Hardcore punk in the United Kingdom
Hardcore punk in the United Kingdom began in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the second wave of punk rock in the country. The scene produced many successful and influential hardcore punk bands throughout the 1980s such as Discharge, GBH and the Exploited and led to the pioneering of genres such as grindcore, street punk, crust punk and D-beat.
Birmingham's Napalm Death are one of the most successful bands to come for the UK's hardcore scene
Birmingham's GBH were at the forefront of the first wave of UK hardcore
Daventry band Antisect are one of the progenitors of crust punk
Liverpool's Carcass helped to pioneer grindcore in the mid-1980s
Discharge are an English hardcore punk band formed in 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, England. The band is known for influencing several sub-genres of extreme music and their songs have been covered by some of the biggest names in heavy metal and other genres. The musical sub-genre of D-beat is named after Discharge and the band's distinctive drumbeat.
Discharge in 2017
Discharge performing in Rome in 2006. The distinctive lettering of the band's name can be seen in the banner at the back of the stage.