1990s

Blood for Blood

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Boston hardcore band known for bleak, working-class street-level songs.

Ten Yard Fight

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Boston youth crew hardcore band central to the late-1990s revival.

American Nightmare

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Boston hardcore band, briefly known as Give Up the Ghost, with wide influence on modern hardcore.

Darkbuster

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Boston punk band known for beer-soaked local anthems and Northeast following.

Gang Green

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Braintree/Boston hardcore band with a central place in the early East Coast hardcore scene.

Slapshot

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Long-running Boston hardcore band founded by members of earlier Boston hardcore groups.

The Freeze

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Cape Cod hardcore punk band central to This Is Boston, Not L.A.

Showcase Showdown

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Fixture of the 1990s Boston punk scene, known for smart, ridiculous, pogo-ready punk.

Dropkick Murphys

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Quincy-born Celtic punk institution with deep Boston identity.

Entrophy

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Drunken pogo punk band from Boston and the South Shore.

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