Gothic in music

'The bands who turned out to be goth's godfathers-- Joy Division, the Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees' 

- http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9814-a-life-less-lived-the-gothic-box/

'Musicians who initially shaped the aesthetics and musical conventions of gothic rock include... David Bowie, Iggy Pop and the Sex Pistols... Alice Cooper'
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_rock 

'What is the secret of Goth’s persistence? Maybe it’s the way the Goth look fuses glamour and being an outsider, just as the scene’s tribalism reconciles the desire to be apart with the longing for community. Goth’s perennial allure also has a lot to do with the way the epic music and tortured lyrics give majesty to moroseness, elevating and ennobling adolescent angst. Above all, Goth is dead sexy, something this box set foregrounds with its kinky leather-and-laces packaging, modelled on a Gothette’s black bodice or thigh-length boot. Raven-haired and pallid, Goth’s ideal of erotic beauty is different to the mainstream’s (blonde, glowingly healthy, vivacious) and offers an empowering alternative for girls into being enigmatic and unapproachable while looking to keep all the fun aspects of self-beautification and adornment.'
- http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/various-artists-life-less-lived-gothic.html - March 26 2008


Lady Gaga: 2010, Berlin

'Fame Monster' album art: