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I don't talk politics much. I'm not the sort to subscribe to one side or the other. I think about both sides, I talk about both sides — I just never choose one. I've always felt that when you choose a side you're claiming to know everything about the other. Most take their stance without the knowledge to back it up. And many pick their side based on the circle, party or scene they wanna run with. They choose a side because belonging feels good, because being radical feels good, while the issues they're supposed to be behind are lost.

I love trying to tackle every possible angle to an issue. And I just love playing devil's advocate. To me, choosing a side is giving up and giving in — subscribing to a party is like willfully incarcerating yourself. Politics are always changing — shouldn't our views on them change too?

Which brings me to the now defunct Born Against, whom I am not criticizing here for having been an overtly political — and much loved — hardcore band. The thing I've realized is that, while I choose not to be a radical or a preacher, we need this sort of activism, community, and even radicalism in our world. They may be extremists and may not truly mean each word that falls from their mouths — they may protest for the sake of protesting — but it is simply their loud, emotionally charged presence this world requires. Without it, we'd all look like walking zombies, acquiescent to the powers that be. We need this sort of screaming color in our world — we will always need this, to be reminded the human spirit prevails and continues to genuinely care.

During their four-year existence ('89 to '93), Born Against released a debut album, Nine Patriotic Battle Hymns for Children, in 1991 and a 10-inch, Battle Hymns of the Race War, in 1993, along with a number of singles and 7-inches. Now their recordings have been reissued on two CDs. The first of these pairs the album and the 10-inch onto one 18-track CD, Patriotic Battle Hymns. A second reissue, The Rebel Sound of Shit & Failure, compiles 24 songs drawn from the New York City band's underground career, including rare compilation, 7-inch and 8-inch tracks.

I never was involved in any sort of hardcore scene. I've never been hardcore, extreme or radical about, well, anything. I'm more the type to question rather than exhort — I don't particularly enjoy waving flags or banners, but I like watching them fly and rumple in the wind. So, take it from me, I'm no expert on hardcore, but I really enjoy listening to Born Against's savage, minimal and gritty punk instrumentation and in-your-face, make-you-think lyricism.

The hardcore scene was (is?) quite an extensive one. And like any, it involved artists and musicians, good and bad — some that meant it and some that just didn't. The sincerity and emotion in Born Against's music feels real and their presence feels strong, which is why they're one of the most celebrated acts in hardcore.

If you dig hardcore — member or not, political or not, radical or not — you'll be glad to pick up either of these reissues for the sheer amount of non-stop power and ferociousness. And the sort of intense songs that makes you think, makes you question and, in the end, makes you realize that's what we're all here for anyway, right?


by Jenny Tatone




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