In the early 80’s a lot of metal bands got some influence from punk and hardcore bands. One of the greatest hardcore bands, though a lot of people would argue that they are more punk than hardcore are Bad Religion and in a sense a lot of punk was hardcore. Telling of life on the streets, broken homes and speaking of not letting society get them down. Another hardcore band that was a straight edge hardcore band was Minor Threat. Minor Threat while not the most technical was an amazing band in their era and wrote some great tunes …read more

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