Editing Deathrock (section)

===Predecessors (1950s–1970s)===
The earliest influences for some deathrock acts can be traced to the horror-themed novelty rock and roll acts of the late 1950s and early 1960s such as [[Bobby Pickett|Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers]] and [[John Zacherle|Zacherle]] with "[[Monster Mash]]";<ref>Ohanesian, Liz: ''[http://www.laweekly.com/event/45-grave-nervous-gender-egrets-on-ergot-sunflower-bean-dj-david-j-5436558 Egrets on Ergot at The Echo]'', LA Weekly, March 2015</ref> [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]] with "[[I Put a Spell on You]]"; [[Screaming Lord Sutch|Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages]] with "Murder in the Graveyard";<ref name="Souciant1">Sheppard, Oliver: ''[http://souciant.media/2012/04/deathrock-a-brief-history-part-i/ Deathrock: A Brief History, Part I]'', Souciant magazine, April 16, 2012</ref> and Don Hinson and the Rigormorticians with "Riboflavin-Flavored Non-Carbonated Poly-Unsaturated Blood".<ref>Greene, James: ''This Music Leaves Stains. The Complete Story of the Misfits'', Scarecrow Press 2013, {{ISBN|1-589-79892-9}}, p. 33</ref> Contemporarily, the 1979 single "[[Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" by British post-punk group [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] was one of the major influences amongst the early deathrock scene.<ref name="Rasen75">{{cite journal |last1=Rasen |first1=Edward |title=Is there life after Death rock? |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=May 1985 |page=75 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ugCQfxwym0C&pg=PA5}}</ref> Other influences included [[the Doors]], [[David Bowie]],<ref name="Demone45">Gitane Demone: ''20 Years in Death'', published in Matzke, Peter; Seeliger, Tobias: ''Gothic!'', Schwarzkopf Verlag, Germany 1999, {{ISBN|3-89602-332-2}}, p. 45</ref> [[Alice Cooper]], [[the Cramps]], [[Black Sabbath]] and [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]].<ref name="Rasen75" />

The [[Punk rock in California|Los Angeles punk rock scene]] began in the mid to late 1970s, with groups like [[the Runaways]], [[the Weirdos]] and the [[Germs (band)|Germs]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stegall |first1=Tim |title=10 essential '70s punk bands from Los Angeles you should already know |url=https://www.altpress.com/los-angeles-punk-bands-70s/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref> Within this scene [[the Gun Club]]'s grim take on heavily blues indebted punk was a notable Los Angeles precursor.<ref name="stylus" /> [[The Flesh Eaters]] too took a macabre take on early LA punk, by merging the sound with lyrics influenced by [[Edgar Allan Poe]], the [[Beat Generation]] and [[Catholicism]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stegall |first1=Tim |title=15 bands that defined LA punk in the '80s, from Black Flag to the Go-Go's |url=https://www.altpress.com/80s-los-angeles-punk-bands-black-flag-the-go-gos/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=October 11, 2022}}</ref> Furthermore, [[T.S.O.L.]] were a defining group in the scene who briefly embraced gothic and deathrock elements.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gotrich |first1=Lars |title=The Mountain Goats On Growing Up, And Growing Older, In Goth |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/04/25/525383835/the-mountain-goats-on-growing-up-and-growing-older-in-goth |website=[[NPR]] |date=April 25, 2017 |access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stegall |first1=Tim |title=15 bands that defined LA punk in the '80s, from Black Flag to the Go-Go's |url=https://www.altpress.com/80s-los-angeles-punk-bands-black-flag-the-go-gos/ |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref>