Dom, 25, XVX.
I run a vegan lifestyle/record store called V Revolution in Manchester, UK with my housemate Chris. I occasionally put out tapes for bands under the name Suburban Miasma, and I sing in a band called Esoteric Youth.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
On the train back to Manchester
I’ve never been so stoked to get away. I’ve come to realise that other that some awesome people, (many of whom I missed out on seeing) there isn’t much left for me in London. Fuck the south, I belong to the north now.
UK Edge Day
If you’d told me a year or two ago that I would be standing in a packed out venue in London, watching people go off to an entirely UK straight edge lineup, I would’ve been pretty dubious. But that is what I saw tonight. It was amazing seeing so many people stoked on hardcore, stoked on straight edge and stoked on being in a room full of both friends and strangers, all without letting egos or outside beef flare up. No fights, just good vibes and rad bands.
We have been spoiled for great fun shows this year, with Outbreak, CTWII and tonight all having great vibes and great turnouts. It seems that awesome new bands are popping up all the time, and older bands are putting out new records that blow me away. Yeah, we’ve lost some great bands this year but I’d still say that UKHC is stronger than ever.
This year seems to have been about doing something positive in your scene. More and more people seem to be taking an active role in hardcore, and are forming bands, putting on shows, starting labels or just trying to help out where possible. I am a real advocator for the idea that if you don’t like something about your scene, you should change it; and it really does make me happy to see people stepping up and effecting these changes.
Props to everyone who was involved tonight, and well done for making me miss London.
UKHC back on top.
Get down to this. No excuses.
