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2 unusual facts about American Hardcore


American Hardcore: A Tribal History

American Hardcore: A Tribal History is a book by Steven Blush detailing the history of the early hardcore punk music scene.

Dave Dictor

Dictor also recently appeared in the film American Hardcore, the film based upon the book of the same name.


Kira Roessler

She has credits (sometimes under her full name, sometimes simply as kira) on such films as Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), and has also appeared onscreen in the documentaries We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen and American Hardcore.

Morning in America

In the music documentary film American Hardcore, Vic Bondi, of the band Articles of Faith, expresses the ethos of the 80s American hardcore punk movement, presented as opposing Reagan and the mainstream, stating, "Everyone was saying it was morning in America. Someone had to say, 'It's fucking midnight!'"

Vic Bondi

Bondi resurfaced with another politically charged band, Report Suspicious Activity, in 2006, and was featured prominently in the documentaries American Hardcore and You Weren't There.


see also

Asunto

In the summer of 2003, Asunto played in São Paulo at The South American Hardcore Fest (Verdurada), with some auxiliary band members because some of their original could not travel to Brazil.

FTTW

F.T.T.W., the third album released by American hardcore punk band H2O

Sean Taggart

Interviews with Taggart have appeared in many fan magazines, as well as in the book American Hardcore, by Steven Blush.

World Burns to Death

As well, World Burns to Death's music reflects the tradition of 80s purist American hardcore (Negative Approach and Minor Threat), European bands influenced by, and including, Discharge, and Japanese hardcore punk (Burning Spirits).