Title: 16 Ways to Know the Difference Between Emo and Goth - wikiHow
Headings: How to Know the Difference Between Emo and Goth
How to Know the Difference Between Emo and Goth
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The Origin of the Terms Goth and Emo
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History of Goth Subculture
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Post-Punk Beginnings
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The Development of Goth Rock
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Goth in the Modern World
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The Early Beginnings of Emo Subculture
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The 1990s Emo Revival
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The Emo-Pop Explosion
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Emo Revival
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Goth Fashion
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Emo Fashion
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Goth Music
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Emo Music
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Visit a goth club.
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Attend emo night at a local venue.
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Dismiss stereotypes and take this as a general guideline.
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Content: History of Goth Subculture
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Listen to proto-goth for an early look at goth culture. Many cite bands such as The Velvet Underground, David Bowie, and The Doors, who were labelled "gothic rock" in 1967 due to the sound of their atmospherics and dreary use of the organ as influential goth predecessors. Nico's The Marble Index is considered is a proto-goth album and has even been citied as "the first Goth" album due to her "lyrical drone accompanied by a medieval-sounding musical landscape populated with a harpsichords and glockenspiels". Method 3
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Siouxsie and The Banshees and The Cure give a snapshot of the 1980s goth sound. These artists combined lyrics with a fixation on darkness and depravity with effects-laded guitars, atmospheric basslines and tom-tom heavy or 'tribal' drums. However, it wasn't until Bauhaus released their 1979 single Bela Lugosi's Dead, in reference to the actor who played the 1931 film adaption of Bram Stoker's Dracula, that goth really became recognized as a genre and subculture. Other bands like UK Decay, Southern Death Cult, and The Danse Society were also particularly popular and influential bands during this era. Method 4
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