post-hardcore
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Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term "post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Initially taking inspiration from post-punk and noise rock, post-hardcore began in the 1980s with bands like Hüsker Dü and Minutemen. The genre expanded in the 1980s and 1990s with releases by bands from cities which had established hardcore scenes, such as Fugazi from Washington, D.C. as well as groups such as Big Black, Jawbox, Quick
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- Music genre.name
- Post-hardcore
- Music genre.caption
- Alesana performing live at Warped Tour 2010. From left to right: Shawn Milke, Patrick Thompson, Alex Torres & Dennis Lee
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 1980s, United States
- Music genre.derivatives
- Blackgaze emo rap mathcore math rock pop screamo post-metal
- Music genre.subgenres
- Emo (screamo) Nintendocore pop screamo Risecore
- Music genre.fusiongenres
- Crunkcore
- Music genre.regional_scenes
- South Wales Texas
- Music genre.local_scenes
- Chicago Olympia San Diego Washington D.C.
- Music genre.other_topics
- Art punk metalcore list of bands
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13 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- History
- Origins (1980s)
- The Washington D.C. scene
- Expansion (late 1980s and 1990s)
- The San Diego scene
- Moderate popularity
- 2000s (mainstream success)
- 2010s–present (continued underground popularity)
- See also
- References
- External links
- Bibliography
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term "post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad constellation of groups. Initially taking inspiration from post-punk and noise rock, post-hardcore began in the 1980s with bands like Hüsker Dü and Minutemen. The genre expanded in the 1980s and 1990s with releases by bands from cities which had established hardcore scenes, such as Fugazi from Washington, D.C. as well as groups such as Big Black, Jawbox, Quicksand, and Shellac who stuck closer to post-hardcore's noise rock roots. Dischord Records became a major nexus of post-hardcore during this period.
The genre also began to incorporate more dense, complex, and atmospheric instrumentals with bands like Slint and Unwound, and also experienced some crossover from indie rock with bands like The Dismemberment Plan. In the early- and mid-2000s, achieved mainstream success with the popularity of bands like At the Drive-In, My Chemical Romance, Dance Gavin Dance, AFI, Underoath, Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, the Used, Saosin, Alexisonfire, and Senses Fail. In the 2010s, bands like Sleeping with Sirens and Pierce the Veil achieved mainstream success under the post-hardcore label. Meanwhile, bands like Title Fight and La Dispute experienced underground popularity playing music that bore a closer resemblance to the post-hardcore bands of the 1980s and 1990s.