Hardcore Punk

Hardcore punk (or simply hardcore) is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America around 1980. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock. The songs are usually short, fast, and loud, covering topics such as politics, personal freedom, violence, social alienation, Straight edge, war, and the hardcore subculture itself. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Cruel Hand

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Jan 2 Saturday 2 January 2010
Trapped Under Ice Down to Nothing, Cruel Hand, Maximum Penalty, Forfeit, Naysayer	Anchors Up Haverhill, MA, United States 42.771364 -71.087943	6 people attended 1 shout
Crooked Ways Nothing To Nothing, Fare Thee Well, Ready Resist	Ghost House Lincoln, United States	1 person attended Add shout
Jan 3 Sunday 3 January 2010 Today
Mammoth Grinder dead city	Scion Lab Kansas City MO, United States	Add shout
Trapped Under Ice Down to Nothing, Cruel Hand, Maximum Penalty, Forfeit, Downpresser	Broadway Amittyville, New York, United States	42 people attending 25 shouts
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Mammoth Grinder dead city	The 1511 House Indianapolis(, Indiana), Indianapolis, United States 39.787215 -86.182875	3 people attending Add shout
Swamp Thing Downpresser, Backtrack, Dead End Path	Alley Katz Richmond VA, United States 37.533416 -77.427864	2 people attending Add shout

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ForNowWeToast wrote:
Friday afternoon

@ ProcneGT: A.F.I. was considered a hardcore punk band till about the album "Sing The Sorrow" and even "Black Sails In The Sunset". They started getting out of the whole hardcore punk style and started doing their own thing. Which isn't bad. I do enjoy Black Sails a lot. It's something new. I would never consider them "emo". Not even close to emo. They just got pulled into the scene and yes, they did pretty much "sell out". They are still a really good band. Also, is there anyone out there that can't stand The Exploited? I can't stand that band or any kind of the "street punk".

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alainvegaman wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Rise against?... ok this could be worse.

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redgrave9 wrote:
Wednesday morning

Bad Brains deserves to be at the top and Rise Against deserves to be at the bottom.

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mizukisfrlovers wrote:
Tuesday evening

Bad Brains > Black Flag

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Nonclique343 wrote:
Sunday morning

Rise Against and Gallows? Can't we have Miner Threat or something?

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iPowers wrote:
10 days ago

i'm suprised comeback kid isn't one of the to pbands.

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link_777_ wrote:
16 days ago

FUCK THE USA!

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DeathToBetrayal wrote:
17 days ago

Rise Against is here because that's hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, punk, punk rock, what ever

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ProcneGT wrote:
25 days ago

AFI was a punk band back in the day, mainly with albums like Answer That and Stay Fashionable (pretty fun album). Then they sold out and went for shitty mainstream emo garbage. RA is also considered Punk, but both of the bands are pushing Hardcore methinks.

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VR515 wrote:
28 days ago

Wait a minute, then I see AFI...what.the.fuck?

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VR515 wrote:
28 days ago

I like Rise Against, sure, but why are they here?

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macijikralj wrote:
December 2009

F.U.C.K.

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sunabsolute wrote:
December 2009

Who rates bands like Rise Against so highly here? Who? I figured that the general majority of last.fm users were more educated musically than that.

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ska-mon wrote:
November 2009

you should listen to Golliwog..fast-melodic-female on vocals-hc-punk!

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Phathagmas wrote:
November 2009

>Rise Against Oh god fuck what is this?

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blith-hears-all wrote:
November 2009

Hardcore Bands have the best lyrics of all time.. to bad i don't like it so much

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WhatMeNo wrote:
November 2009

A mixed bag. Some bands are actually hardcore, others 'melodic' or 'deathcore' 'popcore'

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fudgethatshite wrote:
November 2009

aaaaaaaaaahahahahha Rise against hardcore lol. Lastfm is riddled with dumb 14 yeard old kids, mostly from Europe labelling this shit.

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somethingmonic wrote:
November 2009

rise against... hahahahha.

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mizukisfrlovers wrote:
November 2009

rise against LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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