Teen Gothic

a band that’s your guilty pleasure

Pretty much a band that is soo good that you want to be edgy and not listen to them due to the fact everyone else listens to them.

Note: Plz don't down vote or shame others opinion. idc if you downvote this topic but don't be a dweeb and shame others just because they don't like a band you like, Grow up.

I wouldn't mind being part of a goth band. I'm painfully aware that I cannot sing—trust me on this; I'm not being humble—nor do I have the appearance to front a band. I'm not nearly attractive enough. Let's be frank: looks matter.

I have lots of free time, however, to learn an instrument over the next few years. I understand that it will take serious discipline and patience.

I'm looking for answers to either of these questions, or both:

– Any thoughts on which instrument to take up? Piano? Bass guitar? Viola? Violin? (I could buy a synth that mimics piano.) Let's say I have access to a place where I can practice without disturbing my roommates or neighbours.

– Who are some reasonably well-known goth musicians who aren't singers?

For me it's Christian Death I'm still trying to get into them but I don't understand why they are so loved I didn't find anything special or particularly enjoyable about them.

And if I'm being honest? I really like goth music but I haven't found bands that I like a lot of their songs. I consider myself a fan of the genre and not a fan of any band/artist.

I've been trying to find other goth bands that have similar vocals to Virgin in Veil with the same deathrock sound but I've had poor luck. Any and all recommendations are greatly appreciated.

I tried to find them on YouTube or Spotify but for some reason they don't have an account/channel so I was wondering how well known/unknown they are in the community.

I guess most goths concider goth and i do too. but sometimes i see people here and there claiming they are not goth. i don't realy get it even if they're not under this label they're still post-punk which is super close and i know not all post-punk is goth but they're definetly are. what funny is i heard someone say "just beacuse they had sad lyrics dosn't mean they are goth". so what actually make a band sound goth than ? they had sad/melancholic lyrics and also gothic/darkwave-ish instrumental.

There's more goth bands out there than you can shake a stick at and a vast number of them were small outfits with few releases and next to no presence online. There's something special and enchanting about the obscure goth band. The band that never really went anywhere, the band that could have been great but never got there and faded away into a murky obscurity. Especially since in the current online landscape it's much harder than ever before to be obscure. Many, many of these small goth bands struggled uphill and it did not pay off for them. Most of them simply broke apart.

I find that sort of melancholy, that sense of unfulfilled dreams and sense of loss to be fitting! I often find myself pondering, yearning and thinking about the obscure bands that I've listened to that now exist only as cult, underground stuff to be appreciated by a small circle of people, or sometimes not even that. Sometimes they exist only as a memory, a band someone once saw back in the late 80's and early 90's, someone may have their original tape or vinyl stashed away somewhere.

I feel like we often focus on just a rotating cast of well known bands, so it'd be sweet for everyone to have a chance to throw out a really obscure band that is your personal obsession. They deserve it.

My personal pick is Shamefaces. Active for only a few months from 1992 to 1993 and with only two cassette releases, and only two songs available on YouTube, A Tale of Two Men and Shadowboy. Very little info on them online besides the band member names, most of whom have moved on from the goth scene it seems, but some are still active musicians.

Previously, they were a different obscure band, Dëx Cröix. They released one (REALLY good) EP and have a YouTube account that's over 15 years old and only has some really poor quality recordings of them in a Battle of the Bands tournament in 1988.

So, what's yours?

I'm still relatively new but I've discovered a lot of bands that I look forward to hearing more from.

I think I'll go with London after Midnight for now.

Ok this might be a long shot; but the band started with an M… (maybe) and the song was something like She’s Lost Control, or some other classic.

African goth band.

Thank you so much!!

(Also would love other recommendations for other bands with covers of popular songs from Africa)

Song in question would have been from before 2016