Title: Gothic rock - Wikipedia
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Gothic rock
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Contents
Characteristics
History
Forerunners (1960s and 1970s)
Origins
Expansion of the scene
Subsequent developments
Visual elements
Impact
See also
References
Bibliography
Books
Journals
External links

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Gothic rock
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Musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock
"Gothic music" redirects here. For other uses, see Gothic. Gothic rock
Other names
Goth rock
goth
Stylistic origins
Post-punk
glam rock
Cultural origins
1979, England
Derivative forms
Dark wave
ethereal wave
horror punk
Subgenres
Deathrock
Fusion genres
Gothabilly
gothic metal
Local scenes
Leeds, England
Other topics
Goth subculture
industrial
shock rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted towards dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Bauhaus, and the Cure. The genre itself was defined as a separate movement from post-punk. Gothic rock stood out due to its darker sound, with minor or bass chords, reverbs, dark arrangements or dramatic and melancholic melodies, having inspirations in gothic literature allied with themes such as sadness, existentialism, nihilism, dark romanticism, tragedy, melancholy and morbidity. These themes are often approached in a poetic way. The sensibilities of the genre led the lyrics to represent the evil of the century and the romantic idealization of death and the supernatural imagination. Gothic rock then gave rise to a broader goth subculture that included clubs, fashion and publications in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Contents
1 Characteristics
2 History
2.1 Forerunners (1960s and 1970s)
2.2 Origins
2.3 Expansion of the scene
2.4 Subsequent developments
3 Visual elements
4 Impact
5 See also
6 References
7 Bibliography
7.1 Books
7.2 Journals
8 External links
Characteristics
According to music journalist Simon Reynolds, standard musical fixtures of gothic rock include "scything guitar patterns, high-pitched basslines that often usurped the melodic role [and] beats that were either hypnotically dirgelike or tom-tom heavy and 'tribal'".