Hardcore Punk
 

Other than indie/experimental music I've always had soft spot for hardcore punk. I am completely out of touch with it now, though. Completely. Can anybody help get me back on track? Which bands should I know about, and who are the most well renowned and regarded among fans these days? Are there any stand-out albums I should check out? And so on and so forth...

RJ

Million Dead "Harmony No Harmony"
Strike Anywhere "Dead FM"
Circle Takes The Square "As The Roots Undo"
pg.99 "Document #8"
Stop It!! "Self Made Maps"
Orchid "Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow"

my favs.

Nakatomi Plaza - Unsettled

lighter hardcore punk with indie/experimental influence

the Blood Brothers "Burn Piano Island, Burn" is a good one too.

listen to the Dedication and Sex Positions, it might do the trick

good melodic/youth crew styled stuff

Go It Alone - The Only Blood Between Us
Ignite - Our Darkest Days
Crime In Stereo - The Troubled Stateside
Ambitions - Question

Converge - noisy hardcore with metal influences.

Jane Doe, You Fail Me, and No Heroes are all good, and I'm quite sure the older stuff is too, but I haven't heard as much of it.

Out of interest, in what sort of regard are Suicidal Tendencies generally held by hardcore fans?

crossover thrash?

Good band, lame image.

They have had periods of hardcore, crossover and metal. I guess crossover thrash would be the best label for them.

anybody up for DRI, SOD, or Nuclear Assault?

a lot of the bands you guys are listing arent hardcore punk. I think Rainard means hardcore punk from the 80's. Dead Kennedy's, Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Virus, Descendents. Fresh Fruit, Rotten Veggies is a classic Dead Kennedy's album. Also Husker Du is sweet. Zen Arcade. Old Descendents like ALL and Milo Goes To College are classic as well.

DRI is awesome

I'll upload their Dealing With It is anyone wants it.

Well that's not the impression I got from his post, using phrases like "these days" and "out of touch."

And he didn't even mention Poison Idea.

idiot :(

Minor Threat, Gorilla Biscuits, Youth Of Today, Bold, Brotherhood, Floorpunch, Up Front, Shelter, Cause For Alarm, Shutdown, that kind of hardcore?

Good Clean Fun =)
Between The Wars is sexy too.

Listen to Dag Nasty, old Lifetime, Civ, Minor Threat, Bad Brains, DOA, Articles Of Faith.

Avoid Hatebreed, Terror, or any similiar sounding bands.

what do you think of Trial?

I couldn't agree more. They aren't exactly what I think of when I think "hardcore punk" but anyone who enjoys music should listen to the Blood Brothers, and Burn Piano Island, Burn is definately their best CD.

Also, INDK were a pretty good hardcore punk band. Their only CD is "Kill Whitey!" but their are some other songs from EPs, demos, and such floating around.

I also like a lot of the newer hardcore that kids these days are splitting up into every conceivable genre (metalcore, mathcore, deathcore, etc.) but that stuff is quite a bit different than the original hardcore punk. Still good, though.

I dig, not a big double bass pedal fan though, too metally.

awww, i actually thought those guys were cool.

Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute
Modern Life Is War - Witness
Alexisonfire -Crisis

Black Flag
Bad Brains
circle jerk
anyone??

very kickass bands..
Good clean fun??

Double kick pwns your face.
Just kidding, but I still love double kick bass. It can be overused, though, and often is.

I like the Circle Jerks a lot, one of my favorite 80's punk bands. I might even like them more than Black Flag, because Keith Morris is probably my favorite Black Flag singer.

I haven't been able to listen to Bad Brains since I heard a lot about them being homophobes. Although it might be unfair since I don't know for sure. However, I would never listen to a band that I know is homophobic, because thats just ****ed up. Just like I don't listen to racist bands.

Also, the Misfits aren't the hardestcore, but they are still probably my favorite band of all time. Just avoid post-Danzig albums.

Well unfortunately, the Reggae/Jamaican culture has a tendency to be homophobic. My roommate is right off the boat from Jamaica and in his town, homosexuals are routinely beaten to death in the main streets.

Thats a sad thing to hear. Unfortunately humans in general have a tendency to be homophobic, thanks to age old religious dogmas and intolerances.

i'm Christian (well, Catholic, really) but i'm not homophobic

Because you touch little boys.

you want forgiveness? go get a religion!























spiderman is soooo emo

I also know a number of Christians who aren't homophobic (not around here, though), just as I'm sure there are members of the many other religions with homophobic scriptures who are not homophobic.

Anyways, this is really off topic, so I'll get on topic:
Bigwig's newest cd "Reclamation" is pretty hardcore, and totally kicks ass. Their earlier, popier stuff is also great. Just a great band in general.

Crucial inch - Turns to Riots!

oh hai i ended up being one of those agnostic liberal "fag enablers"
can i has westboro now pls?