Japanese hardcore is the
hardcore punk
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scene in
Japan
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, which originated to protest the social and economic changes sweeping the country in the 1980s. The band
SS is regarded as the first, forming in 1977.
Bands such as
The Stalin and
GISM soon followed, forming in 1980 and 1981 respectively. Occasionally, Japanese hardcore musicians include elements of
avant-garde
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,
crossover thrash
Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk. The genre emerged in the mid-1980s, when hardcore punk bands, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Cryptic Slaughter, Corrosion of Conformity and Dir ...
,
thrash metal
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,
anarcho-punk
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,
horror punk
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,
D-beat
D-beat (also known as Discore, kängpunk, Discrust, and crust-beat) is a style of hardcore punk, developed in the early 1980s by imitators of Discharge, after whom the genre is named, as well as a drum beat characteristic of this subgenre. D- ...
,
post-hardcore
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and
grindcore
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in their songs.
List of notable bands
*
Anti Feminism
*
Aburadako
* Bastard
* Bachikaburi (early)
*
BBQ Chickens
*
Bomb Factory
*
Boredoms
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*
The Comes
* Confuse
* Crow
* Crude
* Death Side
*
Disclose
*
Envy
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* Fuck On The Beach
*
GISM
* Gai
*
Garlic Boys
* GAS
*
Gastunk
*
Gauze
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* Gendo Missile
*
The Gerogerigegege
* Gloom
* Gudon
* Kuro
* Lip Cream
*
The Mad Capsule Markets
* Masturbation
*
Melt-Banana
* Nightmare
*
S.O.B.
*
SS
*
The Stalin
* Think Again
* Vivisick
* Zouo
References
Sources
*Hoare, James. "Japanese Grindcore". ''Terrorizer'' issue 180, February 2009, p. 52-53.
External links
MCR Co., a Japanese hardcore punk label
Music scenes
Hardcore
Hardcore punk
Punk by country
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