Teen Gothic

I moved alone from Argentina to Italy when I was 18, got dropped by my girlfriend, started hating my job, being careless about everything and enjoying being alone for weeks. Since I was 14 (now I’m 22) I write my own songs and record them on the computer. I’ve learned a few tricks along the way, and this is my final product.

Luckily after a while, my best friend decided to join my project on the bass and we found a local drummer to complete the band we named “Eucaristia”. This project is finally making me see a light at the end of the tunnel. For me it would mean a lot if you give it a listen and let me know what you think.

i feel like there's a stereotype around goth that all goths must be super miserable or smthn, but getting involved in the subculture has been helpful immensely for me. it acts not only as community, but also spending time discovering new music and creating my own music is a great outlet for any general frustrations. plus, as a trans and just generally gender nonconforming individual, i can be freely expressive with my appearance without getting judged for it, at least not within the community. it's also made me not feel as much of a need to mask symptoms of autism, since this subculture is much more accepting of autism and autistic traits than the general populus

tldr i love being goth and am just overall thankful for this subculture and every other person in it

I am writing a paper on Siouxsie and I wanted to show her influence on other goth musicians – musically, lyrically and visually. I stumbled across an interview in which Steve Severin said that they always write about the darker side of human psyche, obsession, going mad and I would like to show an example that is by a different goth band (preferably from mid 80s onward) to show some similarities but can't think of anything at the moment. Any help will be appreciated.

I posted this last year and thought I'd share it again, with a minor edit: "Christine" is about Dissociative Identity Disorder, not schizophrenia.

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I recall an interview where Siouxsie remarked that if she weren't a musician, she might like to be a psychologist. (Or a gardener.) I think she understands human psychology incredibly well. A few songs off the top of my head:

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Eve White/Eve Black (Dissociative Identity Disorder) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLhJm_87kQc

The Ghost In You (posttraumatic stress disorder) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etutVZoOHts

Burn Up (obsession with fire) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww4awxmDWwA

Carcass (amputation fetish) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEbq05H_gaY

Voodoo Dolly (alcoholism) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whu8m97ytUY

Happy House (society's obsession with appearing normal and perfect) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amR6-neQBPE

Christine (Dissociative Identity Disorder) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtt_0OKzRek