Teen Gothic

I’m what people call a “closeted goth” I do not look/dress the part but I love the music, the history and all around aesthetic of Goth culture, I feel right at home here. I've had times where I'd be in a goth club and at first they'd think I'm some lost dude only to be pleasantly surprised when I start talking about some of my favorite bands and or artists.

Have any of yall run into someone who shocked you finding out they're goth at heart they just don't physically show it?

I'm talking new, old or both. I'll start with what may be a controversial one, but I don't like Joy Division. I appreciate their influence on the scene, but their music isn't anything to write home about and it's just boring. If I never heard them again, it'd be too soon.

Also, we as a society need to move past the Unknown Pleasures cover. We're better than that.

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YAMA UBA (goth/post punk duo) interview in Decaycast fanzine

https://decaycast.wordpress.com/2024/01/12/decaycast-premieres-yama-uba-breaks-down-the-walls-with-facade/

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love this quote:

We might not individually have the power to stop the world’s most advanced military in history, but we do have the ability to state that institutional narratives are outright lies, and to simply refuse to be brainwashed. We can say, “We see you, the richest and most elite people in the world, using all the world’s wealth without our consent, to kill the poorest and the most powerless. You employ weapons of mass destruction to purposely target and kill children, poets, doctors, and teachers, and then you claim a moral superiority.” That has to happen for any other change to take place, and it’s something we’ll always have the power to do. The crack in the facade, and the tumbling of the tower, starts within each of us.

I've only listened to (and liked) The Birthday Massacre, Molchat Doma, Bela Lugosi's Dead, Samhain, and I'm not sure if these last two count, but I also like HIM and Aurelio Voltaire. I really enjoyed all of these, although I've tried checking out deathrock and hated everything I've heard, so I guess I'll take the more post-punk/pop inspired sides of goth music. Also, I already know where to start with The Cure, but I'd love to know where to start with Nick Cave, cause I've heard he's good but never heard he was goth outside of this community. Feel free to recommend super well-known recs and obscure ones too!

TL;DR- Give me anything but deathrock.