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unusual facts about Goth



BK grilled chicken sandwiches

The 2012 campaign from Clemenger BBDO for the TenderGrill for the Australian Burger King franchise, Hungry Jack's, featured a goth girl, complete with facial piercings and tattoos that loses her piercings and tattoos as she eats the sandwich.

Bus Station Loonies

Music journalist Mick Mercer's 1997 book The Hex Files: The Goth Bible, references The Bus Station Loonies for their 18-minute reggae rendition of The Sisters of Mercy composition, "Temple of Love".

Cabine C

A major influence on the Brazilian underground post-punk scenery, the band was characterized by its gloomy, ethereal Goth-esque instrumentation reminiscent of bands such as The Cure, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division, and Edgar Allan Poe-influenced themes and lyrics.

Caelum Bliss

Their early material was rooted in the early '80's goth movement which had punk influences as well.

Casa Pierpiero

A spin-off of Quelli dell'Intervallo Cafe, the series follows young Pierpiero (Federico Mezzottoni), a rich boy who falls in love with a goth girl.

Creation's Tears

British author, radio DJ and journalist Malcolm Dome has classified the band as "Brit Goth", akin to a fusion of Lacuna Coil and Anathema.

Damon and Debbie

The couple visit Morecambe, with Goth Papadum-packer Jenny (Michelle Holmes), who Debbie had met at the open day, and her husband, computer programmer Kirk (Ian Ormsby-Knox).

Daniel Cavanagh

Alternative 4, whose songs were mostly composed by Cavanagh and Duncan Patterson, met generally positive reviews and marked the transition of the band from gothic metal towards a more alternative rock/goth sound.

Demonium

The score was composed by Marc Trinkhaus and featured songs by US goth band The Razor Skyline.

Épernon

De Nogaret's second son, Bernard (1592–1661), succeeded his father to the dukedom and after his death, the title was borne by the families of Goth and of Pardaillan.

First and Last and Always

In 2012, a retrospective by the Sonic Seducer magazine called the album a "pillar of the goth culture" and included it in a list of "10 Key Albums for the Gothic Scene".

French Beach, Karachi

French Beach of Karachi is located half way between Hawkes Bay and Paradise Point, is a small fishing village frequented by Karachi's elite and known to the locals as Haji Ismill Goth.

God and the Abyss

Similar in vein to the sound of Joy Division, Bauhaus and other post-punk goth rockers, God and the Abyss was a long journey that lasted from the first recording in 1985 to the final release in 1997.

Gothic Beauty

Issues have included interviews with such Goth and Goth-friendly musicians as Alice Cooper, Diamanda Galás, KMFDM, Rasputina and Peter Murphy.

Government Degree College Memon Goth

Government Degree Science, Arts & Commerce College Memon Goth is a Co-education degree college located in Memon Goth Karachi, Pakistan adjacent to the Office of Union Council Murad Memon Goth.

Hack Circle

For a time it was a popular Hacky Sack venue (hence the name), later it became a popular hang out for "black-dressed emos, goths, heavy metal fans and United States style gangstas".

Hans Steinbach

Hans' artistic talents have been influenced by Japanese artists, such as Go Nagai and Akira Toriyama and a passion for music such as heavy metal and goth, his musical idol being Yngwie Malmsteen.

Junglist

As a subculture, however, it is not nearly as distinct as goth or punk to the untrained eye, where members can often distinguish each other by their mannerisms and fashion without hearing their choice of music.

Licinianus

Apparently, Licinianus, who was a senator, had the support of the Roman Senate and parts of the population when he initiated an uprising against Decius, who was fighting the Goths.

Life Sucks

It is about a vampire who works as at night as a store clerk and is in love with a goth Latina woman who wants to be a vampire.

Little Gloomy

Due to the design of the central character and association through the Slave Labor Graphics publishing imprint, Little Gloomy is often labeled specifically as a goth related comic.

Lucrezia Borgia

The 1988 song Lucretia My Reflection by the English goth rock band The Sisters of Mercy off their Floodland album was written by band vocalist Andrew Eldritch for band mate Patricia Morrison, in which he speaks "she always strikes me as a Lucretia Borgia-type person".

Murder Party

The art students are costumed as a goth/vampire, a werewolf, a zombie cheerleader, Daryl Hannah's replicant character from Blade Runner, and a Baseball Fury from The Warriors.

My First Mister

In an effort to secure employment at the upscale Century City Mall in Los Angeles, Jennifer (Sobieski), a 17-year-old "goth-punk" girl, makes a nuisance of herself at a clothing store run by 49-year-old Randall Harris (Brooks), who eventually hires her on a trial basis as a stockroom clerk.

My Uncle Rafael

When not broadly riffing about love, commitment, and Jay-Z and Kim Kardashian, Rafael heals everyone around him (all of them dull types, including the angry goth teen and misbehaving young son) via advice like "When you learn to love someone without condition, you will be loved in return"—nauseating platitudes that turn the film into a comedy of corny homilies.

Noir Leather

Throughout the years it has been a prime local advertiser and has had heavy involvement in the local fetish/goth scene.

Paat

A mound known as Lohum-jo-Daro near the Piyaro Goth railway station was first discovered in 1925, and subsequently excavated by the archaeologist Majumdar.

Panic in Detroit

Christian Death - The Rage of Angels (1994), Death in Detroit EP (1995), Goth Oddity - A Tribute to David Bowie (1999), and Starman: Rare and Exclusive Versions of 18 Classic David Bowie Songs, CD premium from the March 2003 issue of Uncut magazine

Peoples' Aman Committee

The organization initially only served Lyari, but soon offices were set up in other Baloch populated neighbourhoods of Karachi, such as Dalmiya (Shantinagar), Malir, Gadap, Old Golimar, Mawach Goth, and even in some nearby town and villages in Sindh and Balochistan.

Porl King

Porl King, born 19 October 1967 on the Wirral Peninsula in England, first achieved public acclaim and success as the singer, songwriter and guitarist for the goth band Rosetta Stone from their inception in the late 1980s through to their demise in 1998.

Quintuplets

She dresses and styles her hair in an alternative style, frequently mistaken for the typical goth style and enjoys reading.

Rose Mortem

Launching in 1998, the Rose Mortem fashion label has been featured in several publications including Mick Mercer's cult classic, 21st Century Goth.

Sanguis et Cinis

On December 25th 2013 Sanguis et Cinis played a worldwide exclusive reunion show in Leipzig together with fellow 90ies Goth act Illuminate on personal request of the band.

Sheena Is a Parasite

The title and content were adapted from The Ramones single "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" as well as The Cramps' "Sheena's in a Goth Gang", and chronicles the demise of punk music and its cultural influence.

Soulscraper

The sound was influenced by alternative, industrial, goth, punk, and dance music, combined with an Australian Pub rock live music sensibility.

SpiderCider

SpiderCider is a punk rock project from Goth/Punk/Hardcore/Metal veteran Eerie Von.

T.M.I.

Soon after, Cartman is sent to an anger management class, which he shares with a number of other people, such as Tuong Lu Kim, the Tall Goth, and a member of the Tea Party.

The Bronx Casket Co.

The record includes a Goth rendition of the Lynyrd Skynyrd hit "Free Bird" - "If you're going to do a cover tune, you may as well defile a classic" states Verni.

Twice Upon a Time: The Singles

"That the former Grand Viziers of Goth's slickest offering to date is a sonic accompaniment to gloomy Gotham City on the soundtrack to Batman Returns5 review for Select.

WGY-FM

Throughout its history as a rock format, the station was known for playing many alternative, punk, goth, emo, and metal bands and artists from about 1990 to the present, including Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, Korn, Linkin Park, Slipknot, and Atreyu.

Widsith

It is moot whether Widsith literally intends himself, or poetically means his lineage, either as a Myrging or as a poet, as when "the fictive speaker Deor uses the rhetoric of first-person address to insert himself into the same legendary world that he evokes in the earlier parts of the poem through his allusions to Weland the smith, Theodoric the Goth, Eormanric the Goth, and other legendary figures of the Germanic past" (Niles 2003, p 10).

Yui Horie

She has collaborated with a few other artists, such as Unscandal in 2005 and Kurobara Hozonkai, a goth band in 2007.


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