Melodic Hardcore
Melodic Hardcore (also Melodic Core or Core Melody ) is originally a created in the 1980s melodic form of hardcore punk.
- 2.1 More recent examples
Formation
As real founder of the style early West Coast hardcore groups such as Adolescents, Bad Religion and the Descendents apply. But also bands like Dag Nasty and Hüsker Dü had a strong influence on the development of style. Furthermore, bands that the Melodic Hardcore can also be assigned more or less, such as Good Clean Fun from Washington, DC, Lifetime, Gorilla Biscuits or H2O from New York originated in the East Coast hardcore centers and over again.
The development took place about the same time as the emotional Hardcore, Emo short, instead, which was created from circles of the Washington D. C. - hardcore punks. So there are smaller but similar or parallel developments that have contributed to the emergence of styles.
Skate Punk
An especially harmonic and melodic - sometimes studded with strong pop-punk approaches - version of the Melodic Hardcore is often equated with skate punk, but is only one of several (though arguably the most popular ) dar. genres within this movement fact, however, depends on the distribution this Melody cores together in the 1990s, certainly with the simultaneous popularization and industrialization of the skateboarding sport. Accessible it is today, this type of Melodic Hardcore - to be described as punk rock style, as the proximity to the ( Pop ) Punk is reinforced by the very harmonious, arranged way - not only with the identification with the skate punk.
Bands that are associated with this style are mainly the Satanic Surfers, Lagwagon, Millencolin and NOFX. The borders with melodic hardcore bands blur however.
Style
Melodic hardcore is played very fast and energetic, the songs are usually relatively short. From the classic hardcore punk found in Melodic Hardcore whose typical simplicity of the song structures and the often political and socio-critical messages of the texts. In contrast, using the Melodic Hardcore often more sophisticated and melodic guitar riffs.
Part-songs built-in - Often - as opposed to the normal hardcore. The song can be natural or usual consist of howler / Write deposits as in the hardcore / punk. Often there is also a voice that alternates between melodic vocals and harder Shouts, which here again is a remote resemblance to Emo. Stronger than the usual hardcore also changes throughout the song, the volume and speed.
More recent examples
Other bands that are attributed to the Melodic Hardcore:
Melodycore in Germany
One of the first German bands that were based on melodic West Coast sound, was the Berlin band Disaster Area. Later, other groups such as Jingo de Lunch also pursued to play the concept of fast and melodic hardcore. In the early 90s, especially the label vitamins pills Records with melodic punk / hardcore sound has been associated. Especially German melodic punk bands of the newer school, such as terrorist group, Wizo, Kafka, Lost Lyrics and Pascow were influenced by the melodic punk of the California style, while bands like ZSK and Radio Havana in the pure principle Melodycore played with German lyrics; also commercially successful groups such as Montreal, Beatsteaks and the Donots were based at least in its early days at the commercial, from labels like Fat Wreck Chords, embossed playing style of the Californian hardcore punk. Melody core influences can still today in many groups of the newer, melodic, German punk school like DDP, Kasa, LAK, Ni Ju San desertion or hear.
In Germany continue following bands are attributed to the melodic hardcore punk:
Politics, Straight Edge and D.I.Y. ( Do it yourself )
Many melodic hardcore bands are quoted explicitly as (left ) political bands, but at least as a band with such a claim. Strike Anywhere, for example, have even a political symbol as a band logo, which was used in the Weimar Republic of the left (rather social democratic ) groups. Other groups such as Propagandhi see themselves as left band and process in their texts left many themes and appeal to social problems. In Germany, about Tackleberry define in the broadest sense as the left politically.
Some bands whose members are vegans or vegetarians. Some are also involved with organizations like PETA for animal rights and animal liberation. These include Rise Against or Good Riddance.
Even the straight-edge thought is, as with all hardcore punk subgenres, distributed. Good Clean Fun and Gorilla Biscuits are important about bands who promote this lifestyle.
Labels
Labels on which melodic hardcore bands are mainly under contract, are for example:
- Asian Man Records
- Bridge Nine Records
- Burning Heart Records
- Cruz Records
- Epitaph Records
- Fat Wreck Chords
- Nitro Records
- Victory Records
- Vitamins pills Records
Swell
- Hardcore Punk
- Style Punk