Post-hardcore
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| Post-hardcore | |
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Late 80's, USA's East Coast
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| Mainstream popularity | Large in the UK, Canada and parts of the US |
| Derivative forms | Screamo Math rock Emo |
Post-hardcore evolved from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups who emerged from the hardcore scene, or took inspiration from hardcore, while concerning themselves with a wider palette of expression, closer to experimental rock.
The earliest appearances of post-hardcore were in Washington, D.C. in the mid to late 1980s[1] (see the era's releases on Dischord Records, for example), though it was not widely known until the early 1990s.
Post-hardcore is typically characterized by its precise rhythms and loud guitar-based instrumentation accompanied by a combination of clean vocals and screams. Allmusic states, "These newer bands, termed post-hardcore, often found complex and dynamic ways of blowing off steam that generally went outside the strict hardcore realm of 'loud fast rules.' ... Additionally, many of these bands' vocalists were just as likely to deliver their lyrics with a whispered croon as they were a maniacal yelp."[1] The genre has developed a balance of dissonance and melody, in part channeling the loud and fast hardcore ethos into more measured, subtle forms of tension and release. Jeff Terich of Treblezine states, "[I]nstead of sticking to [hardcore's] rigid constraints, these artists expanded beyond power chords and gang vocals, incorporating more creative outlets for punk rock energy."[2]
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[edit] History
[edit] 1980s
Post-hardcore is rooted in hardcore punk,[1] which had typically featured very fast tempos, loud volume and heavy bass levels.[3]
By the mid-1980s, groups classified as hardcore, or with strong roots in the genre, began to experiment with the basic template. The initial outcropping of these groups typically recorded for SST Records (the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, the Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr., and Gone), and emerged from the increasingly experimental tendencies of Black Flag and Greg Ginn's evolving musical tastes. Many of these groups also took inspiration from the '80s noise rock scene pioneered by Sonic Youth and Big Black[2]. Steve Albini's post-Big Black projects Rapeman and Shellac are also associated with post-hardcore.
Later releases on Dischord Records also extended the post-hardcore style, most famously in the work of Fugazi[1][2], but also including bands such as Embrace, Rites of Spring, Nation of Ulysses, Jawbox, Shudder to Think, Lungfish, and Q and Not U. Many of these groups were associated with the "emo" tag. These early emo bands were pivotal in the development of post-hardcore.[2] Dischord groups also experimented with influences from soul music, dub, post-punk, funk, jazz, and dance-punk. Math rock and to some degree riot grrl were offshoots of this movement.
[edit] 1990s
A third iteration of post-hardcore took place with the work of musicians who had first come to prominence in the youth crew scene, most famously Quicksand, but also Glassjaw, and On the Might of Princes[1][2]. Groups such as Drive Like Jehu, Hot Water Music, and At the Drive-In, associated with emo, were also significant to the scene.[2]
[edit] 2000s
Popular post-hardcore groups of this decade include the Fall of Troy, Thrice, Alesana, Silverstein, Senses Fail, Escape the Fate, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Armor for Sleep, Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, From First To Last, I Am Ghost, Lovehatehero and Bear vs. Shark.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Post-Hardcore", allmusic.
- ^ a b c d e f "The 90-Minute Guide - Post-Hardcore", Jeff Terich, Treblezine, April 24, 2007.
- ^ Blush, Stephen (November 9, 2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 0922915717.
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