Stylus Magazine's Guide To Goth
Published 18-11-07
One of the web’s best music sites, Stylus Magazine, sadly shut up shop a few weeks ago. Clicking randomly through its archives, our attention was grabbed by the unexpected sight of a picture of Dik and Guggi.
The site published England Fades Away: Stylus Magazine’s Guide To Goth in August of 2006. It’s a lengthy, detailed and fascinating look at the history of the Goth music scene, covering the extent of the many diverse bands often lumped together under this single banner.
The article pays its respects to Virgin Prunes (“always more a case of fitting in with Goth by virtue of not fitting in anywhere else”) and provides favourable reviews of both …If I Die, I Die and The Moon Looked Down And Laughed alongside numerous other period favourites.
While we couldn’t possibly endorse the writer’s view that Uncle Arthur’s Lonely World and Deadly Sins are in any way sub-standard (and for the record, Ballad Of The Man is sung by Dave-id, not Guggi), in all other respects this guide is a very worthy read if you have the time to spare.