Title: Goth subculture - Wikipedia
Headings: Goth subculture
Goth subculture
Contents
Music
Origins and development
Gothic genre
Art, historical and cultural influences
18th and 19th centuries
Visual art influences
20th century influences
21st century
Characteristics of the scene
Icons
Fashion
Influences
Styling
Reciprocity
Critique
Films
Books and magazines
Graphic art
Events
Interior design
Sociology
Gender and sexuality
Identity
Media and academic commentary
Perception on nonviolence
School shootings
Prejudice and violence directed at goths
Self-harm study
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
Further reading

Content: In July 1982, the opening of the Batcave in London 's Soho provided a prominent meeting point for the emerging scene, which would be briefly labelled "positive punk" by the NME in a special issue with a front cover in early 1983. The term Batcaver was then used to describe old-school goths. Bauhaus —Live in concert, 3 February 2006
Outside the British scene, deathrock developed in California during the late 1970s and early 1980s as a distinct branch of American punk rock, with acts such as Christian Death and 45 Grave at the forefront. Gothic genre
The bands that defined and embraced the gothic rock genre included Bauhaus, early Adam and the Ants, the Cure, the Birthday Party, Southern Death Cult, Specimen, Sex Gang Children, UK Decay, Virgin Prunes and Killing Joke. Punk pioneers the Damned were using gothic stylisms even before the goth rock scene was named. Near the peak of this first generation of the gothic scene in 1983, The Face 's Paul Rambali recalled that there were "several strong Gothic characteristics" in the music of Joy Division. In 1984, Joy Division's bassist Peter Hook named Play Dead as one of their heirs: " If you listen to a band like Play Dead, who I really like, Joy Division played the same stuff that Play Dead are playing. They're similar." Lead singer and guitarist Robert Smith of the Cure
By the mid-1980s, bands began proliferating and became increasingly popular, including the Sisters of Mercy, the Mission, Alien Sex Fiend, the March Violets, Xmal Deutschland, the Membranes, and Fields of the Nephilim.