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A scene is worth nothing if it cannot identify itself by identifying with others within it. Support is necessary. Phoenix Marie was a regular poster on my journal until she became ill, and when she began her fundraising effort I did an interview in my magazine but felt a limited edition Goth book might be more effective. She is responding to treatment, which is why it is vital she completes the course, which she must pay for herself - the alternative being the onset of advanced old age and crippling pain.
The GOTH SOLIDARITY book exists to raise money for the PHOENIX MARIE medical fund, to cover her costs fighting/correcting the heart, spine, nerve and brain damage she is suffering, and will remain in print only until her treatment has been completed, along with the immediate after-care. Then the book ceases to be. All profits from the book go to the Phoenix Marie fund.
The 104 page book costs £9.99 and contains 100 of my favourite photos from my archive.
Bands featured: Adam & The Ants, Alien Sex Fiend, Anonymes, Anorexic Dread, Ausgang, a Batcave dancer, Bauhaus, Beast, Bible For Dogs, Blood Sanction, Bod, Bone Orchard, Cocteau Twins, The Cramps, The Cravats, Creaming Jesus, Daisy Chainsaw, a dalek, The Damned, The Dancing Did, Danielle Dax, The Danse Society, Das Tor, David J, Dead Souls, Death By Crimpers, Death Cult, Destroy The Boy, Die Laughing, Drunk On Cake, Dust Devils, Empyrean, Fields Of The Nephilim, Flesh For Lulu, Four Came Home, Finish The Story, Furyo, Gitane Demone, Gloria Mundi, God & The Crazy Lesbians From Hell, Ian Lowery, The Infected, Inkubus Sukkubus, Jonny of Specimen, Josi Without Colours, Julianne Regan, Junior Manson Slags, Lean Steel, Let’s Wreck Mother, Look Back In Anger, Manuskript, Marc & The Mambas, Martian Dance, Melaroony Daddies, Melinda Miel, The Mission, Nick Cave, Patricia Morrison, Pink & Black, Playground, Pleasure & The Beast, Pork Helmets, Powder, Prophecy, Rosetta Stone, Rozz Williams, Rubella Ballet, Sex Gang Children, Shoot The Joker, Siiiii, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Skeletal Family, Soft Cell, Sunshot, Tabitha Zu, Tom Vague, Toyah, Tragic Venus, Turkey Bones & The Wild Dogs, UK Decay, Ultravox! (John Foxx), Under 2 Flags, The Very Things, The Virgin Prunes, Whiskey & The Devil, Witches, XC-NN, Xmal Deutschland, Zero Le Creche, Zor Gabor, Zip Zip Undo Me.
Please spread the word about this book yourself in whatever way you can, as it isn’t as easy as you might think to publicise things online, with so many people looking in so many different directions.
For details on Phoenix Marie’s case please visit:
http://hachimanwebdesign.com/phoenixmarie.html (to make donations) or
http://www.myspace.com/phoenixmarieparis
You’ll need to register with lulu.com before being able to buy the book, which is
simple enough. If buying within the US or UK (where they have printers) just use the ordinary postal service offered, and for anyone needing to buy by airmail choose the economy postage (they say it’s untrackable, but that just means it’s conventional airmail).
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/goth-solidarity-photo-book-by-mick-mercer/8326288