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Undead

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Hey, this set is no less goth than meth! Quite unfair reviews (though I myself am a vinyl fasc, hehe). I thought it was great. I know it is great. Great tunes by great bands. Sure, teenie-boppers aren't going to dig it, and elitist gothlords will tell you not to purchase it due to the animosity that - unfortunately - exists between self-proclaimed goths, and un-undeads such as the stooges. All in all, this is a terrific soundtrack for any party or "unsocial" (hehe) gathering. Buy It! You will like it. I did and now I'm cool-ish. ...

I agree with the previous reviewer that this is not the set to get if you're looking for an intro to goth music. A lot of the bands are obscure, and a lot of the tunes from the "famous" bands are not their most popular. However, if you're looking for a collection of songs to widen your horizons and to provide a complement to your goth music collection, I think this is a good buy. The inclusion of the classical "theme from Dracula" is particularly inspiring.

I agree with the previous reviewer that this is not the set to get if you're looking for an intro to goth music. A lot of the bands are obscure, and a lot of the tunes from the "famous" bands are not their most popular. However, if you're looking for a collection of songs to widen your horizons and to provide a complement to your goth music collection, I think this is a good buy. The inclusion of the classical "theme from Dracula" is particularly inspiring.

The bauhaus song in the intro cd is good but much of the rest except for Iggy Pop, and a few others I did not go for much. The best song I liked was one with no singing at all with a real good riff and sharp echoed guitar sound but it was only a minute or so. You will find one of Marilyn Manson's knock off songs in here with a women group singing that is memorable to me. There is also a Vanilla Fudge redo in here that is ok-- some velvet morning when I'm... with a merry go round kind of twist in it. I think they could have combined albums cause I really only listened to a maximum of 3 to 5 songs on each album.

If you're looking for a proper introduction to goth music check out the Gothic Rock compilations from Cleopatra records first. This is probably not worth anything to anyone but a die hard collector. It's full of poor representations of the more popular bands featured (with the exception of the Mission's Daddy's Going To Heaven Now, which is just wonderful), and about 20% of the bands on here aren't even true goth bands!! Since when is Iggy & The Stooges a goth band?! There are way too many upbeat pop and punk bands on here as well. But then, there is something worth while here afterall. There a few ultra obscure early goth bands featured who's music is next to impossible to find anymore. Into A Circle, Actified, and Rubicon to name a few...

In my opinion, this was a very poor selection of goth music. It sounds more like a collection of obscure (and deservedly so) B-sides, than something that is supposed to represent goth music of the 80's. Where are the Cure, Joy Division, Tuxedomoon, and others, and are these really the best songs by the Bauhaus, Mission, Gene Loves Jezebel and some other groups included with very uninteresting songs. I almost regret buying this CD.