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Early Days, Antix & Formation. Another post with a mixed bag of music styles, Goth Rock, Punk and Psychobilly, and all based around this band... Originally formed in Suffolk in the early 1980's, and started out with the name The Antix, this single 'Cursed' with the B Side being 'Dug Up' was not originally on a label when it was released in 1982. This track has thunderous drums and a throbbing bass line, thrash sounding guitar in the chorus and…

Eyes You Can Drown In From the A side of the 12'' Eyes You Can Drown In by Scottish Goth Rock band Twisted Nerve from 1983 on the Independent Criminal Damage Record Label with the song Medusa... Dark, throbbing bass and pounding drums very goth sounding. And from the B Side of the same 12" the song Gargoyle... Again, another strong track with heavy drums and cool bass line, reminding me a little bit of Killing Joke. Criminal Damage records…

Ghost Dance Formation & Early Releases The band were formed in 1985 after Gary Marx (Sisters of Mercy) and Anne Marie Hurst (Skeletal Family) had both departed from their respective bands. They started out on the Karbon Record Label and eventually moved to the Chrysalis Label. They were reasonably short-lived I guess, but packed quite a bit in during their time together. They eventually split in 1989. Their debut in 1986 with the E.P. 'River Of No Return' contained a…

The Hating Tree Darkwave/Goth Rock from Autumn (US) formed in Minneapolis US in 1994. The US bit in the name I guess to distinguish themselves from a Dutch heavy rock band also called Autumn. Anyway, this track is from the Album 'The Hating Tree' released in 1997 on the Tess Record Label based in California and specializing in darkwave/indie sounds. The start of the above reminding me a little of The Mission with 'Severina', changing to a dreamy sounding The…

Dead Pianos were a four piece Goth band from Diss in South Norfolk, UK. They appear to have been influenced by bands such as the Cure. This seems to have been their one and only release and I am not finding out much more about them other than the comment on the YouTube site from which this video came from which seems to indicate that several members of the band were in a local band prior to this called 'The…