Umeå Hardcore Part III: Documenting A Movement (Susanne Odell/Umeå Hardcore Arkiv)
An important part of Sweden’s democratic evolution over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is the involvement of its people in social movements, popular movements, and non-official associations. By organizing themselves
Continue ReadingUmeå Hardcore Part II: Keep It Real (Marc Strömberg)
Marc Strömberg is an illustrator and musician who grew up with the Umeå hardcore scene, one generation after Johannes. Marc recalls an era in which genre torchbearers from around the
Continue ReadingUmeå Hardcore Part I: Birch and Ashes (Johannes Persson/Cult of Luna)
In September 1994, 16 year old Johannes Persson, a vegan, straight edge, member of the hardcore music scene found himself at the center of a socio-political movement at its inflection
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