Hardcore punk is a punk rock genre with a dedicated following in Australia. Many Australian hardcore bands enjoy a relatively large fanbase locally without touring outside their home state. 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, Day of Contempt, Parkway Drive, Carpathian, Toe to Toe and Mindsnare. Australian music is the music originating from the country of Australia. ... The trends of Australian music have often mirrored those of the United States and Britain. ... Subcategories There are 3 subcategories to this category. ... Australian hip hop music began in the early 1980s, primarily influenced by hip hop music and culture imported via radio and television from the United States of America. ... 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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. The DIY ethic (do it yourself ethic) refers to the ethic of being self-reliant and doing things yourself as opposed to paying others to do it. ... A CD burner, CD recorder or CD writer is an internal or external writable Compact Disc drive that can be attached to a computer. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ...

Interstate tours are organised occasionally by more established ragtime bands. Only a few hardcore bands ever tour overseas.

Ideology

A number of Australian hardcore bands express ideological, political, sexual and religious values and ideologies in their music. These values include veganism and straight edge among many others. Vegan redirects here. ... For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ...

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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 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. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... Double J redirects here. ... short. ... Parkway Drive are a metalcore band from Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. ... I Killed the Prom Queen was an Hardcore/Metal band from Adelaide, South Australia. ... Full Metal Racket (formerly 3 Hours of Power) is an Australian radio show airing on alternative youth broadcaster Triple J. As suggested by its title, it is a specialist heavy metal show. ...

Playlists are posted weekly on the Triple J short.fast.loud website. In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. ...

See also

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

Australian musicians played and recorded some of the earliest punk rock. ... The following is a list of Australian hardcore punk and metalcore groups ordered by region. ... This is a list of bands considered to be hardcore punk by some. ...

References

1. ^ http://www.dbmagazine.com.au/346/iv-ParkwayDrive.shtml

External links

• Punkhardcore Australia
• SHORT.FAST.LOUD. on Triple J
• http://www.bombshellzine.com
• http://www.myspace.com/piratesplaymusic

Australian record labels releasing hardcore

• Common Bond Records
• Resist Records
• Missing Link Records
• International Trash Records
• Disconnect Records (Tasmania)
• Trial & Error Records
• Building Records
• Australiapunk