30 Years of Anti-Matter
On the official week of its 30th anniversary, I take this opportunity to recall five of Anti-Matter's most memorable moments.
This week officially marks the 30th anniversary of the first issue of Anti-Matter. Last year, when I realized this milestone was approaching, I began to think of several different ways to celebrate it. Still, I had no idea a relaunch was in the future. Something like this would have been inconceivable to me even a year ago, so the fact that I can talk about this in the present tense is incredibly special to me.
Despite the fanzine itself being relatively short-lived, the concept and ethos of Anti-Matter has persisted—through the Punk Planet columns, the compilation album, the anthology book, and even the Instagram Live interviews during the 2020 lockdown—and with every new iteration, including this one, I am grateful to discover that this kind of work continues to resonate with older and younger generations of hardcore kids alike. When I say, “we believe that hardcore is more than music,” I mean to say that we are a community of people, we carry a wide range of experiences and convicti…