They are spooky Interpol for people with shit boundary issues in their relationships. I am guilty as charged for using Tear You Apart as a weapon for shortening smoke breaks in the past, but it has officially become the Enjoy the Silence of goth nights.

I actually respect crowds more when I see it fall flat on them now. I give out a lil unheard sigh that gets buried under the music when I see them on request sheets. One of the members running a sketchy club known for burying allegations doesn't help either!

The more of their music I listened to, the lyrics sound like someone with controlling dominance behavioral issues reliving their prior toxic relationships and waving the red flags in your face. I get that it's catchy, but of all bands out there, is this really the one that deserves the pedestal given? Thanks for listening to me rant while the caffeine hits my blood stream.

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What got your gears grinding this week?

For myself, it was the recent chaos at work and lies being said about me and the team here at r/goth (not all that was said was a lie, but a lot sure was. We are strict, not nazis or bigots. And we dont ban you just for mentioning you enjoy different music haha. Silly.)

Recently learned a bit about goth music and the subculture, didn’t realize all this time I have been listening to goth music 🤣. I wanted to share my art pieces inspired by artists like ULTRA SUNN, Depeche Mode, Sisters of Mercy, the Cure, Christian Death. I would love some recommendations for more artists if you’d like to share your favorites. Art is a medium for me to channel my pain, stress, and unprocessed emotions.

Hey all! Not anywhere close to my first time at a goth club but the most recent time I caught a guy (regular clothes, film looking camera) taking picture of me while I was dancing. He tried to hide his camera when I went up and asked him if he was. I cussed him out and told him it was weird to do that without asking permission. I’ve only frequented all of two goth clubs since I’ve been in this scene and wanted to ask if this is more common than I know? He wasn’t hired by the club but said he had done this before and had seen me before. Was I acting unreasonable? Thanks y’all!

When I say the largest acts, I mean who would you consider to be the modern day Sisters/Siouxie/Cure etc, bands that define the modern day goth scene?

I know it’s short so if you have any music recommendations please give me some 🙏

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Last year in late January, I broke my left Tibia and then injured my other foot leading to use of a wheelchair. I randomly decided to go down a goth rabbit hole. I looked up a list online of goth albums; Floodland by The Sisters was the first album I checked out, lol. Just picture that one Danny DeVito meme where he's crying and says "Oh my god; I get it…" that was me.

Please correct me if I am wrong about this and I am fully open to criticism:

For a while now I have seen a rise in berating others, especially baby bats, for interpreting a band or song as goth that another person disagrees with it/makes fun of them for thinking it is goth. I have seen legitimate harassment level messages such as death threats due to someone interpreting something as goth that another person deems incorrect. Music genres, especially this one with so many genres and subgenres, get incredibly blurry in some areas with other music (such as new wave and non-goth postpunk) and it feels wrong to say that there is an exact hard line everyone has to agree on between what is and isn’t be considered goth. Obviously not saying that BTS or Arianna Grande are goth due to interpretation as that would be straight up wrong, but for example the debates on Molchat Doma and similar seem to go wayyyy further than should. Why can’t we just “I interpret this song/band as goth” “I interpret this song differently and not as goth” “that is okay”?. The subculture is very important to me so I know that keeping the genres meanings are important, but the recent rise has kind of concerned me and a lot of the “protecting the meaning” has gone way off the rail. Has anyone noticed a similar trend? Is this a common sentiment and I’m just late to the party? How can we better approach this issue and help prevent toxicity?

Thank you!