Appreciate Goth Music
Do you want to hear Goth music, but think it is too scary or intense? It isn't really, once you get to know it.
Steps
- Take baby steps to your first real goth album by listening to artists with similar, yet more mainstream qualities. Eighties alternative rock bands like The Cure are good places to begin. Look at songs besides their singles, and get a feel for the music. When you're ready, move onto less mainstream Gothic bands.
- Get a Gothic album, and prepare for a shift in sounds. For the most part, the mainstream sounds that you will be used to are gone. The band Bauhaus is considered one of the most well-known and influential goth bands. Other good starting points can be found in punk and post-punk bands such as Joy Division, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Damned, Sisters of Mercy or Christian Death. Later you may want to try more specific styles of Gothic music.
- If you prefer electronic music, you may want to look into EBM, industrial, and dark wave artists such as Neurotic fish, The Cruxshadows, Bella Morte, Das Ich, You Shriek, Einstürzende Neubauten and Collide.
- If you are into musical theatre, you may enjoy dark cabaret music. Artists known to play in this style are Jill Tracy, Salon Betty, Rozz Williams, Katzenjammer Kabarett, Voltaire and Rasputina.
- If you prefer softer music you may want to try the bands Black Tape For a Blue Girl, Dead Can Dance, syntactic, Lycia, and Autumn's Grey Solace.
- If you prefer music with a New Age or Celtic feel, try listening to Leaves' Eyes, Elusiveness, Faith and the Muse, or FAUN.
- If you want to listen to a band with a good strong voice that sings pop punk (which is more like 'normal' music) than try Emilie Autumn or The Dresden Dolls.
- If you like Hip Hop and R&B style music listening to bands like Tricky, Kung Fu Vampire, and Portishead
- If you enjoy Electro Pop music try synthpop bands like Covenant, Necro Facility, and Wolfisheim
- If you into metal try bands like Evanescence, Lacuna Coil, and Black Sabbath
- If you like Synth try bands like Depeche Mode
- If you enjoy ambient music try bands like Burzum, SIJ, and Lustmord
- Listen to the lyrics. A huge part of "Gothic" music is appreciation of very meaningful and deep lyrics. You can search online for the lyrics. Listen to what they are singing about. The lyrics vary from deeply touching and profound to perforated with a macabre whimsy.
- Realize it is not scary. This is a cool type of music. It has it's own sound, like all genres.
- Read websites. Websites such as [www.julietslace.piczo.com Julietslace] and Gothic International, they're websites dedicated to informing others about the subculture, including its music.
Tips
- Music like Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, and KoRn aren't Gothic. Manson is shock rock, KoRn and Slipknot are nu-metal. Some goths occasionally will listen to these bands, though.
- Keep an open mind to all types of music.
- A lot of Gothic bands are underground so stay in touch and watch because you might be one of their first fans.
- Goth music expands through many genres and taste. Some of which are not listed here.
- Only put the music on full volume if you know that you won't receive complaints about it.
