The Gothic Archies

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Gothic Archies


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Genre = Indie pop,gothic rock
Years_active = 1996 – present
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Associated_acts = The Magnetic Fields
URL = [http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/gothicarchies.php Official website]
Current_members = Stephin Merritt
Daniel Handler
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The Gothic Archies is a self-described "goth-bubblegum band" created and largely performed by Stephin Merritt, more famously of The Magnetic Fields. In 1997, Merritt released "The New Despair". The EP featured the song "Your Long White Fingers", which appeared frequently in the cult Nickelodeon series "The Adventures of Pete & Pete". The band's name is apparently a pun on the term "Gothic Arch" and The Archies.

The band later became more prominent as Merritt would write, perform and record songs for the audiobook versions of Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events". A collection of all thirteen songs was released as "" on October 10th, 2006 to coincide with the release of the final book in the series. The Gothic Archies briefly toured to promote the album featuring Merritt on ukulele and Daniel Handler as Lemony Snicket on accordion. In 2002, The Gothic Archies composed original music for the audio book version of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.

Discography

*"Looming in the Gloom" (1996) [http://www.iheartny.com/yourenotthere/looming.html]
*"The New Despair" (1997)
*"" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/gothicarchies.php Official website] at The House of Tomorrow
*Myspace|gothicarchies