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]

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]
• David Bowie^[26]
• The Breath Of Life^[27][28]

C

• Children on Stun^[29]
• Christian Death^[30][31]
• Clan of Xymox^[32]
• Closterkeller^[33][34]
• Cocteau Twins^[35]
• Corpus Delicti^[36]
• The Crüxshadows^[37]
• The Cult^[38]
• The Cure^{[39][40][41][42]}

D

• The Damned^[43]
• The Danse Society^[44]
• Dead Artist Syndrome
• Dead Can Dance^[45]
• Death in June^[46]
• Diva Destruction^[47]
• The Doors^{[48][49][50][51]}

E

• Echo and the Bunnymen
• The Eden House^[52]
• Eva O^[53][54]

F

• Faith and the Muse^[55]
• Fields of the Nephilim^[56]
• Flesh for Lulu^[57]

G

• Gene Loves Jezebel^[58]
• Ghost Dance^[59]
• Gitane Demone^[60]

H

• Héroes del Silencio^[61]
• Human Drama^[62]

I

• Ikon^[63]
• Inkubus Sukkubus^[64]

J

• Joy Division^[65][66]

L

• Lacrimosa^[67][68]
• L'Âme Immortelle^[68]
• The Last Days of Jesus^[69]
• London After Midnight^[70]
• The Lords of the New Church^[71]
• Love Like Blood^[72]
• Lycia^[73]

M

• Mandragora Scream^[74]
• The March Violets^[75][76]
• Mephisto Walz^[29][77]
• The Mission^[78]
• Mors Syphilitica^[79]
• Mono Inc.^[80]

N

• NFD^[81]
• Nic Nassuet^[82][83]
• Nightmare^[84]
• Nosferatu^[85]
• Gary Numan^[86]

P

• Paralysed Age^[87][88]
• Party Day^[89]
• Pink Turns Blue^[90]
• Play Dead^[91]
• Pretentious, Moi?

R

• Rasputina^[92]
• Razed in Black^[93]
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry^[94]
• Rhea's Obsession^[95]
• Rome Burns^[96]
• Rosetta Stone^[29][97]

S

• Saviour Machine^[98]
• Scarling^[99]
• Screams for Tina^[29]
• Sex Gang Children^[100]
• Shadow Project^[101]
• Siiiii^[102]
• Siouxsie and the Banshees^{[103][104][105]}
• The Sisters of Mercy^{[106][107][108][109]}
• Skeletal Family^[29][110]
• Southern Death Cult^[111]
• Specimen^[112]
• Strange Boutique^[113]
• Super Heroines^[114]
• Switchblade Symphony^[115]

T

• Theatre of Hate^[116]
• These New Puritans^[25]
• This Mortal Coil^[117][118]
• Tiamat^[119]
• Two Witches^[120]

U

• UK Decay^[121][122]

V

• Virgin Prunes^[123]
• Voltaire^[124]

W

• The Wake^[29][125]
• Where the Embers Fall^[126]
• White Lies^[25]
• Rozz Williams^[127]

X

• Xmal Deutschland^[128]

Y

• You Shriek^[129]

Z

• Zeraphine^[130]

See also

List of gothic metal bands

References