Teen Gothic

Hey everyone so me and my friend attended the Los Darks festival yesterday, we were iffy about it from the start but couldn’t get rid of tix so we gave it a chance.

The bands and sound system were great. The issue came with the organization itself and their communication. My friend and I bought GA tickets and were expecting to be on the floor like any other festival. When we got there at 2:00pm for London After Midnight, we were NOT asked for any wristbands and made it to the floor. The sun and the aluminum floor made the heat too unbearable, so we walked to the back of the bleachers to get some shade before The Adicts started, since there were no heat accommodations on the floor area, which is CRAZY for a GOTH festival where majority of people are wearing black. When we wanted to get back in suddenly there were security posted in every entrance to the floor demanding wristbands. Once we asked them where to get them, they pointed to the front, where we came in originally, so we went and found out they “ran out”, forcing us to sit on those bleachers for the rest of the festival. As the show went on we could feel the anger building up from the crowd, bursting in many people jumping from the bleachers into the floor, as they should. Me and my friend walked around the venue trying to get a straight answer as to the why of that ridiculous policy, we went to 5 different security posts and no one could explain the why or if/when they would get more wristbands. No staff member could give us a straight answer, only that we should’ve come before the festival started and wait in line to get floor wristbands. It was insanely frustrating to see the floor not at full capacity topped with the fact that VIP was also not at capacity and left a massive gap that could’ve been filled by people who payed to be on the floor. It almost ruined our experience, if not for the amazing bands and sound engineers.

Fuck this festival, fuck its organizers and I hope as a community, we let it rot and die. LISTEN TO YOUR GUT PEOPLE!! I know I should’ve. And stick to your local scene, not sellouts.

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Hi everyone, my name is Angelo and I am looking for members to start a darkwave band inspired by Cocteau Twins, She Past Away, Twin Tribes, Bauhaus.

I am looking for anyone who plays guitar, bass or keys, at any skill level.

If you live in the greater LA area and are interested in forming a group, feel free to send me a dm or reply to this ad.

People really like goth people in a horny way than being goth lol or actually just liking em.

East LA! hope to see y’all there

you can visit my promo instagram page for tickets or the Paramounts website

I'm creating a playlist for Pride Month. I'm looking for goth bands with LGBTQIA members. Queer and/or genderqueer (which includes trans, non-binary, and agender).

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

I was reading a few posts on here and was wondering what you guys thought about this, do you think it’s fair to call yourself a fan of a band if you don’t know anything about the members but love the music? I’m definitely like this with a few groups and it’s a bit of a hot topic to some people, what do you think?

Hey all, I saw someone made a previous post about this but it's a year old now and there's so many bands coming out now…for some reason I just can't find many goth bands with trans members and/or songs about the trans experience. Do you guys know any?

Would love to see transmascs/trans men personally too since they're even less represented and I've come up with 0 bands!!

Thank you for any recs in advance:)