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u/DeadDeathrocker · 8 pointsr/goth

Warning: this is a repost comment with slight changes personalised to your question. You might not need this all but it's here if you do.

A quick overview of the genres:

Post-Punk Goth Rock: start with the classic 80s bands which defined the genres sound:

Bauhaus - She's in Parties

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust

The Cure - A Forest

Second Wave Goth Rock: move on to the second wave of goth, where the sound became harder, and instead of having that post-punk sound, it started having a hard rock sound. This is usually just considered to be "goth", I'm just separating the two so you can hear the difference in sounds:

The Mission UK - Wasteland

Fields of the Nephilim - Moonchild

The Merry Thoughts - We Love To

Deathrock: listen to some deathrock (originating from the U.S, when Deathrock bands became big enough, they started to tour and directly influence the UK goth scene forming around the same time. Deathrock is a spookier and more horror version of punk):

Christian Death - Romeo's Distress

45 Grave - Evil

Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Darkwave: the outgrowth of goth rock: darkwave (a term that used to be synonymous with goth but branched off into its own thing when goth bands started taking advantage of the drum machines and extra synthesizers):

Clan of Xymox - Jasmine & Rose

Diva Destruction - The Broken Ones

Switchblade Symphony - Gutter Glitter

Ethereal wave (ethereal wave is a branch of darkwave, and it’s described as being more “gothic” and “otherworldly.” It is represented by the 4AD music label)

Cocteau Twins - Half-Gifts

Dead Can Dance - Children of the Sun

Coldwave (a genre which formed in the 70s from France and Belgium, it’s described as using detached tone and minimal use of electronic instruments. Coldwave always tends to be mixed with something whether it’s synthpop, minimal wave, etc):

Asylum Party - Julia

Marquis de Sade - Wanda's Loving Boy

Bashung - Play Blessures (album)

and some very important songs which should have a special mention:

The song that defined the "goth rock" genre: Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

and the band who greatly influenced the genre: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

I also want to point out that goth + outgrowth bands have been producing, writing, creating, and releasing goth bands since the genre began and there are goth bands still making music. I always list the subgenres when I try and give a summary of the subgenre, but I also bring awareness to new bands in the subculture, too.

Check Bandcamp for goth bands such as NU:N, Lebanon Hanover, Dreamtime, This Cold Night, Dystopian Society, Fotocrime, TRAITRS, The Drowning Season, Cold Cave, ANKST, Masquerade, Strap on Halo, They Feed At Night, Angels of Liberty, Grooving in Green, and Bat Nouveau.

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My personal YouTube playlist is here and my Bandcamp is here. I don't know if this is any help, but this article can help determine the difference between goth and emo. If you're on Facebook, join Goth Subculture, When Goth Was *Actually* Goth, Goth Is Not Dead and Keep it Real, Keep it Goth.

If you want to freestyle goth/goth-friendly genres (sometimes they play industrial/electro/other), then listen to Nightbreed Radio.

Genres that aren't considered goth is anything that hasn't come from goth, so genres like darkwave and ethereal wave are because they grew out of goth. Electronic based and metal based genres are not because they are electronic and metal based. So this includes but isn't limited to experimental/electronic like EBM, futurepop, electro-industrial/aggrotech, neo folk and Gothic metal (I'll explain this if you want me to; just ask), symphonic metal, nu metal, power metal, black metal, Viking metal, etc.

Industrial is also considered to be an outgrowth of electronic and experimental music. Industrial was played alongside goth usually for revenue purposes, and because the genres were established/care into popularity around about the same time (industrial predates goth by about a couple of years though).

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If you want actual resources on the subject, I’d suggest:

On Goth Rock:

Undead Undead Undead, Alternative Press 1994

Vice - A Complete History of Goth

Origins of the term Goth

Dave Simpson on the return of Goth

Goth Rock 101

The Dark Wave of 80s Alternative Music

On Deathrock:

Women of Punk

Deathrock: a brief history

Deathrock History

On Coldwave:

New York - Beyond Goth

On Grey Rock:

1978's Attic: Portuguese Underground

Don't know if this is any use to you, but I've got some specific band interviews (especially of bands who have pioneered genres/are considered to be big names):

Alien Sex Fiend interview

Pink Turns Blue interview

Clan of Xymox concert review

Cold Cave - You & Me & Infinity article

Drab Majesty tour

Kommunity FK interview

Cocteau Twins

Story of 4AD (article on the label that signed a lot of ethereal wave bands)

This Mortal Coil newspaper

and this article on minimal wave, which isn't considered a goth genre but is mixed with darkwave, especially in a lot of newer bands.

If you want any physical resources on goth, I'd recommend Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace. It's the only book, I'd say, that you need on goth. It's by far the most accurate.

I could give you a list of inaccurate things to avoid, but I don't want to bring attention to them because people who like to spread misinformation might use them as "real resources" like they try and do with Urban Dictionary.

I hope that helps.

u/Hallowed_Grave · 2 pointsr/goth

I'll start off with recommending the book "Gothic Charm School" (link brings you to Amazon)
It's definitely worth a read for Baby Bats. It'll answer a lot of your questions and also teach you how to deal the outside world (e.g. negative reactions, parents/relatives, employment) with your undying love of the subculture.

I strongly suggest getting into a lot of the music. Bauhaus and Siouxsie are a great start. A lot of people who replied have mentioned Sisters of Mercy, which is a good one. Clan of Xymox is another. The Cure is highly recommended, especially their "dark" albums (Pornography, Seventeen Seconds, Disintegration and Faith)

Post-Punk and New-Wave genres are worth a listen as well. They're popular in local goth clubs here next to the usual Goth Rock, Darkwave and EBM/IDM/Aggrotech music. Bands include: Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, New Order.

u/MrDatura · 1 pointr/goth

My first and favorite goth album must be the Unquiet Grave 1 compilation; my dad and I used to listen to it all the time when I was a kid and I still do to this day. There are some bum tracks on it, sure, but there are many more great ones from artists I never would have found otherwise.

I'm not sure if it's your taste, but another recommendation I might make would be to try out Switchblade Symphony. In my opinion their album Three Calamities is the best, followed by Serpentine Gallery, and Bread and Jam for Frances.

Groups like Type O, NiN, and Manson are about as 'hardcore' as I get, so I won't be able to help you there. Hope this helps!

u/VictorianUndead · 10 pointsr/goth

Applause for you for having a willingness to explore the history of the subculture. It's really impossible to condense everything down into a reddit comment, y'know, but a wonderful resource that gives you a literal A-Z rundown of the gothic subculture and its evolution over time is Encyclopedia Gothica by Liisa Ladoucer.

Also, don't feel the need to slap the label upon yourself. You do you, y'know? But if you find yourself in love with the fashion, and all of the art that it reflects, be it movies or music or books, that's fuckin awesome.

PS- I'm a grown ass adult with a full time job in a factory. I wear black shorts with Bauhaus shirts but sometimes, I just wanna wear rainbow socks. I also listen to showtunes and 80's new wave music and shitty metal music. Don't force it. Just find what you like.

u/Lady_Merle · 1 pointr/goth

I have so many thoughts about this that I don't have time to go into right now, but have you read this book? It's not specifically about goth but it's about how the idea of rebellion itself became a commodified fashion statement. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rebel-Sell-Counter-Culture-Consumer/dp/1841126551

For a lot of bored middle class kids, affecting punk's anti-authority, edgy grittiness is a form of escapism in itself, I think. A way to dissociate themselves from their comfortable upbringings that they're embarrassed about. And then they sneer at working class people for having "bourgeois values" if they want a bit of beauty or style or romance (yes, maybe of a kitschy sort) in their lives.

u/xhrit · 14 pointsr/goth

Goth is about the music. A good book to read about the history of goth music is "Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84" by Simon Reynolds. (UK version.)


> Punk's raw power rejuvenated rock, but by summer 1977 it had become a parody of itself. Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-84 is a celebration of what happened next--bands like Joy Division, Gang of Four, Wire, Contortions, Talking Heads, The Fall, Cabaret Voltaire, The Human League--who dedicated themselves to fulfilling punk's unfinished musical revolution. Based on over 125 interviews, Rip It Up offers a panoramic survey of the seven year period following punk, taking in everything from PIL to ABC to SST to ZTT, and dealing with genres including industrial, 2-Tone, synthpop, and goth.

Interviews include goth bands, but also bands that were influential to goth bands.

Bands like: Bauhaus. Siouxsie & The Banshees. The Cure. The Birthday Party. Killing Joke. Virgin Prunes. Theatre of Hate. Sisters of Mercy. Southern Death Cult. Throbbing Gristle. Whitehouse. Nurse With Wound. Clock DVA. 23 Skidoo. Husker Du. Mission of Burma. Meat Puppets. Psychic TV. Cabaret Voltaire. Coil. Foetus. Einsturzende Neubauten. Test Dept. Swans. Depeche Mode. (& more!)



http://ripitupinfohype.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/info-on-rip-it-up-and-start-again.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rip-Up-Start-Again-1978-1984/dp/057121570X?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

u/Elegant_Struggle · 6 pointsr/goth

Not mentioned here, but some of my (obscure) absolute favorites:

Eyes of the Nightmare Jungle

Trance to the Sun

Brotherhood of Pagans

Terminal Gods

Also, good places to start, pretty much cover most of the basics:

https://www.amazon.com/Goth-Box-Various-Artists/dp/B000007OEP

AND

https://www.discogs.com/Various-What-Sweet-Music-They-Make-RIP-Thee-Vampire-Guild-Collection-Vol-3/release/1642301

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u/ULieAnURBreathStink · 4 pointsr/goth

I listen to this album during the holidays.

Carol Of The Bells - Arcanta
Welcome Christmas From Dr. Suess' How The Grinch Stole Christmas - Love Spirals Downward
Oh Come All Ye Faithful - FuchiKachis Ethu
Carol Of The Bells - This Ascension
O Come Emmanuel - Area
The First Noel - Thanatos
Jingle Bells (Snowblower) - Loveliescrushing
What Child Is This? - Balderas & Osborn
Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah - Black Tape For A Blue Girl
The Little Drummer Boy - Sorrow
We Three Kings - Lycia/The Unquiet Void
O Holy Night - Eva O
A Winter Wassail - Faith And The Muse
Stille Nacht (G)Rave Remix - Autopsia
Silent Night - Attrition

u/faloofay · 2 pointsr/goth

Anything by H.P. Lovecraft <3 I absolutely adore the shadow over innsmouth and the colour out of space... If youre into video games they have one based on the shadow over innsmouth with themes from the call of cthulhu and its just amazing... Its called "Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth"

Edit: I bought a lovely volume of almost every story by him from barnes and noble for 40$ AND it doubles as a weapon ;) (http://www.amazon.com/Necronomicon-Weird-Lovecraft-Commemorative-Edition/dp/0575081570/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397318203&sr=8-2&keywords=necronomicon) I just realized you could find it on amazon for thirty... ;-; sadness...

u/Deleith · 2 pointsr/goth

I once made this same thread a while ago and someone recommended me The Delicate Dependency.

It was great. You have to read it. And for the guy who recommended it for me (/u/blackycircly): thank you.

u/CryoftheBanshee · 2 pointsr/goth

Though it's got a mostly humorous quality, I recommend Voltaire's book What Is Goth. It's a great resource.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1578633222?pc_redir=1396943336&robot_redir=1

u/zax9 · 2 pointsr/goth

That track is called Isolated by the solo artist Chiasm, from the album titled Disorder, released in 2001. The artist is also featured on a compilation album (compilation albums being a great way to find similar music) called Diva X Machina V.3. It looks like Diva X Machina is a compilation series, as well, so looking at others in the series may also yield similar music.

u/TheSilentHedges · 2 pointsr/goth

The Woman In Black by Susan Hill is a great read. Doesn't get more gothic than this.

You could even go all out and get the audiobook version, which I highly recommend.

u/DaveAzoicer · 2 pointsr/goth

Ah ok, well I believe there's quite a bit of Cleopatra disc sets still available on ebay/amazon/discogs.

Usually called something like: Goth Box

Yeah, just found one: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Goth-Box/release/427454

https://www.amazon.com/Goth-Box-Various-Artists/dp/B000007OEP

u/djdementia · 3 pointsr/goth

My parents mostly let me be but now that I'm much older I have a bit more insight into this thinking.

Everyone builds their own 'world' around them, their own existence. In some people's worlds there is a Christian God, in others there is no God - yet these people have to live on the same earth not just in the world they build in their head for themselves to live in.

In your world you have found comfort in the melancholy, it's a bit of an escapism but everyone does this. My Mom once asked me if I was going to 'go kill people' because I was playing a violent game. Now I know my mom loves tough and often violent action movies, her favorite kind of movie in fact! I fortunately remembered this at the time and said: "Mom you watch a lot of action movies, are you going to go on a rampage and go kill a bunch of people"?

Fortunately we have a good enough relationship that she took heart and never questioned me about video games again.

Now the reason that your Mom is so upset is that the world you built is too drastically different from her world and she's sad and disappointing you didn't join her world rather than building your own.

Think of your best friend from elementary school growing up and in high school ditches your friendship for an entirely new crowd of people. You probably felt hurt, sad, like it was a personal affront - but what did I do to deserve this!?!?

That's pretty much how your Mom is feeling but isn't communicating it correctly to you.

PS: I highly recommend This book for dealing with anxiety and dysfunctional parent(s).

u/casperthegoth · 1 pointr/goth

Was that series based on these books by Pete Frame?

https://www.amazon.com/Pete-Frames-Complete-Family-Trees/dp/0711904650

If so, I will need to track it down. I love these books

u/Marilou_me · -2 pointsr/goth

I highly recommend this book (it goes over some of what you’re asking, I believe):

https://www.amazon.com/Gothic-Hundred-Years-Excess-Horror/dp/0865475903

Gothic: 400 Hundred years of Excess, Horror....

Regardless, it’s a goth “must”.

u/death_witch · -1 pointsr/goth

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L8QVJTW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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next time you pic, youl be legit.

anyone else notice his bracelet,.....fitting so well?