Teen Gothic

I’ve seen a few posts on social media sites with people saying they’re a “former goth” or an “ex-goth.” What does that mean exactly? Did they eventually stop liking and listening to the music? I can understand getting tired of the same music if you’ve been listening to it for years, and potentially not enjoying the new goth music being produced, but no one ever explains what they mean when they say that so I’m curious. Is that how you all would understand it? Have any of you been seeing similar things?

I'm a big fan of earlier Goth Rock that was generally darker and more experimental (Pornography by The Cure, Juju by Siouxsie and the Banshees, Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division). I feel like during the 80s and 90s, the genre was full of different sounds, and there was a lot more variation. Tender Prey by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and The Great Annihilator by Swans are both great Gothic Rock albums, but they're very different in mood and sound.

I love certain modern Goth music (Have a Nice Life, Chelsea Wolfe), but most of what I've heard sounds way too much specifically like The Sisters of Mercy to me. The programmed drums, the deep vocals, the production. And don't get me wrong, The Sisters of Mercy are awesome (First and Last and Always is a great album), but it's almost like this became the expected sound for Goth Rock at some point, and many people stopped playing around with what could be done in the genre. Does anyone have any weirder, darker, or just different sounding modern Goth recommendations?

We lost Voodoo Dolly due to Covid but Dead Souls will walk in line and Cult Strange has a once off set of goth covers . Steliacoom now are the opening band . And DJ Miz Margo joins the line up . It’s still going to be a great show .

Finished up about a week of on-and-off work on a leather jacket I’ve had for a while, here’s the result! Definitely gonna add more to it in the future, but I’m happy with where it’s at rn.

And before anyone asks — the ‘tranny’ pins are a bit of an edgy in-your-face kinda thing, I am very trans lol.

soooo my friends are throwing a goth themed party for our other friend whos huge into the subculture. Im more of a metalhead and the only thing ive got is this jacket i made years ago and some creepers. can this jacket pass as goth? depending on how i style it lol

thought reddit would be the right place to ask and i appreciate the responses

The Sisters' "Lucretia My Reflection", for me. My actual favourite song of all time is Depeche Mode's "It's No Good".