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Hardcore Sellout?
03/08/06
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(Punk Music) Yet another instance of punk selling out and being used by major corporations to tap into the so-called underground youth market. Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the rights to American Hardcore, a documentary about the break of hardcore in America (1980-1986). The film was featured at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and is adapted from the Steven Blush book by the same name.

While the documentary is rad, featuring performances by such seminal acts as Black Flag, Bad Brains, Jerry's Kids, Suicidal Tendencies and Wasted Youth, this reeks to me of another way for major corporations to take away our underground. [see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story

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