Dark-pop
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Dark pop, dark-pop, or darkpop is a music genre consisting of melodic pop vocals mixed with dark wave instrumentals. Dark pop usually features heavy use of the synthesizer reminiscent of industrial and gothic rock. In addition to industrial and alternative rock-influenced instrumentation, dark pop compositions often feature hip hop or techno drums with a sub bass sound. The style has been described as "goth-tinged".
Early references to "dark pop" appear in the early 1980s, with New York fanzine-turned-rock magazine Trouser Press referring to underground new wave bands such as the Cheepskates and Chris Spedding's the Necessaries as "dark pop" in 1983. Other 1980s and early 1990s new wave, post-punk, and alternative rock bands have been associated with the term, including New Order, Peter Murphy, Duran Duran, The Bevis Frond, and Art Bergmann.
In the 1990s, certain alternative rock groups featured dark pop elements; groups such as the Smashing Pumpkins and Screaming Trees described aspects of their sound as "dark pop", and 1990s Mexican alternative rock band Caifanes were referred to as a "dark-pop band reminiscent of The Cure." By the late 1990s, "dark pop" was used to describe such varied artists as the late alt-country singer Diane Izzo and industrial rock band Orgy.Radiohead described their sixth album, Hail To The Thief, as "dark pop" in 2003. In 2007, such disparate alternative rock albums as Danzig's Lost Tracks of Danzig, Interpol's Our Love to Admire, and Idiot Pilot's Wolves contained dark pop.Alternative metal and experimental rock band Deftones have been noted throughout the years for incorporating "dark pop" elements into their music. Deftones' frontman Chino Moreno's band Crosses has also been described as a "dark-pop side project."
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