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| DjCirrus |
What was happyhardcore.com like in the early 2000's
I've only been in the scene for about a year |
| Triquatra |
Busy and fairly exciting - you never knew what was about to be 'leaked' as far as big albums go, like Bonkers, Hardcore Heaven etc etc.
Lots and lots of people used the forum/looked at the site back then. News on the front page wasn't just radio listings.
complete opposite to how it is now, basically. It started to get quieter around 2007 as the music started to go stale; only thing keeping the forums alive then was constant complaints about the "new" dubstep influence in hardcore.
Then social media took off as facebook left the US and went worldwide and that basically put a nail in the coffin for all forums everywhere. |
| Captain Triceps |
But looked pretty much the same as now. |
| wong |
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Originally posted by Captain Triceps:
But looked pretty much the same as now.
remember when they changer the skin for a day or 2 to the helter skelter album skin? that looked good imo |
| The drunken scotsman |
This was just one of many forums back in those days. Ush.net was probably the most popular. HTID and Scott Browns label Evloution also had fairly busy forum sections. All now deceased with the exception of here. Most on here, including me, dont really give a shit about modern hardcore anymore. |
| Captain Triceps |
USH was the greatest hardcore forum of all time. |
| DjCirrus |
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Originally posted by The drunken scotsman:
This was just one of many forums back in those days. Ush.net was probably the most popular. HTID and Scott Browns label Evloution also had fairly busy forum sections. All now deceased with the exception of here. Most on here, including me, dont really give a shit about modern hardcore anymore.
I used to love the new hardcore, but now that I've listened to 90's and even track from EP, I think hardcore now is just pop EDM at 170. The only label i like that is more recent is OneSeventy |
| Smoogie |
There is one thread from before my time, in 2002 I think where people where complaining about Flip ad Fill ripping off old HHC tunes as chart releases. Silver actually liked their stuff at the time it seems.
Later was the Rankin/ Cammy hatred and a big divide between those who liked the mainstream Raverbaby/ Quosh CLXH stuff against other stuff. Bonkers was always talked about back then. Everything was CD releases.
It also used to be a good laugh her back in the day as well! |
| warped_candykid |
I joined in 2004. Being in the States, the only other big forum of happy hardcore conversation we had was the old kanditrade . net site (I don't even know if it's still a thing or not), because many peeps on that forum went to the Hullabaloo parties in Canada which were North America's biggest Happy Hardcore events! Believe it or not, you use to be able to go to the mall or wal-mart and pick up a happy hardcore CD. The left over stock from the Happy2bHardcore series was still being sold back then, which was the only mainstream CD series of happy hardcore music released in the States between 1997-2003. If you were a happy hardcore lover in the States during that time, those CDs were in your collection.
But back to topic!
CD mixes were the main way to hear upcoming tracks, so the front page was always sharing info on which CD was coming out next. Artwork was posted to the front page, as well as the TV ads. Vinyl was still a big format at that time as well, and samples were always being posted. When labels started using mp3 format, they would also post samples (back then, there weren't as many labels doing mp3 outside the main ones still using vinyl). There was also a big push to release CDs that had classic tracks on them.
Many conversations were centered about favorite 90s tracks, favorite DJ (insert name) tracks, what the sound on the next Bonkers, Hardcore Heaven, Hardcore Nation, etc. was going to be like before the samples were posted, likes/dislikes of current trends, drama between DJs,
96_was_the_time was still a member on here and would constantly bash anything about current hardcore at the time.
It's definitely been a world of change on here since those days. I'm glad Triquatra and Latinxtc are still on here! I really miss Stu & Kat though.
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| Samination |
I haven't seen them on facebook for a long time either. I think they might have skipped social media entirely.
Warped: Did you edit away your text about Kathy and Mortis? Because that's what I was posting about :P |
| Smoogie |
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Originally posted by warped_candykid:
CD mixes were the main way to hear upcoming tracks, so the front page was always sharing info on which CD was coming out next. Artwork was posted to the front page, as well as the TV ads. Vinyl was still a big format at that time as well, and samples were always being posted. When labels started using mp3 format, they would also post samples (back then, there weren't as many labels doing mp3 outside the main ones still using vinyl). There was also a big push to release CDs that had classic tracks on them.
Many conversations were centered about favorite 90s tracks, favorite DJ (insert name) tracks, what the sound on the next Bonkers, Hardcore Heaven, Hardcore Nation, etc. was going to be like before the samples were posted, likes/dislikes of current trends, drama between DJs,
96_was_the_time was still a member on here and would constantly bash anything about current hardcore at the time.
It's definitely been a world of change on here since those days. I'm glad Triquatra and Latinxtc are still on here! I really miss Stu & Kat though.
I remember seeing Bonkers posted on the front page and the anticipation before release. Almost like the release of a big video game of movie in some ways. Hardcore Heaven and Hardcore Nation where all rivals out at the time as well. You even got some lesser known or mild series coming out for a while. I remember 'Wow what a rush' and a few Helter Skelter releases.
I actually spoke to Mortis a while back on Soundcloud. He isn't interested n recent UK Hardcore but was dabbling in Jcore I think. |
| warped_candykid |
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Originally posted by Samination:
I haven't seen them on facebook for a long time either. I think they might have skipped social media entirely.
Warped: Did you edit away your text about Kathy and Mortis? Because that's what I was posting about :P
No. It's still there.
For the newbies, Stu & Kat were the forum's husband and wife. They both loved Happy Hardcore and were big regulars on here! |
| Hard2Get |
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Originally posted by The drunken scotsman:
This was just one of many forums back in those days. Ush.net was probably the most popular. HTID and Scott Browns label Evloution also had fairly busy forum sections. All now deceased with the exception of here. Most on here, including me, dont really give a shit about modern hardcore anymore.
I forgot about the Evolution forum! There was also a Next Gen/BB forum.
The forum between 2002-2004 was impossible to imagine compared to what it is now. For a start it was very active but it was also a much friendlier place. It was a very exciting time for Hardcore and there were a lot of things to talk about. It was always good to talk about new releases and upcoming releases that were good, but also there was a great deal of discussion about older stuff too. At that time pretty much everyone that was on the forum were people that started listening to 90's stuff, since at that time the early 2000's were new to everyone. As some years passed there became an increasingly big divide between this group and a new group of people that had only heard the newer stuff and weren't into the older stuff and then again a new group that would have considered 2002 'Oldskool'. |
| warped_candykid |
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Originally posted by Hard2Get:
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Originally posted by The drunken scotsman:
This was just one of many forums back in those days. Ush.net was probably the most popular. HTID and Scott Browns label Evloution also had fairly busy forum sections. All now deceased with the exception of here. Most on here, including me, dont really give a shit about modern hardcore anymore.
I forgot about the Evolution forum! There was also a Next Gen/BB forum.
The forum between 2002-2004 was impossible to imagine compared to what it is now. For a start it was very active but it was also a much friendlier place. It was a very exciting time for Hardcore and there were a lot of things to talk about. It was always good to talk about new releases and upcoming releases that were good, but also there was a great deal of discussion about older stuff too. At that time pretty much everyone that was on the forum were people that started listening to 90's stuff, since at that time the early 2000's were new to everyone. As some years passed there became an increasingly big divide between this group and a new group of people that had only heard the newer stuff and weren't into the older stuff and then again a new group that would have considered 2002 'Oldskool'.
We call those people The Curmudgeons.
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| Smoogie |
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Originally posted by Hard2Get:
As some years passed there became an increasingly big divide between this group and a new group of people that had only heard the newer stuff and weren't into the older stuff and then again a new group that would have considered 2002 'Oldskool'.
The thing is by the late 2000s 2002 was being seen as 'Old Skool' anyway. If you listen to stuff from 2002 compared to 2007 you can hear a difference. Personally I think that 2002 was stronger yet here where probably more people into the scene by 2007 after the new surge of listeners, a lot of those born in the late 80s/ early 90s had settled. |
| Samination |
well, the upfront/uk hardcore might have sounded very different, 2002 compared to 2007, the same couldnt be said about freeform.
Freeform, at least at that time didnt change much, which is why a lot here seem to like it. |
| Smoogie |
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Originally posted by Samination:
well, the upfront/uk hardcore might have sounded very different, 2002 compared to 2007, the same couldnt be said about freeform.
Freeform, at least at that time didnt change much, which is why a lot here seem to like it.
Freeform is more to the routes. It's biggest change would have been the break away from Happy Hardcore in the later 90s during the 'Trancecore' days. Listening to Sharkey's mixed on Bonkers 4 or 5 and comparing to say Bonkers 12 or 13 shows an evolved format.
For the mainstream it went less Happy Hardcore as time went along and only really kept the vocal part from Happy Hardcore and usually remaking the classics. |
| Icewind |
I was here back in the mid 2000's but registered under a different username. I just remember it being far busier. I do remember 95_was_the_time complaining about the current hardcore. It's a shame that the forums are dead now and that hardcore is in shambles.
This is the last hardcore forum on the web I believe, so if it were to go down one day, not sure where I would converse with other hardcore fans except at events. |
| Triquatra |
Facebook is where everyone talks these days!
*complains
:P |
| Icewind |
Facebook sucks...I deleted my profile 7 years ago and never looked back. |
| Triquatra |
Yet the *vast* majority of people still use it! |
| jenks |
We used to talk to each other on MSN Messenger. |
| Ionosphere |
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| 95_was_the_time |
I don't even know what hardcore sounds like these days, I'm guessing it's mixed in some modern "E D M" and 'trap' crap elements to try and win back some teenagers. The teenagers today are all clue'less though. I bet not a single teenager today even wants to explore underground dj's. All they listen to is chart and vevo shit music from the US. This is why us 30something/40something old ****s can be proud and say we explored the underground dance scene. Give a 15 year old a cassette tape they probably wouldn't even know what it is. fools.
saying that, I bet up north (like Sheffield or somewhere) the teens there have this whole heritage thing with scousehouse/donk scene because it's like passing the MC mic down like a baton to the next generation... but that's just cheap waltzer ride music basically. |
| Si Thompson |
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Originally posted by jenks:
We used to talk to each other on MSN Messenger.
Classic Msn days of 2006. |
