Teen Gothic

Maybe I'm just oversimplifying it, but it really seems like only one core tenant needs to truly be met to claim oneself as goth: listen to and appreciate the music. If the music isn't goth, there's nothing wrong with that, but the subculture is based around the music.

Bonus points for the makeup, the clothing, the philosophies, the books, the movies, etc. But being goth is really so straightforward, at least in my mind.

I was wondering if this would go over well? I did this at another concert and it went great but the band was very different than The Sisters Of Mercy. I've never seen them before so I don't know the vibe of the concert. I can't imagine anything terrible happening but I wouldn't want to be seen as annoying or anything like that.

So I've been on the hunt for a while, and I found a site that lists guitar, bass guitar, and drum machines. But I'm not sure that's everything, and I'm horrible at identifying instruments, so my ears don't know either.

Mostly, I'm trying to identify what makes the sound we hear as the track begins.

One thing I've experienced as an "older" goth living in Sweden is that it's not goths that are fighting at the gates but metal heads. I can't count all the times I've been told that I'm not a goth. I don't really care that someone that listens to Burzum doesn't think I'm goth, but I find this kinda amusing. Is this a Swedish thing going on or does it happen elsewhere?

Fun thing is that the last time it happened I was wearing a t-shirt from Klubb Död which is the biggest organizer of shows of the scene in Sweden.

Didn't know whether to label this as a nightclub experience or discussion but choosed the later.