[Aaroneet]

Something similar happened to me too. Bands such as Slipknot were my first "alternative" to the mainstream, before Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, or any other, true Gothic bands. My friend originally instant messaged me, asking if I wanted to go "punk". I accepted, thinking that it would be a cool thing to do. I didn't know anything about punk, and eventually, somewhere along the lines, the title was switched to Goth.

It wasn't until that friend and I went our own seperate ways that I began to do my own research on what Goth was. One strike of fate lands me in the middle of two music videos by Depeche Mode and Bauhaus; the rest, as they say, is history.