What Is FRIENDCORE?
And is it clouding your riff judgment?
We’ve all heard it before, but it isn’t so obvious that you’d immediately catch it.
“Did you see [band name]? How were they?”
“Great guys!”
Rewind that a second and think about it. . .the question wasn’t answered. They asked how the band was. There is no comma between “Great” and “guys”— they did NOT say they liked the band in any way. And no one even asked what kind of people they were. So why would anyone respond that way? Like Mama said, if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all. But in this age of hot takes and criticism behind the veil of the internet, why would someone avoid stating their musical opinion? Well, it could be because we’re dealing here with friendcore (a.k.a. friendship rock, or GGBB, short for Good Guys Bad Band). What is friendcore? Watching a band you have no interest in musically but are supporting because your friend(s) are in the band.