Born in the Batcave Born in the Batcave

Part 2 of 2


Year: 1992


Albums: Wings of Joy, Cranes


The Marble Index, Nico


At journey's end, our doom-laden dreamers contemplate the fate of goth at the passing of its first golden age. With the big names gone or ploughing very different furrows, how did the faithful keep the flame of darkness burning? By creating a club scene and by forming their own bands in the underground indie scene. Stuart, guest contributor for this week, shares his first-hand knowledge of this scene, showing how it fulfilled the need to keep the shadows dancing, keeping the space of creative suffering open for all who feel compelled to travel the gloomy dominions of the human soul.


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Part 1 of 2


Year: 1992


Albums: Wings of Joy, Cranes


The Marble Index, Nico


Finally, our misbegotten heroes arrive at their final podcast, calling upon a special guest to help them explore the fate of goth and alternative in the 1990s. Stuart collaborated with both Nick and Simon in their far-from-legendary bands, and went on to rack up a tour of duty as guitarist for bona fide goth success Children on Stun, after founding member Simon Manning sadly shuffled off this mortal coil. Paying tribute to Simon and charting the persistence of goth in its more underground forms throughout the lean 90s, our trio of miserabilists celebrate the undying appeal of the music and culture of the shadows.


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Part 2 of 2


Year: 1991


Albums: Odds 'n' sods, one-hit wonders, outliers & honourable mentions


Continuing their grab-bag of oddities and outlier tracks, our diminutive weirdos hold up Flesh for Lulu, Leonard Cohen and, dare I say it, even a track by Ultravox for special mention. In the stories of their lives, the year of 1991 saw dreams begin to fade and new ideas take their place, as the horizons of adulthood loomed more solidly into view.


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Year: 1991


Albums: odds 'n' sods - one hit wonders, outliers & honourable mentions


Our trad-goth raggedy men turn their attention to that miscellany of one-off favourites that helped complete their constellation of beloved goth and alternative tracks. From unsigned bands with nothing to lose, to uncharacteristically dark offerings from otherwise uncool mainstream bands, the list is refreshing, revealing and not a little controversial.


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Year: 1990


Albums: Love, The Cult


Les Mystere de Voix Bulgares (4AD compilation)


Our nocturnal seekers of solace turn their thoughts to two very different albums, one a reverb-drenched rock-inflected anthemic classic, one an otherworldly choral journey thru the strangest recesses of the human soul. Along the way they find a (more or less) definitive answer to the question of the ages: what is goth?


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Part 1 of 2


Year: 1990


Albums: Love, The Cult


Les Mystere de Voix Bulgares (4AD Compilation)


As a decade comes to a close, Nick's band plays their biggest London gig, but on the other side of the mountaintop a painful descent awaits. Simon heads back to his hometown for a year out, finds himself a soul-crushing job in the infamous hive of drudgery atop the hill, but finds a way of piecing together life's fragments in his first recorded songs.


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