GOTHIC ROCK: All you ever wanted to know... ...but were too gormless to ask.

by Mick Mercer

GOTHIC ROCK had been officially out of print for nearly thirty years. It was first published by Pegasus publishing, in 1991, then reprinted a year later by Cleopatra in America. As I have the rights to my book back I can make it available to you once more, but I haven’t changed the text, for this is now an historical work.This is the book about Goth which I think of as my book on Goth, as subsequent books have been ones I expressly try to make useful for people, just as Gothic Rock Black Book, my first book on the genre, published in 1988, was simply an introductory overview. I wasn’t happy with the basic nature of Gothic Rock Black Book, and this definitely redressed the balance. It also spawned the Gothic Rock compilations I initially suggested to Jungle Records as a way to promote the book, while spreading the sounds of certain new bands worldwide. I hope you enjoy this work, which treats all bands, be they large or small, as being of equal interest, or scorn.

Genres: Music

486 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 28, 2021

About the author

Mick Mercer is a journalist and author best known for his photos and reviews of the goth, punk, and indie music scenes. He publishes a monthly online magazine called The Mick. He also photographed the band Tragic Venus both in the UK and Europe.