Some Like It Goth

It’s October, and my thoughts naturally turn to that Halloween so many years ago when I first saw and heard Bauhaus on MTV (way back when they played music videos), a clip of “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” from The Hunger. I was enthralled. So much so that for the next few years, I grabbed every piece of vinyl I could get my hands on that had been released by those four men in one incarnation or another. I have 80 in total: LPs, 12”s, 7”s, picture discs, colored vinyl -- you name it. My most prized possession is a glow-in-the-dark picture disc of "Bela Lugosi’s Dead" (one of three 12”s I own of that song). . So that's how it all started.

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To celebrate Halloween, I decided to focus on some classic bands that Goths like, regardless of whether I agree with the designation or not. Since there is no governing body to determine the veracity of any claims, the opinions that follow are strictly my own. So, in no particular order…