X Research source Polhemus, T, (1994), Street Style: From Sidewalk to Catwalk, goths, p.97 ISBN 978-0500277942 Although the club never named themselves as a "goth club", the club helped bring all the forming elements of goth together. A nightclub in London named "The Batcave" was opened in 1982 X Research source Harriman, A and Bontje, M, (2014), Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace, Everyday is Halloween, p.34 ISBN 978-1783203529 X Research source Venters, J, (2009), Gothic Charm School, Am I a Goth?, pp.9-10 ISBN 978-0061669163 X Research source Goodlad, L and Bibby, M, (2007), Goth: Undead Subculture, Introduction, p.2 ISBN 978-1783203529 X Research source Roberts, C, Livingstone, H and Baxter-Wright, E, (2014), Goth: The Design, Art and Fashion of a Dark Subculture, Music, p.134 ISBN 978-1780978864 by members of Specimen that catered towards this new flourishing scene.Goth rock or gothic rock is a sub-genre of punk rock which was born out of the British post punk scene in the late 70s / early 80s.X Research source This song was also played at the beginning of The Hunger, a film popular among goths. X Research source X Research source Venters, J (2009), Gothic Charm School, Am I a Goth?, p.9 ISBN 978-0-06-166916-3 X Research source Roberts, C, Livingstone, H and Baxter-Wright, E, (2014), Goth: The Design, Art and Fashion of a Dark Subculture, Music, p.133 ISBN 978-1780978864 Peter Murphy, lead singer of the band, said that the song was supposed to be written tongue-in-cheek and that their mistake was performing it naive seriousness, which changed the way the audience understood it. The song credited to have birthed the goth rock genre is the 1979 single Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.Some people cite Nico as the first to record a gothic album either The Marble Index or The End.X Research source However, it doesn't make the artist or band goth. In the year 1967, the American band The Doors were described as "gothic rock" and in 1974 Bowie's Diamond Dogs was called "gothic".This helps you get past the baby bat stage (a "baby bat" is someone who is new to the subculture) and into maturing into the culture, music and fashion. Knowing your background and history of the subculture you are developing yourself into is a very vital part of being goth. Learn the history of the goth subculture.