The early part of which decade, did the Goth Subculture begin?

The story behind the answer

1980s is correct because the goth subculture crystallized in the early 1980s out of the UK post‑punk scene. While late‑’70s tracks like Bauhaus’s 1979 “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” set the tone, dedicated goth clubs (notably London’s Batcave, opened in 1982) and bands such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, and The Sisters of Mercy defined the look, sound, and community by the start of that decade.

To remember: think “Batcave = 1982,” a cornerstone for the subculture’s aesthetics—black attire, Victorian and romantic influences, dramatic makeup—and themes of melancholy and mystique. The 1990s and 2000s saw global spread and diversification, but the identity and name took shape in the early 1980s.