speaking of goths & magick & gnosis, of hermetica, and others, 13 years ago...
can that really be a surprise? not only was there a movement, but it was one taht had long since been regarded as anything new...
the london clubs of the mid-80s ? let us go back farther, much, much farther. (1890 was the better guess...)
start in the late fifties, with the work of kenneth anger: voyagerco.com
and of course, his mentor, aleister crowley, whose icq webpage follows: wwp.mirabilis.com
and this barely scratches the surface...yes, way before the sisters of mercy and cure.( beggar's banquet, satanic request...)
however, i must return later to this and before you ask me taht question again, have a look at these links, just for fun: dragon.org thud.org |