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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:14 pm


I've been wondering if there are any bands that originated in the states... because most of the goth bands are from the U.K. (understandable, since punk also originated there)
PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:42 pm


uh...yeah: the cruxshadows....
oh, but did you mean gothrock?

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:03 pm


.+Melanthios+.
uh...yeah: the cruxshadows....
oh, but did you mean gothrock?

Yes, that's what I meant... but wow, The Cruxshadows are from the states? Through Rogue's crooning voice I thought he was British sweatdrop but yeah they are a Darkwave band so they don't quite count.
PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:55 pm


Dead Ed
.+Melanthios+.
uh...yeah: the cruxshadows....
oh, but did you mean gothrock?

Yes, that's what I meant... but wow, The Cruxshadows are from the states? Through Rogue's crooning voice I thought he was British sweatdrop but yeah they are a Darkwave band so they don't quite count.


They're Floridian, by the way.

3nodding

GilAskan
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GilAskan
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:05 pm


If one were to ignore the differenciations of gothrock, deathrock, and darkwave...

You've got (major):

Christian Death
.45 Grave
Razed in Black
The Cruxshadows
Ego Likeness
Voltaire (Technically, he's Cuban, but was raised in New York)

As well as (minor... Imo bold my favorites...):

Bitter Grace
Burning Image
Caelum Bliss
Children On Sun
Cinema Strange
Ex-voto
Eva O
Faith and the Muse
Fear Cult
Fields of Aplomb
Flesh Eaters
Frank the Baptist
Gitane Demone
The Gun Club
Hate in the Box
Hate Sex
Human Drama
Last Dance
London After Midnight
Lycia

Machine in the Garden
Mephitzo Waltz
Mistle Thrush
The Naked and the dead
Opium Den
Phantom Limbs
Red Voice Choir
Reliquary
Shadow Project
The Shroud
Strange Boutique
Switchblade Symphony
Tears for the Dying
Voodoo Church
The Wake
Written in Ashes

...are all that I can think of. Each of the bands listed has put out at least one whole goth-rock album.
PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:40 am


Mmm.

Hate in the Box.

I love them so.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:27 pm


The Cruxshadows are from Florida... I would've never guessed xd

And I've heard of Voltaire many times before, but I've never actually listened to his stuff before.
Last Dance sounds intriguing, too.
PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:49 pm


The Last Dance is one of my favorite since I saw them in concert. Speaking of... the CD's I ordered before christmas aren't here.... hmmm.

I had thought Rogue was british the first time I heard them as well!

DarkPrincesa


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:26 pm


Dead Ed
And I've heard of Voltaire many times before, but I've never actually listened to his stuff before.


Voltaire is perhaps the most popular modern goth-rock artist today, though, he's gotten his fair share of criticism. If you want to hear him for yourself, you can go to his website ( http://www.voltaire.net/ ) and download (legally) a few of his songs. However, I should mention that the songs on his website are all examples of his comedy work. His body of work is divided between dead-serious european-folk inspired goth-rock, and utterly silly pop goth-rock.

Here's a break down of his +/- :

1) He has a variety of influences in his earlier work / His later work is all too focussed on a single influence

2) He is innovative in that he brings comedy to his work, which is rarely found in goth-rock / He makes goth-rock into a novelty (that's a negative) by injecting slapstick into an artistic and nuanced genre

3) He is an amazing lyricist, one of the best living song writers (in my opinion) / His vocals are obviously untrained, and instrumentally, his sound is entirely dependent on other performers
PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:03 pm


DarkPrincesa

I had thought Rogue was british the first time I heard them as well!


His crooning voice masks that so well xd

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:11 pm


GilAskan
Dead Ed
And I've heard of Voltaire many times before, but I've never actually listened to his stuff before.


Voltaire is perhaps the most popular modern goth-rock artist today, though, he's gotten his fair share of criticism. If you want to hear him for yourself, you can go to his website ( http://www.voltaire.net/ ) and download (legally) a few of his songs. However, I should mention that the songs on his website are all examples of his comedy work. His body of work is divided between dead-serious european-folk inspired goth-rock, and utterly silly pop goth-rock.

Here's a break down of his +/- :

1) He has a variety of influences in his earlier work / His later work is all too focussed on a single influence

2) He is innovative in that he brings comedy to his work, which is rarely found in goth-rock / He makes goth-rock into a novelty (that's a negative) by injecting slapstick into an artistic and nuanced genre

3) He is an amazing lyricist, one of the best living song writers (in my opinion) / His vocals are obviously untrained, and instrumentally, his sound is entirely dependent on other performers

Ah, okay. I've just tried "When You're Evil" off of the site, and true, I can sense some light-heartedness in it. smile
I wasn't too surprised, either. After all, he seemed pretty relaxed during his interview on CNN 3nodding

"And it's so easy when you're evil...
this is the life you see,
the devil tips his hat to me.
I do it all because
I'm evil,
and I do it all for free.
Your tears are all the pay
I'll ever need."
PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:20 pm


Dead Ed
GilAskan
Dead Ed
And I've heard of Voltaire many times before, but I've never actually listened to his stuff before.


Voltaire is perhaps the most popular modern goth-rock artist today, though, he's gotten his fair share of criticism. If you want to hear him for yourself, you can go to his website ( http://www.voltaire.net/ ) and download (legally) a few of his songs. However, I should mention that the songs on his website are all examples of his comedy work. His body of work is divided between dead-serious european-folk inspired goth-rock, and utterly silly pop goth-rock.

Here's a break down of his +/- :

1) He has a variety of influences in his earlier work / His later work is all too focussed on a single influence

2) He is innovative in that he brings comedy to his work, which is rarely found in goth-rock / He makes goth-rock into a novelty (that's a negative) by injecting slapstick into an artistic and nuanced genre

3) He is an amazing lyricist, one of the best living song writers (in my opinion) / His vocals are obviously untrained, and instrumentally, his sound is entirely dependent on other performers

Ah, okay. I've just tried "When You're Evil" off of the site, and true, I can sense some light-heartedness in it. smile
I wasn't too surprised, either. After all, he seemed pretty relaxed during his interview on CNN 3nodding

"And it's so easy when you're evil...
this is the life you see,
the devil tips his hat to me.
I do it all because
I'm evil,
and I do it all for free.
Your tears are all the pay
I'll ever need."


I luff that song. Heck. I love Voltaire.

Oh.......Rogue had been to Europe many times during his childhood which may contribut to his voice....he was born in Virginia.

.+Melanthios+.

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