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[tylerjames515]

http://rollingstoneextras.com/playlists/view/dave-grohl

"I was lucky enough to grow up in Washington, D.C., and see some of the greatest hardcore- punk shows ever,” says Grohl. “Hardcore was born during the Reagan era, when the country was undergoing this horrible conservative shift. The music inspired all us kids to say, ‘Fuck you. I don’t want to be a part of your system.’ I thought my destiny was to work at a furniture warehouse, but then I saw hardcore bands and I realized, ‘I can do this! I don’t even have to be good at playing my instrument!’ ”

1. "Surf Combat" Naked Raygun, 1985

Most hardcore songs in the Eighties were either about Reagan or nothing. This is one of the latter.
2. "Loss for Words" Corrosion of Conformity, 1985

They made Metallica sound like the Spice Girls.
3. "It's Catching Up" NoMeansNo, 1989

Scream, the hardcore band I was in back then, opened up for NoMeansNo in 1987 in Tacoma, Washington.
4. "Who Are You?" Void, 1982

Their shows were so incredibly chaotic. Void were heavy as fuck and sloppy as hell.
5. "Room 13" Black Flag, 1981

I have a faded Black Flag tattoo I tried to give myself when I was 12 that looks like I got shot in the arm with a piece of pencil lead.
6. "Sun God" Squirrel Bait, 1985

I played this recently for [Foo Fighters drummer] Taylor Hawkins. He said, “Wow, was Kurt really into this band? Goddamn if this doesn’t sound like Nirvana.”
7. "I Don't Need Society" D.R.I., 1983

Most of their early songs lasted between 20 and 60 seconds. I saw them at the Rock Against Reagan concert in ’83, on the Mall on July Fourth.
8. "For Want Of" Rites of Spring, 1985

They came with this perfect mix of melody and poetic lyrics. This is a heartbreaking love letter with beautiful, reckless music behind it.
9. "Chartered Trips" Hüsker Dü, 1984

No Hüsker Dü, no Foo Fighters.
10. "At the Movies" Bad Brains, 1983

Without a doubt, the greatest American hardcore band of all time. Four African-American men who influenced everyone in D.C. to start a punk band.

C.O.C, Void, Black Flag... all good choices.

[noel_nothing]

grohl seems like the kinda guy you could approach & talk about music with & not feel like you're talking to some rock star.

[elliot]

Glad to see he put Husker Du and Rites of Spring on here. They may not have been lightning-fast, but the emotions were hardcore beyond comprehension.

[inx515xhell]

loss for words is such a good song.

[Joe]

List is aight.
Rites of Spring should be #1.

-Joe.

[tylerjames515]

grohl seems like the kinda guy you could approach & talk about music with & not feel like you're talking to some rock star.

Agreed, and the Foo Fighters wrote monkey wrench so that makes him cool in my book. I'd hang out with him. I'm sure you guys have seen this but it deserves to be posted here.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/126479/saturd ... he-wedding

[kurtis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce0JXv5937c

[zach walther]

i hope them crooked vultures do a ton of blow.

[Shamone Jackson]

bs .

green day started all that hardcore and punk

[El Rhino]

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