Over the years it has evolved to encompass other subcultures creating splinter groups: vampire goths, lolita goths, cyber goths, rock-a-billy goths, pastel goths, and corporate goths, which I suppose would be me. Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and The Cure followed and with it came a DIY aesthetic mixing punk, Victorian mourning and memento mori iconography. I was a spooky kid who grew up to be a spooky adult.ĭepending on your age, goth probably evokes a different image the sulky South Park goth kids, or Winona Ryder’s Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice, but before goth was “goth” it started with music, specifically the post-punk band Joy Division. My name means “dark as night” in Arabic and I occasionally faint for no apparent reason. I may wear less eyeliner and there’s a lot less velvet in my wardrobe, but I love cemeteries, horror movies, and prefer my skies overcast.
Bands may come and go, music evolves, fashion ebbs and flows but goth will never die. For a music-based subculture it has a remarkable longevity that spans generations from Elder Goths to Baby Bats. I still have the Ouija board too but now it’s mostly for decorative purposes. I was in the sixth grade and spent much of my time listening to Siouxsie & the Banshees on my portable record player and summoning ghosts with my Ouija board, then I found the paperback of Interview with the Vampire on my parents bookshelf and never gave it back. I discovered goth music about the same time I discovered Anne Rice.
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