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- However, Bauhaus's debut single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead", released in late 1979, was retrospectively considered to be the beginning of the gothic rock genre. According to Peter Murphy, the song was written to be tongue-in-cheek, but since the group performed it with "naïve seriousness", that is how the audience understood it.
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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.
According to both Pitchfork [1] and NME, [2] proto-goth bands included Joy Division, [1] [2] [3] Siouxsie and the Banshees, [1] [2] Bauhaus [1] [2] and the Cure. [1] [2] The term was first used by critic John Stickney in 1967 to describe the music and accompanying performances by the Doors.
Oct 26, 2023 · The Doors were the first band to be described as "gothic rock" Critic John Stickney used the term "gothic rock" to describe The Doors in October 1967, in a review published in The Williams Record. Stickney wrote that the band met the journalists "in the gloomy vaulted wine cellar of the Delmonico hotel, the perfect room to honour the gothic ...
Bauhaus were an English rock band formed in Northampton in 1978. Known for their dark image and gloomy sound, Bauhaus are one of the pioneers of gothic rock, although they mixed many genres, including dub, glam rock, psychedelia, and funk.
May 22, 2018 · Critic John Stickney coined the term ‘gothic rock’ way back in 1967 when describing a Doors gig, so it may be argued that Jim Morrison was the first modern goth.
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Notorious for their dance beats, heavy basslines and heavier guitar styles was the iconic gothic rock band The Sisters of Mercy who exploded onto the scene following the success of their 1985 album ‘First and Last and Always’.
May 22, 2019 · 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.
