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The mid [[1980s]] marked the second wave of gothic rock, when the sound began to shift away from its punk and post-punk roots and towards the more serious, rock-oriented approach <ref>[http://www.scathe.demon.co.uk/latehist.htm ScatheDemon.co.uk]</ref>. [[Bauhaus]] broke up, Rozz Williams left [[Christian Death]], and The Sisters of Mercy became the dominant and most influential gothic act. The term “gothic rock” became preferred over “deathrock” (previously, they had been used interchangeably), a change which Rozz Williams attributed to the influence of the [[The Sisters of Mercy]]<ref>[http://www.darkwaver.com/subculture/articles/undead.php DarkWaver.com]</ref>. As a result, the term “deathrock” was seldom used except in retrospective reference to the Los Angeles bands [[45 Grave]] and Christian Death.

The mid [[1980s]] marked the second wave of gothic rock, when the sound began to shift away from its punk and post-punk roots and towards the more serious, rock-oriented approach <ref>[http://www.scathe.demon.co.uk/latehist.htm ScatheDemon.co.uk]</ref>. [[Bauhaus]] broke up, Rozz Williams left [[Christian Death]], and The Sisters of Mercy became the dominant and most influential gothic act. The term “gothic rock” became preferred over “deathrock” (previously, they had been used interchangeably), a change which Rozz Williams attributed to the influence of the [[The Sisters of Mercy]]<ref>[http://www.darkwaver.com/subculture/articles/undead.php DarkWaver.com]</ref>. As a result, the term “deathrock” was seldom used except in retrospective reference to the Los Angeles bands [[45 Grave]] and Christian Death.

The mid [[1990s]] marked a so called “”third wave of gothic rock””{{Fact|date=September 2007}}, as the music drifted its furthest from the original punk and post-punk sound by incorporating many elements of the harsher, factory-inspired sound of [[industrial music]]{{Fact|date=September 2007}} and the more repetitive and electronic sounds of [[electronic body music|EBM]].{{Fact|date=September 2007}} Some clubs even completely dropped deathrock and first generation gothic rock from their setlists to appeal to a [[crossover (music)|crossover]] crowd <ref>[http://www.starvox.net/crypt/dr/dr.htm Starvox.com]</ref>. These changes alienated many in the goth scene <ref>[http://kisskissbangbang.bravehost.com/fdfdfd.html KissKissBangBang.com]</ref> who preferred the livelier, punkier deathrock sound <ref>[http://www.midnightcalling.com/interviews.html MidnightCalling.com]</ref> and led them to seek out their earlier deathrock roots <ref>[http://www.author-me.com/nonfiction/whatisgothic.htm Author-Me.com]</ref>.

The mid [[1990s]] marked a so called “”third wave of gothic rock””, as the music drifted its furthest from the original punk and post-punk sound by incorporating many elements of the harsher, factory-inspired sound of [[industrial music]] and the more repetitive and electronic sounds of [[electronic body music|EBM]].<ref>[http://www.starvox.net/crypt/dr/dr.htm]</ref> Some clubs even completely dropped deathrock and first generation gothic rock from their setlists to appeal to a [[crossover (music)|crossover]] crowd <ref>[http://www.starvox.net/crypt/dr/dr.htm Starvox.com]</ref>. These changes alienated many in the goth scene <ref>[http://kisskissbangbang.bravehost.com/fdfdfd.html KissKissBangBang.com]</ref> who preferred the livelier, punkier deathrock sound <ref>[http://www.midnightcalling.com/interviews.html MidnightCalling.com]</ref> and led them to seek out their earlier deathrock roots <ref>[http://www.author-me.com/nonfiction/whatisgothic.htm Author-Me.com]</ref>.

===Revival===

===Revival===