THEY WERE THERE
Some of our goth feature’s commentators.
Roger Nowell
Bassist with Skeletal Family. Before splitting in ’86 they released four albums, Burning Oil topping the indie chart. They reformed in 2003.
Nik Fiend
Frontman with Alien Sex Fiend, who had five albums and 12 singles in the UK indie Top 20 charts from ’82-87.
Wayne Hussey
Guitarist in Dead Or Alive before joining the Sisters Of Mercy and then forming The Mission.
Siouxsie Sioux
Vocalist with Siouxsie And The Banshees, one of the goth groups who achieved mainstream success.
Peter Murphy
Frontman with Bauhaus, whose first single, Bela Lugosi’s Dead, in ’79 helped kick-start goth.
Kevin Haskins
Bauhaus drummer.
David J
Bauhaus bassist.
Steven Severin
Banshees bassist/songwriter.
Robert Smith
Best known as guitarist, singer and songwriter with The Cure, another goth band who had major mainstream success.
Christian Riou
In the right places at the right time and witnessed the scene develop. Went on the be the singer in alt.rockers Claytown Troupe.
Olli Wisdom
Singer with 80s glam goth rockers Specimen, and co-founder of legendary London goth club The Batcave (in 1982).
Jonny Slut
Keyboard player with Specimen.
Gregor Mackintosh
Guitarist with Paradise Lost, widely regarded as a driving force in gothic metal.
Simon Denbigh
Co-vocalist with the March Violets, and former touring member of the Sisters Of Mercy.
Andrew Eldritch
Sisters Of Mercy frontman, who has been called the Godfather of Goth.
Billy Duffy
Guitarist with The Cult, who achieved huge success on the rock scene, and post-punk/ gothic rockers Theatre Of Hate.
Jim Morris
Guitarist/keyboard player with Birmingham-based Balaam And The Angel.
Carl McCoy
Longstanding frontman with Fields Of The Nephilim, a highly influential goth band in terms of both their look and their sound.
Dave Vanian
The often Vampire-caped lead singer of punk rockers The Damned, whose look was widely recognised as a massive influence on the goth subculture.