Goth Rock音乐阴暗、冷峻，充满宗教的虚幻感和神秘主义色彩。Bauhaus、The The、Modern English是这种风格的代表乐队。Bauhaus乐队由Peter Murphy、Daniel Ash、David Joy、Kevin Haskins 4位成员组成。 1980年Bauhaus在4AD旗下推出了3首单曲(分别是“Dark Entries”、“Terror Couple Kill Colonel”和“Telegram Sam”)和一张专辑唱片《In The Flat Fieold》。Bauhaus不仅在英国开创了Goth Rock一派，同时对Post Punk和其他地下音乐的发展产生了重要的影响。Bauhaus在推出1张专辑唱片后跳槽到Beggars Banquet公司，推出几张专辑唱片后宣告解散，主音歌手Peter Murphy独立发展，Daniel Ash、David Joy、Kevin Haskins组成了Love And Rockets乐队，延续着Goth Rock/Electronic Sound的艺术生命。 其实他们的风格还是涉足迷幻和实验主义的 在Bauhaus乐队解散两年后,即1985年,吉他手兼主唱Daniel Ash、贝司手David Joy和鼓手Kevin Haskins3人在没有Peter Tosh的情况下于英国的南安普顿又组成了一支新乐队,名为Love & Rockets.乐队并不想成为Bauhaus第二,相反,他们涉入了英国传统的迷幻音乐圈——像早期的Pink Floyd和晚期的XTC.1985年发行的第一张专辑《Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven》,专辑的风格有些模糊不清的忧郁,但并没有体现在随后的专辑《Express》中.知道1986年的《Express》才真正确立了他们实验主义、神秘主义和唯美主义的核心特点.在一张Beatles式的专辑《Earth Sun Moon》之后,Love & Rockets在第4张专辑中将风格转为硬摇滚,这就是1989年推出的《Love & Rockets》,它的美国销量位居前列,单曲"So Live"打入"公告牌"排行榜第3名.1994年,Love & Rockets回到乐坛,并带回一张全新专辑《Hot Trip to Heaven》, 这张舞曲风格的作品再一次证明了他们有能力继续前进和革新,但在流行或另类音乐的排行榜上均遭失败.1996年,他们又出版了新专辑《Sweet F.A.》.而后,Love & Rockets事业陷入停顿,Bauhaus乐队重组并在1998年进行了美国巡演,并发行了双张现场CD. This is a good collection of tracks by one of the great, less heralded bands of the 80's, spawned of course from the breakup of one of the great bands of all-time, Bauhaus. For that reason alone, the CD deserves its 4 stars. However, the selection is imperfect at best and so I can't give it the 5 stars that a "Best Of" Loves & Rockets should garner. The first 4 tracks are all excellent choices; "Kundalini Express" was an underground mega-hit up there with The Cult's "She Sells Sanctuary" and "Dog End of a Day Gone By" is a wonderful inclusion that thankfully was not overlooked. That leads us to "Yin & Yang the Flower Pot Man", a decent song but not one of the better ones on "Express"; I would have greatly preferred "All in My Mind", especially the brilliant and captivating acoustic version. "Holiday on the Moon" is also unnecessary and should have been scrapped to make way for a song from elsewhere in their catalogue. "So Alive" was their big U.S. hit so it has to be here; it's a good song but it never really represented their sound well in my opinion. "No New Tale to Tell" was one of those great underground singles from the 80's that stands as an alternative classic - Not sure how the 'Donnie Darko' soundtrack missed it actually. The grinding, feedback-laden "No Big Deal" was better than its album-mate "So Alive" and is properly included here; unfortunately the fuzzy, charged-up "Motorcycle" is left off. "Haunted When the Minutes Drag" is another fine inclusion from their first full-length as is the album-ending instrumental "Saudade"; I am very happy they included so many tracks from "7th Dream of Teenage Heaven" but wish they have made room for "God & Mr. Smith" which should have been the replacement for "Holiday on the Moon" or one of the newer songs maybe. "It Could Be Sunshine" is also a great pick with its raucous combination of post-punk and straight punk. Another omission is "The Light" from "Earth Sun Moon", an ominous but mesmerizing piece that is surprisingly catchy. All in all, a fantastic collection that could have been made stronger with a few simple changes. Still, as a big L&R fan in the 80's I know there are better ways to enjoy this band: listen to "Earth Sun Moon", "Express" and "7th Dream..." and also pick up "Everything" or "Night Music" by Tones on Tail - these showcase the band at their best. This album is a decent starting point for news or casual fans but may leave aficionados disappointed.