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Hardcore Punk

Hardcore Punk is a subgenre of Punk Rock which originated in North America in the late 70's. The sound is thicker, heavier, and faster than 1970s-style Punk Rock. It is characterized by short, loud, and passionate songs.

It was call Punk at first and not Punk Rock as classic Punk was called. In the ealy 80's it was called Hardcore Punk

Hardcore Punk started in L.A with the band Black Flag and in D.C with the band Minor Threat and Bad Brains; which are the big three bands of early Hardcore Punk.

In the 90's heavy metal bands tried to get into Hardcore with out being Punk. Which is not Hardcore at all. The Hardcore movent and sound is still Punk and always will be. Metalcore is metal music not Hardcore Punk. There is still Harcore Punk bands around today, and that are not metal bands claiming to be Hardcore with out being Punk. A few of them are,

The Casualties
Cheap Sex
Devotchka
Dropkick Murphys
Lower Class Brats
No Use For A Name
Pennywise
Rise Against
Suicide Machines
The Unseen
And more.
Hardcore is Punk music. Its not a fourm of Metal music. Its short for Hardcore Punk.
by shy_boy November 10, 2008
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Ian Harding

A gorgeous young man who plays Ezra Fitz on the popular tv show Pretty Little Liars
Girl 1: Ian Somerhalder is soooo hot!

Girl 2: Ian Harding is hotter. His cheekbones are the work of God.

Girl 1: (Speechless)
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Traffic was a nightmare last night so I called an ambulance and was Die-Harding for 15 blocks. Saved me 45 minutes.
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hardcore studying

studying to the extreme. completely focused and determined to absorb the material you're studying. to get ready for an upcoming exam.
So what are you up to this afternoon man?

I'm hardcore studying to get ready for my exam!
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Hardcore Parkour

attempting to do parkour but really just randomly jumping over stuff. Derived from a "Office" skit in season 6 episode 1.
The Office "Parkour in the Office"
"Hardcore parkour!" (jumps over chair)
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Hardik

Hardik is an Indian given name, and literally it means "From the Bottom of the Heart". Another literal translation of "Hardik" in English means "Hearty boy".
Hardik, that's so sweet of you to do.
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Happy Hardcore

A genre of electronic music that stems from old skool breakbeat hardcore. Typically has a stomping 4x4 kick drum, crazy synth lines, a breakbeat (sometimes), and pitched up vocals.

Happy hardcore is known as a fairly un-pretentious, D.I.Y. genre, with a dedicated group of listeners and DJ's.

It gets the party started right.
"Hey man, what do you say we grab some Pabst Blue Ribbon and hit up the illegal warehouse rave...i hear there is gonna be some bangin' happy hardcore!"
by OnoSendai May 11, 2003
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