Everything about Post-hardcore totally explained
Post-hardcore is a
musical genre that 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 (see the era's releases on
Dischord Records, for example), though it wasn't widely known until the early 1990s.
Post-hardcore is typically characterized by its precise rhythms and loud guitar-based instrumentation accompanied by vocal performances that are often executed as whispers or 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."
History
1980s
Post-hardcore is rooted in
hardcore punk,
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.
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, 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.
groups also experimented with influences from
soul music,
dub,
post-punk,
funk, and
jazz.
Math rock and to some degree
riot grrl were offshoots of this movement.
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,
Refused, and
On the Might of Princes. Groups such as
Drive Like Jehu,
Hot Water Music, and
At the Drive-In, associated with
emo, were also significant to the scene.
2000s
Popular post-hardcore groups of this decade include
Thrice,
Thursday,
Alexisonfire, and
Bear vs. Shark.
Further Information
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