Basic Needs: Up-and-coming Louisville band embodies hardcore values
Credit: Claire Schneider
By Daniel Swinney Hardcore punk is a counter-culture defined by anti-consumerism and a community-driven ethos of self-determination, authenticity, social justice and mutual support. Few in Louisville represent that ethos better than Neriah Romero, frontman and lyricist for the Louisville hardcore band Basic Needs. For Romero, hardcore is more than a rock genre marked by distorted guitar chords and