Punk Core Records

So what is your real question then? Do you believe that punks with mohawks and studs aren't punk anymore?
People on this site seem to confuse (deliberate or not) punk norms and culture with anarchist objectives and anarchist structure. They aren't the same and people shouldn't suss out one for the other either.

 

That may be true, although I doubt it.
Familiarity breeds preference and those who like the street punk culture are more apt to buy from a record label that signs bands that are of that culture. They probably stay away from doomy, crusty bands not because they don't look the part but because they're more metalic than straight "street punk" and would probaly suffer for it on that label.

 

idk, but they got alot of shitty bands thats for sure!

 

you see lables sign specific trypes of music all the time. there are certain lables that sign crust bands liek profane existance. then there are the grind core lables like earache records. i guess punk core is just a street punk orinted lable. and nothign is more punk then havign your back to the camera with your hands on the wall so you can show off your casulties butt patch \m/

 

Its all about the casulties butt patch

 

Hah. I went to their page to take a look.. and so far every fashion/street punk band I know of is on there.
It sucks that Cheap Sex is on there but that's because of the whole virus thing... and it sucks that LCB is on there, they're a local band here and they do have some shit songs but they have some great ones too, but I get why they're on there.

 

yeah, i stopped caring for any of mike virus' projects, the virus, cheap sex... and now evacuate, for some reason they all sound the same, fuck mike

 

Not entirely. Members of defiance have gone on to be in very impressive punk bands, but getting back to punkcore the record label: they've been known to sign nazi and christian bands according to Blood Spit Nights (Portland band with ex members of Defiance). They've been a lot of shit bands on Punkcore: Action are the best more recent band on the label, they've also made CD issues of Chaotic Dischord and the Varukers, both classic punk bands.

 

I used to love Punk Core. They were a very important record label for street punk, keeping it alive through the 90's and into the 00's (in terms of having bands big enough to go on tour). It is run by an ex-member of the Casualties (I'm pretty sure, an ex bass player, who played for a year with them).

Fashion is just as important in street punk as it is in crust punk and other various genres of music (whether or not you realize it), and who really cares what people dress like just be happy punk rock is alive and kicking (although street punk is dying out).

 

Exactly
In fact crust seems to be taking the place of street punk

Also i like all these bands who have been featured on punkcore:
A Global threat (R.I.P)
LCB (they've started to get worse)
Action
Devotchkas
Varukers
Chaotic Dischord

theres probably a few more

Oh! and it is Mike Virus who runs the label,
which is why people blindly bash all other bands on there as crap

 

no complantes about varukers or action. used to liek lcb but now find them kind of annoying as they have become overplayed everyday punk. same goes with a globle threat...

 

Overplayed by who?
Lcb has gotten pretty bad live,
i saw them a long time ago in a small pub and they kicked ass.
then i saw them open for cock sparrer with a member of cheap sex on bass...
they barely played any songs that anyone wanted to hear, and played at an annoyingly low volume

but these bands are what got me through the beginning of high school
so they'll always be personal favorites

AGT is who opened my eyes to anti-fascist ideas with songs like:
Fucking racist maggots
elitist attitudes
stop the violence

although they sound it, i'd say they're very far from the generic chaotic street punk

 

A global threats early stuff is ok... nothing too spectacular.
LCB have always sucked.

 

totally dude, mike virus is dildo that punk core will ram up your ass any chance they get...

 

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In fact crust seems to be taking the place of street punk[/quote]

So true.

Although in DC, Straight-Edge HC is taking over. It kinda really sucks. Not the music, but a lot of the kids in the "DC punk scene."

 

haha sorry. overplayed by my friends. im a guy who likes to change up what im hearing often. hence before i lost it. i had a sexy 32 gig i pod and i alwase played it on shuffle so i was alwase hearing a mix. but whjen i hear the same band played over and over it mkes me really stop liking them. i need the mix up or i get bored? maybe. i dont think thats the best word but its 6 25 am and im tired as fuck. wooo the working man