What is Goth?

Question

Is Goth a religion, an emotion, or a style? or something else?

Answer 1

Goth is a contemporary subculture prevalent in many countries around the globe. It began in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s to early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture is remarkable for its longevity compared with others of the same era. Its imagery and cultural proclivities show influences from nineteenth century Gothic literature, mainly by way of horror movies.

The goth subculture has associated "gothic" tastes in music and fashion. Gothic music encompasses a number of different styles. Common to all is a tendency towards a “dark” sound. Styles of dress within the subculture range from death rock, punk, Victorian, androgynous, some Renaissance style clothes, combinations of the above, and/or lots of black attire, makeup and hair.

Answer 2

Despite what some people think the old goths didn't always dress in the stereotypical all black, yes they did believe in things that were not popular or common. Now a days most kids are just doing as a style which is pointless.

Answer 3

Modern goth (ignoring where the name itself originally comes from) started in the early 80's as part of the punk subculture (which is itself was a rejection of most societal values, and anything considered part of the 'norm'). The phrase was coined by the band manager of Joy Division, Anthony H. Wilson, who described the band as 'Gothic compared with the pop mainstream'. The term stuck, and as punk eventually died, Goth survived and became its own subculture. The punk clothing and hairstyles mellowed, and the core 'rejection of society' attitude alone lived on in the gothic subculture. Over time this itself has been modified to be more of a 'no more blind acceptance of society's values' as opposed to rejection because it was there to be rejected (and because you could get away with it!).

Movies such as The Crow, and bands such as the Bauhaus helped establish the gothic image as dark, depressing, and even evil. As more and more 'dark' movies came out, numbers in the gothic subculture expanded, and there is now a gothic community in almost every major city around the world, and quite a number of towns have their own representative contingent. Nowdays there are more goth bands around than ever, and it has turned from an 80's phenomenon into a 90's way of life for many people. Unlike the punk subculture that it spawned from, there even exists a class of mature goths, still following the scene around even past their 20's and into their 30's and beyond.

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Answer 4

Goths;are an ancient Germanic peoples,originated in Sth/Scandinavia,who invaded and settled in Roman Spain and Italy in the 5th century AD. In the 2nd century AD, they settled on the N and NW Black Sea coast and during the next century occupied the Roman province of Dacia.The Goths in Dacia(now Romania) became known as Visigoths and those around the Black Sea as Ostrogoth's

Answer 5

Goth is kind of a style. Its were people dress in all black and are really interested in mystical beings like dragons and witches and stuff.

Answer 6

Gothic is actually an archetectial style.

Answer 7

Its a fad.....its what us old guys called "hippies" in the 60's and beatniks in the 50"s.

Answer 8

a goth is a person who dresses up having black pant, black shirts and.......