21st Century Goth [Paperback]

Mick Mercer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2002

The most complete single source of Goth and Goth–related information ever published.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This is the latest in Mick Mercer’s reports on the international Goth scene. In 21st Century Goth, Mercer has broadened his reporting beyond America, Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Canada, and Australia to include the current scene in Japan and other parts of Asia, as well as South America. In this, his third Goth bible, Mercer looks at the bands, clothes, clubs, people, sites, fanzines, and web rings, as well as the changing atmosphere. If you’re new to the Goth world, start here. If you’ve been here before, 21st Century Goth is the update you’ve been waiting for. Mick Mercer is the Goth movement’s leading historian, critic, and admirer. A respected musical journalist and former editor of ZigZag magazine, Mercer is the author of three previous books, most recently Hex Files.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Reynolds & Hearn (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903111285
• ISBN-13: 978-1903111284
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,427,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goth for the 21st century!, September 28, 2002

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Sean J. Rocamontes (Orange, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 21st Century Goth (Paperback)

If you are reading this then you are obviousely wasting valuable compulsive money spending time. And once again Mick Mercer (one of my fav. authors) brings Goth to the masses making the world a safe cuddly place for death rockers, cyber, old-school, fluffy, rivet head, and moody goths alike. For any self-respecting Goth this book is a must have, to give you info on the world of gothdom via the internet. It gives bands, people, clubs, fashion and locations from the America's, Europe, Brazil and Japan and more. This Gothic Web book has it all, in a directory for those who wish to have an immense amount of bookmarks saved on your favorites list. Also, listen to Mick give his 2 cents on those cramping our goth style!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extrem GOOD Goth!!!, December 15, 2004

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Michelle M. Houser "Shadow_Cross" (Kansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 21st Century Goth (Paperback)

While some here have found this book to be poorly done, I have found it of high value for it's information. In fact, I have used it soo much I am needing to replace it...as it is falling apart. ^_^

I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to know gothic places and sites!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Capturing a moment in time for gothic culture on the net, August 29, 2002

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Kambriel (Salem, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 21st Century Goth (Paperback)

Mr. Mercer has done it again! His fourth book chronicling the gothic culture, and it's affiliate sub-genres of the scene (i.e. ethereal, industrial, ambient, etc...), succeeds in the overwhelming feat of capturing all the best of what's going on in the ever-changing internet realm. With a striking full-colour cover, and thoughtful, clever introduction by the author, Mick shows that he sincerely cares for this scene which he has been writing about for the past two decades ~ expressing his concerns, and hopes for it's future. The book itself is a vast directory of just about any website related to the gothic scene that you could imagine ~ from bands, to online shops, webrings, to personal pages, there are well over 5,000 sites reviewed! The ambitious book is kept visually interesting with almost two hundred photos, twenty of which are stunning full page images! This is an amazing resource as well as a treasured example to save for posterity a moment in time in a constantly evolving culture.