Oh dear, that makeup was awful
Back? How so? Pulp's early electro-pop material wasn't particularly goth (not even in Depeche Mode territory). Or was he in a bad Bauhaus-knockoff band in his school days or something?
Hee.
Oh my gawd, that's probably the most shocking thing i've seen in six months. And we've had a war in that time.
I always thought "Arabicus Pulp" were pretty gothic/post-punk in their early, pre-1987 days. Find the song "Aborigine" for an example.
(actually, "Aborigine" is probably a bad example. Check out the "It" or "Freaks" albums, anyway.
It's a so-so song. Fluxblog's had it up for a while - nothing spectacular, really. (newflux.blogspot.com - check the June 5th entry for a link which may still work.) I wasn't particularly impressed, at any rate.
I think some of the 80's Pulp material is pretty goth. It reminds me a bit of Joy Division, Bauhaus and Nick Cave. I'm a goth myself and believe me, Jarvis has got the body and the features lots of goths would only dream of.
Which Pulp material do you mean? Before Countdown/Death Goes To The Disco/My Legendary Girlfriend?
More Jarvis goes *back to* goth...