Proto-Punk > Proto-Goth

Source: Stern.de The Hollywood Vampires recorded their very own version of David Bowie's "Heroes" in Berlin last year. The music video shows backstage scenes from the last European tour. Watch

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  By Josh Johnes Source: Open Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG3wiQOhEPw There are many reasons to think of The Velvet Underground forever in black and white: Nico’s Nordic monotone; John Cale and Moe Tucker’s monochromatic drones;...

Source: NME In June 1979, Joy Division released the bleak masterpiece that is ‘Unknown Pleasures’, a record so majestic it changed the face of music. NME celebrates its genius. There can’t...

FOUR DOORS TO THE FUTURE: GOTHIC ROCK IS THEIR THING Posted on Published in March 4, 1967 in the Williams College News By: John Stickney Source: The Door's website website “Which one is “Jim...

  By Jon Savage  Source: Lit Hub The following is from an oral history of Joy Division, compiled from interviews with the surviving band members and those closest to them. * Bernard Sumner: I felt that even though...

Forty years since its release, Chris Harvey explains how Joy Division’s debut album became one of the greatest records ever made Source: The Independent UK   It’s now 40 years since Factory Records...

Source: Open Culture When David Bowie left us on January 10, 2016, we immediately started seeing the just-released Blackstar, which turned out to be his final album, as a farewell. But...

Source: Literary Hub By Justine Hyde “As we age, we grow embarrassed at our own seriousness, from remembering being that teenager sat in their bedroom, underlining words in a book. But as...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsdTKQb6o6Q&fbclid=IwAR3OQRli3Zs0JfZw6IOa-tH4YaqSivH1vSck9eSgjS3fFs3QGBfTSBjAyTI   Originally published on February 6th, 2019 on Open Culture By Josh Jones   Seems there was a time when the dominant story of punk was the story of British punk. If you knew...