Though we only caught the end of it, there was a very legitimate hardcore show at the Sonar in Baltimore last night, featuring the likes of Naysayer, Cruel Hand, Maximum Penalty, Forfeit, and Trapped Under Ice, local from B-more, and featuring one of the coolest servers at Sticky Rice, Brad. Again, only caught the last few songs, but heard enough to be totally blown away, impressed, and somehow comforted at seeing all the crucial pile-ups and hype that were being thrown onto stage. When are you ever going to see a totally agro, sweaty young thing, all shirtless and flailing limbs, suddenly jump onstage to carefully right the microphone that was inadvertently knocked over? The culture surrounding hardcore is as unique and deep-rooted as the music itself.
In a segmented and often pretentious culture, the spirit of hardcore forms undeniable bonds, and buzzes with the truest of life-loving mentality. It's pretty cool to see the bands from an originally D.C.-initiated genre now tour as far away as the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and Austria. Good luck to these guys on their tour, and hopefully I'll get to see an entire set soon!
Keep bringin' the real back to D.C.--we could use it!!
Oh yeah, just their amazing awesome Myspace, complete with killer rage and killer merch.
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