What is it about?
The goth scene is one of the longest-lived music-based cultures. Enjoying an ever-evolving continuous existence since the early '80s. In this article, we talk to individuals who became goth in the 1980s and their memories and recollections of the scene as it changed over the decades.
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Why is it important?
In the late 1980s the UK goth scene seemingly suddenly vanished from all aspects of the mass media. The result was a large number of people were left culturally stranded. In this article, we examine the memories of people who were around at the time and what becoming goth meant to them and their journey to this cultural space and identity.
Perspectives
We hope that this article shines a light on a time and culture that has not received a great deal of analysis and research. Equally, we hope that the information we have uncovered helps to give an effective explanation as to why the goth scene has survived for so long, and will in all likelihood continue to do so.
Mr Trevor Edwin Bamford
Leeds Beckett University
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This page is a summary of: Becoming and being goth: How goths remember the scene’s transition from the eighties into the nineties, Punk & Post Punk, October 2021, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/punk_00088_1.
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