The Reason

I've never been into music because it makes me look cool or because my friends like it or because its the 'in' thing. Really my music taste is all over the place and I listen to some stuff that would not be regarded as cool. Also I've never really had a lot of friends who like the same stuff as me so I'm not doing it it to fit in with anyone, and I've never really cared about trends in music.
Music is my life, its everything. Music helps me when I'm down, when I'm angry, it helps me calm down, helps me concentrate. I know what to listen to to suit my mood, I know what I can throw myself around to, what I can have a cry to and what I will make me dance around. I've cried during live shows, I've met some of my favourite musicians and been so full of respect for them, I've gotten massively excited by music. Its the one thing I know I can rely on, my favourite albums will always be there no matter what. I have 9 tattoos and 3 of those are band-related, and I got them done after a period in my life where that bands music has pulled me through.

But there are people out there who are posers, who claim to like music because there mates do and they want to fit in or who say they like it more then they do just because that's the thing to do. I have no problem with people who don't really love music, I don't really understand it but I don't judge them for it. What I have a problem with is people who claim they care but don't. Don't tell me you like that band when you don't because that band saved my life once. Just be honest and say you don't really get it.

I get so angry about it because people like that in a music scene give it a bad name. They lead to bad atmospheres at shows , fights, arguments and they often lead to the real fans getting fed up. That's why so many people go off a band when they get really famous, its not because there trying to be cool and only like obscure bands, its because the shows are full of people who only like them cause they heard them on the radio and the atmosphere is never the same. That's why all my real favourite bands have never really had massive commercial success, they may well be well known in there scene, like Rancid are but more people have heard of Green Day than Rancid.

Tonight I could be at a local hardcore gig. I could be supporting local musicians and encouraging and supporting a scene. Instead thanks to certain posers I'm at home listening to hardcore and feeling frustrated by people who just don't really care. Maybe I just care too fuckin much.