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Gothic rock. 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, [2] [3] Joy Division, [2] [3] [4] Bauhaus, [2] [3] and the Cure.
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May 22, 2018 · Goth is a loose musical movement, subculture and fashion style that first appeared in England in the early 80s. In the aftermath of the original punk movement, a new wave of bands – Bauhaus, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, Joy Division, the Sisters of Mercy and more – mashed together a love of glam rock, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, horror movies, fetish wear and goth literature to create ...
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- A Certain Ratio - All Night Party (1979 single) Described by Steve Coogan’s Tony Wilson in the movie 24-Hour Party People as having “all the energy of Joy Division but better clothes”, ACR – their name taken from a Brian Eno lyric – evolved into post-punk funk, but their beginnings (this second single followed Shack Up, in 1979) were distinctly Bauhaus-like.
- Bauhaus - In The Flat Field (1980 album) Bauhaus were the band that perhaps first articulated gothic music. On this, their stunning debut, the focus is precise and monochrome, the attack powerful and anarchic, the feel bleak and unforgiving.
- Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju (1981 album) The fourth Siouxsie And The Banshees album bewitched and bewildered the post-punk generation, proving the band to be much more than just punk-era chancers and establishing them as serious, transgressive artists with a unique voice and vision and a sound that entranced with style and subversion.
- The Cure - Pornography (1982) “I wanted to make the ultimate fuck-off record,” said Robert Smith of his band’s fourth album. “And then The Cure could stop.”
Oct 25, 2017 · October 25, 2017. Graphic by Patrick Jenkins. After it blazed through England and New York in the 1970s, the first wave of punk rock left a whole lot of darkness in its wake. As the decade rolled ...
Sep 11, 2020 · Darker post-punk and ‘proto-goth’ bands such as Joy Division were precursors to goth in the mid 1970s, but it was not until the late 1970s and early 1980s that the first wave of goth was born. Widely regarded as one of the founding bands of the goth music movement is Bauhaus, who released their 1979 10 minute-long single ‘Bela Lugosi’s ...
