Title: The pretenciousness of Mercer giving " goth " a bad name...
Review: To keep this short and sweet, Mercer denounces the Cure and the Banshees' influence on the genre ( although both bands are MUCH,MUCH more than " goth " ), seems to be of the opinion that the current Valor version of Christian Death is indeed the same banddespite the fact it is now third rate metal ( and that the immortal Rozz, Gitane, David Glass, George Belenger, James McGerty and Rikk Agnew all are no longer in the equation ).At least he has the good taste to like London After Midnight,even though they, too, are far, far, more than a " goth " band.And Corpus Delecti, another wonderful band. But Mercer's book in pretencious; sterotyping the genre, and the lack of info on thesubculture is unforgivable; given this egomaniac's know-it-all-attitude. Much of info here is out of date as well. ---Funeral Rites 2
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