hold on, need to copy and paste those few paragraphs from Elistist Jonny

Visigoths

@Shane I would also argue that gothic has historically referred to a style of literature

well lets all group up and discuss who is a better saint and then shout hate at each other all day, mkay?

This is true

Gothic poetry

church style

Gothic horror

too

Gothic romance

Words have many definitions cumslut

Namely Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, and the poetry of Edgar Allen Poe

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What is this gothic romance tho @Shane

God loves you

What is Gothic?
It's a genre of music, a kind of dark Postpunk that developed in the late 70s and early 80s.
Its also a subculture, a group of people united by their love for this music called Goths.


What is Gothic music?
As already mentioned its a kind of dark Postpunk. But to be more precise:

"In Gothic, the guitar tone is usually processed with electronic effects. A clean or warmly overdriven guitar sound is processed through chorusing, flanging, analog delay, and/or dense reverb, resulting in a timbre that resembles those used by Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Cure. As well, goth has a characteristic guitar playing style. Goth guitar playing takes its downstroke playing style from punk, and emphasizes angular melodic lines instead of thick chords. Minor keys and minor mode melodies are prevalent, but major keys are also used. The Phrygian mode, with a flattened second scale degree contributes to the Gothic sound with its haunting and spooky mood. Gothic songs are typically mixed so that there is a heavy bass sound, which creates a dark and shadowy atmosphere.

Gothic often uses repetitive snare drum snap to propel the beat, either a real drum beat or, later on, usually a drum machine beat. The metronomic snare drum sound can be first heard on Iggy Pop's The Idiot. It continues on in Joy Division's songs, Gary Numanâ€s early music, on early Cure CDs (beginning with Seventeen Seconds) and early Sisters of Mercy recordings. More sophisticated variations of the snare drum snap are used by Kevin Haskins in Bauhaus' music."

TL"DR

Where did Goth get its name?
Goth was originally called Positive Punk. But then this happened:

"One of the groups coming up at the same time as Southern Death Cult was Sex Gang Children, and Andi he used to dress like a Banshees fan, and I used to call him the Gothic Goblin because he was a little guy, and he's dark. He used to like Edith Piaf and this macabre music, and he lived in a building in Brixton called Visigoth Towers. So he was the little Gothic Goblin and his followers were Goths. That's where goth came from."

- Ian Astbury of The Cult, (Alternative Press Nov. 1994).

There is also a Dark Age tribe, a Medieval architectural style, a Victorian literary genre and a 90s Metal subgenre with the same name. But none of these have a direct connection to either the music or the subculture.


What is a Goth?
A Goth is someone that loves Gothic music. He/she will probably also like other types of music. But he/she will certainly love Goth music. Many Goths express their love for this genre by dressing a certain way.

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What is Gothic music?
As already mentioned its a kind of dark Postpunk. But to be more precise:

"In Gothic, the guitar tone is usually processed with electronic effects. A clean or warmly overdriven guitar sound is processed through chorusing, flanging, analog delay, and/or dense reverb, resulting in a timbre that resembles those used by Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Cure. As well, goth has a characteristic guitar playing style. Goth guitar playing takes its downstroke playing style from punk, and emphasizes angular melodic lines instead of thick chords. Minor keys and minor mode melodies are prevalent, but major keys are also used. The Phrygian mode, with a flattened second scale degree contributes to the Gothic sound with its haunting and spooky mood. Gothic songs are typically mixed so that there is a heavy bass sound, which creates a dark and shadowy atmosphere.

Gothic often uses repetitive snare drum snap to propel the beat, either a real drum beat or, later on, usually a drum machine beat. The metronomic snare drum sound can be first heard on Iggy Pop's The Idiot. It continues on in Joy Division's songs, Gary Numanâ€s early music, on early Cure CDs (beginning with Seventeen Seconds) and early Sisters of Mercy recordings. More sophisticated variations of the snare drum snap are used by Kevin Haskins in Bauhaus' music."

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A music based subculture's chief or primary element of importance, that which defines the core impulse from which all else derives is precisely that — music.

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the depressed teens, not the completely valid ostrogoth and visigoth ethnic groups

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death to degenerates

Hey guys are we having fun

No

That's gay

Who is the arbiter of what is and is not 'degenrate'?

I'm having a blast

I am the Arbiter