Title: How to Know if You Are a True Goth: 10 Steps (with Pictures)
Headings: How to Know if You Are a True Goth
How to Know if You Are a True Goth
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Do more research into the goth genres, and discover your favourite sound. Post-punk goth rock are bands such as Bauhaus, Sex Gang Children, Southern Death Cult, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and any other band which transition from post-punk into the darker flavour of goth rock. These are considered the original and classic goth artists, and the ones most commonly mentioned when asking for goth band recommendations. Second wave goth rock is when The Sisters of Mercy arrived on the scene. Instead of that post-punk minimalistic guitar sound, it has been replaced by a nearly hard rock-goth sound. Bands include The Merry Thoughts, Dreamtime, Star Industry, The Mission, Nosferatu, Fields of the Nephilim, etc. Darkwave, a genre which used to be synonymous with goth rock until bands started taking advantage of the drum machines and extra synths. Bands that are generally considered darkwave are Clan of Xymox, Switchblade Symphony, Black Tape For a Blue Girl, Diva Destruction, etc. Deathrock, originating on the West Coast of the U.S, deathrock is a more horror and atmospheric version of punk. When deathrock bands started to become popular, and tour, they were then able to come over and directly influence the UK goth scene.