WHAT IS SCOTCORE?

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by Tudor Andrei (marshall chvselar) 

 The word "hardcore", as an adjective, describes the most active, "committed, or strict members of a group or movement". This is no coincidence. Hardcore, as a community and as a place has always been about people over all; regardless of differences in fashion or music. It is a place that welcomes freedom of expression with no dress code or superficialities. It's not just music and, to some degree, everyone knows it.

 When you ask thinkers (or even avid chippy-goers) of our country what it means to be "Scottish", the answer may not be as simple as just predeterminations to your birth. Obviously, being born in Scotland or having Scottish parents will render you as a Scot, but certain people aim to be exceptions. People such as Donald Trump who, while from Scottish ancestry, is despised by the general Scottish public and that leads into the fact that: To be Scottish means you must be just, fair and with respect and care for your peers.

 Nowadays, Hardcore as music has become extremely popular and we are faced with one problem: Violent ignorance reigns supreme amongst the youth. "Hardcore" and "performative" are two words on the opposite side of the spectrum; even with their every-day definition. It is up to us to raise our standards and maintain our community more stronger and united than ever.

 I am extremely grateful to have had my first real encounter with hardcore been barely a year ago at Legends in Edinburgh for only a tenner, rather than at some venue the size of 3 PE courts for 40 times the price. As a socially closed person, the welcome I received from people there despite being a total stranger meant twice the world to me and I knew then that: this is something I want to be in, and something I want to help keep pure.

 Scottish Hardcore is more than just music. Scottish Hardcore is unity. It means not only family, but standing up for those in need of one. Scotcore - inventive name, I know -  will be a blog aimed at helping archive events, interviews, bands and any other happenings open to contribution from the general public.

 

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