The hardcore scene always seemed like a giant high school to me, which is why I stuck with metal, which is more like a giant kindergarten.

Everyday fugazi inches closer to becoming a tiktok band I fear that day an incredible amount

It's blowing up because community as an idea is otherwise virtually dead. No one has anywhere to go to be surrounded by people with similar niche interests and desire for something as visceral and accessible as hardcore. People aren't as bogged down by traditional notions of what is or isn't acceptable, so interest in hardcore and heavy music as a whole grows. But the poverty cultists will insist if your band succeeds you're doing something wrong.

I'll keep gatekeeping my favorite band that disbanded before I was even out of diapers thank you very much.

i saw someone else comment this, so credit to beating me, but it’s totally because hardcore is intrinsically a super community based subculture. the amount of younger people i see at shows post-covid (i got involved in my local scene in 2018, when i was finally old enough to have older friends that drove) is insane. kids don’t have real third spaces or community-based hangouts or events anymore. if you like alternative music, hardcore is easily the most accessible subculture in heavy(er) music to get involved in, at least in my experience.

Bad Brains: "y r u geh?"

i miss title fight

I prefer gatekeepers over influencers on a show any day of the week.

You got it all wrong. The gatekeepers don’t wear Hatebreed SnapBacks they wear Hatebreed basketball vests…

your video editing makes me feel ike I'd taken a drug I wish I hadn't and am forced to ride out

Hardcore are a great mindset for me, its more than just fast music,  the message, attitude, loyalty to yourself. its life

people keep saying "gatekeeping" like it's a bad thing

Watch out for my upcoming Hardcore project, Spin Kicking E-Girls for Fun

another factor you didn't mention, the younger people getting into this music are the children of gen x.  a lot of these people grew up on dead kennedys, minor threat etc because of their parents.

80% of the antagonistic arguments being based on style and physical looks. Getting high school flashbacks.

”two stepping to breakdowns”

Outed yourself.

glad i move so quickly from genre to genre i can flee like a refugee to other things while things slowly go to shit

Sounds like this guy learned about the history of hardcore from Chat GPT

I was at so many of the shows you posted lol that drunk girl destroying the drum set still one of the funniest things I ever seen

my question then is: how would mainstream music fans be born organically? Seems to me like largely mainstream is manufactured so all that makes it is whatever music is being pushed the most.