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In 1982, the original Goth club opened in London’s SoHo, organized by members of the dark and glamorous Specimen, and they called it The Batcave. The club was attended by nearly every post-punk musician in the country at the time, including Robert Smith of The Cure, members of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Nick Cave, and Ian Astbury of Southern Death Cult. This 1983 documentary presents a startling melange of images and imaginations.
Reflecting on goth’s evolution from punk, New Model Army singer Justin Sullivan told author John Robb, in Punk Rock: An Oral History, “I think...
via Flashbak Did you ever visit London’s Batcave club? Opened in Soho in July 1982, the Batcave featured the likes of Bauhaus, The Meteors, Sex Gang...
Why go another Halloween with “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”? It’s a great song, no question, but they were even playing that in the store you...
The Batcave movement did not last that long, but it did make a huge impact on underground music and fashion! At the forefront of...
Songs of Preys
December 9, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Someone needs to dispel the myth that The Batcave was the first ‘Goth’ club in the UK