Natasha Scharf

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| known_for = Goth subculture, rock, metal, progressive metal

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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. Since 2019, she has been the Deputy Editor of Prog.{{cite web|title=Louder|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/louder-about-us|accessdate=12 May 2022}}

Her first book, Worldwide Gothic,{{cite web|title=Worldwide Gothic|url=http://www.impbooks.com/music-books/Worldwide-Gothic/Chronicle-of-a-Tribe/104|publisher=Independent Music Press|accessdate=4 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707140023/http://www.impbooks.com/music-books/Worldwide-Gothic/Chronicle-of-a-Tribe/104|archive-date=7 July 2011|url-status=usurped}} an exploration of the development of the worldwide goth scene, was published on 23 June 2011 by Independent Music Press. A Czech language edition of the book called Gotický Svět{{cite web|title=Gotický Svět

|url=http://www.volvox.cz/knihy/evokace/scharf_goticky_svet.php|publisher=Volvox Globator|accessdate=25 November 2012}} was published by Volvox Globator in Autumn 2012.

Natasha Scharf was the founding editor of Meltdown Magazine{{cite web|title=The Story of meltdown |url=http://www.meltdownmagazine.com/about.htm|publisher=meltdown|accessdate=4 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629194836/http://www.meltdownmagazine.com/about.htm|archive-date=29 June 2019|url-status=dead}} (April 2000 – April 2004) and presenter of the spin-off radio show, Natasha's Batcave, on TotalRock until 2010. She originally joined TotalRock{{cite web|title=TotalRock.com|url=http://www.totalrock.com|accessdate=4 July 2011}} 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 also written for Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, Artrocker and Terrorizer magazines and has worked in both television,{{cite web|title=Inside Out Goths in Newcastle

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series1/goths.shtml|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 July 2011}}{{cite web|title=Scene Stealers

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dlrm4|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 July 2011}}{{cite web|title=The Woman Who Stops Traffic|url=http://www.channel4.com/lifestyle/green/woman_stops_traffic/series/series1.html|publisher= |accessdate=4 July 2011}}{{cite web|title=Metal Hammer TV interview with Tairrie B|url=http://www.gatopardos.com/video/kVj8jiSVeSc/MY-RUIN-Tairrie-B-Interview-w-Metal-Hammer-Magazine.html|accessdate=4 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326135641/http://www.gatopardos.com/video/kVj8jiSVeSc/MY-RUIN-Tairrie-B-Interview-w-Metal-Hammer-Magazine.html|archivedate=26 March 2012|df=dmy-all}} and radio with regular shows for the TLRC network. She has been interviewed for various books about the gothic subculture,{{cite book|last=Hodkinson|first=Paul|title=Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture|year=2002|publisher=Berg}}{{cite book|last=Baddeley|first=Gavin|title=Goth Chic: A Connoisseur's Guide to Dark Culture|year=2002|publisher=Plexus}}{{cite book|last=Mercer|first=Mick|title=21st Century Gothic|year=2002|publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd}}{{cite book|last=Kilpatrick|first=Nancy|title=Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312306960|url-access=registration|year=2004|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin}}{{cite book|last=Brill|first=Dunja|title=Goth Culture: Gender, Sexuality and Style |year=2008|publisher=Berg}} She also wrote the album sleeve notes to the 69 Eyes – Goth 'n' Roll box set{{cite web|title=HALLOWEEN 2008: "GOTH'N'ROLL" FOUR DISC BOX SET COMES OUT BY HALLOWEEN!!!|url=http://www.69eyes.com/news_archive/87/|accessdate=4 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928220019/http://www.69eyes.com/news_archive/87/|archivedate=28 September 2011|df=dmy-all}} and Cherry Red Records Silhouettes and Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986 box set{{cite web|title=SILHOUETTES & STATUES: A GOTHIC REVOLUTION |url=https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/silhouettes-statues-a-gothic-revolution/|publisher=|accessdate=24 October 2017}}

Natasha Scharf has been interviewed in various music documentaries including: HIM's Poison Arrow,{{cite web|author=HIM|title=Poison Arrow|url=http://www.chromedreams.co.uk/him---poison-arrow-297-p.asp|publisher=Chrome Dreams|accessdate=4 July 2011}} The Red Hot Chili Peppers Phenomenon,{{cite web|title=The Red Hot Chili Peppers Phenomenon|url=https://www.amazon.com/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-Phenomenon/dp/B000M5B7LO/ref=sr_1_12?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1301867197&sr=1-12|publisher=|accessdate=4 July 2011}} Rock Milestones: The Ramones' Pleasant Dreams,{{cite web|title=Rock Milestones: The Ramones' Pleasant Dreams|url=http://www.musicafilm.it/music-dvds/rock-milestones-pleasant-dreams.html|publisher=|accessdate=4 July 2011}} Inside T-Rex: A Critical Review 1974–1977,{{cite web|title=Inside T-Rex: A Critical Review 1974–1977|url=http://www.musicafilm.it/music-dvds/inside-nirvana.html|publisher=|accessdate=4 July 2011}} and for the Adam and the Ants – Stand And Deliver,{{cite web|title=Adam and the Ants – Stand And Deliver|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adam-Ants-Stand-Deliver-Very/dp/B000KGGHII|publisher=|accessdate=4 July 2011}} DVD, which was also broadcast on ITV in December 2006.