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American Hardcore

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This documentary addresses the birth and evolution of hardcore punk rock from 1978 to 1986. There would be no Nirvana, Beastie Boys or Red Hot Chili Peppers were it not for hardcore pioneers such as Black Flag, Bad Brains and Minor Threat.

Genre:

Musical, History, Documentary

Actors:

Lucky Lehrer, Vic Bondi, Joe Keithley, Keith Morris, Angie Sciarappa, Nancy Barile, Mike Watt, David Markey, Jordan Schwartz, Howard Saunders, Perry Webb, ...»

Director:

Paul Rachman

Country:

United States

Release:

2006

IMDb:

7.3

Quality:

Duration:

100 min

KEYWORDS:

#American Hardcore #Greg Ginn #Ian MacKaye #Lucky Lehrer #Paul Rachman

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ACTORS OF "American Hardcore"

18 September 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA

Angie Sciarappa

Nancy Barile

Mike Watt

20 December 1957, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

David Markey

3 December 1963, Burbank, California, USA

16 April 1962, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Bobby Steele

18 March 1956, New Jersey, USA

Greg Hetson

29 June 1960, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Richard 'Crispy' Crammer

Ken Inouye

Jesse Malin

Henry Rollins

13 February 1961, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Jeff Van Atta

Chris Foley

Dave 'Springa' Springs

Dicky Barrett

22 June 1964, Rhode Island, USA

Dave Dictor

Chris Doherty

Brett Gurewitz

12 May 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA

Greg Ginn

8 June 1954, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Moby

11 September 1965, New York City, New York, USA

Sean Taggert

Jack Grisham

22 July 1961, Alameda County, California, USA

11 February 1956, London, England, UK

Brian Baker

25 February 1965, USA

Chuck Treece

Gary 'Dr. Know' Miller

Flea

16 October 1962, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

24 February 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA

2 June 1961, Newark, New Jersey, USA

Phil Anselmo

30 June 1968, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Hank Williams III

12 December 1972, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Duff McKagan

5 February 1964, Seattle, Washington, USA

Kira Roessler

12 June 1961, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

12 February 1965, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

22 July 1962, Barberton, Ohio, USA

John Joseph

Todd Youth

Matthew Barney

25 March 1967, San Francisco, California, USA

Tommy Stinson

6 October 1966, San Diego, California, USA

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DIRECTORS OF "American Hardcore"

Paul Rachman

13 September 1962, New York City, New York, USA

CREATORS OF "American Hardcore"

Steven Blush

CRITICS OF "American Hardcore"

Reeler

Rachman's chronicle suffers not from a shortage of authentic footage of ready-made hardcore shows, complete with (completely necessary) subtitled lyrics, or doughy, balding, talking heads still bragging about the thrown punches and peed-on chicks of yeste

January 31, 2007

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Philadelphia Inquirer

American Hardcore, Paul Rachman's impressively thorough documentary, tells of the second-generation punk rockers who learned from the Sex Pistols and Ramones and then did their DIY thing.

November 10, 2006

ColeSmithey.com

For a documentary ostensibly about the history of the hardcore punk music movement that reigned in America during the '80s, director Paul Rachman and writer Steven Blush indefensibly omit the genre's most talented and high-profile band (The Dead Kennedys)

April 26, 2009

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Leaves little doubt that this truly was one of the wildest eras in rock.

October 30, 2006

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Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

The hit-and-run effect sometimes suggests a documentary equivalent to slam dancing, but without the bruises.

February 09, 2007

Film Journal International

Struggles under the weight of its own ambition.

March 01, 2007

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

AmericanHardcore ! Aboutboredstupidyouth! Didn'tliketheNewWave ! Gomoshin'fortruth ! Can'tfindtruth ! Can'tfindgrace ! SettleforHenryRollins! Punchin'dudesintheface !

January 01, 2007

Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

A film for the fans, especially if you were one of those sonic youths venting steam at a guerrilla show in someone's basement, a VFW hall or club that condescended to present a hardcore show. For once-upon-a-time kids now irrevocably middle-aged, the kick

January 12, 2007

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Denver Post

What's irritating about the movie is how much time it spends on empty nostalgia -- shouldn't real punks scorn reminiscing? -- and how little time it spends truly exploring the roots of America's punk prime in the early 1980s.

November 03, 2006

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Arizona Republic

... an enjoyable if incomplete nostalgia trip.

December 07, 2006

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Detroit Free Press

American Hardcore gets what most music lovers could not at the time: Sometimes, that noise in your head and that anger in your heart just has to get out, and there's always a guitar around somewhere.

November 10, 2006

Houston Chronicle

Instead of an insightful look at disaffected youths finding an outlet for angry energy in rock rages, American Hardcore is a slanted history lesson coming solely from its subjects.

November 03, 2006

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