Damn kids. They usually hate corporations and the machine...or the man...so they topple the corporations, the man, and the machine by going to hot topic and BUYING...yes BUYING a $40.00 anarchy t-shirt.......I know...it makes no sense.
by Sgt. Pepper May 15, 2005
The girl in your high school that wears black dresses and dark violet lipstick and listened to heavy metal. Everyone made fun of her for being pale but secretly turned every straight-guy on. She only got hotter when she went to college, and no one makes fun of her anymore.
Guy 1: The Goth Girl in my chemistry class is actually really hot.
Guy 2: Don't tell your girlfriend that, or she'll go out and buy some black lipstick.
Guy 2: Don't tell your girlfriend that, or she'll go out and buy some black lipstick.
by I'mNotGoth March 21, 2017
Frequently misunderstood and misapplied as a term, goth rock is an offshoot of post-punk that existed primarily during the early to mid 80s. Its reputation as the darkest and gloomiest form of underground rock is largely deserved, though today that reputation stems more from the visual style of its bands and black-clad followers. Sonically, goth rock took the cold synthesizers and processed guitars of post-punk and used them to construct sorrowful and often epic soundscapes. Early on, its lyrics were usually introspective and intensely personal, but its poetic sensibilities soon led to a taste for literary romanticism, morbidityor things like religious symbolism. Goth rock was generally not a critically acclaimed style, given its penchant for relentlessly mournful dirges, and melodramatic excess. However, it spawned a devoted, still-thriving subculture that kept its aesthetics alive long after the music's initial heyday had passed. The godfathers of goth-rock were British post-punkers Joy Division, whose bleak, remote, obsessively introspective music and lyrics laid the initial foundation for goth. But for all intents and purposes, the true birth of goth rock was "Bela Lugosi's Dead," the 1979 debut single by Bauhaus. Already chilly post-punk outfits like the Cure and Siouxsie & the Banshees became full-on goth bands around the same time, and their heavy, menacing makeup and dark clothes became an important part of their fans' expression. As goth rock's popularity spread among a certain segment of sensitive, alienated youth (first in the U.K., where most of its bands came from, then in the U.S.), its fashion sense grew more and more outlandish, and the original sound evolved somewhat.
The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and the Mission UK incorporated more pop and alternative elements in their music, while the Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, and the American band Christian Death took a heavier, sometimes metal-influenced approach. By the end of the '80s, the original goth-rock movement had ceased to exist, but the music mutated into new forms and continued to influence many of rock's darker subgenres. During the '90s, the goth sound began to cross-pollinate with industrial music, producing hybrids that appealed to both sides, as well as the darkwave subgenre The latter half of the '90s also saw goth rock's influence cropping up all over heavy metal; a new breed of progressive black metal bands drew heavily from goth's sound and style, while some alternative metal bands also borrowed from goth rock's visual imagery (including Marilyn Manson, who - despite countless news reports to the contrary - is not a goth-rock artist).
The Cure, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and the Mission UK incorporated more pop and alternative elements in their music, while the Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, and the American band Christian Death took a heavier, sometimes metal-influenced approach. By the end of the '80s, the original goth-rock movement had ceased to exist, but the music mutated into new forms and continued to influence many of rock's darker subgenres. During the '90s, the goth sound began to cross-pollinate with industrial music, producing hybrids that appealed to both sides, as well as the darkwave subgenre The latter half of the '90s also saw goth rock's influence cropping up all over heavy metal; a new breed of progressive black metal bands drew heavily from goth's sound and style, while some alternative metal bands also borrowed from goth rock's visual imagery (including Marilyn Manson, who - despite countless news reports to the contrary - is not a goth-rock artist).
goth rock bands: The Cure, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, Fields of Nephilim, H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty) and many others....
by Deathbyspoons August 09, 2004
A young person (usually between the ages of 12-17) who thinks they are goth, but they really have no idea what the Gothic Subculture is about. Symptoms of a "wannabe goth" usually include: way too much eyeliner, too much ugly black lipstick, a wardrobe consisting of all black clothes, stupid looking chains and/or spike collars, and a CD collection consisting mostly of Marilyn Manson, Korn, NIN, Orgy, and the like. If you are a parent and you fear that your child is a wannabe goth, have no fear, this is just a passing phase. Once your child's friends decide that it's no longer "cool" to be goth, or when they feel they have adequately pissed you off, they'll get over it.
My friends and I loath the wannabe goths at school who listen to horrible metal music and talk about suicide all day.
by ~*Kassandra*~ December 22, 2004
is one of the premade Sims shipped with The Sims game, in which she lives with her husband, Mortimer Goth, and her daughter, Cassandra Goth. Between The Sims and The Sims 2, Bella and Mortimer had one more child, Alexander Goth. She also has an elder brother who is named Michael Bachelor
by LeBron's Headband July 01, 2009
Mexican American college kids and grads from Los Angeles and Orange County that dress a hybrid of classic goth black with a Mexican twist and slightly mod. Girls especially in this category will have barrettes in their Sad Girl hair even when they are 40. Mexi-Goths listen to both their mothers and Morrissey and almost always can't speak Spanish.
The Mexi-goth listening to an old Smiths song on her iPod stared down at her feet and tried to remain invisible to the advancing group of white jocks walking towards her.
by writerchickmama March 02, 2005
A person who calls themselves goth after reading Twilight.
They stock up on the latest Twilight crap, and are the first in line to see that movie.
They listen to Mall Goth bands such as evanescence or KORN. see-- Poser or Mall Goth
They stock up on the latest Twilight crap, and are the first in line to see that movie.
They listen to Mall Goth bands such as evanescence or KORN. see-- Poser or Mall Goth
Twilight Goth 1: OMG Twilight speaks to my gothic soul
Twilight Goth 2: Twilight is sooooooo deep
Real person: Twilight isn't goth!!!
Twilight Goth 2: Twilight is sooooooo deep
Real person: Twilight isn't goth!!!
by YoungSprite2 June 13, 2010