r/Hardcore

I’ve been a hardcore fan for roughly 2-2 1/2 years now and I’m still a little bit of a rookie so recently I’ve been tapping into the more melodic/emotional side of hardcore after needing to hear more band like Have Heart and Modern Life Is War.

I was on a break at my familys summer camp place and I put my new playlist on shuffle and Green came on. Immediately I was pulled in and then I put their discography on shuffle and its like my brain got rearranged. It’s like they scratched a certain itch I couldn’t.

Fast forward to two days ago I’m at my brother’s house watching their Outbreak Fest 2024 set and I hear Flowers And You for the first time. IM NEARLY IN FUCKING TEARS BRO THIS IS BEAUTIFUL BUT SO SAD.

TA has to be one of my new favorite bands ever. Its just really emotional and I’m a very emotional person so it connects to me in a special way like HH and MLIW

Saw contention the other night with a bunch of other bands. I'm.. kind of a big fan. I get excited. I cheer, i shout YEAH!, there was a lot of two stepping etc.

Suddenly the young guy i was standing next to, after a song ended, shouted YEEAAAAH! in my face, right after everyone else stopped cheering. He then turned back to what i presume was his gf laughing about it.

And i just have that stuck in my head. Do zoomers think that excitement is cringe? That cheering on a band you love is embarrassing in some way? What a sad way to go through life, honestly. Social media has fucked up these kids to the point where honest to god excitement at seeing a banger band is now somehow "cringe" or something. Makes me sad for that guy, honestly.

I'm perfectly fine attending shows solo, but sometimes it would be nice to have someone to go with! I'm a 30 year old woman, a lot of my friends just aren't into shows anymore, don't like this type of music or don't like the vibe/can't hang basically.

I know the most obvious answer is to just talk to people at shows. In my area at least, I notice at the smaller shows there tends to be more young people, and/or people clearly coming with friends already or who already know people there. So there's both people probably a little too young than what I'd want for a friend I can relate to, or people who are already coming with their own friends and not always looking to socialize with others (which I totally get). At bigger shows at bigger venues I do tend to see people closer to my age and also solo, so those tend to be a bit easier to talk to folks, but sometimes people are also just focused on doing their own thing too.

Maybe the answer is to just be more of a regular at certain bands shows? I feel so lame asking this question lol. But I want more people I can go to shows with or talk about the music to!

They seem to have been having a huge merch drop including a 25 year anniversary release of year one on vinyl.

Think they’re planning on a tour? I remember seeing them as American Nothing before give up the ghost. I know they’ve played random shows here and there.

Either way. Fuck what fireworks stand for.

So I recently got into SMTB and it’s come to my attention that they’re pretty disliked. I’m pretty new to the hardcore scene so I’ve been looking through the server for answers to why people feel so strongly about them, and I understand that the singer is kinda a nepo baby, but it seems like he’s actually been pretty good when it comes to bringing audiences to smaller bands. So is there any justification to why they are so disliked? Or is it just personal preferences?

Edit: I’m only asking bc I don’t wanna support a band that’s a bunch of dickheads and I’m not asking bc “I can’t form an opinion”. Just wanna know why people don’t like them so much