Hardcore punk is a punk rock subgenre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to ea
Minor Threat performing in 1981
Bad Brains at 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., 1983
Audience members moshing to Toxic Holocaust
Negative Approach in T-shirts at a 2013 show
New York hardcore is both the hardcore punk music created in New York City and the subculture and lifestyle associated with that music. The scene established many aspects that are fixtures of hardcore
Agnostic Front playing in Rome, Italy in 2007
CBGB was one of the main venues for the New York hardcore scene
Florida band Assück playing New York venue ABC No Rio
Madball, described by Stereogum as "an archetypal tough-guy hardcore band"