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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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two bit punk

A young, badly-behaved, and inexperienced hoodlum. Also a petty criminal. The "two-bit" prefix denotes a cheap worthlessness.
Hey! That two bit punk just swiped the hubcaps off my Olds 98!
by Dean O'Banion December 12, 2010
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New Punk

One of the original names for IO Punk Music which comes form the U.K in the late W's and early 80's. Also known as: street punk, streetpunk, or real punk. Mostly known now as Street Punk but still called OI.

The general ideology of the original Oi! movement was a rough sort of quasi-socialist working class populism. Lyrical topics included unemployment, workers' rights, harassment by police and other authorities, and oppression by the government.

Notable New Punk or Oi! bands
The 4-Skins
Angelic Upstarts
Blitz
The Blood
The Burial
The Bruisers
The Business
Cock Sparrer
Cockney Rejects
Dropkick Murphys (early days)
The Exploited (early days)
The Oppressed
Oi Polloi (early days)
Oxymoron
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Sham 69
Splodgenessabounds
The Templars
U.S. Chaos
The Wretched Ones
Cockney Rejects is the first New Punk Band.
by freakshowa October 10, 2008
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Long Haired Punk

A long haired punk is used to describe a long haired male in the modern punk rock culture. A long haired punk is considered the " black sheep" of the modern punk culture. He makes his own clothes is very pro DIY and choses to grow his hair out long instead of cutting it and getting a Mohawk. A long haired punk won't give a shit If you think he's a poser, because while your dyeing your hair pink he will be out thrashing in the mosh pit. Long haired punks are major hardcore no matter how fast they come into the scene, and and should be respected.
Examples of Famous "long haired punks"
Henry Rollins- Black Flag
Brian Baker- Minor Threat, Bad Religion

The Ramones. All of them.
by King of Punk May 14, 2015
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Punkbuster

An ancient piece of software the for some unknown reason large publishers like EA still use.

The staff at Punkbuster write their code in Java and only work on it from 9-11 am at the local community college computer lab.

The program mainly functions as a lottery system, if punkbuster works you are allowed to play the game that day.

This helps publishers pay as little as possible for servers as they force large portions of the community offline in a load balancing technique.
Punkbuster wont let me play my game online!

oooh bummer, better luck next week.
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Punkaplex

It's any organism that engages in fuck shit but does it in such a boss way that the fuck shit is negated. Punka represents the fuck shit within us and plex represents the boss.
Steve: I heard John fucked his best friend's girl

Will: Really? No way!

Steve: But shit that man a punkaplex cause she paid him to do it.

Will: Oh shit, true.
by OliBooker132 January 2, 2018
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NO YOU GOD DAMN LITTLE PIECE OF PUNK ASS SHIT, I DON'T FUCKING THINK SO. THAT'S FUCKIN UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. I DONT CARE WHAT YOU DO. IF YOU EVER TOUCH THAT KID AGAIN, IM GONNA PULL OUT A GOD DAMN SHOTGUN, AND BLOW OUT YOUR DAMN HEAD OFF. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YOU LIL WORTHLESS PIECE OF CRAP
no you god damned little piece of punk ass shit. no. No.
by Abraham's Adversary May 29, 2017
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