Jeff Rouner, The Seven Ages of Goth, in Houston Press, 20 gennaio 2011. "The term "darkwave" came from back in the 1980s, and was one of the terms used to describe the Golden Age bands, as well as dark electronica acts like Gary Numan and Depeche Mode."
DeBord, Jason: Clan of Xymox at DNA Lounge, Rock Subculture Journal, March 21, 2015 "A pioneer of Darkwave music, the mix of Synth Wave, Post-Punk, and Gothic Rock had its golden age in the '80s among contemporaries like Bauhaus, Joy Division, The Cure, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cocteau Twins, and Depeche Mode."
Klaus Farin e Hendrik Neubauer, Artificial Tribes: Jugendliche Stammeskulturen in Deutschland, Orig.-Ausg., Bad Tölz, Tilsner, 2001, p.139, ISBN3-933773-11-3, OCLC493304020.
Klaus Farin e Ingo Weidenkaff, Jugendkulturen in Thüringen, Orig.-Ausg., Bad Tölz, Tilsner, 1999, p.41, ISBN3-933773-25-3, OCLC651857996.