@Elijah Garlitz

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In the early '00s, post-hardcore unexpectedly crossed over into the mainstream, and despite their intense and aggressive style, bands like Thursday and Thrice became legitimate alt-rock stars. At the same time, the underground post-hardcore scene continued to thrive, and innovative bands like Pianos Become the Teeth and Metz added new and noisy twists to brutally heavy riffs.

The origin of punk has long been a subject of debate. Some trace its raw, minimal sound and anti-pop attitude back to the late-’60s transgressions of The Velvet Underground. Others claim punk’s ground zero was CBGB in the mid-’70s, when the Manhattan dive bar housed a parade of misfits that included glue-sniffin’ rockers the Ramones, arty guitar contortionists Television, and radical poet Patti Smith. Then there are those who believe punk truly became a movement when—in the era of peak prog rock—the Sex Pistols unleashed anarchy in the UK with their blasphemous anti-establishment anthems. But their peers in The Clash showed how punk’s raging attack could be a vessel for shrewd social commentary, while the emergence of unruly acts in L.A. (Black Flag), Australia (The Saints), and beyond proved that punk was more than a profane antidote to mainstream-rock excess—it was an empowering philosophy that encouraged disaffected outsiders to take matters into their own hands.

“Hey Siri, play the Hip-Hop Drive playlist.”