Clown Magazine

Every now and then a new culture emerges to replace the one before and this time once again it's happening Stateside.

It holds no boundaries in fact it is craving up what used to represent this new cultural movement and a whole bunch of new talented artists and musicians have created a heavy form of Punk simply known as Hardcore.

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Hardcore has been around for decades but it was mostly angry white young men screaming over distorted guitars to a brash drum beat.

Not only that we now have women leading quite a few hardcore punk groups but also people from the black community, as well as the hispanics and asians also joining this new cultural experience.

Gone are the songs that are just pure anger and frustration but while the songs are less than 2-minutes long, they incorporate themes of challenging law and order and the way we are governed, as well as the pleads of social reform and fairness.

Let’s have a look at some of the bands that are making an impact starting with the army of leading the march with black vocalists we have End It and an all-black hardcore punk group Zulu, who on their debut album A New Tomorrow they incorporate some funky intro and outro parts, while a soft instrumental shows their softcore side and a poem about seeing blackness as a positive thing and something that should be celebrated by the black community in the West.

Then we have Conservative Military who want to focus on and reclaim what it is to be a skinhead, not the usual stereotypical viewpoint of being a thug and racist.

What the new version of hardcore punk is that it clearly resonates with all people regardless of background because it is being supported and growing by the community for the community who love doing the karate stomp, lurching backwards and forwards to the beat and the throbbing bass and heavy distorted guitars, while some may swirl their heads, which is something the female vocalists do very well, as well as stage rolling into the crowd rather than the traditional jumping, and lastly the mosh pit which is a few rows from the stage and the audience dance often in a circular motion.

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Another cool thing that happens and is something that is part of the etiquette between the band and the fans is to get fans to take the microphone and sing part of the song or however long the vocalist allows them to growl, shriek, scream or sing however out of tune as possible - there are some great singers from the audience and fans though!

These groups are something that you should see even if it’s part of your bucket list!

You will not be disappointed!

As a lot of the vocalists from these hardcore punk groups reiterate, egos not here and quite literally they are neither welcomed!

Once again this movement is continuing to draw in more people Stateside and it has already gone worldwide with many groups from the United Kingdom and from Europe going over to the United States to play at multiple group lineups and the audiences are growing and more importantly the venues allow the fans and audience to participate with the groups because there is not security pushing them back - they don’t need security for that matter - and the stages are often quite low to the ground, and quite frankly something they should keep because there are some venues where the atmosphere is rather static and sterile and this just kills the whole experience for both the groups, fans and audience.

Check ‘em all out Folk’s ‘n’ Rockers!