What is the difference between being "goth" and being "emo"?

emo comes from the genre of music called emocore or emotional hardcore now the genre as more of an indie influence. “”Indie Emo””

From 2000 to present, use of the term “emo” expanded beyond the musical genre, which added to the confusion surrounding the term. The word “emo” became associated with open displays of strong emotion. Common fashion styles and attitudes that were becoming idiomatic of fans of similar “emo” bands also began to be referred to as “emo”. As a result, bands that were loosely associated with “emo” trends or simply demonstrated emotion began to be referred to as emo.

In an even more expanded way than in the 90s, emo has come to encompass an extremely wide variety of bands, many of whom have very little in common. The term has become so broad that it has become nearly impossible to describe what exactly qualifies as “emo”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo

Goth also started with music -“”Gothic Rock”” one of it’s early influences being the Doors Defining an explicit ideology for the gothic subculture is difficult for several reasons. First is the overwhelming importance of mood and aesthetic for those involved. This is, in part, inspired by romanticism and neoromanticism. The allure for goths of dark, mysterious, and morbid imagery and mood lies in the same tradition of Romanticism’s gothic novel. During the late 18th and 19th century, feelings of horror, and supernatural dread were widespread motifs in popular literature; The process continues in the modern horror film. Balancing this emphasis on mood and aesthetics, another central element of the gothic is a deliberate sense of camp theatricality and self-dramatization; present both in gothic literature as well as in the gothic subculture itself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goth

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