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However, it was not until the early-1980s that gothic rock became a coherent [[music subgenre]] within post-punk and that followers of these bands started to come together as a distinctly recognisable movement. They may have taken the ''goth'' mantle from a 1981 article published in UK rock weekly ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'': "The face of Punk [[Gothique]]",<ref name=keat>{{cite journal |first=Steve|last= Keaton |title=The Face Of Punk Gothique |publisher= Sounds |date= 21 February 1981}}</ref> written by Steve Keaton. In a text about the audience of [[UK Decay]], Keaton asked: "Could this be the coming of Punk ''Gothique''? With Bauhaus flying in on similar wings could it be the next big thing?".<ref name=keat/> In July 1982, the opening of the [[Batcave (London nightclub)|Batcave club (Soho, London)]] provided a prominent meeting point for the emerging scene, which would be briefly labelled 'positive punk' by the ''NME'' in a special issue with a front cover in early 1983.<ref name=north>{{cite journal |author=North, Richard |title=Punk Warriors |publisher=[[NME]] |date= 19 February 1983}}</ref> The term 'Batcaver' was then used to describe old-school goths.

Independent from the [[BritishUnited Kingdom|British people]] scene, in the late-1970s and early-1980s [[California]], [[death rock]] developed as a distinct branch from [[U.S. people|U.S.]] punk.<ref>[http://www.alicebag.com/dinahcancerinterview.html Archived Interview with Ms. Dinah Cancer] ''Alicebag.com''. Retrieved 23 April 2006.</ref>

===Goth genre===