Here are music videos from some of the bands that were influential in the development of the early 'Goth' subculture. These bands didn't consider themselves 'Goth' but the darkness and mood that was present in their music shaped goth style.
The first one is Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'. The original video is unavailable for posting so this is a montage from Anton Corbijn's film 'Control' which is based on the life of Joy Division's frontman Ian Curtis. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421082/
Joy Division were a late-1970s English indie-rock band with a "gloomy, dystopian style" (Buckley). They disbanded after the suicide of frontman Ian Curtis in 1980, but not before releasing thier second and final album Control (Factory 1980).
This next video is The Cure, 'Boys Don't Cry'. Also from England The Cure released 'Boys Don't Cry' as a single only in the U.K. in 1979 but as the title track of ther first U.S. album release. Lead singer Robert Smith's look was influential in shaping 'Goth' style.
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Playground Twist.
A punk band that survived the punk era and continued recording until the mid-1990s, Siouxsie & The Banshees changed their style after their first album and went on to become part of the post-punk & nu-wave scene. Siouxsie Sioux's style, similar to Robert Smith's of The Cure, was also influential within the early goth scene (Shumway & Arnet 137).
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Considered to be the first 'Goth' single 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' contains stylistic traits that shaped and are still visible within the 'Goth' subculture and music such as the androgynous appearance of the band members, references to the undead, and the grinding mood and darkness of the song (Hodkinson 36).
Buckley, D. "Joy Division". Grove Music Online. 13 May 2010 http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com
Hodkinson, P. Goth: Identity, Style and Subculture. Dress, Body, Culture. Oxford: Berg, 2002.
Shumway,David and Heather Arnet. "Playing Dress Up: David Bowie and the Roots of Goth". Goth:Undead Subculture. Ed. Lauren M.E. Goodlad and Michael Bibby. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.
Grove Music Online. 13 May 2010. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com
Encyclopedia of Popular Music. 13 May 2010. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com
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