The Cure started out as punk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure

Depeche Mode was electronic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depeche_Mode

Echo and the Bunnyen was post punk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_%26_the_Bunnymen

So, I don't know when they turned goth!!! Lol.

And before anyone asks, yes, I went through those eras and remember them all.

People will be telling me next that Gary Numan and The Sex Pistols were goths!! LOL.

All the best.

Great Uncle LROG

Who honors those we love for the very life we live?, Who sends monsters to kill us?, and at the same time sings that we will never die., Who teaches us whats real?, and how to laugh at lies?, Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend?, Who chains us?, and Who holds the key that can set us free... It's You!, You have all the weapons you need., Now Fight!