Teen Gothic

Maybe this is petty and I should just leave people alone but I want to vent here because it’s been driving me insane since day 1. Our local “goth” scene has ALWAYS, at least since I started going to clubs 20 years ago, been exclusively industrial music. Not industrial mixed in because we’re a small city. Industrial ONLY. For the most part it’s dead because they’ve completely failed to attract fresh blood and almost everybody else has kids and other things keeping them at home but it does seem like they’re trying to hang on with occasional events. And still, it’s all industrial. If you request Siouxie or Sisters of Mercy or something they’re unlikely to play it. It’s very grudgingly. Some old friends are taking up DJing and posting videos and it’s the same exclusively industrial playlists they’ve been playing since the early 2000s and probably before. Now when someone posts about an event or DJing it’s really hard not to say “so is there going to be any actual goth music this time or….?” I already know the answer. “Industrial is goth!” -_-

It’s hopeless and stupid and I just needed to get that out.

This made me cry tears of joy. 😭 🥲

Post links to your favorite Goth events here! /u/DaveAzoicer is the only Goth event in Sweden (right now) Klubb Död! What's yours?

Hi everybody, was just wondering if Molchat Doma is goth music. I tried to search for any definitive answer online but i couldnt find anything really specifying if they were or not. Thanks!

Saw people were posting other dates so I thought I’d add. While I’m stoked to have seen them, I will say everything people have said about it mainly being back-tracking, Eldritch’s mic being super low/lip-syncing, and the guitarists carrying most of the vocals is true unfortunately.

They’re all getting old now, so I get it, but I am more hopeful about seeing The Cure in June.