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GOTHIC ROCK

Index

1. Definition2. Beginning and characteristics 3. Evolution 3.1 First Generation 3.2. Second Generation 3.3 Third Generation

DEFINITION

It´s an ensemble of musical rhythms that have in common the taste for scary things. Gothic rock encompasses a musical trend that progressed from post-punk and glam rock at the end of the 70s passing through death rock and dark wave music.

BEGINNING

Gothic rock was born as a branch of British post-punk of the end of the 70s with groups like Joy Division, The Cure ... Gothic rock developed at the beginning of the 80s 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, The Mission were reaching the lists of successes of the United Kingdom, while groups like Siouxsie & the Banshees and The Cure they update and expanded their sound, achieving international success at the end of the 1980s.

First Generation(1979-1985)

Siouxsie And The Bansheeswas the principal influencefor thr first gothic bands, leaving a great legacy.1982 was the year when gothic rock was completely transformed into a counterculture, because of the inauguartion of the night club the Batcave, in London, a place with the purpose of reinventing the glam rock of David Bowie and partly also of the New York Dolls by Specimen with a mixture of darkness and horror.

Second Generation (1985-1995)

In the United Kingdom, the bands of the first generation began to become more popular during this period, as did the subculture they had generated. Thus, the increasing popularity of gothic rock bands such as The Sisters of Mercy, fields of the Nephilim and The Mission was notable. It was during the second generation that the term and style began to be news outside of the small alternative circles. The term began to appear in English media such as the Face or the NME, and the Gothic to generate fanzines and clubs throughout the country, following the example of the Batcave. Several Gothic magazines appeared during this time, and were changing their orientation at the same time as the scene. Pioneering magazines such as Permission were combined with the Gothic punk roots to target industrial music, while the rest of the magazines like Carpe Noctem focused more on poetry and romantic music.

Third Generation (1995- Our days)

The 90s meant the growth of popular bands of the 80s, as well as the appearance of many other bands, such as the Americans London After Midnight and Switchblade Symphony. Other Gothic bands became popular in the 90s. The most significant were The Cruxshadows and The Frozen Autumn An important fact, which shocked international public opinion, was when some young people in the United States entered their school and began shooting their companions in 1999, in fact there is a song by The Cruxshadows about this event. Those young people were related to the American Gothic scene.