/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10587686
>You are outing yourself as an elitist and a gatekeeper

Quiet contrary. I'm listening to many other genres beside gothic rock. Even dreaded aggrotech is on my playlist from time to time. Just because I don't call My Dying Bride a neofolk band or Verka Serdiuchka a jazz performer does not mean I'm an elitist gatekeeper.

>Your ideas of what defines something as goth are informed by generalizations and usless labels applied to bands AFTER the fact then used to loosely group others with similar sensibilities

Which is why I get shit from people pretending that Christian Death is not gothic rock. "Coz it originated as unique evolution separate from UK". Like it means anything or like many bands even in UK (and other countries as word (and goth scene (notice how smart I am by including nested parentheses)) does not end on the USA and the UK) didn't evolve separated from each other coming with same/similar sound around same time.

>Therefore Throbbing Gristle is as goth as Sex Gang Children

They are not. One is industrial and not goth another is goth rock.

>who are as goth as Joy Division who are as goth as Skinny puppy

Yes Sex Gang Children are as goth as Joy Division (Gods please enlighten these who say JD is not goth as they have no idea what they are talking about). Skinny Puppy are industrial. Which is not goth.

>and so on ad nauseum.

If you have enough LSD - sure.