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A rave at the grave with the Goths

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 26 July 1990

Black capes, death fixations, Shelley recitals and an infinite supply of doom and gloom. Caroline Sullivan visits the haunts of the original Gothfathers to see if the magic still holds

Total word count of piece: 949

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