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Soft Cell

Art college students Marc Almond and Dave Ball shaped Soft Cell, a synth pop duo famed because of its uniquely sleazy digital audio, in Leeds, Britain in 1980. Originally, vocalist Almond and synth participant Ball teamed to compose music for theatrical productions, so when Soft Cell, their live shows continued …

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The Sisters of Mercy

Among England’s leading goth rings from the 1980s, the Sisters of Mercy play a slow, gloomy, ponderous cross types of steel and psychedelia, often incorporating dance beats; the main one constant within the band’s profession continues to be deep-voiced vocalist Andrew Eldritch. (There’s some disagreement concerning if the group took …

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