Citizens Against People “Stay Pissed” Self-released citizensagainstpeople.bandcamp.com “Stay Pissed” is a 10-song, thrill-a-minute, guitar-driven, head-banging, hardcore harangue. The album exhibits a band that has a capable choke-hold on its music and dynamics. Rochester quartet Citizens Against People offers a cohesive, abrasive, well-varied take on the hardcore genre without losing its own identity. There are 10 […]
hardcore punk
The honest fierceness of Meredith Graves
The Perfect Pussy vocalist talks music, guns, body image,
international politics, and food.
Talking self-acceptance with Senses Fail’s Buddy Nielsen
Senses Fail plays Anthology on November 18.
Hed PE
These Huntington Beach hardcore rockers have been performing their brand of “g-punk” — a fusion of punk-rock and hip-hop — since their formation in 1994. This “gangstafied” genre has also been known to incorporate heavy metal, rap rock, and reggae, claiming artists like the Beastie Boys, Black Sabbath, and Bob Marley as major influences. The […]
Behind the scenes of “American Hardcore”
Q&A with director Paul Rachman on punk’s pioneering disaffected youth






