Title: How to Be Goth (with Pictures) - wikiHow Fun
Headings: How to Be Goth
How to Be Goth
Part 1
of 4:
Listening to Goth Music
Part 2
of 4:
Dressing the Part
Part 3
of 4:
Getting into the Mindset
Part 4
of 4:
Getting Involved with the Community
Community Q&A
Tips
Warnings
References
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Content: Some important facts about goth are: In the year 1967, the American band The Doors were described as "gothic rock" and in 1974 Bowie's Diamond Dogs was called "gothic". However, it doesn't make the artist or band goth. Some people cite Nico as the first to record a gothic album; either The Marble Index or The End. The song credited to have birthed the goth rock genre is the 1979 single Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus. Peter Murphy, lead singer of the band, said that the song was supposed to be written tongue-in-cheek and that their mistake was performing it naive seriousness, which changed the way the audience understood it. This song was also played at the beginning of The Hunger, a film popular among goths. Goth rock or gothic rock is a sub-genre of punk rock which was born out of the British post punk scene in the late 70s / early 80s. A nightclub in London named "The Batcave" was opened in 1982 by members of Specimen that catered towards this new flourishing scene.