I haven’t been on here for awhile, I’ve been caught up on a lot of things. But lately, I’ve come to a new internet- I want to be in a band. But not just any band, I screamo/hardcore band.
I’ve been writing all my life, but barely ever spoke it. Now that my life is changing and I’m coming across new things, I want to tell people about it. I want to be in a band, and scream about depressing shit that other people can relate to. I want to travel across the country and experience new adventures, meet new people, I just want people to tell me that my music, can get them through the day. All my life I’ve always to help people, in some way. I find, that with my love of music, and my ambition for writing, I think I have the right intentions to be in a band. After high school, I’m going to do my best to find a few people that have the same ideas as me, and start one. The one thing or band, that really inspired me, was Touche Amore. Awhile ago, I was sitting in bed listening to them, and thinking to myself how much of an impact they make in my life, and how much their music means to me. I even look at them for writing inspiration. It came to me, that why can’t I be in a band? There’s nothing stopping me, I have the ambition and love for music, why not? I want to be in a band so much, and I’m going to try my best to be in one. I love this music scene, and I want to be a part of it for as long as I can.
Dear God, don’t walk away.
We need to talk about this and all the
unheard prayers and the childhood I missed.
I wonder why you won’t answer me.
Then I realize you don’t exist.
When I first started getting into the Hardcore scene, I listened to bands like Have Heart, Ceremony (back when Violence Violence was their newest album), and Defeater. My favorite genre was metalcore at the time though, where ADTR and Of Mice & Men and The Word Alive were my favorites. I didn’t give Hardcore as much recognition as I do today. Have Heart was the first Hardcore band, I listened to daily, and Songs To Scream at the Sun was the first hardcore album I listened to front to back daily. When I slowly got more into hardcore, I saw myself branching away from the generic metalcore bands that eventually all sounded the same to me after awhile.
Today, after a little over a year of being in the hardcore scene, I still love it. Have Heart is still one of my favorites, along with Ceremony and Defeater. Though today I listen to many other hardcore bands, and artists. My favorite thing about hardcore, is the message it portrays. Hardcore, to me, isn’t about beating kids up that doesn’t like the same music as you, thinking you’re better than everyone that comes face to face with you, being ignorant and thick headed towards other people’s views. Hardcore, to me, is about the heart and the family. Being something you’re proud to be and not afraid to show it. Not letting other’s influence your thoughts and making you like everyone else around you. Hardcore is about being who you are, deep down in the heart. If you believe deep down inside that you’re a hardcore kid, then you’re a fucking hardcore kid.
Today, all I listen to (most of the time) is hardcore. Though sometimes on the side, I appreciate the roots of it of pop punk and old school hardcore punk. (Minor Threat, Black Flag and Bad Brains being my favorites) I’m still open minded to other’s views. That goes along with being edge. A very good majority of the bands I listen to are also edge, to the point where it’s almost their religion. I take pride in being above the influence, but I by no means, put down others for having a different lifestyle, and neither do any of the bands I listen to.
Hardcore isn’t here for you to treat it like it’s high school and bash on others kids for having different tastes and views, it’s not here for you to sport around like your favorite sports team, it most certainly isn’t here for you to use as an excuse to hurt others around you and sometimes even yourself. If you think otherwise, then get out of the hardcore scene, find another scene where that’s what they’re known to do. Like, dare I say, juggalos.
Hardcore is about the heart, the love and emotion put into it. So if you’re looking for a superficial band that makes sure to sing all the right notes and keys and depends on their record label to give them ideas, then don’t bother looking into hardcore, because you won’t find it. Hardcore is something different then what you’ll ever listen to, it gets in your face and tells you “Listen to me, listen to what I have to say”, and I always listen, you should always listen. I respect hardcore, and the meaning behind it. I respect the bands in the scene and the music they make. But all in all, if you have a band that can get you through the day, and can make you feel something different- then be proud to listen to what you do. Be proud of who you are, and respect it. Music is music, love it anyways.
That is what hardcore means to me.
TOUCHE AMORE | SELF TITLED
This is their best work, in my opinion. It’s short and sweet, and gets straight to the point through all their songs, and every track is directed towards someone or something. This is defiantly their angriest album, and more raw of course. This is also my favorite album by Touche out of all they came out with, but don’t get me wrong, everything that they put out is beautiful- this is just their best they have.
Negotiating The Charade was the first song they have ever written, and is also the first track on the album. The guitar riffs in this song is so dark and eery sounding, it’s my favorite part about the song. WeHateFredPhelps.com……is pretty self explanatory, it’s a direct message to the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church that is a pretty shitty person if you do your research and know the story, but the lyrics are so honest, and you can just feel the anger radiate out of Jeremy’s voice. So close to be my favorite track off this album, but Scene to Be Scene is my favorite. The song talks about…well, scene kids. Clearly Touche is not a fan of them and wrote a nice song for them. The song just sounds so cool though, and the lyrics are so angery- this whole fucking album is angry and it’s wonderful. Also, the two songs on this album that is also on “To the beat of a dead horse”- Broken Records and Honest Sleep, are the first recordings of them and I honestly prefer them over the rerecordings of the songs. I’m a huge fan of how raw Touche sounds, they should have kept this sound going.
All in all, this band is so wonderful, really one of my very favorites. :) Their music means a lot, and I hold them close to me.
But this album rules so hard.
