HXC 101
1) Be tough at all times. Even while mommy and daddy bankroll your life financially in upper middle class suburbura, as you dream of being a tattooer even though you can't draw..
2) Never cheer after a show. As a matter of fact look disinterested and aloof because the bands playing are not cool enough for you.
3) Be open minded in a "punch people" kind of way. Remember if they get near you, they are obviously asking for it. Especially if their back is facing you.
4) Only good hardcore bands have names that sound like movie titles.. Poison the Well, My Bloody Valentine, My Bleeding Heart.
5) Spike belts, funky dyed black hair , tattooes and piercings makes you tough, not funny looking... really
6) Tattoos on your calves make you even tougher and you must wear shorts all year to prove it.
7) Wear your black hoody in the mosh pit because you are too cool not to.
8 ) Don't admit you listen to metal unless it's Iron Maiden. You get instant metal clout for some reason, even though every wannabe metal head says they listen to Maiden.
9) (Exception to rule 8 You only admit to listening to metal because you are a super non conformist and to prove it you wear 80's cheese metal shirts like Iron Maiden or def leppard.
10) You and your crew are non conformists, unlike all the other crews out there.
11) Practice hardcore dancing in front of your mirror and then try them out the next time atreyu, the emo band, before you try it at your friends show.
12) A hardcore band is only original if you call it something-hardcore because Hardcore just wont do and is reserved for old school sounding junk. Example Screamcore, emocore, Killcore, mathcore, or Medio-hardcore.
13) Remember, it's fun to punch and kick kung fu style even though if you actually hit someone it wont hurt because you have no training at this and dont have enough strangth to even cause a bruise..
14) You stand still for 2-step parts and fast parts because you only dance for the breakdowns.. what's Skankin anyway?
15) Real hardcore fans are called kids and have backpacks
16) Being Vegetarian means French Fries, Potato Chips, and Soda are now Nutritious.
17) Have your own zine, website, production company or be in a band and that you are friends with the singer from Shai Hulud. whats his name again?
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Tell people you work in the music industry even though you work at the local Starbucks for $8 an hour,
19) Your girlfriend is short, fat, vegan and has a betty paige thing going on, even though she is ugly.
20) Embrace everybody in the scene except for those people who are not your friends.
21) Refer to bands as old school or new school based on your time in the hc scene. regardless of the fact that old school refers to 80's hc.
22) Pretend that you actually understand the Dillinger Escape plan's lyrics, concepts and music, when you only listen to them because how else are you gonna explain your spikey belt and black frame glasses.
23) Shop at second hand stores and then go buy expensive shoes that you get mad when people step on them at shoes and you start fights over it. .
24) Only beat up people with 5 or more friends. its more fun that way and you have less of a chance of getting your own ass kicked in the process.
25) Smoking and drinking and having *** before marriage is too trendy. Real hardcore tough guys are SxE.. until they turn 21 of course and fall off..
26) Whatever you do, don't let the singer on stage ever sing in the mic. Make sure you grab it from him and sing in it yourself, after all, you do a better job singing then him. Even though you dont know the words and look stupid mouthing gibberish on camera, because you know somebody shot that shit..
27) Start your own hardcore band and how you are gonna run shit, even though your band sucks and is as unoriginal as all the bands you shit talk...
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Have your logo resemble some random 80's product for nostalgia.
29) Talk about the scene any chance you get. Say as many obscure hardcore bands from NJ as possible even though you don't know one song..
30) You claim that Emo bands don't look at the audience because they are unleashing their "PAIN".
31) People who know more bands than you are better than you. they are down.
32) Add the Letter X before and after important words. XhardcorekidX Xmosh****X
33) You don't listen to anything but your friends bands and the older bands earlier records. Everything else sucks except Iron Maiden
34) It's merch not Merchandise.
35) Hardcore girls must wear head bands at all times and have pear shaped bodies with star tattooes on their choulders or forearms.
36) Baggies clothes makes you look more intimidating, so wear your pants below your ass.
37) The bigger you stretch you ears out the more hardcore you are.
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Your ear should be stretched out enough to accommodate a block of wood, a hubcap or a *****.
39) People in the front row dont deserve respect otherwise they would be in the pit.
40) When people ask you if you like a band always say "I only like the old stuff" or "I haven't really gotten into the new stuff." even though you havent heard the new stuff yet.
41) Buy all of that bands merch. But shit talk their new material.
42) Wear your new merch at the next hardcore show. But shit talk their new material.
43) Repeat steps 41 and 42 for every band.
44) If you have to wear glasses make sure they are thick, black framed ones.
45) Don't tell anybody but make sure you try on your new vintage clothes and stud belt before heading out to see Poison the well with your girlfriend. She really likes them and you say you dont even though you love them just as much as her..
46) Never admit you don't like Hatebreed and go see them live 12 times a year.
47) Complain that they are playing with Slayer but don't admit you actually like Slayer. except for reign in blood of course, because even your band rips them off.
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Complain at all costs, even though your parents pay for everything, that your life sucks
49) Tag team hardcore dancing is cool and always beat up the drunk people who wander in the pit. they are a threat. really. they are.
50) Real hardcore kids are really struggling photographers or graphic designers..
51) You don't go to hardcore concerts, you go to hardcore shows. BIG difference.
52) You practice HC dancing in mall parking lots, video tape it and then post it on youtube.com
53) You dont know how to protect yourself on the edge of the pit and when someone hits you, you and your friends beat them up.
54) The more obscure the lyrics and subject matter the better the band is...
55) All age venues are important so you can scam on the younger girls who dont know you are stupid and have nothing to offer a woman.,
56) Talk about your band like you have already made an impact in the music scene because 2 people from europe and 1 from Japan say they love your shit.
57) Anytime somebody mentions a band always say you know somebody in the band. you get more points if they are related to you.
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You only wear HC merch as your wardrobe..
59) You have a chinstrap and wear an army hat all the time.
60) You secretly love 80's new wave but dont tell anyone because you know you will be ridiculed. so much for thinking for yourself, eh?
61) Your band name should contain one of the following words: Blood, Murder, Kill, Victim, Enemy, Pride, Suffer and butterfly.
62) Print your band name as if it was on a bad printing press. Actual graphics are for posers.
63) Talk about your band touring every chance you get, even though you play to 12 people in Iowa.
64) 100 bands from around the world to play in your city. All of them are the world's best hardcore bands. Every label represented, every hardcore genre present. The venue is the best all-ages venue in the world. Tickets are $1.00. It is your job to go around saying the festival should be free and beat up the youngest kids so they stop coming to shows..
65) You talk about your new recording like it a masterpiece, even though you barely ever go out of 4/4 and your drummer plays the same tired beats as everyone else.
66) You rip of meshuggah for your dance parts thinking no one's ever going to know or has done that before.
67) What's a circle Pit?
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What's a Wall of Death?
69) You rip off In flames for your fast parts thinking no one's going to notice or has done that before.
70) Album covers must be made at home on Photoshop by your good friend who is in artschool and doesnt know what DPI means..
71) If you are from New York NEVER smile in a promo pic. In fact always try to cross your arms and look into the camera as if you are going to beat up whom ever is looking because you will, arent you?.
72) If you are from New Jersey NEVER smile in a promo pic either. In fact try to look like you just lost your girl friend to the hardcore band from New York.
73) Never admit that Emo is Country music lyrics mixed with pop rock riffs and marketed by 17 year olds trying to make their friend be the next Dashboard Confessional whose first LP you actually own,
74) American Idol is your worst enemy even though you watch every episde
75) You can get away with glitter on your face as long as your stretched ear plugs are clear and you are a fat vegan girl..
76) SxE pride doesnt include cleanliness. Regular showers and brushing your teeth are optional.
77) Piercings are really cool, especially the ones that can get pulled out in the pit.
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You tell everyone Hatebreed is over rated and boring, yet everyone sees you at their next show dancing. And your band rips them off.
79) You have camoflage hats and pants yet never went camping a day in your life..
80) You are tuned to Drop C, and only play on the 6th and 5th strings.. What's a power chord?
81) Chunky breakdowns in your songs are original and you should continue to do them despite every other band doing them which is clearly a rip off of your band.
82) You are a metal / hardcore mutha****er who wears medium tees and a spikey belt who shit talks rap-hardcore bands but own all of Etown Concrete's LPs and Tee shirts in XXL. 1998 yo.
83) When you sweated Etown you dressed like a wigger even though you were from Pasil.
84) You secretly listen to Blink 182.
85) Your girlfriend is an animal rights activist and has dyed black hair, short like betty paige, yet the body of a pig, which makes you hungry.
86) Obey the rules of your HC families circle, Like if So and so doesnt like someone, you all dont like that person anymore, because you think for yourself.
87) When somebody asks you what is hardcore respond with "A way of life", even though you dont know what that means. (Ask Agnostic Front)
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Keep punching little kids at shows even after having a lawsuit against you for it.
89) You have pulled your groin, kicking the air during hatebreed.
90) Your friend's band is the hottest shit until other people like them. at that point they sold out, became metal or their new shit isnt as good as their old shit.
91) You only go to shows if you can get in for free. why support struggling musicians who already dont make any money.?
92) You no longer dance at shows because the new school bands arent cool enough for you and you now listen to anything but your friend's bands.
93) You are wearing the same thing as the 40-year old gas pump attendant but for some strange mystical reason you are cooler than he is.
94) Tell everybody that Trustkill Records are too trendy. Yet you own every release from the past 5 years.
95) You talk about the old school days when Victory ran shit.
96) You dont have a car but are full sleeved tattooed on both arms.
97) You are SxE, Vegan, and a HC elitist, yet you think that YOu are open minded.
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As a vegan you dont understand why the world doesnt just follow your lead, i mean come on, just because steak smells good, doesnt mean you have to eat it... (mmm, steak)
99) Your band covers the parts of Iron Maiden songs you can actually play... no Leads.
100) People need to treat you with respect. You know so and so...
101) This list is not about you because you have been down too long to have registered with any of the above items...
Re: PUNK/HXC bands in the LOCAL UNDERGROUND SCENE!
il name some..
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