A documentary about the history of punk rock in America from 1980-1986. Generally unheralded at the time, the early 1980s hardcore punk rock scene gave birth to much of the rock music and culture that followed. There would be no Nirvana, Beastie Boys or Red Hot Chili Peppers were it not for hardcore pioneers such as Black Flag, Bad Brains and Minor Threat. Hardcore was more than music, it was a social movement created by Reagan-era misfit kids. The participants constituted a tribe unto themselves, some finding a voice, others an escape in the hard-edged music. And while some sought a better world, others were just angry and wanted to raise hell. American Hardcore traces this lost subculture, from its early roots in 1980 to its extinction in 1986.
1 min 52 sec
Views
19,628
Posted On
July 06, 2009
Paul Rachman
Writer
Steven Blush
Studio
Sony Pictures Classics
Release
September 22, 2006
Henry Rollins
Black Flag
Bad Brains
Mike Watt
Ian MacKaye
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