Title: Gothic Rock Bands | List of Best Gothic Rock Artists/Groups
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The Best Gothic Rock Bands/Artists
Marilia Adamaki
Bauhaus
The Cure
The Sisters of Mercy
Joy Division
Siouxsie & the Banshees
The Damned
Fields of the Nephilim
Clan of Xymox
Killing Joke
Siouxsie Sioux
Robert Smith
The Cult
Peter Murphy
The Mission
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Dead Can Dance
Christian Death
Skeletal Family
Xmal Deutschland
The Birthday Party
The Lords of the New Church
Alien Sex Fiend
Nine Inch Nails
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Gary Numan
Love and Rockets
Theatre of Hate
Specimen
Swans
Rosetta Stone
The Sisterhood
The Smiths
Southern Death Cult
Tones on Tail
Piknik
The Merry Thoughts
Faith and the Muse
Pink Turns Blue
Sex Gang Children
Kino
The Cramps
The 69 Eyes
Nosferatu
XIII. Století
Nautilus Pompilius
Lacrimosa
This Mortal Coil
Cocteau Twins
The March Violets
Agatha Christie
Black tape for a blue girl
Suspiria
London After Midnight
Rozz Williams
Play Dead
The Danse Society
Bella Morte
Gene Loves Jezebel
The Wake
Tiamat
Glenn Danzig
Ghost Dance
The Wake
The Creatures
Switchblade Symphony
And Also the Trees
Love Like Blood
Diary of Dreams
UK Decay
A Perfect Circle
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows
Flesh for Lulu
Simon Gallup
The Bolshoi
Deine Lakaien
Two Witches
Virgin Prunes
The Legendary Pink Dots
All About Eve
Big Electric Cat
Kommunity FK
Adam and The Ants
Mephisto Walz
Bloody Hammers
Pig
Paradise Lost
Lacuna Coil
Carl McCoy
Abney Park
The Glove
The Crüxshadows
The Awakening
Age Of Heaven
45 Grave
Umbra et Imago
Dead or Alive
Dreadful Shadows
HIM
Neuroticfish
seraphim shock
The Frozen Autumn
Drowning Season
The Horrors
Bryn Merrick
T.S.O.L.
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
Gary Marx
Lacrimas Profundere
Godhead
The Cassandra Complex
Scream Silence
The Birthday Massacre
Elizabeth Fraser
Porl King
Zooey
Theatre of Tragedy
Felt
Kevin Haskins
Radio Werewolf
Proyecto Oniric
Moonspell
Whispers in the Shadow
Screaming Dead
Miranda Sex Garden
The Last Dance
The Invisible Girls
Merciful Nuns
Rubella Ballet
John McGeoch
Julianne Regan
Lisa Gerrard
Rasputina
The Gothic Archies
Zeraphine
Rogue
The Dreamside
Current 93
Still Life Decay
Ikon
The Breath of Life
Morticia
Shadow Project
Waiting for God
Tragic Black
Jeff Burrows
Buck-Tick
Cradle of Thorns
Strange Boutique
Saviour Machine

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Blending elements of post-punk and alternative rock, the best gothic rock bands are some the best known rock bands, albeit some of the darkest. Their lyrics are widely known for being brooding at best, extremely dark and gloomy at the other end. The best goth rock bands have made a huge impact on the bands that followed them, with many of the bands from the first goth rock period - bands from the UK in the late 1970s/early 1980s - remaining popular well after they first started out. So, what are the best gothic rock bands? Any list of goth rock bands has to include the likes of The Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. These bands are closely associated with goth rock and with good reason. Their music has transcended goth rock and has landed them on the top of rock critic's best of lists. These goth band also feature a theatrical element in their live shows, which has made some of these bands as some the best bands to see live. That said, it's up to you to determine what are the best goth bands. If you notice that a goth band isn't on this list and should be, feel free to add them.