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 and NME, proto-goth bands included Joy Division, Siouxsie and the Banshees, 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. 0–9 1919 45 Grave The 69 Eyes A AFI Alien Sex Fiend All About Eve And Also the Trees Andi Sexgang ASP Asylum Party Ausgang The Awakening B Balaam and the Angel The Batfish Boys Bauhaus Big Electric Cat The Birthday Party The Breath of Life Buck-Tick C Children on Stun Christian Death The Church Clan of Xymox Closterkeller Cocteau Twins Corpus Delicti Cradle of Thorns The Crüxshadows The Cult The Cure D Damien Done The Damned The Danse Society Dead Can Dance Death in June Depeche Mode Diva Destruction Drab Majesty E The Eden House Eva O Evanescence F Faith and the Muse Fields of the Nephilim Flesh for Lulu G Gene Loves Jezebel Ghost Dance Gitane Demone H HIM I Ikon Inkubus Sukkubus J Joy Division K Killing Joke Kommunity FK Komu Vnyz L Lacrimosa L'Âme Immortelle The Last Days of Jesus London After Midnight The Lords of the New Church Love Like Blood Lycia M Malice Mizer Mandragora Scream The March Violets Mephisto Walz The Merry Thoughts The Mission Mono Inc. Mors Syphilitica N Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nic Nassuet Nightingale Nightmare Nosferatu P Paralysed Age Party Day Peter Murphy Pink Turns Blue Play Dead Q R Rasputina Razed in Black Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Rhea's Obsession Rome Burns Rosetta Stone S Samhain Saviour Machine Scarling Screams for Tina Sex Gang Children Shadow Project She Wants Revenge Siiiii Siouxsie and the Banshees The Sisters of Mercy Skeletal Family Soul Merchants Southern Death Cult Specimen Strange Boutique Super Heroines Switchblade Symphony T Theatre of Hate Theatre of Ice These New Puritans This Mortal Coil Two Witches Type O Negative U UK Decay V The Veils Virgin Prunes Voltaire W