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Track: Holes
Artist: Specimen
Album: Wet Warm Cling Film Red Velvet Crush

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Name: Specimen
Spotify Genres: deathrock, gothic rock, post-punk, darkwave, cold wave
Followers: 99,354
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One of the first of the bands in the Goth scene, the Specimen was born in early 1981 in Bristol. They moved to London, recruited drummer Jonathan in '82 and started the scene defining club, the [l718664], in Soho in July 1982. Johnny Melton, AKA Jonny Slut, joined soon after. Despite touring the UK and the States, they never achieved the fame of bands like [a=Fields Of The Nephilim] or [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mission,+The]The Mission[/url] and they split in 1985. Jonny Slut went on to work with [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/KLF,+The]The KLF[/url], [a=Adamski] and is now in [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Atomizer+(2)]Atomizer (2)[/url].

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Release: Specimen - Sharp Teeth
Year: 1985
Genres: Rock
Styles: New Wave, Goth Rock, Glam