Journey Through Minnesota's Hardcore Punk Scene | Minnesota Hardcore: Episode 1

[@yoshiike1]

This is super cool to watch thank you for putting it together.

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Thank you for watching! You can check out the entire series at: www.tpt.org/minnesota-hardcore/

[@Havencheese]

A friend and I back in the day were obsessed with Norton’s moustache, we found it hilarious but respected just how unique it was. What’s even funnier is that Greg Norton must’ve waited 35 years for every second bastard on the street to finally catch up and look like him.

[@Slothretro]

When I was child I use to look everywhere for punk documentaries to gain more knowledge and now that I'm 30 yrs old now I still enjoy punk documentaries! Especially if it's bands I've never heard of! It's always good to add more bands to the playlist 😎

[@dewilew2137]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

[@workingclasspatriot5001]

Thank you so much. I'm a 1/2 Guamanoan, Native AmericanAnglo.Hillbilly raised by Grandparents who were Hillbilly saints. The spirit of Minnesota portrayed in this video and especially the one on the Baldies resonates so much with me as a guy who's 10 year old ambition was to be Joe Strummet, eventually becoming a Skinhead for the last 37 years and having felt so on TBE periphery even here in the accepting S.F. Bay Area. Hardcore hasn't been given its credit. Some musical genres which have spawned movements receive their attention and praise ( Hip Hop for example ), but Hardcore hasn't and I believe the content here is poised to possibly do show---- and as is common for this/ use its done in that DIY spirit. We were raised around a time of social upheaval, the threat of nuclear annihilation a constant realith , and an anger that could be one violence or drug addiction so easily and very few healthy ways to express this. Not everybody wete these talented artists or profound poets and writets, but what we were something so sacred, so magical that very few eyes of the profane could steel themselves for the transformation to what we had become. I APOLOGIZE FOR SOUNDING SO DOUCHEY AND POMPOUS ABOUT IT ALL , BUT THE MUSIC, THE PEOPLE,THE SPIRIT OF THIS MUSIC , THE COMMUNITY , AND ITS LIVING ,BREATHING, EVER EVOLVING SOUL CANT EVER BE REPRODUCED. It was lightning in a bottle and a moment in time that must be documented. The history must be shated. Thank you for making it be understood.

[@High-Tension-Wire]

It's like 1987 and my feet are frostbitten standing outside the Entry waiting for the doors to open. Thanks for the memories!

[@Checkofoto]

Love seeing the history of other scenes across the country. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Thank you so much! We'll be posting these on Mondays!

[@bluewavechris]

Loooovve the way you used the intro of Black Flag's "No More" in this......nicely done.

[@fabiandee8178]

i thought it was a bit cringe

[@prschuster]

I was in my 20s during the 70s West Bank hippie scene. Then punk came along in the 80s when I was in my 30s, and it was a totally new thing to me, so why not? It was a great time.

[@katamarisara]

This is so cool to see! I'd love to see the series go into the early 00s heavy metal and/or talk about The Triple Rock Social Club. That's where I had my first experience in hardcore/heavy metal and my first job out of college!

[@noaht3087]

Unbelievable work! I didn't realize how many episodes there was of this, a massive treasure trove of Hardcore History. Respect!

[@alvarosolis26]

Love this stuff can't get enough I'll never forget American Hardcore

[@fords_nothere_100]

Outstanding! Thought I knew about this scene but clearly not. Great editing and production values as well.

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Thank you very much!

[@BigDanOz]

I sent this to my buddy Matt Pinfield who you may remember as the V J on 120 Minutes, etc. We met in the early 80's and am sure he'll enjoy this, at his new home at KLOS in Los Angeles!

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Thank you so much!!

[@BigDanOz]

@@TwinCitiesPBS a good friend of ours wrote and produced the doc American Hardcore btw, Stephen Blush 😎

[@hunterism]

Please tell Stephen, that documentary was a primary inspiration for this... Especially the way that movie omitted Minnesota! 🤟

[@PK-gi2qh]

Cool, I'm out here in So. Cal. Where the scene was gigantic in the early to mid 80's. Sidenote: Black Flag is from the Hermosa Beach area of Los Angeles. Not Orange County. But almost the entire State had a scene back then. From LA to Riverside and San Bernardino counties, OC, to San Diego, up to Ventura, Santa Barbara, to Sacramento, and over to San Francisco/ Berkeley Bay Area. It was massive.

[@Slothretro]

Correction Black Flag is actually from San Pedro

[@stevegilmore2093]

@@Slothretro no they aren’t😂 that’s the minutemen

[@Slothretro]

@@stevegilmore2093 point is there from L.A not O.C but O.C has always had a great scene. Especially the powerviolence scene

[@floydcherade1542]

Thank you for posting...I look forward to more!

[@BiLdoEMcLown]

The first time I came up to Minneapolis was the mid 90s... I was looking for the hardcore and stumbled into a rave. I eventually found the hardcore, but I've always kept my tastes diverse.

[@hanks5324]

Very well done twin cities pbs!!!!! This is amazing.

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@natelandherr5202]

This is really cool. I hope this doc covers the late 80's-late 90's Crust scene with bands like Destroy and Misery

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Thank you! This series deals with the years 1980-1985, but we'll let the producer know your thoughts!

[@natelandherr5202]

@@TwinCitiesPBS The mid 90's crust scene is pretty much what kept our scene alive until the pop punk/street punk revival in the early 2000's as far as I've been told. It's also partially responsible for the creation of Extreme Noise records

[@SaintMartins]

Exactly nobody knew what to call the more "aggressive" form of Punk until in 1981 when D.O.A. named their album "Hardcore '81". People should explore the Vancouver Punk scene form 1978 - 1987.......D.O.A., The Subhumans, Neos, No Means No, Pointed Sticks, The Modernettes, The Dishrags, Slow, S.N.F.U., Death Sentence, House Of Commons.

[@Fiftyfiv3hundr3d]

Watching this from Canada. I look forward to the next episode, really well done.

[@mirapilates]

Interesting to see if this continues with the late 80s and the scene that developed around the zine Profane Existence. Minneapolis became a center point for the Anarcho and Crust scene that many don't realize.

[@centralscrutinizer66]

Cool! Every city has a story and I wanna hear em. I’m Detroit from early 80’s, but from reading hundreds of zines over those years I recognize or know some of the names and of course Husker Du. Small scenes are cool as long as they’re not so small bands skip playing your town. Part 2?

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Part 2 premieres next week on Monday at 10am!

[@evanabbott2737]

Hello, from Royal Oak! Were you there at the greystone hall in 83’ for Black Flag’s last show? The misfits last show was there that year, too.

[@centralscrutinizer66]

Hey in Berkley. I saw Black Flag at the Graystone for the My War tour 84 with Meat Puppets. Black Flag stayed together into the 90’s in one form or another. I didn’t go to the last Misfits gig with the Necros. I heard it wasn’t so happening, like disappointing. Saw Samhain a bunch.

[@Jon.so.vile.]

Another banger.I love this channel

[@rickplasch4635]

Love it thank you can’t wait to see the next one!!

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Thank you! It’s scheduled for Monday at 10am!

[@garrettgrant6049]

Minnesota actually had great venues for Punk/metal/hardcore music. My boys the DAYGLO ABORTIONS played there. I miss the NORTH STARS lol

[@jdarling77]

Doesn't get much better than D.A!!

[@High-Tension-Wire]

I must concur that DA are terrific. I was introduced to them by a letter of outrage to Anne landers complaining they weren't convicted of obscenity

[@garrettgrant6049]

Yep dgca were the first group or artists in Canada to be charged with obscene material in a landmark case in 1988 and they were found not guilty although the trial cost the band quarter million dollars with lawyers fees Etc. Definitely Canada's greatest hardcore punk metal band ever

[@Icon_of_Design]

Wow! Fantastic.

[@GrimMetropolis]

When's episode 2 coming out?! Notification on. I'm waiting for it. ✌ so cool to see thee original scenes being documented. Really, underground music is always changing, progressing no matter what thriving city you're in, no matter what decade. I could say Baltimore 2000s, you will say something else. A big part of it is being young, finding friends, doing something new and watching it get bigger and better. Of course theres a crash. But those feelings of being there at the time, unforgettable. ✌♥️

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Next Monday at 10am! We've got it ready to premiere - you can set your reminder on the video itself!

[@gal2659]

Cool, I was sure that NNB wouldn't be mention here (cause, well, they weren't "punk"), and thought they deserve a recognition (go check song called Slack, good lord that's a heavy one). And you actually did include them ! this was done in good taste ! gonna check the whole serie, thank you

[@hunterism]

NNB deserve their own doc!

[@sleepawaycamp83]

Awesome! You guys should do a documentary on the Bay Area Punk/Hardcore movement!

[@Dave-po2mz]

So cool! I lived it, the Uptown, 7th, Such a fun scene. Walt if you are out there hope you doin good!

[@bobbyswamp]

Love this! Well done!

[@umusuuk]

I never really knew that much about this scene. And Introducing has done some good podcast episodes on some of the bands, but this was a really good primer on the formation and vibe of the scene.

[@ninjajedistuff]

Thank you TPT!

[@fishdomin1313]

Damn this makes me wish that today's hard-core scene in minnesota was still going just as strong. You go to a show now and it feels like there's only 15 people there for a show that is strictly local bands.

[@chrisoseland4643]

I bought an original copy of husker du land speed record from felix von havoc in 2006 at the alamo outside of dinkytown. One of the best times of my life

[@damnedlock8776]

that Minneapolis skate goat shirt is awesome!!

[@SBpunx-el2bw]

Yes love the punk aka hardcore segments

[@risboturbide9396]

Great mini-docu!

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

The newest episode is out! There will be 4 more after that, premiering on Mondays at 10am

[@risboturbide9396]

@@TwinCitiesPBS thank you, folks!

[@SLAYERSWINE1]

Husker Du was a great band...

[@mattjones3963]

Thank you

[@MillCityJam]

0:37 - Maplewood skatepark and I think that's Eric Thompson doing tail spins.

[@charleshoyle]

Props to this PBS station!!!

[@DeleriousOdyssey]

This was great!

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Thank you so much! The next episode releases tomorrow at 10am!

[@gramsci420]

This. Is. Amazing.

[@brethazlett5354]

Terry Katsman knew the WHOLE SCEEN,PLUS JUST A GREAT GUY!

[@mattmattga]

Would love a video about twin tone records!

[@mattmattga]

I love The Phones

[@Bryan-ei9nf]

@@mattmattga KIRBY'S !!!

[@LANGI902]

Willfully Neglect is the best 👌🏼

[@eiremike1]

awesome!

[@JD-zp1bd]

Bless Minnesota PBS

[@Zach_Beebe]

The late 90s, early 00s Hardcore scene was the best in MN. Long live the Foxfire!!

[@davidg4536]

Upstate NY is where I heard Husker Du for the first time. Harsh winters, boring radio rock… we had that going on too. Love learning about what preceded the Huskers. Part 2?

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Posted yesterday at 10am! We’ll be posting each episode on Mondays at 10am!

[@robertronning7016]

I support you guys no matter where you are I hope you do the same here they happen to be from my hometown don't let that affect your listening pleasure they are worthy

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Big thanks for this very well done look at Minnesota HC. I would recommend readers here go to youtube and listen to Suicide Commandos song Match/Mismatch. There are two versions, the album one and the single. Both are great and unlike anything at the time. You might be interested in reading the beginning of an article I had published this year on the Top 15 punk albums, which also included 3 HC albums, giving an overview of the climate that spawned punk. " Punk rock is a subgenre of rock and roll with roots in garage rock, but it's generally faster and more aggressive than garage. Punk was a rebellion against the hippie culture's idealism and appearance. The flower children’s righteous idea of making the world a better place was met with the stark reality of the punks' world in disarray. New York, the birthplace of punk, was almost bankrupt in the early 70's and when the Sex Pistols appeared in England, unemployment was severe with well over a million people out of work. Crime and drugs were rampant in NYC; parks were littered with used syringes. England incurred inflation, oil shortages and strikes. So bell bottoms were out, replaced by tight pants and those beautiful long locks were gone, replaced by hair cut short, and even cut off as skinhead culture emerged. Punk was also rebelling against the style known as "arena rock" in the mid 70's. Bands like Journey, Queen and Kansas ruled the airwaves and ticket sales. Their songs had anthemic choruses with lyrics that appealed to a wide audience. With corporations behind them, their live shows were extravaganzas, often featuring songs with long solos, or as some British punks called it, "endless wanking." How could a 15 year old kid practicing with a guitar in a garage relate to this big bucks, perfectly produced, lavishly packaged product? Music had become so progressive, indulgent, and bloated that it had to be torn apart and flushed, and that's exactly what punk did. These troublemaking kids with only disgust for what preceded them were about to rise up and become the nightmare of the industry. Their DIY attitude and anti-establishment lyrics were squarely at odds with governments and the corporate controlled music machine. Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone said, "In its initial form, a lot of the 1960's stuff was innovative and exciting. Unfortunately, what happens is that people who could not hold a candle to the likes of Hendrix started noodling away. Soon you had endless solos that went nowhere. By 1973, I knew that what was needed was some pure, stripped down, no bullshit rock 'n' roll." And John Holmstrom, founding editor of Punk magazine, recalls feeling "punk rock had to come along because the rock scene had become so tame that acts like Billy Joel and Simon and Garfunkel were being called rock and roll, when to me and other fans, rock and roll meant this wild and rebellious music." Despite the plethora of pontifications over the years that "punk is dead," in reality, it is now more popular than ever. It has been estimated that Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols has sold almost 6 million copies worldwide. The Clash has sold about 24 million records. Three modern day punk bands have far surpassed these two. The Offspring has sold 40 million records, Blink 182 has sold 50 million and Green Day has sold 85 million. What was spray painted on so many walls for over 40 years is now truer than ever in 2021, "PUNK NOT DEAD.”

[@beeragainsthumanity1420]

I saw The Ramones open for Foreigner back in the day...it was an absolute disaster. I was a fan of both bands and was excited to see Ramones because I loved the urgency of the music. People started throwing all kinds of garbage on stage and booing them. I really don't recall how long they played though, but Joey flipped everyone off while they performed. I'll bet the crowd that was there now brag about how much they love The Ramones...lol.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@beeragainsthumanity1420 great story. I mentioned Match/Mismatch in my comment and that certainly is the latter....lol.

[@MikeJBlues]

7.41 that's my Buddy Glen aka Crash , Edward's in the red leopard print shit

[@MikeJBlues]

We were in a band in the army 1981, punk band named the Ded Vets 💀 🤣

[@donaldfeger91]

Working class youths having a real cool time tonite alright!

[@BangTaoBeach]

All I wanted was a Pepsi

[@Mraquanetchris]

I was little late for the first go, but remember the Libido Boyz.

[@High-Tension-Wire]

Saw them at 7th Street opening for 7 seconds. Raced out to get Hiding Away. They blew 7 seconds out of the water. Love mankato hardcore

[@zachthomas5272]

There’s got to be a complete episode dedicated to The Replacements, right?

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

😞

[@AmiGuitar]

i had no idea that minnesota had such a great music scene i always thought it was just prince and stuff

[@michaelmarifern9541]

Played w/ Red Meat @ Oland Park in Madison, WI 1982

[@michaelmarifern9541]

Remember the bass player had a mod, circle shirt on and jumped around like crazy..cool as fuck, I fronted a band called Disorderly Conduct from Kenosha, Wisconsin. It was the 1st time I seen so many punks in one place at one time..I thought it was Utopia. I was 17, 1982

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

THIS IS JORDAN, WE DO WHAT WE LIKE

[@Slothretro]

Black Flag is from San Pedro

[@VincentSaan]

Whaaat too short man !! Its like a punkrock track but in a docu way

[@smartalec8855]

Remember Northern Lights Records?

[@High-Tension-Wire]

That's where you lived while waiting to get into 7th/1st Ave since the security guard at taco bell would kick you out before you even sat down

[@jeremylastra9964]

what's the song @0:15

[@tracehints9315]

Punk Rock (n.) 1. The glorification of ineptitude usu. done at 120 bpm

[@jchow5966]

Curtiss A!!!!

[@JELAJAHMISTERI]

I remember my brotha from Minnesota, his name Dumpy Food Poop.... Any body know him? 😁😁😁

[@hardcorerdeth2441]

does anyone have like a list of all the bands in here?

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

We don’t have a list per se, but we do have a Spotify link and the music featured in each episode are in the credits!

[@cdp200442]

I lived that decade .. so awesome..we had a love of Rock music and rebelling from that soft crap

[@roberthill2219]

That's it? Story stops with HD???

[@TwinCitiesPBS]

Nope! The latest episode just posted and we'll be premiering the episodes on Mondays at 10am.

[@stephlyons2304]

I have to say that most of the bands they are saying started hardcore would say we started because of the Bad Brains ,

[@werdna3891]

Does anybody know what song/s is at 0:30 and 0:39 ?

[@hunterism]

Self Defeated by Final Conflict

[@fumanpoo4725]

Diane...Diane...Diane...

[@splifjackson842]

HYPSTRZ!

[@Richard-77]

El otro Seattle....

[@devinherndon6867]

Needs a DVD release....all of 'em.

[@smallfaucet]

Welcome to Anytown, USA.

[@High-Tension-Wire]

Reagan Youth are permanently relevant

[@smallfaucet]

@@High-Tension-Wire I hear you, respect.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

where’s that transistor radio?

[@josephnoel8346]

Not much different than the Eugene Oregon scene back in the day.

[@High-Tension-Wire]

Do you remember Lisa Lizard?

[@Stoned2daBone-r4g]

MISERY! (A) (E)

[@smallfaucet]

Meanwhile, over in Scandinavian countries........

[@High-Tension-Wire]

Puke!

[@smallfaucet]

@@High-Tension-Wire As in no good? I like punk too but Scandi countries had the metal scene on lock \m/

[@High-Tension-Wire]

@@smallfaucet as in the awesome Swedish band Puke kzbin.info/www/bejne/npTakIGdi5ZpY6s

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

*violent HM-2 noises*

[@iachtulhu1420]

Finland and Sweden had a great hardcore scene from 1981 to late 80s and it didn't lost continuity and allegiance to original sound for long after that.

[@UndeadPresto]

There wasn't any, end of story....

[@metall1983]

I find it funny all these punk documentaries bitching about 70s soft rock hey non one forced you to listen it or buy it so quit your bitching about it have you heard today's music it's way worse than the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac I love hardcore and yacht rock sue me ☺️

[@xeverettx2564]

Hardcore....west coast.....NOPE!!!! I love Flag but here are two words Bad Brains!!!!!! And it only gets deeper. NYHC lower east side, minor threat, D.C. their have always been and always will be good bands from the west coast but the words hardcore and east coast just go together. Even if it’s not referring to music! East coast is fast, aggressive, Hard living, fast talking, non stop go, non stop work. Not palm trees and surfboards!

[@GeoffreyEatWorld]

There are 0 cities in minnesota with a population of 2 million.

[@A1d4wwg02]

666

[@godlesspeacesign8852]

Reflections is the only good band to come from that area

[@SelfishFew]

Wonderful, let's mix the already enraging "MN nice" with a needless antisocial, narcissistic attitude.

[@harperwelch5147]

What? No guns?

[@AtZero138]

Always listen to Hardcore Punk.. it's honest and As Broke as You actually Are.. @∅