Natasha Scharf
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Natasha Scharf is an author, disc jockey, presenter and journalist best known for her work publicising gothic, rock, metal and progressive metal music and subcultures.
She currently writes for Metal Hammer
, Classic Rock Presents: Prog
and Artrocker Magazine on a freelance basis.
Her first book, Worldwide Gothic , an exploration of the development of the worldwide goth scene, was published on 23 June 2011 by Independent Music Press.
Natasha Scharf was the founding editor of Meltdown Magazine (April 2000 - April 2004) and presenter of the spin-off radio show, Natasha's Batcave, on TotalRock
until 2011. She originally joined TotalRock in 2001 as a presenter and producer for a 6-week stint on what was then called "the meltdown show". She went on to guest present on mid-morning, drivetime and Anarchy on the Airwaves evening show before developing the Batcave show around 2004. The last Batcave show was broadcast in 2010. Natasha was also main researcher and assistant producer on Beyond The Pale - a documentary on the goth scene that was broadcast on BBC Radio 1
on 4 November 2002.
She has previously written for Classic Rock
and Terrorizer
magazines and has worked in both television , , , and radio with regular shows for the TLRC network. She has been interviewed for various books about the gothic subculture,
and also wrote the album sleeve notes to the 69 Eyes - Goth 'n' Roll box set
Natasha Scharf has been interviewed in various music documentaries including: HIM's Poison Arrow, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Phenomenon, Rock Milestones: The Ramones' Pleasant Dreams, Inside T-Rex: A Critical Review 1974-1977
, and for the Adam And The Ants
- Stand And Deliver, DVD, which was also broadcast on ITV 1 in December 2006.
She currently writes for Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
, Classic Rock Presents: Prog
Classic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...
and Artrocker Magazine on a freelance basis.
Her first book, Worldwide Gothic , an exploration of the development of the worldwide goth scene, was published on 23 June 2011 by Independent Music Press.
Natasha Scharf was the founding editor of Meltdown Magazine (April 2000 - April 2004) and presenter of the spin-off radio show, Natasha's Batcave, on TotalRock
TotalRock
TotalRock is a radio station based in London, England. The station first started in 1997 as Rock Radio Network , changing name to TotalRock in 2000...
until 2011. She originally joined TotalRock in 2001 as a presenter and producer for a 6-week stint on what was then called "the meltdown show". She went on to guest present on mid-morning, drivetime and Anarchy on the Airwaves evening show before developing the Batcave show around 2004. The last Batcave show was broadcast in 2010. Natasha was also main researcher and assistant producer on Beyond The Pale - a documentary on the goth scene that was broadcast on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
on 4 November 2002.
She has previously written for Classic Rock
Classic Rock (magazine)
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of...
and Terrorizer
Terrorizer
Terrorizer is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel , Napalm Death and Nausea...
magazines and has worked in both television , , , and radio with regular shows for the TLRC network. She has been interviewed for various books about the gothic subculture,
and also wrote the album sleeve notes to the 69 Eyes - Goth 'n' Roll box set
Natasha Scharf has been interviewed in various music documentaries including: HIM's Poison Arrow, The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
Phenomenon, Rock Milestones: The Ramones' Pleasant Dreams, Inside T-Rex: A Critical Review 1974-1977
T. Rex (band)
T. Rex were a British rock band, formed in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan. The band formed as Tyrannosaurus Rex, releasing four folk albums under the name...
, and for the Adam And The Ants
Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants were a British rock band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The original group, which existed from 1977 to 1980, became notable as a cult band marking the transition from the late-1970s punk rock era to the post-punk and New Wave era...
- Stand And Deliver, DVD, which was also broadcast on ITV 1 in December 2006.
See also
- GothGothic rockGothic 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...
- Death rock
- PunkPunk rockPunk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
- Post punk
- Indie rockIndie rockIndie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
- RockRock musicRock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
- Classic rockClassic rockClassic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
- Progressive rockProgressive rockProgressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
- Heavy metal musicHeavy metal musicHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...