Title: Who was the first goth? A brief history of goth for World Goth Day | Metro News
Headings: Who was the first goth? A brief history of goth for World Goth Day
Who was the first goth? A brief history of goth for World Goth Day
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Content: And it was first used to describe music – specifically, the sound of The Doors, Jim Morrison’s rock band. Critic John Stickney coined the term ‘gothic rock’ way back in 1967 when describing a Doors gig, so it may be argued that Jim Morrison was the first modern goth. Tim Burton movies, like his adaptation of Sweeney Todd, are infused with goth (Picture: Paramount)
Stickney wrote that the cavernous venue was ‘the perfect room to honour the Gothic rock of the Doors’. That same year, Velvet Underground’s track All Tomorrow’s Parties was also described as a ‘mesmerising gothic-rock masterpiece’ by Kurt Loder. It wasn’t until a decade later, in the late 70s, that goth started to be thought of as a genre. Jim Morrison in 1967, the year he and his band The Doors inspired the term ‘Gothic rock’ (Picture: Getty)
Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees performs in 1978 (Picture: Gus Stewart/Redferns)
And a striking image, involving pale make-up and wild hair, was presented by singers from bands like The Damned and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The latter band was compared to ‘gothic rock architects The Doors and The Velvet Underground’ by one critic.