It's the modern equivalent of the scantily-dressed eye candy in the Ray Harryhausen movies my dad took me to see when I was a kid.

@avclub-2a5866203b479586ecc9183837a2d3e0:disqus Any evidence for that? I'd say The Banshees might have beaten them to that punch. Not that it means anything, some critic could have referred to Black Sabbath as gothic at some point.

Two actually. Obviously there were still bands making "punk" records but the initial burst of 1976 had run out of gas and the party was moving elsewhere, tired of the three-chord thrash and songs about council estates. That's the way it was seen at the time.

Er, their first album didn't come out until 1978 when punk was pretty much over.

The extended 12" version of that song is incredible. By far my favourite Banshees record (except for 'Slowdive' maybe.)

@Mighty_Ponygirl:disqus  JD weren't a Goth band. They didn't wear make-up, the band was over long before Goth even existed and their songs are about urban isolation, not vampires.

To each his own I guess, I always thought it was pretty turgid. Nice gatefold sleeve though.

I know most Americans think the Banshees didn't exist until the late 80s but I expected better from the AV Club than the short shrift you give The Scream which is one of the best albums of the post-punk era and A Kiss In The Dreamhouse which is their best album, period. Buy those two.

A Camp are terrific (despite the silly name) and have made two great albums. I saw them in concert a few years ago, Nina still looks gorgeous.

'Behaviour' is their best for me, followed by 'Very' and 'Introspective'

Are they going to do Louie The Lilac in this comic?

Duh, her dad was Police Commissioner.

@btown:disqus Going through life without having heard any of Jay-Z's many hits is easy when you're 50 and don't listen to the radio.

Get a round in you fucking cunt!

Well it happens very early on. It's not like I said he was a ghost all the…. oops.

I had the same feeling until I had a son with red hair.

Three pages of comments and not one person has said "STAY BACK OR THE GINGER NUT GETS IT!!!"

I saw them live  back in the 80s (free tickets) and they were easily the most boring, personality-free band I've ever seen live. Every single fucking song was stretched out to epic length with solos. They even managed to ruin R&J and Sultans of Swing which I actually like

Funniest books ever about getting raped by your dad!

Ditto that. Read it a few years ago, terrific book.