Seeing as I myself believe that I am one and am told I am one then perhaps I may be able to define the term more appropriately.
Emo Goth or Emo-Goth (other variations include Gothmo, Gothymo, Emoth and Emothic) Basically a cross between the subcultures of Emo and Goth, generally having dark views and opinions, being open to a variety of things, not being afraid of others differences and being in touch with their emotional side.
Personality: Tends to have a darker view of things in life, typically in art, clothing, poetry, and music. Tend to be very intelligent and analytical, but also very in touch with their feelings and emotions. Generally kind and honest and very open and expressive, although most have some secrets as well as others. May have any sexual orientation. Typically very romantic. May often appear sad, gloomy or depressed. Most are not like this however. On occasion they are depressed, generally as a reaction to something not-so-great that occurred in their lives. Some share the loving approachable characteristic of the Emo subculture. May possess a fascination with Death, spirituality, religion, vampires, etc., generally associated with the Goth subculture. Most possess a general spirit of defiance against conformity. Many don't care what the rest of the world thinks about them and don't. Most are not afraid to cry and dont see crying as weakness. Some may have a potential towards self-mutilation or suicide, but this is generally more prevalent amongst the posers of this culture.
Appearance: May possess traits of both the Emo and Gothic subcultures. May have Emo hair, typically parted to one side with a fringe that may or may not be in their face. May wear eyeliner or nail polish. May dress in clothing and attire from Hot Topic and Spencer's. May not. Typically mixed in with clothing from other such retail stores as Pacsun. Such attire may consist of alot of black, fishnet, trench coats, tight jeans, bondage pants, band tees , fingerless gloves, etc. Note that not all attire themselves in this fashion and some influences of one of the particular subcultures may be more prevalent.
Influences:
Literature:
Typically anything of a dark or romantic view. Gothic or Romantic Literature, novels and Poetry tend to be most common.
Music:
Generally widely varying, but it tends to have some common ground. Most Emo Goth's tend to like dark, sad, romantic music. Some may also have a tendency towards metal and death metal, but not all do. Typical Genres may include: Gothic, Emo, Grunge, Post-Punk, Post-Grunge, Nu-Metal, Pop Punk, Death Metal, New Wave, Ambient, etc. Basically anything they like they will listen to.
Emo Goth or Emo-Goth (other variations include Gothmo, Gothymo, Emoth and Emothic) Basically a cross between the subcultures of Emo and Goth, generally having dark views and opinions, being open to a variety of things, not being afraid of others differences and being in touch with their emotional side.
Personality: Tends to have a darker view of things in life, typically in art, clothing, poetry, and music. Tend to be very intelligent and analytical, but also very in touch with their feelings and emotions. Generally kind and honest and very open and expressive, although most have some secrets as well as others. May have any sexual orientation. Typically very romantic. May often appear sad, gloomy or depressed. Most are not like this however. On occasion they are depressed, generally as a reaction to something not-so-great that occurred in their lives. Some share the loving approachable characteristic of the Emo subculture. May possess a fascination with Death, spirituality, religion, vampires, etc., generally associated with the Goth subculture. Most possess a general spirit of defiance against conformity. Many don't care what the rest of the world thinks about them and don't. Most are not afraid to cry and dont see crying as weakness. Some may have a potential towards self-mutilation or suicide, but this is generally more prevalent amongst the posers of this culture.
Appearance: May possess traits of both the Emo and Gothic subcultures. May have Emo hair, typically parted to one side with a fringe that may or may not be in their face. May wear eyeliner or nail polish. May dress in clothing and attire from Hot Topic and Spencer's. May not. Typically mixed in with clothing from other such retail stores as Pacsun. Such attire may consist of alot of black, fishnet, trench coats, tight jeans, bondage pants, band tees , fingerless gloves, etc. Note that not all attire themselves in this fashion and some influences of one of the particular subcultures may be more prevalent.
Influences:
Literature:
Typically anything of a dark or romantic view. Gothic or Romantic Literature, novels and Poetry tend to be most common.
Music:
Generally widely varying, but it tends to have some common ground. Most Emo Goth's tend to like dark, sad, romantic music. Some may also have a tendency towards metal and death metal, but not all do. Typical Genres may include: Gothic, Emo, Grunge, Post-Punk, Post-Grunge, Nu-Metal, Pop Punk, Death Metal, New Wave, Ambient, etc. Basically anything they like they will listen to.
Some tend to look like Goth's with Emo hair. Or dress in an Emo fashion but with much more black.
Listing of typical Emo Goth poets/novelists:
Edgar Allen Poe, Anne Rice, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Keats, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, etc.
The bands which seem to be most widely listened to by the culture seems to vary, mostly by age. Older Emo Goth's tend more towards The Cure, Interpol, Depeche Mode, Siouxie and the Banshees, Nirvana and Jimmy Eat World whereas younger Emo-Goth's may listen to those bands as well as more recent acts such as My Chemical Romance, Aiden, AFI, Taking Back Sunday and Deftones amongst other things. Generally the younger generation is open to a broader range of music.
In depth listing of bands that are oft times listened to by Emo Goths:(not necessarily always, and there are others besides these)
30 Seconds to Mars, AC/DC, Action Action, Adema, AFI, Aiden, Alice In Chains, Alkaline Trio, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Bauhaus, The Beatles, Beck, Black Sabbath, Blink 182, Blood Brothers, Breaking Benjamin, Bright Eyes, Bullet For My Valentine, Bush, Cake, Calico System, Chevelle, Chiodos, The Clash, Coheed and Cambria, Coldplay, Crossfade, The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie, The Deftones, Depeche Mode, Disturbed, The Doors, Drowning Pool, Evanescence, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Freeze Pop, From First to Last, Funeral for a Friend, Godsmack, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Hawthorne Heights, Hellogoodbye, HIM, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Iron Maiden, Jack's Mannequin, Jane's Addiction, Jet, Jimmy Eat World, Joy Division, The Juliana Theory, The Killers, Killswitch Engage, The Kinks, Lacuna Coil, Lamb of Gob, Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Manson, Matchbook Romance, Matchbox 20, Metallica, Modest Mouse, Mudvayne, Murderdolls, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, My Chemical Romance, My Mourning Jacket, Neon Blonde, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Panic! At the Disco, Pantera, Papa Roach, Pearl Jam, A Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, The Police, Powerman 5000, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Puddle of Mudd, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, The Ramones, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, Rolling Stones, Seether, She Wants Revenge, Shinedown, Shiny Toy Guns, Siouxie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Slipknot, Smashing Pumpkins, Stabbing Westward, Staind, Story of the Year, STP, Streetlight Manifesto, The Strokes, System of a Down, Taking Back Sunday, Three Days Grace, Thrice, Thursday, Tool, Underoath, The Used, Velvet Revolver, We Are Scientists, Weezer, The Who, White Stripes, White Zombie, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Zeromancer
Listing of typical Emo Goth poets/novelists:
Edgar Allen Poe, Anne Rice, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Keats, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, etc.
The bands which seem to be most widely listened to by the culture seems to vary, mostly by age. Older Emo Goth's tend more towards The Cure, Interpol, Depeche Mode, Siouxie and the Banshees, Nirvana and Jimmy Eat World whereas younger Emo-Goth's may listen to those bands as well as more recent acts such as My Chemical Romance, Aiden, AFI, Taking Back Sunday and Deftones amongst other things. Generally the younger generation is open to a broader range of music.
In depth listing of bands that are oft times listened to by Emo Goths:(not necessarily always, and there are others besides these)
30 Seconds to Mars, AC/DC, Action Action, Adema, AFI, Aiden, Alice In Chains, Alkaline Trio, Atreyu, Avenged Sevenfold, Bauhaus, The Beatles, Beck, Black Sabbath, Blink 182, Blood Brothers, Breaking Benjamin, Bright Eyes, Bullet For My Valentine, Bush, Cake, Calico System, Chevelle, Chiodos, The Clash, Coheed and Cambria, Coldplay, Crossfade, The Cure, Death Cab for Cutie, The Deftones, Depeche Mode, Disturbed, The Doors, Drowning Pool, Evanescence, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Freeze Pop, From First to Last, Funeral for a Friend, Godsmack, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Hawthorne Heights, Hellogoodbye, HIM, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Iron Maiden, Jack's Mannequin, Jane's Addiction, Jet, Jimmy Eat World, Joy Division, The Juliana Theory, The Killers, Killswitch Engage, The Kinks, Lacuna Coil, Lamb of Gob, Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Manson, Matchbook Romance, Matchbox 20, Metallica, Modest Mouse, Mudvayne, Murderdolls, Muse, My Bloody Valentine, My Chemical Romance, My Mourning Jacket, Neon Blonde, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Oasis, Ozzy Osbourne, Panic! At the Disco, Pantera, Papa Roach, Pearl Jam, A Perfect Circle, Pink Floyd, The Police, Powerman 5000, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Puddle of Mudd, Queen, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, The Ramones, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, Rolling Stones, Seether, She Wants Revenge, Shinedown, Shiny Toy Guns, Siouxie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Slipknot, Smashing Pumpkins, Stabbing Westward, Staind, Story of the Year, STP, Streetlight Manifesto, The Strokes, System of a Down, Taking Back Sunday, Three Days Grace, Thrice, Thursday, Tool, Underoath, The Used, Velvet Revolver, We Are Scientists, Weezer, The Who, White Stripes, White Zombie, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Zeromancer
by Victor V. Vaughn ~lamentingvampire09 June 09, 2006
1.Stereotypically, a person seeking to be popular by listening to 'punk bands' and 'heavy metal/goth bands' (the kind on the radio and MTV), only dressing in black, always wanting/wearing tattoos, spikey bracelets, collars, etc., supposedly harbouring violent and sadistic tendencies, but not really accepting any of the good ideas of either goths or punks. Usually found in high schools across North America. Not that there is anything wrong with America, punks, goths, the colour black, rock music, or just plain old self-expression. Just stupid people
2.The 'preps' of the twenty-first century
Poppy Punk
2.The 'preps' of the twenty-first century
Poppy Punk
"That poppy goth John/Jean Smith just told me that if I want to study the social hierarchy of Imperial China instead of learning about how Christopher Columnbus found America, I should just move to China with the rest of those'red yellow pink commies'! Then he/she listened to some crappy music on the radio with some pansy screeming about how his daddy didn't hug him enough and hit some kid about 75 pounds lighter than him/herself with that stupid spikey, leather bracelet! Weak!"
by Gandhi, the Tree Wizard June 22, 2004
A person, usually female, that is a mindless zombie of a victim to the current trends of 'underground fashion'.
Usually claims to be a model.
Usually claims to be a model.
The band is ready to play, and here comes the Goth Pigs in their over-priced scene clothes! They will dance all night by the stage and later cat fight over who gets to fuck the guitar player!!!
by Syck Man, Esq, March 23, 2009
A "genre" of music that doesn't exist. A term most often used by fans of Cradle Of Filth or people that shop at Hot Topic and have no idea what gothic music is.
poser: "like omg do you like goth metal?"
me: "WTF is goth metal? Is that like Bauhaus mixed with Slipknot. Damn, that would sound shitty!"
poser: What is Bauhaus?
me: I hate you.
poser:*cries*
me: "WTF is goth metal? Is that like Bauhaus mixed with Slipknot. Damn, that would sound shitty!"
poser: What is Bauhaus?
me: I hate you.
poser:*cries*
by deathrockelitist October 21, 2005
A person that only becomes a Goth so they can look cool but really doesn't have a Goth mindset but instead they act like the stereotypical preppy and dress in black clothes and Goth make-up.
Everyone knows that girl is really a prep and she's being a poser but it really can't be proven that she's a poser and it's dumb to call people posers.
by Courtney-The-Goth May 31, 2005
There is much confusion about this term. It appears to have two meanings:
1: Same as Gothic Metal. People often call gothic metal "goth metal" because they assume the two words are interchangable, or because they assume that because it's called "gothic" it must have something to do with goth. It does not.
2: Any metal that so-called goths (usually wannabe goths) listen to. Could be anything from Nightwish to Slipknot depending on the whim of the speaker. This is a ficticous genre, ie there is no such thing as "goth metal"!! Gothic Rock and Metal are POLLS APART!!!
There is no genre of goth music which sounds anthing like metal. Period. Although there is no reason a goth cannot have a varied music taste, there is no connection whatsoever between goth and any form of metal.
For the true definition of gothic metal see gothic metal
1: Same as Gothic Metal. People often call gothic metal "goth metal" because they assume the two words are interchangable, or because they assume that because it's called "gothic" it must have something to do with goth. It does not.
2: Any metal that so-called goths (usually wannabe goths) listen to. Could be anything from Nightwish to Slipknot depending on the whim of the speaker. This is a ficticous genre, ie there is no such thing as "goth metal"!! Gothic Rock and Metal are POLLS APART!!!
There is no genre of goth music which sounds anthing like metal. Period. Although there is no reason a goth cannot have a varied music taste, there is no connection whatsoever between goth and any form of metal.
For the true definition of gothic metal see gothic metal
kid 1: "So you into goth metal?"
kid 2: "Yeah, I love Nightwish she's so GoThiC, I wish I had enough pocket money to get whiteface AND eyeliner"
kid 2: "Yeah, I love Nightwish she's so GoThiC, I wish I had enough pocket money to get whiteface AND eyeliner"
by Zoggi June 07, 2006
A person who dresses in the standardly categorized "gothic" fashion style but does not carry the acquainted lifestyle or attitude.
He's just a skin goth; he doesn't even like graveyards.
by Leena Blackhart August 01, 2008