Post-hardcore
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Post-hardcore, as the name might suggest, is a musical offshoot of the hardcore punk movement. The earliest appearances of the genre were in Washington, D.C. in the mid- to late-1980s (see the era's releases on Dischord Records, for example), though it was not widely known until the early 1990s. Post-hardcore, as a musical genre, is marked by its precise rhythms and loud guitar-based instrumentation accompanied by vocal performances that are as often sung as whispers or screams. The genre has developed a unique balance of dissonance and melody, in part channeling the loud and fast hardcore ethos into more measured, subtle forms of tension and release. It shares with its hardcore roots an intensity and social awareness as well as a DIY punk ethic, yet eschews much of the unfocused rage and loose, sometimes amateurish musicianship of punk rock.
The genre also includes bands with decidedly art rock leanings such as Fugazi, Drive Like Jehu, Rites of Spring, Moss Icon, Quicksand, Whisper Campaign, and Hoover.
The original post-hardcore sound became more and more difficult to find throughout the 1990s and has nearly vanished from the public eye, though the genre still thrives in more underground circles as well as in new, more radical forms. Related genres include both emo and math rock, which share a common heritage with post-hardcore, though these two genres have since diverged and developed uniquely unto themselves.
Post-hardcore in the 21st Century
In recent times post-hardcore has also been used to refer to bands such as Thursday, At The Drive-In and S club 7. However, the usage of this term does not mark a musical movement but rather a group of bands who draw influences from punk, emo, hardcore, metal, etc.The genre has also come under fire from sections of various musical fanbases, having the opinion that the genre is being used as somewhere to simply group any bands of remote rock/alternative sound but whom do not seem to categorise to a pre-existing genre.
Post-hardcore bands
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