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If you want to me to argue on your terms though, goth is a particularly hilariously easy genre to subvert.
"No, we didn't think of ourselves as Goth, There was no movement." -- Dave Roberts [Sex Gang Children]
"We weren't Goth, we were a straight-ahead rock and roll band who dressed like the New York Dolls." -- Rocco [Flesh for Lulu]
"We absolutely didn't start as a Goth band." -- Michael Aston [Gene Loves Jezebel]
"I've never been a Goth, not in the traditional sense, although there was a short period where I wore heavier make-up." -- Gitane Demone [Christian Death]
"Siouxsie, the Cramps and Bauhaus, even the Cure to an extent, were more archetypal [Goth] than we were." -- Wayne Hussey [Sisters of Mercy, The Mission]
"We never consciously focused on, or identified with any movement or any dialogue other than our own." -- Peter Murphy [Bauhaus]
"We never considered ourselves part of the goth thing." -- Ian Astbury [Southern Death Cult]
"I've often wondered why I've ever been entered into the Goth category!" -- Johnny Indovina [Human Drama]
"The moment a Goth band says, 'We are not a Goth band,' that's the end of their career." -- Mick Mercer [Author, Gothic Rock]
"But I don't think anybody with any self-respect would admit to being Goth" -- Rozz Williams [Christian Death, Shadow Project]
Do I need to find quotes by Andrew Eldritch and Siouxsie Sioux to go with these or have you all watched those interviews yourselves?
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