Monorail Presents:

A History Of Goth: The Art Of Darkness.

JOHN ROBB in conversation with STUART BRAITHWAITE
DJ set by Stuart Braithwaite and ELISABETH ELEKTRA
MONO CAFE BAR
APRIL 12th.
Doors: 7:30
Event Start: 8pm

The first ever complete overview of Goth culture will be released in 2023. Finally, after a decade of work, countless interviews and immersing deep into the culture, John Robb’s definitive book is a journey deep into The Art Of Darkness. The first in-depth book on Goth is a deep dive into the enduring culture and the social, historical and political backdrop that created the space for the art of darkness to thrive.

Every generation has got to deal with the blues – embrace the melancholy! Find a beauty in the darkness, a poetry in sex and death! Whether it’s the Roman love of ghost stories, middle ages European macabre folk tales, Romantic poets or the original Gothic tribes sacking the eternal city, a walk on the dark side had always had its attractions.

In the post-punk period Generation Xerox saw music, clothes and culture come together to create one of the most enduring pop cultures of them all that still resonates to this day. Goth. It may have been a retrospective term for a scene that was already thriving but its back story goes back millennia…