List of gothic rock artists

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^[1] and NME,^[2] proto-goth bands included Joy Division,^[1][2][3] Siouxsie and the Banshees,^[1][2] Bauhaus,^[1][2] and The Cure.^[1][2] 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.^[4]

0-9

• 45 Grave^[5]
• The 69 Eyes^[6][7]

A

• Alien Sex Fiend^[8][9][10]
• All About Eve^[11]
• Almora^[12]
• And Also the Trees^[13]
• Andi Sexgang^[14]
• ASP^[15][16]
• Ausgang^[17]
• The Awakening^[18]

B

• Bauhaus^{[19][20][21][22][23]}
• Balaam and the Angel^[24]
• Bella Morte
• Big Electric Cat^[25]
• The Birthday Massacre
• The Birthday Party^[26]
• Bitter Grace
• Blutengel
• The Bolshoi^[27]
• Bone Orchard
• Belfegore

C

• Children on Stun^[28]
• Christian Death^[29][30]
• Clan of Xymox^[31]
• Claytown Troupe^[32]
• Corpus Delicti^[33]
• Carcrash International
• The Crüxshadows^[34]
• The Cult^[35]
• The Cure^{[36][37][38][39]}
• Creaming Jesus

D

• The Damned^[40]
• The Danse Society^[41]
• Death in June^[42]
• Dead Can Dance^[43]
• Diva Destruction^[44]
• The Doors^{[45][46][47][48]}
• Death Cult

E

• The Eden House^[49]
• Eva O^[50]

F

• Faith and the Muse^[51]
• Fields of the Nephilim^[52]
• Flesh for Lulu^[53]
• Furyo (band)

G

• Gary Numan^[54]
• Gene Loves Jezebel^[55]
• Ghost Dance^[56]
• Gitane Demone^[57]
• Goethes Erben

H

• Human Drama^[58]

I

• Inkubus Sukkubus^[59]
• Ikon

J

• Joy Division^[60][61]

K

• Kino
• Kommunity FK

L

• Lacrimosa^[62][63]
• L'Âme Immortelle^[63]
• The Last Days of Jesus^[64]
• London After Midnight^[65]
• The Lords of the New Church^[66]
• Love Like Blood^[67]
• Lycia^[68]
• Love and Rockets

M

• Mandragora Scream^[69]
• The March Violets^[70][71]
• Mephisto Walz^[28][72]
• The Mission^[73]
• Mors Syphilitica^[74]
• The Merry Thoughts
• Mono Inc.^[75]

N

• The Naked and the Dead^[76]
• Nosferatu^[77]
• Nightmare^[78]

P

• Paralysed Age^[79][80]
• Pink Turns Blue^[81]
• Play Dead^[82]
• Paradise Lost^[83]

R

• Razed in Black^[84]
• Red Lorry Yellow Lorry^[85]
• Rhea's Obsession^[86]
• Rosetta Stone^[28][87]
• Rozz Williams^[88]
• The Rose of Avalanche
• Ritual (band)

S

• Specimen (band)
• The Sisterhood
• Saviour Machine^[89]
• Scarling^[90]
• Screams for Tina^[28]
• Sex Gang Children^[91]
• Shadow Project^[92]
• Siiiii^[93]
• Siouxsie and the Banshees^[94][95][96]
• The Sisters of Mercy^{[97][98][99][100]}
• Skeletal Family^[28][101]
• Southern Death Cult^[102]
• Strange Boutique^[103]
• Super Heroines^[104]
• Switchblade Symphony^[105]

T

• Theatre of Hate^[106]
• Theatre of Ice
• Tones on Tail
• Trance to the Sun
• Theatre of Tragedy^[107]
• The Breath Of Life<ref name "carnets">Glenadel; Lorentz; Leguay; Steing; Tale (2004). Carnets Noirs [La scène internationale] (in French). K-inite. p. 170. Retrieved 1 April 2015. </ref>^[108]
• The Lords of the New Church^[109]
• These New Puritans^[26]
• This Mortal Coil^[110]
• Throbbing Gristle
• Tiamat^[111]
• Two Witches ^[112]
• Type O Negative^[113]

U

• Unheilig^[114]
• UK Decay

V

• Vampires Everywhere!^[26]
• Virgin Prunes^[115]
• Vlad In Tears^[116]
• Voltaire^[117]

W

• The Wake^[28][118]
• Wednesday 13^[26]
• White Lies^[26]

X

• Xmal Deutschland^[119]

Y

• You Shriek^[120]

Z

• Zeraphine^[121]

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