A lot of my favourite bands tend to get put under Goth, despite the word not really being used around the time they made their "darker" music, and of course nearly all of them loathe the tag. I find it hard to blame them. The goth music of today is completely different. Bands like the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees,Joy Division(many more). They were raincoat bands, post-punk, not Goth. Robert Smith started out with short hair and wore regular suits, braces, at most a leather jacket. In fact the less "Goth" Cure music became, the more his image became "Goth". The Pornography album and subsequent tour was the pinnacle of the bands dark era, and throughout most of that tour he wore white shirts and regular black trousers. He had always worn make up but he actually took his trademark look after his tenure in the Banshees, taking much inspiration from Siouxsie herself and at this point the bands music became much more diverse and at times poppy. The Cure, SATB, Their music has always had melody, yes some of it has a darker atmosphere, but to counter their One Hundred Years there has always been an Inbetween days. In fact most people probably know of the band from their pop singles right? More people know Friday I'm In love than they do a Forest, or the Hanging Garden I would guess. and FDIL is such a goff anthem isnt it? :| Joy Division live were a punk band. Goth now seems to tie in more with metal. More something you would relate to bands like the Sisters of Mercy. Its never been just about the music. Because bands that aren't goth have always been called Goth because they look a bit Goth. Even then thats a big difference to how the average Goth looks.
Sorry for the almost rant like nature, but musically for the most part, some Goth bands that are labeled so just weren't that Goth. Dark? at times yes, atmospheric? absolutely, Goth? Not in the sense the word is used now.
I don't know much about emo tbh
So I shall leave that to others.
But yeah not that it really matters haha, oh well. Nothing wrong with some polite discussion
Also I don't think I will ever use the word Goth as much in a piece of writing again ever XD
