Editing Deathrock (section)

==Etymology==
The term "deathrock" was first used in the 1950s to describe [[Teenage tragedy song|a thematically related genre of rock and roll]], which began in 1958 with [[Jody Reynolds]]' "[[Endless Sleep]]"<ref name="Larkin353">Larkin, Colin: ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music'', Virgin Books, 1st edition, 1998, {{ISBN|0-753-50268-2}}, p. 353</ref> and ended in 1964 with [[J. Frank Wilson]]'s "[[Last Kiss]]".<ref>Miletich, Leo: ''[http://reason.com/archives/1987/03/01/rock-me-with-a-steady-roll/1 Rock Me with a Steady Roll]'', Reason magazine, March 1987</ref> The term was also applied to [[the Shangri-Las]]' "[[Leader of the Pack]]".<ref name="Larkin353" /> These songs about dead teenagers were noted for their morbid yet romantic view of death, spoken word bridges, and sound effects.<ref>Bernards, Neal; Modl, Tom: ''The Mass Media: Opposing Viewpoints'', Greenhaven Press 1988, {{ISBN|0-899-08425-7}}, p. 130.</ref> In 1974, the term "deathrock" was used by Gene Grier to describe the same phenomenon in rock music.<ref>Grier, Gene: ''The Conceptual Approach to Rock Music'', Manual, Charter Publications, 1st edition, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1974, p. 6.</ref>

The term later re-emerged to describe the sound of various West Coast punk bands.<ref name="Kilpatrick89">Kilpatrick, Nancy. ''The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined''. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2004, {{ISBN|0-312-30696-2}}, p. 89.</ref> It most likely came from one of three sources: [[Rozz Williams]], the founding member of [[Christian Death]], to describe the sound of his band; the music press, reusing the 1950s term to describe an emerging subgenre of punk; and/or [[Nick Zedd]]'s 1979 film ''They Eat Scum'', which featured a fictitious cannibalistic "deathrock" punk band called "Suzy Putrid and the Mental Deficients."<ref>Hawkins, Joan ''Defining Cult Movies'', pp 227-228. Manchester University Press (2003). {{ISBN|0-7190-6631-X}}, 9780719066313. [https://books.google.com/books?id=cVVxu6D-ARgC&pg=PA227]</ref>