GOTHIC - BAUHAUS is generally considered the first Gothic band, but the origins of the term are more vague. Evidently a British journalist first called BAUHAUS "Gothic" in a negative review

HARDCORE - Not sure of the origin, but bands like the DEAD KENNEDYS and BLACK FLAG were called "hardcore" in the early 80's. They played much faster and harder than the slower, more slovenly punk bands of the late 70's.

HEAVY METAL - A term coined by William Burroughs in the 1960's. It originally had nothing to do with music. Steppenwolf mentioned "Heavy Metal Thunder" in "Born to be Wild", which is an early reference to it in the context of loud music.

INDUSTRIAL MUSIC - Peter Christopherson of the assaultive electronic band THROBBING GRISTLE coined the term. Monte Cazazza, a collaborator with the band, started promoting the phrase "Industrial Music for Industrial People". THROBBING GRISTLE released albums on their label INDUSTRIAL RECORDS from the mid 1970's to 1981. Members split up to start COIL, CHRIS & COSEY, and PSYCHIC TV

PUNK - Hard to pinpoint this one exactly. Marc Bolan called himself the "Cosmic Punk" in the early 70's. The Tubes released the song "White Punks on Dope" in 1975, and shortly after that Malcom McLaren promoted the SEX PISTOLS as punk rock.. then everything went nuts.

ROCK AND ROLL - Old slang for sex. The Boswell Sisters recorded a song called "Rock and Roll" in 1934, long before rock music evolved. Early 50's disc jockey Alan Freed is credited for popularizing the term as we think of it today.