Teen Gothic

We all made them. Hopefully you can laugh about them now. We have all had times where we honestly thought a band was goth due to inaccurate information. But I'm talking completely getting your wires crossed and drawing a false conclusion due to being new, ill-informed and a little naïve.

I'll go first. At one point when I was new I thought Robert Smith's band was The Smiths. Mr Smith and The Smiths it just makes sense, right? Lucky for me it was something I kept to myself and I learned better eventually. It may seem silly now but in 1996/97 if you didn't find the information and no one told you then you were on your own.

I also remember as a child (1988 or 89) mistaking Robert Smith for the singer from Simply Red (Mick Hucknall) as at one point they had a similar hairstyle. At least in the music magazine my sister had that I saw a photo of Mick in.

Any big newbie mistakes you remember?

I'll be getting my first bass very soon! I love goth music but as a brand new bassist I have no idea what is going to be good to start with vs something to work my way up to. If you play, I'd love some reccomendations for easier songs to work on plus any other tips you'd like to share

So, I'm pretty new to all of this, so I'd like to brush up on more goth bands. Some of the ones I like are:

Blutengel

The Frozen Autumn

Lycia

London After Midnight

some SRSQ

Can anyone advise me some darkwave or 90s goth bands? I'd really appreciate it