IN FOCUS / THIS IS NOT YOUR PUNK: REMEMBERING QUEERCORE

THIS IS NOT YOUR PUNK REMEMBERING QUEERCORE

As queer art and life has moved closer and closer to the mainstream, the kind of work that’s being produced has become more and more respectable. The queer anarchy and disgust of the early films of John Waters, or the popart wastelands of Gregg Araki have been replaced by the acceptable face of queer cinema: coming out films like Love, Simon. One of the most interesting, and strangely appealing artefacts of queer art is the short-lived queercore movement; an offshoot of punk and hardcore that’s rooted in the political and personal concerns of queer performers and bands...