Summary Noddy Holder narrates the surprising origins of our favourite music. By the mid-1980s, Gothic Rock or "Goth" had become a catch-all title for any band with a fondness for black clothing. Bands like The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Sisters of Mercy all scored top twenty hits, and provided a contrast to mainstream pop stars and power balladeers. Even so, a definition of "Goth" seems harder to grasp than a handful of graveyard fog. Most bands labelled with the moniker have rejected it vigorously. Including interviews with Killing Joke's Martin Glover and UK Decay's Steve Abbott, the programme investigates why they doth protest too much. Classic performances include the aforementioned "usual suspects" as well as their Gothic Rock precursors, from Alice Cooper and Leonard Cohen to Nico of The Velvet Underground.

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