Bear in mind that I am pretty new to goth music, and I really don't know all that much about a lot of the bands mentioned, but I will try my best.
The Batcave
The infamous Batcave is a club in London, England. This is the said birthplace of the goth subculture. It originally specialized in new wave and glam rock, but later became the headquarters for gothic rock. Specimen's lead singer Ollie Wisdom and Jon Klein ran the Batcave. It became a regular gig for artists including Bauhaus, Robert Smith, Siouxsie Sioux, Foetus, and Nick Cave.
Specimen
As I said before, Specimen's Ollie Wisdom and Jon Klein ran the Batcave. They were also a very good early goth band. When I first started listening to goth music, they never really spoke to me until later.
Good songs: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Beauty Of Poisin
Siouxsie And The Banshees
I'm not a huge fan of the music (YET!). But, for me, I like the group for the lead singer, Siouxsie Sioux. Just about every goth girl looks up to her in some way.
Joy Division
Now, as you can see, not all goth bands dress goth. It doesn't mean they're not goth. There's one things to dress goth and it's a whole other thing to sound goth. That's a common misconception that many people have about the goth world. For example, people say the Marilyn Manson is goth. He dresses goth, but his music isn't, so many people would disagree.
But yeah, Joy Division is a great band. Lot's of good songs.
The Cure
The Cure is one of the biggest goth bands ever. I have such a passionate love for them. Robert Smith, the lead singer, was a big pioneer of goth. Every time "Friday I'm In Love" comes on, my heart aches because I love it sooo much.
Good songs: Friday I'm In Love, Just Like Heaven, Boys Don't Cry.
Bauhaus
Bauhaus is, in my opinion, the most popular goth band. There is no goth in the world who doesn't know Bauhaus. They are THE goth band. Their hit, "Bela Lugosi's Dead," will get any goth out on the dancefloor. You play Bauhaus for a goth, and they will love it, no lie. Sure, there might be a goth or two that doesn't like them for some reason. But for the most part, they represent the subculture well.
Good songs: Bela Lugosi's Dead, Dark Entries, The Passion Of Lovers, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Kick In The Eye, and In The Flat Field.
The Birthday Party
The Birthday Party, fronted by Nick Cave, was a dark post-punk band with lots of noisy, violent and perverse lyrics. Also, Nick Cave is quite attractive, and he created another group, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, whom I really like.
Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of Mercy is another leading English goth band. They play a mix of metal and psychedelia.
Good songs: Temple of Love, More, This Corrosion, and Lucretia My Reflection.
Fields of the Nephilim
This band I really liked from the start. Their songs are dark, cryptic, occult-themed goth rock songs. They dress in older clothes that seem like they're from another century.
Good songs: Moonchild, For Her Light, The Watchmen(my favorite), Last Exit For The Lost, and At The Gates Of Silent Memory.
Skeletal Family
Fronted by the amazing Anne-Marie Hurst, Skeletal Family was the first post-punk band that I was really drawn to. Their sound is really good, especially for their time.
Good songs: Promised Land, She Cries Alone, The Night
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode is a new wave band dating back to 1976, yet they are still making music and going strong. The first time I heard them, my mom was showing me them.
Good songs: Heaven, Personal Jesus, and Just Can't Get Enough.
Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo was often compared to Devo because of their new wave sound, goofy stage acts, and weird name. Yet they were really nothing alike. Oingo Boingo is a band I really love. They were legit genius musicians. You tell because Danny Elfman is a ingenius composer for orchestra, and so is Bela Bartek. I actually really want to get a Danny Elfman portrait tattoo someday because he has been such an influence on me and my music.
Good songs: Dead Man's Party, Weird Science, Little Girls, Just Another Day, and Stay.
Wednesday 13
Wednesday 13 is a horror punk band formed in 2004. I really love their music, it kinda seems like a classic angry punk/goth sound. I hope to see them live someday.
Good songs: Bad Things, I Walked With A Zombie, God Is A Lie, Get Your Grave On, and Xanaxtasy.
The Creepshow
The Creepshow is a psychobilly band from Canada. They sing about horror films and rockabilly. I really like them actually, even though I don't listen to psychobilly very often, they're really good.
Good songs: The Garden, Zombies Ate Her Brain, Creatures of the Night, Shake, and Cherry Hill.
45 Grave
45 Grave is a deathrock band from LA. They began in 1985 touring around at many goth clubs. I really love their music, just deathrock in general is one of my favorite types of goth music.
Good songs: Evil, Partytime, Riboflavin, Surf Bat, and Night of the Demons.
Scarlet's Remains
Scarlet's Remains is probably my favorite deathrock band there is. I love their sound because of the grungy sound of the bass and the vocals.
Good songs: Metall Heiligenschein, That Was A Lie, The Magician, Hope Against Hope, and Far From Paradise.
The Cramps
The Cramps are a blend of rockabilly, rock, and classic horror movies. The psychobilly scene would be nothing like them. I really like The Cramps, their songs make great soundtrack music for anything really.
Good songs: Human Fly, The Way I Walk, Funnel Of Love, Goo Goo Muck, Fever, Surfin' Bird, and I Was A Teenage Werewolf.
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls is a German cabaret group. (And I love cabaret btw.) Their clothes are half burlesque and half goth. Their music is very theatrical, you'd almost think it's from a musical or something. And I love that because I'm in the theater business.
Good songs: Coin Operated Boy, Girl Anachronism, Missed Me, Good Day, and Half Jack.
The Tiger Lillies
The Tiger Lillies are another burlesque cabaret group. Yet the thing that sets them apart is the comedy. The voice is hilarious, this group could almost be a circus band. And I love that about them, too. Oh, and there's also lots of accordion, which is awesome too, since I'm a beginner at accordion.
Good songs: Start A Fire, Crack Of Doom, Sin, 1 2 3 4, King Is Dead, and Freakshow.
Desiderii Marginis
I couldn't find any pics of them, just this one, so I guess it's one guy. Desiderii Marginis is of the dark ambient genre, I guess. (I'm not positive.) But what it really is, is just super dark music. I love it though, because Darkness is my lover. Yeah, it's instrumental, and you won't like it if you don't like dark music.
Good songs: Silent Messenger, Come Ruin And Rapture, Land Of Strangers, Her Name Is Poverty, and Constant Like The Northern Star.
KMFDM
KMFDM is a very popular industrial band. The name stands for "Kein Mitleid Fur Die Mehrheit," which means "no pity for the majority." They're a really good and popular industrial group, and they're still going strong and making good music.
Good songs: Megalomaniac, Kunst, Juke Joint Jezebel, WWIII, and Ave Maria.
Stabbing Westward
Stabbing Westward is an industrial rock band formed in 1985. I didn't know they were this old, but their first EP released in 1990. I've always heard them on the radio and stuff like that.
Good songs: Save Yourself, What Do I Have To Do?, Shame, So Far Away, and Bizarre Love Triangle.
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie is one of my favorite solo acts ever next to Marilyn Manson. A lot of people don't think his music is goth, but I've found that a lot of goths like his music so, it's justified. His music is industrial metal. Robert Cummings is really a genius. He started his career by working for the kids show "Pee-Wee's Playhouse." He has directed many movies including Halloween, (a fave horror movie of mine.) His music and expertise in general has influenced me so much, I want a Rob Zombie themed tattoo someday, though I don't know what it will be yet.
Good songs: Dragula, Living Dead Girl, Sick Bubblegum, Reload, Teenage Nosferatu Pussy, Superbeast, Dead City Radio And The New Gods Of Supertown, Revelation Revolution, Rock And Roll (In A Black Hole), and Ging Gang Gong De Do Gong De Gaga Laga.
Marilyn Manson
So, I'd be wasting my time talking about him, because I did a GINORMOUS post about him here:
http://averyanarchy.blogspot.com/2013/05/marilyn-manson.html
Go check it out for everything about the one and only Antichrist Superstar.
Merzbow
So, I do not listen to this group, and I'd be surprised if you've heard of them. The genre is called noise. It's basically white noise. I thought I'd mention it because I think it's really unique that this genre exists. People who listen to this must have a high tolerance for annoying noises, just saying. Love it or hate it. It's basically like listening to warped radio static turned up super loud.
Wynardtage
Wynardtage is the product of Kai Arnold. It is a mostly industrial sound. It's actually really good. Perfect for the goth club.
Good songs: A Flicker Of Hope, Flash Of Healing, Warm Up My Heart, Regret, White Frost,
Apoptygma Berzerk
Apoptygma Berzerk is an industrial group that is actually one guy. His name is Stephan Groth. They've been going since the early 90s, but are still going strong.
Good songs: Unicorn, Nothing Else Matters, Electricity, Until The End Of The World, Coma White, and Kathy's Song.
Dead Can Dance
Dead Can Dance is probably my favorite dark ambient band. They are a mix of European folk and ambient pop. To me, their music sounds very dark and tribal, which, surprisingly, I LOVE. So check them out.
Good songs: Children Of The Sun, Opium, Saltarello, The Host Of Seraphim, and Kiko.
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band. If you want to listen to something more heavy rather than the gloomy rock dirges, listen to them. I really like them because I like metal a lot, yet they are goth, so I can call it goth music and not get spat on.
Good songs: Progenies Of The Great Apocalypse, Puritania, Gateways, The Serpentine Offering, and Sorgens Kammer.
Type O Negative
Type O Negative is a goth metal band that was formed in 1990. I love them because they have the quiet, hushed tendencies of goth rock, but driving sound of classic metal.
Good songs: Black No. 1, I Don't Wanna Be Me, Love You To Death, Everything Dies, and Everyone I Love Is Dead.
Theatres Des Vampires
Named after the infamous vampire theater in the book "Interview With A Vampire," (a personal favorite of mine) the operatic goth metal group has become quiet popular in the last decade. I especially love the way they dress. Many of their lyrics are in French, which I also speak pretty fluently.
Good songs: Figlio Della Luna, Keeper Of Secrets, Moonlight Waltz, Sangue, Carmilia, and La Danse "Macabria" Du Vampire.
Lacuna Coil
Lacuna Coil is not only popular in the goth metal world, but have risen to fame in the mainstream rock world. I first heard them of the radio, so I knew they were popular. They kind of reminded me of the band Skillet, though I'm sure that's because Skillet copied them.
Good songs: Trip The Darkness, Spellbound, Daylight Dancer
Well, that's about all I have to say about goth music. Again, I am very new to the goth scene and music, so I don't know very much. Feel free to comment if you disagree with anything I have said here.
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