2006-09-11 12:04:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Most people think of them as the first. Think they started late 70,s. But the Cure beat them to it by a couple of years............... Maybe
Back in a bit, have to check this out now. Bloody hell thats another hour I'm going to be stuck at this thing.
2006-09-11 12:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The great debate continues. Bauhaus was certainly one of the first gothic bands, along with Siouxsie & the Banshees and Sisters of Mercy. Some also put Joy Division in this catagory. Probelm is, its hard to determine where post-punk stops and goth rock begins. What I can say is that albums like Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Kalediscope," Bauhaus' "In the Flat Field," Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures," and Sisters of Mercy's " First and Last and Always" were the foundations of goth rock.
2006-09-12 06:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by Ophelia193 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard Peter Murphy (Bauhaus singer) refered to as the father of Goth but that been said the same can be said of Andrew Eldritch of the Sisters Of Mercy , Wayne Hussey of The Mission and Robert Smith of The Cure. In my opinion even though Bauhaus came first officially the true sound and look we have come to accept as goth is better portrayed by The Sisters Of Mercy.
Their Albums -
1985 First And Last And Always
1987 Floodland
1990 Vision Thing
1992 Some Girls Wander By Mistake
1993 A Slight Case Of Overbombing
2006-09-11 13:59:28 · answer #3 · answered by Lukas D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If not the first cant think of any earlier bands you could I suppose reasonably argue that early Sabbath may have lit the fuse not really into goth very much! suppose Nina Hagen could be classed as a bit goth after all she is about a hundred years old now or so it seems! I have a theory she actually sleeps in a coffin that her record company crack open every 10/15 years so she can make a new CD then afterwards nail it back down till next time but personally I quite like Frau Hagen did like that last single she did with that mad lot of Finnish cello rockers called Apocalyptica the song was called SEEMANN she has also been working a lot with Rammstein
2006-09-11 12:57:36 · answer #4 · answered by PARADOX 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eh, it kinda depends who you ask. Which I suppose yeah, they tend to be thought of as the first goth band. But there were bands that existed before them, that although not called goth at the time, could now be thought of as fitting the goth mold.
By the way, a good site about the history of goth music is http://www.scathe.demon.co.uk/histgoth.htm
And that site says, "...the first band who cannot be comfortably classified as anything other than goth were Bauhaus, who released their first single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead", in September 1979. The Banshees could be considered punk, The Cure could be considered New Wave, Joy Division could be considered post-punk, but Bauhaus were unmistakably goth in music, looks, lyrics, art and style right from their first single. In many ways they were the archetypal goth band."
2006-09-11 13:32:44 · answer #5 · answered by dc87 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Tell you what...thought they were German electronic band when I listened to John Peel play 'Bela Lagosi's Dead' - still think they are...but I'll be 50 next July!
2006-09-11 12:52:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Siouxsie & the Banshees
2006-09-13 05:44:17 · answer #7 · answered by manc red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
southern death cult...?
alien sex fiend...?
virgin prunes...?
...or even black sabbath?
or how about the Damned?- they were the first everything else
Whats a gothic rock band anyway?
2006-09-11 12:17:44 · answer #8 · answered by flippin'eck 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the Damned. look how the singer dressed and there music fits.
2006-09-12 01:03:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were the first to become famous....
God Im getting old.
2006-09-11 16:43:47 · answer #10 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋