THE PLAGUE 1986
- 1988 NYC Margot Day/Bones/Richins The Plague was a powerful
force in the growth of the 80's goth scene, and was #1 for airplay
at some radio stations. The Plague album is a classic.
"Vampyre"
from "THE PLAGUE Naraka" Album
Plague Concert footage from CBGB's
Video features Margot Day & Kurtis Knight
Regular airplay on Vampyre Dreams TV
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The Plague Concert Limelight NYC
"The cover of The
Plague depicts Day as the driver of an antique horse-drawn
carriage bearing her other band mates. The image helps
to conjure subliminal impressions that declare that the
work is classic, driven and eternally stylish".
All
Songs written by the Plague c1987.
Margot Day: Vocals, Flute, Lyrics. Bones:
Bass, Lyrics. Christian Richins:
Guitar. Carmen Bohn Lyrics. "It is almost as
if she sensed the timelessness of the band's music even
from the outset of their beginnings...The Plague CD sounds
as fresh today as it did in 1987; only viewing it in hindsight
clearly indicates the prophetic visions that our chanteuse,
Margot Day, seemed to channel while the rest of the world
was falling apart.The Plague helped usher in
this trend of music that spoke of the desolation of the
streets as well as the forlorn melancholy of love-gone-wrong...
Margot Day, then as well as now, remains a glittering
living muse; inspired as much as she is inspiring"
Mike Ventarola .. more
Margot:
"Hot, sweaty, sexy, dirty, dark, intense rebellion!
Graffiti and drugs were everywhere and no despair. Freedom,
oh such freedom. The Plague, as part of the gothic genesis
was right before AIDS really hit hard, and way before the
war on drugs. Orgies were common, and cross-dressing was
part of the fashion. Anything goes... I remember a unity
between the punks and skins and even some of the left over
glam rockers. The anarchy was against the normals, against
society, and so there was a convergence in the underground.
And a passion against the establishment because it was soooo
strong then, and we were unique, exotic, uncanny and different.."more