The late seventies and early eighties saw the beginning of the emergence of the Gothic subculture: a group of social misfits who always seemed to find themselves on the fringes of pop culture traditional. It is a complex subculture with great depth and beauty where many of its citizens share a deep connection to darker aesthetics, are predisposed to depression, and are often willing to explore interpersonal and sexual relationships with little inhibition or respect for social norms. there is rarely a single moment in history where one can pinpoint the exact moment a subculture emerges. It's a slow construction of multiple influences. However, you can definitely pinpoint the place where the Gothic subculture was first identified. Separating itself from the British punk movement, the term "Goth" was coined in the UK by journalists and public figures in the music industry as early as the late 1970s and gained traction in the 1980s. In Valerie Steele's Gothic:Gark Glamor she says: “The first significant use of the term (applied to music) was by Anthony H. Wilson [part owner of the Joy Division label] when he described Joy Division as gothic compared to mainstream pop . ” during an interview on a BBC program about the band's next album (127). Many people credit Bauhaus as the true grandfather of goth with the release of "Bela Lugosi's Dead." David Thompson and Jo-Ann Greene, "Undead Undead Undead" The Study of Gothic Subculture, find that Bauhaus' intention with the song was ironic, according to frontman Peter Murphy (?). But the presentation of the song and the band's aesthetic won over its fans and the Goth subculture was born. Furthermore and next to the Bauhaus, Siouxsie Sioux of the Banshees......at the center of the newspaper......on: Duke University Press. 2007. Print.Park, Jennifer. "Melancholy and the macabre: gothic rock and fashion." Gothic: DarkGlamour. New York: Yale University Press and The Fashion Institute Of Technology New York, 2008. 115-157. Print.Siegel, Carol. “That Dark Object of Desire Revisited: Poppy Z. Brite and the Gothic Hero as the Dark Empire of the Masochistic Gothic. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. Print.Smith, Alicia Porter. “The Study of Gothic Subculture: An Inside Look for Outsiders.” Gothic subculture. Gothic Subculture, March 12, 2009. Web. May 3, 2014. Steele, Valerie. "Gothic: dark glamour." Gothic: dark glamour. New York: Yale UniversityPress and the Fashion Institute Of Technology New York, 2008. 1-114. Print.Thompson, David and Jo-Ann Greene. "Undead Undead Undead." The study of the Gothic subculture. Alternative Press, November 1994. Web. May 3 2014.