Someone remade the iconic real emo copypasta into goths.
"Real Goth" only consists of the British post-punk scene and the late 70s/80s Goth rock scene. What is known by "second wave goth" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real goth influence. When people try to argue that bands like Marilyn Manson are not real goth, while saying that She Wants Revenge or London After Midnight is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake goth as Marilyn Manson (plus the pretentiousness). Real goth sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake goth is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL GOTH are Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy, Christian Death (the only real goth band from the non-British goth scene) and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Some examples of FAKE GOTH are The Faint, Type O Negative and Scary Bitches GOTH BELONGS TO POST-PUNK NOT TO INDUSTRIAL, METAL, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENREGothic rock isn't fucking real. There's no such thing. Bauhaus is just bargain bin Joy Division and Joy Division was a post-punk act. The Cure is just edgy synth pop. Siouxsie and the Banshees are just new wave. Sisters of Mercy are just hard rock. Even the bands that embrace the genre aren’t Goth. The Mission is a Sisters of Mercy rip-off, which as I’ve said previously, is just hard rock. Fields of the Nephilim aren’t even rock or post-punk, they’re death metal. “Goth fashion" was already a thing when the "subculture" came into being. It just wasn't called goth. It was called DRESSING LIKE SHIT!!!! Goth is a fanciful delusion of Gen X LOSERS and I'm tired of pretending it's not.