# I crave Death Rock... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crave-death-rock/406812 "2007-06-05T09:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crave-death-rock/406812/1 "2007-06-05T09:07:21Z")
…or early Goth, I guess. I was listening to Southern Death Cult yesterday, and I really want to hear more stuff like that. I switched to the Birthday Party after, and that fit too. I don’t need to hear about The Cure, Bauhaus, Joy Division, or Sisters of Mercy, because I know. It doesn’t have to be a band that’s now accepted as “Goth” per se, but it does need to have that same musical style. Tell me about some more obscure bands that do similar music, preferably from the same time period. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crave-death-rock/406812/2 "2007-06-05T12:39:22Z")
I’m not sure what Death Rock is, but Fields of the Nephilim are an early Goth Metal crossover band (and they rock, too. If you like proggy, their song _Endomoniada_ has a pretty Floydian beginning. Acoustic blues? _Celebrate_. With lots of fast jams in between with the famous growlings of the lead singer complete with vague Lovecraftian and Sumerian references.) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crave-death-rock/406812/3 "2007-06-05T14:13:13Z")
Do you like Chameleons UK? They’re not really Goth, they’re like the Cure, but much better. Also try Legendary Pink Dots. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crave-death-rock/406812/4 "2007-06-05T16:28:40Z")
Well, if you liked _The Southern Death Cult_ there was the [_The Death Cult_](http://www.deathrock.com/deathcult/main.html) that came after. The epigenesis of TSDC, DC, and subsequently _The Cult_ lies in the bands _Theatre of Hate_ and _Ritual_. Bands that were also part of that post punk, early Goth sound and directly related to TSDC include: _The Pack Crisis Slaughter and the Dogs The Nosebleeds Into A Circle In Excelsis Meat of Yout/Slavedrive Sex Gang Children_ (I’ve personally only ever listened to The (Southern) (Death) Cult and Theatre of Hate off of this list.) ---
**Author:** ![MerryMagdalen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-crave-death-rock/406812/5 "2007-06-05T19:16:57Z")
Thanks guys! **Ludovic** I do like Fields of the Nephilim (what I’ve heard of them) and they are the style I’m looking for. **Larry** : Chameleons - check! (“Swamp Thing” is one of my favorite songs). I need to get some of their stuff. I like LPD too, and while they’re not exactly what I’m looking for, I may have to listen to them later. **devilsknew** I think I have a Crisis CD around here, and I know I have a Sex Gang Children CD. I’ll have to dig them out. I haven’t heard of some of the other bands though, so I will have to see if I can find a song or two somewhere.