Gothic music?

Question

Is gothic music good ? i hear music all time from rock to punk and roll...but i wanna try gothic music ...i know evansense is a gothic band but i tried that too...any suggesions ?


( best answer 10 points)

Answer 1

Malice Mizer.. it's Japanese though..

Answer 2

Is it good?
Depends...if you like it, yes. If you don't, no.
Evanescence is a pop/rock band with a bit of a gothic look to them...they are not a goth band.

Start with the fundamentals :
(and by fundamentals, I mean the ones that have been around so long they're simply cliche' now)
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Bauhaus
Joy Division
The Cure
Black Tape for a Blue Girl (and virtually anything on the 'Projekt' label)
Fields of the Nefilim
Dead Can Dance

You'll notice that Marilyn Manson is not mentioned. Shock rock does not equal gothic.

Once you've got the old school bands under your belt, Start looking into industrial and EBM styles of music...have fun.

Answer 3

Evanescence is not goth, neither is Marilyn Manson, NIN, HIM, Tool, or most of the other stuff that these people said. Gothic music is, by its nature, not popular music. Old school goth came out of the post punk movement in the late 70s and early 80s with bands like Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and Mission UK. They all rock oldschool, whereas newer good stuff are the Cruxshadows, Fields of the Nephilim, Faith & the Muse, Razed in Black, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, the Dreamside, Ego Likeness, Voltaire, Mira, VNV Nation, Collide, The Legendary Pink Dots, & Mesphisto Waltz.

Here's a good site listing most major goth bands:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/5747/bands.htm
This site has lists of gothic generes (and the bands therein,) since there are tons of subcatigories of gothic music:
http://www.darklinks.com/dmusic3.html
And this is a great store for music/record label:
http://www.projekt.com/

Answer 4

Emerging in the 1980s, Goth is both a subculture and a musical style rooted in the drama and romantic ennui of eighteenth century gothic novels. The style's pioneers -- bands such as Bauhaus, Joy Division, the Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees -- wrote melancholy, theatrical music with haunting guitar tones and echoing vocals. Despite its fixation with fashion, Goth culture carries an immense sadness with it; witness the suicide of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Through the 1990s, the Sisters of Mercy, Nick Cave, Cindytalk and many others continued the tradition of creating wan, poetic songs with processed, atmospheric guitars. Some artists -- such as the controversial Marilyn Manson -- tended toward the cartoonish end of the Goth spectrum, putting as much energy into their presentation as their music. Others, like Christian Death, became outright macabre. Goth maintains a looming presence today and has infected the aggression of Black Metal bands Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. Meanwhile, electronic experimentalist Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy is rife with Goth's dark irony and cynicism. Given the importance of artists such as Manson and Nine Inch Nails, the resurrection of Bauhaus and the continued output of Nick Cave and the Creatures, Goth, both as a culture and as a musical style, is defiantly undead.

Answer 5

Gothic music is usually more of an industrial style, I believe. Evanescence isnt gothic, the singer just looks like a stereotypical goth. They're more of a Christian rock band if you listen to their lyrics.

Answer 6

right this is a itemizing of bands, maximum gothic song has good, deep and/or significant lyrics. The Cruxshadows Inkubus Sukkubus The Sisters of Mercy Bauhaus Christian loss of existence Fields of the Nephilim London After evening Switchblade Symphony besides the indisputable fact that in case you like stuff with rather heavy bass, you should want business or the like. As to the bands in Queen of the Damned: there became "physique Crumbles" by Dry cellular, "chilly" by Static-X, "lifeless cellular" by Papa Roach, "extra" by difficult, "Headstrong" by Earshot, "Penetrate" by Godhead, "Down With the ailment" by Disturbed, "substitute (contained in the abode of Flies)" by Deftones and "in the previous i'm lifeless" by Kidneythieves. there have been additionally some songs executed by Marilyn Manson and individuals of different bands that have been written for the action picture. None of that's goth, yet a number of that's good song all the comparable.

Answer 7

Evanescence is pretty good. I never knew that was goth but its good. WEll theres a group or singer called Goth. you could try that. im not really into gothy stuff but that is something u an try.

Answer 8

Type O Negative would be a great band for you to try....especially their albums "October Rust" and "bloody Kisses"

Answer 9

Nightwish

Answer 10

Goth music is a subgenre of rock. It has a more sutable term nowadays "Emo". If you want to try it, I suggest buying a Hawthorne Heights album.

Personally I take my rock with a nice helping of Tool, but I digress...

Answer 11

ok, gothic music isnt right... like, a lot of bands are gothic, but it aint neccesarily gothic music, lol. and, some bands arent gothic, but play gothic music..... but, as far as gothic...... try, like, lamb of god, children of bodom, slipknot....... and, i like gothic music, but, its just me.