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In August 1979, Northampton band Bauhaus released their debut single, the 9-and-a-half-minute 'Bela Lugosi's Dead'. This tune - about the Hungarian-American actor famous for playing Dracula - is seen as a foundational track in early goth rock. Some see it as the first true goth single, with The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees yet to go full on goth at that point. According to The Guardian, this song depicting "the funeral of the Dracula star, with bats swooping and virgin brides marching past his coffin ... was so irresistibly theatrical that dozens of bands formed in its wake." #WyrdWednesday #WorldGothDay #gothic #weird #folklore #film #music #vampire #vampires #mythology #rock