'Could my hometown be becoming punk?'
Orrin Alexander shines a light on the growing hardcore music community in the Ottawa Valley in this piece created with CBC Ottawa's Creator Network.
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![Qwan is one of a growing number of overlapping hardcore bands coming out of small town Pemroke, Ont. A shot of a drummer performing with red light in the background.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7100770.1706731875!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/punk-hometown.jpeg)
Orrin Alexander shines a light on the growing hardcore music community in the Ottawa Valley in this piece created with CBC Ottawa's Creator Network.