"Hardcore was more than music -it became a political and social movement as well. The participants constituted a tribe unto themselves. Some of them were alienated or abused, and found escape in the hard-edged music. Some sought a better world or a tearing down of the status quo, and were angry. Most of them simply wanted to raise hell. Stark and uncomprimising, Hardcore generated a lifetsyle stripped down to the bare bones. It's intensity exposed raw nerves. Everyone was edgy and aggressive..."
- Steven Blush, American Hardcore: A Tribal History
