The Dramedy is the creative outlet of frontman, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Dave Dramedy. Dave is best-known for his work in the ‘dark alternative’ musical spectrum, from his time as the regular live sideman to Caroline Blind (Sunshine Blind) and as a former member of L.A. deathrockers Readership Hostile, through to the dark alt. rock…
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Black goths are the one type you probably don’t picture. Afrogoths, also known as “Black Goths,” are challenging Eurocentric aesthetics and history within the Goth subculture by making their presence in it visible. Despite being embraced by elements of the goth community, Brat refers to her styling as “alternative”, even outside the goth scene.” It’s…
Differentiating between Emo and Goth The distinctiveness between Emo and Goth is what we will strive to expose here. A quick definition of Emo first. Emo stands for emotional hardcore. It’s a type of punk rock that originated in the middle of the past century in Washington, whereas Goth is an earlier term that describes…
Several hundred people tuned into Virtual Cryfest last spring and danced all night long to no-cover, gloomy tunes favored by fans of Goth and ‘darkwave’ music. This event presented an eerie looped video of Robert Smith playing a song from the Cure, “A Forest,” which was a departure from the black cat’s usual cinematic experience.” A…
Goths and non-Goths alike confess stereotypes of the Gothic subculture—but that’s the precisely the problem. Defining stereotypes in Webster’s New World Dictionary as “fixed or conventional conceptions, such as of a person, group, idea, etc., held by a number of people and allowing no independent thoughts, critical judgment, etc.” Individuals who are not within the…
