Washington, D.C. had the most prolific and blatantly political hardcore punk scene in the United States during the 1980s. Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...

The central bands of the scene were Minor Threat and Bad Brains. Other bands that were involved were Teen Idles, S.O.A., The Extorts, Youth Brigade, Government Issue, Marginal Man, Void, The Faith, Scream, The Untouchables, and later such bands as Embrace, Rites of Spring, Three, and Shudder To Think. Minor Threat was a short-lived hardcore punk band from Washington DC. They have been hugely influential: Critics have called them and their work iconic, [1] and noted their groundbreaking music has held up better than most of their contemporaries. ... The Bad Brains are an American all-black hardcore punk and reggae band, originally formed in Washington, DC in 1977. ... The Teen Idles were a hardcore punk band that existed only for about fourteen months. ... State of Alert (or S.O.A.) was a punk rock group from Washington, D.C.. They formed in October 1980, and disbanded in July 1981 [1] and released No Policy on Dischord Records. ... Youth Brigade was a punk trio formed by brothers Mark Stern, Adam Stern, and Shawn Stern, in Beverly Hills, California in 1980. ... Government Issue (often just GI) were an American hardcore punk band originating from the Washington DC scene, formed in 1980 and signed to Dischord Records. ... Look up Void in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Void can refer to: Aether as the source of all elements, the quintessence. ... Scream can refer to several topics: Look up scream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Untouchables is the name of a 1947 book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, and also of two television series and a motion picture that it inspired. ... Embrace could refer to two bands Embrace, a United States band. ... Rites of Spring was a punk rock band from Washington, D.C., often cited as pioneering the emocore movement. ... Shudder to Think are a difficult band to pigeonhole. ...

Almost all of these bands were signed to Dischord Records, run by Ian MacKaye, the frontman for Minor Threat and later Fugazi which became the premier post-hardcore band in the early 1990s. 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. ... Ian Mackaye Ian MacKaye (pronounced Mc-Eye) (b. ... Minor Threat was a short-lived hardcore punk band from Washington DC. They have been hugely influential: Critics have called them and their work iconic, [1] and noted their groundbreaking music has held up better than most of their contemporaries. ... Fugazi is an Italian slang term for something that is fake. Fugazi were Japanese deserters during World War II. Fugazi is the name of a post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C. FUGAZI was an American GI slang during the Vietnam war. ...

Due to Dischord's popularity and influence, almost no D.C. based bands who were not on Dischord have recieved much attention from outside of the tri-state area. However, these lesser known bands still garner interest from rabid punk rock fans and record collectors from time to time, including Swiz, Touchdown, Initial Reaction, Fury, and Sweetbelly Freakdown. 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. ... 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. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

Most bands that existed during the early '80's in Washington lasted only a few years, partially due to the interesting fact that the scene was made up of many children of bureaucrats that were either fired by new administrations or promoted to government positions elsewhere.

Today, the surrounding scene (pretty much including anything within the Capitol Beltway as "D.C.") is still quite popular locally, having produced such past and present bands as Desperate Measures, For The Living, Battery, Better Than A Thousand, The Aftermath, The Hate Crimes, and more recently, up and comers like In My Way, Set To Explode, and Supreme Commander. Better Than A Thousand was a hardcore band with former Youth of Today singer Ray Cappo. ...

See also: Music of Washington D.C. The music of Washington D.C. is known for two primary scenes, hardcore and associated derivatives and a hip hop-dance music hybrid called go go. ...