12-12-2008, 03:59 PM
CONT:Now being down here in New Orleans was a problem sometimes too. A lot of the larger bands would come through to drink on their way to a show in Florida or Texas, and bypass our scene completely. I would hear stories of bands getting fucked with throughout the South. Although I don't remember our town ever having a lot of "rednecks", I guess the bands would encounter them on the way to and from our fair city, and decide that New Orleans must be full of them too. So they would pass us up. On the flipside though, we had bands like NO-FX, Corrosion of Conformity, and Agnostic Front that wouldn't miss us for the world.You have to remember that this was a time where our fearless (and clueless) leader was Ronald Reagan. Being young, I didn't understand what was going on in the world of politics. Up until then, Star Wars was just a movie. The music was very fast and aggressive which is what first drew me to it. It wasn't until, I sat down and actually listened to the records, that I heard what the bands were singing about. The bands in this scene were very vocal about what they thought of our administration back then and it wasn't pretty. They taught me to open my eyes more to the world around me and I, like them, didn't like what I was seeing.I hope that for you all that lived through the hardcore scene, you find it a nice trip down memory lane. It was a fantastic time for us. This isn't the watered down pop-punk , "my girlfriend left me" bullshit that is played on the radio nowadays. These bands played music in the rawest form. Three chords, pounding drums, loud amps, and the biggest fuck you attitude towards authority and conformity in music ever! For those of you who are new to the scene or the bands on the following pages, go out and buy their albums or CD's and give them a listen. I know you won't be disappointed.Remember: Old Punk Rockers never die......We just stand at the back!_________________