Teen Gothic

Fully aware a lot of bands make money through merch. Yet why be rude if people don't buy your merch. They're a band rather popular now in the scene that got rather upset at people not buying anything from their table. The lead went outside me and my friend were waiting guess he thought we were trying to talk to him we weren’t like geez how self entitled does one have to be.. like the amount of negative behavior is insane. The merch people deserve better like no one can make people buy band merch. Yet being rude isn't helping neither. I'm not calling this band out in hopes they do have respect for the audience and we caught them on a bad day just disappointing especially when they were trying to lecture the entire audience on being friends partially tired of seeing fraudulent bands get respect then lose it when no one buys merch from them. Even the main act didn't sell much merch. Any musician should know touring is hard and you can't always "win" a crowd. Thoughts on muscians/bands that do this?

This is my first post as a babybat, hi! About two weeks ago my mom got this jacket for a dollar and it occurred to me to make my first battle jacket, all the patches were made and sewn by hand (sorry for the bad english, it's not my native language)

Neat stuff. This was at Twist & Shout in Denver, CO. I shop there often. I only got the Xymox CD this time. A lot of the best stuff goes quickly. If only they'd make a goth section like the other record shops here do.

Im very curious what it was like to be goth in the early 2000’s were you bullied/ made fun of more then now? Have you noticed a change in how people treat you then vs now? I’m genuinely curious what it was like in that era. If anyone was goth in that era or before let me know your experience!

Hello! So I'm quite fond of the concept of non-goth songs covered by goths, remade in goth spirit, in a goth way etc. kinda thing. I'm not certain of many, but for example:

• Rasputin – Disjecta Membra
• Walking In Light – Disjecta Membra
• I Wanna Be Your Dog – Mephisto Waltz

Anyone know of anything else in a similar vein? Oh, and while we're at it, it is in my best recommendations that you listen to Disjecta Membra because the NZ goth scene deserves more love.

Hello. I'm doing an assignment for school about misconceptions or stereotypes about the goth community and how they affect us as a community. I would like to see what misconceptions you would all like to see be discussed more often or are harmful, but others may not see it as such. Also, I might use your responses in my essay and I'm happy to post it here after I've completed it. 🙂 Obvi I will credit and mention those who's points I may use in the essay. 🙂

Edit: Also how do you all think these misconceptions impact us as a community? Thank you to everyone who responded to my post! I will be asking those who made a particularly detailed point to use their comments in my essay. Thank you!

What are some of your favorite goth songs and why?