Goth at the BBC

Oct 31, 2014

0h 59m

★ 5.0

Overview

A 60-minute showcase of beastly basslines, scything guitars, tormented lyrics, piercing synths, leather, lace and fashion on the edge! This programme celebrates the Goth aesthetic that began in early 80s British clubland and traces its evolution in music throughout that decade and beyond. Featuring classic BBC TV performances from Siouxsie and The Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Killing Joke, The Sisters of Mercy, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey and many more.

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Music

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Cast

Herself

Siouxsie Sioux

Self

Marilyn Manson

Self

Nick Cave

Self

PJ Harvey

The concert was captured on the tenth and final night of the 25th Meltdown Festival (curated by Robert Smith) at London’s Royal Festival Hall in June 2018. The band performed a song from each of their 13 studio albums with new, unreleased songs at the core of the set, offering a glimpse into the bands’ future.

0.0

Christian Death: Live

Sep 19, 2001

The gothic faithful made a pilgrimage from across America to witness the recording of this one-time event - the reunion of the original Christian Death. Christian Death has remained the prominent band of the Deathrock scene since it's conception in 1979. Recorded live at Los Angeles' Patriot Hall 1993.

8.2

The Cure: Anniversary 1978 - 2018 - (Live In Hyde Park)

Jul 3, 2019

The band’s acclaimed 29-song, 135-minute anniversary concert. Filmed in one of London’s Royal Parks to a crowd of 65,000 fans, The Cure presented a four-decade deep set on July 7, 2018. Adding to the experience, the band is back-dropped by giant screens displaying footage that complements the unique moods and emotive song writing that established The Cure as pioneers of alternative rock.

8.0

Marilyn Manson: Birth of the Anti-Christ

Jan 1, 2001

The first live performance of shock rocker Marilyn Manson ever to be caught on film is featured here, recorded in 1990 as Manson performed alongside his band, The Spooky Kids. The film not only offers a glimpse into the early, formative years of the now-successful recording artist, it also highlights many of Manson's early songs, including "My Monkey," "Strange Same Dogma," "Sam Son of Man" and more.

9.5

Death ...is just the beginning vol. VI

Jan 29, 2001

No overview available.

10.0

Bauhaus: Shadow of Light & Archive

Dec 6, 2005

Shadow of Light is a 40-minute collection of nine Bauhaus videos spanning four albums and two singles. The disc’s second feature, Archive, is the sepia toned art film/concert footage movie by director Christopher Robin Collins.

0.0

The Cure - Disintegration In Sydney

May 30, 2019

The Cure bring their magisterial, slow-burn masterpiece Disintegration to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall for four shows to mark the 30th anniversary of their career-defining epic. This is the world premiere of these 30th anniversary performances, and their only Australian engagement. Setlist: Delirious Night, Fear of Ghosts, No Heart, Esten, 2 Late, Out of Mind, Babble, Plainsong, Pictures of You, Closedown, Lovesong, Last Dance, Lullaby, Fascination Street, Prayers for Rain, The Same Deep Water as You, Disintegration, Homesick, Untitled, Burn, Three Imaginary Boys, Pirate Ship

6.4

Type O Negative - Symphony for the Devil

Mar 13, 2006

Symphony for the Devil was recorded Sunday August 22, 1999, at the 12th Bizarre Festival, Cologne, Germany. This gig was originally recorded for a German live-in-concert program, 'WDR Rockpalast', and broadcast on German television. The band bought the live footage because it seemed to be the best one available to date regardless of the previous TV releases. 12 cameras were used.

2.0

The Cure: The Strange Museum

Jan 1, 2008

Relive nearly three decades of post-punk Goth rock with this retrospective of Robert Smith and the Cure. The band, their friends and fellow artists discuss the Cure's success and influence, while film clips and rare photographs trace their history. Behind-the-scenes footage of location shoots, news items and the insights of rock historians also help chart the progression of this enduring group.

0.0

The Mission: Sum And Substance

Jan 1, 1994

1. Tadeusz (1912-1988) 2. Serpents Kiss 3. Stay With Me 4. Wasteland 5. Severina 6. Tower Of Strength 7. Beyond The Pale 8. Kingdom Come 9. Butterfly On A Wheel 10. Deliverance 11. Into The Blue 12. Never Again 13. Like A Child Again 14. Tower Of Strength (1994) 15. Beyond The Pale (Armageddon Mix)

0.0

Lords of the New Church: Live From London

Sep 27, 2004

Live performance from the post-punk goth band, recorded at the Marquee Club in London in 1984.

0.0

Death ...is just the beginning vol.7

Jan 1, 2002

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0.0

It Is What It Is

Jul 15, 2013

"It Is What It Is" is the story behind the band The Breathing Light. Recorded over various periods in it's short period of 5 years, it gives viewers insight into the personalities and ideals that make up the band.

5.5

9 Songs

Jul 16, 2004

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

7.1

8 Mile

Nov 8, 2002

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

7.5

Walk the Line

Sep 13, 2005

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

7.6

Billy Elliot

Sep 28, 2000

County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

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