Boston Hc/punk Past/present
Boston has been a hardcore punk powerhouse since the '80s. Check out some really essential shit rrfrom the '80s to the 2000's (not really in order). |
| 17 |  | Libyans
Libyans
Female-fronted mid-tempo punk. I think they had a song in Rock Band or something. Cool band. |
| 16 |  | Peacebreakers
Demo
Best Boston demo of 2012. |
| 15 |  | Bloodkrow Butcher
Anti-War
Unfortunately just broke up. Great d-beat hc/punk, similar to Green Beret. |
| 14 |  | Savageheads
Demo
2nd best Boston demo this year. |
| 13 |  | Male Nurses
Male Nurses
Super fast punk rock. For fans of Culo and School Jerks. |
| 12 |  | Subclinix
Demo
Poppy songs about punk subjects. Police In My Eyes is a great track. |
| 11 |  | Social Circkle
Expiration Date
Super similar to The Shitty Limits. Fast punk rock with a small garage rock influence. |
| 10 |  | Green Beret
Violence Is Their Currency
UNRELENTLESS hardcore for d-beat punx. |
| 9 |  | The Boston Strangler
Primitive
Kinda similar to The Rival Mob. Primitive is a ripper. Late '80s straight-edge/Rev Records throwback but with a tiny bit more punk
mixed in. Tuff as hell. |
| 8 |  | The Rival Mob
Mob Justice
Boston's equivalent of Spine. (If you like hardcore more than punk, this is your shit.) |
| 7 |  | Chain Rank
The Grip Demo
Best Boston demo of 2013. |
| 6 |  | Vile (Boston)
Solution
Definitely one of the craziest '80s hardcore LPs. A band of outcasts write an album to offend the shit out of the Boston hardcore
scene. Some songs are just great punk songs (Suburban Blight), but others like "Homophobia" and ?5 to 10" speak of
discrimination and sexual abuse in not-so-friendly ways. |
| 5 |  | Negative FX
Negative FX/Last Rights
"We ain't gonna stop, fuck you." (split with Last Rights, more classic straight edge) |
| 4 |  | Gang Green
Preschool
Fast, ripping hardcore for drunks and skaters. Kill A Commie, Snob, Rabies. All jams. |
| 3 |  | DYS
Brotherhood
One of the toughest, yet well thought out Boston straight edge bands. "More Than Fashion" is incredibly well written. |
| 2 |  | SS Decontrol
Get It Away
Includes classics like Glue and No Reply. One of the best straight edge 7"s of all time. |
| 1 | | N/A
This Is Boston, Not LA
One of the best '80s hardcore comps hands down. Features Kill A Commie by Gang Green, Straight Jacket by The Freeze, and
Boston Not LA by Jerry's Kids, among other jams. |
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