What happened to the Goth / Trashers

One of the best songs The Cure never recorded. Irish band. Sadly weren't around for long.

https://youtu.be/DtTetvJ_VTk

dorothylives

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119492717#Comment_119492717

I think it's more to do with the times being so different. Back in those days it wasn't easy standing out or being different. Now there are so many new flavours of identity that I can't keep up anymore. Like Homer Simpson said to the Smashing Pumpkins 'I'm smiling politely'.

dorothylives

I heard this earlier today, a real blast from the past. The Cult Here comes the rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD5b_0QB0wI

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119492673#Comment_119492673

I thought that was a Bruno Mars T-Shirt James had on for a minute ….

riclad

Rock music hardly seems to exist anymore , apart from old groups touring, music changes and there's seems to be more genres of music, fashion changes too, I think young people follow what's on YouTube, social media, there's no punks anymore, young women don't want to dress in dark clothes, or wear boots. I think the 80s was the peak time for goth type groups. I don't know what thrash metal is. Maybe teens were reacting against the Catholic Church, now the Catholic Church has little power apart from owning hospitals. I don't see any groups like sisters of mercy in the charts , it seems to me the range of music in the charts is not as varied as the 80s, there's less to rebel against now

does gen z even know that goth music, fashion existed , its like 80s punk, most people under 30 don't know much about it its like Irish folk music, there seems to

There seem to be no young people making music like Clannad folk, pop. it's sad when music styles dissappear.

Irish society is more open free now than it was even in the 90s.

Dyr

You need a healthy population of youths to have youth cultures