No Pussy in the Pit: Boston Hardcore and the “Yankees Suck” Uber Jock Subculture
<p>I feel like people don’t believe me when I say, “I know that dude who made the Yankee Suck shirts and created the chant and it’s a really weird story”, but here it is in this<a href="http://grantland.com/features/yankees-suck-t-shirts-boston-red-sox/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"> embarrassing, yet totally, somehow, unembarrassed account</a>, published in Grantland this week. The account captures the ethos of the 1990s hardcore music scene in the Boston area, much of which I was there for. It does so via the tale of the Yankees Suck franchise and the alleged Not Jocks who masterminded it, several of whom I knew. It relays anecdote after anecdote of the violence and narcissism that took place in the name of supporting and profiting from a sports team and brand. In doing so, it exposes a subculture trying so hard to be Not Jock that it spins full circle and becomes the worst possible rendition of Uber Jock to ever exist.</p>
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