Goth

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New York City goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985).
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New York City goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985).

A goth is a person who listens to gothic rock music. Goths often wear black clothes and unusual jewelry. Both goth men and goth women often wear make-up.

Goth came from the word Golgotha which actually means skull place. People who call themselves a Goth are those who live up the meaning of the name through anything that may represent death such as those with the color black, deathly white, bloody red.

Goth people also make and listen to Goth music.

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