Teen Gothic

There's a post on r/GenX about who you'd want to hang out with. Curious whom this sub would respond with as I doubt most there knew who my reply was.

For me it's always been Kevin Haskins from Love & Rockets, Tones on Tail, and Bauhaus.

I met him only briefly backstage after a mid 90s Love & Rockets show in Seattle through a connection with his wife, we talked mainly about the show and audience turn out (he was surprised people showed up). He also joked that if he'd known how long he'd have to play his parts he would have made them slower/simpler and that was 30 years ago!

What I'd really like to talk about (not interview, just hang) were his experiences in the studio recording all those amazing records over the years. That music was so formative to me, to hear about the process of writing and recording it, where his head was at creatively, and his experiences would be fascinating.

He also seems so down to earth his ego wouldn't get in the way talking to a commoner, unlike say… Andrew Eldritch.

Unfortunately I'm no longer connected with his wife's friend and I don't think David J still lives nearby in Carlsbad so the likelihood is around 0%, still it's something I think about occasionally.

Who would you hang with?

So, I recently was accepted as a DJ at my colleges radio station and want to play a lot of goth and goth-adjacent (bands loved by many goths but not actually goth) music during my hour on air. I already have some artists I enjoy and plan on playing like bauhaus, christian death, siouxsie and the banshees, scary bitches, etc, but I'd really appreciate some more goth and goth-adjacent music recommendations.

I'd also appreciate "clean" (no curse words or in a non-english language) song recs if I get stuck with a slot during the day time.