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Hellcat Records is an independent record label based in ___MASK14___ . The label , an offshoot of Epitaph Records , was started as a partnership between Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion , the owner of Epitaph , and Tim Armstrong of Rancid , the latter of whom is generally responsible for signing the bands . Lars Erik Frederiksen ( born Lars ___MASK12___ Dapello 30 August 1971 ) is a Danish - American musician , singer , songwriter and record producer best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid , as well as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals . He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991 . He joined Rancid in 1993 after the band was searching for a second guitar player and was present on their second album " Let ' s Go ". He has produced albums for bands such as Agnostic Front , The Business , Dropkick Murphys , Swingin Utters , Marky Ramone and the Intruders , Anti - Heros , Patriot , The Forgotten , Harrington Saints , and Pressure Point . He recently mixed Charged GBH ' s new album entitled " Perfume and Piss ", as well as Cock Sparrer ' s album " Here We Stand " both alongside Michael Rosen . Hardcore punk ( often abbreviated to hardcore ) is a punk rock music genre that originated in the late 1970s . It is generally faster , harder , and more aggressive than other forms ___MASK46___ punk rock . Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San ___MASK87___ and Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant hippie cultural climate ___MASK46___ the time and was also inspired by New York punk rock and early proto - punk . New York punk had a harder - edged sound than its San ___MASK87___ counterpart , featuring anti - art expressions ___MASK46___ masculine anger , energy and subversive humor . Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism , the established music industry and " anything similar to the characteristics ___MASK46___ mainstream rock " and often addresses social and political topics . Johnny Rioux is a musician , primarily known for playing in and working with many punk rock bands . He was initially based in ___MASK23___ but is now based in Texas . He currently plays bass guitar with the ___MASK41___ Dogs , celtic rock band Murder the Stout ( along with former ___MASK41___ Dogs guitarist ___MASK80___ Hollar ) and ___MASK41___ Dogs ' americana side project FM359 . He has previously played with Roger Miret and the Disasters , The Bruisers and The Kickovers . He has also worked with bands in non - musician roles including as a guitar technician for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones and tour manager for Dropkick Murphys . He has recently started producing , and has so far produced for Flatfoot 56 , the ___MASK41___ Dogs and Roger Miret and the Disasters . Roger Miret ( born June 30 , 1964 ) is the vocalist for ___MASK52___ Hardcore band Agnostic Front , the street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters , and the hardcore band The Alligators . He was born in ___MASK88___ , Cuba . ___MASK75___ , D . C ., formally the District of ___MASK53___ and commonly referred to as " ___MASK75___ ", " the District ", or simply " D . C .", is the capital of the United States . Roger Miret ( born June 30 , 1964 ) is the vocalist for ___MASK52___ Hardcore band Agnostic Front , the street punk group Roger Miret and the Disasters , and the hardcore band The Alligators . He was born in ___MASK98___ . Agnostic Front is considered to be one of the bands that created ___MASK52___ hardcore . Miret was incarcerated on a drug charge in the late 1980s . He is also the older half - brother of Madball spearhead , Freddy Cricien . Subculture , a concept from the academic fields ___MASK46___ sociology and cultural studies , is a group ___MASK46___ people within a culture that differentiates itself from the ___MASK64___ culture to which it belongs , often maintaining some ___MASK46___ its founding principles . ___MASK41___ punk ( alternatively spelled streetpunk ) is a working class - based genre of punk rock which took shape in the early 1980s , partly as a rebellion against the perceived artistic pretensions of the first wave of British punk . ___MASK41___ punk emerged from the Oi ! style , performed by bands such as Sham 69 , Blitz , The Business , Angelic Upstarts , Cockney Rejects and The Exploited . However , ___MASK41___ punk continued beyond the confines of the original Oi ! form with bands such as GBH , Chaos UK , Discharge , The Anti - ___MASK42___ League and Oxymoron . ___MASK41___ punks generally have a much more ostentatious and flamboyant appearance than the working class or skinhead image cultivated by many Oi ! groups . ___MASK41___ punks commonly sported multi - coloured hair , mohawks , tattoos , heavily studded vests and leather jackets , and clothing , especially plaids , adorned with political slogans , patches , and / or the names of punk bands . Sham 69 is an English punk rock ___MASK37___ that formed in Hersham in 1976 . The ___MASK37___ was one ___MASK46___ the ___MASK72___ successful punk bands in the United Kingdom , achieving five Top 20 singles . The original unit broke up in 1979 , with frontman Jimmy Pursey moving on to pursue a solo career . Punk rock ( or simply " punk ") is a rock music genre that developed in the early to mid 1970s in the United States , ___MASK99___ , and ___MASK71___ . Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as " proto - punk " music , punk rock bands rejected perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock . Punk bands typically use short or fast - paced songs , with ___MASK28___ - edged melodies and singing styles , stripped - down instrumentation , and often political , anti - establishment lyrics . Punk embraces a DIY ethic ; many bands self - produce recordings and distribute them through informal channels . Roger Miret and the Disasters are a ___MASK41___ punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret . The band started when Miret was writing songs that were not a style suitable for Lady Luck ( a band fronted by his wife Denise ) or Agnostic Front , so he starting recording them on his own on a Boss recorder . Johnny Rioux had previously mentioned he would like to work with him , so Rioux helped Miret on what originally started as a solo project . Then Miret met Rhys Kill , who liked the material and joined in on the project . The band then recorded a demo tape , with Miret and Kill on guitar , Rioux on bass and Matt Kelly from the Dropkick Murphys on drums . That six - song demo found reviewed by Lars Frederiksen , who passed it off to his Rancid bandmate Tim Armstrong . He asked Miret to put his project out on Hellcat Records . As Kelly could not continue with Miret due to his commitments with Dropkick Murphys , Miret asked Johnny Kray of The Krays and ___MASK52___ Rel - X to join on drums . After a couple rehearsals , they decided to make it a band . Thrash metal is an extreme subgenre ___MASK46___ heavy metal music characterized by its fast tempo and overall aggression . The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low - register guitar riffs , overlaid with shredding - style ___MASK24___ work . The lyrics often ___MASK7___ with social issues and reproach for The Establishment , using direct and denunciatory language , an approach borrowed from hardcore punk . The Exploited is a Scottish punk rock ___MASK37___ from ___MASK95___ , Scotland , formed in 1979 , in ___MASK95___ by Stevie Ross and Terry Buchan and later by ex - soldier Wattie Buchan ( Terry ' s brother ). They signed to Secret Records in March 1981 , and that year released their debut EP " Army Life ". Oi ! is a subgenre ___MASK46___ punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s . The music and its associated subculture had the goal ___MASK46___ bringing together punks , skinheads and other working class youth . Metalcore is a broad fusion genre ___MASK46___ extreme metal and hardcore punk . The word is a blend ___MASK46___ the names ___MASK46___ the two genres . Among other genres blending metal and hardcore , such as crust punk and grindcore , metalcore is noted for its use ___MASK46___ breakdowns , which are slow , intense passages that are conducive to moshing . Pioneering metalcore bands  such as Integrity , Earth Crisis and Converge , all ___MASK46___ which had formed by 1990  are described as leaning more toward hardcore , with their style sometimes being called metallic hardcore , whereas later bands  such as Killswitch Engage , All That Remains , As I Lay Dying , Bullet for My Valentine , and Parkway Drive  are described as leaning more towards metal . Pantera ( who influenced Trivium , Atreyu , Bleeding Through and Unearth ) and Sepultura have been particularly influential to the development ___MASK46___ metalcore in the 2000s , which saw many bands in the genre achieve considerable commercial success . Timothy ___MASK19___ ( born on November 25 , 1965 ) is an American musician , singer , songwriter , producer , and actor . He is best known as the singer / guitarist for the punk rock band Rancid and hip hop / punk rock supergroup the Transplants . Prior to forming Rancid , ___MASK19___ was in the influential ska punk band Operation Ivy . In 1997 , along with Brett Gurewitz ___MASK46___ the band Bad Religion and owner ___MASK46___ Epitaph Records , ___MASK19___ founded Hellcat Records . In 2012 , through his website , ___MASK19___ started releasing music that influenced him , along with stripped - down cover songs ___MASK46___ his own work under the name Tim Timebomb . He has released at least one song per week since late 2012 . ___MASK19___ is also an accomplished and sought - after songwriter for other artists . ___MASK19___ won a Grammy Award for his work with Jimmy Cliff and Pink and he has also worked with Gwen Stefani and Joe Walsh . Bad Brains are an American hardcore punk ___MASK37___ formed in ___MASK75___ , D . C ., in 1977 . They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk , though the ___MASK37___ ' s members have objected to this term to describe their music . They are also an adept reggae ___MASK37___ , while later recordings featured elements of other genres like funk , heavy metal , hip hop and soul . Bad Brains are followers of the Rastafari movement . The City ___MASK46___ ___MASK52___ , often called ___MASK52___ City or simply ___MASK52___ , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population ___MASK46___ 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area ___MASK46___ just , ___MASK52___ City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States . Located at the southern tip ___MASK46___ the state ___MASK46___ ___MASK52___ , the city is the center ___MASK46___ the ___MASK52___ metropolitan area , one ___MASK46___ the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , ___MASK52___ City exerts a significant impact upon ___MASK96___ , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " ___MASK52___ minute ". Home to the headquarters ___MASK46___ the United Nations , ___MASK52___ is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural and financial capital ___MASK46___ the world . Victim in Pain is the debut full - length studio album from ___MASK52___ hardcore punk band Agnostic Front . It was released in 1984 on Rat Cage Records and follows the " United Blood " EP . The album features Rob Kabula and Dave Jones , who replaced Adam Moochie and Raybeez on bass and drums respectively . It is still available as a split album with their subsequent album , 1986 ' s " Cause for Alarm ". Minor Threat was a hardcore punk ___MASK37___ , formed in 1980 in ___MASK75___ , D . C . and disbanded in 1983 . The ___MASK37___ was relatively short - lived , but had a ___MASK32___ influence on the punk scene , both stylistically and in establishing a " do it yourself " ethic for music distribution and concert promotion . Minor Threat ' s song " Straight Edge " became the eventual basis of the straight edge movement , with the ___MASK37___ often professing their own " straight edge " ideals . AllMusic described Minor Threat ' s music as " iconic " and noted that their groundbreaking music " has held up better than [ that of ] most of their contemporaries ." ___MASK52___ hardcore ( NYHC ) is hardcore punk and metalcore music created in ___MASK52___ City , and the subculture associated with that music . ___MASK52___ hardcore grew out of the hardcore scene established in Washington , D . C ., by bands such as Bad Brains and Minor Threat . It was primarily a phenomenon of the 1980s and 1990s . Angelic Upstarts are an English punk rock ___MASK37___ formed in ___MASK77___ in 1977 . Allmusic calls them " one of the period ' s most politically charged and thought - provoking groups ". The ___MASK37___ espoused an anti - fascist and socialist working class philosophy , and have been associated with the skinhead subculture . Chaos UK are an English hardcore punk ___MASK37___ formed in 1979 in ___MASK35___ , near ___MASK27___ . They played fast aggressive hardcore punk rock initially . The original line up of Simon Greenham on vocals , Andy on guitar , Chaos ( aka " Lice ") on bass and Potts on drums recorded two EP ' s and a full LP for Riot City Record . In the process they along with fellow Bristolians Disorder and Stoke ' s Discharge revolutionised the hardcore punk scene . In particular the Japanese 80 ' s hardcore punk bands were heavily influenced by Chaos UK and Disorder ' s brutal take on punk . Chaos UK ' s debut LP was notable in the fact that the ___MASK37___ ' s label claimed it was the " fastest , noisiest LP in the cosmos " in the short lived " Punk Lives " magazine ; vocal duties on this recording were also handled by bassist Chaos . Crossover thrash ( often abbreviated to crossover ) is musical fusion ___MASK46___ thrash metal and hardcore punk . The genre lies on a continuum between heavy metal and punk rock . Other genres on the same continuum , such as metalcore and grindcore , may overlap with crossover thrash . The Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk ___MASK37___ formed in ___MASK60___ , ___MASK48___ in 1996 . The ___MASK37___ was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records , releasing five albums for the label , and making a name for themselves locally through constant touring and yearly St . Patrick ' s Day week shows , held in and around ___MASK23___ . The 2004 single " Tessie " became the ___MASK37___ ' s first mainstream hit and one ___MASK46___ their biggest charting singles to ___MASK18___ . The ___MASK37___ ' s final Hellcat release , 2005 ' s " The Warrior ' s Code ", included the song " I ' m Shipping Up to ___MASK23___ "; the song was featured in the 2006 Academy Award - winning movie " The Departed ", and went on to become the ___MASK37___ ' s only Platinum - selling single to ___MASK18___ , and remains one ___MASK46___ their best - known songs . The ___MASK37___ is known for their loud , energetic live shows . Agnostic Front is an American hardcore punk ___MASK37___ , ___MASK82___ ___MASK46___ the crossover thrash genre , formed in 1980 . The ___MASK37___ began playing hardcore punk similar to their contemporaries , and were thrust to the forefront ___MASK46___ the burgeoning ___MASK52___ hardcore scene in the mid - 1980s with their widely regarded 1984 classic " Victim in Pain " before incorporating thrash metal elements into their music . The guitar is a musical instrument classified as a string instrument with anywhere from four to 18 strings , usually having six . The sound is projected either acoustically , using a hollow wooden or plastic and ___MASK11___ ___MASK59___ ( for an acoustic guitar ), or through electrical amplifier and a speaker ( for an electric guitar ). It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers , thumb and / or fingernails of the right hand or with a pick while fretting ( or pressing against the frets ) the strings with the fingers of the left hand . The guitar is a type of chordophone , traditionally constructed from ___MASK11___ and strung with either gut , nylon or steel strings and distinguished from other chordophones by its construction and tuning . The modern guitar was preceded by the gittern , the vihuela , the four - course Renaissance guitar , and the five - course baroque guitar , all of which contributed to the development of the modern six - string instrument . A skinhead is a member ___MASK46___ a subculture originating among working class youths in ___MASK97___ , ___MASK26___ in the 1960s that soon spread to other parts ___MASK46___ the United Kingdom , with a second working class skinhead movement spreading worldwide in the 1980s . Motivated by social alienation and class solidarity , skins are defined by their close - cropped or shaven heads and working class clothing such as Dr . Martens boots , braces ( known as suspenders in American English ), high - ankle straight - leg jeans , and simple shirts . The movement reached a peak during its 1980s revival but has endured in multiple contexts worldwide since . Rebellion , uprising , or insurrection is a refusal ___MASK46___ obedience or order . It refers to the open resistance against the orders ___MASK46___ an established authority . The term comes from the Latin verb " rebell ," " I renew war " ( from " ___MASK70___ -" (" again ") + " bell " (" I wage war / I revolt "). The rebel is the individual that partakes in rebellion or rebellious activities , particularly when armed . Thus , the term " rebellion " also refers to the ensemble ___MASK46___ rebels in a state ___MASK46___ revolt . Cockney Rejects are an English punk rock ___MASK37___ that formed in the East End ___MASK46___ ___MASK97___ in 1978 . Their 1980 song " Oi , Oi , Oi " was the inspiration for the name ___MASK46___ the Oi ! music genre . The ___MASK37___ members are loyal supporters ___MASK46___ ___MASK90___ United , and pay tribute to the club with their hit cover version ___MASK46___ " I ' m Forever Blowing Bubbles ", a song traditionally sung by ___MASK90___ supporters .