Italian hardcore

There was a dynamic Italian hardcore punk scene in the 1980s .

80's Hardcore Bands

Italian hardcore was a strong influence, and still it does for many hardcore bands in the world.Even if important scenes took place in the U.S.A. or in U.K., in the 80's Italy punks grew up in a social and political situation that was really hard, once the era of political terrorism (both left and right wing) ended up and the moment was ready for mass-firing in Italian factories.

Many punks of that years came directly from the Italian proletariat and sub-proletariat, so the lyrics of the bands were focused on the social situation and on the distance between punk movement and the growing Italian-yuppie philosophy.

Inspired by bands such as Crass and Discharge, many lyrics were against the war and the N.A.T.O.

*Wretched
*Eu's Arse [http://www.attackfanzine.net/eusarse.htm]
*Raw Power [http://www.rawpowerhc.com/]
*Negazione [http://www.negazione.com/]
*Indigesti [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/italy/indigesti_main.html]
*Declino
*Bloody Riot
*Fall Out
*S.D.P.
*CCM
*Peggio Punx
*Stazione Suicida
*Putrid Fever
*Nerorgasmo
*N.I.A. Punx
*Kina
*Impact (hardcore band)

90's hardcore band

*By All Means
*Frammenti
*Growing Concern
*Opposite Force
*Product
*Punkreas
*Purification
*Redemption
*Reprisal
*Sottopressione
*Suburban Noise
*Think Twice
*Timebomb
*This Side Up!
*Todiefor
*When Mind Reflects

Current Day Italian Hardcore Bands by region

A lot of bands in this list held to the independent scene, that has a strong political culture, thus not all bands have political lyrics.The so-called scene gravitates among italian squats (El Paso in Turin, Villa Occupata and Leoncavallo in Milan, Atlantide in Bologna and Bencivenga in Rome, just to cite some of them) that have a rich schedule of hardcore shows throughout the year.

Abruzzo

*Disforia
*Straight Opposition
*Vibratacore

Basilicata

*High Tension

Calabria

*Dracula Drivers
*I Cani di Sara
*Meat For Dogs

Campania

*Alterhate
*Ne Travaillez Jamais
*On Fall
*Tetano

Emilia Romagna

*Ban This!
*Contrasto
*Ed (band)
*Endless Inertia
*Headed Nowhere
*Isolamento
*Laghetto
*Lady Tornado
*La Quiete
*Le Tormenta
*Rebelde (band)
*Regain the shore
*Revolution Summer (band)
*Sumo (hardcore band)
*When Seasons Change

Friuli Venezia Giulia

*Spacciatori Di Musica Stupefacente
*Teatro Delle Ombre
*The Secret (band)
*The Guilt Show
*Zune (band)

Lazio

*Concrete
*Bloody Riot
*Coloss
*Cose Perse
*Die!
*Fourth Sin
*Jet Market
*Lucida Follia
*Payback (band)
*Strength Approach
*Tear Me Down (band)
*The Difference
*Think About
*To Kill
*The Bosh
*Following The Shade

Liguria

*Affranti
*CGB (band)
*Downright
*Evolution So Far

Lombardia

*Agatha
*Angelica Mariner
*Death Before Work
*Decrew
*Finebeforeyoucame
*Foreplay
*Forest Yell
*Go Down Moses
*La Crisi
*Minnie's
*Nashwuah
*No More Fear
*PHP (band)
*Punkreas
*Redbloodhands
*RFT (band)
*Swisssh
*The End of Six Thousand years
*The Infarto, Scheisse!
*The Miracle (band)
*Thrash Brigade
*Nettezza Umana

Marche

*Affluente
*Altro (band)
*Un Quarto Morto

Molise

*Startoday

Piemonte

*Alone (band)
*Arsenico
*Cibo (band)
*Collision Of My Axioms
*Concrete Block
*Havoc (band)
*Isobel (band)
*Jilted (band)
*Memento Mori (band-ita)
*Nerorgasmo (band)
*Spark (band)
*The Redrum
*Tsunami (band)

Puglia

*Cast Thy Eyes
*Hobophobic
*Nonperdono
*Non Toccate Miranda
*S.F.C.
*Shank
*Traitor

ardegna

*A Fora De Arrastu
*Alzheimer (band)
*Billy Rubians
*Controllo A Distanza
*Crushed Up
*Ed Gain
*Gold Kids
*Hidden Truth
*Koms
*Marudowe
*Mr. Murrungio
*Quarto Potere
*Rage Yell
*Sezione Ribalta
*The Ashes Of Betrayal
*To Ed Gein
*Way Of Hate
*Zustissia Mala

icilia

*Burst Up
*Feccia Tricolore
*L.E.A.R.N.
*Values Intact
*Vapurella

Toscana

*Cotidiemori
*Disquieted By
*Giuda
*Khere
*Magdalene (band)
*Myvain therapy
*Stolen Bikes Ride Faster
*Summer Camp Disease
*Violent Breakfast
*Violenta Violenta
*Watch Your Step (band)

Trentino Alto Adige

*Etro
*Ludd (band)
*Mitraglia
*Out of touch (band)
*Thyria

Umbria

*Any Good Reason
*Ingegno
*Mob (band)
*Ouzo (band)
*Locked In
*Another Day

Valle D'Aosta

*Coda Di Lupo
*Frontiera

Veneto

*Anti Sexy
*Argetti
*Gargantha
*Gonna Fall Hard
*La Piovra (band)
*Milizia Hardcore
*Radio Riot Right Now

ee also

*Source [http://www.scaruffi.com/history/italian.html A brief summary of Italian rock music by Piero Scaruffi excerpted from The History of Rock Music]
* [http://www.sceneboot.org/ Sceneboot.org - virtual archives (discography, images, comments)]
* [http://www.scareyrecords.com/catalog/index.php Scarey Records (Featuring many Italian Hardcore bands listed here)]