MN Hardcore

The first episode of Minnesota Hardcore charts local music from the late sixties to the beginning of the Twin Cities hardcore movement.

The second episode of Minnesota Hardcore documents the early history of Minnesota's fastest band, Hüsker Dü.

This episode shows the hardcore scene sprouting from the excitement of the earlier punk culture. The Blu Hippos, Todlachen, Rifle Sport, Loud Fast Rules (which later became Soul Asylum) and Red Meat were some of the early bands that helped form the Minnesota hardcore scene.

A look at the Twin Cities hardcore club, Goofy's Upper Deck. Host to numerous hardcore bands, ending in chaos.

A look at the people who made hardcore a culture in the Twin Cities.

Hardcore kids, tiring of the formula, start bands that have more artsy and retro sounds.

By 1985, the first wave of hardcore kids have moved. In this final episode hardcore reaches a second generation of Minnesota youth.