the way for the movement as Unsworth chose a Gothfather and Gothmother to end each chapter. Additionally, there are fantastic notes and index and she finalizes the book giving movie and book resources for literary and cinema Goths.
While I am almost 50 and often don't look very Goth anymore- I will always be a Goth in my heart and my mind. The Goth community has taken me in at different points of my life and I have never found a kinder, more well-read, or more interesting group of people. I will finish this review with two quotes from the book. Thank you Cathi Unsworth!
" Goth in the time of Thatcher was a form of resistance against stupidity and ignorance. It was, to use the word that Murdoch has attempted to make the dirtiest in our language, elitist. It feasted on high art, challenging literature, sublime cinema and intelligent discourse. But as we have seen, it was also a meritocracy. Those who created the best music of the 80s came from all backgrounds and many of them overcame all manner of abuse, poverty, and neglect to climb through punk's portal and make their own opportunities, educating themselves where public policy and/or their own parents had failed them."
" So if anyone picks on you for being different in any way, please use this book to hit them on the head with the facts and rest assured, you are in good company. Goth has been ridiculed and derided for decades as being miserable, morose, and moronic- when in fact, it is anything but. It stands for all the essential forces of creativity, friendship and vision, not to mention humor- it's just that, until things get brighter, it'll still be wearing black. Forty years on, I think it's time for the curse to be lifted and the words spoken in darkness to be heard in the light.
I am a Goth."
More broadly, however, it is nice to see recently that Goth is getting the level of respectability that it deserves with this book, the John Robb History of Goth, as well as, Lol Tolhurst's upcoming "Goth". Also the August issues of Mojo and Record Collector from the UK featured Siouxsie and Siouxsie and Robert on their covers respectfully.
This book is fantastic and goes almost as Sweet Dreams and Deform to Conform (Some Bizzare) year by year, but Unsworth groups like artists together and expounds on certain brands of Goth in each chapter. Shout outs to those who paved the way for the movement as Unsworth chose a Gothfather and Gothmother to end each chapter. Additionally, there are fantastic notes and index and she finalizes the book giving movie and book resources for literary and cinema Goths.
While I am almost 50 and often don't look very Goth anymore- I will always be a Goth in my heart and my mind. The Goth community has taken me in at different points of my life and I have never found a kinder, more well-read, or more interesting group of people. I will finish this review with two quotes from the book. Thank you Cathi Unsworth!
" Goth in the time of Thatcher was a form of resistance against stupidity and ignorance. It was, to use the word that Murdoch has attempted to make the dirtiest in our language, elitist. It feasted on high art, challenging literature, sublime cinema and intelligent discourse. But as we have seen, it was also a meritocracy. Those who created the best music of the 80s came from all backgrounds and many of them overcame all manner of abuse, poverty, and neglect to climb through punk's portal and make their own opportunities, educating themselves where public policy and/or their own parents had failed them."
" So if anyone picks on you for being different in any way, please use this book to hit them on the head with the facts and rest assured, you are in good company. Goth has been ridiculed and derided for decades as being miserable, morose, and moronic- when in fact, it is anything but. It stands for all the essential forces of creativity, friendship and vision, not to mention humor- it's just that, until things get brighter, it'll still be wearing black. Forty years on, I think it's time for the curse to be lifted and the words spoken in darkness to be heard in the light.
I am a Goth."
November 6, 2023
*3.5 out of 5*
I feel a little guilty for not rating this higher because it is clear that this book has been incredibly well researched. However, I wonder if I not quite the book's target audience. I adore goth culture, literature and several goth bands but this book has had me thinking that maybe I am not quite the enthuasist that I thought I was. I loved the parts of the book that weaved goth music within the narrative of current affairs of the time and enjoyed learning about certain bands such as 'Joy Division', even though I'm not a massive fan (Honestly, couldn't name a song beyond 'Love will tear us apart). However, some of the bands were just a bit too niche for me and there wasn't enough of a draw for me to read about them so I found myself skim reading those parts. The niche aspect worked out well for me at times. For example, I really enjoy a few songs of 'Specimen'. I discovered them on a retro music programme. I had no idea the were the house band of the 'Batcave', a Soho club that pretty much kicked off the whole goth subculture in the South of England. I wish I could take a time machine and travel back to attend a club night there. I can imagine it would be a hell of a lot of fun.
I love the way each chapter of the book ends with a mini profile of a 'gothmother', 'gothfather' or 'goth parents'. These outlined the lives of individuals that had an influence on goth music such as Jim Morrison, Percy and Mary Shelley and Johnny Cash.
Regarding the goth/post-punk bands that I do enjoy, I couldn't get enough of these parts of the book. I enjoyed learning more about Siouxie and the Banshees and discovering song meanings that I hadn't given much thought to before (I didn't even realise 'Monitor' was about a snuff film in a sort of '1984' world). Although I'm not the biggest of fans, I enjoyed reading about Bauhaus, the Cramps, the Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the Cult/Southern Death Cult as I am rather partial to a few of their songs (ashamedly, I discovered the Cramps along with everyone else when the first season of 'Wednesday' was released). I was a bit disappointed that we didn't cover more about the band, 'The Damned'. For me, alongside Siouxie, the Damned is one of my favourite goth bands. I enjoyed the sections about Echo and the Bunnymen and the Cocteau Twins. I think some people may dispute whether they are goth (I'd argue the Cocteau Twins definitely started off goth) but I don't really care. I think this book has shown that I like a smattering of goth bands and several post-punk and goth-adjacent artists. Some would probably deem it absolute sacrilege that I cannot get into 'Sisters of Mercy' but they just don't do it for me. However, give me Siouxie and the Banshees and the Damned any day of the week. Bloody love them!
I feel a little guilty for not rating this higher because it is clear that this book has been incredibly well researched. However, I wonder if I not quite the book's target audience. I adore goth culture, literature and several goth bands but this book has had me thinking that maybe I am not quite the enthuasist that I thought I was. I loved the parts of the book that weaved goth music within the narrative of current affairs of the time and enjoyed learning about certain bands such as 'Joy Division', even though I'm not a massive fan (Honestly, couldn't name a song beyond 'Love will tear us apart). However, some of the bands were just a bit too niche for me and there wasn't enough of a draw for me to read about them so I found myself skim reading those parts. The niche aspect worked out well for me at times. For example, I really enjoy a few songs of 'Specimen'. I discovered them on a retro music programme. I had no idea the were the house band of the 'Batcave', a Soho club that pretty much kicked off the whole goth subculture in the South of England. I wish I could take a time machine and travel back to attend a club night there. I can imagine it would be a hell of a lot of fun.
I love the way each chapter of the book ends with a mini profile of a 'gothmother', 'gothfather' or 'goth parents'. These outlined the lives of individuals that had an influence on goth music such as Jim Morrison, Percy and Mary Shelley and Johnny Cash.
Regarding the goth/post-punk bands that I do enjoy, I couldn't get enough of these parts of the book. I enjoyed learning more about Siouxie and the Banshees and discovering song meanings that I hadn't given much thought to before (I didn't even realise 'Monitor' was about a snuff film in a sort of '1984' world). Although I'm not the biggest of fans, I enjoyed reading about Bauhaus, the Cramps, the Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and the Cult/Southern Death Cult as I am rather partial to a few of their songs (ashamedly, I discovered the Cramps along with everyone else when the first season of 'Wednesday' was released). I was a bit disappointed that we didn't cover more about the band, 'The Damned'. For me, alongside Siouxie, the Damned is one of my favourite goth bands. I enjoyed the sections about Echo and the Bunnymen and the Cocteau Twins. I think some people may dispute whether they are goth (I'd argue the Cocteau Twins definitely started off goth) but I don't really care. I think this book has shown that I like a smattering of goth bands and several post-punk and goth-adjacent artists. Some would probably deem it absolute sacrilege that I cannot get into 'Sisters of Mercy' but they just don't do it for me. However, give me Siouxie and the Banshees and the Damned any day of the week. Bloody love them!
August 21, 2024
Decepcionado… si bien no esperaba mucho, debo decir que la mayoría de los capítulos se sienten como leer Wikipedia, pues además de ser un montón de información aglomerada estilísticamente peca de monotonía. Lo peor son los juegos de palabras de los que se encuentra plagado el libro.
March 22, 2025
Este viaje me llevó un par de meses, pero valió la pena. Me subí al tren allá por la década del 70 en Gran Bretaña, y me bajé en los tempranos 2000...
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Es un libro que tiene como objetivo ir repasando el surgimiento de las bandas más emblemáticas, en las cuales la coyuntura sociales, políticos y culturales -captan el clima de epoca- dieron forma a canciones que rompen con los esquemas y le dieron improntas vanguardistas a los primeros álbumes de cada banda.
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Sólo por mencionar algunas, conoceremos sobre Joy Division, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cramps, Sisters of Mercy, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Creatures, The Cult, The Damned, Nick Cave and the Band seeds, entre muchísimas más.
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Además de todo eso, el libro incluye una curaduría. Es decir que en cada capítulo, junto a imágenes en blanco y negro y paginas con el color invertido, se hará mención sobre hombres y mujeres que ejercieron un madri y padrinazgo sobre ciertas bandas o en la época, no sólo de manera musical, sino también desde la literatura y otros oficios.
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Al final, luego de un epílogo, encontramos una rica bibliografía para seguir ahondando en el tema.
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No creo que sea un libro para leer de corrido ya que es bastante extenso, sino también porque la misma información que se brinda sobre la bandas te pide un parate, y te invita a escuchar un par de canciones.
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Es un libro que tiene como objetivo ir repasando el surgimiento de las bandas más emblemáticas, en las cuales la coyuntura sociales, políticos y culturales -captan el clima de epoca- dieron forma a canciones que rompen con los esquemas y le dieron improntas vanguardistas a los primeros álbumes de cada banda.
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Sólo por mencionar algunas, conoceremos sobre Joy Division, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cramps, Sisters of Mercy, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Creatures, The Cult, The Damned, Nick Cave and the Band seeds, entre muchísimas más.
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Además de todo eso, el libro incluye una curaduría. Es decir que en cada capítulo, junto a imágenes en blanco y negro y paginas con el color invertido, se hará mención sobre hombres y mujeres que ejercieron un madri y padrinazgo sobre ciertas bandas o en la época, no sólo de manera musical, sino también desde la literatura y otros oficios.
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Al final, luego de un epílogo, encontramos una rica bibliografía para seguir ahondando en el tema.
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No creo que sea un libro para leer de corrido ya que es bastante extenso, sino también porque la misma información que se brinda sobre la bandas te pide un parate, y te invita a escuchar un par de canciones.
November 8, 2023
This is a pretty comprehensive overview of the gothic genre, told largely through the bands of the late Seventies and into the Eighties. It also provides background in terms of broad brush stroke British politics. In several places, Unsworth explores what she calls. the Goth mothers and fathers, icons of the Goth movement. It's been written with great love and passion. At times it got too far in the weeds for me. Lots of bands had multiple line ups and the details of who was in and who was out are not necessarily going to appeal if you're not a super fan. It's a lovingly written guide to Goth that attempts to bring gravitas to a genre that is frequently mocked.
June 26, 2025
Estoy en medio de la lectura y escucha de este libro porque intentó aprovechar para escuchar simultáneamente a la lectura a los grupos de los que hablan cada capítulo, y me está gustando porque aparte de dar mucha información estilística y personal sobre los grupos de los que habla lo sitúa en medio de una situación política y social bastante conflictiva, la era de Margaret Thatcher y Ronald Reagan. Algo muy curioso porque se supone que era un género completamente ajeno a la realidad y me ha descubierto que por lo menos las bandas inglesas sí que tenían muchas letras que hacían referencia a lo que estaba sucediendo y tomaban partido. De momento lo que quizás echó de menos es un poco que la autora hable mmas de de su experiencia personal como una chica gótica pero bueno también es cierto que es una época en la que hay muchísimos libros autorreferenciales y quizás ella quería evitarlo.
Actualizo: lo he terminado y bueno la sensación al final es buena es un libro que ofrece mucha información tanto de la música de la que trata, el rock gótico de los ochenta, como de la época en la que fue concebida y las impresiones de la autora que lo vivió muy de cerca.
una vez finalizado me doy cuenta que el título de temporada de brujas hace tanto referencia a la estética de muchos de los miembros de los grupos como de que toda esta música se desarrolló durante la egida de Margaret Thatcher, una política muy conocida en su tiempo no en vano conocida como la dama de hierro, y hay que recordar que la dama de hierro era en origen un instrumento de tortura medieval.
eso le da valor a lo que trata el libro porque en realidad siempre se disocia mucho a la música gótica de la realidad y se la considera un tanto escapista, pero la tesis de alguna manera de este libro es que de alguna manera contribuyó a forjar la personalidad oscura pero al mismo tiempo luchadora de la autora y de muchos de sus contemporáneas.
yo nunca lo había visto así y quizás es lo más valioso aparte de toda la información que contiene en este libro.
Actualizo: lo he terminado y bueno la sensación al final es buena es un libro que ofrece mucha información tanto de la música de la que trata, el rock gótico de los ochenta, como de la época en la que fue concebida y las impresiones de la autora que lo vivió muy de cerca.
una vez finalizado me doy cuenta que el título de temporada de brujas hace tanto referencia a la estética de muchos de los miembros de los grupos como de que toda esta música se desarrolló durante la egida de Margaret Thatcher, una política muy conocida en su tiempo no en vano conocida como la dama de hierro, y hay que recordar que la dama de hierro era en origen un instrumento de tortura medieval.
eso le da valor a lo que trata el libro porque en realidad siempre se disocia mucho a la música gótica de la realidad y se la considera un tanto escapista, pero la tesis de alguna manera de este libro es que de alguna manera contribuyó a forjar la personalidad oscura pero al mismo tiempo luchadora de la autora y de muchos de sus contemporáneas.
yo nunca lo había visto así y quizás es lo más valioso aparte de toda la información que contiene en este libro.
July 30, 2024
This is a big book – nearly 500 pages and is a comprehensive history of the movement with no name – Goth. It’s a personal view by the author, Cathi Unsworth and it’s up the reader to decide whether her choices were Goth or not.
Goths are rare birds these days – I volunteer in London’s Victorian cemeteries and on Open Days there would always be a gang/gaggle/group of Goths in full regalia in attendance. But now there seem to be far less of them. An endangered species?
‘The Book of Goth’ reminds me of that heady time when you could tell everything (well almost everything) about a young person from at least 100 yards away. I feel very privileged at my age to have lived through the major youth cults; Bowie, New Romantics, Two Tone et al and how they created a community often united by music. Or by being outsiders. Exciting times!
The book is in roughly chronological order from ‘The Winter of Discontent’ in 1979 and the coming of Mrs Thatcher (or ‘Nanny Whip’) and the influence of Roxy Music and David Bowie. Roxy’s first 2 albums sounded like nothing else and was like music from a different planet – extraordinary. And Bowie’s appearance on singing ‘Starman’ on TOTP was a call to those on those on the fringes who wanted something else.
Music united people and I do miss the music press – a circulation of 2m for one weekly paper – that would be unheard of now! The author describes how like-minded people found each other pre internet through gigs, friends, records and formed themselves into groups and sub cultures within Goth. Most of the bands and movers/shakers were known to me and I liked the way that the rise of Goth was interspersed with the politics and events of the time. Society changed with the arrival of Mrs Thatcher and I’d forgotten how much and in many cases not for the better. But as Goths and other subcultures reared their heads the ‘80’s also became synonymous with yuppies and Loadsamoney culture. But protest was part of that decade as well with Greenham Common, the IRA hunger strikes and the 1981 riots. And over all of them John Peel’s radio show which is where I first heard the Cramps. Now there was a band!
The author devotes part of the book to them (and rightly so). Interspersed with familiar names such as The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees are short pieces on GothMothers and Gothfathers such as Jacques Brel, Jim Morrison, Karen Dalton, Juliette Greco amongst others that showed the diverse influences on which Goth drew.
However, were Zodiac Mindwarp, New Model Army and Joy Division Goths? I wouldn’t have thought so but ‘Season of the Witch’ has a broad umbrella and covered every corner of the alternative music scene. But there were different kinds of Goth and each chapter is devoted to one of these and at the end of the book there are notes and, movies and book resources.
It was good to read more about events that I was aware of at the time but didn’t know much more about such as The Mission/Sisters of Mercy spat. At last I know the truth!
I had to read ‘Season of the Witch’ at full tilt as it needed to be returned to the library and couldn’t be renewed which is not the most ideal way of reading a book. It’s written with an insider’s knowledge and a genuine passion for her subject.
I really enjoyed reading it and it reminded me of an interesting, creative time and why Goth still has resonance 40 years later.
October 13, 2023
3.5/5, rounded up because this author put a lot of effort and passion into this book!
*The stuff I really liked:
-Historic events were detailed and woven into the story of how they impacted the emergence of goth. Societal context is importance when it comes to discussing subcultures and this book had more of that than some others I’ve read, really enjoyed this.
-Some stories I hadn’t heard before that made me laugh out loud, like the Andrew Eldritch vs. The Sisterhood squabble!
-The obvious passion of the author and the effort she put into writing a really detailed account of her version of the creation of goth.
*The stuff I wasn’t super into:
-Near the beginning of the book the author compares some of the musicians to other people as a way of connecting history/context to the music. One example is listing the ways Robert Smith is similar to a serial killer from his hometown (I found it gross and unnecessary), another is comparing Siouxsie Sioux to Margaret Thatcher (!) It came off as forced in my opinion and I don’t think added anything positive to the book.
-The narrative jumps around quite a bit. For example, there were a few paragraphs about Killing Joke in one chapter, and they weren’t mentioned again until chapters later. We get snippets of multiple bands being talked about in each chapter, but just parts of their story, and then they aren’t mentioned until later in the book. I found it a but unstructured and confusing at times, but it wasn’t terrible as I knew the names of a lot of the band members so could keep track of who was being discussed. Readers who aren’t familiar with a lot of the band member’s names might find it a bit harder to keep track of who is being discussed.
-There were some dry parts of the book where it just kind of felt like I was reading wikipedia.
Overall I think this is worth a read for anyone super into reading about subculture formation or the history of goth music, it has it’s charming points and I’ll treasure my copy bought at Rough Trade :) It’s so full of info that I’m sure I’ll refer back to it when needed.
*The stuff I really liked:
-Historic events were detailed and woven into the story of how they impacted the emergence of goth. Societal context is importance when it comes to discussing subcultures and this book had more of that than some others I’ve read, really enjoyed this.
-Some stories I hadn’t heard before that made me laugh out loud, like the Andrew Eldritch vs. The Sisterhood squabble!
-The obvious passion of the author and the effort she put into writing a really detailed account of her version of the creation of goth.
*The stuff I wasn’t super into:
-Near the beginning of the book the author compares some of the musicians to other people as a way of connecting history/context to the music. One example is listing the ways Robert Smith is similar to a serial killer from his hometown (I found it gross and unnecessary), another is comparing Siouxsie Sioux to Margaret Thatcher (!) It came off as forced in my opinion and I don’t think added anything positive to the book.
-The narrative jumps around quite a bit. For example, there were a few paragraphs about Killing Joke in one chapter, and they weren’t mentioned again until chapters later. We get snippets of multiple bands being talked about in each chapter, but just parts of their story, and then they aren’t mentioned until later in the book. I found it a but unstructured and confusing at times, but it wasn’t terrible as I knew the names of a lot of the band members so could keep track of who was being discussed. Readers who aren’t familiar with a lot of the band member’s names might find it a bit harder to keep track of who is being discussed.
-There were some dry parts of the book where it just kind of felt like I was reading wikipedia.
Overall I think this is worth a read for anyone super into reading about subculture formation or the history of goth music, it has it’s charming points and I’ll treasure my copy bought at Rough Trade :) It’s so full of info that I’m sure I’ll refer back to it when needed.
September 28, 2023
This is an amazingly well written comprehensive guide of goth music and culture that discusses the scene’s rise amidst Thatcherism and the bleak landscape that was expressed by “the main characters” both sonically and aesthetically. I learned a lot about the bands I grew up listening to and some bands I didn’t even know about.
The extensive research and appendices really show the passion that went into this book and I think it’s accessible both as a learning space for people like me who enjoyed the music long after its release and as a nostalgic reflection for people who grew up in the late 70s and 80s at the same time as Siouxsie, Robert Smith, Andrew Eldritch and the many others that created such an iconic culture. I never realised just how many literary and media references influenced the people we know as the creators of goth as it just seemed to become a thing of its own out of nowhere. This book makes its punk and political roots clear and teaches you that the G word is not a dirty one.
The extensive research and appendices really show the passion that went into this book and I think it’s accessible both as a learning space for people like me who enjoyed the music long after its release and as a nostalgic reflection for people who grew up in the late 70s and 80s at the same time as Siouxsie, Robert Smith, Andrew Eldritch and the many others that created such an iconic culture. I never realised just how many literary and media references influenced the people we know as the creators of goth as it just seemed to become a thing of its own out of nowhere. This book makes its punk and political roots clear and teaches you that the G word is not a dirty one.
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July 19, 2023Abandoned because it's absolutely unreadable.
It's genuinely some of the worst writing I've ever seen in commercial print. I remember her as a decent writer but this is sixth form, sub-fanzine crap. Garbled overextended sentences and painful stabs at some sort of stylistic flourish.
It was "(Fire In Cairo) where Smith enacts a Scheherazadian fever dream using his guitar as a magic carpet" that finally did for me.
I was REALLY looking forward to it, too
It's genuinely some of the worst writing I've ever seen in commercial print. I remember her as a decent writer but this is sixth form, sub-fanzine crap. Garbled overextended sentences and painful stabs at some sort of stylistic flourish.
It was "(Fire In Cairo) where Smith enacts a Scheherazadian fever dream using his guitar as a magic carpet" that finally did for me.
I was REALLY looking forward to it, too
June 26, 2023
As well as being a stylishly written, consistently droll and perceptive exploration of the Goth subculture, “Season of the Witch” offers a vivid socio-political evocation of the fag-end of the 1970s and the start of the ensuing decade. I’m not even particularly interested in the Goth phenomenon, yet I loved this book.
January 23, 2025
This book is just 'here is a band that did sad music which was inspired by Britain being miserable', rinse repeat ad nauseum.
Nothing to tie it together, just going over band after band. It got boring and felt like a monster of the week TV show. I agree with whoever said the book felt like Wikipedia articles.
Nothing to tie it together, just going over band after band. It got boring and felt like a monster of the week TV show. I agree with whoever said the book felt like Wikipedia articles.
May 16, 2024
I was so excited to read this book, but the poor research and outright false information had me abandon it by page 49. What a disappointment.
July 16, 2024
wow! spinning the history of a mere odd 15 years of cultural and musical innovation into what feels like some sort of epic saga - I couldn't help but fall in love with Cathi Unsworth's ambitious book. a book I feel was made for me. I learnt a great deal and was able to reconcile things within myself I had no clue could even be reconciled - like....
- the (in hindsight) bleeding obvious connection between Joy Division and Northern Soul
- the monolithic influence of John McGeoch on practically all UK guitar players post-1977
- the miracle of the Cocteau Twins as well as Elizabeth Fraser's affair with Jeff Buckley (though the book doesn't allude to their masterpiece "All Flowers In Time")
- the interconnectedness of all of the great names who I thought were of disparate places but truly reach down to the centre of what it means to be Goth (including even, yes, Alex Chilton, Lydia Lunch, Buckley and Son, Jacques Brel, Suicide, John Barry)
- Barry Adamson's involvement in Nick Cave's undoubted masterpiece Your Funeral, My Trial (a bassline I loved as much as The Light Pours Out Of Me yet had no clue was by the same master)
I was reading this while flogging stuff at a carboot sale and was advised by a well-meaning lady not to read this which "would let the evil in me". I politely thanked her for her advice but knew full well that Cathi's parallel to the true witches and warlocks of the era (the Thatchers and Murdochs) was what we ought to fear - not Sioux's and Cave's poetic, romantic, beautiful antiestablishmentarianism.
that said, I wish the book focused more on The Cure's Disintegration-era and detailing the creation behind works like Juju and Treasure. I would read an encyclopedia's worth of books about those records.
I leave it feeling inspired by a culture and history built right on my London doorstep. shame this subculture only now exists on the internet and no longer in the venues that once housed and supported young musicians.
- the (in hindsight) bleeding obvious connection between Joy Division and Northern Soul
- the monolithic influence of John McGeoch on practically all UK guitar players post-1977
- the miracle of the Cocteau Twins as well as Elizabeth Fraser's affair with Jeff Buckley (though the book doesn't allude to their masterpiece "All Flowers In Time")
- the interconnectedness of all of the great names who I thought were of disparate places but truly reach down to the centre of what it means to be Goth (including even, yes, Alex Chilton, Lydia Lunch, Buckley and Son, Jacques Brel, Suicide, John Barry)
- Barry Adamson's involvement in Nick Cave's undoubted masterpiece Your Funeral, My Trial (a bassline I loved as much as The Light Pours Out Of Me yet had no clue was by the same master)
I was reading this while flogging stuff at a carboot sale and was advised by a well-meaning lady not to read this which "would let the evil in me". I politely thanked her for her advice but knew full well that Cathi's parallel to the true witches and warlocks of the era (the Thatchers and Murdochs) was what we ought to fear - not Sioux's and Cave's poetic, romantic, beautiful antiestablishmentarianism.
that said, I wish the book focused more on The Cure's Disintegration-era and detailing the creation behind works like Juju and Treasure. I would read an encyclopedia's worth of books about those records.
I leave it feeling inspired by a culture and history built right on my London doorstep. shame this subculture only now exists on the internet and no longer in the venues that once housed and supported young musicians.
August 20, 2025
Wow, this took me a awhile to finish. Not because it was bad, but my attention span unfortunately went awry and this ended up in the back burner for a while.
In the last couple of years, a few books on the goth subculture has popped up. I read Lol Tolhurst’s book, while I still have John Robb’s “The Art of Darkness” in my tbr pile. While it might seem like a case of getting into a trend by having these books published within a span of couple of years, I think the goth subculture has reached a point in where it can now be analyzed in a slightly more objective way.
I’m not from the UK, so some of Unsworth’s analysis of the political turmoil there in the 80’s is a bit lost of me but at the same time, I do think Unsworth mentioned them to better understand how the subculture was influenced by the politics around them.
What fascinated me the most though was that there is no rigid definition of what counts as “goth”. Some bands who are popular with goths aren’t mentioned here at all, but they are in the other mentioned books. And some of bands that are mentioned here aren’t considered “goth” aren’t considered as such by others. This doesn’t bother me at all, but it does show while I might be interested in things all goth, I’m not really interested in the constant, rigid definition on who counts as such (seriously, the subreddit r/goth is so bad on this. I had to mute them after they claimed The Cure wasn’t goth. The Cure! All because they made some music that didn’t fit into the rigid definition of goth that they set themselves).
I also really liked the recommendations that Unsworth listed at the end of the book. Will definitely seek some of these out.
Would recommend for anyone interested in the history of the subculture. I also encourage anyone to read all three books because they offer different perspectives and I can’t really say which one is the “definitive” books, as all three have interesting things to say about the goth subculture.
In the last couple of years, a few books on the goth subculture has popped up. I read Lol Tolhurst’s book, while I still have John Robb’s “The Art of Darkness” in my tbr pile. While it might seem like a case of getting into a trend by having these books published within a span of couple of years, I think the goth subculture has reached a point in where it can now be analyzed in a slightly more objective way.
I’m not from the UK, so some of Unsworth’s analysis of the political turmoil there in the 80’s is a bit lost of me but at the same time, I do think Unsworth mentioned them to better understand how the subculture was influenced by the politics around them.
What fascinated me the most though was that there is no rigid definition of what counts as “goth”. Some bands who are popular with goths aren’t mentioned here at all, but they are in the other mentioned books. And some of bands that are mentioned here aren’t considered “goth” aren’t considered as such by others. This doesn’t bother me at all, but it does show while I might be interested in things all goth, I’m not really interested in the constant, rigid definition on who counts as such (seriously, the subreddit r/goth is so bad on this. I had to mute them after they claimed The Cure wasn’t goth. The Cure! All because they made some music that didn’t fit into the rigid definition of goth that they set themselves).
I also really liked the recommendations that Unsworth listed at the end of the book. Will definitely seek some of these out.
Would recommend for anyone interested in the history of the subculture. I also encourage anyone to read all three books because they offer different perspectives and I can’t really say which one is the “definitive” books, as all three have interesting things to say about the goth subculture.
December 13, 2024
This is an in-depth read that melds a history of Goth with a social history of the 1980s, especially the reign of a certain Mrs Thatcher. Not that the bands and musicians don't feature strongly, because they certainly do. Musically the net is cast wide, for example I'm not sure I'd consider either Echo and The Bunnymen or Soft Cell as goth - though Marc Almond certainly had leanings in that direction.
The history takes in people who may be considered to have inspired goth, such as Johnny Cash, Bobby Gentry (yep!), Fenella Fielding, Link Wray and Nico as well as luminaries of the Gothic imagination such as Percy and Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe and Aubrey Beardsley.
I wonder if it would be possible draw out some closer connections or lineages from historical figures of Gothic art to some of the most obviously goth of bands, though perhaps these are connections left for the reader to follow.
Inevitably for all that is included, there is much that is left out and Cathi has enriched the book with extensive footnotes, an appendix on books and films or relevance as well as a bibliography of further, deeper reads into specific characters bands etc.
This is one of a few books recently published on goth, including a huge volume by John Robb and another by former member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst. I will read the John Robb book at some point and it will be interesting to compare approaches and content.
I enjoyed the book, which sent me in search of music I've not heard - always a good sign for a music book. If you've the slightest interest in goth - read it, you'll not be disappointed.
The history takes in people who may be considered to have inspired goth, such as Johnny Cash, Bobby Gentry (yep!), Fenella Fielding, Link Wray and Nico as well as luminaries of the Gothic imagination such as Percy and Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe and Aubrey Beardsley.
I wonder if it would be possible draw out some closer connections or lineages from historical figures of Gothic art to some of the most obviously goth of bands, though perhaps these are connections left for the reader to follow.
Inevitably for all that is included, there is much that is left out and Cathi has enriched the book with extensive footnotes, an appendix on books and films or relevance as well as a bibliography of further, deeper reads into specific characters bands etc.
This is one of a few books recently published on goth, including a huge volume by John Robb and another by former member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst. I will read the John Robb book at some point and it will be interesting to compare approaches and content.
I enjoyed the book, which sent me in search of music I've not heard - always a good sign for a music book. If you've the slightest interest in goth - read it, you'll not be disappointed.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 25, 2024
Encyclopedic. It tried to uncover every stone used to build the wall of goth through the 80s one at a time. As such, it gives very rapid overviews of bands and artist that likely deserve an entire book, movie or lifetime of research (which many goths have already given). Preaches to the choir at the same time - those familiar with the names and places will likely nod along and smile through the book as a greatest hits collection of images and sounds plays along while you read. Those not familiar with the bands will likely find the journey not as interesting, but the book should encourage those readers to look down a few of the many paths it introduces (and then quickly moves on from) and definitely points to they key albums/ artists/ films/ books that will reward further investigations. The book also spends a lot of time and effort on 80s Thatcher-Reagan-omics and their impact and some of the reasons for the rise of the counterculture. These history lessons are also given in very brief flashes and a sea of acronyms that can be as confusing as illuminating that also merit further research. Overall, nothing is given much depth or details, but the sheer scope of the book is impressive and it covers most of the main characters. Highly recommended for fans of the genre. For others, it's a nice reference book for further research.
April 12, 2024
Hmm! I had high hopes for this - right in my time period and the music and sub-culture I was part of and loved - it didn't really live up to my expectations.
It was definitely a nostalgia trip and encouraged me to listen again to all those old bands. The majority I was familiar with but there were a few I'd never come across so that was interesting.
Unfortunately it let me down in a number of ways.
It's quite a long book and frequently - especially in the last third of the book - descended into lists of who left which band to play in another, who was displaced and where did they go, what instrument did they decide to play instead of the one they were playing in their previous bands - very, very, dull. Then there is the writing style. The author writes (or used to write) for music magazines; she has this habit of constructing clever-dick sentences, a bit overflowery and with some music reference thrown in; this is great for the length of an a magazine article but it becomes quite tedious on every single page of a lengthy book. I'd also question the author's definition of Goth: The Bunnymen (really?), and The Cocteau Twins, for example (maybe their very early stuff) - I don't think I agree.
And where are the pictures? Goth has extremely powerful imagery: the spiky hair, the black, the smell of Spiky gel, Insett extra strong hairspray, patchouli and poppers, and the dancing like a wild witch's coven summoning their demons. it's what attracts people to it first - it was for me anyway - so to have a book on the subject with Zero photographs seems like a missed opportunity at best.
So, great memories, new (old) music to listen to, but overall too dull.
It was definitely a nostalgia trip and encouraged me to listen again to all those old bands. The majority I was familiar with but there were a few I'd never come across so that was interesting.
Unfortunately it let me down in a number of ways.
It's quite a long book and frequently - especially in the last third of the book - descended into lists of who left which band to play in another, who was displaced and where did they go, what instrument did they decide to play instead of the one they were playing in their previous bands - very, very, dull. Then there is the writing style. The author writes (or used to write) for music magazines; she has this habit of constructing clever-dick sentences, a bit overflowery and with some music reference thrown in; this is great for the length of an a magazine article but it becomes quite tedious on every single page of a lengthy book. I'd also question the author's definition of Goth: The Bunnymen (really?), and The Cocteau Twins, for example (maybe their very early stuff) - I don't think I agree.
And where are the pictures? Goth has extremely powerful imagery: the spiky hair, the black, the smell of Spiky gel, Insett extra strong hairspray, patchouli and poppers, and the dancing like a wild witch's coven summoning their demons. it's what attracts people to it first - it was for me anyway - so to have a book on the subject with Zero photographs seems like a missed opportunity at best.
So, great memories, new (old) music to listen to, but overall too dull.
February 15, 2024
2.5
Lots of info and lots of research and I ended up looking up lots of people (why weren't there any photos?), but unfortunately I found it incredibly dry and boring.
I felt the structure let it down - it didn't really talk about what goth was, while it mentioned class I think it could have benefitted with a bit of a feminist eye over it and definitely needed more around race. The 'gothfather' 'gothmother' sections felt really out of place and pointless (and like someone else said here - are like Wikipedia entries) and the appendix with the lists of films and books would have been better amalgamated into the main text.
My preference is also a more personal take on stuff rather than a straight history and would have loved more stories of Cathi's experience growing up goth.
Lots of info and lots of research and I ended up looking up lots of people (why weren't there any photos?), but unfortunately I found it incredibly dry and boring.
I felt the structure let it down - it didn't really talk about what goth was, while it mentioned class I think it could have benefitted with a bit of a feminist eye over it and definitely needed more around race. The 'gothfather' 'gothmother' sections felt really out of place and pointless (and like someone else said here - are like Wikipedia entries) and the appendix with the lists of films and books would have been better amalgamated into the main text.
My preference is also a more personal take on stuff rather than a straight history and would have loved more stories of Cathi's experience growing up goth.
August 24, 2024
A clever book in which the author conducts a detailed survey of Goth music and intertwines it with a social history of the UK, showing how external events influenced and formed the attitudes of band members. Unsworth cleverly brings in details of rage other bands which influenced the Goths - I was particularly surprised to find that Robert Smith of the Cure was a huge fan of Glasgow rocker, Alex Harvey. Unsworth also adds a section in which she comments on the movies and books which influenced the Goths. This is an enjoyable book, which will be essential reading for anyone interested in Goth music.
March 15, 2024
Despite knowing only 10% of the bands discussed in this immaculately researched book, I was pretty gripped throughout. Unsworth is not just a fan of Goth, she is a super-uber fan.
It has to be said - the book is big. So how can you hold a reading audience on a counterculture topic, that is researched to the Nth degree across 429 pages?
- Write with the originality, humour and passion that Cathi Unsworth does.
It has to be said - the book is big. So how can you hold a reading audience on a counterculture topic, that is researched to the Nth degree across 429 pages?
- Write with the originality, humour and passion that Cathi Unsworth does.
June 30, 2024
4,5/5
En ytterst djupgående genomgång av gothens bakgrund, uppkomst och band, allt mot fonden av de händelser och skeenden (ffa i Storbritannien) som bidrog.
Saknar några band (var är t ex Skeletal family? Fields of the nephilim? ), och också utvecklingen av nya band fram till nu. Bitvis kanske lite mycket fotboll, men sammantaget en mycket gedigen sammanställning.
En ytterst djupgående genomgång av gothens bakgrund, uppkomst och band, allt mot fonden av de händelser och skeenden (ffa i Storbritannien) som bidrog.
Saknar några band (var är t ex Skeletal family? Fields of the nephilim? ), och också utvecklingen av nya band fram till nu. Bitvis kanske lite mycket fotboll, men sammantaget en mycket gedigen sammanställning.
January 16, 2025
Gran relato de la subcultura gótica en la música, atravesada por las peripecias sociopolíticas de la Inglaterra de los años 80 y el Thatcherismo imperante.
El libro además tiene apéndices con recomendaciones literarias y audiovisuales que inspiraron a los artistas protagonistas del libro. Muy interesante.
Me llevo mucha información y demasiada música nueva para escuchar.
El libro además tiene apéndices con recomendaciones literarias y audiovisuales que inspiraron a los artistas protagonistas del libro. Muy interesante.
Me llevo mucha información y demasiada música nueva para escuchar.
November 23, 2025
An excellent tome written with authority that links historical, social and political contexts to the largely British goth subculture.
an essential read for anyone discovering 80s alternative music and culture for the first time, or old goths who will enjoy revisiting some of the greatest music of the 80s and beyond. 5 Stars
an essential read for anyone discovering 80s alternative music and culture for the first time, or old goths who will enjoy revisiting some of the greatest music of the 80s and beyond. 5 Stars
August 23, 2023
Brilliant overview of goth bands, artists, books, movies, and the contexts than birthed them. Especially thankful for reminding me about Diamanda Galas - been trying to remember her name for ages
September 17, 2023
Brilliant!
April 12, 2024
An excellent look at Goth music and culture—and the other types of music, literature and culture that inspired it. Really enjoyable.
June 5, 2024
An enjoyable social history of the 1980s through the lens of alternative music and culture.
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