Cultural origins

2. Cultural origins • Hardcore was born in U.S.A. in early ’80s • Connected with bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains (Washington D.C), Sheer Terror, Warzone,M.O.D. (New York),SS Decontrol, Slapshot, Blood for Blood (Boston), Black Flag(Los Angeles) • It‘s a faster, heavier version of punk rock, characterized by short, loud, and often passionate songs. • Hardcore lyrics often express righteous indignation at society, usually from a politically left perspective.

3. The first bands • Black flag • Bad Brains • Minor threat

4. Black flag • Formed in 1976 in Los Angeles • They popularized the punk rock in U.S. • Characterized by their raw, aggressive style • DIY philosophy (Do It Yourself) • Henry Rollins- singer, he‘s known from TV, radio, etc.

5. Henry rollins

6. Bad brains • Formed in 1977 in Washington D.C. • Group of young African-Americans • Influences of funk, soul , but in their sound you can recognize a little bit from bands like Black Sabbath or Sex pistols too

7. Lucian Perkins

8. Minor threat • Formed in 1980 in Washington D.C. • The essential hardcore band (at least for me ) • Because of them people started call this style hardcore • Frontman Ian McKaye came with the Straight Edge Movement (sXe)

9. Straight Edge • Kind of lifestyle characterized by a negative stance to drugs (alcohol, cigarettes and coffee too) and promiscuity • Also connected with veganism • sXe has got a dangerous millitant fraction called a Hard Line or Pro Life, who can attack you if you are drunk, but the original sXe people condemned them • The symbol of straight edge is the cross, which barmans drawed on the under age‘s wrist (it meant that the person is under 21 so can‘t drink

13. negative publicity • Unfortunately, the hardcore scene became associated with violence. • Conflicts with police • Especially in N.Y. where played the skinhead HC bands were problems with fascist boneheads, cause they liked the HC style too • Journalists wrote that bands like Agnostic Front are the fascist ones and that wasn‘t true (now it‘s OK) • But violence is still present, especially in Boston

14. 80‘S- 90‘s bands • The change from oldschool HC to newschool (mainly in 90‘s) with bands like Sheer Terror, Cause for Alarm, etc. • Newschool sounds rather like trash metal, usually it‘s called metalcore or hatecore (for example a band Hatebreed) • The 80‘s legends are Sick Of It All, Madball, Warzone and from sXe for example Gorilla Biscuits or Youth Of Today (most of them still plays) • From the present very popular are bands like Hatebreed, Endstand, Death Before Dishonour, Hoods • sXe: Outlast, Champion, Good Clean Fun, Darkest Hour, Projekt X or Vitamin X

17. Hardcore dancing • It‘s a form of mosh(or slam dancing), an activity performed in a mosh pit at HC music shows. • The practice grew mostly out of the East Coast hardcore scene, especially in New York City. • Dances like "Ninja Dancing" , "Karate Dancing", "Straight-edge Ballet". 

19. Czech bands • In Czech Republic there‘re not very much bands • Very significant band is Kritická Situace, they played ‘till 80‘s • Present bands are Street Machine, Better Way, Balaclava and for example Who Ate My Skate

20. From the Balaclava‘s show

21. Czech clubs plays hardcore • Klub 007 Strahov- i think the club with the best atmosphere • Futurum, Rock Café, Matrix- clubs which usually not present HC, almost the famous bands plays in these clubs • Jet Club- a new club smaller than 007, but great shows there • Abaton- big factory hall for great gigs or festivals • Modra opice-club rather for young bands or crust punk shows • Squat Milada- it‘s squat so „normal“ people usually don‘t get there, but everybody is welcomed