 Bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, the Cure, and the Sisters of Mercy, moved increasingly in this direction to found Gothic rock, which had become the basis of a major sub-culture by the early 1980s.Similar emotional territory was pursued by Australian acts like the Birthday Party and Nick Cave.Members of Bauhaus and Joy Division explored new stylistic territory as Love and Rockets and New Order respectively.