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Crust punk - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Alluvium, Border, Brass, Bread, Cheek, Chutzpah, Circumference, Clay, Confidence, Cortex, Covering, Dirt, Dust |
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Crust punk (also known as crustcore) is an extreme evolution of hardcore punk. The genre might be considered hard to listen to and very abrasive.
Crust punk lyrics tend to be political. Along with a sound that is more abrasive than other hardcore punk bands, crust punk bands have political beliefs that are antithetical to much of the mainstream commercial music industry; such as veganism and anarchism. Other common lyrical themes include atheism, pro-choice, gender equality, environmentalism and animal rights.
Many consider the genre to have started with the band Amebix, but elements of the crust punk sound existed previously, most notably in early anarcho-punk bands such as Crass, Conflict and Zounds. If it can be said that crust started with the Amebix then their direct precursors were Disorder, Chaos UK,the fathers of British black metal Venom and the Japanese Anarcho-horror metal punk band GISM.
Crust punk is tied to the grindcore and noise/experimental scenes. Fans of crust punk are sometimes called "crusties".
Examples of crust punk bands
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