American hardcore

Movie
Original title	American hardcore
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2006
length	100 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Paul Rachmann
script	Steven Blush
production	Steven Blush, Paul Rachmann
music	Bad Brains , Minor Threat , Black Flag and many others
camera	Paul Rachmann, various
cut	Paul Rachmann
occupation
Ian MacKaye Henry Rollins Dave Smalley Phil Anselmo Moby

American Hardcore is an independent documentary film from 2006 depicting the first generation of the American hardcore scene.

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With numerous amateur concert recordings and interviews with big names in the scene, the film, inspired by Steven Blush's book of the same name, portrays the early American hardcore scene. He creates a connection between the repressive politics of the Reagan era and the anti-authoritarian, sometimes explicitly political character of this subculture . The film sheds light on various aspects of movement, such as the DIY ethic and straight edge , but also violence at concerts.

The film lets numerous protagonists of the early hardcore scene have their say, including Ian MacKaye ( Teen Idles , Minor Threat , later Fugazi , among others ), Henry Rollins ( SOA , Black Flag ), Dave Smalley ( DYS , Dag Nasty ), Phil Anselmo (later singer with Pantera ), Jimmy Gestapo (later singer with Murphy's Law ) and even Moby , who was then playing in the band Vatican Commandos. Alternating with the interviews, American Hardcore also shows a large number of live recordings from bands such as the Bad Brains , Black Flag, Minor Threat, MDC , the Untouchables and others.

History of origin

Writer Blush and filmmaker Rachmann had known each other since the early 1980s when both were active in various local hardcore scenes. At that time, Rachmann was already filming material in Boston that was later used in American Hardcore .

Soundtrack

A soundtrack with 26 tracks by 26 contemporary bands was released for the film on Rhino Records .

Track	tape	title
1	Black Flag	Nervous breakdown
2	The middle class	Out of Vogue
3	Bad brains	Pay to Cum
4th	DOA	Fucked up Ronnie
5	Circle jerks	Red tape
6th	Minor threat	Filler
7th	MDC	I remember
8th	Untouchables	Nic Fit
9	Gang Green	Kill A Commie
10	The freeze	Boston Distress LA
11	Jerry's kids	Straight jacket
12	SSD	Point
13	Void	Who Are You? / Time To Die
14th	Scream	Came Without Warning
15th	Negative approach	Friend or Foe
16	Articles of Faith	Bad attitude
17th	The crosses	Think For Me
18th	Battalion of Saints	My Minds Diseased
19th	7 seconds	I hate sports
20th	Big boys	Brickwall
21st	Really Red	I was a teenage fuckup
22nd	Adolescents	I hate children
23	YDI	Enemy For Life
24	Dirty Rotten Imbeciles	Runnin 'around
25th	Cro-Mags	Don't Tread On Me
26th	Pinball machine	Ha ha ha

Web links

• American Hardcore in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Film review and interview with one of the makers of Martin Büsser at Intro.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Planet-Interview.de: Paul Rachman: Hardcore was the music of youthful fear. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .