Goth Genre, Levnadssätt

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Man kan säga att det finns tre stora grupper av goth.
Det är lättast att skilja dem åt så här. Men gemensamt för nästan alla är svart hår svarta kläder eller tex. vita skjortor och en utbredd blekhet i hyn.

Den första heter goth (orginal)och kom på 80-talet. Kläder som är populära här är svarta tajta kläder och gärna spetsiga skor. Upptuperat hår är vanligt i den här gruppen liksom smink. En attityd som att du är störst, bäst och ballast är obligatorisk.

Den andra heter gothic och har bevarat en del av gothens klass och elegans men utvecklat den steget längre. Kläderna skall gärna vara av sammet, lack, läder, spetsar på tex klänningar och kråsskjortor och ofta grova, stålhättade kängor. Ett mycket detaljerat smink är vanligt. Den här stilen har influerats av den klassiska aristokratiska vampyren

Den tredje heter också goth men den är mer amerikaniserad en attityd av att allt är ett helvete och att det inte finns något hopp är vanlig bland dessa. Kläderna är svarta som hos de andra men här trasiga och slitna, kladdigt smink och en allmän uppsyn av att man är ett lik som just steg upp ur graven.

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Urgothen

Har hängt med sedan starten och har därmed, tycker denne, stenkoll på allt vad står för. Det är vad urgothen själv tror, för i själva verket har tiden sprungit ifrån honom. Urgothen lyssnar enbart på musik från 80-talet (förutom i de fall Swans eller Clan of Xymox släppt något nytt).

UTSEENDE: Eftersom urgothen sorterar under kategorin yrkesarbetande bär mannen ofta kostym, slips och skjorta när kvinnorna bär strikta dräkter. Påfallande ofta har de barn tillsammans med någon annan urgoth. Kläderna är svarta, liksom håret och idéerna. Röker.

ATTRIBUT: Tatuering och råtta.

MUSIK: Alien Sex Fiend, Bauhaus, Christian Death, Clan of Xymox, Play Dead, Sex gang Children, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Skeletal Family, Swans, X-mal Deutchland,

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: Är ju mera hårdrock än goth...

Popgothen

UTSEENDE: Jobbar stenhårt på att se rätt ut. De svarta kläderna utgörs sannolikt av en blandning mellan H&M:s kollektion och mammas avlagda blusar (som råkar vara svarta). Ser oftare bara svartklädd ut än goth. Saknar koll på allt utom de mest givna attributen - döden, spindlar och fladdermöss.

ATTRIBUT: Något övertydligt, kanske en dödskalle eller ett kors.

MUSIK: Cure, Depeche Mode, Rammstein, All About Eve.

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: Jajamensan, det svänger ju... nästan lika bra som Ministry.

Industrigothen

UTSEENDE: Läder. Kanske lite slips och vit skjorta.

ATTRIBUT: Malteserkors, råa köttstycken och en bok.

MUSIK: Cabaret Voltaire, Einstürzende Neubauten, Foetus, Lydia Lunch, Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle, Wiseblood,

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: Kan vara ok, men kanske lite väl mycket gitarrer.

Rockgothen

UTSEENDE: Självklart svart men med inslag av rött och vitt. Killarna gillar jeans och skjorta (gärna kråsskjorta) medan flickorna tycker om långa svarta klänningar. Mycket tyll, rysch och pysch. Sminkade och bleka. Kavajer, långa rockar och slängkappor.

MUSIK: Bauhaus, Christian Death, Dead can Dance, Inccubus Sukkubus, Rosetta Stone, Sisters of Mercy, Sunshine Blind, Swans, Switchblade Symphony

ATTRIBUT: Mannen gillar käpp, kvinnan cigarettmunstycke.

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: Tillhör inte de hängivna fansen, men helt ok att lyssna på... någon gång på fest... i brist på annat.

ElectricBodygothen

UTSEENDE: Gillar läder. Gillar uniformer och flirtar ivrigt med den nazistiska ideologin, dock utan att för den skull dela dess åsikter. Det handlar om ren och skär provokation. Älskar svart läder.

ATTRIBUT: Se industrigothen. I övrigt bär denne gärna på en laptop.

MUSIK: Cassandra Complex, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, Laibach, Nietzer Ebb, Skinny Puppyt, Wiseblood

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: Helt ok... fast kanske lite väl hårdrockig kanske.

Psychogothen

UTSEENDE: Faktiskt den enda gothen som uttryckligen gillar färger. Är nära nog barnsligt förtjust i hattar, hårband och läckert smink. Denna kategori gother är också ensam om att åka till Indien för att turista... typ.

ATTRIBUT: Scarf och sådana där fina band man får på Roskilde och Hultsfred.

MUSIK: Rose of Avalanche, Batfish Boys, Comsat Angels, Ghost Dance, The Mission.

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: På tok för stökigt och våldsamt. Usch!

Fetischistgothen

UTSEENDE: I vanlig ordning mycket svart. Men fetischistgothen dras med en förkärlek till plast, läder och gummi. Männen gillar också de PVC. Korsetten och krinolinen brukas flitigt av kvinnorna. Fetischistgothen är faktiskt inte alltid pinnsmal och jätteblek.

ATTRIBUT: Piska, handbojor och tatueringar

MUSIK: Se ElectricBody.

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: Ja, någon gång ska man ju lyssna på musik och då kan man väl lika gärna lyssna på Marylin Manson som på Klinik.

TrenchCoatgothen

UTSEENDE: Svart TrenchCoat, ryggsäck och i övrigt plain black clothing. Männen är överrepresenterade i denna grupp.

ATTRIBUT: M-16

MUSIK: Vanligt förekommande i USA och skiljer sig en smula från övriga typer. Denne sorteras med lätthet in under kategorin goter utan koll. Påfallande ofta nördvarning på dessa freaks. Gillar dataspel liksom rollspel.

TYCKER OM MARILYN MANSON: Bara, bara, bara... helt underbart. Om inte MM så Ministry

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Mansonnites:

Fervent defenders of Marilyn Manson, they're usually younger then your average goth and try to emulate their idol as a sign of rebellion. Most of them when asked what they're rebelling against will find nohing more to say than to quote their beloved role model…who's already quoting someone else. Parents fear not, this will pass suprisingly quickly…only to be replaced by something just as pointless.
Quote: Sweet dreams are made of these…

Vampires:

Hilarious creatures that either truly believe they are vampires or desperatly try to convince people around them that they are. They adopt the vampire lifestyle going out only at night and sleeping during the day.They tend to wear prosthetic fangs and sunglasses and some of them will even try (and saddly some succeed) to coax people in letting them drink their blood… Fashionwise, they tend to go towards either the antiquity, graveyard, corporate or military style described later.
Quote: I vant to suck your blood…

Witches:

Be it that they are convinced that they can speak with the spirits or that they have sold their soul to Lucifer, the witches and warlocks will go out of their way either to prove it to you, or to make sure you will find them dark and mysterious, which you probably won't. They tend to burn too much encense, carry bunches of seasonnings they call magical herbs and freak out when you light up a candle, saying you shouldn't burn one that color because it will twist fate (or destiny) this or that way.
Quote: With the power bestowed upon me, I bind thee, to not call me a looser again.

Wannabes:

None will admit it, but a huge lot goths started out as wannabes. Wannabes want very much to be goth. And they try to be. Their biggest problem is usually they try to hard. They spend a tremendous amount of energy to refrain from smiling, wear much too much white pancake makeup, black eyeliner and black lipstick. They wear black leather trenchcoats in the middle of summer and all in all, pretty much all look alike.
Quote: God is dead.

Black Punks:

Some punks just like black. They don't want to have anything to do with goth and they have nothing to do with goth. They're just punks that wear mostly black stuff. You can usually defferentiate them in one simple way. If you tell a goth he's a goth, he'll most likely tell you he doesn't like to be labeled. It you tell a punk he's a goth, he'll just kick you with steel-toed boots and tell you to fk off.
Quote: @#-?*^^&#!!!

Metal heads:

A suprising number of goths have a background as a metal head. Metal heads listen to typical heavy metal music and restrain their dancing to trashing or throwing their long greasy hair around. They wear band t-shirts, black jeans or cargo pants and doc martens, and often the same clothes 5 days in a row.
Quote: Devil, man…

Medieval authentics:

Not to be confused with the medieval goths, the medieval authentics are obsessed with being historically acurate. They don't care much for style. If looking like a barbarian that hasn't discovered civilisation yet is what is historically acurate, that's what they'll do.
Quote: It's a nice dress but it isn't medieval.

Antiquity goth (Victorian goth, Renaissance goth, Medieval goth, Period goth):

Frills and top hats, tailcoats, gloves and renfaire accent, the antiquity goth go all out to look both majestic and mysterious. With a gothier than thou attitude these pompous creatures claim to be interested in the beauty of the soul and quote profound passages from obscure authors a lot more than any other goth. Shallowness is there pet peeve, and yet, theirs are definitively the most expensive clothes and they still have tons of it.
Quote: Shalleth thy soul be as thy beauty; immortal.

Industrial goth (Cybertech goth, Cyberpunk goth, Rivet head):

If it's wearing what you've only seen inside your computer, chances are it's an industrial goth. These funny little animals seem to think a hardware store is a nice place to dress, and that metal, wires and computer chips are nice fabrics. If you want to scare one off, talk about natural and organic stuff, they won't stand it more than a minute.
Quote: I bough a new graphic card, so I used the old one to make a belt buckle…

Graveyard goth (Trashy goth, Cemetary goth, Death goth):

They look dead, dress like they just got back from the dead and quite often smell like they've been dead for a while. These types usually spend much too much time in cemetaries and old abandoned graveyards, which is why they smell like they do. Anything that you wouldn't throw away, they wouldn't wear.
Quote: I just got my cemetary pictures developped, they're pretty depressing. Wanna see?

Glitter goth (Fairy goth, Candy goth, Glam goth, Plastigoth):

The odd ball in a pack of black sheep, the glitter goth does only a few things: it glitters, it glows in the dark (well, more often than not) and it incessantly jumps around, making it impossible to pursue a conversation. This type is often recognizable by the presence of glitters on them and of course, anything that dares come close.
Quote: Wee hee!!

Corporate goth (Invisigoth, Mafia goth):

Some people watched Men in Black too many times. Some people think it's mysterious too wear the same black suit and tie as 75% of the city's business men. Some people think no one will notice the black lipstick on their shirt's collar and the white pancake on their jacket's collar. That's them.
Quote: Don't worry, where ever you'll be, I'll find you.

Punk goth (Protogoth, 80's goth ):

They frown when they hear industrial music in a goth night, keep complaining that the goth scene was better in the 80's (even though most of them were still in their shortpants at the time) and are very often obsessed with anything british. More often than not, they sport an array of unaesthetic piercings and keep disturbing any nice calm evening with attempted anarchy and overplayed bauhaus.
Quote: “ I miss the 80’s…”

Hippy goth (Gypsy goth ):

Bastard childer of Jerry Garcia and Elvira, mistress of the dark, the hippy goth are special beings. Bell-bottoms, djalaba, and sandals, all in black of course, dress-up these peaceniks of the dark. They though about hugging a tree, but oh, the horror of their existance, it would die. So instead, they try to convince others to hug trees, through tormented ecological poetry.
Quote: “ It’s not worth fighting dude, all our souls are doomed to the final death anyways. ”

Modern Romantic goth ( Modern goth, New romantic goth ):

So you want to be goth. You understand that the wannabe and/or mansonnite approach is not the way to go, but then again, you don’t have the interest or the energy to learn anything about art, history, mythology, architecture, computers or any occult stuff to converse with any of the other types of goths. You think any black clothes will do as long as they’re not sweat pants, and swoon over clichés like The Crow, Trent Reznor, Anne Rice, candles and gargoyles. Well, the good news is you’ll be labeled a goth, even inside the goth scene. The bad news is you’re a Modern Romantic goth.
Quote : Howard Philip Who?

Graver (Raver goth, Hyper techno goth ):

Take the basic raver apparel and do it all in black, but keep the candy necklaces and bracelets, add black, red or bleached hair and music that consists mainly of bassdrums at bpms higher than 175. Complete the package with twice as much drugs than brains, an absence of dancing skills other than just jumping to the beat with one hand up, and you’ve got yourself a graver…
Quote : I CAN’T HEAR YOU, I WENT TO A RAVE YESTERDAY.

Ragdoll goth (Jap goth, Animae goth, Manga goth, Moon goth ):

A rag doll is by definition made entirely of rags, scrapes and leftovers patched up together. Well that pretty much sums it up. The ragdoll goth’s hair is most likely left overs from a few halloween wigs patched up together to make cheap extensions. Her conversation is also most likely to be missing a few stitches and her boots were most likely stolen directly from a japanimation while her attitude is more often than not patched together from the worst of every sailor scout.
Quote : Fighting evil by moonlight… wow, that is sooo, like, deep…

Military goth:

The military goths dress almost exclusively in army stores and tend to accessorize very little. This usually offers an interesting contrast. As goths, they advocate anti-conformity yet they themselves try to imbody the ultimate form of conformity, the military. On top of that, quite a few of them have developped the idea that anything german is goth, and that military and germany are intimately linked… go figure…
Quote : I wanna move to Berlin…

Fetish goth:

Fetish goths are often more fetish than goth. They tend to be fetishists that find the goth lifestyle more tolerant to their excentricities and therefore adhere to the code. Then again, it’s not because you’ve flogged someone once, twice or even quite a few times in your life that you’re a fetishist. And it’s not because your fetish wear just happens to be all black pvc and fishnet that it’s goth. But what better way to prove to all the other goths how tormented your poor little soul is than to say you get your kicks from being whipped by gorgeous women who won’t even touch you…
Quote : Oooowwww! Thank you mistress…

Others ( Tribal goth, Stripper goth, Spaghetti western goth, Jeans & T-shirt goth ):

Tribal goth : Wears just a piece of cloth, violent boots and tons of tribalish tatoos. Always mumbles rituals of death and shows off his many scars…
Stripper goth : Usually doesn’t give a shit about what goth is about. The chick just wants a goth boy in her bed and so dresses up as a very skimpy version of a goth girl..
Spaghetti Western Goth : Came right out of The good, the bad and the ugly . Kinda like The Crow wearing an australian outback and a old dirty cowboy hat.
Jeans & T-shirt goth : Either Metal heads or nerds that aren’t just quite there yet.

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