Is horror punk a part of goth, or does it just share a visual aesthetic
8mon 22d ago by lemmy.world/u/Teknevra in ask_a_gothI know what the really early goth bands were (the smiths, banshees, etc) and how it started primarily as post punk, but outside of that im pretty confused on what bands/genres are a part of goth. It doesn’t help that there are a lot of bands (usually alternative metal) that are liked by/associated with goth but have nothing to do with the actual subculture. (Learning about goth so far has felt like the inverse of learning about emo, where I started out knowing mostly newer bands and understood the genre more as I learned more about the early foundational bands, whereas with goth I only really know the early bands and am completely lost from there)
The problem with post punk and goth, is that they are both backwards looking postnomers. Musically I wouldn't mix psychobilly or horror punk with goth though. As they're still very much punk. Very different vibes. Even if bands like The Damned or The Cure started off very punk.
Culturally however it's more than a shared visual aesthetic. And I'd easily group any of them in a greater "goth" culture for sure. If that makes sense. Though I'm coming at it from a very DJ centric view point.