PapaSkin
12-19-2006, 04:59 PM
‘American Hardcore’ works best when it actually deals with the history of America’s punk rock movement. This documentary, however, comes off more like a Who’s Who of Punk. This isn’t a bad thing for the uninitiated, but may be a little too superficial for those who wanted an insider’s look. American punk was different than what came out of England before it. The Sex Pistols were about 1970s drug culture as much as they were about youth rebellion. American punk focused almost entirely on the rebellion. It was a battle cry against the white man order of Ronald Reagan’s presidency. Almost from the time he took office in 1981, America’s youth could see right through the false vanilla impersonations of 1950s family values. Their reaction was to roar “Fxxk You!” with ear bleeding music. READ MORE..
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