Erm, The Cure is no where near the gothic sub-culture. In fact, I believe it to be more emo then anything.

It's funny what classifies as gothic music really. For example, anything with a piano and some form of actual melody would make the music gothic. Examples are Evanescence and Nightwish even though they lean towards melodic metal they still hold gothic undertones.

I refuse to listen to Nightwish's recent new albums after fireing their beautiful voice.