The First Step - What We Know
I used to listen to a lot of hardcore. A LOT, I would say out of all my music phases it was the longest, then one day I just stopped. It wasn't gradual, it just happened. Well, the past couple of days I have been jamming some of my favorite hardcore bands of all time, which then turned into me jamming to The First Step over and over and over again, and in doing this I realized why and when I stopped listening to hardcore. Sit down kids, let me tell you why.
Champion was the first of my favorite bands to go, and as lame and cheesy as it sounds, it REALLY bummed me out. I stopped listening to hardcore all together when they broke up and I thought I was done forever. I slowly got back into it right after Have Heart released "The Things We Carry" and I was into it all over again. With some friends, started a super shitty band and booked shows. Then I moved to Florida and The First Step and Have Heart broke up around the same time and I was crushed all over again. When those bands stopped making music hardcore went sour. Now it's all dark, gloomy fuzzed out heavy shit, and I understand people like that , but I don't and can't get into it.
I miss bands like The First Step. Whether they were straight edge or not, I don't care, I just miss bands in hardcore that were passionate and actually sang about something and not just dark, gloomy shit that brings us all down. So until the youth crew revival I've been forever hoping for happens, let's all just jam the shit out of The First Step. K!? OK!
-Kyle
Labels: The First Step
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