Obscure 80s Hardcore

[Excursions]

Apparently that's all I listen to so discuss your favourites.

Kill The Hostages

"This is the group I could not leave off, a group so obscure that most punk rock buffs would just kind of give you a blank look if you brought it up. Kill the Hostages never played live, and only released one single, which was limited to around 200 copies. KTH obtained a coupon for a free recording session at a Florida flea market, and laid down an eight-song demo from which they pressed their single "Mutant." "Mutant" had a hand-penciled cover, and the music was other-worldly. Nothing like it has ever been, nor ever will be made. The vocals are incomprehensible screams; the lyrics will forever be lost, but they had something to do with creating a Frankenstein-like monster and throwing it a dance party. This band's demo is definitely one that should be on bootleg." - Perfect Sound Forever

Rat Cafeteria
The Spanish Dogs
Depression (Not really obscure but cool band)
STD

Bands like that. And no, don't ask me to let you download this stuff off me on soulseek, I won't let you.

[pixiesfanyo]

Excursions, please leave the site.

[Excursions]

pixiesfanyo, capitalise your name.

[pedro durruti]

Drunk Injuns are pretty good, I don't know if they're obscure enough for you though Adam

[Excursions]

They are pretty good. I approve Peter.

[Liebensaft]

These bands are all either too obscure or too hardcore for me, sorry.

[Times Ten]

STD is awesome.

Check out Stark Raving Mad, YDI, Missbrukarna, and Neos.

[Feel The Darkness]

Drunk Injuns rule. Oh, and Hated Youth ruled, too. I managed to do an interview with their singer earlier in the year. Such awesome stories from that guy.

[Aus Rotten]

Stark Raving Mad :thumb:

[Anxious]

What makes them different from other more popular hardcore bands?

[Excursions]

STD is awesome.

Check out Stark Raving Mad, YDI, Missbrukarna, and Neos.

Hahaha, yeah they do. I used to be pretty into the Neos about a year ago, good band. I'll check out Stark Raving Mad.

Drunk Injuns rule. Oh, and Hated Youth ruled, too. I managed to do an interview with their singer earlier in the year. Such awesome stories from that guy.

I read that, it was pretty cool that you got to do that. Pretty funny band.

What makes them different from other more popular hardcore bands?

Nothing other than they are not very well known.

[Anxious]

Nothing other than they are not very well known.
Then i'm not going to waste my time tracking them down.

[Excursions]

Since you're not a big hardcore fan Dom, I wouldn't expect you to.

[Anxious]

right.

[IgniteYourAvail]

Posting in an epic thread.

[Jessizzle]

STD, as in septic tank diaster?

[SubtleDagger]

Hey Excursions do you mind if I download a bunch of terribly recorded completely unheard of hardcore from the early eighties off you

I mean obviously if you have it and no one has ever heard of it it must be the best music ever

[IgniteYourAvail]

I love how people take Adam seriously. Funniest thing ever.

And SubtleDagger if you're serious then you probably didn't read the first post at all.

[Jessizzle]

dear adam:
have my babies

[SubtleDagger]

I love how people take Adam seriously. Funniest thing ever.

And SubtleDagger if you're serious then you probably didn't read the first post at all.
...

Sarcasm

[TakeWarning]

I love how people take Adam seriously. Funniest thing ever.

And SubtleDagger if you're serious then you probably didn't read the first post at all.

Haha, how could you not pick up on that sarcasm?

[IgniteYourAvail]

I know it was sarcasm ****tards, but it was sarcasm to prove a point that he had. This point was that he was making fun of Adam for thinking obscure music is the best ever. Which he never said. Damn, you people are dumb.

[asdf]

But obscure music is the best music ever.

[IgniteYourAvail]

Haha

[SubtleDagger]

I know it was sarcasm ****tards, but it was sarcasm to prove a point that he had. This point was that he was making fun of Adam for thinking obscure music is the best ever. Which he never said. Damn, you people are dumb.
My point was Adam is lame for thinking everyone cares that much about his taste

Not really that his taste sucks

Though it probably does

[IgniteYourAvail]

Don't mind him. He likes Pink.

[AIRIC]

My point was Adam is lame for thinking everyone cares that much about his taste

Not really that his taste sucks

Though it probably does

Wintermute gave me an infraction for a comment like this.

[SubtleDagger]

What, that somebody's taste sucks?

That's dumb

I mean he does have a pink avatar

[AIRIC]

Yeah it was for something of that nature.

The kicker is that his taste really DOES suck.

[SubtleDagger]

Yeah I don't get how that's infraction-worthy tbqh

Plenty of people think my taste sucks and I don't care that much

[asdf]

My tastes don't belong in this forum.

[Excursions]

You don't get it Subtle Dagger, you just don't get it. I just thought I would create a thread to talk about some of the less knowns of the era of hardcore music and you come in with your Converge and all ****ting up the thread because Converge sucks. It's just not nice.

[faith and fiction]

Adam's taste is good

Burt just doesn't understand hardcore punk I guess if he's gonna give people s'hit for liking obscure music, I mean his favorite band is Refused or something lame like that.

And I don't know of a ton of obscure bands but Big Boys are definitely one of my favorites if we're talking 80s hardcore

[Excursions]

Big Boys rule. The Dicks too if we are talking awesome Texas bands. Really Red too.

[SubtleDagger]

Burt just doesn't understand hardcore punk I guess if he's gonna give people s'hit for liking obscure music, I mean his favorite band is Refused or something lame like that.
Haha what?

Big Boys aren't that obscure anyway

I like Saccharine Trust but they're not really that hardcore

Plus I figured if they were in American Hardcore they weren't that obscure

[faith and fiction]

Ever heard of the Midwest? Hello obcurity.

[SubtleDagger]

Yeah that's why I said
Plus I figured if they were in American Hardcore they weren't that obscure
At least not anymore

[faith and fiction]

I don't even get what you're trying to say anymore. Could be because my brain is fried but what I'm getting is that you think if a band is American it's not obscure or at least not these days?

That's stupid.

[SubtleDagger]

No

I figured if the band was mentioned a whole shitload in American Hardcore (the book) that it wasn't that obscure any more since most hardcore fans have rediscovered them

But whatever, I guess there's still bands in there that people don't talk about much like Really Red and Heart Attack and stuff, the stuff like Big Boys just has a big huge section on it so I figured that did something for them

[faith and fiction]

Ohhhh

Now I get what you're saying. Understandable. I was throwing Big Boys in the obscure area though because of how f'ucking insane and different they were. I don't think you could have found another band doing the s'hit they were doing at that time or even now, and especially doing it in Texas.

[IgniteYourAvail]

/np Angry Samoans

[SubtleDagger]

There was all kinds of weird **** going on in Texas what with Butthole Surfers and Big Boys and all that odd stuff

The only scene that I think got close to being as weird was the sort of Flipper/No Trend thing or the Chicago scene

It's funny how a lot of stuff that was in the hardcore scene wouldn't even be considered anything close to it now

I guess Void wasn't obscure at the time but they never really released any material and I really dig their stuff that's been gathered up

[faith and fiction]

Nah man, Big Boys went all out unlike any other band. Cross dressing and talking about sucking dick at bars in Texas definitely gives Big Boys the biggest balls out of all 80s bands

[ThisUserIsAPipebomb]

I suck at being obsucre. Batallion of Saints are probably the most obscure 80's hardcore I know. They rule.

[SubtleDagger]

Haha thats true, the Dicks were the same way

In other scenes it was the cops and jocks and in Texas everyone's like a frigging hick

[IgniteYourAvail]

There's a kid in my school named Glen Taylor.

Rep to the first person to point out the connection.

NOTE: I only give 1 rep. Postcount --.

[Feel The Darkness]

There's a kid in my school named Glen Taylor.

Rep to the first person to point out the connection.

NOTE: I only give 1 rep. Postcount --.
I did merch for the Dicks at Chaos in Tejas.

[Times Ten]

I like Saccharine Trust but they're not really that hardcore

Plus I figured if they were in American Hardcore they weren't that obscure
Doesn't matter, Saccharine Trust is sweet.

[SubtleDagger]

Doesn't matter, Saccharine Trust is sweet.
\m/ (-_-) \m/

[IgniteYourAvail]

I did merch for the Dicks at Chaos in Tejas.

Rep'd

[Flagjacket]

My most obscure 80's hardcore band is Brigger.

[Bukowski]

Big Boys are the best band ever, really.

I like Die Kreuzen if they're considered obscure. Same with the Tar Babies and JFA.

[me likes punk]

Nah man, Big Boys went all out unlike any other band. Cross dressing and talking about sucking dick at bars in Texas definitely gives Big Boys the biggest balls out of all 80s bands


If you consider that going all out, then my band would be the most hardcore band ever. We're hxc.


Edit: Antidote is the only semi-obscure band I know of.

[Flagjacket]

I honestly do not like the Big Boys. I think Brigger is more hardcore, cause the drummer and guitarist tried to spell **** LIFE with big strips of paper in Central Park.

[faith and fiction]

If you consider that going all out, then my band would be the most hardcore band ever. We're hxc.


Edit: Antidote is the only semi-obscure band I know of.Man you just don't get it then.

[me likes punk]

I honestly do not like the Big Boys. I think Brigger is more hardcore, cause the drummer and guitarist tried to spell **** LIFE with big strips of paper in Central Park.


Why didn't they succeed?

[me likes punk]

Man you just don't get it then.


Please explain.

[faith and fiction]

Please explain.
Hardcore in the 80s was THE counter culture of the decade and I personally think Big Boys and the Dicks went all out with it. Two decades ago Texas was a lot different than it is now in how accepting people were, even in Austin. If you don't see them as having huge balls by going around bars in Texas playing shows to hicks and whatnot while cross dressing and being openly gay then you should probably find a new niche.

[me likes punk]

Hardcore in the 80s was THE counter culture of the decade and I personally think Big Boys and the Dicks went all out with it. Two decades ago Texas was a lot different than it is now in how accepting people were, even in Austin. If you don't see them as having huge balls by going around bars in Texas playing shows to hicks and whatnot while cross dressing and being openly gay then you should probably find a new niche.


I see what you mean. Makes my band seem less hardcore, though. Punk and hardcore in their early years were a very risky thing to be a part of(from what I've read).

[Excursions]

No

I figured if the band was mentioned a whole shitload in American Hardcore (the book) that it wasn't that obscure any more since most hardcore fans have rediscovered them

But whatever, I guess there's still bands in there that people don't talk about much like Really Red and Heart Attack and stuff, the stuff like Big Boys just has a big huge section on it so I figured that did something for them

Lots of people talk about Really Red and stuff, most of this junk has a huge fanbase still listening to it and then selling their 7"s on eBay for $700+. Well Really Red were already pretty well known to begin with.

Haha what?

Big Boys aren't that obscure anyway

I like Saccharine Trust but they're not really that hardcore

Plus I figured if they were in American Hardcore they weren't that obscure

Yeah, Sac Trust kicked. Pretty much a good deal of the SST bands at the time had hardcore influence but weren't really hardcore, Sac being a good example. On the topic of SST those after good SST bands should try the following:

Slovenly
Universal Congress Of
Tar Babies
MOFUNGO
The Divine Horsemen
Das Damen
Opal
Angst
Tom Troccoli's Dog
DC-3
Pell Mell
Blind Idiot God
Trotsky Icepick
Henry Kaiser

Now to Texas hardcore, I agree that it was the ballsiest hardcore around. Flordia hardcore and Texas hardcore probably takes up the majority of my hardcore listenings. Fearless Iranians From Hell, Verbal Abuse, Cringe et al.

Big Boys are the best band ever, really.

I like Die Kreuzen if they're considered obscure. Same with the Tar Babies and JFA.

Everyone seems to love Die Kreuzen now for some reason. They have been one of my favourites for a while, mainly their first EP and LP.

[sketchyjoe]

Black Market Baby
Fearless Iranians From Hell
Nun****ers
76% Uncertain
Articles of Faith
Battalion of Saints
F
Drunk Injuns
Jack****
Gay Cowboys in Bondage
Los Olvidados
Free Beer
Atoxxxico
Attitude Adjustment
Shattered Faith
Skate Death
The Hates
Th'Inbred
Squirrel Bait
The Tar Babies
Vatican Commandos

[Anxious]

SST did hardcore the best. They didn't sign shittty generic bands, they had bands with their own spin on hardcore. Greg Ginn's an *** though, so we'll never see 80% of those bands on cd.

[RetiredAt21]

I want to punch Greg Ginn in the face.

[Pete]

I listen to hardcore so obscure that if I write about it, it ceases to exist.



Obscure, and European.

[Feel The Darkness]

Black Market Baby
Fearless Iranians From Hell
Nun****ers
76% Uncertain
Articles of Faith
Battalion of Saints
F
Drunk Injuns
Jack****
Gay Cowboys in Bondage
Los Olvidados
Free Beer
Atoxxxico
Attitude Adjustment
Shattered Faith
Skate Death
The Hates
Th'Inbred
Squirrel Bait
The Tar Babies
Vatican Commandos
Those are the ones I know I like already. I still need to get the other FIFH LP and the EP.

[IgniteYourAvail]

F rules.

[Flagjacket]

Why didn't they succeed?

I think they just quit cause they couldn't coordinate it right, I'm not sure though, the drummer is in prison now though.

[me likes punk]

Does Fifi count as hardcore? I've only heard one song of theirs from the SLC Punk soundtrack, but it was pretty good.

[Bukowski]

Squirrel Bait

This band are amazing. I'm not just saying that because they broke up to form Slint, they were actually a great band. Their EP was fantastic.

[Times Ten]

Black Market Baby
Fearless Iranians From Hell
Nun****ers
76% Uncertain
Articles of Faith
Battalion of Saints
F
Drunk Injuns
Jack****
Gay Cowboys in Bondage
Los Olvidados
Free Beer
Atoxxxico
Attitude Adjustment
Shattered Faith
Skate Death
The Hates
Th'Inbred
Squirrel Bait
The Tar Babies
Vatican Commandos
Great list.

[RetiredAt21]

I don't know even half of those bands. :(

[sketchyjoe]

That's because you're not as cool as me.

[RetiredAt21]

Pfffft.

[Feel The Darkness]

Pfffft.
Don't you ever pfffft Joe. He's cooler than you.

[Excursions]

There is a couple of bands on that list I wouldn't mind checking out, most of the I listen to already though. Good list.

[Volume8]

If you never play live and skip straight to releasing a single with no follow up album or fan base, your not really a band now are you... Thats what is technically known in the business as "A bunch of dlck heads"

[Flagjacket]

What are you even talking about.

[lynch_me]

Joe can I get some of those off you man?

[fishingforbasses]

Apparently that's all I listen to so discuss your favourites.

Kill The Hostages

"This is the group I could not leave off, a group so obscure that most punk rock buffs would just kind of give you a blank look if you brought it up. Kill the Hostages never played live, and only released one single, which was limited to around 200 copies. KTH obtained a coupon for a free recording session at a Florida flea market, and laid down an eight-song demo from which they pressed their single "Mutant." "Mutant" had a hand-penciled cover, and the music was other-worldly. Nothing like it has ever been, nor ever will be made. The vocals are incomprehensible screams; the lyrics will forever be lost, but they had something to do with creating a Frankenstein-like monster and throwing it a dance party. This band's demo is definitely one that should be on bootleg." - Perfect Sound Forever

Rat Cafeteria
The Spanish Dogs
Depression (Not really obscure but cool band)
STD

Bands like that. And no, don't ask me to let you download this stuff off me on soulseek, I won't let you.


Wow you think the 80's punk scene is obscure???

I think the 80's was when punk was at its best. I only think really punk was the hardcore stuff, like Black Flag and Bad Brains. The HC scene was from '80-'86, so I don't think it is obscure at all.....Most punk before or after the 80's sucked. (I do like the Sex Pistols though....)
The '80's was easily punks most evolutionary time....

[IgniteYourAvail]

Wow you think the 80's punk scene is obscure???

:lol::lol::lol:

[(r)evolution]

Wow you think the 80's punk scene is obscure???

I think the 80's was when punk was at its best. I only think really punk was the hardcore stuff, like Black Flag and Bad Brains. The HC scene was from '80-'86, so I don't think it is obscure at all.....Most punk before or after the 80's sucked. (I do like the Sex Pistols though....)
The '80's was easily punks most evolutionary time....

yeah but at the time you had to look really hard to find it. Kinda like now except it was way better.

[lynch_me]

yeah but at the time you had to look really hard to find it. Kinda like now except it was way better.

Uh, You don't have to look hard.

[Flagjacket]

Yeah, the 80's was like an Atlantic OCean full of hardcore bands. I actually made up the band I was talking about but no one could tell.

[lynch_me]

My most obscure 80's hardcore band is Brigger.

Man, I love that band.

Yeah, the 80's was like an Atlantic OCean full of hardcore bands. I actually made up the band I was talking about but no one could tell.

Lies!

[Excursions]

Wow you think the 80's punk scene is obscure???

I think the 80's was when punk was at its best. I only think really punk was the hardcore stuff, like Black Flag and Bad Brains. The HC scene was from '80-'86, so I don't think it is obscure at all.....Most punk before or after the 80's sucked. (I do like the Sex Pistols though....)
The '80's was easily punks most evolutionary time....

I'm sure you listen to the majority of the bands mentioned in this thread.

[40 oz 2 freedom]

Like Circle Jerks Adam?

[Excursions]

Fo shizzle.

[40 oz 2 freedom]

Oh cool I like them. I like that cd Group Sex.

[Excursions]

Yeah same. I also like that band that singer guy was in. I think they were called Black Flag or Black Fag.

[RetiredAt21]

lol

[heyimsheep1]

Might've been mentioned already, but I don't come here as much and I'm not sifting through 5 pages...

Antidote - Thou Shalt Not Kill
Hated Youth - Hardcore Rules

[IgniteYourAvail]

Might've been mentioned already, but I don't come here as much and I'm not sifting through 5 pages...

Antidote - Thou Shalt Not Kill
Hated Youth - Hardcore Rules

Awesome, awesome albums.

[Times Ten]

Thou Shalt Not Kill is so underrated.

[Bukowski]

Yeah, Sac Trust kicked. Pretty much a good deal of the SST bands at the time had hardcore influence but weren't really hardcore, Sac being a good example. On the topic of SST those after good SST bands should try the following:

Slovenly
Universal Congress Of
Tar Babies
MOFUNGO
The Divine Horsemen
Das Damen
Opal
Angst
Tom Troccoli's Dog
DC-3
Pell Mell
Blind Idiot God
Trotsky Icepick
Henry Kaiser


Excursions, have you heard Bl'ast? If so what do you think?