Editing Goth subculture (section)

===Gothic genre===
The bands that defined and embraced the gothic rock genre included Bauhaus,{{sfn|Reynolds|2005|p=429}} early [[Adam and the Ants]],{{sfn|Reynolds|2005|p=421}} [[the Cure]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pornography-mw0000199022 |title=''Pornography'' – The Cure : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Mason |first=Stewart |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> [[The Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]],{{sfn|Reynolds|2005|p=431}} [[Southern Death Cult]], [[Specimen (band)|Specimen]], [[Sex Gang Children]], [[UK Decay]], [[Virgin Prunes]], [[Killing Joke]], and [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]].{{sfn|Reynolds|2005|p=435}} Near the peak of this first generation of the gothic scene in 1983, ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]''{{'s}} [[Paul Rambali]] recalled "several strong Gothic characteristics" in the music of Joy Division.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Rambali, Paul |title=A Rare Glimpse into A Private World |journal=The Face |issue=July 1983 |quote=Curtis' death wrapped an already mysterious group in legend. From the press eulogies, you would think Curtis had gone to join Chatterton, Rimbaud and Morrison in the hallowed hall of premature harvests. To a group with several strong Gothic characteristics was added a further piece of romance.}}</ref> In 1984, Joy Division's bassist [[Peter Hook]] named [[Play Dead (band)|Play Dead]] as one of their heirs: "If you listen to a band like Play Dead, who I really like, Joy Division played similar music to Play Dead."<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Houghton, Jayne |title= Crime Pays! |magazine=[[ZigZag (magazine)|ZigZag]] |date= June 1984 |page=21}}</ref>

[[File:The Cure Live in Singapore - 1st August 2007.jpg|thumb|upright|Lead singer and guitarist [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[the Cure]]]]
By the mid-1980s, bands began proliferating and became increasingly popular, including [[the Sisters of Mercy]], [[The Mission (band)|the Mission]], [[Alien Sex Fiend]], [[the March Violets]], [[Xmal Deutschland]], [[the Membranes]], and [[Fields of the Nephilim]]. Record labels like [[Factory Records|Factory]], [[4AD]] and [[Beggars Banquet Records|Beggars Banquet]] released much of this music in Europe, and through a vibrant import music market in the US, the subculture grew, especially in [[New York City|New York]] and [[Los Angeles, California]], where many nightclubs featured "gothic/industrial" nights and bands like [[Black Tape for a Blue Girl]], [[Theatre of Ice]], [[Human Drama]] and [[The Wake (American band)|The Wake]] became key figures for the genre to expand on an nationwide level.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://losangeleno.com/strange-days/goth-nights-los-angeles/|title=Dark Nights: Goth Didn't Die in the '80s — It's Multiplied|date=1 November 2019|website=Los Angeleno|access-date=21 January 2023|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121203733/https://losangeleno.com/strange-days/goth-nights-los-angeles/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The popularity of 4AD bands resulted in the creation of similar US labels, such as [[Wax Trax! Records]] and [[Projekt Records|Projekt]].

The 1990s saw further growth for some 1980s bands and the emergence of many new acts, as well as new goth-centric US record labels such as [[Cleopatra Records]], among others. According to Dave Simpson of ''[[The Guardian]]'', "[I]n the 90s, goths all but disappeared as [[dance music]] became the dominant youth cult".<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |date=29 September 2006 |title=Back in black: Goth has risen from the dead – and the 1980s pioneers are (naturally) not happy about it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/sep/29/popandrock |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> As a result, the goth movement went underground and fractured into [[Cybergoth|cyber goth]], [[shock rock]], [[industrial metal]], [[gothic metal]], and Medieval folk metal.<ref name="theguardian.com" /> [[Marilyn Manson]] was seen as a "goth-shock icon" by ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''.<ref>{{citation |last=Klosterman |first=Chuck |date=June 2003 |title=Who: Marilyn Manson |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref>