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Can't forget The Southern Death Cult who later became Death Cult and then simply The Cult. The common thread was Ian Astbury. I believe the Death Cult drummer also went on to play for The Cure at one point. Billy Duffy came over from Theater of Hate, another early goth band. Most people remember The Cult as an AC/DC style hard rock band that teetered on the edge of hair band status without going over. Most of their later stuff is crap, but Dreamtime and Love are fairly true to the gothic roots. SDC sounds like a darker, tribal, musically less competent U2esque (Boy, October era) post punk band. Astbury's voice was not the typical deep baritone as is the percieved stereotype for male singers in goth bands, although it approaches it on Love.
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