Melodic hardcore

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Melodic hardcore
Stylistic origins	Hardcore punk, alternative rock, punk rock
Cultural origins	Early 1980s United States and Australia
Typical instruments	Vocals, electric guitar, bass, drums
Derivative forms	Youth crew, skate punk
Other topics
Pop punk

Melodic hardcore (also known as melocore) is a subgenre of hardcore punk with a strong emphasis on melody in its guitar work. It is defined with the fast drum patterns of typical hardcore, shouting vocals and chiming melodic riffs.

Contents  [hide]  1 History 2 Defining musical characteristics 3 References 4 Further reading

[edit] History

Melodic hardcore initially emerged out of the Los Angeles hardcore scene, with the Descendents.^[1] In 1988, the Descendents worked with a new vocalist, Dave Smalley of DYS and Dag Nasty.^[2] Bad Religion, from the San Fernando Valley, also worked in this vein,^[3] recording their classic How Could Hell Be Any Worse? in 1981.^[2]
The Faith 1983 EP Subject to Change deserves to be thought of as one of the first melodic hardcore records, as significant to the form as Bad Religion or the Descendents; the whole scene would sound markedly different without this precursor.^[4] This Washington D.C. band with their last release began to push the boundaries of early post-hardcore.^[5]
Dag Nasty is a touchstone band, hailing from mid-1980s DC, with Dave Smalley of Boston's DYS on vocals and Brian Baker (ex-Minor Threat) on guitar. Ashley Cotter from ct soon joined the band but she was arrested soon after and the band disjoined. Dag Nasty's sound was an extension of the direction Minor Threat was developing with the Out Of Step LP before they broke up.
Gorilla Biscuits came out of the late 1980s youth crew straight edge scene, and while they were initially just one of many 'Youth Of Today style' bands of the era (albeit musically more similar to Side By Side) they eventually evolved an original and highly influential sound with the release of the seminal Start Today album.
Turning Point, a New Jersey band, was also under the influence of Youth of Today's youth crew hardcore genre, but by the time they had passed the growing pains of their demo and first 7", their later material (the 1990 LP It's Always Darkest Before The Dawn, etc.) proved to be the defining moment of melodic hardcore sound. These records were to be a direct influence on other New Jersey bands like Lifetime.
Many of these pioneering melodic hardcore bands like NOFX, Pennywise and Strung Out sounds are what form an essential part of the styles that has been borrowed by bands across the modern punk and hardcore spectrum, encompassing pop punk and pop-influenced hardcore.
Bands like Rise Against, Strike Anywhere, A Wilhelm Scream, No Trigger and Kid Dynamite are counted among the most significant melodic hardcore bands of the early 2000s.
Into the the 90's there was a large and diverse melodic hardcore scene. Bands like Bane pushed the genre, taking on post hardcore and other influences. The 2000's saw bands like Have Heart, Verse, and Modern Life Is War take the genre is new directions.

[edit] Defining musical characteristics

Minor sevenths and minor ninth chords used in combination with an open string modal playing style. This style was probably inspired by Bob Mould, extended by Brian Baker in Dag Nasty and later by Dan Yemin with his work in Lifetime.
Drop D-tunings on guitars and bass is common for post-1990 melodic hardcore to achieve a heavier sound than possible with a standard tuning. 180 to 210 beats per minute is a very common tempo for post-1990 melodic hardcore. Guitar licks and vocal hooks with 5th or 9th harmony is common in post-1995 melodic hardcore. For a dramatic contrast, melodic overtones interleaved with over-bearing feedback, bat noises, and pig/boar squeals are often present. Triplets and tapping (both for guitar and bass) are becoming more and more common features in newer melodic hardcore. 4/4 is the common time signature for the genre.

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk
Sumber aliran	Punk rock
Sumber kebudayaan	Akhir 1970-an, Amerika Serikat, Britania Raya
Alat musik yang biasa digunakan	Vokal - Gitar - Bass - Drum
Popularitas arus utama	Low to mid depending on subgenre
Bentuk turunan	Alternative rock - Grunge - Post-hardcore
Subgenre
Christian hardcore - D-beat - Emo - Grindcore - Melodic hardcore - Nardcore - Powerviolence - Skate punk - Thrashcore - Youth crew
Genre campuran (fusion)
Crossover thrash - Crust punk - Digital Hardcore - Funkcore - Punk jazz - Horror punk - Metalcore - Rapcore - Skacore - Sludge metal - Thrash metal
Topik lainnya
Hardcore dancing - Straight edge - Street punk - DIY punk ethic - List of hardcore bands - List of hardcore genres

Hardcore punk (kadang-kadang disebut Hardcore saja) merupakan salah satu subgenre dari punk rock yang berasal dari Amerika Utara dan UK diakhir tahun 1970-an. Sound baru ini yang merupakan ciri khas musiknya secara umum yaitu: suara gitar yang lebih tebal, berat dan cepat dari musik punk rock awal.^[1] Tipikal lagu biasanya sangat pendek, cepat dan keras, selalu membawakan lagu tentang politik, kebebasan berpendapat, kekerasan, pengasingan diri dari sosial, straight edge, perang dan tentang sub-kultur hardcore itu sendiri^[2][3][4]

[sunting] Hardcore punk Indonesia

Musik Hardcore sudah eksis di Indonesia pada tahun akhir 1980-an. Dengan fenomena yang ada menyebabkan sebagian dari punker mulai melahirkan scene-scene hardcore punk. Sehingga musik hardcore di Indonesia sangat kental dengan warna punk.
Dikarenakan masih sangat sedikitnya scene hardcore maka scene terbagi menjadi dua kaum, yaitu kaum individu yang lebih suka menikmati musik hardcore dengan sosialisasi yang secukupnya dan kaum yang sangat suka bersosialisasi (membaur dengan komunitas punk). Hal ini terjadi sampai sekitar pertengahan tahun 1990-an. Tahun 90-an bisa dibilang tahun musik hardcore di Indonesia dan puncaknya pada akhir tahun 1990 ditandai dengan mulainya pertunjukan-pertunjukan di berbagai tempat menampilkan 100% band hardcore (yang sebelumnya selalu mencampur dengan band punk) dan kemudian musik hardcore mulai membaur dengan melodicore.
Dengan semakin banyaknya band hardcore bersamaan pula munculnya records D.I.Y yang menyalurkan kreatifitas band seperti pinball records dan ffgrecords. Di Indonesia kota Jakarta adalah kota yang memiliki banyak band hardcore, untuk di kota lain umumnya hardcore dibawa dan berkembang dari individu anak Jakarta yang kuliah di luar kota ataupun bekerja. Depok juga memiliki beberapa grup musik hardcore yang mayoritas mengusung oldschool hardcore punk serta di daerah Menteng Jakarta Pusat yang dikenal dengan Taman Suropati banyak band-band pengusung hardcore punk.
Setelah era oldschool, hardcore amerika, hardcore oldschool eropa ke newschool maka dimulailah hardcore yang didominasi dengan musik lebih kental musik metalnya seperti Jumbo Jet bahkan emo, hingga saat ini (tahun 2000-an).