You know what ruined music in the last 20 years? Irony. Self-awareness and irony have attempted to kill all of the fun out of music for two decades. And i miss bands who used to earnestly embrace the stupidest bullshit for their art. Those people need to come back to us. People like the members of the Minnesota based 80's goth/metal act Morticia. Naming your goth band after a member of the Addams Family is only the beginning of this opus of darkness and cheese. These guys took the goth look, the lame lyrics, the Bauhaus styling meets Iron Maiden licks, and just ran with it. We need more bands like Morticia. They take the joke seriously, and you should too. Take a listen to "Deadlier than the Male" below. I love, love, love the organ intro.
Here's a more punk jam called "Darksider."
And lastly, here's the excellent and sinister "Christian Vices."
Just in time for Halloween. Hooray!
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