Ep378: The History of Goth with John Robb
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
John Robb, author, journalist and music fanatic discusses his new book "The History of Goth" by taking us through it's history, rich with art, music and culture.
Topics include:
- Cross continental introductions
- Goth seems to have permeated all forms of music & art
- Summarizing the history of Goth starting with the sacking of Rome in 411 AD
- The tribal nature of Goth and art in general
- Did John feel the culture of Goth wasn't understood?
- Nick Cave being an elder statesman of Goth
- What were early Goth songs in modern music?
- What constitutes a Goth song?
- Industrial bands (Skinny Puppy, Front 242) being inspired by Goth
- The geographical trends of Goth culture
- The US producing Ramones and The Cramps
- The impulsiveness of The Cramps
- The impact of format of vinyl records on Goth culture
- How did John research and create the History of Goth?
- Goth in present day mainstream art (Wednesday, Tim Burton movies, etc)
- What about Goth is misunderstood?
- John thinks records will continue to rise in value. I don't.
- The remaining records of John's collection
- Meeting, interviewing Nirvana and Fugazi
- New bands that John enjoys
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:21.9 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:25.9 | Hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:27.5 | Welcome to episode 378 of The Vinyl Guide, |
| 0:30.4 | the podcast for record collectors and music nerds, |
| 0:32.8 | and we've got a very knowledgeable, very compelling guest today, |
| 0:37.2 | Mr. John Robb, who you may know from his long history of music and media journalism, and who's written a few books, including a brand new one on the history of goth. |
| 0:48.6 | The Art of Darkness. The History of Goth is now available for pre-order. Google it up, get one on the way. |
| 0:55.5 | There's even signed and personalized copies at louder than war.com. |
| 1:01.2 | Now, in this conversation, John takes us through the fascinating history of goth culture, music, vinyl, artists, and even his own history with the likes of Nirvana, Fugazi, and more. |
| 1:13.0 | I mean, the man is an absolutely compelling speaker. |
| 1:15.7 | No wonder he's been featured on multiple TED Talks. |
| 1:18.7 | That's right. |
| 1:19.2 | Google him up. |
| 1:20.0 | And again, the Art of Darkness, the History of Goth is a riveting read. |
| 1:24.2 | So do yourself a favor and grab a copy. |
| 1:27.0 | By the way, I have a mucho |
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