The promise of queercore was a subversive counterculture with a radical critique of bourgeois gay conformity and homophobic hardcore conformity. The most important bands are the ones which are playing in the garages, basements, and VFW halls in small towns throughout North America, Europe, Japan, etc. The most important bands are the bands i will never hear or hear about, but who bring meaning to someone's life who would otherwise be hopeless and depressed. They had no instruments, no experience, and no idea what they were doing, but they had soul. So fuck the top ten lists and the corporate record sales charts and the CMJ lists and the history lessons.
History is what's happening.
Yeah, Tribe 8 are great.