This is a great interview and I cant wait to see the ones that come next, too!
Just something I need to point out: " “You can watch hardcore on your laptop or whatever, but you ain’t one of us if you’re not down here in the trenches doing this shit!” You are right to point out that there are some places where there are no trenches (and people can make their own!!) but until venues are fully accessible to people with disabilities, there are a ton of people who will never be able to be in the trenches. Hell even then, some people just don't have the capacity to go to shows. But they are still part of the community just as much as those thrashing it out in the front row.
Indeed. And I think when I used the word "access" I meant it in all directions. In addition to geographical access and physical access, we could also talk about economic access—I often hung out *outside* of shows when I was a kid because I didn't have the money to get in. I think it's important to never presume we know what's in each other's hearts. I knew a lot of people in the front rows of a lot of shows who packed up and left quick and a lot of people who hung out in the back who are still here, contributing however they can. x
Thanks for your reply, and I agree, there are so many factors. In the end its all about the love of the music and the community you can find/create, in whatever form it takes.
I love when you’re a fan of someone and find out later that they came from hardcore/punk. Been listening to FF for years and I had no idea. Pala is a perfect album!
I bought a year subscription just for this interview and it was worth it. Enlightening to learn more about the importance of lyrics to Ed. Thanks for writing it up.
as egg hunt once said, “ I'm sure you're sick and tired Of hearing from this child.” But that interview is one of the reasons that I love the resurrection of anti-matter. This was so long ago I think there was an interview in the original anti-matter where you did an interview with Porcell and I believe you mentioned that porcell was lying on a couch and porcell said he felt like he was in a psychologist office and he mentioned “the big V”. I didn’t know that song “expections” was about porcell and his father. I had a “Big V” type moment the other day. I found 108’s last show at cbgb’s in 1996 on YouTube and I was treating it like some people treat the “Zapruder film” ( I was at that show and I was looking for myself in the crowd) and I finally found myself in the crowd and showed it to my father. And he watched this clip and said, “it looks like a bunch of animals attacking each other” (that show was extremely violent). I was so pride to be part of that moment(seeing 108’s last show) and when my father made that comment I could relate to porcell’s relationship to his father.
As a middle-class suburban kid who felt self conscious "looking in" to London's early 2000s HC/emo scene (remember shows at The Swan, anyone?!) this was a fun read and a validating interview!
This is a great interview and I cant wait to see the ones that come next, too!
Just something I need to point out: " “You can watch hardcore on your laptop or whatever, but you ain’t one of us if you’re not down here in the trenches doing this shit!” You are right to point out that there are some places where there are no trenches (and people can make their own!!) but until venues are fully accessible to people with disabilities, there are a ton of people who will never be able to be in the trenches. Hell even then, some people just don't have the capacity to go to shows. But they are still part of the community just as much as those thrashing it out in the front row.
Indeed. And I think when I used the word "access" I meant it in all directions. In addition to geographical access and physical access, we could also talk about economic access—I often hung out *outside* of shows when I was a kid because I didn't have the money to get in. I think it's important to never presume we know what's in each other's hearts. I knew a lot of people in the front rows of a lot of shows who packed up and left quick and a lot of people who hung out in the back who are still here, contributing however they can. x
Thanks for your reply, and I agree, there are so many factors. In the end its all about the love of the music and the community you can find/create, in whatever form it takes.
Exactly! I understand the importance of being in the room to live performance, but this attitude is part of what keeps the scene a hegemony.
I love when you’re a fan of someone and find out later that they came from hardcore/punk. Been listening to FF for years and I had no idea. Pala is a perfect album!
I bought a year subscription just for this interview and it was worth it. Enlightening to learn more about the importance of lyrics to Ed. Thanks for writing it up.
as egg hunt once said, “ I'm sure you're sick and tired Of hearing from this child.” But that interview is one of the reasons that I love the resurrection of anti-matter. This was so long ago I think there was an interview in the original anti-matter where you did an interview with Porcell and I believe you mentioned that porcell was lying on a couch and porcell said he felt like he was in a psychologist office and he mentioned “the big V”. I didn’t know that song “expections” was about porcell and his father. I had a “Big V” type moment the other day. I found 108’s last show at cbgb’s in 1996 on YouTube and I was treating it like some people treat the “Zapruder film” ( I was at that show and I was looking for myself in the crowd) and I finally found myself in the crowd and showed it to my father. And he watched this clip and said, “it looks like a bunch of animals attacking each other” (that show was extremely violent). I was so pride to be part of that moment(seeing 108’s last show) and when my father made that comment I could relate to porcell’s relationship to his father.
As a middle-class suburban kid who felt self conscious "looking in" to London's early 2000s HC/emo scene (remember shows at The Swan, anyone?!) this was a fun read and a validating interview!