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May 22, 2018 · Goth is a loose musical movement, subculture and fashion style that first appeared in England in the early 80s. In the aftermath of the original punk movement, a new wave of bands – Bauhaus, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, Joy Division, the Sisters of Mercy and more – mashed together a love of glam rock, Alice Cooper, David Bowie, horror movies, fetish wear and goth literature to create ...
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Goth songs are typically mixed so that there is a heavy bass sound, which creates a dark and shadowy atmosphere. Goth 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.
I do see bands like Specimen, ToH, SDC, UK Decay as goth because they were very much part of the nascent scene, even though no “goth” of the last 30 years sounds like that. And yeah, I don’t regard Type O as being goth (more NYC hardcore scene) but I do think there are two or three songs that sound definitively goth.
Goth songs are typically mixed so that there is a heavy bass sound, which creates a dark and shadowy atmosphere. Goth 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.
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- Strawberry Switchblade. The Scottish duo Strawberry Switchblade were a glorious blur of ribbons and lace, frills and polka dots. Despite the sweet, cupcake-goth look of Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson, the duo were able to write sad songs under all that confection.
- AFI. What were you doing in the 2000s if you didn’t have a side lip ring? The Californian hardcore-punk turned gloomy-rockers AFI broke through the emo buzz and ricocheted into the mainstream with their 2003 album, Sing the Sorrow.
- Diamanda Galas. Terrifying is an accurate description of Diamanda Galas. Since the late 1970s, she has steadily released experimental work that can raise tortured souls from the caverns of Satan’s lair, her voice writhing with an evil found only in the possessed.
- She Wants Revenge. They say the best form of flattery is imitation. If so, She Wants Revenge’s self-titled LP from 2006 puckers right up to some 1980s goth ass.
Oct 25, 2017 · The Story of Goth in 33 Songs. After it blazed through England and New York in the 1970s, the first wave of punk rock left a whole lot of darkness in its wake. As the decade rolled to a close ...
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Goth is a subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. It was developed by fans of gothic rock, an offshoot of the post-punk music genre. Post-punk artists who anticipated the gothic rock genre and helped develop and shape the subculture include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, the Cure and Joy Division.
