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Gothic rock evolved out of post punk during the late 1970s. The first of those groups to be labeled "gothic" by 1979 were Siouxsie & the Banshees and Joy Division. Originally considered just another aspect of the punk rock/ post punk explosion, Goth only began to be defined as a separate movement with the emergence of Bauhaus in 1979.
While most punk bands focused on aggressive, outward rock, the early gothic groups were more introverted and personal, with elements that can be traced to much older literary movements such as Gothic horror, Romanticism, existential philosophy, and the political construct of nihilism.
While Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Cure have retained their goth imagery throughout their careers, their music has strayed from the Gothic style. Siouxsie up to and including the Nocturne ( 1983) album is undeniably goth rock. After 1983, their output shifted to softer focus on Gothic themes. The Cure's contribution to the genre is centered around Faith, Seventeen SecondsSeventeen Seconds is an album by The Cure, released in April, 1980 by Fiction Records. Track listing All songs written by Smith / Gallup / Hartley / Tolhurst. A Reflection" (Instrumental) #"Play For Today" #"Secrets" #"In Your House" #"Three" #"The Final, PornographyPornography is the fifth album by British alternative rock band The Cure, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). Some consider this the most stark, dark, and depressing album The Cure has ever done. Not a hint of happiness or resolution, this album embodie and DisintegrationThe Cure albums 1989 albums Disintegration was a May 1989 (see 1989 in music) album by Gothic rock band The Cure. It peaked at #12 on Billboard's Top 200 Album countdown. The Cure had pigeon-holed themselves as a dark and brooding goth-rock band in the ea ( 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra). This sound originated from the song "Three Imaginary Boys" on the first album ( Three Imaginary BoysThe Cure albums 1979 albums Three Imaginary Boys is English rock band The Cure's debut album. It was later re-released in the USA with a slightly different song lineup as Boys Don't Cry''. The Cure were a trio when Three Imaginary Boys was released, and t, 1979), which is generally considered closer to being a New WaveThe New Wave is a movement in American and British popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City musical scene centred around the club CBGB. The term itself is a source of much confusion. Originally, Seymour Stein, the album.
Joy Division was a consistently Gothic band, though after the suicide of Ian Curtis, the group reformed as New Order and became a New Wave/ dance group. Bauhaus is also a consistently Gothic band, strongly influenced by English Glam rock, such as David Bowie and T. Rex. Some of the members of Bauhaus formed Tones on Tail after the disintegration of that group, releasing Gothic music influenced strongly by Pet Sounds-era The Beach Boys and psychedelia.
Early Gary Numan material from Tubeway Army to The Pleasure Principle can be considered to be goth. The use of analog synths and subject matter were a definite influence on later goth bands. His imagery & fashion have influenced contemporary goth Cyberpunk fashion. Other bands worth mentioning are Sex Gang Children (formed c. 1982), Southern Death Cult (1982), Killing Joke ( 1979), Specimen (c. 1982), Alien Sex Fiend (1982), and the Sisters of Mercy (1980).
Each of these bands had much in common with the punk movement, though any similarity with punk was owed to the fact that that was the scene from which they were emerging, and were attempting (whether consciously or unconsciously) to leave behind. What is most notable about the core early '80s post punk bands is that, typical to their punk roots, they had a general distaste for labels, presumably seeing such things as anathema to creative expression [1]. In recent years, the tendency has swung almost entirely the other way, with many bands being quick to label themselves as goth.
From the late seventies onward, the Death Rock movement in Los Angeles, California was on the rise, with such bands as Christian Death (formed 1981), Gun Club (1981), 45 Grave (c. 1983), and the legendary Kommunity FK (c. 1983) fronted by Death Rock Ikon Patrick Mata; Nivek Ogre's Skinny Puppy (formed c. 1982), were also doing their "thing", quite apart from the Death Rock scene. Whilst all of these groups began as quite distinct from goth, they soon began to be equated with it, and are now recognised as strong early influences. Many fans of early gothic rock are embracing a Death rock revival, as a return to the original music and fashions of the first generation goth.
Goth was as much a continental European phenomenon as it was British or American. At the same time that The Cure and Christian Death were forming in those countries, in Germany (home to the largest modern gothic festival, the yearly Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig which started in 1992) were such dark bands as Xmal Deutschland formed 1980, Die Krupps formed 1981, and Der Mussolini . Belgium gave rise to electronic body music (EBM) with influence from bands such as Kraftwerk and the early Industrial band Front 242 formed in 1981. Meanwhile, Amsterdam had Clan of Xymox formed in 1983.Australia also deserves a mention, the emerging movement there characterised by Nick Cave's first band, The Birthday Party formed c. 1979 and later moving to London.
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