Teen Gothic

A couple of my first goth albums were the cure and lycia back in the 90s/early 2000s. But at the time I don't think I realized these groups were considered goth. At that time, I think I was aware that goth music existed, but I don't think I really knew what it was or what it was defined as.

Even many years later, after getting into other bands like Bauhaus and Christian Death, I don't think when I bought their albums I knew they were "goth". It wasn't until decades later after I bought my first goth albums that I learned that a lot of the music I listened to and enjoyed was considered goth.

Anyone else experience this?

I'm just starting to get into the goth scene and I really want some music recommendations. I've already started by listening to some popular songs by The Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Siouxie And The Banshees, and Joy Divison. Later I'm going to also listen to some songs by Killing Joke and The Birthday Party (I think those are goth bands or closely related genres since they showed up in a video I was watching about the evolution of goth music, but please correct me if I'm wrong.) I just wanted to know if any of you have more goth band or song recommendations since I'm already loving what I've listened to so far and I just want some recommendations from more experienced goths.

Tonight we dive into the dark underworld of Gothic Rock! Rising from the ashes of late 70s punk, Goth Rock mixed the batwing style of Bram Stoker's Dracula with bizarre sentiments, black humor and a big beat. This classic episode (part of the Night Flight Series 'Twenty Years of Rock N' Roll Style') is a tour de force of goth bands and their myriad solo offshoots. Fittingly kicking off with Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead," this episode also features music from Peter Murphy, Love and Rockets, The Damned, Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim and more. Hope all you post-punk ghouls enjoy!

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Post your links to new releases from 2000 or later, let's give some focus to new music. In the list below, you'll find some new releases from the past few weeks!

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Here's some great new post-punk/goth releases:

Hidden Hand – "Hole In The Heart" [Post-Punk / Goth] (Belfast, UK)

Velvet Mist – "Visitation" [Goth Rock] (Belgium)

Tsaffire – "Devora" [Post-Punk / Goth] (CA, U.S.A.)

She Came to Quit – "Pils Session # 10" [Post-Punk / Deathrock] (Canada)

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Hey guys. I’ve noticed I’ve been kind of mostly listening to the same goth bands for a while, & I’d like to branch out a bit.

The goth bands I listen to most are: Bloody dead & sexy, Bauhaus, virgin prunes, the wake, sex gang children, two witches, nosferatu, the shroud, screaming dead, switchblade symphony, 45 grave, 1919, 13th chime, ex-voto, the Danse society, plastique noir, merciful nuns, ghosting, gene loves jezebel, the March violets, she past away (edit: also corpus delicti)

My taste is kind of all over the place lmao so I’m not sure if that tells you anything. Buttt I’ve basically only been listening to these same bands for like the past year. So if y’all could give me some bands to listen to (and maybe specific songs ?) that y’all may think I’ll like, that would be wonderful

So, i just cleared 12 hours of music out of my 63 hour giant mix of different genres i like spotify playlist and i need to add more, especially goth music. i already know most of the big 'Goth' music names and the ones that arent too well known but are still kinda known ones, but i'd like to know some of the gems that are hard to find that some of you enjoy so i could check em out and maybe share them with my friends.

I’ve been getting into the culture lately, but it’s usually sort of hard for me to classify music according to genres, if that makes sense? I’ve found out that some bands I grew up listening to, like Siouxsie & the Banshees, are actually considered goth. But I’d never really thought of them that way before, so it was sort of a surprise. But anyway, I was wondering if anyone could give me any other recommendations? I’ve been told that I tend to gravitate to indie/alternative rock. Some other stuff I like includes (off the top of my head) Mark Lanegan, Jeff Buckley, the twilight singers, the Dresden dolls, the Cocteau twins, & the pixies.

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