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Post by Brother Munro on Mar 13, 2006 10:21:13 GMT
I was wondering yesterday how Goths got to be called Goths, is it purely on the Victorian Gothic influences? Because Goths today don't really seem to have much in common with the Visi/Ostrogoths (that's more Power Metal fans  ;D ) |
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Post by synaethesia on Mar 13, 2006 12:51:31 GMT
It's because bands like Siouxsie, Southern Death Cult, Joy Division and The Sex Gang Children started getting descriptions of their music which mentionned words like gothic. Because the post-punk bands had a primitive/haunting essence to their music, some commentators used the term gothic to describe the music. The term then began to stick and the followers ended up being called goths.
I'd put it down to gothic architecture, because the music at times conjured up such images. Joy Division seemed to aim for that imagery before too long. Goth seemed to fit as the music was quite primitive, in fitting with the Germanic element of the word, and then some of the effects and sparseness of the music in places seemed to evoke the architectural images that the word also carries.
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Post by Brother Munro on Mar 13, 2006 15:42:45 GMT
So it is based on the victorian Gothic style? I suppose it fits, but then again I never understood why the Victorians called it 'gothic' in the first place.
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Post by distopia213 on Mar 13, 2006 15:50:56 GMT
It's so we can say "Cheer up goth" to them.
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Post by Roulette on Mar 14, 2006 12:14:02 GMT
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Post by Brother Munro on Mar 14, 2006 13:17:01 GMT
Thank you  |
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Post by Roulette on Mar 14, 2006 14:58:19 GMT
No worries |
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;D )
