Hardcore Podcasts
September of 2010 I put together eight Hardcore Podcasts. You can check them out here if you are interested. For more insight into how I came up with the years 78-90 for the First Wave you can read about The Hardcore Superiorty Myth.
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Straight A’s – 7inch EP
Straight A’s – Smear Campaign, Fuck The Troops, Pretty Ugly // Tonight’s Entertainment, Reservations, Praying Mantis Season (Noise Pollution Records) 2009. Another amazing release on the Noise Pollution label, this 7inch by The Straight A’s is straight up going on … Continue reading
Posted in Louisville
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G-Spot – Idle Worship / Poor Little Rich Girl
G-Spot – Idle Worship // Poor Little Rich Girl (IME Records) 1984. When I was 17, I left school and left home. I ended up in Tulsa, Oklahoma for a couple of years and while there I knew a variety … Continue reading
The Freeze
The Freeze were a bunch of crazy, self-destructive malcontents from New England who released a slew of great albums and singles back in the heyday of American Hardcore and then continued on in many different line-ups to this day. I … Continue reading
Posted in Boston, Punk Rock, hardcore
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The Depressions – Messing With Your Heart
Depressions – Messing With Your Heart // Street Kid (BARN Records) 1978. Alright so maybe The Depressions were not on par with The Adverts or The Buzzcocks. Maybe, like The Cortinas, there was a bit of a punxploitation element to … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Rock, UK, Uncategorized
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The Cortinas – Defiant Pose
Cortinas – Defiant Pose // Independence (Step Forward) 1977. The Cortinas were a young group of R&B / pub rockin’ teenagers who happened upon punk rock in 1977. Or maybe punk rock happened upon them. What would you do if … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Rock, UK
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Buzzcocks – I Don’t Mind
Buzzcocks – I Don’t Mind // Autonomy (United Artists) 1978. Pete Shelley wrote songs that capture the moment after a relationship fails better than anyone. The moment when you’re through being pissed off at the other person, you know it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Rock, UK
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Alternative TV – How Much Longer?
Alternative TV – How Much Longer? // You Bastard (Deptford Fun City) 1977. In 1977 Mark Perry, the creator of one of the very first punk fanzines (Sniffin’ Glue) and the frontman for ATV, was already decrying the conventions and … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Rock, UK, Uncategorized
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The Adverts – Safety In Numbers
The Adverts – Safety In Numbers // We Who Wait (Anchor Records) 1977. The Adverts were one of the best of the original class of 77 UK punk rock bands. They could barely play their instruments yet they always managed … Continue reading
Posted in Punk Rock, UK
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DNA – You and You / Little Ants
DNA – You and You // Little Ants (Lust Unlust) 1978. Of the original New York No Wave groups very few were more discordant than DNA. The only one that immediately comes to mind would be Mars. This is a … Continue reading