Post Hardcore

         Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups who emerged from the hardcore punk scene, or took inspiration from hardcore, while concerning themselves with a wider degree of expression.
        The genre took shape in the mid- to late-1980s with releases from the Midwestern United States. These included bands on SST Records,and bands from Washington, D.C. such as Fugazi, as well as slightly different sounding groups such as Big Black and Jawbox that stuck closer to the noise rock roots of post-hardcore.


        Around this time, a new wave of post-hardcore bands began to emerge onto the scene that incorporated more pop punk and alternative rock styles into their music. These bands include: The Used,Hawthorne Heights,Senses Fail,From First to Last and Emery in addition to Canadian post-hardcore bands Silverstein and Alexisonfire.This group of post-hardcore bands gained mainstream recognition with the help of MTV and Warped Tour. The Used released some minor radio hits and later received gold certifications for their first two studio albums The Used and In Love and Death from the RIAA.Hawthorne Heights' debut album The Silence in Black and White was also certified gold.