NaN/100 votes#1 - Backstory
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/30/2020
Minnesota Hardcore charts the beginning of punk in the Twin Cities. Local bands The Suicide Commandos, Suburbs, Curtiss A, Replacements, and Husker Du all spring from this scene. Soon hardcore arrives in Minneapolis with Black Flag playing Jay’s Longhorn bar. Then the 7th Street Entry became the base of Hardcore with a D.O.A. show. Interviews with Greg Norton, Steve McClellan, and Tom Hazelmyer.
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NaN/100 votes#2 - The Fastest Band in the World
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/6/2020
Hüsker Dü began when Greg Norton met Grant Hart at a record store in West St. Paul. Bob Mould comes to a Ramones show and the power trio is born. The band creates a label, Reflex records, and soon bond with Dead Kennedys front man, Jello Biafra. The Huskers put out the first Minnesota hardcore vinyl, Land Speed Record. The Replacements are their major rivals, comments Tommy Stinson.
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NaN/100 votes#3 - Local Bands
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/2020
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.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - Goofy's Upper Deck
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/20/2020
A look at legendary Minneapolis punk rock dive Goofy’s Upper Deck. Hardcore bands that played the club between 1983 and 1984 include Black Flag, The Minutemen, JFA, Big Boys, and Discharge, who had a fierce battle with Hüsker Dü. Saint Paul band Willful Neglect and Minneapolis band Final Conflict both called themselves the house band. The manager, Fred Gartner, describes the final riot.
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NaN/100 votes#5 - The Culture of Hardcore
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2020
The people behind the hardcore scene in Minneapolis. Lori Barbero of Babes in Toyland fame lived in a punk rock party house and put on a Minor Threat show with Ian Mackaye. Your Flesh fanzine is profiled along with sound man and record store guy Terry Katzman. Garage Productions and Michelle Strauss describe putting on shows in VFW halls with Corrosion of Conformity and Government Issue.
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NaN/100 votes#6 - The Limits of Hardcore
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2020
As hardcore, thrash, and slam dancing becomes routine, the Minnesota punk rock scene splinters off into different musical genres. DKV are art students bent on making uncomfortable noise, while Otto’s Chemical Lounge with Tom Hazlemyer and Dale T. Nelson are inspired by 1960s psychedelia like Blue Cheer and Jimi Hendrix. Dave Pirner and Danny Murphy of Soul Asylum comment on R.E.M.
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NaN/100 votes#7 - The 2nd Wave
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/2020
By 1985, the Twin Cities had a new generation of hardcore kids. Hanging out at the Uptown Minneapolis McDonalds, these Minnesota kids were known as McPunks, and their bands were Outcry and Iron Fist. Spurring The Replacements, these bands wanted to play with The Exploited. Later bands like Misery, Quincy Punx and Kitten Forever who have continued the tradition of hardcore in the Twin Cities.
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The Best Episodes of Minnesota Hardcore Season 1
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A fast-paced, musical docu-series that examines the punk scene in the Twin Cities from 1980 to 1985. The Minnesota scene was a close-knit community of...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Backstory" is the best rated episode of "Minnesota Hardcore" season 1. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/30/2020. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Fastest Band in the World".