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American Hardcore: History of American Punk Rock

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No, not EVERYONE'S favorite tracks are represented here but this is a VERY GOOD brief overview of the genre. It's a place to start if you're not familiar with Hardcore and may cause 90% of your current record collection to become obsolete (at least until you're old enough to realize that liking only ONE kind of music is kind of silly).

This record should be copied a million times and handed out to the poor kids who go to Good Charlotte concerts thinking they're "punk". Today's youth aren't brainless! They just have a hard time finding the real stuff!

P.S. (No Kennedys or Misfits due to the ongoing legal entanglements between all the former members. Same deal as the movie.)

I saw a concert in LA w/Fear, Circle Jerks, and Black Flag. Wow this really brought it all back. If you like punk or want to get in touch with the punk movement of the 80s in the US this is for you.

History of Hardcore, well documented and coveted by my son(It was a gift to him...)Well worth the cost.

I really like this soundtrack because it's rare to find so many of the trailblazing hardcore bands of the early '80s all in one place. Some of these tracks were previously very rare, at least on CD. In particular, the Middle Class' "Out of Vogue" alone, to me, is worth the price of admission. It's barely a minute long but it has the distinction of being (arguably) the first ever hardcore single. And of course, alongside some of the more obscure bands, the "big three" of first wave hardcore (Black Flag, Minor Threat, and Bad Brains) are represented here. If you haven't heard these bands yet, you owe it to yourself to check this out. All in all, this CD a great introduction to what hardcore is all about.

My guess is that Glenn Danzig didn't grant them permission to use his songs on the compilation. Could be the same with Jello and DK. Lord knows if they presented every great tune from that era it would be a box set. Good songs on this one none-the-less.

this soundtrack is great it has some very rare tracks on hear such as ydi enemy for life,middle class out of vogue and other killer hardcore anthems from bands like minor threat,void,bad brains.this is ah good cd for people wanting to learn about real hardcore or to get in to this type of music. AND GO BUY THE MOVIE NOW!!!!!!

is the music on the sampler the right music i just don't soud like the right bands

if you try to play the clips- obviously they're the wrong ones. flipper's hahaha song does not actually sound like vivaldi.
i'm buying this album just for hahaha by flipper. the rest is a lot of noise.

hard to find songs...

if wasnt for this album you may never heard this masterpieces...

HARDCORE RECOMMENDED!!!!

Excellent CD & DVD, but it was far too brief to really encapsulate what hard core was really all about. How can a CD like this be put out without the Dead Kennedy's? I'm sure it's not the filmmakers fault, but why bother? A really good starting point for people who vaguely remember the hard core movement or want to understand it better. I just hope the little tweeners of today avoid it altogether and don't try to adopt (read: bastardize) it as something of thier own.