Teen Gothic

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I’ll start out by saying I’m super grateful to even have a goth club in my area, but that being said, I feel like every time I go, they play the same handful of 80’s post punk songs over and over again. I love The Cure, I love Siouxsie, but for the love of god, there’s so much other good goth music out there! I’ve been really into exploring newer bands and I’m glad there are musicians out there trying to keep the scene alive. Why aren’t clubs supporting them more? Does everyone else in attendance also just want to hear the same thing every time? Am I the problem?

What has your experience been like if you’re a regular at any goth clubs?

Hey everyone, my boyfriend and his family do these themed song brackets throughout the year. Basically, there’s a theme and everyone picks a certain amount of songs to fit the theme, and after they’re all compiled, you vote for the songs you like best, bracket-style.

As much as I love music, it’s not really my thing, but I’m included as family at this point and so of course I participate. This round of brackets is holiday songs—and any major holiday, not just the winter holidays. I always like to include my favorite genres (darkwave, goth, postpunk, industrial, etc.) in these brackets. Naturally, I just have Halloween/Halloween adjacent (mention of monsters, witches, vampires, skeletons, etc. was permissible for Halloween) so far (except the LAM song):

London After Midnight – The Christmas Song

Ministry – Every Day is Halloween

Empathy Test – Monsters

Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows – Dead Souls

45 Grave – Riboflavin

Switchblade Symphony – Witches

I’d like to venture out of the Halloween tunes and find some in these genres that are about other holidays, but I’m struggling. Any suggestions appreciated!

Funny little write up from a Lorries show in 86.

So Sisters of Mercy is coming to my area for a concert and I'm a fan of their music. I guess I have a few curiousity/worry questions about the whole thing by biggest being: Is it worth it? I'm 17 and my mom would be taking me. It's in St. Augustine, Florida. If I do go, I plan to get pit tickets so because of that, my other questions are:
– Is the crowd nice?
– How is the pit? Is it aggressive?
If its not obvious, I'm a baby bat and I've never been to a goth concert before but I have been to a rock concert and have been in a mosh pit so I can handle myself well I think, I guess I'm just nervous and want to have the most fun I can and not feel as if its a waste.

Thank you for your help!! 🙂

I feel like I don't hear folks mention the Dark Side Cowboys much. This song has such a fun feel to it, and lovely jangly guitar.

https://youtu.be/vzl0bMJ9VEc?si=INe7v6nSCUY3VEiB

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?