I really appreciate this post because it's laid out so well (haha, but it's true) and you really wrote the feel of the music:
Nice topic.
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
My favourite band ever. Their music is haunting, mysterious, unlike anything else I have heard before. The lyrics are very poetic and often I recognise myself in them. The artwork of the band is also very mysterious and fits the music perfectly.
Best songs: Ocean Rain, Nocturnal me, I'll fly tonight, Empire State halo, Too young to kneel, Rust, Crocodiles, Villiers terrace, With a hip, All my colours, Porcupine, The cutter, Bring on the dancing horses
PLACEBO
I love Brian Molko's voice, the interesting lyrics and the overall sound of the band.
best songs: Nancy boy, Pure morning, Without you I'm nothing, Burger queen francais, Slave to the wage, Special K, Black-eyed, Allergic, Blue American, Special needs, Plasticine, Song to say goodbye, Leni
THE SMITHS
Fantastic lyrics with a great Aspie feeling, very good vocalist, great guitar riffs, intelligent musicians who tend to draw an intelligent crowd.
Best songs: Hand in glove, There is a light that never goes out, How soon is now, Pretty girls make graves, Rubber ring, Stop me if..., Some girls are better than others, Panic, Sheila take a bow, Bigmouth strikes again, Ask
BAUHAUS
The godfathers of goth, the men who created the whole genre. Haunting music, very good haunting bassline, extremely charismatic vocalist.
Best songs: Bela Lugosi's dead, The passion of lovers, In the flat field, Hollow hills, All we ever wanted, Double dare, Ziggy stardust, Telegram Sam, Dark entries, St Vitus Dance
A PERFECT CIRCLE
I love the ethereal sounds, the guitar riffs, the charisma of frontman Maynard James Keenan, the poetic intelligent lyrics ...
Best songs: Brena, The Hollow, Three Libras, Magdalena, Orestes, Passive
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
Extremely meaningful lyrics that are always interesting to analyse. Highly recommended for people that like music with a strong political and left-wing undertone.
Best songs: The masses against the classes, A design for life, Motorcycle emptiness, La tristesse durera, Tsunami, Door to the river, Everything must go, If you tolerate this..., Faster, Autumn song, 1985, The everlasting
MUSE
Does this really still need an introduction?
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I love the bombastic sound, the guitar riffs, Bellamy's extremely impressing vocal range.
Best songs: Hysteria, Butterflies and Hurricanes, Newborn, Sunburn, Stockholm Syndrome, Starlight, Take a bow, Invincable
SILKE BISCHOFF / 18 SUMMERS
One of the darkest and most haunting of all gothic bands. Especially their first two albums are pure darkness.
Best songs: On the other side, The churchbells and the razorblades, 666 Hellbound (the Devil's within you), Girl of 18 summers, The Union, Waste of time, Phoenix from the flames, Frank
Some others I like:
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - best songs: Face to face, Israel, Arabian Knights, Rhapsody, Dear Prudence, Spellbound
MARILYN MANSON - best songs: The reflecting god, Dogma, Dope hat, Irresponsable hate anthem, Cryptorchid, Great big white world, Rock is dead, Coma white, GodEatGod, The nobodies, Para-noir, Tainted love
SOFT CELL - best songs: Tainted love, Bedsitter, Youth, Torch, Entertain me, The night, Together alone, Facility girls
THE DAMNED - best songs: New rose, Smash it up, Wait for the black-out, The shadow of love, Grimly fiendish, Lovesong, Street of dreams
LEVELLERS - best songs: One way, Liberty song, Fifteen years, The boatman, Pretty target, Hope Street
BLUTENGEL - best song: Angel of the night
HEATHER NOVA - best songs: Winterblue, Walk this world, Verona, My fidelity, Frontier, Heart and shoulder, Paper cup, Ruby red, What a feeling, Like lovers do, It's only love, Just been born
INDOCHINE - best songs: Comateen I, Electrastar, Paradize, J'Ai Demande A La Lune, La nuit des fées, Dans le manoir, L'aventurier, La troisieme sexe, Mao Boy, Les tzars, Trois nuits par semaine
Now I'll definitely check out some of those bands...