- Goth can also mean a member of a Germanic tribe
Viona Ielegems at Work at the Wave Gotik Treffen 2005
A goth is a word usually used to describe a person who listens to gothic music and/or dresses in a goth style clothes. Goths often wear black and unusual jewelry. Both goth men and goth women often wear make-up.
The goth subculture originated in the early 1980s among fans of the first gothic rock group, Bauhaus.