Tony Rettman "NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990" Book Alice in Chains Pete Yorn) at Omaha’s ARC

Pete Yorn) at Omaha’s ARC recording studio

Dead At The Core

How Could You Not Like That

From Early

Shadow's End

Tony Rettman "NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990" Book Alice in Chains Pete Yorn) at Omaha’s ARCOfficially Licensed Distributed Item Known for its glamorous 1970s punk rock scene, New York City matched the grim, urban reality of the 1980s with a rawer musical uprising: New York Hardcore as bands of misfits from across the region gravitated to the forgotten frontier of Manhattan's Lower East Side. With a backdrop of despair, bands like Agnostic Front, Cro Mags, Murphy's Law and Youth Of Today confronted their reality with relentlessly energetic