The beat generation was at it's peak in the 1950's-60's, and had nothing to do with goths.
gothguy777 said:
i heard it started by a band called bauhaus
Nopers, try Joy Division or even Rudimentary Peni.
Iconoclast said:
Goth derives from the 1970's punk era with the introduction of metal music to the masses, the people that layed rome to ruins were called the visigoths they weren't vikings you pathetic mindless drones they were gauls from spain, in any case goth is mearly an abreviation of 'gothic' and is really culturally intended for pre-teens or atleast thats my interpretation...
The Visigoths And The Ostrogoths were both eastern German tribes, but you get a gold star for even knowing that they were not
Vikings.