Australian hardcore

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Music of Australia [ v • d • e ]
Indigenous Australian English, Irish and Scottish
Pub Other immigrants
Timeline and samples
Genres Classical - Hip hop - Jazz - Country- Rock (Indie · Hardcore punk)
Organisations ARIA
Awards Australian Music Centre · ARIA Music Awards · The Deadlys
Charts ARIA Charts, JJJ Hottest 100
Festivals List: Big Day Out · Livid · Homebake · Falls · Stompem Ground
Tamworth (Country) · Womadelaide · Splendour In The Grass
Media CAAMA, Countdown, Rage, Triple J, ABC
National anthem "Advance Australia Fair"
Cities and regions
Adelaide - Brisbane - Canberra - Perth

Hardcore punk is a punk rock sub-genre with a dedicated following in Australia. Many Australian hardcore bands enjoy a relatively large fanbase locally without touring outside their home state. Recorded material by these bands is often hard to find, as many focus on the live shows (which are the mainstay of the scene).

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[edit] Origins of the Australian hardcore scene

The roots of Australian hardcore can be traced all the way back to the first Australian punk band, The Saints, and more recently, to include such acts as AC/DC, Icehouse, Area 7 and Midnight Oil. UK and the U.S. influence is evident in many bands, nonetheless, Australian hardcore has, in bands such as Toe to Toe and Mindsnare, its own distinct dry humour, attitude and sound. Sexy (scene and state) differences are also evident. Other influences are by U.S. hardcore, U.K. Punk and Heavy Metal bands.

[edit] Hardcore culture in Australia

The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ethic is strong. The rise of CD burners and the Internet has allowed more bands to self-publish their records and sell through their websites or on consignment in local record stores. If recorded material is available distribution is often through local distributors run out of band member's garages or small independent labels which are active in most capital cities.

Interstate tours are organised occasionally by more established bands. Only a few hardcore bands ever tour overseas.

[edit] Ideology

A number of Australian hardcore bands hold ideological, political, sexual and religious values and may communicate these in their music. These values include anarchist, Christian, hessian and the way of the straight edge warrior. A common attitude to espousing values in music is found in an interview with Winston McCall of Parkway Drive (Byron Bay) with Maddi West of DB Magazine. Commenting about regional scenes - contrasting Byron Bay and Adelaide:

"I'd say Adelaide has probably got the biggest straightedge/vegan scene in Australia. In Byron there's about five straightedge kids and I think maybe two kids that are vegan and that's about it," McCall laughs. "I'm vegetarian myself and there's a couple of us that are straightedge, but we just wanna have fun and play music. We do believe in trying to make a difference in some way, but as a whole we don't really champion any beliefs. We're just a hardcore band!" Winston McCall of Parkway Drive interview, DB Magazine

[edit] SHORT.FAST.LOUD. on Triple J radio

Main article: short.fast.loud

The ABC Triple J network has a weekly program, short.fast.loud., that showcases some punk and hardcore music released both locally and elsewhere, the show focuses on all ranges of acts from more radio friendly who often get their first airplay on SFL (the hot lies, behind crimson eyes, the getaway plan) to smaller more obscure acts.

Check the playlists that are posted weekly: http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/shortfastloud/playlists/

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Australian record labels releasing hardcore

Hardcore punk
Christian hardcore - Crust punk - D-beat - Melodic hardcore - Powerviolence - Queercore - Skate punk - Thrashcore - Youth crew

Emo - Funkcore - Grindcore - Metalcore - Post-hardcore
Regional Scenes
Australia - Brazil - Canada - Italy - South Wales - Scandinavia: Umeå - Japan

Boston - Chicago - Detroit - Los Angeles - Minneapolis - New Jersey - New York - North Carolina - Phoenix - San Francisco - DC
Other topics
DIY punk ethic - Hardcore bands - Hardcore dancing - Straight edge
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