Book reccomendation for a Siouxsie/Cure fan?

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Hello there. I'm wanting to read a book about the early early days of bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Cure, and even Crass. Can you reccomend me an excellent book that discusses early British "punk" or "goth" music etc..?

Thank you

― Matt Likens (greentypewriter), Sunday, 5 November 2006 02:23 (eighteen years ago)

Well, did you try Mark Paytress's biography of Siouxsie yet?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 November 2006 02:33 (eighteen years ago)

No, but maybe you could read something else and give it all up before it gets out of hand.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Sunday, 5 November 2006 02:34 (eighteen years ago)

Simon Reynolds, Rip It Up and Start Again (the chapter abt goth music, talks more about Siouxsie than the Cure)

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Sunday, 5 November 2006 02:34 (eighteen years ago)

I thought the goth chapter in "Rip It Up..." was actually waaay off-base, one of the few parts of that book I didn't thoroughly enjoy. A lot of time is wasted taking potshots at Ian Astbury of the ((Southern) Death) Cult and the roots of goth are almost entirely ignored in favor of talking about Echo and the Bunnymen, which doesn't even make any sense. All of which is, I suppose, somewhat irrelevant to a Cure or Banshees fan.

The Siouxsie biography looks pretty interesting and although I have never been able to find copies, so do "The Dark Reign of Gothic Rock" and "Inside the Reptile House" or whatever it's called.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Monday, 6 November 2006 23:03 (eighteen years ago)

I'd actually be interested in recommendations for what people consider the most thorough and detailed Cure bio. I am a big fan of the band, at least through 1992 anyway, and would enjoy reading something as complete as say, that Clash bio Return Of The Last Gang In Town.

― BlastsOfStatic (BlastsofStatic), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 15:11 (eighteen years ago)

There's a big new paperback biography of Crass, I know I saw it in Virgin/Tower, picadilly circus.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago)

I liked Ten Imaginary Years a lot (even though it stops at KM^3).

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 November 2006 16:57 (eighteen years ago)

For the Cure book, I'd try 'Faith' by Dave Bowler and Bryan Dray which is much more interesting than TIY. TIY is like a fan biog, although it has some very nice pictures.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 11:58 (eighteen years ago)

REALLY nice pictures, plus some hilarious reviews (was it the "Charlotte Sometimes" review that basically said "This is just 'Primary' slowed down, WTF?").

― The Android Cat (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 12:38 (eighteen years ago)

dude, you GOTS to read "against nature" and "maldoror" and shit like that!!! make sure you get the good translations too...

― yetimike (McGonigal), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 12:43 (eighteen years ago)

I used to be able to quote by heart entire chapters of 'Ten Imaginary Years'... Good times.

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 16:41 (eighteen years ago)

"Simon Reynolds, Rip It Up and Start Again (the chapter abt goth music, talks more about Siouxsie than the Cure)"

Unsurprisingly.

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Wednesday, 8 November 2006 17:04 (eighteen years ago)

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