Teen Gothic

off the top of my head, i can think of witching hour with "ligea" and eyes of the nightmare jungle with "shadow dance"

I guess most goths concider goth and i do too. but sometimes i see people here and there claiming they are not goth. i don't realy get it even if they're not under this label they're still post-punk which is super close and i know not all post-punk is goth but they're definetly are. what funny is i heard someone say "just beacuse they had sad lyrics dosn't mean they are goth". so what actually make a band sound goth than ? they had sad/melancholic lyrics and also gothic/darkwave-ish instrumental.

Was able to be a part of the final leg of the creation of the Rozz Williams Documentary being made by Rozz’s close friend Nico B. Shot two interviews for it, the Rozz Williams tribute and scanned and digitized a bunch of photos for the Doc.

These are the ones I’ve posted and have been posted before so, shouldn’t be a problem.

feel like it's becoming more fashion than music. I've always had a problem with labels because everyone interprets goth in a different way, for example I never shared this hobby with my mother because I know how she will react so I keep it from me and her. Is there any sense in telling her this? No.

She won't understand what it is. When you describe a person as a goth, it automatically sounds weird to a lot of people.

And it's funny because it turned into something super dramatic. It's all about the music you listen to. So what is Goth actually? A person who likes gothic music? A person who dresses gothic? Because a lot of people like the style but they don't really know about the music and that's okay.

I feel that most people see it as a super weird and super alternative label that makes a person super weird just because they dress a certain way. For example: a few days ago I showed my aunt a shirt with a skull and she said "Until now when I saw people wearing such a shirt I thought they were super strange" as if I made her understand that it is not a big deal and it is not that strange.

I hate being told "you look goth" beyond the fact that I don't really look goth most of the time. I don't look goth I am goth because I listen to goth music.

It's hard to explain my point, and maybe it's just because of where I live, but it really annoys me.

My mistake it's *didn't

So my first guess was that they don't want to be under one definition that appeals to one audience, meaning they didn't want to be put in a box. That is understandable to me. On the other hand, most of these bands I would never have heard of if I wasn't interested in Gothic culture. So instead of trying to avoid the label "Goth" they should thanks it imo.

I’m looking for bands that have a big natrual drum sound and melodic vocals but incorporate lots of synths or other effects that you would normally hear in more electronic styles. Thanks!

Edit: For reference, I’ve been enjoying a lot of Killing Joke, The Smiths, Drab Majesty, Depeche Mode, etc recently