However people seem to say that Hardcore is a form of grunge music, or 'movement'. Hardcore is actually a genre of dance music, that containes no element or 'punk/most/greebo' genre, but is simply electronica music, with faster beats. Quite large throughout the UK and Europe, it is played commonly at raves (A gathering of about 1000 sweaty people in an arena from 8pm till 6am, all completely mashed on either ectasy, base or cocaine (maybe even all of them).

Famous hardcore DJ's are DJ Hixxy, Scott Brown, Darren Styles, DJ Sy, Dougal & Gammer

Hardcore is not too be confused with Happy Hardcore which has sadly made an sort of epidemic around almost all chavs in the UK which contains a vast majority of chavvy scottish teenagers calibrating songs with bad beats, timing. And all of them using the same music sample on there MusicMaker. Examples of these twats are 'DJ'Cammy, 'DJ'Rankin, 'Gav Fuckin Bee' 'DJ' Carlee...and almost every other scottish teenage chav.
"Trance is shit mate, put some decent hardcore on."
"Wheres my clubland extreme hardcore CD."
"This DJ Cammy shit aint fucking hardcore."
"DJ Hixxy is by far the best hardcore DJ around."
by megan ward April 11, 2007
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Hardcore is more than music. Its a way of life for some many people. Not just from the begining of punk rock since the beginning of rock and roll in general people who listen to hardcore live a different lifestyle, dress a different way, listen to louder music than the average person does.
Goofus listens to pop punk hes not hardcore at all.
Gallant listens so hardcore/metal and dresses different hes so freaking hardcore.
by hardcore1 March 19, 2007
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Jack bauer once died. He was given a shot, came back to life, went back to selflessly killing terrorists, then gathered information to prevent the US from going to war against oil companies' manipulations - all while having heart spasms due to his aforementioned death. Now that's hardcore.
by Thasp March 6, 2006
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This is a genre of music that spun off from punk in the early 80's. It is typically just fast punk music with a "hardcore beat." The other hardcore which could be referred to as "Modern Hardcore," is unrelated to the original hardcore music. "Modern Hardcore" involves metal screaming/vocals, double bass and technical guitar (NOTE* Slayer was the first band to really use double bass), is basically people that like metal but do not want to call themselves "metal heads," so they adopted the term hardcore.
Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys played hardcore music in the 80's.
A good hardcore band today is A Global Threat.
The kids that wear camouflage and like to hear some sick double bass are not "hardcore."
by Thomas Too Shlong November 26, 2005
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people who are extreme are hardcore. Being hardcore is a rare talent and can only be mastered by few.
"Bobbie and Rachel are so hardcore, leah and i wish we were as hardcore as they are"
by bobbieishardcore May 1, 2007
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Ed: Dave is just so...
Ben: Hardcore?
Ed: yeah...
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a form of music with hard fast delivery. simple and effective sounds, mainly focussed on a message. message is ussually unity, anarky, strength or public power. can range from straight edge to emo-core. has a dance style with it known as circle pitts and ninja pitting. some bands include most precious blood, alleged, from the ruins
at the hardcore gig we formed a circle pit and everyone thrashed, or ninja pitted. the music was loud and hard.
by xBPx November 25, 2005
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