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| Turnstile live at Full Force in 2019 (wiki) |
First hardcore punk band on SNL: 1981
What is "hardcore punk"?
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| First real LA hardcore punk? The Germs (1976) |
Los Angeles may be famous for hXc, but LA certainly didn't invent it singlehandedly. Its roots can be traced to other crosspollinating punk scenes in Northern California like the San Francisco Bay Area and the SoCal region, including Orange County, Hollywood, and outlying parts of the sprawling megalopolis of the City of Lost Angels.
The Story of Hardcore Punk Rock 🧷
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| Turn on, tune in, and drop out, Kids (Ram Dass) |
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| Hardcore Buddhist Zen? |
Hardcore punk, on the other hand, frequently addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically charged lyrics" [15].
Hardcore Buddhist punks?
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| Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Truth About Reality (Brad Warner) |
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| I was in Hollywood singing about Buddhism (Darby Crash) |
LA's Wasted Youth: "Problem Child"
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| "Wasted" youth is a double entendre, as youth is wasted being wasted on drugs and drink (IG) |
Early hardcore punk in LA came from the troubled members of Wasted Youth like Danny Spira
- LA's Wasted Youth: Chett Lehrer, Danny Spira backstage at Hollywood's Florentine Gardens for a Dead Kennedys show, 9/6/81
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- (CBC News: The National) Britain celebrating 40 years of punk music
- White man's powwow: slam dance mosh pit | WQ
- (danframpt0n) Devastating downfall of Riot Grrrl was tragic
Riot grrrl Bikini Kill makes trouble in WA
Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s (with a place for girls, riot grrrls, post-riot grrrls, new-riot grrrls, and Jews), particularly in Los Angeles, San Francisco (punk rock in California), Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York (NYHC), as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Why are you punkers so f'n angry?
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| Straight edge X: no drinking, drugs |
Hardcore was heavily involved in the rise of the independent record labels in the 1980s and with the D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) ethics in underground music scenes.
It has also influenced various music genres that in distinction to punk rock have experienced widespread commercial success, including grunge and crossover thrash metal.
What happened to straight edge?
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| Straight edge tattoo: hardcore booze-and-drug-free, vegan clean living |
- Straight edge: holier-than-thou as trauma-based self-righteousness
East LA (Chicano) backyard parties
Latina Eva O (Ortiz) and Super Heroines "Death on the Elevator"
- Stains: first Chicano hardcore punk band in East LA
- "I don't want to drown in American society"
Hardcore makes it to the Midwest
Although the punk music genre started in English-speaking Western countries, notable hardcore scenes have existed in Buddhist Japan (Japanese punk rock, Japanese hardcore punk), Italy (Italian punk rock), and Brazil (Brazilian punk rock).
Best band on the East Coast? Void "Who Are You" live in 1983
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Void releases classic split-EP with No Faith (one of our personal favorite punk bands of all time)
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| American Hardcore (film) |
An article in Drowned in Sound argues that late-1970s/early-1980s era hardcore is the true spirit of punk, because "all the poseurs and fashionistas f*cked off to the next trend of skinny pink ties with New Romantic haircuts, singing wimpy lyrics" and the punk scene now consisted of people like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Flag, and Circle Jerks, dedicated to the DIY ethics [17].
Other writers have also attributed hardcore punk rock to a reaction against artsy and mellower sub-genres that punk grew into, such as post-punk and super popular new wave [2, 18]. Hardcore punk additionally broke with original punk rock song patterns and visuals, favoring lower-key aesthetics [19] that were all about getting back-to-basics. More
What is a "minor" threat?
Punk rock Los Angeles: The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III
(Shout! Studios) The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III | full movie | Penelope Spheeris
The crazy kids of today: T.R.U.E.
This punk band might be saving humanity
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Mermaid Island grrrl who growls, rocks
Mermaid Island live in Hollywood
What is British anarcho-punk like RP, Crass?
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Punk-influenced filthy standup comedy?
Why hardcore punk was so important
- The TRUTH about hardcore punk (it got weird...)
- The problem with poseur pop "punk"... (TPR MBA)
- 25 Years of Punk Documentary (VH1 All Access)
- (The Punk Historian) Crass Course: NY Hardcore
- (james_exe) NYHC is back...but now where you think
Various examples of punk rock
Britain celebrates 40 years of punk
Britain celebrates 50 years of punk
Hardcore punk band brings peace
- Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven, Pfc. Sandoval, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit
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