re: GOTH? Are you?

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Cdawg

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I guess what I should have asked (and you and CAD are the only two who I trust more than my own brain about this type of music), is how did the U.S. consumers know about bands like Fields of Nephilim, The Mission UK, The Chameleons, Comsat Angels, and Killing Joke when 99 percent of their concerts were back in Europe; not to mention, radio gave all of whom I mentioned ZERO airplay. In 1987, how did one who Carl McCoy or Wayne Hussey even were?

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Houston Press rag would always advertise local msuic venues so if you knew certain bands were at certain bars/clubs, you would have a pulse on it. But when Q93(before it went country) broadcasted live from Club 6400 on saturday nights, it really took off here. Then for us it was searching out record labels like Wax Trax Records or Mute Records.

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Houston is such a different, diverse creature. NOLA does enough by itself, with 25 percent of the population but Baton Rouge and Lafayette and Shreveport never did and still do not have a beat on music that's on fire in Eurasia or Australia. For instance, aside from England, the majority of 80's goth fans are from Argentina and Chile...or from extreme northern Europe.