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Originally Posted by evilpoppy
Bon Harris from Ebb cites Killing Joke as an influence, along with the synth-punk folks. Although Ebb and 242 are some distance apart. |
That's interesting to know; they definitely flirted with electronics, and had all those awful "industrial metal" bands afterwards. It's really just a matter of how far back in the chronology we want to go, I guess.
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Weird.
Most people I know who tend towards the Cyber side of things seem to have more appreciation of of Goth's musical roots than many 'average' Goths, who tend to have no concept of the music at all. They just like dressing all spooky!
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Maybe that's something that different between the two islands? Over here, most cybers are the people listening to VNV and Apop, and calling themselves goth despite it. I can't speak for everywhere of course, but I've had friends and associates voice similar complaints in Detroit, NYC, Florida, SoCal, and LA.
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I get the feeling that the US 'scene' is full of Corsetted gal's in falls and rivett guys pretending they are in the army ...
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Heh, your guess is as good as mine. Thankfully I've got my night in Providence, so I don't have to look for alternatives here, but I have been told they're amazing awful. Boston is Boston, and things never change there. Most of the cyber types are gone now, though. I haven't seen hair falls in person in years.
I get the general feeling that outside of a few pockets, the "goth scene" has mostly degenerated into a giant rave with pvc instead of ecstasy. The deathrock scene here is a giant stand against that, and probably resembles more what you'd expect. Your typical deathrock night in the US would more or less resemble something like Dead and Buried over there.