Martin Oldgoth: I'd play them Bauhaus. No matter what they're into if they don't get that then I don't think it's worth bothering trying anything else. Maybe if I was feeling generous I'd thrown in some 1919, Play Dead, Siouxsie, and perhaps some Skeletal Family, but beyond that, if you have to resort to anything vaguely metal or industrial then bollocks to them, they ain't worth the trouble. Diluting our scene is not something I'm happy with, we had that happen in the '90s, and I'm not going back there again! I'm not that kind of dealer!
Morrighanne Burns: If they are honestly a metal fan, they won't listen to goth. My husband is a huge metal fan, loves Iron Maiden as much as our children and if Steve Harris was a chick he'd be chasing him. He's listened to most of my type of music be it in the car, came to gigs, at club nights when I DJ'd and at nights out and nope it doesn't even register. I in turn hate Maiden and all the rest of the stuff he listens to. The only middle ground we have is Cradle of Filth.
Jvstin Whitney: Morrighanne, I honestly believe you're wrong. I live and die for underground metal. I've been playing in black metal bands since I was 16, but I've also been a goth club DJ for a good chunk of time spinning obscure and rare oddities of all kinds of music. Your husband has a closed mind to music and isn't willing to admit it.
I can see Martin's point but he's got an elitist and rather puritanical opinion on what is and isn't "goth," while I paint it with a really broad brush.
Also Cradle of filth is garbage pop music targeted at sexually frustrated "rebellious" adolescents, and you should be ashamed. You know how you hate mallgoths? Any of the "metal" they like isn't true metal, it's metalcore and sellout bands (Aside from bands like Priest, Maiden, Sabbath, Metallica before Haircuts).
Yes I'm aware that I'm being an elitist puritanical dick about this subject; You also didn't have a fucking cartoon band ruin everything for you. As I Lay Dying isn't metal just like Blood on the Dance Floor isn't goth, that's music made for and by idiots who still suffer from herd mentality that want to be different (and still accepted into a group). I'll repeat it, a good song/album is good regardless of genre, and anyone with taste should be able to appreciate it even if it's not they're preference.
Martine Oldgoth: Well, "puritanical" is a new one for me, I'll add that to the list, thanks.
Jvstin Whitney: I mean that in a good way.
