On this day in , two teenage gunmen kill 13 people in a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado , south of Denver. At approximately a. By a. Shortly after noon, the two teens turned their guns on themselves and committed suicide. The crime prompted a national debate on gun control and school safety, as well as a major investigation to determine what motivated the teen gunmen. In the days immediately following the shootings, it was speculated that Klebold and Harris purposely chose jocks, minorities and Christians as their victims.
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The goth subculture is a subculture that began in England during the early s, where it developed from the audience of gothic rock , an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The name, goth subculture, was derived directly from the music genre. Notable post-punk groups that presaged that genre and helped develop and shape the subculture, include Siouxsie and the Banshees , Joy Division , Bauhaus and The Cure. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify and spread throughout the world. Its imagery and cultural proclivities indicate influences from 19th-century Gothic literature and gothic horror films. The scene is centered on music festivals, nightclubs and organized meetings, especially in Western Europe. The goth subculture has associated tastes in music, aesthetics, and fashion. The music preferred by the goth subculture includes a number of different styles, e. The style usually includes dark attire often black , dark makeup and black hair. The subculture continues to draw interest from a large audience decades after its emergence.
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Following the massacre at Columbine High School on April 20, , one common view was that the violent actions perpetrated by the two shooters, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold , were due to violent influences in entertainment, specifically those in the music of Marilyn Manson. In the late s, Marilyn Manson and his eponymous band established themselves as a household name, [3] and as one of the most controversial rock acts in music history. On April 20, , Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shot dead 12 students and a teacher and wounded 24 others, before committing suicide. Despite this, Marilyn Manson were widely criticized by religious, [25] political, [26] and entertainment-industry figures— Lynyrd Skynyrd , for example, offered to give the frontman "a can of whoop ass. Under mounting pressure in the days after Columbine, the group postponed their last five North American tour dates out of respect for the victims and their families. The [news] media has unfairly scapegoated the music industry and so-called Goth kids and has speculated, with no basis in truth, that artists like myself are in some way to blame.
At a local shop that sells dark, "goth''-style clothing, employees reported receiving harassing calls. On the Internet, there have been threats of revenge posted against "goth'' kids. And at a "goth'' coffeehouse in an Arvada strip mall, there was talk that anyone seen in a black trench coat - the uniform of some "goth'' youngsters and the attire worn by the two suspects in Tuesday's killing rampage - will be "targets of rage. I have a tremendous concern for these young people in the "goth' community. They're all going to be targets of rage,'' Alberti said. The confusion, Alberti believes, stems from the outfits worn by gunmen Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, The suspects were members of the Trench Coat Mafia, a small, self-styled group at Columbine High that drew on the "goth'' scene, adopting its traditional style of dress and dark makeup. They too were outcasts, reportedly teased and taunted by other students. But people inside the "goth'' community claim that's where the similarities end. Klebold and Harris, for example, wore swastikas, worshipped Adolf Hitler and promised violence.
