this scene is dying....

as someone who follows hardcore music with a certain vigour, the future of this genre worries me.

one question begs an answer... when did hardcore become "cool" to the masses?

i started listening to hardcore through the new wave of British bands such as Gallows and The Ghost Of A Thousand which makes me a relative newcomer to the scene. however i do not pretend to like all the stuff that this genre creates.

i dont understand the poser kids who go to shows just to fit in.

i don't have tattoos, i don't have stretchers, i don't wear flat peak caps. i'm not hating on these people at all, i have plenty of friends like this.

its just the people who style themselves like this without integrity that i don't understand.

how many of these kids who devote themselves to YMA6 and Forever The Sickest Kids etc will delve into the genre. "Scene" bands are becoming associated with hardcore and it annoys me.

i love music. i don't want to become a music nazi at all.

i just want people to expand their minds. before declaring that you are in the hardcore scene why not go back and look at the beginnings?

Listen to Black Flag and Minor Threat. Listen to Fugazi. Ian MacKaye? Rollins?

Listen to Refused. then realise this scene is about what you believe not what you wear.

rant over.