#dave vanian icons

[mariannefaithful]

happy happy birthday to the icon Dave Vanian himself! i love you so much mwuah❤️⭐️

#dave vanian #the damned #the damned band #goth #punk #80s #80s music #80s goth

[parasiteicons]

dave vanian icons pretty please

done! i hope you like them! ❤️

[josephbrooksjewelry]

The Damned ! Dave Vanian giving everything despite the sound issues , so frustrating. #thedamned #davevanian #davevanianthedamned #iconic #legendary #damneddamneddamned #newrose #neatneatneat @josephbrooksjewelry (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdqbXVeLKd0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#thedamned #davevanian #davevanianthedamned #iconic #legendary #damneddamneddamned #newrose #neatneatneat

[waveyicons]

Dave Vanian Icons

like if you save, thanks ♡

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#dave vanian #dave vanian icons #the damned #the damned icons #icons #80s #80s icons #70s #70s icons

[mydarlingstarling]

Bela Lugosi in the 30s / Dave Vanian in the 70s

#grandson of dracula indeed #looking at these images side by side was making me insane and crazy so here u all go #bela lugosi #dracula 1931 #dave vanian #the damned #goth icons #vampire core #happy halloween #op

[punk-to-rock-icons]

Here's some random edits/wallpapers

#pattie smith #dave vanian #the damned #nikki sixx #montley crue #debbie harry #blondie #joan jett #the runaways #runaways #1970s rock #1970s style #1970s fashion #1970s #1970s music #1970s aesthetic #70s icons #70s style #70s rock #70s fashion #70s #70svintage #70s music #60s songs 70s songs #rock punk #punk rock #punk music #punk history #punk fashion

[monochrome-knights]

Time for your daily D of the D. Today's selection is from the Damned's album Anything.

The album was released sometime during the 80's.

I use to smoke a shit ton of pot and listen to this while living at one of the first apartments I rented when I lived in North Texas.

The track has no vocals but has a somber quality to the tune that really sums up how I'm feeling atm

Be sure to rinse wash and repeat. Stay safe everyone and enjoy your Sunday bliss

#punk music #art #dave vanian #apocalypse #punk #poets on tumblr #the damned #80s music #80s icons #80srock #covidー19 #covid2020 #covid19 #piano #pianoplayer

[psychoticbloom]

#Dave Vanian #looking iconic and pretty as always #the damned

[garrymilneart]

Dave Vanian (oil on canvas, 50cm x 40cm)

Prints available here

#dave vanian #the damned #punk #70s #oil painting #art #Black and White #icons #garrymilneart

[archvampyr]

🖤 Non-obvious tips for babybats / new goths 🖤

Hello! My blog is a small one, but I still hope someone will find this helpful. So. There are plenty of “tips for babybats” videos on youtube and now probably tiktok, but they’re always basically the same things: research music, thrift, don’t be obnoxious, find a local scene. Easy. I’ve been a part of this goth thing since 2012 and observed some stuff. So here’s my little post about do-s and don’t-s. If you’re a new goth and don’t agree with me, that’s fine too.

Firstly, I don’t think babybats are really defined by “listening to Evanescence or Manson, shopping at Hot Topic and writing questionable poetry”; well, this is just one half of this group in my opinion. The second one is new goths who just learned what goth actually is and make it their entire personality, look, lifestyle, everything. I don’t think it’s good to just throw your non-goth hobbies and interests away for the sake of being ubergoth. In fact, most goths who have been in the community for a while will probably find it laughable, and nobody wants to be laughed at. I installed tiktok recently and EVERY goth video I’ve seen was either “hehe I’m so goth my fav band is mgła” or “Hey call me Siouxsie!!!”. Althrough I must admit I don’t spend a lot of time on tiktok. Anyways, if you like rap, don’t stop listening to rap; if your favorite color is lime green, add it to your outfits. It’s fine. Only people with no working braincells will have problems with that. And! Don’t shriek at e-girls, it’s so stupid and peak babybat.

Secondly, I often hear that babybats should “get familiar with goth subtypes, like victorian, perky or trad and pick one that suits them most”. Well, you can do that, if you want to be a super mainstream goth who defines their style by one thing only. (Goth has it’s own mainstream, yes. When I started it was focused on romantic and nu goth, now I feel like it’s trad and hippie goth.) Obviously you can take inspirations from major goth icons like Robert Smith, Rozz Williams, Siouxsie and Dave Vanian - they all have or had great styles - but don’t become an impersonator. I personally have been a fan of visual kei since forever and many of my style icons come from this scene, and also Japanese goth / post punk. If you’re dead set on trad goth, google pictures of batcave kids, they were really creative, and maybe pictures from the 80s scenes from around the globe, countries like Russia, Turkey and Japan had really big goth communities.

The third thing - goth is a communtiy of people, and it has seen better times. The scene has a little crisis and many clubs are closing (it was happening before covid too), so don’t gatekeep. Just don’t. It’s killing the scene. I’ve seen a drawing made by a teenage goth here on tumblr, depicting a trad “““grufti”“““ stabbing an e-girl with a knife. This is so embarassing, oh my god. I left a very very critical comment under that post. If you’re a new goth, don’t even try to “educate” e-girls, emos, whatever, because these people are not trying to “steal” goth or be a part of our community - they’re doing their own thing. If one of them actually wants to be a goth, they will get there by themselves, it’s one google search away from them, and after all, gatekeeping will stop newcomers from actively keeping the scene alive.

The fourth one - goth trends. They’re quite dumb. Don’t follow them, I would say. Goth influencers often participate in them, as they recieve PR from goth clothing companies, thus, they’re promoting them to their viewiers. Goth trends are based on mainstream trends - in 2015 there were cringey “witchy n bitchy” slogan tees and skinny jeans with studs, now we’re seeing a lot of layering, strega inspirations, techwear-ish items and Y2K influences. And it’s just not worth it. It’s so overpriced and after all, fast fashion, so it will be considered tacky (or fall apart) soon. (I owned a Punk Rave coat once, it was tragic.) It’s a different story if you really like a trend and maybe see yourself keeping the item regardless of what’s “in” - for me it’s wide leg pants and layered strega skirts. The swooshier, the better. From the 2010s, I still own a felt wide brim hat and a lot of maroon things. I love maroon and no one will disrespect my vampire red color in my house. (It’s so dumb, why is an entire color considered cheugy? Mainstream, you ok?) Also don’t buy polyester, it just looks sad. The wrong type of sad.

The final thing. Very, very important. Goth has a big crossover with the fetish and BDSM community, thus we see a lot of harnesses, latex clothing, ridiculous heels and also nudity. If you’re a babybat, you’re probably a minor, so please protect yourself, because this scene is sadly full of weird creeps. I’m not saying you should wear a black potato sack, but maybe don’t wear a latex lingerie set, fishnets and stripper heels to any events and don’t post riskey pictures of yourself. It’s not “empowerment”, it’s dangerous. If you want to be a sex worker, wait until your an adult and REALLY think about it before starting.

AND WEAR YOUR MASK.

Have fun and remember, babybat isn’t a bad word for more experienced goths. Just a part of the community, an incredibly important one. Don’t be offended if someone calls you a babybat or a newbie, it’s most likely not with bad intent.

#mine #goth #gothgoth #babybat tips #babybat #tips for babybats #new goths #trad goth

[dynamoe]

excerpts from a Robert Smith manga from 1980s magazine 8 Beat Gag.

The wonderfully weird comics feature The Cure’s Robert Smith, David Sylvian and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Dave Vanian, Peter Murphy, Morrissey, Ultravox!, and more in situations ranging from being cute to amazingly bizarre. - post-punk.com

https://post-punk.com/the-cures-robert-smith-david-sylvian-and-other-new-wave-icons-in-bizarre-japanese-manga/

at the link are other manga about David Sylvian (drawn looking like Princess Di), Morrissey, Stiv Bators... Siouxie Sue... Madonna... Boy George... whoever. 

All untranslated so no idea what’s happening here. Except this single panel:

ROBERT SMITH: “THE WEATHER IS WARM, SO WE ARE SEEING MORE STUPID PEOPLE OUT AND ABOUT”. JOHN TAYLOR (Duran Duran): “IF SO, I GUESS WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE MANY MORE OF THEM.” DAVE VANIAN (The Damned): “MMMHHHHH….”

#japan #manga #the cure #80s #nu wave #1980s #comics #pop music #robert smith #David Sylvian #dave vanian #duran duran #comix #new wave #rock #weird

[illbeartheburdenofyourhatred]

it's wild that strawberries isn't one of the damned's like, most famous recognizable albums because it's like. not even just from my personal preference, i'd call it overall one of their strongest albums. i love black album but its kind of bizarre to me that it's more iconic to music enjoyers ok don't tell dave vanian i said this but like a good third of the songs on black album are so/so filler songs. 👀

EVERY song on strawberries is musically strong and individual. and it's so cohesive. it was at an era where they had really honed a specific sound, black album was traveling in that direction but still has some lingering sounds from machine gun etiquette which is like the give em enough rope of the damned discography. for the 15 of you who will intuitively know what i mean by that

[redvampirewoman]

🎶🎼🎹🎙️ ⚰️ Legends Robert Smith 🎙️🎹🎼🎶🦇 Of The Band 🎶The Cure⚰️🎹🎼🦇🎶Dave Vanian 🎼🦇🎶 Of The Band The Damned ⚰️🎹🎼🦇 80's Icons My Era Generation.

[mydarlingstarling]

Bela Lugosi / Dave Vanian

#they’re so handsome fr i’ll never stop #gf ​<3 #grandson of dracula indeed #dave vanian #bela lugosi #the damned #dracula 1931 #goth icons #vampire core #happy halloween #op

[fresherbrine]

#the damned #captain sensible #dave vanian #punk rock #music #hard rock #rock n roll #musicians #live music #concert #punk #2017 #tour #hardcore punk #legend #goth #garage rock #icons #uk #britain

[dorywhynot]

Well this was f*cking fun 🤘 Painted for a trade with the absolute delight and talent, @ruthietheruthless, my best attempt of young Dave Vanian of The Damned I thought this was a fun opportunity to show you how I try to approach direct reference photos, which I don't do very often. When I do I try not to replicate a singular photograph but try to look at several and see what I can understand about facial structure and try to get a balance between physical likeness, my personal art style, and most importantly personality and vibe of the subject in question. My main reference was this photo, and I wanted to incorporate the gritty intensity and snarl seen in some other photographs. Ruthie is a master of portraiture and I'll admit I was pretty intimidated by this project at the start this was super intimidating but I really enjoyed it from start to finish. Is there a job to just paint beautiful goth icons all day, and can I have that job, thanks. Thank you Ruthie!!

#davevanian #thedamned #portrait #watercolor #aquarelle #illustration #painting #art #bostonartist #newenglandartist #femaleartist #dorywhynot