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Cyber Goths are truly the antithesis of all that is Goth. They like bright neon colours, worship futurism and technology, and listen to dance music that is as different from Gothic Rock as possible. So why are they called Goths at all? It could be because the music scene gradually evolved from Industrial, Goth’s experimental electronic cousin. It could be that the lyrics of their prefered music genre (Electronic Body Music, or EBM, eg. VNV Nation) are generally too deep and too depressing for other dance fans. It could be because they have weird hair. Identifying Cyber Goths is easy: they’ll be the most conspicuous ones in the club with their insane pony falls, goggles, futuristic rave-inspired clothing, towering New Rock platforms, and miscellaneous glowing bits and pieces. Despite being some of the most lively members of the scene, all other Goths seem to loath this type. Especially the Industrial fans. However it cannot be denied that the cyber scene is huge now, and is getting ever more popular.

Yeah, this one’s from 2005. Cybergoth faded away several years later tho there are still some “die-hards”.

Source / more: https://www.deviantart.com/trellia/gallery/25271332/goth-stereo-types Reposted with permission. I saw these elsewhere and emailed the artist/author who said it was OK to re-post them here.

  • Semester3383English
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    7 days ago

    Back when Neo still existed in Chicago, there were a few cybergoths there every weekend. I knew a few when i used to go to City Club in Detroit. AFAIK, everyone was cool with them. You’d see them at Skinny Puppy, KMFDM, and 16Volt shows, and also at Combichrist.

    The whole post-1995 goth/industrial scene was way too small to get pissy about specific sub-genres of goth.

    • Sergio@piefed.socialOPEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      I get the feeling that post-1995 goth/industrial was a lot different in Europe than it was in the US. Espcially when it came to festivals and raves. I could be mistaken, tho.