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The original lineup was Andi Sex Gang (vocals, guitar), Dave
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and this macabre music, and he lived in a building in
Brixton called Visigoth Towers. So he was the little Gothic Goblin and his followers were Goths. That's where goth came from.
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Children, and Andi — he used to dress like a Banshees fan, and I used to call him the Gothic Goblin because he was a little guy, and he's dark. He used to like
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album and tour (McLeay did not leave until after that album's recording, however; guitarist Lester Jones from
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and spawning the single "Sebastiane". Stroud departed to form Aemoti Crii, to be replaced by former
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90:Background information
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