Goth

This article discusses Goth music and the subculture surrounding it. For the art and literature that predated it, see Gothic. Goth is a music-based subculture that was formed in the mid 1970s-to-early 1980s in the UK. Gothic rock originally derived from the post-punk movement at the time, which included acts, such as Joy Division, Bauhaus and Siouxsie and the Banshees. "Goth" as a term was originally used by music journalists to describe bands with dark subjects (the first of which was The…