Ghost "Popestar" Color:Clear Pop music was strictly forbidden

Pop music was strictly forbidden so their discovery of key punk and rock influences was covert and somewhat recent

make an appearance at some point in the future

It's 2003 follow-up The Beautiful Letdown finds the band further refining their pop-rock craft with winning results

so much pomp

Kevin Barnes

Ghost "Popestar" Color:Clear Pop music was strictly forbiddenPossessed by the minor key hooks of Black Sabbath, the grandiose keyboards of Deep Purple and the more tuneful excursions of Blue Oyster Cult, Ghost are a theatrical flashback to the sinister Seventies, when The Exorcist blew up at the box office and Parker Brothers marketed Ouija boards to the mainstream.