Minneapolis hardcore

Minneapolis hardcore is regional hardcore punk from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota.

Venues

• The Triple Rock Social Club, a popular hardcore venue in Minneapolis. It was owned by some of the members of Dillinger Four. It closed in 2017.
• NOFX's 2006 single "Seeing Double at the Triple Rock", from the Wolves in Wolves' Clothing album, is a tribute to the Triple Rock club where they also filmed the video for the song.
• The Beat Coffeehouse
• Memory Lanes Punk Rock Bowling
• The Hexagon Bar
• Station4

DIY

The Minneapolis hardcore and punk scene has a strong DIY ethic. Accomplishments have included community-sponsored venues to basement shows to an all-volunteer independent record store Extreme Noise Records.

Record labels

• Havoc Records
• Desolate Records
• Profane Existence
• Organize and Arise

External links

• Twin Cities Hardcore
• Twin cities hardcore journal zine/tv show/websource
• Urban Decay #2- 1985 punk zine (PDF)
• Urban Decay #3- 1985 punk zine (PDF)
• Twin Cities Punk Message Board
• TCSP
• The Minnewiki, a wiki of Minnesota music, featuring articles on dozens of Minneapolis hardcore and punk bands
• Post-funk rock rebels thrive in Minneapolis. New York Times. October 27, 1985.
• New Moon Rising: The Return of Eclipse Records. Pulse of the Twin Cities March 22, 2007.
• Organize and Arise! Minneapolis based punk and hardcore DIY forum
• Goofy's Upper Deck Facebook group Facebook group dedicated to the history of Goofy's Upper Deck
• KITTEN 1999 NOTES Terry Katzman's notes on the 1999 Kitten Compilation reissue CD