..http://mickmercer.livejournal.com..http://www.mickmercer.com
Obviously all of the activities listed above and to the right. Otherwise it's all Lynda, my fiancee, and our cats. Musically it's two main bands - The Dancing Did and Ataraxia. I get to photograph a lot of shows Lynda sings in, and we photograph graveyards, churches and odd things in the English countryside. Much of this then works its way into THE MICK magazine.
Music
Far too many to mention. It started with Alice Cooper, then went through the likes of early Adam & The Ants, The Adverts, Penetration, Gloria Mundi and Ultravox (John Foxx era), onto early Goth with UK Decay, and despite lots of Post-Punk and 80’s/90’s indie too, it’s predominantly Goth ~ nowadays I conscientiously strive to cover as much Goth, Ethereal and interesting Industrial crossover material as possible.
My all time favourite dead band is The Dancing Did and best current band would have to be Ataraxia. I would also like to contact Ayumi from 80's Japanese Goth-Pop band Zooey if anyone knows her whereabouts?
Television
Gawd knows, as I barely watch it these days. Past faves would be Buffy/Angel, Twin Peaks, The Avengers, Man From UNCLE, The Prisoner. Typical cultish fare.
Books
I don't read much. Comics were preferable. Favourite all-time book, The Sotweed Factor, with Gormenghast not far behind.
About me: I am a music journalist and author that started writing about Goth bands before many of you were actually born. While this makes me feel ancient you must simply look upon me as being much wiser than I actually am. Punk kicked it all off for me and I began with a fanzine, Panache, in 1976, with a group of friends, although by issue 3 I was effectively running it, then took it on as a constant passion and regardless of what else I was working on Panache continued into the early 90’s with issue 55 signifying actual death throes. For the music press in Britain I began with Record Mirror in 1978, then overlapped onto ZigZag in 1980, and joined the staff of a very weird set up there in 1981. By the end of the year I’d become Editor and within several months wasn’t even allowed into the office. It died a well deserved death in 1982, but a new publisher gave it a kiss of life in 1883 and I was offered the Editorship, turning it into a Goth crusade up until its next demise in 1986. From 1982 to about 1992 I worked for Melody Maker, with a very short stint on the boring NME. I edited Siren during 1991 and 1992. Goth-wise I write the Gothic Rock Black Book, followed that with Gothic Rock, Hex Files, 21st Century Goth and have just completed Music To Die For due out in 2009.
For many years now people read my reviews through my livejournal which you can follow here (although most will be posted here too from now on): ..http://mickmercer.livejournal.com
I do THE MICK, normally a monthly magazine, stuffed full of new interviews and photos, in pdf format, which is often huge: ..http://www.mickmercer.com/themick.html
All back issues of THE MICK are available here:
stores.lulu.com/mickmercer
I have started a myspace group for The Dancing Did.
..http://groups.myspace.com/thedancingdid
I am also doing one for Ataraxia:
..http://groups.myspace.com/ataraxiaitaly
Dominion Club es la nueva sesión para las tardes/noches de los sábados en las que se fusionan el espiritu gótico con las últimas tendéncias de club europeas dando como resultado todo un abanico de estilos musicales dentro de lo que podriamos llamar Dark Electronics cuyo lema principal es 'Recycle or Die'...
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David Akelarre [Demonix - KGB - Razz - Dark Hole / BCN]
Fran Raven [Bunker Club - Dark Hole / MAD ]
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(dark.neofolk.new-wave) In Concerto a seguire dj set incubation: Minox,+Deathwish+,Alessio,Psychodark. (postpunk.dark.coldwave.goth.batcave.punk) da non perdere....
Thank you for adding us!! we hope you like some of our new stuff out there, we're rerecording some older demos we had up they can be heard via the official website wwww.danterockband.com we're hoping to make a difference out there. We hope you like some of our stuff and hopefully elt us know what you think . Again we're very grateful with you for taking the time to listen to the stuff check us out despite your busy schedule.
We are happy to see a good year go towards a good end. Again we will be playing our Christmas Show in the Moscow Megasphere - and that really makes us happy. The Moscow crowd is one of the best in the world and we would love to have you all with is. It's gonna be one hell of a rock party!
Our website has undergone major updates at the moment, but it's back and we highly recomment that you pick up your free Single and DVD "Chase the Dragon" and tell us what you think.
In the meantime Rozencrantz is back in the studio, working on brand new material.
Dominion Club es la nueva sesión para las tardes/noches de los sábados en las que se fusionan el espiritu gótico con las últimas tendéncias de club europeas dando como resultado todo un abanico de estilos musicales dentro de lo que podriamos llamar Dark Electronics cuyo lema principal es 'Recycle or Die'...
Puedes escuchar a bandas tan dispares como: And One, Soman, Front 242, Vitalic, Apoptygma Berzerk, Suicide Commando, New Order, The Hacker, Covenant, Millimetric, Mesh, NoisufX, Feindflug, Nitzer ebb... de la mano de nuestros dos djs residentes:
David Akelarre [Demonix - KGB - Razz - Dark Hole / BCN]
Fran Raven [Bunker Club - Dark Hole / MAD ]
Sala Ya'sta. C/Valverde 10 - Metro Gran Vía.
Abierto todos los sábados de 21:00 - 01:00h.
Entrada libre con flyer hasta las 22.30h.Entrada+Consumición 7€
You are cordially invited to the 2nd annual 'A Funeral Party' event, taking place at The Central Music Venue, Huntingdon Street, Nottingham NG1 3LH, on Friday 11th December, a dark music event from 8pm - 4am.
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