After gothic culture split off, the name increasingly began to refer to the people who never abandoned the punk aesthetic. The clothing includes lots of leather and spikes, without being fetishy. Torn clothing is cool.
Punk hairstyles are still popular.
Famous deathrock songs are still played in goth clubs. Themes in industrial music include domination, aggression, revenge, and political failure. The clothes associated with the industrial scene are mostly black jeans and black T-shirts, army surplus, and fetish. Many rivetheads are sinister computer geeks, for some reason. Rivetheads frequent goth clubs where a mix of goth and industrial music is played.