Deathrock

Not to be confused with Death metal, Death 'n' roll, or Suicide Rock.
Deathrock
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 1980s, Los Angeles, US
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Deathrock (or death rock) is a rock music subgenre incorporating horror elements and gothic theatrics. It emerged from punk rock on the West Coast of the United States in the early 1980s and overlaps with the gothic rock and horror punk genres.[1][2] Notable deathrock acts include Christian Death, Kommunity FK, 45 Grave, and Super Heroines.[1]

  1. ^ a b Gitane Demone: 20 Years in Death, published in Matzke, Peter; Seeliger, Tobias: Gothic!, Schwarzkopf Verlag, Germany 1999, ISBN 3-89602-332-2, p. 42
  2. ^ Bag, Alice: Interview with Dinah Cancer of 45 Grave, Women in L.A. Punk, November 2004
    "The first prowlings of death rock came in the early '80s before we were labeled as our other counterparts – the gothic movement. There were no Goths. The Death rockers were splintered off from the punk/hardcore scene that was going on at the time. We played punk rock but we loved Halloween and we looked like vampires. So the phrase Death rock was born."