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Chicago hardcore is the hardcore punk scene of Chicago and its surrounding area.Beginning in the 1980s with post-hardcore bands Naked Raygun, Big Black and the Effigies.By the 1990s, the scene had developed two separate sizable scenes: a straight edge metalcore scene including Arma Angelus and Racetraitor; and a thrashcore scene based on the South Side, including Los Crudos and Charles Bronson.
This is a list of notable hardcore punk bands from Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding areas. 88 Fingers Louie; Arma Angelus [1] Articles of Faith; Bhopal Stiffs; The Bollweevils; Charles Bronson; The Fighters; Harm's Way; Hewhocorrupts; The Killing Tree; Los Crudos; Masters of the Obvious; Pegboy; Racetraitor; Rise Against; Screeching Weasel ...
Naked Raygun is an American punk rock band that formed in Chicago in 1980. The band was active from 1980 to 1992, along with reunion shows in 1997, and since 2006. Naked Raygun have cited various bands as influences, including Buzzcocks, Wire, the Stranglers, the Damned, the Ruts, Killing Joke, [1] Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Jam, and the Clash.
Bjorklund continued to work in the recording industry, with a number of punk bands in Chicago and Minneapolis, through the early 1990s, credited primarily as producer or as mastering re-mixer. [11] Since 2010, Bjorklund has collaborated with bassist Steve Economou (drummer for The Effigies) and keyboard player LizB in the band High Value Target.
What most punk fans recall as the first "punk scene" in Chicago did not rise until the very early 1980s, when clubs like Oz, O’Banion's and C.O.D started to provide venues for live punk. In a 1999 retrospective about the 1985 music year, Chicago Sun-Times music writer Jim Derogatis termed the heyday of The Effigies "the second generation of ...
Pop punk band Founded in the Chicago suburb of Lombard: Rise Against: 1999: present: Punk-rock group Founded in Chicago Rufus: 1970: 1983: Funk and R&B band Founded in Chicago Screeching Weasel: 1986: present: pioneering pop punk band Founded in the Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights: Slow Motion Crash: 2006: Rock band From Chicago [28] The ...
Prior to forming the Lawrence Arms, the three band members were active in other Chicago-area bands. Brendan Kelly had played in the ska punk band Slapstick. Chris McCaughan had played in Tricky Dick before joining Kelly in the punk band the Broadways. McCaughan and Kelly also shared an apartment together on Chicago's north side.
Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago. The band's current members are Matt Skiba (guitar, vocals), Dan Andriano (bass, vocals), and Atom Willard (drums). Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob Doran, and drummer Glenn Porter, Alkaline Trio released its debut single, "Sundials", in 1997. Following its release, Doran ...