Originally Posted by RazorsInTheNight

Hardcore and punk are practically the same thing as hardcore grew out of punk music. Most of the early bands such as Bad Brains, Middle Class etc would have considered themselves to be playing punk as that's what they were doing at the time. So you, in theory are partly right.



Black Flag formed in 1976 when hardcore really wasn't a genre although bands were laying the foundation for what would later be called hardcore. Yes, I listen to alot of this early hardcore so I know what i'm talking about.