I haven't had my hair cut since the end of July; it's getting quite a decent length now.

Do you think crimpers & grey hair go together? no? ok, maybe not ;-) Can't go dying it black again, it would be rather obvious… and I'm supposed to be a grown-up now.

still, if the band takes off…

I'll see your Princess Charlotte & raise you one "Manhattan Club, Bradford" ;-)

actually, I picked up a 3CD Gothic Collection at Peterborough Services about a year ago; some cracking stuff on it, and something that shouldn't be – Cradle Of Filth. One major omission of course – no Sisters, but I guess Mr Eldritch is trying to protect his revenue stream ;-)

Just listening to Virgin Prunes – Baby Turns Blue – on YouTube. I know this song, I just didn't know who did it :-)

All About Eve are one of my faves – and Mrs_drummer likes them too. The crossover between them & The Mission wasn't entirely surprising, as IIRC Julianne & Simon Hinkler were an item at one point…

what about Flesh For Lulu? I saw them supporting the Sisters c1984

house of love – shine on +1

22 – IT consultant

how one earth can you be a "consultant" at 22? At 22 I'd just left uni & got my first job in IT by accident

red lorry yellow lorry reformed earlier this year, played Leeds (naturally); they were actually from Wakefield, and I was in a little known band in Wakey at the same time.
Mick Brown (drums) was later to become a founder member of The Mission

and speaking of 'reforming'; Anne-Marie Hirst, Stan Greenwood & Trotwood played a gig last month in Bradford. That to me equals the Skeletal Family, although apparently they played some Ghost Dance stuff as well

Altered States – name rings a bell but…

I never really heard anything by The Virgin Prunes, Christian Death, UK Decay at the time, and was never struck on Alien Sex Fiend.

There was also a big unsigned band scene in Bradford (Western Dance, Seven Antelopes, Skeletal Family (ok, Keighley then), Requiem – later to join up with Wild Willi Becket & become the Psychosurgeons, to name just a few)as well as Leeds & Wakefield at the time; I played in a few and saw quite a lot – some good, some not so good.

Wakefield had "Raffles" nightclub just off Westgate, that was a cracking night out. I never once went to The Phono in Leeds though.

so what are you doing in here then Dave? and what genre of music floats your boat?

sisters at leeds this year were astronomical

well they were better than they were in '06, but still not a patch on the line up c1985 ;-)

Ooh, some I completely forgot about; not all strictly 'Goth'…

The Cramps – Human Fly, Goo Goo Muck
Birthday Party – Sonny's Burning
The Cult – Resurrection Joe
The Meteors – My Daddy Is A Vampire
Psychosurgeons – Chasing The Dragon

Glad to be of service :-)

Elastica – Waking Up
Kula Shaker – Hey Dude, Govinda
Prodigy – Firestarter (indie?)

Tootallpaul – I can help you with that, I just copied it onto my pc last night

AFAIK "The Boat That Rocked" is loosely based on the Radio Caroline story.

I believe a few of the original Radio 1 DJs had previously worked on Caroline, including the legendary John Peel; not to mention Tony Blackburn

bigger than I should be for my height. grey. musician. husband. 2 of everything I should have

44 software developer (for a living)

and drummer (for fun)

ok, an update:

KJ – Requiem, Wardance, Pssyche, Pandemonium
Skellies – Promised Land, She Cries Alone
Sisters – Temple (as mentioned), Heartland, Floorshow, Walk Away, FALAA
SDC – Moya, Fatman
The Cult – Spiritwalker, God's Zoo, 83rd Dream
Play Dead – Shine, Promise, Sacrosanct, Propaganda
SOD – The Hop (OK, TOH then), Liberator
TOH – Westworld, Conquistador
The Chameleons – Tears, Swamp Thing
Bauhaus – She's In Parties
FOTN – Moonchild (as mentioned), Last Exit For The Lost, Dawn Razor
Ghost Dance – Fool's Gold
Banshees – Spellbound, Israel
Cocteaus – Sugar Hiccup
The Damned – Curtain Call
The Sisterhood – Giving Ground
Balaam and the angel – love me – forgot about that one
sex gang children – sebastian, that too. Song & Legend is very good too
The Mission – Wasteland, Kingdom Come, Severina

and of course, while not 'goth', NMA – well, where can I start? Green & Grey of course.

sheesh mahal on Kirkstall Road if Indian grabs you

I've had a nasty cough for 2 weeks now :x

Godfather here too.

I have only seen 3 of the Star Wars films, and of those, 2 of them only once.
Haven't seen any of the newer ones, but they don't qualify for the tone of the thread anyway, do they?

Eloise was ok but there's much more gothic stuff in The Damned's back catalog.
Anything from The Black Album, for example, or The Limit Club, Sanctum Sanctorum, etc

More nearly goth than Slipknot anyway ;-)

All good stuff, and a few that I'll have to research when I get home, cheers folks

Sugar Hiccup most certainly does count :-)

Keep em coming

Slipknot don't count. nor cradle of filth or any of that sub-metal genre

Billy Idol???!!

Hey I don't know, I was a goth, it was all "poodle rock" to us

G'n'R Sweet Child Of Mine
Bon Jovi – Living On A Prayer
Van Halen – Jump
Poison – Unskinny Bop
Metallica – Enter Sandman
Alice Cooper – Poison

I have a Korg metronome, I think it was about £30. It is only a metronome, not a drum machine, but might be what you need.

I got it from http://www.drumwright.co.uk if that's any help

perhaps Jesus was a popular name.

I mean, there have been one or two Johns in the last 2000 years, why not one or two Jesuses (is that the correct plural, btw?) over the same kind of timescale?

What, you mean where it belongs? Not round our way it hasn't :-(

The church at the top of the hill near where I grew up is a St Michael's. And no, I do not mean M&S

Never heard of 'em.

They clearly haven't reached God's Own Country yet

Waga-what?

actually, you'd best make that "waders"

going on the amount of rain we're getting at the moment (Shipley), wellies might be a good idea soon

I guess technically all "popular music" in the west these days is MOBO.
(Except maybe Country. Or Western.)

Seeing as from the 30s onwards Jazz led to The Blues led to Rock'n'Roll, one or more of which led onto everything else since*, in one way or another…

* NB this is a huge generalisation but you get my drift

no, I was going to but (a) I'm ill (b) it's sold out and (c) I'll go to Leeds in March instead. Much nearer.

Enjoy anyway

I've got the Sony Alpha 20. I think it sells for about £280 now. I'm very happy with it, but I'm no expert

yeah, that sounds like what I've got. Not to mention the catarrh at the back of my throat that's making me feel sick

I haven't had mine cut since end July. getting a bit shaggy now

shirt with a V neck jumper over the top

now that reminds me of schooldays ;-)

I haven't owned any denim since about 1983, but I've been through plenty of pairs of black canvas "jeans". Like MMW, denim jeans do not work on me. And I've never owned a denim 'jeans' jacket.