Teen Gothic

I was watching a live performance of Jesus and Mary chain and they looked pretty goth to me, what do y'all think?

Went through the whole """goth phase""" a decade ago (i.e. dressing in black and being a moody teenager and thinking liking skulls made me Edgy™ without actually understanding what goth was) but now I'm finding actual goth music and madly trawling this sub for recommendations and just

The music. My brain. It gets me. It gets being into the stuff that people around me would label "weird" and "why do you even like that" which has just been my whole life up to this point. So many songs are just so aurally pleasing and I was happily stimming to my growing playlist tonight because I can feel the music. I'm even finding some of my new favourite bands and songs and playing them on repeat so much that I'm going to sleep with them playing in my head 😭

Just…so glad I found this sub and all the recommendations, they've really kept me busy lately when I needed it 🖤

Mine personally are Scarlet’s Remains, Dystopian Society, Mystic Priestess, Christian Death, Christ VS Warhol and Moral Hex, what about you?

Just finished sewing my first patch onto my goth jacket I've been planning to make for a while now. Super excited to finally be able to start it and see it come together.

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I've seen an influx of posts on here of people who are struggling to find their local scene. To put it simply, goth scenes are hard to find for a variety of reasons– either they don't exist in your local area, or they're run by older people who primarily use Facebook to promote, or just in general, there is little to no promotion for the event happening at all because its a small, tight-knit group of people who have been doing scene-related things together for years.

Goth is a pretty niche subculture. You'll often find that goth scenes just don't exist in the city/town you're located in, or whatever scene there is, it's small. I'm a brand new promoter in DC, and so far, I haven't had a completely dead night where no one showed up, but it happens, because the scene is small, and it's hard to find if you aren't intentionally looking for it. As a promoter and an owner of a club night, we do our best to make ourselves visible and accessible, but the work we do can only go so far.

So, here's my advice to people who are struggling to find their local scene– make your own. It isn't as difficult as it sounds, but it is definitely intimidating if you've never been in charge of anything before.

Step number one is to learn how to DJ. By far, the most difficult step out of all I'm about to talk about because it can get expensive. You'll need a DJ table, a laptop, and a digital library of music. I got a cheap table for maybe only $ 150, but you could probably even thrift one. Some tables don't require laptops, but they get more expensive than standard tables.

Step number two is to find a venue. Most goth nights get hosted at bars because the venues are eager to make money off of patrons, so they're always willing to host an event. Find a local bar, talk to the bartender, tell them you're interested in setting up an event there, ask them how to get an event set up, etc.

Step number three: promote. Make flyers for the event. You can make these in something like Canva, which is a photo-editing app that lets you put text over pictures. Print them out, and post them up around local spots (libraries, cafés, anywhere that lets you advertise with paper flyers). Take the image and upload it to IG, or Twitter, upload it to Facebook, make a Facebook event for it, and use hashtags related to your local area. For example, if you live in DC like me, you would use the tags "#dcgoth" or "#dmvgoth".

All of these steps are way simpler if you have friends to help you out along the way. These steps are also incredibly simplified, but I am definitely 100% willing to give a more in-depth explanation to anyone who wants to start their own scene in their area.

Here is an updated version of my vest. I unfortunately didn’t have much time to work on it this week so I only got to add a single band logo studs, and chains.