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gothic rock

musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock
Intangible music_genre Q485395
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gothic rock

Summary

gothic rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,693 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • gothic rock's image is recorded as Siouxsie sioux.jpg[3].
  • gothic rock's instance of is recorded as music genre[4].
  • gothic rock's subclass of is recorded as post-punk[5].
  • gothic rock's subclass of is recorded as alternative rock[6].
  • gothic rock's Commons category is recorded as Gothic rock[7].
  • gothic rock's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • gothic rock's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of gothic rock[10].
  • gothic rock's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0xjl2[11].
  • gothic rock's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as fd992613[12].
  • gothic rock's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph735285[13].
  • gothic rock's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Gothic rock[14].
  • gothic rock's GTAA ID is recorded as 262935[15].
  • gothic rock's different from is recorded as Gothic art[16].
  • gothic rock's YSO ID is recorded as 38041[17].
  • gothic rock's Quora topic ID is recorded as Gothic-Rock[18].
  • gothic rock's Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID is recorded as gf2014026840[19].
  • gothic rock's The Top Tens ID is recorded as 13907[20].
  • gothic rock's MusicBrainz genre ID is recorded as d9858aef-25bf-478b-b135-b900aa1f0fd1[21].
  • gothic rock's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007534905405171[22].
  • gothic rock's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-210148[23].
  • gothic rock's KBpedia ID is recorded as GothicMusic[24].
  • gothic rock's Rate Your Music genre ID is recorded as gothic-rock[25].
  • gothic rock's AllMusic genre/style ID is recorded as ma0000002623[26].
  • gothic rock's Discogs style ID is recorded as goth+rock[27].

Why It Matters

gothic rock ranks in the top 3% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,693 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by ethereal wave[30], a music genre[31], founded in 1982[32].

FAQs

Who did gothic rock influence?

gothic rock has been cited as an influence by ethereal wave[30].

Related Entities

Aleksandr Tsoi Amy Lee Bauhaus Ian Curtis Kerli Kino Lauri Ylönen My Chemical Romance Nick Cave Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees The Cure United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Gothic rock
    Country of origin → United Kingdom, United States
    Inception → —
    Instance of → music genre
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
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