Goths

Who they really are?

1. a type of rock music that often has words expressing ideas about death or the end of the world

2. someone who likes goth music and wears black clothes and white make-up

History:

• originated in England in the late seventies and early eighties
• started as one component of the punk rock scene
• not completly known who coined the term goth, but became popularized by John Stickne
• in 1980s gothic rock became its own subgenre within post-punk

Fashion:

• dark clothes, often black, but red, gray, sea green, and dark purple can be its alternatives
• commonly dye their hair black
• dark makeup
• oxidized silver jewelry
• corsets and leather
• in quite big degree depends on on the local culture, era and the area person lives in

Gothic slang:

• Goth Card
• The Secret Goth Cabal
• Gother Than Thou
• Goth in a box/ Goth kit
• Ubergoth
• Mansonite
• Mopey Goth
• Perky Goth
• Spooky kids

Myths

• Goths are nazi
• Goths are promiscuous
• they think they are vampires
• all Goths are Satanists
• all goths listen to heavy metal
• they are not obsessed with murder
• not all are drug addicts
• not all wear makeup
• not all tattoos and piercings use

Festivals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-HgheW_lek

Reverence - in Madison Wisconsin

Infest - in Bradford, United Kingdom

M’era Luna Festival - in Hildesheim, Germany

Castle Party - in Bolków, Poland

Bibliography:

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