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title: Hard Look at Hardcore’s Heyday
date: 2021-09-28T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/hard-look-at-hardcores-heyday"
section: Articles
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# Hard Look at Hardcore’s Heyday

*September 28, 2021* — by [Chris Carroll](/author/chris-carroll)


> Alum’s New Book Examines How a Youth Uprising Created an Enduring Sound Born in D.C.

*DC punk scene — An alum's new book on the early days of D.C.'s hardcore punk scene focuses on the bands (clockwise from upper left) Minor Threat, S.O.A., Government Issue, The Teen Idles, Bad Brains and Faith.*

Washington, D.C., is often characterized as an impersonal machine of a metropolis that runs on the heady fuel of power rather than any discernible local culture—a place where residents camp out in expensive houses for the duration of a political administration before fleeing back to somewhere normal.


*Shayna Maskell headshot*




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