The following is a list of notable artists who have been described as gothic rock or dark rock by reliable sources. "Gothic rock" is a term typically used to describe a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. According to both Pitchfork and NME, proto-gothic bands included Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Bauhaus and the Cure. The term was first used by critic John Stickney in 1967 to describe the music and accompanying performances by the Doors. The Doors' lyrics and their "audience-antagonizing performances" have even been seen as the beginning of gothic rock.
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A AFI Alien Sex Fiend All About Eve And Also the Trees Andi Sexgang ASP Asylum Party Ausgang
B Balaam and the Angel The Batfish Boys Bauhaus Big Electric Cat The Birthday Party The Breath of Life Buck-Tick
C Cemetery Skyline Children on Stun Christian Death The Church City of Caterpillar Clan of Xymox Closterkeller Cocteau TwinsOliver Köble: Vollendete Gothic-Ästhetik, interview with William Faith of Faith & The Muse (and Tess Records), Glasnost Wave magazine, issue # 44, p. 11, Germany, November/December 1994 Corpus Delicti Cradle of Thorns The Crüxshadows The Cult The Cure
D Damien Done The Damned The Danse Society Dead Can Dance Deadsy Death in JuneStrong, Martin C. (2003). The Great Indie Discography, Canongate Books, , p.295. "Heavy goths in the mould of Sisters of Mercy or early Danse Society, the band followed up with a debut album, The Guilty Have No Pride (1983)."Raj Ratan (1990). "Nirvana Valhalla Heaven Hell" Diva Destruction Drab Majesty
E The Eden House The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster Eva O
F Faith and the Muse Fields of the Nephilim Flesh for Lulu
G Gene Loves Jezebel Ghost Dance Gitane Demone Grave Pleasures Grinderman
H HIM
I Ikon Inkubus Sukkubus
J Joy DivisionGoodlad, Lauren M. E. & Bibby, Michael.Goth: Undead Subculture. Duke University Press (2007). Pp 239-40. .Shuker, Roy. "Goth/Gothic Rock; Goths", Popular Music: The Key Concepts. Routledge (2005). Pp 128-29. .
K Katatonia Killing Joke Kommunity FK Komu Vnyz
L Lacrimosa L'Âme Immortelle Lapko The Last Days of Jesus Lebanon Hanover London After Midnight Lord of the Lost The Lords of the New Church Lorelei Lost Velvet Love Like Blood Lycia
M Madrugada Malice Mizer Mandragora Scream The March VioletsStrong, Martin C. (2003). The Great Indie Discography, Canongate Books, , p.407. "...this fledgling goth outfit emerged from the same scene that spawned The Sisters of Mercy, releasing the cheesy "Religious as Hell" as their debut single on the latter's 'Merciful Release' imprint." Marilyn Manson Mephisto Walz The Merry Thoughts Miranda Sex Garden The Mission Mono Inc. Mors Syphilitica
N Nic Nassuet Nightingale Nightmare Nosferatu
O Orgy
P Paradise Lost Paralysed Age Party DayMercer, Mick, (1991) Gothic Rock: All You Ever Wanted to Know...but Were Too Gormless to Ask. Pegasus Publishing. Pink Turns Blue Play Dead
Q Queenadreena
R Razed in Black Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Rome Burns Roselia Rosetta Stone
S Samhain Scarling Screams for Tina Sex Gang Children Shadow Project ShamRain She Wants Revenge Siiiii Sinnergod Siouxsie and the Banshees The Sisters of Mercy Skeletal Family Sluka (band) Soul Merchants Southern Death Cult Specimen Strange Boutique Super Heroines Switchblade Symphony
T Theatre of Hate Theatre of Ice Theatre of Tragedy These New Puritans This Mortal Coil Tones on Tail Trivalia Two Witches
U UK Decay Unto Others Untoten Urban Tales
V The Veils Virgin Prunes Voltaire
W The Wake Wolf Parade
X Xiu Xiu Xmal Deutschland
Y You ShriekBoston Herald article on 1990s Goth scene excerpt
Z Zeraphine
See also List of gothic metal bands List of deathrock bands
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