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Goth subculture
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Contents
Music
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Origins and development
Gothic genre
Art: historical and cultural influences
18th and 19th centuries
Visual art influences
20th century influences
Characteristics of the scene
Icons
Fashion
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Films
Books and magazines
Graphic art
Events
Sociology
Gender and sexuality
Identity
Media and academic commentary
Media perceptions on violence and self-harm
School shootings
Prejudice and violence directed at goths
Self-harm study
See also
Notes
Sources
References
Further reading

Content: Contents
1
Music
1.1
Origins and development
1.2
Gothic genre
2
Art: historical and cultural influences
2.1
18th and 19th centuries
2.1.1
Visual art influences
2.2
20th century influences
3
Characteristics of the scene
3.1
Icons
3.2
Fashion
3.3
Films
3.4
Books and magazines
3.5
Graphic art
3.6
Events
4
Sociology
4.1
Gender and sexuality
4.2
Identity
4.3
Media and academic commentary
4.4
Media perceptions on violence and self-harm
4.4.1
School shootings
4.5
Prejudice and violence directed at goths
4.6
Self-harm study
5
See also
6
Notes
7
Sources
8
References
9
Further reading
Music
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The term "gothic rock" was coined in 1967 by music critic John Stickney to describe a meeting he had with Jim Morrison in a dimly lit wine-cellar which he called "the perfect room to honor the Gothic rock of the Doors ". That same year, Velvet Underground with a track like " All Tomorrow's Parties ", created a kind of "mesmerizing gothic-rock masterpiece" according to music historian Kurt Loder. In the late 1970s, the "gothic" adjective was used to describe the atmosphere of post-punk bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees, Magazine and Joy Division. In a live review about a Siouxsie and the Banshees' concert in July 1978, critic Nick Kent wrote that concerning their music, "parallels and comparisons can now be drawn with gothic rock architects like the Doors and, certainly, early Velvet Underground". In March 1979, in his review of Magazine's second album Secondhand Daylight, Kent noted that there was "a new austere sense of authority" in the music, with a "dank neo-Gothic sound". Later that year, the term was also used by Joy Division 's manager, Tony Wilson on 15 September in an interview for the BBC TV programme's Something Else: Wilson described Joy Division as "gothic" compared to the pop mainstream, right before a live performance of the band.