Table of Contents

INTRO

ATMOSPHERE

Kings of the Wild Frontier

Places: Scandinavia

A New Dark Age

Places: Behind the Iron Curtain

Everyday is Halloween

This Corrosion

Memorabilia

A NEW FORM OF BEAUTY

Spirit (We love our audience!)

Painted Bird

Places: Japan

Like Cockatoos

Places: Grufti Nation

Promised Land

Places: The Netherlands

Face to Face

MEAT OF YOUTH

Photo Collections

I. Style: Creatures of the Night

II. La Movida: New Cultural Identity

III. Boredom of Life: Spheres and Sentiments

IV. To the Batcave!

V. Shot!: Becoming History

Winklepickers

THE LAST SONG

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Andi Harriman is a fashion theory and goth enthusiast. Marloes Bontje is a student of language, culture studies, and history.

Reviews

'Terrific photographs, a wide range of interviews, and an international perspective on the goth phenomenon make this an original contribution to the field of subcultural studies'

-- Valerie Steele, author of Gothic: Dark Glamour

'Wonderful images, some now bordering on nostalgia, merge into a seductive whole, with the text providing an imaginative delving into time and places ... haunting and inspiring ... comes closer to a distillation of being cool than any book I have seen'

-- Mick Mercer, goth and postpunk journalist

'This book is going to look very cool strategically placed on your coffee table. But I will warn you, if your visitors decide to pick it up for a flick through, they'll be far too engrossed for conversation.'

-- EGL Magazine, Keller