I just found an old Suicidal Tendencies interview conducted in 1985 for a zine. While it was mostly spastic and impossible to follow (not his fault, Mike gets excited when he talks, but it’s easier to listen to than it is to read verbatim, however) I thought this little blurb about the “hardcore scene” was relevant:
There’s like these people going, “Support your scene,” this and that, what good does it make for someone to come down here because, “Oh, there’s a punk band I playing,” or “There’s a hardcore band playing, I have to go, I have to support my scene.” Who are they? “I don’t know but they’re a punk band so I have to support my scene.” What good does that do, you know? Really, what good are you doing, I don’t understand that, you know? The whole thing is if there’s a band you like you go, if you don’t like us don’t come.
