Ironically, however, the Goths are often credited with helping to preserve Roman culture. After the sacking of Rome, a group of Goths moved to Gaul (in modern-day France) and Iberia and formed the ...

And yet, more than 40 years after The Cure’s second record, “Seventeen Seconds,” cemented the group’s status as talented purveyors of dark and sinister sounds, goth is still at the heart ...

The word “Gothic” often envokes a description of mysterious homes, or a modern-day group of people who have an affinity for dark aesthetics, but what the gothic architectural style ...

“Despite our passionate insistence that the Cure was not a Goth group, the Cure was very much a Goth group,” Tolhurst writes in “Goth.” “Goth” grew out of the book tour for Tolhurst ...

Her entry into goth culture came via 1990s teen culture ... “I said, No, you can’t eat the severed eye.” A New Super-Group of Creative Talent: The Independents has acquired more than ...

Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters of Mercy dislikes being labelled “the godfather of goth”; “first and foremost he considers the group a rock band”, as Tolhurst explains. Tolhurst’s ex ...

Thirty years since the seaside town hosted its first Goth Weekend, Whitby is still a "safe and accepting" place, say regular visitors to the festival. Held annually in April and October, the ...