Death Rock (also sometimes known as Deathrock, or Death Punk) is a term used to distinguish conventional Gothic rock from the more punk influenced scene that sprang up on the Americann west coast in the early 80's. The style is currently seeing a resurgence of sorts, as more punk influenced goth bands begin to appear as a reaction to the growing influence of EBM and techno in goth music.

The style also often extends to a number of pure punk bands such as The Misfits, who deal in the same kind of morbid imagery that the LA Death rock groups traded in.

bands:

• Christian Death
• 45 Grave
• Kommunity FK
• The Misfits
• Nervous Gender
• Penis Flytrap (kind of; shock horror death rock)
• Shadow Project
• TSOL
• Ausgang
• Virgin Prunes
• Skeletal Family
• The Death Cult
• Mighty Sphincter
• The Flesheaters
• Cinema Strange
• Voodoo Church

See also