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10. The Birthday Party | "Release The Bats"
"Release The Bats" by The Birthday Party from the album Release the Bats/Blast Off (1981) Nick Cave has spent the ensuing three decades since this tune’s release decrying its... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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9. The Cure | "Disintegration"
"Disintegration" by The Cure from the album Disintegration (1989) Following a short time of trying to craft the perfect pop song, Robert Smith returned to his gothic roots and... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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8. The Chameleons | "Swamp Thing"
"Swamp Thing" by The Chameleons from the album Strange Times (1986) Oh, to be from Manchester in the ’80s. A decade that began with Joy Division, filled the center... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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7. Ministry | "(Every Day Is) Halloween"
"(Every Day Is) Halloween" by Ministry from the album All Day (1984) Before he perfected his group’s bludgeoning jackhammer attack, inspiring Nine Inch Nails and the rest of the... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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6. Alien Sex Fiend | "Now I'm Feeling Zombified"
"Now I'm Feeling Zombified" by Alien Sex Fiend from the album Curse (1990) At first, the title comes across like a playful bit of macabre hyperbole. Alien Sex Fiend... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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5. Joy Division | "Atmosphere"
"Atmosphere" by Joy Division from the album Atmosphere (1980) Haunted and desolate, you couldn’t script a better song to be the closing credits to the brief career of Joy... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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4. Christian Death | "Romeo’s Distress"
"Romeo’s Distress" by Christian Death from the album Only Theatre Of Pain (1982) An unsettling post-punk anthem off 1982’s deathrock trailblazer Only Theatre of Pain, “Romeo’s Distress” cracks out... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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3. Siouxsie and the Banshees | "Spellbound"
"Spellbound" by Siouxsie and the Banshees from the album Juju (1981) Like other bands who were inspired by the Sex Pistols and almost immediately became a thousand times better... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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2. The Sisters of Mercy | "This Corrosion"
"This Corrosion" by The Sisters of Mercy from the album Floodland (1987) Bauhaus may have stumbled across goth by haphazardly mixing Bowie with a delay pedal, but it was... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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1. Bauhaus | "Bela Lugosi’s Dead"
"Bela Lugosi’s Dead" by Bauhaus from the album Bela Lugosi's Dead (1979) Obvious? Maybe. Warranted? Absolutely. Written and recorded live (in one take) a mere six weeks after Bauhaus’s... READ MORE + WATCH THE VIDEO
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May 29, 2012 at 1:59 PM [wednesday fun times] Grass Widow + Shepherdess + Bent Shapes @ Great Scott
May 29, 2012 at 12:06 PM [live review] Afghan Whigs 05.23 @ Bowery Ballroom NYC, first show in 13 years
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