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All the [[youth crew]] bands are more or less positive hardcore bands, with the possible exceptions being [[Project X (band)|Project X]] and [[Judge (band)|Judge]]. While [[Project X (band)|Project X]] and [[Judge (band)|Judge]] were composed of members of the original youth crew bands, their songs were closer to being general [[straightedge]] hardcore than strictly positive hardcore. |
All the [[youth crew]] bands are more or less positive hardcore bands, with the possible exceptions being [[Project X (band)|Project X]] and [[Judge (band)|Judge]]. While [[Project X (band)|Project X]] and [[Judge (band)|Judge]] were composed of members of the original youth crew bands, their songs were closer to being general [[straightedge]] hardcore than strictly positive hardcore. |
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A current question being asked within the scene is if the emergence of positive hardcore, is a musical branch-off from the notoriously aggressive hardcore scene (as Pop-Punk was to Traditional Punk) or is it merely bands keeping the traditional feel of hardcore, but providing a more positive lyrical experience and atmosphere. As the scene is most likely to grow, the question will most likely be answered. |
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Positive hardcore is a term used in the hardcore scene to refer to the music of hardcore bands that are socially aware or focus on values such as being inclusive, community-oriented, and anti-violence.
Song subjects can include
- opposition to violence and conflict within the scene
- veganism
- straightedge
- perseverance in the face of life's struggles
- promoting the general welfare of the scene
- opposition to racism
- promotion of female participation in the scene, a type of feminism
The term "positive hardcore" may have originated in Youth of Today lyrics using the word "positive" and Youth of Today songs like "Positive Outlook"[citation needed].
Relationship to Youth Crew movement
All the youth crew bands are more or less positive hardcore bands, with the possible exceptions being Project X and Judge. While Project X and Judge were composed of members of the original youth crew bands, their songs were closer to being general straightedge hardcore than strictly positive hardcore.
Branch off Genre vs. Movement
A current question being asked within the scene is if the emergence of positive hardcore, is a musical branch-off from the notoriously aggressive hardcore scene (as Pop-Punk was to Traditional Punk) or is it merely bands keeping the traditional feel of hardcore, but providing a more positive lyrical experience and atmosphere. As the scene is most likely to grow, the question will most likely be answered.
Bands
Active
- 25 Ta Life (New Jersey)
- 7 Seconds (Reno, NV - intermittently active)
- Daggermouth
- Comeback Kid (Winnipeg, MB)
- Good Clean Fun (Washington, DC)
- H2O (New York City)
- Have Heart (Boston, MA)
- Heads Held High (Cleveland, OH)
- Ignite (Orange County, CA)
- John Walsh (Cincinnati, OH)
- Paint It Black (band) (Philadelphia, PA)
- Stretch Arm Strong (South Carolina)
- Saints Never Surrender (Ft. Wayne, IN)
- Stick To Your Guns (Orange County, CA)
Inactive
- Better Than a Thousand
- Boy Sets Fire (Newark, DE)
- Champion (Seattle, WA)
- CIV (New York, NY)
- Gorilla Biscuits (New York, NY)
- IDK (New Jersey)
- Insted (California)
- Kid Dynamite (Philadelphia, PA)
- Strength 691 (New Jersey)
- Verse (Providence, RI)
- With Honor
- Up Front (New York)
- Youth of Today (New York, NY)
American hardcore bands that have written positive songs
A few other bands aren't called positive bands, but have written a positive song or two, demonstrating positive hardcore's influence, roots, and connectedness to the rest of hardcore:
- Bad Brains ("Attitude", possibly the first positive hardcore song, shouting "PMA" which stands for Positive Mental Attitude)
- 25 Ta Life ("Keepin' It Real," "Inside Knowledge")
- Agnostic Front (songs about scene unity)
- Breakdown ("Don't Give Up")
- Descendents
- Judge
- Hatebreed ("Perseverance")
- Kill Your Idols
- Ten Yard Fight (would almost be a positive hardcore band, except that they had a lot of songs either berating some person for alleged failings, or about how they wanted to beat up some person for one reason or another)
- Terror
- Warzone (arguably a positive hardcore band because of a lot of positive-style songs and work outside the band for promotion of positive causes and stuff to help the scene, but no one really calls them positive hardcore)
- Set Your Goals (Don't Let This Win Over You, Work In Progress)