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- 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 what became known as 'goth', a sort of dark flip-side to the rise of new wave pop.
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May 22, 2024 · Goth music made its first stirrings in the late 70s and early 80s, coming into the light with the likes of Siouxsie Sioux and The Cure.
- Tim Peacock
Jan 28, 2019 · By the early 1980’s, the first wave of goth music (an offshoot of post-punk) was sweeping across the U.K. and Europe. Along with Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Cure, other popular artists began to release music into the newly forming goth scene.
- 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.”
Sep 11, 2020 · It is difficult to pinpoint the birth of goth rock as there was a wide range of musicians that shaped the aesthetics and sounds. With artists such as the Velvet Underground, Marc Bolan, the Doors, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop and Nico all being credited for visual and sonic influence in the subculture.
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. Before we take the ...
- Pitchfork
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. [2] [3]
The era of punk was over and this new genre was emerging with supernatural feels. People were calling these darker sounds goth music. Enter bands like The Cure, Joy Division, The Cramps, Sisters of Mercy and so much more. Punk rock was over and the new dark wave was taking over. The Dark Wave