Nostalgia builds a community around hardcore

This article talks about 30 and 40-somethings turning out for hardcore shows and how the genre is becoming more popular now than when it first came out.

Out of the Box: Punk's Not Dead: "Aside from the noise, the defining feature of hardcore was its noncommercial nature. Bands and their fans largely organized their own concerts, zines and record labels because, as Paul Rachman, director of American Hardcore, said, 'There's no record companies, no managers, no lawyers [and] I can't hear it on the radio, I can't buy it in the record store.'

"The hardcore scene thus emerged as a virtually brand-free zone."