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:	post by the taste of cigarettes at 2004-05-07 00:00:49

despite the fact that I agree 900% that Bury the Dead is pretty lame (and I like hardcore, too) I will defend the fact that hardcore is supposed to be simple. Much like Punk was a response to social pressures such as the ubiquity of pop music (disco, etc) or the working class oppression (like in England), Hardcore was a response to the technicality and complexity of punk. Things were too complicated and too far detached with punk and kids stripped it down, took out the solos they couldn't hack, and then made it what it is -- simple music about basic things that affect everyday people. Instead of songs like Ziggy Stardust or Lou Reed, Hardcore sought to challenge these layered, complex players and come up with three-chord, fast, punchy tunes. You should be able to play old school hardcore 3-4 months into learning guitar - some of it you should be able to play the day you pick it up. Older punk was like that too, but it got too complicated.

So with old school hardcore, yeah, simple is better, and on point, catchy, honest, and basic lyrics are a must. But with newer hardcore -- which was sort of missing-linked by bands from New York and partially the west coast (like Strife) -- you get that metal influence, which was ever-growing, becoming almost a norm today.

This is a truncated history but bottom line is if you look at Gorilla Biscuits, Bad Brains (who actually, for some reason, got more technical as they drifted from Hardcore into dub and reggae), Minor Threat, Black Flag, etc you see how not only easy it is to write the music and play it, but how down to earth the lyrics are.

So saying a hardcore band writes easy songs is kind of redundant, in a way. But you can be unacceptable or even "bad" or "poor" in someone's opinion. Bury The Dead is like that for me -- they don't strike a chord with me, so to speak. They're just...blah. Yet I can't attack them for not making the music filled with solos and tech parts.

I quote Civ when I say: "Stage dives make me feel more alive / than coded messages / in slowed down songs". Despite the fact that my band has coded messages. In slowed down songs. And we don't really play on a stage...fuck those dudes, huh?

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