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Any list of the world’s best guitarists is likely to include Tony Iommi, Jerry Garcia, and Django Reinhardt among the legends whose legacies are...
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Any list of the world’s best guitarists is likely to include Tony Iommi, Jerry Garcia, and Django Reinhardt among the legends whose legacies are...
Although it seems antithetical to talk about “rules” in punk, there are certain pillars that have made hardcore a meaningful genre that has stood...
In 1985, Yamantaka Eye of infamous Japanese noise band Hanatarash drove a bulldozer through a venue during one of the band’s concerts, leaving much...
“They say the heat makes people crazy.” If Huey Freeman’s words are true, it might serve as an explanation for the recent wave of...
If any Old Head is cynical about the state of hardcore today, they should listen to Heavy Discipline. If there’s a young kid who...
As evidenced by the legend of John Henry and his heroic battle against the steam-powered drilling machine, humankind has harbored complex feelings toward their...
It might be trite to hold the music—particularly R&B, hip hop, and alternative—of the ‘90s on some pedestal. That said, alternative musicians of the...
Death metal bands may have to hang up the term “buzzsaw” to describe their guitar tone. On their new split with Ohio’s Mutilatred, the...
Any conversation about American hardcore—and especially powerviolence—is incomplete without a mention of Eric Wood. If there a list of must-listen records for powerviolence is...
Hardcore has never been apolitical. A righteous anger has fueled bands like Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Youth of Today, Earth Crisis, Refused, and Los...