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| ''Gothic Music'' is a relatively confusing term, in that it is necessary to distinguish it as used to mean '''goth music''', whilst also being used to completely expell this meaning. | |||
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| == Goth Music == | |||
| The term '''Goth music''' is associated selection of genres encompassing mainly ], ], ], ], ] and ]. | |||
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| Bands under this term are often across genres, and hold little to any connection to each other musically. Commonly, bands are linked by their association with ], many of the bands integral fan base being ] and often marketing products associated with goths. | |||
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| === Gothic Rock === | |||
| Gothic rock is part of goth music due to, in part, it being the signature icon of goths. This genre is also the mother of the term '''goth music''' due to its abbreviated name '''goth rock'''. Bands within this genre typically play for goths, and often feature fashion, ideals and sounds appealing to this audience. | |||
| === Deathrock === | |||
| Deathrock is considered a subgenre of Punk. The term was often used interchangeably with the first generation goth rock bands, even spawning a similar movement in the UK, at the Batcave club. Fans of this movement along with the "Gothic rock" are sometimes known as "Old School Goths". Deathrock bands typically play at clubs or at events (like the Drop Dead Festival) which specifically cater to those in Deathrock, Psychobilly, Horror Punk and Post-Punk scenes as well as Goths who enjoy first generation Gothic Rock. | |||
| === Darkwave === | |||
| Darkwave holds significant influences from Gothic rock bands, although they tend to incorporate elements that later effected the movement not found in Gothic rock bands. | |||
| === Industrial === | |||
| Bands in this form are often association with '''goth music''' by a large quantity of their fan base. Bands of this form do not emphasise this fact, some even despise it. | |||
| Some people foreign to the goth subculture misinterpret ] in particular as “goth”. | |||
| === Synth pop === | |||
| Synth pop migrated into Goth and Deathrock clubs near the end of the ] and throughout the ], and has been common place from there on in. Much to the distain of many goth rockers who were not fond of a shift away from the movements rock based roots, some chose to leave the scene completely because of it. Alot of the newer members of the scene have accepted synth pop quite casually. | |||
| === EBM === | |||
| EBM is sometimes associated with goth for the same reasons as Industrial is. | |||
| People newer to the genre who listen to dance music, sometimes claim they listen to “EBM” in an attempt to associate themselves with the gothic label. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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