New York hardcore
New York Hardcore (NYHC) refers to hardcore punk and metalcore music created in New York City and to the subculture associated with that music.
Though New York City played a central role in the development of early punk rock, the hardcore scene came to New York relatively late compared to other major cities, though an important scene finally did emerge in 1981.[1] [2] The scene has been focused around venues such as CBGBs and ABC No Rio. The New York scene was home to most of the early influential Youth crew bands, such as Youth of Today, Sick of it All, Gorilla Biscuits, Bold, Side By Side, and later bands like Shelter and Judge.
However, not all bands in the NYHC scene actually reside in the city; other areas of the scene include suburban Long Island, southern Connecticut and northern New Jersey. In the 2000s, these areas outside the city have become an even bigger hotbed for punk rock, hardcore and their various subgenres than the city of New York. Albany, New York has hosted many hardcore bands at all ages concerts organized by Combined Effort, a non-profit, DIY group run by Dave Stein (Albany Style), Jason O'Toole (Life's Blood) and Sam McPheeters (Born Against).
Many 1980s NYHC bands have been criticized for their lack of touring statewide, preferring that the fans should come to them. This attitude has changed since the formation of the scene.
Bad Brains, although starting in Washington, DC later moved to New York City.
Early New York hardcore bands
- The Abused
- Armed Citizens
- Agnostic Front
- Beastie Boys
- Butch Lust & The Hypocrites
- Cause For Alarm
- Cro-Mags
- Crumbsuckers
- Even Worse
- False Prophets
- The Headlickers
- Heart Attack
- Ism
- Killer Instinct
- Kraut
- Leeway (band)
- Ludichrist
- Major Conflict
- Mental Abuse
- The Misguided
- The Mob
- Murphy's Law
- Squirm
- The Nihilistics
- No Thanks
- Reagan Youth
- Rest in Pieces
- Ultraviolence
- Urban Waste
- Warzone
Late-1980s and early-1990s bands
- Absolution
- Beyond
- Biohazard
- Bold
- Born Against
- Breakdown
- Bugout Society
- Burn
- Decline
- Go!
- Gorilla Biscuits
- Fit of Anger
- Judge
- Killing Time/Raw Deal
- Krakdown
- Life's Blood
- Madball
- Maximum Penalty
- NEGLECT
- Outburst
- Project X
- Resistance
- Rest In Pieces
- SFA
- Shelter
- Sheer Terror
- Side By Side
- Sick Of It All
- Six and Violence
- Straight Ahead
- Subzero
- Token Entry
- Quicksand
- Wrench
- Youth of Today
- Underdog
More recent New York City hardcore bands
- Most Precious Blood
- Step2Far
- Fahrenheit 451
- Against The Grain
- My Bitter End
- Kill Your Idols
- Awkward Thought
- Skarhead
- Madball
Long Island hardcore bands
- BadTrip
- DayInTheLife
- Misery (also known as MyMisery)
- Crumbsuckers
- Diesel
- Gleaming the Cube
- The Movielife
- Neck
- The World We Knew
- Glassjaw
- Inside
- Kill Your Idols
- Milhouse
- Mind Over Matter
- Overthrow
- Silent Majority
- The Solidarity Pact
- Sons of Abraham
- Tension*
- Vision Of Disorder
See also
References
External links
- "Beating the New York Doledrums" article from September 1981
- "Spiritribe webzine : interviews & live pics"