Teen Gothic

Are there any goth nights anywhere in Switzerland? I am possibly visiting and want to get one night out in a European club.

So, obviously gothic literature as a genre isn't the basis of goth the subculture, and honestly I think the gothic as a literary tradition has a lot less influence on early goth than Fin De Siecle decadent literature (Baudelaire, Rimbaud, etc) which was also important to many punks (see Tom Verlaine etc) and 20th century avante-garde figures especially French and German (Cocteau, Jean Genet, the whole of German Expressionism). Like obviously Byron and Shelley are in there, but they're fundamentally part of the Romantic movement. The Gothic, in any of its iterations from the 18th century to the 1960s-1970s Gothic romance, seems to be largely disconnected from Goth as a subculture in its early iterations)

Goth at its inception is very literate and references experimental literature frequently, which is interesting because punk seems to have produced more novelists who get “literary cred” like Kathy Acker, Dennis Cooper, Jim Carroll etc.

So why is that? What literature are you aware of that influenced the music?

went to a fairly new local goth night tn and no one was dancing. it was my first time at that venue so i didnt know anyone & tried making conversation w this sound bloke who was sat alone at the bar, after about an hour of chatting i asked him if he wanted to go downstairs (to the dance floor) as the bar was getting round capacity & he said he didnt like how loud it was so i said alright, ill prolly see you later then. went downstairs and nobody was dancing. just people talking to their mates and some proper sat down not even trying to sway w the music. i tried dancing but i felt dodgy n out of place which is a feat for a goth night. was so surreal i just up and left an hour earlier than planned. sat waiting for my taxi rn – everyone there seemed lovely n im glad i made the effort to go but i really struggled w how closed off the whole place felt, mind u the tickets cost about seven quid

It's 44c today so getting pics early before my makeup and hair melt