American Hardcore

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Audience Member Being someone who spend time in the hardcore punk scene in the late 90s and early 2000's I was obviously very excited to see this documentary. As the documentary will show you this music scene is more than just a music genre, but a full fledged culture and family. Things have obviously changed a bit since the eighties, but there is still that sense of family in the scene today. American Hardcore is more of a history lesson from some of the pioneers than a full fledged documentary about the entire scene. I though the movie was going to really show the full scope of not only the beginnings of hardcore and punk but also show how it has evolved over the years. This documentary really lacks overall though. It is good to see a movie even made about the subject, especially for someone who is not that familiar with the music and wants to learn about it. But for a lifelong fan of the music who already knows a lot of the history, I found it to honestly be a little boring. I think an updated version of this movie would be better suited, why stop in the eighties ? Hardcore and punk are still really strong today in cities across America. You can bring the entire thing together and end the movie in present time. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member this documentary is absolutely amazing Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty interesting if you grew up listening to this stuff. The movement was going on before my time but I grew up listening to punk and hardcore and a few of these bands were still around when I was going to shows. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I highly recommend this to any fans of hardcore Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Less the story of the whole scene than it is the story of the closet racist, spoiled suburban brat Ian MacKaye's Minor Threat, with some ode to Bad Brains. not even mentioned are the Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, the Adolescents, etc. a real let down. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member If you want to learn what REAL hardcore punk rock is about, this is the doc you need to see. Much as I love them, there is not even 1 mention of bands like The Clash, The Ramones, etc on here, nor should there be. By the actions of these bands in the early 80's, you learn quickly what being a "punk" is all about, right or wrong. Well made and researched documentary. What is now called punk, is not. Black Flag and Bad Brains were punk. Current punk is just less structured rock. Sad but true. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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