a big fuck you goes out to the bulk of the hardcore scene for losing all it's honesty and becoming a haven for priveledged, suburban, upwardly mobile, pampered, college bound, pre-yuppie elitists who have no adversity in their lives and nothing to be angry about. this music is supposed to be from the streets. it is supposed to be played for and played by people for whom poverty, oppression, violence, hopelesness, despair and pain aren't just concepts you read about in the class room. for some people these words hold the horror of the world and are a daily reality.
If I've offended someone, well then maybe you should be offended. For a type of music/scene that was born out of total disgust and disregard for the norm, you fucks whine like a pack of spoiled brats turned hippie, suck the teat of your own complancency, while trying to pass off your shit for truffles.
There are plenty of bands out there more than willing to please it's audiences and not stay true and do it for you and they play it under the guise of "old school". You can have it, along with your dietary regimens, gossip fueled rumor mills, lame attempts at spirituality, political agendas, prep-scool ebonics, and over-priced fashions.
kids nowadays have the look and they have the moves... but, what they lack is something a bit more important. something that you can't fake, and something that you can't see. which is why they miss it... it's sincerity.
how can you tell when a kid lacks sincerity? when he jumps on every new trend without even looking back. that happens all the time. you can tell a kid cares if he's there next year, and the year after that, and the year after that and the year after that. if they stand the test of time. it's so easy to grab a record, learn the words, sing along, fingerpoint, and learn the fun dances. but, if it doesnt mean something a little more... you'll get tired of it. you'll "grow out of it" and you'll just drop out. it happens all the time.
and when a kid is in it just to look cool and make friends who he thinks are cool, well that just degrades the quality of it for everyone else. the scene gets flooded with a bunch of douchebags just looking for someone to hang out with... they could care less about the music or the message. if that's all they want, why hardcore? why don't they start some other sort of random social club, or go to a fucking star trek convention, or something.
hardcore means a lot to me. and if i didn't stand here and flip shit every time someone came close to ruining it... well, then you could ask yourself, how much does it really mean to me, then? if i'll just sit here and let everything i care about fall apart, then what good am i really doing?
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