AMERICAN HARDCORE in the NY Times...

XHonusWagnerX - 9-21-2006 at 10:29 AM

New York Times article about American Hardcore

BDx13 - 9-21-2006 at 10:49 AM

nice, thanks for posting that.

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The other guest was Mr. Rollins, who has built a successful career as an actor and ranter. (He?s most charming, though, when he?s punching someone in the head; the film provides definitive proof.)

XHonusWagnerX - 9-21-2006 at 10:59 AM

I like this quote.... hahahah Knuckleheads!

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The best thing about the current hardcore revival is the way the genre still resists idealization. What can you say about a video of Choke, from the Boston band Negative FX, wearing a Bruins jersey and bellowing a knuckleheaded song called ?Might Makes Right?? This scene wasn?t pretty. To anyone who doesn?t love it, hardcore must seem downright indefensible.

stateofdisgrace - 9-21-2006 at 11:26 AM

I saw the film. My wife's friend works for SonyClassics. It was a good film if you enjoyed the book. I thought NY got the shaft, but then I remembered, this film only talks about hardcore up until around 84/85. NY really gets on the map late 85/early 86.

newbreedbrian - 9-21-2006 at 02:23 PM

saw it on tuesday. it's definately worth checking out, mainly live clips interspersed with interview clips. NY definately doesn't feature as heavily as Cali but like you said that kinda makes sense given the time period. heavy on the Bad Brains which was awesome, some footage i hadn't seen before. they even got HR to make some sense for a little while, sure that was like pulling teeth. some HUGE glaring omissions (DK, Social D, Misfits, Reagan Youth, Husker Du, Fear etc etc), i'm sure some of which were legal issues (like i know DK/Jello was). And some bands featured that you were like what the fuck?, like who the fuck ever gave a shit about Nig Heist? Some of the interviews were pretty funny like Harley and John Joseph.

Gooch - 9-21-2006 at 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by newbreedbrian
saw it on tuesday. it's definately worth checking out, mainly live clips interspersed with interview clips. NY definately doesn't feature as heavily as Cali but like you said that kinda makes sense given the time period. heavy on the Bad Brains which was awesome, some footage i hadn't seen before. they even got HR to make some sense for a little while, sure that was like pulling teeth. some HUGE glaring omissions (DK, Social D, Misfits, Reagan Youth, Husker Du, Fear etc etc), i'm sure some of which were legal issues (like i know DK/Jello was). And some bands featured that you were like what the fuck?, like who the fuck ever gave a shit about Nig Heist? Some of the interviews were pretty funny like Harley and John Joseph.

I know you can't put every band in there, but The Misfits and DK should have been. What legal issues would prevent you from talking/writing about a band? I can see bands not wanting to be interviewed, but couldn't Blush just give history/opinion of these bands?

Dave - 9-21-2006 at 03:25 PM

bad religion wasn't in there either.

excellent movie tho.

gonna buy it when it comes out

JawnDiablo - 9-21-2006 at 07:17 PM

any of you philly dudes know if the ritz or somethin is playin this possibly?
i would love to see it on a big screen
shit id like to go with a few of yous to see it
in a straight sorta way...