{"id":302339,"date":"2026-06-10T09:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302339\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:19:13","slug":"step-2-this-watts-miracle-and-more-rampage-through-some-good-old-fashioned-hardcore-at-stardust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302339\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 2 This, Watts, Miracle and more rampage through some good old-fashioned hardcore at Stardust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"497\" data-attachment-id=\"20018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/music\/young-orlando-hardcore-band-watts-hits-the-road-this-week-to-spread-the-bad-word-39762386\/attachment\/music_watts_photo_by_logan_borges\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/music_watts_photo_by_logan_borges.webp?fit=750%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"750,497\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"music_watts_photo_by_logan_borges\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Watts&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/music_watts_photo_by_logan_borges.webp?fit=750%2C497&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/music_watts_photo_by_logan_borges.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20018\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Watts Credit: Photo by Logan Borges<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post-hardcore, metalcore, grindcore, mathcore and on and on \u2026 hardcore is something cut and spliced ad infinitum. At some point, it just gets academic. Also boring. Sometimes, only the original stuff will do. Nothing cute or fancy, just straight and hard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So free yourself of the hyphenates and fusions for a night, punks. Besides being a concentrated sampler of Florida\u2019s current punk class, this loaded all-ages show \u2014 featuring Jacksonville\u2019s Step 2 This, Tampa\u2019s Remote Control and an Orlando division that includes Watts, Miracle and Guess What \u2014 is a five-band onslaught of undiluted hardcore. 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