What is hardcore punk?
Q: What is hardcore punk?
A: Hardcore punk is a style of punk music that usually sounds louder, faster and more angry than earlier punk rock music from the 1970s.
Q: Who are some important bands in the genre?
A: Some of the important bands of the genre are Bad Brains, Black Flag, D.O.A., Minor Threat and Cro-Mags.
Q: What type of lyrics do hardcore songs often have?
A: Hardcore songs often have more political lyrics (words) than songs from 1970s punk.
Q: Where did the term "hardcore punk" come from?
A: No one is quite sure where the term "hardcore punk" came from. The band D.O.A may have helped to make it more popular with their album title Hardcore '81 in 1981.
Q: What was the first hardcore song ever released?
A: The first hardcore song was "Out of Vogue" by Santa Ana band The Middle Class which started to play a loud type of punk with shouted words at around the same time as NYC thrash band Stimulators released their song M.A.C.H.I.N.E..
Q: How did people dress for hardcore concerts?
A: People in hardcore punk bands and people who listened to it wore clothes that were either strange and a bit scary like Mohawk hairstyles and leather jackets with metal studs or regular clothes like black pants and T-shirts .
Q: What kind of dancing happened at these concerts?
A: At hardcore concerts, people did a type of dancing called moshing which involves pushing each other and jumping off stage .
