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Originally Posted by batreleaser
no thats not what i meant. i just mean, within the hardcore scene, some bands diverged from the standard sound.
and mdc is amazing, and there is plenty of longing for them. not many bands in the history of rock n roll are loved like black flag.
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I'm just trying to impress that that within the scene, at the time, the idea there was a 'standard sound' is really an illusion projected backwards in time. There was a great range of sounds and ideas. A compilation like Cleanse the Bacteria which is unarguably hardcore demonstrated this variation. Maybe thats a little out of the time scale your interested in.
But even within that standard sound there was a range of sounds - Negative Approach didn't really sound like Gang Green, and neither of them sounded like Rattus or Septic Death.
I totally understand what you're saying, but I think the socalled generic hardcore was actually a later development.
What I remember was a period around 86-87 when all this weak shit started leaking in like lemonheads and great plains and replacements and honor roll and doggy style etc etc weak sound and weak aesthetically, but easy to sell on college radio and to clubs.