German goth pioneers Xmal Deutschland said that he was like an alien to British people

Xmal Deutschland: ‘To British people I was like an alien’ Born in early-80s Hamburg, they became the toast of goth discos. As they release a singles collection, they recall their shock at seeing Thatcher’s Britain.

Xmal Deutschland: ‘To British people I was like an alien’ Born in early-80s Hamburg, they became the toast of goth discos. As they release a singles collection, they recall their shock at seeing Thatcher’s Britain.

Many Germans thought they were immune to nationalism after confronting their Nazi past. They were wrong. Germans thought their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority. They thought they had developed immunity to nationalistic assertions of superiority. Germans were wrong to think they had a country immune to racism and nationalism.