Review of American Hardcore (2006) by Matt G — 26 May 2007
American Hardcore is a relatively thorough examination of the hardcore punk movement in this country from 1980 through 1986. Set against Reagan's 50's vision of the 1980's, these bands ? from SoCal to Vancouver, Minneapolis to New York, D.C. to Boston ? channeled their youthful rage into an industrial buzzsaw angst that politicized American homogeneity, and paved the way for the triumph of Nirvana and the "alternative nation" of the nineties.
The big shortcoming of American Hardcore is the suggestion that hardcore essentially died in 1986. "That is fucking ridiculous" That is what my friend D,D told me, And This kid knows his punk.
Anyone into hardcore music, then or now, should at least be happy that someone took the time to bring us a bunch of cool interviews and video footage of a time that the mainstream never paid enough attention to to forget.
This review of American Hardcore (2006) was written by Matt G on 26 May 2007.
American Hardcore has generally received positive reviews.
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