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Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Bauhaus, and the Cure.
Oct 25, 2017 · Just in time for Halloween, we’ve traced the dark history of goth, from the earliest songs that hinted at its spirit to the ominous artists keeping the genre alive today.
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- Joy Division- Closer (Factory, 1980) Released two months after the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis, Closer is a far more somber affair than the explosive Unknown Pleasures.
- Bauhaus- Mask (Beggars Banquet, 1981) Just a few years into their career, Bauhaus channeled their love of Bowie and Bolan into a string of incendiary singles and landmark LP In the Flat Field.
- Siouxsie & the Banshees- Juju (Polydor, 1981) Juju, the fourth studio album from Siouxsie & the Banshees, is considered by many to the band’s finest work, with very good reason.
- Modern English- Mesh & Lace (4AD, 1981) Though often unfairly maligned as a one-hit wonder, Modern English’s earliest recordings serve as a sonic blueprint for the goth genre, taking the art-driven sonic template of Wire’s second and third records and pushing it deeper into catharsis.
May 22, 2024 · Some have argued that flamboyant shock rocker Alice Cooper and doom-laden metal pioneers Black Sabbath were goth forerunners, yet The Doors were the first band to be officially labeled “gothic...
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Aug 18, 2023 · Goth rock’s roots can be traced back to the late 1970s, emerging as a response to the evolving post-punk and new wave scenes. Bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees , Bauhaus, and The Cure are often credited as pioneers of the genre.
Sep 11, 2020 · September 11, 2020. History of Goth Rock: Siouxsie and the Banshees (Photo Credit: Barry Schultz) Over in the darker side of the late 1970s, underground music scenes with plenty of reverb, melancholic melodies, minor or bass chords doused in themes of sadness and morbidity was goth rock. With bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy ...
May 22, 2019 · From its dark beginnings in the nihilistic grandeur of Bauhaus’ deeply influential In The Flat Field, to its heyday in the early 80s when The Cult set the scene on its head with the startling Dreamtime and Love And Rockets opened up America with Seventh Dream Of Teenage Heaven, to the goth metal boom of Type O Negative and on through to the noug...
