Punk and Hardcore music of New Jersey

Punk rock and hardcore has played a major role in the music of New Jersey and many musicians have contributed to the gain of popularity. Almost all the bands had their start at the basement concerts, mainly in the New Brunswick.

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Perhaps the most popular and powerful punk band from the New Jersey is known as the Misfits which was established in 1977 in Lodi in New Jersey, by singer and songwriter known as Glenn Danzig and in 1983 he broke from the band and formed Samhain in the year 1988. Like the former music of the Misfits, Adrenalin O.D is usually credited with exploding the current N.J hardcore scene at the beginning of the 1908s. Between those early hardcore ensembles was Rosemary’s Babies. This ensemble is from Lodi as well, and also include drummer like Eerie Von, who become the bassist for both the Samhain and Danzig. Other important punk bands from the New Jersey include the hardcore punk band called Hogan’s Heroes which is formed in the year 1984, Bouncing Soul, Streetlight Manifesto, Mucky Pup, Titus Andronicus, The Gaslight Anthem, Early November, Hidden in Plain View, Ted Leo, Senses Fail, Saves the Day, Screaming Females, My Chemical Romance, Midtown, Patti Smith, The Wretched Ones, Bigwig and many others. Tom Verlaine who is the founder and forerunner of the punk/new wave group television band which is from Morristown in New Jersey, and also in the late 70s and the early 80s the Shore Core Punk rock scene changed at the Jersey Shore with its focal point in the Long Branch and Asbury Park. This featured a number of bands on Mutha records, which include the Chronic Sick, the Public Disturbance, Fatal Rage, Dirge and other local bands like Mutha that created the Hot Dog House in Asbury Park in their home base. The Shore also formed the band Shrapnel which also featured Dave Wyndorf, Daniel Rey Rabinwitz and Phil Caivano of Monster Magnet.