70- , , , , . -, , . Siouxsie & the Banshees, Bauhaus, Sex Gang Children, Joy Division, Southern Death Cult, Specimen, etc - , dark punk. gothic rock, - - Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, The Mission .
- , , 70-/ 80- ( FAQ - "dark punks"). Dark Punks - , , , ( 80-) "Goth's Undead" "Punks Not Dead". - ( ) , ( - " " ), , , ( ), " ", , , - , ( ) gothic - , - ( ), etc. , "" .
(, ), , , , , , dark punks . dark punks s&m , . , , , "" . . Dark punks - , , , . ( , ), , . gothic subculture 1979 , Bauhaus "Bela Lugosi's Dead" - ( ) gothic , . - . Bela Lugosi, , Dracula 1931 ( , ). "Undead, undead, undead" ( "" "Goth's Undead"). Bauhaus The Hunger () Bauhaus, Bauhuas - , . The Hunger - ( ) , , - , The Hunger . , dark punks gothic - , . "" , (. ).
- ( gothic), , "" . ( / 80-) , , gothic , , .
, 80- - gothic , . - , , "" . / 80- gothic - The Shroud, Rosetta Stone, London After Midnight, Mephisto Walz, Corpus Delicti, etc , gothic , , "" - , - HRGiger.
Anne Rice, . - 90-, , 90- goth - . ( Gruftie, - "schwarze scene" - ), . - gothic - darkwave, ethereal, dark folk, etc, , , "" - (. ). " ". 90- gothic - , , , , , . . , - .
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90- - dark culture, "" goth, vampyre, fetish, etc. 90- internet. - Usenet - alt. gothic 1991 ( - ), - Dark Side of the Net (
http://www.darklinks.com), 1994 , Dark Side of the Net 8000 . "" - , - Wave Gotik Treffen, Whitby Gothic Weekend, Convergence, - . , metal , gothic metal, . (gothic metal) .