Teen Gothic

Spotify suggested this mix to me through the daylist so I looked up what proto goth was before I listened to it. I’m sure you know, but proto goth to me almost seemed like pre goth. like stuff from the 60’s 70’s I think was what someone had said.

So why are these songs in there??

Some of the songs aren’t even goth? Like it played “School’s out” by Alice Cooper? And Mr Kitty and Sidewalks and Skeletons definitely weren’t from before goth was a genre.

Am I going crazy? Is Spotify making these mixes with AI or something?

(Dont get me wrong it was a good compilation, just not the genre it advertised at all)

I'm sure there is a lot of overlap with fans. And while they called themselves a punk band they were somewhat outcasts of the punk scene outside of newyork. Thoughts on if they are proto-goth or not?