List of gothic rock artists

The following is a list of notable artists that have been described as gothic 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. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes. 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. The Doors' lyrics and their "audience-antagonizing performances" have even been seen as the beginning of gothic rock.^[4]

Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

0-9

• 45 Grave^[5]
• The 69 Eyes^[6][7]

A

• Alien Sex Fiend^[8][9][10]
• All About Eve^[11]
• And Also the Trees^[12]
• Andi Sexgang^[13]
• ASP^[14][15]
• Ausgang^[16]
• The Awakening^[17]

B

• Balaam and the Angel^[18]
• Bauhaus^{[19][20][21][22][23]}
• Big Electric Cat^[24]
• The Birthday Massacre
• The Birthday Party^[25]
• The Bolshoi^[26]
• The Breath Of Life^[27][28]

C

• Children on Stun^[29]
• Christian Death^[30][31]
• Clan of Xymox^[32]
• Cocteau Twins^[33]
• Corpus Delicti^[34]
• The Crüxshadows^[35]
• The Cult^[36]
• The Cure^{[37][38][39][40]}

D

• The Damned^[41]
• The Danse Society^[42]
• Dead Can Dance^[43]
• Death in June^[44]
• Diva Destruction^[45]
• The Doors^{[46][47][48][49]}

E

• The Eden House^[50]
• Eva O^[51][52]

F

• Faith and the Muse^[53]
• Fields of the Nephilim^[54]
• Flesh for Lulu^[55]

G

• Gene Loves Jezebel^[56]
• Ghost Dance^[57]
• Gitane Demone^[58]

H

• Human Drama^[59]

I

• Ikon^[60]
• Inkubus Sukkubus^[61]

J

• Joy Division^[62][63]

L

• Lacrimosa^[64][65]
• L'Âme Immortelle^[65]
• The Last Days of Jesus^[66]
• London After Midnight^[67]
• The Lords of the New Church^[68]
• Love Like Blood^[69]
• Lycia^[70]

M

• Mandragora Scream^[71]
• The March Violets^[72][73]
• Mephisto Walz^[29][74]
• The Mission^[75]
• Mors Syphilitica^[76]
• Mono Inc.^[77]

N

• Nic Nassuet^[78][79]
• Nightmare^[80]
• Nosferatu^[81]
• Gary Numan^[82]

P

• Paralysed Age^[83][84]
• Party Day^[85]
• Pink Turns Blue^[86]
• Play Dead^[87]
• Prayers^[88][89]

R

• Razed in Black^[90]
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry^[91]
• Rhea's Obsession^[92]
• Rosetta Stone^[29][93]

S

• Saviour Machine^[94]
• Scarling^[95]
• Screams for Tina^[29]
• Sex Gang Children^[96]
• Shadow Project^[97]
• Siiiii^[98]
• Siouxsie and the Banshees^{[99][100][101]}
• The Sisters of Mercy^{[102][103][104][105]}
• Skeletal Family^[29][106]
• Southern Death Cult^[107]
• Specimen^[108]
• Strange Boutique^[109]
• Super Heroines^[110]
• Switchblade Symphony^[111]

T

• Theatre of Hate^[112]
• These New Puritans^[25]
• This Mortal Coil^[113][114]
• Tiamat^[115]
• Two Witches^[116]

U

• UK Decay^[117][118]
• Unheilig^[119]

V

• Virgin Prunes^[120]
• Voltaire^[121]

W

• The Wake^[29][122]
• White Lies^[25]
• Rozz Williams^[123]

X

• Xmal Deutschland^[124]

Y

• You Shriek^[125]

Z

• Zeraphine^[126]

See also

• List of gothic metal bands

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