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History

It was first mentioned by name in the song "Hispanic Small Man Power (H.S.M.P.)" by genre pioneer Man Is the Bastard, and its nascent form was pioneered in the late 1980s in the music of hardcore punk bands Infest and No Comment, themselves heavily influenced by earlier bands like Siege, Lärm, and the Neos. The microgenre solidified into its most commonly recognized form in the early 1990s with the sounds of bands such as Man Is the Bastard, Crossed Out, and No Comment. Man Is the Bastard were a pioneering hardcore punk band who contributed the name, and perhaps also the ethos, to the punk subgenre known as power violence. ... Siege was a thrashcore group formed in 1983 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... Crossed Out is a first wave power violence band from Encinitas, California. ...

Spazz vocalist and bassist Chris Dodge's record label Slap a Ham was a fixture during the rapid rise and decline of power violence, releasing influential records by the likes of Neanderthal, No Comment, Crossed Out, Infest, Spazz, etc. The label's Fiesta Grande was an annual power violence festival held at 924 Gilman from 1992 to 2000. Spazz drummer Max Ward's label 625 Thrashcore has started its own festival, Super Sabado Gigante, in a similar vein. For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... The 924 Gilman Street project, aka the Alternative Music Foundation, is the Berkeley, California street address, and the official business name, of the all-ages, non-profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as Gilman. ... Max Ward is an influential figure in power violence and thrash, playing for such bands as Spazz, Plutocracy, Capitalist Casualties, What Happens Next?, Bombs of Death, and Scholastic Deth. ... 625 Thrashcore is a small American record label started by Max Ward of long-standing hardcore band Spazz. ...

Style

Musically, the majority of bands focus on speed, brevity, and constant tempo changes, removing the metallic influence that grindcore is generally known for in its songwriting and production techniques. This is meant to contrast with modern grindcore variants that have become increasingly associated with death metal. Power violence songs are often very short; it is not uncommon for some to last less than 30 seconds. Power violence is also known for its bizarre timing breakdowns. This article is about the musical genre. ...

Proto-power violence

Bands that influenced and/or prefigured power violence:

• Cryptic Slaughter
• Deep Wound
• Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
• Heresy
• Intense Degree
• Lärm
• Pandemonium
• Negative FX
• Neos
• Septic Death
• Siege
• S.O.B.

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Bands commonly associated with power violence

• ACxDC
• Apartment 213
• Assholeparade
• Black Army Jacket
• Burned Up Bled Dry
• Capitalist Casualties
• Charles Bronson
• Crossed Out
• Daisy Cutter[ http://www.myspace.com/daisycutter666 ]
• Despise You
• Dropdead
• Endless Blockade, The
• Forced Expression
• Fuck on the Beach
• Fucked By The State!
• Godstomper
• Hatred Surge
• Head Hits Concrete
• Hellnation
• Infest
• Lack of Interest
• Magrudergrind
• Man Is the Bastard
• MK-ULTRA
• Neanderthal
• No Comment
• Plutocracy
• Real Reggae
• Spazz
• Stack
• The Ultimate Warriors
• Warzone Womyn
• Yacopsae

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References

• Bartkewicz, Anthony (July 2007). Screwdriver in the Urethra of Hardcore". Decibel Magazine. Retrieved on July 29, 2007.

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See also

• Thrashcore
• Grindcore
• Noise rock