Black Tape For A Blue Girl - As One Aflame Laid Bare By Desire (1999)
Pink Turns Blue - After All (1988)
Danse Society - Woman’s Own (1983)
Tones On Tail - ‘Pop’ (1984)
One of the best albums to rise out of the demise of Bauhaus. Considered an experiment on behalf of Daniel Ash to see if the rest of the band could still make decent music with the absence of Peter Murphy and David J (without sounding too much like their previous band). All of which they accomplished and then some.
More morbid than a good half of Bauhaus’ discography, this album was a pioneer in the evolving landscape in goth music that would eventually branch out into Darkwave and Coldwave. Moving away from traditional post-punk band structure with it’s use of synths and drum machines in every song, it also found a great way to combine the macabre and morose themes of Bauhaus with experimental electronic based music that makes it sound stranger and more diverse than the entire Bauhaus discography (using surf rock, psychedelic rock, new wave, samba, pop, and ambient). All of this they would later refine into not only their next band, Love And Rockets, but to ehir solo material. Awesome in of it’s self, I would say it’s worth going the extra mile to find the compilation album that includes their two most recognised songs and goth club staples, “Christian Says” and “Go!”.
Under The Weight of Light (2010)
I originally only checked this out because it both opened and closed with songs by Black Tape for a Blue Girl. Luckily for me, the rest of the bands in compilation are amazing as well and introduced me to Rome, Unto Ashes, Spiritual Front and Lux Interna. Now I have an entire list of bands whose discographies will devour my spare time for a long time ><
Tones on Tail - Performance
Ronny Moorings (Clan of Xymox)
‘This Lush Garden Within’ - Black Tape For a Blue Girl
Sixth June, 1990
Linea Aspera (2010)
Matthew Carl Lucian (Suspiria) - Picture taken at Whitby Gothic Weekend, 1995
Steve Rawlings (Danse Society) 1981
What’s your opinion on Sopor Aeternus? is (s)he a Goth icon? - blackmetalhipster
I would say she definitely is. She has a place and has made a big impact on modern goth music. Also, Anna as an individual has exposed more people to different ways of expression and individuality than anyone that comes to mind. The music itself has taken bits and pieces from everything from dark-classical, baroque and darkwave and makes it unique without falling into ruts that many modern goth musicians have sunken into. Anyone who dedicates an album (an amazing one, at that) to Rozz is awesome in my book.
