What is music for you? Is it something to fill in the background? Do you use it to get in a certain mindset? Is it your way of hyping up? If you are listening to this podcast, it is all that, and probably a lot more. It is probably very special to you, whether you are a musician yourself or a listening fan; listening to this means you probably take music seriously. In this episode, the guest takes his love of hardcore very seriously.
Kasey Brown and I have been friends for almost a decade. I know him to be a fun and very honest dude. He is also a true student of hardcore music, and a go-to for me when I have questions about certain bands, history, etc. For me, Kasey Brown is hardcore. Hardcore impacts how he sees and lives in this world. In this episode, we discuss all of that.
We talk about how Kasey is another example of the aughts Christian “youth group kid to emo hardcore scene” pipeline. Kasey gives us insight into what the Georgia scene was like in the 2000s, and shares his connections to the history of some artists and bands that are well-known today. Kasey also talks about how he became straight-edge, and why he is still edge today, while many of his peers choose to leave that behind as they get older. We discuss all this and more! We even get into the Denny's memes.
Maybe the most important topic of all is getting into what hardcore means. For Kasey, this is not just an exciting musical genre and community of friends; this is a lifestyle. Hardcore artists and community play a role in how Kasey sees the world and where he stands politically. We get into the real heart of it all, and why he is who he is largely because of hardcore.
Kasey takes what hardcore is about very seriously. Kasey lives it.
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