Dave Roberts (musician)
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Dave Roberts was the bass player of the band Sex Gang Children
who were a prominent act in the gothic rock
movement of the 1980s, recording under the name ‘Dave Sex Gang’. He left the band in 1983 after their only album Song and Legend, setting up the group Carcrash International
with various musicians who were also on the Cleopatra Records
label. This group recorded three 12” singles and one album before dissolving two years later.
Sex Gang Children
The Sex Gang Children are a positive punk group that formed in the early 1980s in England. Although the original group only released one official studio album, they remain one of the more well-known bands out of the early Batcave scene and have reformed for new albums and touring various times...
who were a prominent act in the gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
movement of the 1980s, recording under the name ‘Dave Sex Gang’. He left the band in 1983 after their only album Song and Legend, setting up the group Carcrash International
Carcrash International
Carcrash International was formed as a kind of super-group consisting of the elite musicians of the Cleopatra label, similar to This Mortal Coil, concentrated around a joint project...
with various musicians who were also on the Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records
Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...
label. This group recorded three 12” singles and one album before dissolving two years later.