Australian hardcore

Australian hardcore punk bands tend to have local fan bases, although a number have toured Australia and internationally. Recorded material by these bands is often hard to find, as many focus on the live shows (which are the mainstay of the scene). Prominent bands include, or have included, I Killed The Prom Queen, Parkway Drive, Carpathian, 50 Lions and Mindsnare. Australian hardcore is played on the national Triple J network in the short.fast.loud program [ [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/shortfastloud/default.htm SHORT.FAST.LOUD. on Triple J] ] and on a number of local stations.Fact|date=September 2008

Massappeal of Sydney were possibly the first hardcore act to perform in Australia playing their first gig in 1985.Fact|date=September 2008

Culture

DIY ethic

The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ethic is strong. The rise of CD burners and the Internet has allowed more bands to self-publish their records and sell through their websites or on consignment in local record stores. If recorded material is available distribution is often through local distributors run out of band member's garages or small independent labels which are active in most capital cities.

Ideology

A number of Australian hardcore bands express ideological, political, sexual and religious values and ideologies in their music. These values include veganism, straight edge. Winston McCall of Parkway Drive commented in an interview about straight edge and veganism:Veganism and straightedge beliefs are becoming more prominent in the hardcore scene, and in Adelaide in particular, according to McCall. "I'd say Adelaide has probably got the biggest straightedge/vegan scene in Australia. In Byron there's about five straightedge kids and I think maybe two kids that are vegan and that's about it," McCall laughs. "I'm vegetarian myself and there's a couple of us that are straightedge, but we just wanna have fun and play music. We do believe in trying to make a difference in some way, but as a whole we don't really champion any beliefs. We're just a hardcore band!" [ [http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/346/iv-ParkwayDrive.shtml Winston McCall of Parkway Drive interviewed by Maddi West of db magazine interview] ]

Radio shows

The ABC Triple J network has a weekly program, short.fast.loud, which showcases some punk and hardcore music released both locally and elsewhere. The show focuses on a ranges of music, from radio-friendly acts such as Go It Alone, Stolen Youth and Miles Away, to smaller more obscure act such as Hospital The Musical, Bad Day Down, Robotosaurus, This City Sunrise and R.A.D. Some bands like Parkway Drive, Mindsnare, and I Killed the Prom Queen are also played on Full Metal Racket on the same station.

Playlists are posted weekly on the [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/shortfastloud/playlists/ Triple J short.fast.loud website] .

Australian record labels releasing hardcore

* [http://www.commonbondrecords.com Common Bond Records]
* [http://www.resistrecords.com Resist Records]
* [http://www.missinglink.net.au Missing Link Records]
* [http://www.internationaltrash.info International Trash Records]
* [http://www.disconnectrecords.com Disconnect Records] (Tasmania)
* [http://www.trialanderrorrecords.com Trial & Error Records]
* [http://www.buildrecords.com/index2.htm Building Records]
* [http://www.punk.com.au Australiapunk]
* [http://www.washeduprecords.com/ Washedup Records]

ee also

*Punk rock in Australia
*List of Australian hardcore punk and metalcore groups
*List of hardcore punk bands

References

External links

* [http://www.punkhardcore.com.au/ Punkhardcore Australia]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/shortfastloud/default.htm SHORT.FAST.LOUD. on Triple J]
*http://www.bombshellzine.com