V. Legacy/What Does it all mean?

To pull a quote from the Politicization of Rastafari article:

"...the production style also added authenticity of the music, emphasizing it's immediate, raw, street level sound"

Follow that up with a quote from Benjamin's article:

"it's presence in time and space"

Not in the sense that the bands were covering anything, but to take the quote literally, as in what the music stood for in each era, it had it's presence in that time and space where it was.

Another important quote from the Baily, and Collyer article

"[music] has potent emotional connotations and can be used to assert and negotiate identity in a particular manner"

The influence of these bands is unmeasurable, countless acts have stated them as influence sound wise.

To go beyond sound with the internet DIY morals are even more in use today with lots of bands needing to do everything for themselves.

IV. Post-At The Drive-in, Staying Authentic

The band split up into two different ones with singer Cedric Bixler, and Guitarist Omar Rodriguez forming The Mars Volta. The music was much different being almost towards post-hardcore prog-rock.

Cedric was quoted as saying that he felt as if At the Drive-In was "holding him back"

The rest of the band, guitarist Jim Ward, bassist Paul Hinjos, and drummer Tony Haijar went on to form closer to At the Drive-in's Post-Hardcore roots with Sparta.

III. At The Drive-In: Classroom to Mainstream

At The Drive-In formed in 1993 by Cedric Bixler, and Jim Ward in El Paso Texas.

In the vein of Minor Threat of Fugazi the band started out of putting out their own 7" as well as playing anywhere they could for several years.

In 2000 they began writing what would be their final album Relationship of Command. The album was on a label they were not associated with first hand (Grand Royal). With that the band found mainstream success with the single "One Armed Scissor".

While the band was being dubbed as the "next Nirvana" by music critics alike, not to mention this began to lead to the band finding trouble coping with success which eventually lead to them breaking up in 2001.

II. Fugazi, Setting the Bar For Authentic

Fugazi was formed a few years after Minor Threat's break up in 1987. The band was centered around Ian MacKaye, and Rites of Spring singer Guy Picciotto. The band was known for only playing shows they promoted themselves, as well as keeping ticket prices under $5, not to mention keeping shows all ages as well.

The band's sound was still considered hardcore, but coming out of the second wave from D.C. an with slower tempos, the bands genre was considered Post-Hardcore.

Highly influncal for what would become modern hardcore in late 90's/what would become nearly mainstream in the mid 2000's

Not to mention that the band influenced Kurt Cobain with him even writing a misspelling of Fugazi on his shoes before a photo shoot.

I. Minor Threat/D.C Scene

Minor Threat was a hardcore punk band that formed in Washington D.C. in 1980 and lasted until 1983.

The heavy influence they had in their DIY ethics, as well as creating the term "Straight Edge" plus being the origins of the moment (which stands for a clean lifestyle: no drugs, no drinking)

The band was fronted by Ian MacKaye, whom promoted DIY ethics and took it to the step of starting his own label Dischord Records in 1980. This helped promote the D.C. hardcore scene which spawned tons of heavily influential bands including Bad Brains, Rites of Spring (who will become important in a second), as well as Black Flag singer Henry Rollins.

Introduction, Authenticity In The Hardcore/Punk Scene

The basis of what is "authentic"in the hardcore/punk scene can be traced back to every wave of it as well as the bands, that are products of it. However I'll be concentrating on the two families of bands (At the drive-in and Fugazi) that helped shape what is considered "authentic" as well as "DIY" in these scenes.