BLOODSUCKER ROCK.


At dawn they hide. At dark they wake. At night they search for blood…rocking until daylight.
So what are your favorite vampire rock bands? What songs quench your nightlight bloodlust as you tear through the cemetery on your dirtbike? Or as you head downtown in a stolen hearse to that sleazy afterhours club by the docks?
Here are Uncle T’s “top 13” song rankings when it comes to black leather, trench coats, aviators, motorcycles, pale skin, blue lighting, thick fog, damp streets, industrial warehouses, bats flying above and sucking blood from the necks of guitars!
#13 LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH • METHOD TO MY MADNESS
#12 THE MARCH VIOLETS • SNAKE DANCE
#11 GERARD MCMANN • CRY LITTLE SISTER
#10 THE MISSION • WASTELAND
#9 T.S.O.L. • SILENT SCREAM
#8 THE SISTERS OF MERCY • BLACK PLANET
#7 CONCRETE BLONDE • BLOODLETTING (THE VAMPIRE SONG)
#6 THE MISSION • SERPENTS KISS
#5 THE SISTERS OF MERCY • FLOOD II
#4 GHOST DANCE • LAST TRAIN
#3 THE SISTERS OF MERCY • MORE
#2 BAUHAUS • BELA LUGOSI’S DEAD
#1 THE SISTERS OF MERCY • LUCRETIA MY REFLECTION
Now before I get crucified for not including bands like Type O Negative or The Cure, I put them in a different category outside of vampire rock. To me it begins and ends with The Sisters of Mercy. Always has. Always will. They have a sound that couldn’t be more perfect for moonlit nights, raising hell and being immortal. This list could easily have been all SOM. Vamp out!







Definitely love the SOM presence here. Type O Negative is too easy of a go-to for this list. Jamming out to these over eggs n toast in central Illinois here. Keep killing it Uncle TNUC!