Black Flag

Black Flag was the first band which is considered as a Hardcore Punk. They also run a record label called SST which later inspired many bands to create their own labels. Black Flag are also very close to bands like Big Boys, The Dick, Minor Threat and others. SST Record itself has become the most influential indie labels in the 1980s.

Centered on the Black Flag Greg Ginn. He started the band in 1976 when it recruited Keith Morris is interested in surf culture. Morris wanted to be a drummer but can not play it. Having persuaded by Ginn, he would be a vocalist. They named the band Panic. In mid-1977 Panic adding personnel is bassist Gary McDaniel aka Chuck Dukowski.

In early 1978, the formation of the Black Flag is Keith Morris, Greg Ginn, Chuck Dukowski, and drummer Brian Migdol. They released the EP contains 4 songs. While the first release of SST Records, Nervous Breackdown, appeared in late 1978.

In 1979, Keith came out and formed the band with guitarist Greg Circle Jerks Hetson of the band the Red Cross. Keith Black Flag and the problem was never completed. For the benefit of his new band, Keith took the song "I Do not Care" is written with Ginn.

Black Flag and then take the other Red Cross personnel to replace Keith positions. Ron Reyes is the one. Formation with Ron that appears in Punk Rock documentary entitled "The Decline of the Western Civilization.

The position was filled by singer Dez Cadena, a fan and friend of the Black Flag since the time of Panic. Dez was actually a guitarist, but Chuck told her to be vocal.

In 1981, Henry Rollins joined Black Flag. Since the first, Rollins is a fan of the band. He had exchanged letters with Chuck Dukowski Black Flag and later invited to the house of her parents when the band was on tour in the East Coast in December 1980. When Black Flag returned to the East Coast in early 1981, Rollins watched as many of their concerts.

Cadena then shifted to a position and Back Flag guitarist needs a new vocalist. Then after going through a semi-formal auditions, they offered Rollins to become permanent vocalist. Although initially hesitant, but eventually he accepted because it is supported by MacKaye. Energy and personality characteristic Rollins Black Flag.

Rollins then quit my job at Haagen-Dazs. He sold his car and moved to Los Angeles, California. There, his body tattooed with the logo Rollins Black Flag. He also Mukai facing existing neighborhoods in Los Angeles, where the police know that he is a member of Black Flag, Rollins always supervised so. 

Rollins did have an interesting stage action, though sometimes outrageous. Consequently, since the action stage tahun1983 Rollins considered alarming by personnel other Black Flag. 

Greg Ginn began to feel something was wrong with his band. Ginn then the band's tight control. In August 1983 the guitarist Dez Cadena of Black Flag came out. While Dukowski actually conflict with Ginn. Finally, Black Flag broke up in August 1986.  

Bad Brains

An era is always marked by the appearance of the icon is the reference. To Genre Hardcore punk, Bad Brains is one of them. Starting from jazz fusion band called Mind Power, Bad Brains was born. With powerful music and skill above the average, HR, Dr.Know, Daryl Jennifer and Earl Hudson plays fast and intense punk in complex patterns and extreme than the other bands.

The concept of the music was revolutionary, especially reinforced by the action of an explosive stage. Through the Self Titled album, the uniqueness of the band recorded in 15 tracks with classic numbers that Sailin'on, The Regulators, and Right Brigade.

Whatever arises from a young black boy from Washington DC has inspired progressive rock punk music under the auspices of peace and love. That's the biggest sepirit, "says bassist Darryl Jenifer of Bad Brains who have never tried to become the central point of attention in the midst of various punk bands, rock and alternative.

In 1978 they began to explore a very different sound, closer to punk rock and reggae. According to Jenifer, their connections with Punk emerged from their first vocals Sid McCray who "knocked my door in Alabama Avenue with ragged jacket and pointy nails". After seeing the news on TV about the Sex Pistols, McCray appeared carrying the album "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols, as well as new releases from indie label named Yerterday and Today Records: Young Loud Dead Boys and Rocket to Russia was the Ramones . the name of the band Bad Brains, taken from the Ramones song titled Bad Brains. Bad here it means "good".

They also witnessed the Bob Marley concert at the Capital Centre, Landover in June 1978, which introduced them to the Rastafarianisme and reggae. With a sharp earrings, a typical Punk nails, hair colors. Then enter the small hats, the colors gold, red, and green, Rasta appearance. Bad Brains enter the two cultures.

Punk and Reggae in the UK have met each other, as shown in the works of The Clash and The Ruts, Bad Brains but mixing them separately and not simple, because the four young men with a typical mix. Speed​​, sophistication, and the brutal power of the music of Bad Brains has become an important value for the genre of hardcore punk. An older brother named Paul aka Earl Hudson HR then became vocalist and quickly became known as one of the punk band frontman of the most interesting, because it can sing with a nasal falsetto tones in high speed.

Bad Brains first show held in the basement of a rented house in Forestville, witnessed by a small number of adolescents who carry a wide audience posters. Then they perform in various gigs at recreation centers and warehouses underground, then in the clubs, where a witness who later became a fan of Bad Brains acceptance as evidenced by the actions of crazy and destructive. The fans they also include personnel Minor Threat, Dave Grohl. 

The first single independently produced Bad Brains, it is music with brutal speed in 90 seconds, entitled Pay to (Expletive). The single was released in 1980 and considered a number of hardcore classical music.

Bad Brains is more acceptable in the Lower East Side, New York. Their self-title album released in 1982 in cassette by Reach Out International Records. This album sangant affect the punk rockers.
 

Bad Religion

Bad Religion is a punk band formed in 1979 in Southern California. The personnel who had educated enough to make the band became a phenomenon that can significantly impact the play punk songs with a beat peculiar punck fast yet melodic rock with lyrics that range from critical social issues, politics and religion. The structure of sentences in a varied and elaboratif lyric combined with a poetic style and vocabulary that even Americans themselves forced to open the dictionary, making the band quickly gained a unique and sympathizers who pretty much when they released their first album in 1981 in the Southern region California. The band consists of Greg Graffin, vocals, Jay Bentley, Bass / backing vocals, Jay Ziskrout, drums, and Brett Gurewitz, guitar / backing vocals, or better known as Mr.Brett. After the launch of the first EP with the label Epitaph Records Mr.Brett property which also doubles as the band manager, in 1982, the band had just finished junior high school launched a full album titled "How Could Hell Any Worse?". However, in the middle of this album workmanship, Ziskrout Jay resigned from the band and was replaced by Peter Finestone.

Greg Graffin, frontman of the band holds a Masters degree in geology from UCLA and earned his Ph.D. in zoology from Cornell University. Greg Graffin dissertation for Cornell University is a comprehensive study of science that focused on Darwin's theory is controversial because of problems associated with divinity and religion and how these theories affect the way a person thinks. The dissertation was published and dedicated to the fans of Bad Religion.

Adam & The Ants

Adam & The Ants is a band formed by Malcolm McLaren edakan post-punk in 1977. But quite sad if they see their best work was never released, but scattered in bootleg albums such as Red Scab. It's amazing that many of their songs were never released at the time. Drummer and Guitarist out to form the band Bow Bow Wow, but this was never explained how the collection of good songs turned into Dirk Wears White Socks 1979.