and other parts of the world but didnРІР‚в„ўt find real success in the United States until 1988РІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљPeepshowРІР‚Сњ was released. Siouxsie and The Banshees were quite popular with the underground music scene in the U.K. Smith went back to front The Cure after the tour and both bands would go on to be influential in the genre. The Cure was already the functioning as the opening band on the tour and Smith filled in after several band members split over a disagreement. Robert Smith of The Cure played guitar for Siouxsie and The Banshees during their tour for their second album, Join Hands. The band released 11 studio albums between 19. The bandРІР‚в„ўs image helped defined many peopleРІР‚в„ўs ideas of what a Gothic image looked like. Initially, the band leaned more in the punk direction but quickly found a new direction. In 1976 Susan Ballion (Siouxsie Sioux) and Steven Severin started Siouxsie and The Banshees. The remaining members of Joy Division went on to form the band New Order, which went in a completely different and decidedly more upbeat and electronic direction. The bandsРІР‚в„ў discography is limited to just РІР‚СљUnknown PleasuresРІР‚Сњ (1979) and РІР‚СљCloserРІР‚Сњ (1980) but their impact on the Gothic rock music genre is undeniable and longlasting, perhaps partially immortalized with CurtisРІР‚в„ў downward personal spiral and ultimate demise at his own hands.

Those seizures took their toll on the band as it often prevented Ian Curtis from performing and he even suffered seizures while on stage. Curtis was plagued with depression, a failing marriage, and often had seizures.

Vocalist Ian CurtisРІР‚в„ў real-life problems influenced the bandРІР‚в„ўs direction until CurtisРІР‚в„ў untimely death by suicide.

Started in 1976, Joy Division is considered to be one of the first bands to help start the Gothic rock movement in a post-punk world. Stay tuned for our upcoming second article that explores more of the genreРІР‚в„ўs history and more recent artists that are carrying the torch. These bands along with numerous others helped create a new sub-genre of rock music that still thrills fans and inspires new generations to this very day. If youРІР‚в„ўre a fan of Gothic Rock and you havenРІР‚в„ўt heard all of these bands before, by all means, check them out.

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