Was anyone at the Have Heart show two weeks ago? It was pretty impressive. Have Heart's politically driven, positive lyrics have always put me in a good mood. But I would have never thought that i would see a National Geographic photographer at one of their shows.
National Geographic is doing an article on the hardcore scene or more specifically, the straight edge scene. So what better place to go than Boston? Pictures and a full article will be shown to praise kids that choose to stray away from drugs and alcohol on their own.
In my opinion, it's about time! Hardcore gets such a bad rep for the violence and is far too often grouped in to music that promotes self loathing and hate. Quite frankly, just because a band stays true to themselves and fans, doesn't mean that people should not get a chance to hear them. For, a typical hardcore band does not get rich, they don't have tons of groupies, nor do they have a big comfy tour bus but they do have die hard fans.
To recap, the best part of the show was when Pat told the crowd to go "absoloutly ape sh*t because National Geographic was here!" At that point, we showed the photographers, and soon the world what Boston hardcore is all about.
