Back in Black: The Politics of Goth with John Robb

The Bunker

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🗓️ 29 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Despite all odds, Goths have continued to thrive and evolve from Siouxsie and the Banshees to Wednesday Adams. But what political and social conditions created the Goth movement? And how has the extravagant subculture survived all this time? Frontman of The Membranes and author of The Art of Darkness, John Robb, joins Alex Andreou in our extra spooky early Halloween edition of The Bunker. “You can't create a culture darker than the way the people in power run it already.” – John Robb “Goths read books. The punk period in the late 70s nobody read books!” – John Robb “Goth was influenced by a lot of black music: disco, dub, funk is all there in goth rock.” – John Robb BOOK LINK https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526173201/ Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Alex Andreou. Producer: Liam Tait. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:12.0	Today the stark images of goth offer a series of easily
1:16.6	identifiable tropes, ripe for the mainstream to employ without ever needing to acknowledge
1:21.7	their roots. The seeds sown in that post-punk period
1:25.6	have sprouted so much creative DNA that it's almost impossible to gauge who or what fits
1:31.9	into the genre now, that dark energy is everywhere.
1:36.5	Those are the words of my guest today from his latest book, The Art of Darkness, the History
1:41.3	of Goth.
1:42.3	He is a journalist and author whose books include
1:44.5	punk rock and oral history. He created the environmental education scheme
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