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Minor Threat

5,452,650 plays (152,195 listeners)

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band from Washington DC. Short-lived but very influential, critics have called the band and their work "iconic," and have noted that their "groundbreaking" music "has held up better than most of their contemporaries." Minor Threat is credited with unintentionally starting the 'straight edge movement.'

Bad Brains

5,397,939 plays (223,604 listeners)

Bad Brains are a Rastafarian American hardcore punk band, originally formed in Washington DC in 1977, though the band's members objected to the term "hardcore" to describe their music. They are considered pioneers of hardcore punk, and their self-titled debut is considered by many to be the finest hardcore punk album ever.

Adolescents

1,201,770 plays (70,959 listeners)

The Adolescents are a punk music group formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California by Steve Soto after leaving Agent Orange in December 1979.

Negative Approach

663,971 plays (32,456 listeners)

Negative Approach is an American hardcore punk band. They are considered one of the pioneers of hardcore punk, along with bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains and Black Flag.

Descendents

6,296,034 plays (229,166 listeners)

Descendents are an American punk rock band from Lomita, California, USA. They are known for being one of the early bands in the hardcore punk scene to sing about more personal and comical topics reflective of their own lives.

Dead Kennedys

9,999,986 plays (418,763 listeners)

Dead Kennedys are a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. During the 1980s the band gained a large underground following in the international punk music scene.

Poison Idea

644,018 plays (38,388 listeners)

Poison Idea was formed in 1980 by vocalist Jerry A. (aka Jerry Lang). The initial lineup consisted of Jerry A., Tom “Pig Champion” Roberts (guitar), Glen Estes (bass), and Dean Johnson (drums). Inspired by Black Flag and other early Southern California hardcore acts, they were further influenced by Discharge and Los Angeles's the Germs.

The Germs

1,055,316 plays (65,416 listeners)

The Germs were a classic American punk rock band formed in 1977, disbanded in 1980. Their fast spit-and-blood hardcore punk sound mixed with singer Darby Crash's (real name Jan Paul Beahm) highly literate and dark poetic lyrics made them, to many, one of the most distinctive bands in the entire punk scene.