I liked how the book would go back and forth between the artists and it was definitely interesting to learn more about the origins of Nurse With Wound and just anything and everything Coil (as I wasn't that familiar before reading).

When I was still in the middle of reading this book, I enthused to a friend, “It's like I’ve finally been given a context for all this stuff! I think the sections with David Tibet are the most exciting, but I'm a bit biased because I connect with his music the most on a personal level and he's a friend of mine. Over the years, as these artists relentlessly pursued their own unique artistic visions, these would remain the sole constant members of these bands, however they would collaborate extensively with each other and a revolving cast of experimental musicians and artists. The MIT Press has been a leader in open access book publishing for over two decades, beginning in 1995 with the publication of William Mitchell’s City of Bits, which appeared simultaneously in print and in a dynamic, open web edition.And Nurse With Wound’s Steven Stapleton had moved to Cooloorta in Ireland and set up his house, which became a focal point and haven for avant-garde musicians and outsider artists. This newly expanded edition of England's Hidden Reverse, the classic exploration of the English esoteric musical underground that includes the first, and only, biographies of Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound, is based on exclusive interviews and unprecedented access to all three bands' personal archives. It’s great to walk the pages with these secret creators who’s esoteric recordings always hinted at more than they revealed. A shame really - the 'esoteric underground' that Keenan focuses on is a deeply rich seam of myth and invention, far beneath the darkest extremes of British 'alternative' culture and even the transgressive norms of the 'Industrial' music scene they sprang from; the stories of the bands are correspondingly challenging and engaging. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

Keenan's Herangehensweise an NWW und C93 ist freilich ähnlich geartet, wenn auch das Potential ähnlich mitzureißen wie Coil schwer davon abhängt, wie gut oder schlecht man Stapletons und Tibets Lebensprojekte kennt und schätzt. I found it odd that the author referred to skinny puppy as an american band - when they originate from canada. despite not being as familiar with current 93 and not really familiar with nurse with wound at all, i really enjoyed learning about the histories of all these artists ! The Current 93 tracks I've listened to have a maudlin charm, but rarely does the actual music have any spark.This expanded edition comes completely redesigned, with many new and previously unseen photographs and ephemera. I admit that NWW was usually too disturbing for me in the past, but this book encouraged me to listen to more of his music (recommended starting point: Spiral Insana), and I'm glad I did.

Long out of print and with the first edition demanding serious money from collectors, this much-anticipated expanded edition comes completely redesigned, with many new and previously unseen photographs and ephemera. An expanded edition of the classic exploration of the English esoteric musical underground—with the first biographies of Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound. It's something of a history of a particular era and mindset in Great Britain, focusing on three bands in particular: Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound. it was really fascinating to learn about the strange and sad origins of many of david tibet's lyrics.It’s interesting to see where this stuff comes from and it turned me on to a lot of things of which I was previously unaware, including many other books, other bands and even painters. Where pop music exists as a soundtrack to nine-to-five work and consumption, noise provides the cover of night that facilitates transgressive activities, liberating suppressed personas and jamming the wavelengths that consensual reality broadcasts on. Und nicht zuletzt, wie wohlwollend man mit den Schrullen der jeweiligen Person umgehen kann oder will.