Chicago hardcore
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Chicago developed a hardcore punk
scene in the early 1980s. Chicago Hardcore is now characterized by fast, hardcore punk rock with familiar sounds to Boston, New York, and Los Angeles hardcore.
Chicago's hardcore scene developed in and around Chicago in the early 1980s. Naked Raygun
and the Effigies
were popular at the emerging of the hardcore scene. These acts have also been seen as important to the development of the post-hardcore
genre, as well as for fusing the hardcore sound with influences from the late 70s and early 80s British post-punk
scene
Chicago Hardcore was, and still is, characterized by fast punk beats and angry protest lyrics.
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
scene in the early 1980s. Chicago Hardcore is now characterized by fast, hardcore punk rock with familiar sounds to Boston, New York, and Los Angeles hardcore.
Chicago's hardcore scene developed in and around Chicago in the early 1980s. Naked Raygun
Naked Raygun
Naked Raygun is a Chicago-based punk rock group. Initially active from 1980 to about 1992, Naked Raygun had several short-lived reunions afterwards and a full-time reformation in 2006....
and the Effigies
The Effigies
The Effigies is an early post-hardcore group from Chicago. The band, first formed in 1980, was active for approximately a decade, undergoing multiple personnel changes, with frontman John Kezdy the only constant, before disbanding in 1990 . The band released 5 LPs and several EPs, most on...
were popular at the emerging of the hardcore scene. These acts have also been seen as important to the development of the post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
genre, as well as for fusing the hardcore sound with influences from the late 70s and early 80s British post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
scene
Chicago Hardcore was, and still is, characterized by fast punk beats and angry protest lyrics.
See also
- Chicago Record LabelsChicago record labelsThis is a list of notable record labels based in Chicago....
- List of Chicago hardcore punk bands
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