Teen Gothic

I live in a small city in Spain, and there is nothing to do as a goth. There are rock clubs, but they won't play the slightest bit of post-punk, goth rock or any other related subgenres. It's so frustrating.

The worst part is that this entire country lacks goth scene everywhere. Big cities (Madrid and Barcelona) have a few goth nights every now and then, that's it. I believe in Barcelona there's a bit more going on (never been there), but still, it feels completely dead.

I think there are a lot of frustrated goths in Spain, just like me. It isn't that rare and we have some nice local bands. But where is the scene? I just want to have fun in a goth club, dress up and dance to my favourite music :/

Anyone who is in this situation (I know there are people as it's a common topic in this sub hehe): write about it. What do you do to enjoy music outside? How do you meet other goths?

And for the ones who live in places with a goth scene: where is it? Tell us frustrated people your tales. Make us jelaous

I just wanna hear your thoughts ^{^}

I'm Indian. Have been in love with the subculture for years, been religiously listening to the music for as long as I can remember. But, in my vicinity, I absolutely don't know anyone with the same music taste T__T I listen to tons of other genres so I have friends with whom I can make conversations about music but, almost no goths, at least not that I know of. It sometimes gets very lonely since there's no presence of any community here. Irony is that the metropolitan cities in India have underground scenes for metal, hip-hop and other genres but, it's difficult to find people who actually listen to goth. Kolkata, the city I'm from, is internationally known for some of the most brutal underground death metal/black metal projects and those scenes here are thriving. But, absolutely nothing for goth. I see people posting about going to goth clubs and all that, and I wish I could experience that once. Some day, maybe!

Plus, dressing up gothic here is such a chore. I want to explore the fashion aspects of the subculture but, the constant fetishization has led me to stop dressing up like that completely. All I get is thirsty remarks from creepy men or get stared at publicly. The humid weather here isn't really conducive either. Are there any fellow Indian goths here?

can you identify? i'm in long island but an hour from the big city and don't really want to get home at 3am. we've had some good nights going here over the years but it's few and far between. as a DJ, i had given up on ever trying to start a new night though some opportunities recently came up and it's been the same frustration.

the problems i always encounter is that people are not on the same page, whether it's the owner of the venue, the management or other DJs. even though we all want a "goth" / dark dance music night, they have other ideas of what that should look and sound like. and forget about approaching a venue that knows nothing about the music and culture.

i feel like it's such a simple concept and yet people either don't care enough or make it overly complicated.