The History Of American Punk Rock 1980

10/10/2006

The History Of American Punk Rock 1980 Movie

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To be clear, though the title might imply that this is a 1980s U.S. hardcore punk best-of anthology of sorts, it's actually pretty much a soundtrack to the film documentary American Hardcore, in which most of the 26 songs appear. Nonetheless, it does serve as a decent overview of the scene, if you want to take it that way, and is all the more refreshing for not concentrating on the more famous/notorious cuts you might expect from such a compilation. There might be just one song (Flipper's 'Ha Ha Ha') that was heard by most college radio listeners back in the day, leaving room for some songs that were appreciated in their time but haven't found much play on the reissue scene, like the Freeze's 'Boston Not L.A.' That doesn't mean that there aren't recognizable bands here; in fact, there are quite a few big figures in the hardcore scene, including Black Flag, Bad Brains, D.O.A., the Circle Jerks, Minor Threat, MDC, the Adolescents, 7 Seconds, Negative Approach, and Flipper. At the same time, there's room for groups that might not be as automatically recognizable to those who didn't grow up during the era, but nonetheless had a noted (if not always terribly talented) presence in the genre, like Die Kreuzen, D.R.I., Jerry's Kids, Gang Green, and Scream. It certainly is as hard and fast as the legend boasts, the 26 tracks adding up to a mere 37 minutes of playing time. That might still be too long for the many general rock listeners whose patience with the assaultive hardcore sound is thin, but for those who want a helping without feeling like they're getting bludgeoned to slow death, it might be just the right amount. One does wish there were more detailed liner notes for such a historically minded compilation of a scene that's been given relatively little exposure on reissues by well-distributed labels like Rhino; the annotation has little more than years, songwriting credits, and a brief summary from the film's writer/producer and director/producer. ~ Richie Unterberger

American Hardcore is not a definitive history of hardcore music or punk rock. It's a documentary about a connected group of hardcore music scenes in cities across the USA. The documentary isn't only about the music but more about the culture of hardcore and the world inside and outside of the scene. American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986 Buy it at Amazon.com Buy posters from Allposters.com buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from cdandlp.com Search eBay for American Hardcore: The History of American Punk Rock 1980-1986. Set against the conservative early 80s political landscape, this film chronicles the homegrown hardcore scene that was a swift kick in the head to corporate rock and mainstream complacency, as disaffected teens adopted the same collective credo--harder, faster, louder. Hardcore would constitute the American punk rock standard throughout the decade. The lyrical content of hardcore songs is often critical of commercial culture and middle-class values, as in Dead Kennedys' celebrated 'Holiday in Cambodia' (1980). Since its inception in the 1970s, punk rock has never shied from jumping into the ring with mainstream politics.

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The History Of American Punk Rock 1980 Songs

  1. #TrackArtistLength
  2. 1Nervous BreakdownBlack Flag2:5
  3. 2Out of VogueMiddle Class0:59
  4. 3Pay to CumBad Brains1:29
  5. 4F***** Up Ronnie1:20
  6. 5Red TapeCircle Jerks0:54
  7. 6FillerMinor Threat1:31
  8. 7I RememberMDC1:56
  9. 8Nic FitThe Untouchables1:0
  10. 9Kill a CommieGang Green1:5
  11. 10Boston Not L.A.0:20
  12. 11Straight JacketJerry's Kids0:23
  13. 12Boiling PointSS Decontrol0:51
  14. 13Who Are You?/Time to Die3:36
  15. 14Came Without Warning1:41
  16. 15Friend or FoeNegative Approach1:8
  17. 16Bad AttitudeArticles of Faith2:36
  18. 17Think for MeDie Kreuzen1:38
  19. 18My Minds Diseased2:31
  20. 19I Hate Sports7 Seconds0:39
  21. 20BrickwallBig Boys0:38
  22. 21I Was a Teenage F*** UpReally Red1:18
  23. 22I Hate Children [1980 Demo]Adolescents1:36
  24. 23Enemy for Life1:8
  25. 24Runnin' AroundD.R.I.1:3
  26. 25Don't Tread on MeCro-Mags1:21
  27. 26Ha Ha HaFlipper2:14

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  • By the early 1980s, faster and more aggressive subgenres such as hardcore punk (e.g. Minor Threat), street punk (e.g. The Exploited), and anarcho-punk (e.g. Subhumans) became the predominant modes of punk rock.
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