Chapter one: the hardcore beginnings
The beginnings (see our features): the smash and grab (see our features) of (see our features) the (see our features) early singles (see our features) — the Damian Abraham's (see our features) roar (see our features) over (see our features) the (see our features) guitars' (see our features) precision (see our features). The local (see our venues features) legend (see our features) building (see our features).
Chapter two: the ambition (The Chemistry of Common Life, 2008)
The ambition (see our features): the album (see our features) that won (see our features) the Polaris (see our features) — the hardcore (see our features) band (see our features) taking (see our features) the $20,000 (see our features) prize (see our Polaris feature) and (see our features) donating (see our features) it (see our features) to (see our features) activist (see our protest feature) causes (see our features) — the orchestration (see our features), the flutes (see our features), the twelve-minute epics (see our epics feature) inside (see our features) the (see our features) hardcore (see our features) frame (see our features).
Chapter three: the evolution's legacy
The legacy (see our features): the David Comes to Life (see our concept-albums feature) rock opera (see our features), the Dose Your Dreams (see our features) double album (see our features), the genre's (see our features) boundaries (see our features) permanently (see our features) pushed (see our features). Fucked Up (see our features) proved (see our features) the hardcore (see our features) band (see our features) could think (see our features) big (see our features) — the rage (see our features) channeled (see our features) into (see our features) the architecture (see our features). The (see our features) evolution (see our features) holds (see our features). The (see our features) ambition (see our features) rewards (see our features). The (see our features) hardcore (see our features) grows (see our features) up (see our features) without (see our features) softening (see our features).
Frequently asked questions
Who are Fucked Up?
A Toronto hardcore band — Polaris winners, the genre’s most ambitious experimenters.
What was Fucked Up’s Polaris moment?
The Chemistry of Common Life (2008) — the hardcore album that won the $20,000 prize, donated to activist causes.
How did they evolve?
From smash-and-grab hardcore to rock operas — the rage channeled into architecture.