hardcore punk

aggressive and fast subgenre of punk rock
Intangible music_genre Q10922
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hardcore punk

Summary

hardcore punk is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,008 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hardcore punk's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • hardcore punk was followed by post-hardcore[4].
  • hardcore punk is a type of punk rock[5].
  • hardcore punk's Commons category is recorded as Hardcore punk[6].
  • hardcore punk's country of origin is recorded as United States[7].
  • 1978 marks the founding of hardcore punk[8].
  • hardcore punk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hardcore punk[9].
  • hardcore punk's topic has template is recorded as Template:Hardcore punk[10].
  • hardcore punk's different from is recorded as hardcore[11].
  • hardcore punk's has list is recorded as list of hardcore punk subgenres[12].

Body

Definition and Type

hardcore punk's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. It is a type of punk rock[5].

Origins

1978 marks the founding of hardcore punk[8].

Influence

Things named for hardcore punk include mathcore[13], a music genre[14], founded in 1988[15].

Why It Matters

hardcore punk ranks in the top 1% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,008 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include mathcore[13], a music genre[14], founded in 1988[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception
    Subreddit Hardcore
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Hardcore punk
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29637, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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