[kj] Goth Chic KJ reference

[Bob Barathy]

but Jaz told me 666 was the number of the sun! :-(

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  In the recent book 'Goth Chic: A Connoisseur's Guide to Dark Culture' by
Gavin Baddeley, after featuring Joy Division, Theatre of Hate, Siouxsie and
the Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure, UK Decay, Sex Gang Children, Blood and
Roses, etc, there is the following snippet:


  "The notoriously volatile Killing Joke became as legendary for their
offstage eccentricities as for their potent musical assault. Most
notoriously, singer/keyboardist Jaz Coleman's obsession with the occult led
him to flee to Iceland in 1982 - convinced it was the only safe haven from
the imminent apocalypse, and that the six letters in each part of the US
president's name, Ronald Wilson Reagan, signified 666, 'the number of the
Beast'."


  "Killing Joke are now hailed as forerunners of modern industrial music
with their menacing blend of black humour and musical mania. While none of
these bands was 'Goth' per se, all reflected the exotic gloominess of the UK
underground, that would culminate in the birth of the Goth scene."
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