Fire Party were a hardcore band from Washington D.C.. They were together from the autumn of 1986 to the spring of 1990.. Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often angry songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

They released a six-song self-titled EP, an eight-song album and a complete discography on Dischord Records. For the TV show on G4 formerly called Extended Play, see X-Play. ... Dischord founders Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ...

They produced a type of music that could be possilby described as emo (due to their existence and involvement with the other "Revolution Summer" bands Embrace and Rites of Spring). Apart from being an all female band, a rarity in hardcore punk music; drummer Nicky Thomas was also one of the few African American women involved in the hardcore punk music scene. Emo (an abbreviation of emotionally-driven hardcore punk or just emotional-hardcore) is a term now broadly used to describe almost any form of guitar-driven alternative rock that expresses emotions beyond traditional punks limited emotional palette of alienation and rage. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...