Melodic hardcore

Melodic hardcore
Melodic hardcore
Stylistic origins	Hardcore punk; Skate punk; Pop punk;
Cultural origins	Early 1980s United States
Typical instruments	Vocals; Electric guitar; Bass; Drums;
Derivative forms	Youth crew

Melodic hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk. Exploring melodies are an important part of melodic hardcore. Gunther "Puddinfoot" Crines described the style as "just so nice".^[1] It came out of L.A. hardcore with the Descendants.^[2] In 1985, the Descendents worked with two new singers, Dave Smalley of DYS and Dag Nasty.^[3] Bad Religion also worked in this style.^[1] Another well known melodic hardcore band is Pennywise.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Peter Jandreus, The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987, Stockholm: Premium Publishing, 2008, p. 11.
↑ "Descendents were the model for all 'melodic' HC that followed." Blush, Steven and Petros, George; American hardcore : a tribal history; Los Angeles, CA : Feral House : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2001. OCLC 48658495. Part Two. "LA: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" p. 79.
↑ American Hardcore, p. 80.

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[swedish-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Peter Jandreus, The Encyclopedia of Swedish Punk 1977-1987, Stockholm: Premium Publishing, 2008, p. 11.

[2] "Descendents were the model for all 'melodic' HC that followed." Blush, Steven and Petros, George; American hardcore : a tribal history; Los Angeles, CA : Feral House : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2001. OCLC 48658495. Part Two. "LA: How Could Hell Be Any Worse?" p. 79.

[3] American Hardcore, p. 80.

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Melodic hardcore
Stylistic origins	Hardcore punk Skate punk Pop punk
Cultural origins	Early 1980s United States
Typical instruments	Vocals Electric guitar Bass Drums
Derivative forms	Youth crew