The original goth rock band

Alexx: I read some more of the David Jay biography.
Kestrell: Remind me who David Jay is.
A: He was in Bauhaus, the original goth rock band.
K (scoffs(: That wasn't the original goth rock band.
A: What was the original goth rock band?
K: You know, that one with Byron and Mary Shelley.
A: That wasn't a rock band.
K: Many hardcore goths would back me up on this. Liz Hand would back me up on this.
A: I'm not going to win this one, am I?