Goth

A spin-off of the punk genre founded in Britain in the late 70's. It was popularized in the 80's for a brief time before settling back in the underground. The American sister-genre of Goth Rock is called Deathrock. As a person, a Goth is an avid listener of Goth rock and its associated genres (deathrock, batcave, darkwave, post-punk) False ideas about Goth: "Goths are such because they like the darker side of things." "Goth is about individuality." "Marilyn Manson is Goth." "Goth is about wearing all black." "Goth is about expressing yourself." "Goth is about worshiping Satan." "Goth is about metal." "Bands like Slipknot, Flyleaf, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Evanescence etc. are Goth." GOTH/DEATHROCK BANDS (a brief listing) .45 Grave 13th Chime 1919 Acid Bats All Gone Dead Bauhaus Christian Death Cinema Strange Corpus Delicti the Cure Darlings' Cabinet of Sundry Horror Deadchovsky Eat Your Make-Up HOLY COW the Horrors Kommunity FK *early* London After Midnight the Naked and the Dead Peter Murphy Quidam Red Lipstick Death Red Lorrry Yellow Lorry Scarlet's Remains Screams for Tina Siouxsie and the Banshees Siouxsie Sioux Sisters of Mercy Southern Death Cult Theatre of Ice (yes, Theatre) Tragic Black Undying Legacy Voodoo Church Zombie Zex