Teen Gothic

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I love Fields of The Nephilim so much. Even though they are only one of my favorite bands, there is no band considered goth or anything else that can ever scratch the precise itch that Neph does for me. Not even the Sisters of Mercy (who I truly LOVE) can compare with FOTN in terms of similarity, though Neph is occasionally labeled as a Sisters clone, which I genuinely don’t understand. It’s as if people see hats and hear “goth” and think “OMG just another copy”. Anyways, back to the music itself: FOTN have a timeless, evil yet Angelic, heavy yet ethereal vibe that frankly causes my disbelief that human beings sat in a studio and recorded that fantastic shit. What do you MEAN an ancient and immortal god wasn’t resurrected from the core of the earth to call upon his minions!? They sound so 1980s yet an angry medieval dragon could bellow out in a mighty voice the words that Carl McCoy such does.

Met kevin at a show at the baby g while back in Toronto

Too many people refuse The Cure being goth, just because they only hear their pop songs like Why Can't I be You? or Lovesong. What are some of their most goth songs? Currently I have:

Lullaby

A Forest

The Blood

Seventeen Seconds

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There's a post on r/GenX about who you'd want to hang out with. Curious whom this sub would respond with as I doubt most there knew who my reply was.

For me it's always been Kevin Haskins from Love & Rockets, Tones on Tail, and Bauhaus.

I met him only briefly backstage after a mid 90s Love & Rockets show in Seattle through a connection with his wife, we talked mainly about the show and audience turn out (he was surprised people showed up). He also joked that if he'd known how long he'd have to play his parts he would have made them slower/simpler and that was 30 years ago!

What I'd really like to talk about (not interview, just hang) were his experiences in the studio recording all those amazing records over the years. That music was so formative to me, to hear about the process of writing and recording it, where his head was at creatively, and his experiences would be fascinating.

He also seems so down to earth his ego wouldn't get in the way talking to a commoner, unlike say… Andrew Eldritch.

Unfortunately I'm no longer connected with his wife's friend and I don't think David J still lives nearby in Carlsbad so the likelihood is around 0%, still it's something I think about occasionally.

Who would you hang with?

So, I recently was accepted as a DJ at my colleges radio station and want to play a lot of goth and goth-adjacent (bands loved by many goths but not actually goth) music during my hour on air. I already have some artists I enjoy and plan on playing like bauhaus, christian death, siouxsie and the banshees, scary bitches, etc, but I'd really appreciate some more goth and goth-adjacent music recommendations.

I'd also appreciate "clean" (no curse words or in a non-english language) song recs if I get stuck with a slot during the day time.