Rating Goths Bands Gothic rock originated as an offshoot of the British post-punk movement of the late 1970s, with bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees , Joy Division , Bauhaus , and The Cure being labeled as such. Gothic rock developed as such in the early 1980s with the opening of the Batcave club and the beginning of the goth subculture . In the mid-1980s, goth groups such as Sisters of Mercy (influenced by the music of Iggy Pop ), The Mission , and Fields of the Nephilim were reaching the