History Main / GothRock

** The Cult's first two albums lean towards GothRock as well, albeit with a lot of PsychedelicRock and HardRock influence. After they started working with Rick Rubin they became a straight-up 70s-style HardRock/HeavyMetal band, though.

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See also: DarkWave and {{CyberGoth}}

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** [[/index]]Their first four albums were closer to {{New Wave}} (although with a slight {{Industrial}} bent). Then 'Black Celebration" and "Music for the Masses" took them into full on {{Goth Rock}}. Violator was closer to pure {{Alternative Rock}} though.

** [[/index]]Their first album was something akin to pop-punk or early NewWave, but the three albums following it grew progressively towards GothRock. Seventeen Seconds began the trend as a pure post-punk album, Faith followed it with strong Joy Division influences, and the third in the "trilogy", Pornography, was pure GothRock. After Pornography, they moved more towards pop for many years (and most of the rest of their career), with a few notable exceptions such as the goth-infused pop of Disintegration.[[index]]

* TheDamned (Helped pave the way with a theatrical vampire lead singer and the name of the band itself. Mixed gothic stylings with hard rock and then later became a full-on Goth Rock band themselves)

* The Dresden Dolls

As an evolution of PostPunk, GothRock's essential features were [[TropeCodifier codified]] by the PostPunk artists. What differentiates GothRock from PostPunk is a more theatrical style (and arguably more GlamRock influence) and (most of the time) more elaborate songs with more frequent use of electronics.

See also: DarkWave.

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* Woven Hand

* Bella Morte

* Siouxsie And The Banshees (for some albums, at least)

* Within Temptation