Bristol's Goth

 

Once again, Bristol Archive Records have dug deep into musical history and created a monument to the local music scene with The Bristol Goth Explosion. Many of the bands played at The Bastille, a club in Bristol that was something of a scene meeting place.

Goth can be described as the darker side of punk, was very bass-heavy and peppered with sharp guitars. At the beginning of the 80's, both the musicians and the followers of Gothic adopted a dark and gloomy outfit and some, like a school friend of mine, still celebrate this today and meet every year at the biggest Gothic event in Europe in Leipzig. 

This compilation clearly shows that there were other bands besides The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees who had the potential for more.