Hardcore punk. it's my passion, it's what I love. i believe it changed who i am. it's about more than music; its about standing up for what you believe in. a friend of mine says that the "music can take a back seat to what you want to say." he gets that it's all about a message, about beliefs, about bringing a culture from death to something better - not to say that the music isn't fantastic musically too.
isn't that what it is? isn't that what Minor Threat was doing? taking all these dying punks, and encouraging them to end the violence and senseless drug use? it's been almost 30 years, and while the hardcore scene does have plenty of kids that abstain from drugs, do you see a new message emerging? we've all been talking about the same thing for so long; its a dying message. a fresh message must be breathed into the scene, or we will all perish.
my dream for so long has been to play in a hardcore, christian, straight edge, punk band. this friday, i am finally getting a chance to play a show with a new band, that is almost exactly what i wanted (the vocalist doesn't like the straight edge label, but he wrote drug-free songs, so i am cool with that.) i feel that this is the right time, with the right guys, to do the right project.
I've heard it said that christians can't play hardcore music. those people are simply wrong. i believe that today, christians are playing some of the only real hardcore left-especially considering how much of what is left can't even classify as hardcore. hardcore is about taking dying people from something negative to something positive. christain hardcore has that exact mission. i'm not saying you have to believe, but "whether you think what we say is right or wrong, this is where we belong."
whether or not you think christians can play hardcore, i'm glad to be doing that. and i'm excited to play on friday.
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