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re: GOTH? Are you?
Posted on 2/25/17 at 6:31 pm to Cdawg
Posted on 2/25/17 at 6:31 pm to Cdawg
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Cdawg
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.
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.
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Posted on 2/27/17 at 9:53 am to PiscesTiger
Living in NOLA, I would go to Tower Records a good bit and read a lot of local rags and even Rolling Stone, Spin, etc. Even Thrasher magazine would have a music section. By 1987 though, 120 Minutes was a pretty big deal.
I remember being a big Sisters of Mercy fan and a guy from Houston told me that it was too Gothic for him. That was the first time I heard that term related to music. That was 86 or 87.
I remember being a big Sisters of Mercy fan and a guy from Houston told me that it was too Gothic for him. That was the first time I heard that term related to music. That was 86 or 87.
Posted on 2/27/17 at 11:18 am to PiscesTiger
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how did the U.S. consumers know about bands like Fields of Nephilim, The Mission UK, The Chameleons, Comsat Angels, and Killing Joke
It was college radio (KLSU) for me. Mtv's 120minutes and USA Nightflight tv show played some of it too. But you need to understand, none of the post-punk or alternative music was very popular back then. Not many "US consumers" knew about those bands. For example, Love & Rockets had MTV hits back then but they played Tips. There just wasn't a big audience for different music back then.
This post was edited on 2/27/17 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 2/28/17 at 12:53 pm to PiscesTiger
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Killing Joke when 99 percent of their concerts were back in Europe
Metallica covered "The Wait" in 1987...We were listening to/ watching "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up...Live" in BTR before 1990. on that same VHS tape, we met Jello Biafra...and the rest is word of mouth.
In Houston, by 1990, we were all Dead Horse fans.
I still get hollers when I wear one of the thousand shirts greg and Alpo left when they didn't sell in 1991 in BR.
Posted on 2/28/17 at 2:21 pm to PiscesTiger
When I think of the best Goth has to offer (and I do not think THAT many American listeners really know who these guys are...and they need some recognition for what they were):
Fields of Nephilim (1988)
^If you enjoy Type O and all of that stuff that came out in the 90's, then you should enjoy this. Crank it up.
Fields of Nephilim (1988)
^If you enjoy Type O and all of that stuff that came out in the 90's, then you should enjoy this. Crank it up.
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