Encyclopedia Gothica by Ladouceur Liisa Pullin Gary

Author:Ladouceur, Liisa, Pullin, Gary [Ladouceur, Liisa, Pullin, Gary]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: 2011-07-06T20:00:00+00:00

IDM Short-form for intelligent dance music, a type of post-rave electronic music considered more for home listening than for dancing. The somewhat ridiculously elitist genre designation (every other kind of dance music is stupid?) originated in 1993 with a Usenet list set up to discuss recordings emerging on such British labels as Warp and Reflex, now applied to a wide variety of electronic music from AMBIENT to techno, only some of which could be considered Goth (e.g., post–SKINNY PUPPY projects like Download) Still, Goths could do worse than to listen to more IDM and less EBM, IMHO.

I’M SO GOTH Every Goth website has, at some point, run its sarcastic “I’m So Goth I . . .” list to show off how we are perfectly capable of making fun of ourselves. (e.g.: “I’m so Goth I wear sunglasses to open the refrigerator,” “I’m so Goth I make Happy Meals cry,” etc.) But somehow, the community seems to have settled on one joke most of all: “I’m so Goth I shit BATs.” Yes, there’s a T-shirt.

INDUSTRIAL Goth’s meaner sibling, a style of dark, heavy music with some similar themes that’s just as slippery to define, with a bewildering number of ever-evolving subgenres and sub-subgenres from avant garde to metal. Let’s just say it’s generally electronic, generally noisy and at its best when experimenting with unconventional construct and provocative content, although most popular when you can stomp your army boots to its beats. The term originates with British sonic terrorists Throbbing Gristle in the 1970s, is most exemplified by German scrap metal scavengers turned ballet composers Einstrüzende Neubauten and can be applied to dozens of 1980s groups using synths and drum machines and shouting — although is most associated in the mainstream mind with the mid ’90s industrial rock sound of NINE INCH NAILS and Ministry. While there are distinct differences between camps, the term Goth/Industrial is often used to represent where they meet, usually in nightclubs and clothing shops appealing to both.

INDUSTRIAL FISHNETS Style of FISHNET stockings with larger holes, also called fencenets.

INDUSTRIAL GOTH See: Rivethead

INDUSTRIALNATION American music zine, founded in 1991 by Paul Valerio as a black-and-white Xeroxed affair but well established by 1995 as a full-size, glossy-covered mag based in Chicago. Dedicated to the INDUSTRIAL, experimental, noise and, to a lesser extent, Goth music scenes at the time they were really breaking through; it was the leading source of information on new releases, with hundreds of CD reviews, band interviews and scene reports from far-flung communities (including a Toronto column written by yours truly). Despite its unpredictable publishing schedule and limited distribution, played a part in the rise of bands like Ministry and KMFDM as well as many indie upstarts it featured on compilation CDs. Lost steam around the time of the internet explosion; a 2003 relaunch failed to generate much interest.

INTERPOL American POST-PUNK band formed in 1997 in New York City. Why this band has not been more widely embraced by Goths everywhere is a supreme mystery to me.

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