Teen Gothic

I remember Andrew Clinco of Drab Majesty came under fire for posting a racially insensitive tweet. There was a statement after “The tweet was myopic, unsympathetic, steeped in cultural prejudice, and it represented myself as both a racist and a bigot” He continues “I see now that it emanated from a position of white privilege, something that I promise to recognize moving forward. It was a careless and selfish attempt at humor without considering my audience and the current state of the world, and I see how this tweet contributes to a frightening climate of increasing harassment against Asians and people of color, making a space for discourse less safe.”

Recognising that is all well and good, however Andrew Clinco also has a music project called VR Sex of which Aaron Montaigne (Antioch Arrow) is a member. Montaigne is an ex soldier and has a tattoo of the Black Sun (a symbol used by the SS) on his lower leg. I also saw a video of him wearing a ring with the symbol on it.

If I remember correctly in the same video he mentioned being proud to have fought in combat and mentioning “the fucked up democracy we live in.”

As ironic as it seems, Cryptofascism is prevalent in areas of the Hardcore scene and this sadly extends to Goth and Industrial. What I find really creepy is the song Surrender. It appears to be from the point of view of someone in a club who sees someone there as being pretentious and stupid, noting that they “dress like Jimi Hendrix”

Plenty of racists deny their racism, especially when they’ve been called out for it in public. They’ll say anything to slip back under the radar.

You can easily disguise your sick beliefs in lyrics. These can be clues to others who believe the same “if you know you know”

It’s deeply disturbing because I love Drab Majesty’s music. It’s always sounded like some of the freshest music in the scene. So what’s going on with Drab Majesty?

okay i know this is kind of a silly question and the answer is "no" but i recently moved and wanted to check out some clubs in nyc. i don't really have any friends to go with yet (none of my friends are goth) so i was thinking of going alone but even though i'm extroverted, i feel weird if i intrude a friend group there or dance by myself or if i sit at the bar alone and people think i'm weird or something i don't know. i was particularly interested in checking out qxt's or saint vitus if that helps at all.

Not sure if it's been something that's been around for a long time but I'm noticing people(mainly on social media) getting annoyed at goth people and saying its their only personality and that music and cloths shouldn't define who you are? It's kinda weird because it implies that all goth people live 24/7 only talking about Gothic stuff as if we are one dimensional which is impossible and completely untrue goth people don't only do goth things why are people getting mad at things they made up in their head it's so silly

I’m not great at socializing due to anxiety, but I want to be more active in the goth scene despite it not being very large where I am. Does anybody have recommendations on how to make friends in the scene for somebody that struggles in social settings?

I'm currently a junior in high school with a very eccentric batty style and I've noticed much more recently how many people are laughing at me and making fun of me. It makes me want to quit being goth, almost.

How do you deal with being weird and being made fun of?