Teen Gothic

I know, I know the point has been made before, so if the mods want they'll probably just cast the post into the darkness, but I have a slightly more elaborate point to make than just "poseurs bad".

I was thinking earlier. I actually only goth into goth in my like, mid 20s, by wondering randomly "what's goth actually about, anyway?" And looking it up, finding some music that struck me like a shot to the heart and getting hooked.

Only, then I remembered, that wasn't the first time I'd thought that and looked into it. The first time was when I was a teenager. But when I looked it up at the time, what I came across was instead forums and stuff by those "goth is a feeling" types who think they're goth because they like spooky shit and dressing in black. So back then, I thought "if it's just a feeling, what's the point? You'd be one by accident. That's just putting a label on nothing." And so, I bounced off it assuming it was basically just some people wanting a special label to feel important and different.

I got a bit annoyed remembering that. If there'd been better information back then – or if I was more thorough, perhaps, and they weren't hogging the most obvious goth site names for their poser shit – I might've got into goth way sooner and got to have good experiences with it and come across the music I like so much sooner. And that's why they suck.

i’m currently obsessed with sad lovers & giants and would love to find similar post punk/goth bands that use brass instruments like sax and horns. i’ll take suggestions from any sub-genre. thanks in advance!

Today is the birthday of Patricia Morrison, the bass guitar player and singer of the band The Sisters of Mercy, are there any fans ? Please share interesting facts in the comments!

See the last blog post. Bandcamp is calling on people to report AI "acts" so that they can then be removed from the platform.

https://blog.bandcamp.com/2026/01/13/keeping-bandcamp-human/

It would load me into a blank screen when I clicked on the ad

I am super obsessed with this song by Siouxie And The Banshees everything from Siouxie Sioux’s voice to the instrumentals