Teen Gothic

So earlier today I was looking around online to see if the Atlanta Georgia show had been canceled for "The Sisters Of Mercy", since the one in Florida had been, and found a few threads of complaints about the band live. I dug a little deeper and it seems like they are notorious for being bad live! This was the first time I had heard this, granted I don't know too too much about the band but enjoy their music quite a lot, and from what everyone had said my expectations going into the concert were not the highest. But it was fine! I thought the show was great! Great crowd participation, great energy, both guitarist were clearly very passionate and at the end one even got down and shook lots of people's hands. I did notice the lead singers energy was a little lower, the guitarists definitely carried the bulk of the energy, and the instruments exceeded the vocals at a lot of points which could have covered some of the error but honestly..if it works it works. My boyfriend and I both agree that the show was great, so maybe they just had a crazy good night in Atlanta? Maybe my live performance judgment is off? I don't know, just wanted some outside opinions I guess

If you had to pick exactly one song from one artist, whether you were alive when it came out or not, to see played live…what would that song be?

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 ^{^}

Funny little write up from a Lorries show in 86.