Your First Hardcore Song

[roughroads]

No one was really into hard music as a child, so my question to you is what is the story behind the song that first got you into the genre?

For me it was Silverstein's "Smashed Into Pieces".
I was 12 or 13 I think when I first heard it and at the time I never really liked music with screaming in it (mostly because I hadn't heard much) but when the bridge came with quite clean vocals switching to all hell braking loose, I thought it was so sick.

Edit: For argumentative purposes we'll just consider anything with screaming hardcore.

[Neo Cassady]

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[SophGod]

Emanuel's "The Willing." it was the first song I listened to with screaming in it. not exactly hardcore but i was 12 so i thought it was.

[Sigur Ros]

"Awesome Rape" by Das Oath or "Over The Years" by 25 Ta Life.

[onelastdisaster]

"On the Homefront" by Stay Gold.
I was 14, a freshman in high school and I started dating this senior who was really into hardcore. This was the first song I heard that I really paid attention to, and I fell in love with it. And it's still one of my favorite hardcore songs. And they are still one of my favorite hardcore bands.
Also, "D.E.A.D.R.A.M.O.N.E.S." by Modern Life is War. Yesss.

[ThisIsNotDan]

"Wake the Dead" by Comeback Kid or "Elevens" by With Honor. sum'in like dat

[AbolitionOfMan]

Living Sacrifice - Truth Solution

[Thesleepingwell]

NOFX - Shut Up Already
Heard this epic peice of punk aggro when I was 16.

Was also into Rancid at the time. The self-titled record was well listented to the time.

Progressed to Hatebreed, Type O Negative (early material), Life Of Agony and to the 80s hardcore-thrash crossover of Carnivore.

[c_rob2700]

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[Greg.Kushlan]

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A girl I liked was always wearing a snapcase sweater, so I decided to check them out and wound up liking them. I don't talk to that girl anymore, but I still listen to snapcase every once in a while.

[indietrash]

Silverstein???

[Sigur Ros]

Silverstein???
I know...

[roughroads]

Silverstein???

I was like 12, didn't know any better..

[Alex1410]

comeback kid - wake the dead (i think)

[Gwytherspoon]

Only about 3 years ago, I think it was From Autumn To Ashes. Can't remember exactly what song, I just remember thinking that I'd missed out on something amazing for quite a while.

[from debris]

Sadly, nu metal was the reason I got into metal and hardcore. Slipknot- Surfacing in middle school and In Flames- Bullet Ride my sophomore year of high school were milestones in my heavy music progression. As far as "hardcore," I recall Throwdown and Hatebreed being favorites early on.

[Roboman]

Only about 3 years ago, I think it was From Autumn To Ashes. Can't remember exactly what song, I just remember thinking that I'd missed out on something amazing for quite a while.

Hah, I was going to say From Autumn to Ashes' "The After Dinner Payback". I heard it on a Warped Tour compilation and originally went "bleh" at Ben's vocals, but for some reason the song stuck with me and pulled me in. As for "true" hardcore, I've never cared for it that much, I prefer metalcore.

[yaz06]

Probably either Silverstein or Underoath

[Jaimehere]

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1st Legit Hardcore band and song

[EvilZeppelin]

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[indietrash]

I was like 12, didn't know any better..

idc if you listen to Silverstein. but calling them *hardcore*???

[roughroads]

idc if you listen to Silverstein. but calling them *hardcore*???

*Look at original post's edit*

[only the clouds]

Not hardcore but goes with this thread. I got Avenged Sevenfold's "Waking the Fallen" after I heard Bat Country on TV. (I heard WTF was a lot better than CoE so I went with that one.) That album got me into things that were not the Shins, They Might Be Giants, and Suzanne Vega.

[COREhorizon]

First time I ever heard screaming was when I listened to Hawthorne Heights - the silence in black and white and Senses Fail - Let it enfold you (8th grade).

First heavy band I got into was Underoath.

[kboe@bex.net]

Converge-concubine

[blebbio]

I've never really listened to anything all that heavy besides maybe a couple screamo bands. But I never really listened to them much either. I guess I was into Tony Hawk video game soundtracks at on point. I think they might of had a couple heavier songs on them haha.

[SofiaHxC]

Family Tree by H2O

[indietrash]

*Look at original post's edit*

yeah... right... ok so I guess maybe Darkthrone was what got me into hardcore punk then...

[413punkguy]

Black Flag - Rise Above

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXQtl0ypU44

I was 13 I think

[Theseventhson]

Bad Brains - Banned in DC, when I was around -10.

[Max_123]

I think the first band I heard that screamed was Linkin Park lol

[JimGray]

I believe it was The Bled's "Sound of Sulfur" when I was 13.

It was on a Fiddler records sampler I won because a friend dared me to eat like, fucking Ramen with Apple Juice for broth. To this day I am glad I did.

[youngz]

Alexisonfire - Boiled Frogs

[JustAGirl01]

so many different types of "hardcore" mentioned here

[yayitsjoe]

after a bad breakup in my freshman year (or what i thought to be a bad breakup in my freshman year) i got into a lot of screaming music.

but "mouths like sidewinder missles" by the fall of troy was what really got me into screaming music. mostly because of the lyrics in that song.

[musikjunky311]

First hardcore song that really got me into the genre?

American Love- Haste The Day

It was covered by a local band and I went up afterward and asked them who played it. It was all down hill from there.

[friskycurtain]

Pretty sure it was "Sound Effects and Overdramatics" by The Used

[-karla]

refused - new noise. it was on a compilation CD i picked up in '98... sadly they broke up not long after. :-(

[CobraLucha]

Some shit off the first two Atticus Compilations- glassjaw, BANE yeah yeah

[413punkguy]

refused - new noise. it was on a compilation CD i picked up in '98... sadly they broke up not long after. :-(

AMAZING SONG !

[Illadelphia]

after a bad breakup in my freshman year (or what i thought to be a bad breakup in my freshman year) i got into a lot of screaming music.

but "mouths like sidewinder missles" by the fall of troy was what really got me into screaming music. mostly because of the lyrics in that song.
Basically this.

[linkinparkfan]

The first screamo song I listened to was Like Light to the Flies. That was when I was like 10. Hardcore stuff, there.

[brokendogleg]

first hardcore-ish song i ever listened to was that Lostprophets song on the fake sound of progress that kinda ripped off Refused. I think it was the 7th track, was my favorite song back in 8th grade.

[Cameronisonfire]

something off Boysetsfire- After the Eulogy

[subplotofcrows]

I think my major milestone was A Box Full Of Sharp Objects by The Used. I grew up with other music/metal/whatever, like Godsmack and Linkin Park. I listened to Slipknot in gradeschool, but moved on to Soilwork, which is what propelled me into metal.

[JustAGirl01]

refused - new noise. it was on a compilation CD i picked up in '98... sadly they broke up not long after. :-(

<3 that song

[Mibabalou]

thriller

[frenchatticus]

The Movielife's Hand Grenade in sixth grade.
Anti-Flag's New Kind of Army album in sixth grade.
Hawthorne's Ohio is for Lovers and Atreyu's Bleeding Mascara in eighth grade.

What kind of hardcore are you talking about?

[xlife2lifelessx]

Life to Lifeless by Killswitch Engag, I know it technically isnt "hardcore" but my hair dresser gave it to me and I never looked back

[Car Crash Dream]

I think Finch "What It Is To Burn" got me into heavy stuff about 6 years ago.

[wall e]

r1zARg-nFzU

Something along the lines of this. Blame my cousin for playing this when I was like 6.

[TroyM]

Fugazi - Waiting room

[413punkguy]

Fugazi - Waiting room

Minor threat and fugazi were early for me as well

[rollerman4221]

It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door - Underoath got me into music in high school

Devil Wears Prada basically got me into the heavier stuff I listen to now

[Alex DiVincenzo]

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...except it was the OG version with the sample at the beginning.

First non-radio heavy song was "Surfacing" by Slipknot.

[KoolAidMatt]

Lip Gloss and Black - Atreyu -- First heard it in Jr High sometime.

[Nick Gerli]

Slice Paper Wrists by Poison the Well.

I always liked heavier nu-metal and some screamo (Finch), but this was the song that finally got me into actual hardcore.

[roughroads]

The Movielife's Hand Grenade in sixth grade.
Anti-Flag's New Kind of Army album in sixth grade.
Hawthorne's Ohio is for Lovers and Atreyu's Bleeding Mascara in eighth grade.

What kind of hardcore are you talking about?

Getting into definitions of a genre's and/or music just makes things difficult. I was just meaning like, heavier music in general.

[Argentine]

Heard "One Armed Scissor" by At the Drive-In in 8th grade. Didn't really like it at the time though.

[marchofmarty]

First two bands I got into with screaming was Finch and Glassjaw because I bought that Atticus CD when I was like 14 for the NFG, Blink-182 and Alkaline Trio b-sides on it.

[jmo182]

underoath - writing on the walls. not a big fan of that song anymore..

[antimatter]

Understanding in a car crash.

[Deadbolt23]

Thrice - Under A Killing Moon

Badass.

[pointofgravity]

This thread is bringing back so many memories haha. Mine was "He Who Laughs Last" by A.F.I. Then they went all alt-pop.

[saveferris]

Emanuel's "The Willing." it was the first song I listened to with screaming in it. not exactly hardcore but i was 12 so i thought it was.
When I was 12 I thought Creed was hardcore. Now that i'm older I realize they just really suck

[saveferris]

I think my first one might have been "Post Script" by Finch. It was on the Atticus: Dragging the lake compilation. I realize it's not that hardcore.

[saveferris]

This thread is bringing back so many memories haha. Mine was "He Who Laughs Last" by A.F.I. Then they went all alt-pop.
Killer song

[saveferris]

Understanding in a car crash.
That was one of the first Thursday songs I heard. That and cross out the eyes

[Jali]

Liar by Rollins band. I found it really easy to get into because the only music i had been into before that was hip-hop. Liar being very lyrical, I found the transition easy. Then I tried to find out more about Henry Rollins and wound up getting into Black Flag, the rest is history.

[terror_91]

I started off on nu-metal so stuff like Slipknot and Linkin Park and then was introduced to more emo stuff such as Silverstein at around age 13, 14ish and sort of went on to metalcore and hardcore which is where I am at now.

[inthemidst]

First hardcore song that really got me into the genre?

American Love- Haste The Day

It was covered by a local band and I went up afterward and asked them who played it. It was all down hill from there.

Great song; just put it on a mix to work out to.

[inthemidst]

I'd have to say the first song I liked with screaming vocals involved was Silverstein "Giving Up".

I grew up a pop-punk fanatic, but for some reason that just caught my attention. For a while, screamo was all I listened to, you know, when it was good. But I've kind of grown out of a lot of the music I listened to back in the day.

[CalRahhh]

Any hardcore songs on the old THPS games, can't remember any that could have been the very first.

[hoser1689]

ha like in 9th grade is was probably one of these four songs

Every Time I Die-Ebolarama
C29Nz7u6Yqc

Comeback Kid-Lorlei
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Throwdown-Forever(hahahhah)
bWOL-k1_WCg

Snapcase-Typecast Modulator
oXCmFu6JHtE

I was an impressionable teen and these acts usually always played in Buffalo/Erie.

however the first hardcore band that blew me away was probably modern life is war.

[Alex1410]

Edit: For argumentative purposes we'll just consider anything with screaming hardcore.

In that case, Slipknot probably. back in 2000.

[HangsLikeHeaven]

Throiwdown lol Underoath lol

[Charles777]

"Wake the Dead" by Comeback Kid or "Elevens" by With Honor. sum'in like dat
It was either this or Ohio Is For Lovers by Hawthorne Heights

[ThisIsNotDan]

underoath - writing on the walls. not a big fan of that song anymore..

actually yeah if we're talking about actual screamy music or whatever it would be this or something off of Gutter Phenomenon back in freshman year

[bluecrunchy]

Underoath - When the Sun Sleeps

Not a huge fan of the genre anymore, but I still like this song.

[Regards]

I'm going to assume we're talking about real hardcore, and it was Minor Threat, whatever the first song on their discog was.

[live.]

Not sure -- it was either "94 Hours" by As I Lay Dying, or "Spitshine Sonata" by The Bled. One of the members of the original From Autumn to Ashes lineup lived on my block, so I listened to them a bit too, but didn't really get into it until later.

[indietrash]

I'm going to assume we're talking about real hardcore, and it was Minor Threat, whatever the first song on their discog was.

FILLER! first and best song.

[sweepthenation]

Silverstein - Smile In Your Sleep

[Regards]

FILLER! first and best song.
Yeah, that was it. I haven't listened to them in a long time, but I remember I was all stoked on straight edge in high school so I bought it. Ha.

[Macbeth.]

Alexisonfire - Boiled Frogs

nicely done, sir.


Mine would have to be something from From Autumn To Ashes , they played at my local mall and all of my friends were making fun of them and I remember wanting to check it out.

[shit stroll]

fugazi - waiting room.

[Colorblind!]

I came into the hardcore thread and said something about The Devil Wears Prada or something and then somebody linked me to Ceremony's myspace. I listened to It Rained Today Inside My Head and thought ya'll were nuts.

[thedullard]

caboose by snapcase i believe.

[pointofgravity]

Eblorama was and is such a great song. When I heard it first I was totally blown.

[frenchatticus]

Getting into definitions of a genre's and/or music just makes things difficult. I was just meaning like, heavier music in general.

Any one of those then, take your pick.

[wewascontenders]

something off of background music, not sure which song.

[spacebug]

The Same Side by Ten Yard Fight.

[guitarpickheart]

First song with screaming in it that I liked was "Attack" by 30 Seconds to Mars when I was 11.

[karadotcollett]

Something off Living Sacrifice's In Memoriam. God I love them. It was more fun when I was 11 though, freaking out my private Christian school and whatnot.

[Truman122]

comeback kid - wake the dead (i think)

Same here. Listened to it on repeat on my Sansa Sandisk...

[guitarpickheart]

Something off Living Sacrifice's In Memoriam. God I love them. It was more fun when I was 11 though, freaking out my private Christian school and whatnot.
I went to one when I was about twelve, and my principal would stand outside the door every morning and ask people what they were listening to on their iPods. I was always afraid he'd go through my Zune and decide that because it had heavy music on it I would get some kind of punishment.

[xsinkshipsx]

what first got me into like not backstreet boys music was "the rock show" by blink-182 but as for as screaming music probably....the beautiful mistake's light a match for I deserve to burn

[blissfulrain]

"Writing On The Walls" by Underoath. Then "The Darkest Nights" by As I Lay Dying. I was like 9 or 10?

[413punkguy]

all these kids that are like 10 when they first heard a hardcore song makes me feel so old

[wuduprod]

my friend got me into snapcase in 8th grade.

[Nick Gerli]

80% of the bands that people are listing weren't/aren't hardcore.

[Timgreentea]

A Threnody For Modern Romance by It Dies Today. It came on Music Choice and back when the Caitiff Choir first came out and it was the first time I had heard screaming mixed so well with clean vocals, it opened so many doors for me

[mattmatumbo]

7oTfs8it-yU

Bam!

Lol to 80% of the "hardcore bands" listed.

[AllSewnUp]

all these kids that are like 10 when they first heard a hardcore song makes me feel so old

Makes YOU feel old? Man, I have 4 years on you. Going to shows now... it's kind of cool to see so many younger kids as long as they're really getting into the music, not just dancing. But that's not what I'm here for:

My first hardcore song was Bottled Violence by Minor Threat

[matchbox202006]

I Hate Everything About You-Three Days Grace. i was a country boy before that song

[413punkguy]

Makes YOU feel old? Man, I have 4 years on you. Going to shows now... it's kind of cool to see so many younger kids as long as they're really getting into the music, not just dancing. But that's not what I'm here for:

My first hardcore song was Bottled Violence by Minor Threat

Hell Yeah thats a good first the kids today dont have respect for the old school for the most part

[413punkguy]

I Hate Everything About You-Three Days Grace. i was a country boy before that song

How in the hell is Three Days Grace Hardcore?

[Blueburndtjamb]

Still Fly by TDWP

[LifeIsMyJoke]

Yeah mine was probably something by Silverstein, but the first real song which sticks in my mind (still my favourite song) of a similar genre is 'Unholy Confessions' by Avenged Sevenfold.

[LifeIsMyJoke]

Hell Yeah thats a good first the kids today dont have respect for the old school for the most part

Sorry for the double post, but why the hell should they respect us simply because we have listened to the music for longer? That means shit.

I'm all for kids respecting and looking up to their elders (which never happens) but not respecting someone because they are "old school hardcore" ... I think we should expect to be treated the same as everyone else by these 14 year old upstarts ... Like shit

[Under The Knife]

Hand of Blood - Bullet for My Valentine

[dancelukedance]

Hmmm perhaps, 'And the hero will drown' - Story of the year

[maxvsmaradona]

Eyeless by Slipknot

[TheSnoo]

Probably Black Flag - TV Party

[guitarpickheart]

80% of the bands that people are listing weren't/aren't hardcore.
Haha, I know. I love how my "hardcore" post was 30 Seconds to Mars. I wouldn't have said it, but the OP did say hardcore meant "any song with screaming", and I think that was the first song with screaming I heard.

[Chia-Like]

"Wake the Dead" by comeback kid in 6th grade. good stuff.

[murrich]

Husker Du - Broken Home, Broken Heart, heard it about two years ago.

[AllSewnUp]

Sorry for the double post, but why the hell should they respect us simply because we have listened to the music for longer? That means shit.

I'm all for kids respecting and looking up to their elders (which never happens) but not respecting someone because they are "old school hardcore" ... I think we should expect to be treated the same as everyone else by these 14 year old upstarts ... Like shit

What he said has nothing to do with respecting US, he said they don't respect old school bands like Minor Threat, they don't respect the roots of the music.

Haha, I know. I love how my "hardcore" post was 30 Seconds to Mars. I wouldn't have said it, but the OP did say hardcore meant "any song with screaming", and I think that was the first song with screaming I heard.

I saw that too and I was pretty sad by that. For argumentative purposes, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say screaming isn't necessarily hardcore, it started with yelling and forceful vocals. I was going to ignore what the first post said as well, but since someone else brought it up...

[dustyfloors]

Kid Dynamite - "Cheap Shout Youth Anthem"

[imchriswalken]

Glasseater - 7 Years Bad Luck

[JustAGirl01]

How in the hell is Three Days Grace Hardcore?

alot of what people posted isn't very hardcore haha

[413punkguy]

alot of what people posted isn't very hardcore haha

I know but three days grace ? dude the fuck?

[fly_guy]

NICKELBACK - HOW YOU REMIND ME

x

[AussieBoy]

the heaviest thing id ever heard at 8 was "zombie" by Cranberries
then at 11 at was "Lie" by silverchair
15, (sic) by Slipknot
then at 17 "maybe memories" by the Used
first real hardcore was Parkway Drive "smoke em if you got em"

[AussieBoy]

I think Finch "What It Is To Burn" got me into heavy stuff about 6 years ago.

yeah same, up until Finch i only did Metal and Punk, they welcomed me to a new world, then The Used and so on and so on

[lightcollapse]

either matchbook romance or underoath, shortly followed by like dead poetic. At the time, all three blew my fucking mind.

[Anderson]

Sick Of It All - Scratch The Surface.

[:-)]

Black Flag - Rise Above

Changed my life.

[Jali]

Liar by Rollins band. I found it really easy to get into because the only music i had been into before that was hip-hop. Liar being very lyrical, I found the transition easy. Then I tried to find out more about Henry Rollins and wound up getting into Black Flag, the rest is history.

Turns out I was into hardcore punk before that and didn't even know it. Turns out when I was a toddler I used to love it when my mum's friends (my mum used to be friends with loads of punks) would put on records by Conflict or the Exploited (i still like conflict, but the exploited are borderline racist so i steer clear of them)

[Jali]

Black Flag - Rise Above

Changed my life.
Nice one. Damaged is one of my all time favourite albums.

[SLoT]

1994 Helmet - Betty Song: Milquetoast I was 9. Then it was White Zombie. My brother's five years older than I am. He was into it, I wanted to be just like him. Then I heard Helmet, and knew I had to be like him.

[xnickxbabyx]

Cherry Kiss and Short Stories with Tragic Endings by From Autumn To Ashes. That was like the crossover band for me. I still occasionally listen to them. I've gotten into more of a metal liking now. Hell, I like everything lol.

[pblest]

this fucking thread....

I was into emo way more than punk or hardcore when I was 14, so Rites of Spring - For Want Of or Turning Point - Thursday were the first hardcore songs I heard

[georgedcc]

Turning Point - Thursday were the first hardcore songs I heard

What song is this? I thought I knew most Thursday songs. Is it on an old comp or something?

[pblest]

Turning Point is the band, Thursday got their name from this song.

[oliviaemmer]

First time I ever heard screaming was when I listened to Hawthorne Heights - the silence in black and white and Senses Fail - Let it enfold you (8th grade).

First heavy band I got into was Underoath.
Those two were my firsts also! And I was in 8th grade!

[COREhorizon]

Those two were my firsts also! And I was in 8th grade!

Sweet!

[inVINCEable1008]

Most likely something off of Revolutions Per Minute by Rise Against when I was in 10th grade. I really wasn't into music much until around then, and I loved what Rise Against had on the radio, and check out their older stuff.

[TroyM]

I Hate Everything About You-Three Days Grace. i was a country boy before that song


Not hardcore

[T-bag]

Agnostic Front-Gotta Go.

[Chrisj182]

Finch - What it is to Burn. Before that it was straight up pop punk.

[Battle Hymns]

Break the silence!
Wake the dead!

[413punkguy]

Most likely something off of Revolutions Per Minute by Rise Against when I was in 10th grade. I really wasn't into music much until around then, and I loved what Rise Against had on the radio, and check out their older stuff.

The give it all video was such a life changing thing for me

[LGFUAD21]

At The Drive-In- One Armed Scissor i believe

[DCD08]

something by fucking hawthorne heights. the silence in black in white was basically my first dose of hardcore.



and now looking back i realize it was total shit.

[cwya]

Writing on the Walls by Underoath was the first song I remember hearing that I thought was "hardcore"
I went out and bought the whole album that song was on and listened to it constantly because it was different than anything I had ever heard before.
Now, I wouldn't really call it hardcore, but it sort of opened up that harder style of music to me.

[DeathFromAbove]

My first Hardcore song....Crank Dat Cavalry Boy from ISMFOF....Im sorry....

[Keeponkeepinon]

First hardcore song that really got me into the genre?

American Love- Haste The Day

It was covered by a local band and I went up afterward and asked them who played it. It was all down hill from there.


I love that song. I had heard a bunch of Haste the Day songs on my friend's myspace in 7th and 8th grade, and they ended up becoming one of my favorite bands. As for my first "hardcore" song, I'd say it would be Bleeding Mascara by Atreyu in 7th grade, haha. It was on the 2005 Vans Warped Tour CD, that whole CD kinda made me like all those types of music.

[matchbox202006]

How in the hell is Three Days Grace Hardcore?

"i was a country boy before that song" closest thing to harcore i got at that point. it's hard rock buddy

[413punkguy]

"i was a country boy before that song" closest thing to harcore i got at that point. it's hard rock buddy

Wow no

[tyramail]

the first song that ever got me into heavier music was "a threnody for modern romance" by it dies today. i then bought and loved that entire album and became more open-minded about heavier and different kinds of music in general.

[harrisrva]

out of step

[spevin]

i know it was sick of it all... pretty sure it was the song us vs them (still love it)

i was 12.


cyUGm6yqKNs

[413punkguy]

i know it was sick of it all... pretty sure it was the song us vs them (still love it)

i was 12.


cyUGm6yqKNs

Um HELL YEAH!

[spevin]

Um HELL YEAH!

wow..didnt think anyone would know sick of it all. good man.


great freakin band.

[krystofer]

Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing

**edit - Oh I thought it was first song that made you hard

[413punkguy]

wow..didnt think anyone would know sick of it all. good man.


great freakin band.

Wall of Death to scratch the surface when they opened for Rancid! one of my fondest concert moments

[spevin]

At The Drive-In- One Armed Scissor i believe

hardcore? ......hmmm

[LGFUAD21]

hardcore? ......hmmm

well someone earlier claimed silverstein were hardcore. You cant define hardcore. there are so many people out there claiming these trendy fringe "deathcore" whatever you call it hardcore. I would def say ATDI are more hardcore than them.

Either way they def. have an element of hardcore to them

[SanePsychotic]

I'm pretty sure it was "Institutionalized".

"Just get me a Pepsi, Mom! All I want's a Pepsi!"

[413punkguy]

I'm pretty sure it was "Institutionalized".

"Just get me a Pepsi, Mom! All I want's a Pepsi!"

"Your on drugs !" awesome song

[StuffUWillHate]

Suicidal Tendencies "You Can't Bring Me Down" via MTV in 1989

[xohalezz]

Hawthorne Heights - Nikki FM. Good times back in tha day with that tune.

[Under The Knife]

Walls - Emery. Got me hooked.

[gym]

7 seconds

[joeggernaut26]

Bury Your Dead"s- Color Of Money, broke me out of childhood mall metal haha.

[StuffUWillHate]

Walls - Emery. Got me hooked.
Did u mean to post this in the "your first forgettable Hot Topic jamz" thread?

[SanePsychotic]

"Your on drugs !" awesome song

:highfive:

Hawthorne Heights - Nikki FM. Good times back in tha day with that tune.

What? Since when is Hawthorne Heights hardcore?

[xohalezz]

:highfive:



What? Since when is Hawthorne Heights hardcore?



they aren't.. haha. but they were to me back then so that's why I said that.

[Under The Knife]

Hawthorne Heights became softcore after Caey Calvert overdosed on drugs like a dumb fuck.

[cowlord]

I'm pretty sure It was Underoath like five years ago."Dangerous Business".

[futurebreed]

Circle Jerks - Deny Everything

when I was 8 years old

[futurebreed]

wow..didnt think anyone would know sick of it all. good man.


great freakin band.

how would people not know sick of it all? one of the greats of new york hardcore. favorite time seeing them was with madball down in providence.... fingers crossed for a leeway / sick of it all / agnostic front addition to the Superbowl of Hardcore this year.

[xJesusFreakx]

I'm not sure. Probably something by Comeback Kid or xLooking Forwardx.

[spevin]

how would people not know sick of it all? one of the greats of new york hardcore. favorite time seeing them was with madball down in providence.... fingers crossed for a leeway / sick of it all / agnostic front addition to the Superbowl of Hardcore this year.

im sure we are the minority...most these kids first hardcore band was silverstein or some shit.

[futurebreed]

im sure we are the minority...most these kids first hardcore band was silverstein or some shit.

well kids should get into it....
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[amplifire]

This is going to sound really stupid, but I first realized I actually liked breakdowns and screaming when listening to Fall Out Boy. ("The Carpal Tunnel of Love", "The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes",etc.)

After hearing that I ventured into more 'legit' hardcore.

[bradsonemanband]

the first hardcore stuff i ever really heard was on a Victory Records comp i got for free at warped tour in 2001, i believe. i fell in love with that CD. it was the first time i heard Thursday, Grade, Throwdown, Snapcase, and pretty much everyone else on there. I also fell in love with the Student Rick song on there.

[redfalcon431]

Right Side of the Bed - Atreyu

[from debris]

im sure we are the minority...most these kids first hardcore band was silverstein or some shit.

this guy is so hardcore

[Anderson]

well kids should get into it....
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Great video.
the first hardcore stuff i ever really heard was on a Victory Records comp i got for free at warped tour in 2001, i believe. i fell in love with that CD. it was the first time i heard Thursday, Grade, Throwdown, Snapcase, and pretty much everyone else on there. I also fell in love with the Student Rick song on there.Ah the days when Victory were good. I remember them fondly.

[voncorn]

Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste

I was 12 years old when I first listened to that. Hated it. Rediscovered it (and the whole album) years later and loved it since.

[spevin]

this guy is so hardcore

sigh. im just saying when i first heard hardcore 10-11 years ago...it was a different scene. you know... hardcore punk, not screamo or metalcore. not saying thats bad.. i love it all.

[Brianfarg]

Nerdy by Poison the Well.

[Jali]

Circle Jerks - Deny Everything

when I was 8 years old

Nice. Just... nice.

[Jali]

wow..didnt think anyone would know sick of it all. good man.


great freakin band.

I have heard bits and pieces, they seem okay, but i was never interested enough to really look into them. That said, I may try to get into them again, when i first heard them i was well into my grindcore/noise-punk phase and i had real trouble with anything that wasn't just a complete noise.

[PunksterPaul]

It started with Highway to Hell from ACDC for me.

[413punkguy]

It started with Highway to Hell from ACDC for me.

The fuck are you saying!!!!!!!!!

[Jali]

The fuck are you saying!!!!!!!!!
i think its pretty obvious what he's saying...

[spevin]

I have heard bits and pieces, they seem okay, but i was never interested enough to really look into them. That said, I may try to get into them again, when i first heard them i was well into my grindcore/noise-punk phase and i had real trouble with anything that wasn't just a complete noise.

their old stuff is great...good ol fashion hardcore

[matchbox202006]

Wow no

you should probably get over it

[orangekows]

I'm pretty sure I got into metalcore before I got into hardcore. Between the Buried and Me - Alaska got me into the genre and then I proceeded to listen to Converge, Despised Icon, The Red Chord, Unearth, etc. Then Saetia got me into screamo and Comeback Kid got me into hardcore.

[davehennessy]

Emanuel's "The Willing." it was the first song I listened to with screaming in it. not exactly hardcore but i was 12 so i thought it was.

Yesss. I'm pretty sure this was mine as well

[phillycheese37]

Underoath- Reinventing Your Exit. I was 12, and my brother way way more into hardcore, screamo, whatever you want to call it than I was. I just listened to his music through his door and learned a whole bunch of lyrics by repetition, only to figure out a month later that "all those song by all those bands" that I thought he was listening to was actually only Underoath on They're Only Chasing Safety. I still love that album to this day.

[//Ftofyrdmsn\\]

Scentless Apprentice - Nirvana.

I was around 10 or 11 when i got my hands on the album.
It was in my dads CD collection.
Right when i heard it, i was hooked.

[cwya]

I'm pretty sure it was "Institutionalized".

"Just get me a Pepsi, Mom! All I want's a Pepsi!"

Good song, back when Senses Fail was hardcore lol

[Under The Knife]

Good song, back when Senses Fail was hardcore lol

Suicidal Tendencies did that song. Senses Fail covered it. Dumbass.

[SanePsychotic]

Good song, back when Senses Fail was hardcore lol

No. It's a Suicidal Tendencies song. Try to be knowledgeable.

[cwya]

No. It's a Suicidal Tendencies song. Try to be knowledgeable.

My fault

[WeCameToTroll]

Mine was not necessarily "Hardcore", it was Metalcore, but that is a sub-genre of it so: 7861 - Beneath the Sky. xD

[theacaciashit]

Reinventing Your Exit by Underoath when i was about 13

[Simulcast]

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[JuneJuly]

Hmmm. I really don't know. Something by Underoath, I think.

[DCarty61]

its dangerous business walking out your front door by underoath.

[DilesMavis]

eh...when i was 12/13 i wanted to impress some 'boy' from camp i liked from new york. i was practically obsessed with him so i looked up everything he liked/everything about him i could find, practically stalked him until we became the quintessential middle school relationship. i came across underoath from looking up a song of theirs he quoted on aim (lmao), and shit this must've been forever ago...listened to it, and i absolutely fucking hated it. i kept rummaging though incredibly determined and downloaded the changing of times. as the sun sleeps kinda blew me away at the time, i don't know, it's silly. eventually obviously we broke up after it being a month, but musically i continued to progress and carried on a seeded passion. if it weren't for that though, as immature and childish as it was, i'd probably be listening to silly bullshit until i found another door opportunity in the future (a friend, who knows, etc) eventually i got into 90's emo/screamo about a year later until 13-19, it's still a big part of my life but i hardly listen like i had.

my first 'actual' hardcore punk song though was probably salad days/minor threat when i was about 14-15. that or rise above i can't really remember very well. it's definitely something typical. i liked the adolescents a lot too then, if i liked hardcore it was generally 80's strictly. i got really into it all when i found about the dc scene i'd say, but yeah...

whew that was long. just took me back for a second.

[Enjoi_This]

i got underoath's the changing of times when i was like 12 or 13... never liked anything as much as hardcore after that lol

[Enjoi_This]

damn now that im reading this underoath influenced so many people... respectttt <3

[TeenageMustache]

I think mine was Revenge by Black Flag. i can't remember.

[mccue8]

No transitory by Alexisonfire, blew my mind when I saw the video on muchmusic.

[thesollopsist]

I think mine was Revenge by Black Flag. i can't remember.
Nice. respec

[love_american_style]

I started listening to Slayer and Sepultura when I was 13....and then Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, etc....

[InTheatersNow]

No one was really into hard music as a child, so my question to you is what is the story behind the song that first got you into the genre?

For me it was Silverstein's "Smashed Into Pieces".
I was 12 or 13 I think when I first heard it and at the time I never really liked music with screaming in it (mostly because I hadn't heard much) but when the bridge came with quite clean vocals switching to all hell braking loose, I thought it was so sick.

Edit: For argumentative purposes we'll just consider anything with screaming hardcore.

LOL

[heyjoshua]

Ascendancy - Trivium

[blondy269]

Fairly sure it was something by Underoath from They're Only Chasing Safety. Probably It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door.

Pretty cool how many people were introduced to 'hardcore' music by Underoath.

[AdamJL]

I started getting into a lot of Metalcore when I was a Freshman in highschool (So like 14/15 years old). My friend showed me bands like As I Lay Dying and Drop Dead Gorgeous.

[spleen]

Starting listening to Underoath and Hatebreed in middle school

[TwelveTribes230]

I always like metal as a kid, but this is the first song to get me into bands that had actual screaming throughout the entire song:

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