Gothic rock

Gothic rock or Goth rock is a music genre who that the set of musical rhythms that have in common the taste for the sinister. In this aspect we can affirm that there is a broad and concrete conception of the term. In a broad sense, Gothic rock covers a musical trend that evolved from post-punk and glam rock in the late 1970s to later deathrock and dark wave music.

Gothic rock was born as a branch of British post-punk of the late 1970s with groups like Siouxsie And The Banshees, Joy Division, Bauhaus, and The Cure, which were labeled within these two streams. Gothic rock developed as such at the beginning of the 1980s with the opening of the Batcave club and the beginning of the Gothic subculture. In the middle of this decade, Gothic groups like Sisters of Mercy (influenced by the music of Iggy Pop), The Mission or Fields of the Nephilim were reaching the lists of successes of the United Kingdom, while pioneering groups like Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Cure they renewed and expanded their sound, achieving international success at the end of the 1980s.