What is a Goth? Is it a personality? A style? To an outsider being a Goth is seen as a style, with their black hair, black clothes and everything else being black but during my research I found out that it isn’t only a style – it is a group of people who feel comfortable within each others company.

Most people become Goths because they have been spurned by 'normal' society because the way they want to live their lives does not fit in with how most people are told to live theirs. Goths are free thinkers, people who do not accept the moral rules of society because they're told 'This is just how it is'. Each and every Goth is really passionate about who they are.

The Gothic scene began in the UK in the 1980’s, as part of the Post-punk genre.  This subculture has continued to exist much longer than others of the same time. The subcultures influences come from 19th century Gothic literature and horror films.

Goth Fashion:  Their favourite colour will be black but sometimes you will see that they wear another main colour e.g. Red and black. Styles of dress within the subculture, range from Deathrock, punk and Victorian style, or a blend of the above, most often with dark clothing, makeup and hair. Some Goths like to wear Victorian style clothes, such as tailored jackets and waistcoats for men. Also, Gothic men wear long black leather coats.  Women like to wear corsets, fishnets and mini skirts. Also a big fashion statement for Goths is leather, leather dresses, skirts and trousers.  A very popular brand that Goths wear is New Rocks. New Rocks are these big, chunky leather boots with zips, laces and metal bits on them.

Make up: A lot of Goths will paint their faces white and add loads of black eye liner to their eyes and they will also have black lips and black nails. Over all Goths make up is very exaggerated.

Music: Gothic music includes a number of different styles including Gothic rock, Darkwave, Deathrock, Ethereal, Neo-Medieval and Neoclassical. Some Bands I thought were quite good were All About Eve, Clan of Xymox and Screaming Dead

One of the most interesting things I discovered, was they do not like to be asked what they are because they do not put themselves in a subculture.  This isn’t just Goths, it’s the same thing with every subculture – it’s society who puts them there. They all say the same thing, “I’m not anything, and I’m just me”.