Some time ago, when I was a Gothic maiden living in a railroad apartment with a roommate and a small colony of cockroaches, we used to sit around the kitchen table smoking Djarum Blacks and seeing who ...

In a global environment in which blandness seems to rule and people are more connected – and therefore arguably more homogenised – than ever, subcultures might seem to be on the decline. But this is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My Chemical Romance in 2005. From left: Ray Toro, Mikey Way, Gerard Way, Frank Iero, Bob Bryar - Credit: Naki/Redferns It’s Day ...

After it blazed through England and New York in the 1970s, the first wave of punk rock left a whole lot of darkness in its wake. As the decade rolled to a close, young musicians struck by punk’s ...

Goth is the subculture that never died – or more precisely, perhaps, remains undead. The persistence of the subculture’s style is due to the remarkable richness of the cultural tradition on which it ...