Image Damage

Hey there,
the problem with reestablishing an image is, that the hardcore-scene, (especially the german part of it) argues to differ from so much of ordinary society behaviours. But in the end the “natural selection” in hardcore nowadays works like the selection process in those parts of society that are rejected by most of the followers of a subgenre.

It’s “who is talking the most shit”, “who does the most shows” and “where can i kiss some ass so my band can play town xyz” that seems to count. Instead of ignoring stories about bands, people and their image people tend to be fucking lazy and try not to talk to the band in person. Talking to a band/person would cost time, engagement and mostly: brainpower.
Since most of the followers of the hardcore subgenre seem to lack these abilites it has become totally conventional to follow the shit-talk.
And this is the exact way society displaces unwanted members into marginalization.

So again “hardcore” proves that it is not the morally raised product of a fucked up society (or even an simple alternative), but a simple copy of it, using the same procedures and having the same problems. There is nothing wrong with that, since everyone is a product of this fucked up society.

It becomes a problem when people/bands within this subgenre claim to have risen from this problems and try to act like moral “Übermenschen”, telling others what is wrong and right, while they act like an ordinary “society sucker” behind their fake masquerade. These are the people that still keep shittalking going on instead of stepping out of the shadows and solving “problems” like that with a brain and their heart…and not (only) with their mouth, their fingers and and asshole that dictates what to say/write/do.