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[manny at telerama.com]

Quoting CHAD or Lisa <vequinoxmusic at msn.com>:

> The history of gothic/dark music in Pittsburgh did exist prior
> to 1988. I just don't think it was labeled as such.
>  I know first hand that The Nine were formerly known as
> S.D.I. They formed prior to 1985 when they were still in high school.
> Although I do not recall that any Nine or S.D.I. shows were ever labeled as
> "Goth."

Exactly my point. Without a distinctive label 'goth' was not a separate scene,
it was part of postpunk or new wave or maybe that long-forgotten '80s term,
'modern rock'. SDI were constantly on bills at the Banana or Graffiti with
various 'New Wave' bands - Hector in Paris, Affordable Floors, and so on.

It was only at that Of A Mesh show that 'goth' was separated out for the first
time in Pittsburgh as distinct from other postpunk/new wave musics. Anyone who
went had to recognize that the entire show was a 'goth' event since it was
promoted that way. That was the whole intent of the show, to clearly define
the parameters of the dark rock sound as 'goth' (the three bands sounded
different enough from each other - one was Siouxsie meets NYC noise, another
was Cocteaus meet Chameleons, and the third was Batcave deathrock) and expose
it to the large audience.

thank you for proving it!