Teen Gothic

I know it had a Pink Floyd influence but besides that I was thinking any other bands and even artists. I have come across some bands that sounded close enough like Lycia (Well kind of). I would say it doesn't have to be goth but that would probably break the second rule.

Especially with songs like Gutter Glitter/Wicked/Waiting Room. Their music has this eerie dream-like quality to it the more I listen to them. There also seems to be themes of hell/purgatory and dreams which are my absolute favorite.

I remember I had a really intense nightmare so, I put on my favorite songs playlist to calm me down and one of their songs, I think it was Gutter Glitter?, and it genuinely freaked me out more, which has never happened before. They’re one of my all time favorite bands and I love this about them.

I know a lot of goth music is spooooky but they just feel different to me. The only other songs I can think of are a couple of Diva Destruction songs.

Does anyone else feel this way? Also are there any other bands/songs like this?

Lol I'm just wondering if it's just me. I live in a warm country but winter is my passion (literally) I feel so good when it's winter outside and I like to sit at night with the air conditioner on and listen to bands like London after Midnight, Twin Tribes and Horror Vacui and they just give me that feeling lol Does this happen to you too?

I also listen to metal, mainly thrash and melodeath for those who know and I really like metal but it doesn't give me the same feeling except maybe a couple bands. I think it's the atmosphere that gives this vibe.

I like plenty of new school bands and old school deathrock but there's a kind of unique fun energy to 45 Grave that I can't really seem to find anywhere else, I think Super Heroines are maybe the closest thing I can think of. Can anyone recommend anything with similar vibes?

Not a serious discussion thread or anything, I'm just excited about practicing and eventually being able to give back to my local scene and participate in the subculture in a more significant way. Is anyone else planning on doing the same? I love goth music and tons of music in general and I'm so excited to be able to share the weird stuff I find with people 🙂

This is just a general warning, not a political post!

Just saw an invite to r/gothconservative. Boy, did they reach out to the wrong person. I checked the username and it was just created yesterday so I’m thinking it’s a bot.

Either way, I looked at the sub and it looks like a haven for right wing ideology. Saw a post speaking against wokeness, etc. I’m not sure if this is normal for Reddit on U.S. federal election years or what, so I just wanted to give everyone a heads up.

Again, not trying to make waves, just wanted to keep people informed.

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!

My mother was pretty damn goth when I was growing up, and she still is. When I was young, I remember I had an iPod touch chock full of bands like Switchblade Symphony, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Angelspit, Nox Arcana, London After Midnight, and a bunch of other gothic rock, dark cabaret, darkwave, industrial bands and songs, and some from other genres that make up the subculture. When I was getting to be the same size as her between, like, 5th and 6th grade, we'd share a bunch of clothes, I also remember being really happy to wear her super nice black lace skirt to school or one of her many many sick graphic t-shirts. Plus I loved her jewelry, lots of snakes and skulls and the like that I thought was so cool. Gothic movies and books and a bunch of macabre artwork she made and bought also was around the house when I was a kid. Just… Everything, I guess!

Ended up distancing myself from the subculture as a teenager, as teenagers will do, but in my 20s I feel drawn back to it a bit. Honestly makes me really nostalgic, the music and the fashion and the pop culture and really everything! I was wondering if anybody else also grew up in it, just out of curiosity 🙂

Thanks you!!