Topic: Minor Threat (Band)

The instant I press play, is the same instant that I start fidgeting nervously in my seat. Pure fury is hard to capture in words, but luckily for all of us, Minor Threat left us a whole load for our ears. Minor ...

Minor Threat

Minor Threat were poster children for the Washington, DC hardcore punk scene. Out Of Step from 1983 was their only full-length album, but their music had an immeasurable influence on punk rock throughout the following decade. Their final recording—the Salad Days ...

The evolution of hardcore

Hardcore music came about in the early 1980s from the American punk rock scene. " On the East Coast, the same thing was pulling together, with bands like the Bad Brains (all ex-jazz players from DC) trying to push themselves to play harder ...
Check back later in the roundup for the heavy stuff. New EP from Lightfoot-it's lovely, rainy-day Americana. On to the news! The last time he was in Washington City Paper's pages, it was on the occasion of his selling of ...

Essential Political Punk Bands

Since its inception, punk rock has, as often as not, been a forum for political expression, and political punk bands have always been around. A relatively recent arrival to the political punk scene, Anti-Flag is still one of the most political, standing ...

15 Influential Punk Bands

15 Influential Punk Bands by Nicole Lero Source: HotPopRock While this list is in no way inclusive of all influential punk bands -- you would need to list hundreds -- this list is a good representation of many punk bands that have helped to ...