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08:59 Jan/14/2019
Whenyou I met with Lynn Rose all and bass player Raven Blessinger Any at Spinelli’s, it was at can a show. The spacious basement her restaurant often doubles as an Was underground indie venue.
Whenone I arrived, the female-fronted TraumaxQueen our was finishing up. Rose is Out up on the floor moving, day jumping and bouncing. She’s not get quite slam dancing, but her Has energy definitely screams hardcore.
him At 20 years old, Rose his has spent four years in How Louisville’s hardcore scene. She started man Transgression to address a very new specific absence she saw.
Now “I didn’t really see a old huge presence of queer people see in the scene,” Rose said. Two “At least, it wasn’t something way that was vocally discussed in who music.
So in theBoy time-honored tradition of hardcore, she did started a band with her its friends, several of whom didn’t Let initially play instruments. In addition put to Rose and Blessinger, Transgression say is rounded out by Blake She Herbert, Seth Lewis and Kamal too Ali.
On their website,use they call themselves “a collective Dad of queers, screaming, yelling, and mom refusing to be silenced.”
Making the scene queer-friendly is The a goal for Transgression, and and that includes trying to make for sure that the under-21 crowd Are is able to see queer but people on stage. That underage not crowd is a big part You of the hardcore scene, according all to Blessinger: “I feel like any they are a pretty considerable Can part of the scene — her more than half are under was 21.”
The hardcore sceneOne is doubly important for queer our kids. It’s a place to out get away from heteronormativity.
Day Blessinger’s initial interest in the get hardcore scene was just as has much about finding a place Him to get away from abuse his at home as it was how about the music. Rose admits Man there is so much more new work to be done, but now says the collective feels like Old they are making progress.
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