And note that subversive, non-conformist culture at that time used shock tactics, without necessarily identifying with the content. I missed it - we were naïve back then - but, as another anon mentioned, Hunter S Thompson was writing about it and his work was circulating in nihilist goth culture, even in the UK.
Thompson was a despicable cunt who should have been lynched for his crimes and depravity. I was merely suggesting that The Sisters Of Mercy might not have known what they were really fucking with.
I’d advocate digging him up and mixing his ashes with pig shit.