Teen Gothic

I'm fascinated with the scene, both from when it was emerging to now and wanted to hear what you're favorite moments and memories are from being involved with the subculture

Hey fellow bats,

Just wanted to see what are the experiences (and advice) from both new-ish goths and elder goths in your scene. Specifically where the scene is dying out/experiencing an identity crisis.

As much as I love my local goth scene, we are facing inconsistent events and the music that is being played is also being inconsistent. Not to mentioned there's also drama behind the scenes that have made things hard to have a consistent audience. We have also lost beloved venues left and right, which means the only consistent events that many babybats have are corporate emo events and some metal events. (I won't go too detailed on the issues we have, to not start any fire)

So the question is: how will you even start to save the scene if you are in this situation? I don't know anything about event management and kind of want to be a DJ to be able to spin stuff that people wants to hear. I'm curious about your thoughts and advice. Thank you.

When I was younger (18-20) I was very heavily into the scene. Clubs, the look, you name it. As i got older, I changed. Changed my hair, my clothes, my music.

I recently picked up writing and sketching again, and I’ve realized, I’m only masquerading as a normie.

There’s no one in the scene in my area to talk to, and I haven’t found anyone on socials. I feel isolated.

To clarify, I think this footage was recorded when the band played in what is normally the EBM/industrial room of Sanctuary, which is why there are so many cybergoths.

Do you have any references for bands on the Japanese scene( goth, darkwave, post-punk, ebm..) , both today and in the past? I find it hard to navigate…

I went to the Oddities and Curiosities Expo in Atlanta today and there are so many of us! There has to be places and things to do that I’m just not hearing about.

I know the Masquerade exists, but their Goth Industrial Nights feel more like… industrial than goth and vibrates my bones out of my ears.

Little Five points is still there and the Vortex is great(though sometimes overrun by tourists it feels like), but it’s really just two clothing stores, a place to eat, and a record shop. And not to name names, but one of those clothing stores shrunk their plus-sized section down to one rack.

We moved here from a different state two years ago, and this is all me and my husband have found, so if anyone knows where a goth girl can fit in, let me know 🙏🏻

I feel like i'm the only one in Reddit asking about the goth scene in Morocco and making numerous posts about it on Reddit, But again is there actually people who are willing to make post punk music in Morocco or anything gothic rock or just anything close to it ? are there people who listen to this in Casa or Rabat or Any city ?

Hello, I know there isn’t much of a goth scene in the Philippines, but does anyone here know any pages or sites to follow to stay updated with things like local gigs and events? Thank you!