Minneapolis hardcore
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The Minneapolis and St. Paul area, which is also known as The Twin Cities, has been a fertile ground for a hardcore punk
scene since the mid-70s.
The Twin Cities area featured a lively music scene in the 60s and 70s that included an established tradition of local indie
labels and live music venues. The Litter
were one of the protopunk
bands to emerge from the scene in 1966. Their heavily distorted
guitar amplifiers played a high volumes became the signature sound for many punk bands that emerged much later. A punk rock
scene started to coalesce in the mid-late 1970s around Jay's Longhorn Bar
, and Oar Folkjokeopus
record store. The first recognized punk rock
band from Minnesota was The Suicide Commandos
, who formed in 1975. Their first 7" EP was released in 1976. They released another 7" EP in 1977 before recording their LP later that year on Blank Records, a sub-label of Mercury Records
.
, New York
, Washington D.C., Los Angeles
and Chicago
, Minneapolis was a preeminent punk rock scene in the early/mid-1980s. Early venues included the Longhorn Bar, which hosted seminal Minneapolis punk band the Suicide Commandos and touring acts including The Police
on their first US tour. Goofy's/The Upper Deck, which was located above a strip club just off of Hennepin Avenue, was a major spot for early hardcore and presented popular all-ages shows, as well as Duffys, which hosted early shows by Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Willful Neglect, Nina Hagen, and others. Goofy's/Upper Deck was closed after a riot in 83' at a show which Final Conflict headlined. First Avenue and 7th Street Entry also hosted all-ages shows for the young scene which quickly established itself on the map with local bands including Husker Du, The Replacements, Loud Fast Rules (later Soul Asylum), Otto's Chemical Lounge, Outcry, Skullfuck, Final Conflict, Idol Threat, Rifle Sport, Man Sized Action and Red Meat, among others.
The legendary punk zine
Your Flesh by Ron Clark and Peter Davis was based in Minneapolis, as was Urban Decay. Zinester Saint Vitus holds heavy sway from the era and area.
Independent record stores supporting the local punk scene include the original Northern Lights records on Hennepin Ave, Treehouse Records (formerly Oarfolkjokeopus) in south Minneapolis, and Cheapo Records in St Paul.
The early to mid-80s Minneapolis hardcore movement included both U.K sound-inspired leather punks and a large skate punk contingent, with Uptown Minneapolis as the heart of the scene. Both scenes hosted many garage shows for local and touring bands. The skate punks congregated at The Alternative Bike Shop (The Alt) in Uptown. The UK influenced punks earned the nickname McPunks for hanging around the Uptown McDonald's bus stop. The Minneapolis bus system, immortalized by The Replacements song "Kiss Me On The Bus", was the artery connecting punks from Minneapolis Southwest High School and St. Paul with a ride to 7th Street Entry, Northern Lights Music, and the recently closed Sun's T-shirt & Poster Shop.
Some of the bands from the early to late 1980s era were Final Conflict, not the California band of the same name, Skullfuck, Willful Neglect, and Outcry. Final Conflict released one 7" EP "In the Family" on local Reflex Records
. Reflex was run by Terry Katzman, then manager of Oar Folkjokeopus
and also released records by Hüsker Dü, Articles of Faith
and two compilation tapes "Kitten" and "Barefoot and Pregnant". Skullfuck recorded a demo, but no known copies exist. Willful Neglect from St. Paul
released two 12" EPs on Neglected Records. These were re-issued on CD in recent years. Red Meat
was another hardcore band that only released a demo tape, although some tracks surfaced on the "Lung Cookies" compilation LP. Outcry released 1 lp and 1 7"EP, and were influential among the straight edge and skate punk crowds.
and The Replacements
, the original punk scene in Minneapolis diminished. During a Black Flag
show in 1985, stage diving was banned at First Avenue. The skank dancing, stage diving, skate punk crew that drove the mid-80s positive punk scene evolved into rap and metal. The UK punks faded away, and new, softer, expansive bands emerged.
As the original Minneapolis punk scene faded in the late 80s, a homegrown widespread midwest rock ethic coalesced into what would become known as alt-country. Minneapolis became a leading alt-country scene led by The Jayhawks, with supporting musicians out of the old punk scene playing for Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, etc. In fact, Wilco played their first shows at 7th Street entry - closing the loop on 80s Minneapolis punk.
Original scenesters have continued the Minneapolis DIY ethic
; birthing several late 80s skateboard and snowboard pros, new bands, radio stations (REV105), clubs, and indie business endeavors.
The late 80s saw bands follow the hardcore trend towards a more expansive and hard rock sound. Around this time bands like the Cows
and Halo of Flies
(Babes in Toyland) developed a sound that re-established Minneapolis punk originality, blending punk attitude with droning noise
and distorted rock. Local label Amphetamine Reptile arose to champion the new style, which counted among its protagonists many veterans of the 80s hardcore scene.
Misery formed and provided a nucleus for what was has become an internationally envied crust punk
scene in Minneapolis. Taking their influence from UK bands like Discharge
and Amebix
, Misery blended dark and heavy hardcore with an anti-authority political stand that was very influential on the future development of the genre.
The Scrods from Roseville, friends of Misery, toured the Midwest area and released a 7" single called Voyage into Hell, a humorous, but scathing, socio-commentary on the poor quality of communications between local metal scenes and hardcore scenes.
Blind Approach from St. Paul championed the new style of Straight Edge
Hardcore popularized by New York bands like Warzone
. They released two 7"s and toured the USA. Guitarist Matt Henderson
went on to join Agnostic Front
.
The Libido Boyz from Mankato, MN played melodic and poppy hardcore punk and released several 7"s and LP and did some extensive touring.
In the early and mid-90s the scene started to grow with quite a few new bands. By this point hardcore was fractured into several subgenres with sometimes competing political, ideological, and artistic viewpoints. Profane Existence
Collective formed in 1989 and released records, produced a fanzine
and has booked shows ever since. THD started as a radio show, but also was a house doing some basement shows and a record label as well. The Sonic Warp Collective took up booking all-ages shows for a while after First Avenue stepped back from doing all-ages punk shows.
In 1994 a group of local punks and hardcore kids (including Dan and Mandy of Profane Existence, Felix of Havoc Record, and Jason of THD, among others) got together to open Extreme Noise Records, now one of the nation's longest running DIY co-op punk record stores. The new store provided something of a center for a rapidly growing scene. Within a few months things really started to get rolling. Bands and fans began to share influences and contacts. A new DIY venue opened as the Studio of the Stars and hosted many shows during the summer of 1995.
Some former Minneapolis hardcore musicians have gone on to careers with other influential bands, such as Todd Trainer
of Rifle Sport, now in Shellac
. Bob Mould
of Hüsker Dü has had a long solo career. Dustin from the Libido Boyz was in Snapcase
for many years.
In 1999 Twin Cities Skins and Punks (TCSP) formally formed and began helping promote local TC bands in the DIY scene and continues to work with the local scene setting up all-ages shows in multiple venues. Their goal, as posted on their site, is to make DIY hardcore accessible to as many fans as possible while maintaining the punk ethic of being against "The Man". - "This was and continues to be the all ages DIY punk rock scene, defined as a participatory subculture controlled by those who comprise it: the punks... We believe that packaged tours with no ties to the local punk community utilizing outsider booking agencies without sharing the stage with local acts ..., thereby fostering local growth, reduce their music to a mere product and represent the very antithesis of punk. TCSP banned together to combat these forces, keep influence over the scene in the hands of people with a vested interest in the music and movement, and provide a positive and inclusive alternative to the impersonal herding of the club scene."
The Twin Cities continues to have a strong DIY ethic in its still rich underground punk scene and continues to reject mainstream commercialization.
. Accomplishments have included community-sponsored venues to basement shows to an all-volunteer independent record store extreme noise records.
Neglected Records
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
scene since the mid-70s.
The Twin Cities area featured a lively music scene in the 60s and 70s that included an established tradition of local indie
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
labels and live music venues. The Litter
The Litter
The Litter was an American psychedelic and garage rock band, formed in 1966 in Minneapolis. They are best remembered for their 1967 debut single "Action Woman." The group recorded an album in 1972 but would re-unite in 1990, 1992, and again in 1998, when they recorded a new studio album consisting...
were one of the protopunk
Protopunk
Protopunk is a term used retrospectively to describe a number of musicians who were important precursors of punk rock in the late 1960s to mid-1970s, or who have been cited by early punk musicians as influential...
bands to emerge from the scene in 1966. Their heavily distorted
Distortion
A distortion is the alteration of the original shape of an object, image, sound, waveform or other form of information or representation. Distortion is usually unwanted, and often many methods are employed to minimize it in practice...
guitar amplifiers played a high volumes became the signature sound for many punk bands that emerged much later. A punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
scene started to coalesce in the mid-late 1970s around Jay's Longhorn Bar
Jay's Longhorn Bar
Jay's Longhorn Bar, most frequently referred to by patrons as The Longhorn has arguably been considered what constituted the nexus of the...
, and Oar Folkjokeopus
Oar Folkjokeopus
Oar Folkjokeopus was a Minneapolis record store that operated on the corner of Lyndale and 26th from 1973 until 2001. The store was considered one of the staples of the Minneapolis rock scene in the 1980s, along with Jay's Longhorn Bar, and became a popular hub for musicians in the Twin Cities and...
record store. The first recognized punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band from Minnesota was The Suicide Commandos
The Suicide Commandos
The Suicide Commandos were an American punk rock trio from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They formed in 1975 and released two 7" EPs on an indie label in 1976 and 1977 before signing with Blank Records in 1977. Their first album, Make A Record was recorded and released in 1977, and then re-released on...
, who formed in 1975. Their first 7" EP was released in 1976. They released another 7" EP in 1977 before recording their LP later that year on Blank Records, a sub-label of Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
.
Early History
Along with BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, Washington D.C., Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Minneapolis was a preeminent punk rock scene in the early/mid-1980s. Early venues included the Longhorn Bar, which hosted seminal Minneapolis punk band the Suicide Commandos and touring acts including The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
on their first US tour. Goofy's/The Upper Deck, which was located above a strip club just off of Hennepin Avenue, was a major spot for early hardcore and presented popular all-ages shows, as well as Duffys, which hosted early shows by Black Flag, Circle Jerks, Willful Neglect, Nina Hagen, and others. Goofy's/Upper Deck was closed after a riot in 83' at a show which Final Conflict headlined. First Avenue and 7th Street Entry also hosted all-ages shows for the young scene which quickly established itself on the map with local bands including Husker Du, The Replacements, Loud Fast Rules (later Soul Asylum), Otto's Chemical Lounge, Outcry, Skullfuck, Final Conflict, Idol Threat, Rifle Sport, Man Sized Action and Red Meat, among others.
The legendary punk zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
Your Flesh by Ron Clark and Peter Davis was based in Minneapolis, as was Urban Decay. Zinester Saint Vitus holds heavy sway from the era and area.
Independent record stores supporting the local punk scene include the original Northern Lights records on Hennepin Ave, Treehouse Records (formerly Oarfolkjokeopus) in south Minneapolis, and Cheapo Records in St Paul.
The early to mid-80s Minneapolis hardcore movement included both U.K sound-inspired leather punks and a large skate punk contingent, with Uptown Minneapolis as the heart of the scene. Both scenes hosted many garage shows for local and touring bands. The skate punks congregated at The Alternative Bike Shop (The Alt) in Uptown. The UK influenced punks earned the nickname McPunks for hanging around the Uptown McDonald's bus stop. The Minneapolis bus system, immortalized by The Replacements song "Kiss Me On The Bus", was the artery connecting punks from Minneapolis Southwest High School and St. Paul with a ride to 7th Street Entry, Northern Lights Music, and the recently closed Sun's T-shirt & Poster Shop.
Some of the bands from the early to late 1980s era were Final Conflict, not the California band of the same name, Skullfuck, Willful Neglect, and Outcry. Final Conflict released one 7" EP "In the Family" on local Reflex Records
Reflex Records
Reflex Records was an American independent record label formed by the members of hardcore punk band Hüsker Dü and Terry Katzman. It was formed to help promote independent bands, after Twin Tone Records rejected Hüsker Dü's first single in 1979....
. Reflex was run by Terry Katzman, then manager of Oar Folkjokeopus
Oar Folkjokeopus
Oar Folkjokeopus was a Minneapolis record store that operated on the corner of Lyndale and 26th from 1973 until 2001. The store was considered one of the staples of the Minneapolis rock scene in the 1980s, along with Jay's Longhorn Bar, and became a popular hub for musicians in the Twin Cities and...
and also released records by Hüsker Dü, Articles of Faith
Articles of Faith (Band)
Articles of Faith were a Chicago-based hardcore punk band notable for songwriting in a class above most of their contemporaries . The band's later work, the posthumous In This Life LP in particular, either founds or foreshadows the emo sound...
and two compilation tapes "Kitten" and "Barefoot and Pregnant". Skullfuck recorded a demo, but no known copies exist. Willful Neglect from St. Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
released two 12" EPs on Neglected Records. These were re-issued on CD in recent years. Red Meat
Red Meat (band)
Red Meat is a country band that has released the albums "Meet Red Meat" , "Thirteen" , "Alameda County Line" and "We Never Close" . The last three albums were produced by Dave Alvin, and engineered by Mark Linett...
was another hardcore band that only released a demo tape, although some tracks surfaced on the "Lung Cookies" compilation LP. Outcry released 1 lp and 1 7"EP, and were influential among the straight edge and skate punk crowds.
Decline
In the late 80s, along with the breakup of Husker DuHusker Du
Husker Du means "Do you remember" in Danish and Norwegian, and may refer to:*Hüsker Dü, American punk band*Hūsker Dū?, a Danish board game*Husker Du, a Danish documentary series about the 1970s...
and The Replacements
The Replacements
The Replacements were an American punk rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979, and are considered pioneers of alternative rock. The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career...
, the original punk scene in Minneapolis diminished. During a Black Flag
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag was an American punk rock band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band...
show in 1985, stage diving was banned at First Avenue. The skank dancing, stage diving, skate punk crew that drove the mid-80s positive punk scene evolved into rap and metal. The UK punks faded away, and new, softer, expansive bands emerged.
As the original Minneapolis punk scene faded in the late 80s, a homegrown widespread midwest rock ethic coalesced into what would become known as alt-country. Minneapolis became a leading alt-country scene led by The Jayhawks, with supporting musicians out of the old punk scene playing for Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, etc. In fact, Wilco played their first shows at 7th Street entry - closing the loop on 80s Minneapolis punk.
Original scenesters have continued the Minneapolis DIY ethic
DIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
; birthing several late 80s skateboard and snowboard pros, new bands, radio stations (REV105), clubs, and indie business endeavors.
The late 80s saw bands follow the hardcore trend towards a more expansive and hard rock sound. Around this time bands like the Cows
The Cows
Cows are a post-hardcore/punk blues band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band formed in 1987 and disbanded in 1998. They were known for a unique mixture of punk rock and blues played with large amounts of noise and surreal humour; their music is often considered noise rock...
and Halo of Flies
Halo of Flies
Halo of Flies was a noise rock band from Minneapolis. Named after an Alice Cooper song from Killer, Halo of Flies was formed in 1986 by Tom Hazelmyer, John Anglim and Tim Mac. Over the next 5 years they released a series of 7 inch singles and mini LPs starting with a limited edition, hand...
(Babes in Toyland) developed a sound that re-established Minneapolis punk originality, blending punk attitude with droning noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
and distorted rock. Local label Amphetamine Reptile arose to champion the new style, which counted among its protagonists many veterans of the 80s hardcore scene.
Revival
In the early 90s, things picked up again in Minneapolis. The 7th St. Entry hosted regular hardcore matinees featuring a group of new bands with divergent styles that all seemed to get along and enjoy playing together.Misery formed and provided a nucleus for what was has become an internationally envied crust punk
Crust punk
Crust punk is a form of music influenced by anarcho-punk, hardcore punk and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the mid-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills...
scene in Minneapolis. Taking their influence from UK bands like Discharge
Discharge (band)
Discharge is a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terry "Tezz" Roberts and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright. They are often considered among one of the very first bands to play hardcore punk, and to mix punk with metal...
and Amebix
Amebix
Amebix are an English crust punk/heavy metal band. Formed as "The Band with No Name," Amebix's original run was from 1978 to 1987, during which time they released three EPs and two full-length LPs...
, Misery blended dark and heavy hardcore with an anti-authority political stand that was very influential on the future development of the genre.
The Scrods from Roseville, friends of Misery, toured the Midwest area and released a 7" single called Voyage into Hell, a humorous, but scathing, socio-commentary on the poor quality of communications between local metal scenes and hardcore scenes.
Blind Approach from St. Paul championed the new style of Straight Edge
Straight edge
Straight edge is a subculture of hardcore punk whose adherents refrain from using alcohol, tobacco, and other recreational drugs. It was a direct reaction to the sexual revolution, hedonism, and excess associated with punk rock. For some, this extends to not engaging in promiscuous sex, following a...
Hardcore popularized by New York bands like Warzone
Warzone (band)
Warzone was an American hardcore punk band formed on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 1982. The band helped develop the New York hardcore sound, the hardcore skinhead style and the youth crew subgenre...
. They released two 7"s and toured the USA. Guitarist Matt Henderson
Matt Henderson
Matthew Henderson was a cricketer who played for Wellington and New Zealand.Henderson was a left-arm fast bowler and toured England with the 1927 team under Tom Lowry...
went on to join Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band. The band began playing hardcore similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic Victim in Pain before evolving to incorporate thrash...
.
The Libido Boyz from Mankato, MN played melodic and poppy hardcore punk and released several 7"s and LP and did some extensive touring.
In the early and mid-90s the scene started to grow with quite a few new bands. By this point hardcore was fractured into several subgenres with sometimes competing political, ideological, and artistic viewpoints. Profane Existence
Profane Existence
The Profane Existence Collective is a Minneapolis-based anarcho-punk collective. Established in 1989, the collective publishes a nationally-known zine , as well as releasing and distributing anarcho-punk, crust, and grindcore music, and printing and publishing pamphlets and literature...
Collective formed in 1989 and released records, produced a fanzine
Fanzine
A fanzine is a nonprofessional and nonofficial publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest...
and has booked shows ever since. THD started as a radio show, but also was a house doing some basement shows and a record label as well. The Sonic Warp Collective took up booking all-ages shows for a while after First Avenue stepped back from doing all-ages punk shows.
In 1994 a group of local punks and hardcore kids (including Dan and Mandy of Profane Existence, Felix of Havoc Record, and Jason of THD, among others) got together to open Extreme Noise Records, now one of the nation's longest running DIY co-op punk record stores. The new store provided something of a center for a rapidly growing scene. Within a few months things really started to get rolling. Bands and fans began to share influences and contacts. A new DIY venue opened as the Studio of the Stars and hosted many shows during the summer of 1995.
Some former Minneapolis hardcore musicians have gone on to careers with other influential bands, such as Todd Trainer
Todd Trainer
Todd Stanford Trainer is the drummer for the band Shellac. He also performs as a solo artist under the name Brick Layer Cake. He previously played drums for the bands Breaking Circus and Rifle Sport, and he played drums with Scout Niblett in 2005....
of Rifle Sport, now in Shellac
Shellac
Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes , which are dissolved in ethyl alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish...
. Bob Mould
Bob Mould
Robert Arthur "Bob" Mould is an American musician, principally known for his work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü in the 1980s and Sugar in the 1990s.-Early life:...
of Hüsker Dü has had a long solo career. Dustin from the Libido Boyz was in Snapcase
Snapcase
Snapcase is a hardcore punk band from Buffalo, New York. Their records have been released on the Chicago record label, Victory Records. Through the course of the band's initial run of fourteen years, they released six studio albums before disbanding in 2005....
for many years.
In 1999 Twin Cities Skins and Punks (TCSP) formally formed and began helping promote local TC bands in the DIY scene and continues to work with the local scene setting up all-ages shows in multiple venues. Their goal, as posted on their site, is to make DIY hardcore accessible to as many fans as possible while maintaining the punk ethic of being against "The Man". - "This was and continues to be the all ages DIY punk rock scene, defined as a participatory subculture controlled by those who comprise it: the punks... We believe that packaged tours with no ties to the local punk community utilizing outsider booking agencies without sharing the stage with local acts ..., thereby fostering local growth, reduce their music to a mere product and represent the very antithesis of punk. TCSP banned together to combat these forces, keep influence over the scene in the hands of people with a vested interest in the music and movement, and provide a positive and inclusive alternative to the impersonal herding of the club scene."
The Twin Cities continues to have a strong DIY ethic in its still rich underground punk scene and continues to reject mainstream commercialization.
Venues
- The Triplerock Social Club The Triplerock is a popular hardcore venue in Minneapolis. It is owned by some of the members of Dillinger Four.
- NOFXNOFXNOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...
's 2006 single "Seeing Double at the Triple Rock", from the Wolves in Wolves' Clothing album, is a tribute to the Triple Rock club where the also filmed the video for the song. - The Beat Coffeehouse
- Memory Lanes Punk Rock Bowling
- The Hexagon Bar
- Station4
DIY
The Minneapolis hardcore and punk scene has a strong DIY ethicDIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
. Accomplishments have included community-sponsored venues to basement shows to an all-volunteer independent record store extreme noise records.
Record labels
Neglected Records
External links
- Twin Cities Hardcore
- Twin cities hardcore journal zine/tv show/websource
- Urban Decay #2- 1985 punk zine (PDF)
- Urban Decay #3- 1985 punk zine (PDF)
- Twin Cities Punk Message Board
- TCSP
- The Minnewiki, a wiki of Minnesota music, featuring articles on dozens of Minneapolis hardcore and punk bands
- Post-funk rock rebels thrive in Minneapolis. New York Times. October 27, 1985.
- New Moon Rising: The Return of Eclipse Records. Pulse of the Twin Cities March 22, 2007.