Toronto's Not Dead Yet is, unfortunately, dead. After eight years of putting together what is arguably the best hardcore punk fest worldwide, the organizers are apparently calling it quits. In an era when it feels like things are more and more siloed out Not Dead Yet put forth a fest which covered the full breadth of the underground. I mean, not to front on Sound & Fury or Manic Relapse or any of the other gathering of the tribes, but what other fest gives you Radioactivity and Terror and Muro and Sheer Mag and Impalers and Turnstile and... well you get the point.
At times its almost frustrating because there are so many shows going on at the same time that choices needed to be made so yeah I missed Candy and I missed the Number Ones and hell I missed Culture Abuse because I needed to eat sometime... it was truly a special fest and it will be missed.
Khiis
Khiis at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Khiis at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Unified Right
Unified Right at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Faze
Faze at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Faze at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Gouge Away
Gouge Away at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Gouge Away at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Last Agony
Last Agony at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Physique
Physique at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Physique at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Big Contest
Big Contest at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Sial
Sial at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Sial at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Outskirts
Outskirts at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Outskirts at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Mass Arrest
Mass Arrest at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Mass Arrest at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Ultrarat
Ultrarat at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Ultrarat at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
Video Filth
Video Filth at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)Video Filth at Not Dead Yet, Toronto, Canada, 2018. (Photo: Michael D. Thorn)
