The Zulu drummer and vocalist Christine Cadette, 23, cited Paramore’s Hayley Williams as a key inspiration. A typical sight was “some suburban punk white kid, talking about a breakup.” As Cartagena, 30, put it, “I just wanted more.”That “more” has arrived in waves during the past decade. The short-lived but hugely impactful G.L.O.S.S., from Olympia, Wash., brought a vociferous trans-feminist perspective to hardcore. “Zulu is not about aggression and all that; it’s about love.”For Cartagena, Lei’s buoyant performance style is a welcoming beacon. “I say they have the best moves of any frontperson onstage — just, like, sliding and moon walking and just moving their shoulders,” they said.

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Persons: Christine Cadette, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, ”, “, there’s, it’s, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, Alesia Miller, ” Lei, Black, ” Cadette, — Organizations: Scout, ” Locations: Scout Cartagena, Cartagena, Olympia, Wash