Teen Gothic

I went to see Sisters of Mercy last night and, while there, my friend (another goth) and I tried to make friends as we don't have a big scene where we live. Mind you, it wasn't like we were harrassing people during the show, we were making small talk at the bar before the show. The overwhelming experience we had was negative. Most people seemed genuinely upset that we spoke to them which is something my friend and I had never experienced. My friend asked someone about their hair color because it was similar to hers, and the goth she spoke to seemed annoyed. We gave up right before SoM came on and just kept to ourselves but it definitely left us feeling dejected.

Is this a normal experience in the goth community? We don't have any goth bars near us so this was really the only chance we had to meet other like minded people in the scene and I guess I'm just a bit sad with how it turned out.

I was watching a live performance of Jesus and Mary chain and they looked pretty goth to me, what do y'all think?

Went through the whole """goth phase""" a decade ago (i.e. dressing in black and being a moody teenager and thinking liking skulls made me Edgy™ without actually understanding what goth was) but now I'm finding actual goth music and madly trawling this sub for recommendations and just

The music. My brain. It gets me. It gets being into the stuff that people around me would label "weird" and "why do you even like that" which has just been my whole life up to this point. So many songs are just so aurally pleasing and I was happily stimming to my growing playlist tonight because I can feel the music. I'm even finding some of my new favourite bands and songs and playing them on repeat so much that I'm going to sleep with them playing in my head 😭

Just…so glad I found this sub and all the recommendations, they've really kept me busy lately when I needed it 🖤

Mine personally are Scarlet’s Remains, Dystopian Society, Mystic Priestess, Christian Death, Christ VS Warhol and Moral Hex, what about you?

Just finished sewing my first patch onto my goth jacket I've been planning to make for a while now. Super excited to finally be able to start it and see it come together.

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