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Originally Posted by sonicl

I'd say that All About Eve, The Mission, and Sisters of Mercy certainly all fit well into the Goth pigeonhole. Bauhaus predated Goth but got sucked into the genre by the media - they were more a "post-Glam" band. Coil and Swans may share some lyrical concerns with Goth bands, but never in a million years would I include them in the genre.

Goth is more a "style" than a genre, I would say (speaking as one who dabbled with that style for almost three years).

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