Spazzcore
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Spazzcore (sometimes spelled with one "z", e.g. Spazcore) is a form of hardcore punk rock music that contains elements of Noise and Grindcore however with a stronger foundation in Math Rock focusing on complex rhythms and intricate guitar lines. Its first use was in 1996 to describe Frodus in an advertisement in Punk Planet by the Washington, D.C.-based Lovitt Records. Initially a buzz word social-experiment by Shelby Cinca of Frodus to see if said non-genre could be adopted by introduction to the populace via advertising. The experiment was inspired by the reading of an article on the origins of the label Sub Pop and how as a joke the label used the word Grunge in an advertisement to describe their music in the early 1990s. Consequently, the term spazzcore was eventually adopted by the burgeoning emo and punk scenes around the world but has more or less maintained itself as underground vernacular not yet becoming a popular adopted genre/term.
Picture of Frodus in Sweden whilst on tour with Refused in 1998 by Pat Graham.
At the Drive-In - Picture owned by Fearless Records [1]
[edit] Other examples of considered Spazzcore bands
- Angel Hair
- At the Drive-In
- Antioch Arrow
- The Automatic
- Circus Lupus
- Clikitat Ikatowi
- Cupid Car Club
- Flames!! Over Broadway
- Frodus
- Furniture Sound
- Heroin
- The Locust
- Sleepytime Trio
- Uncle
- Universal Order Of Armageddon
- The VSS
- yourcodenameis:milo
- parts & labor
- Melt Banana
[edit] Spazzcore Labels
- Carcrash Records
- Dischord Records
- Gravity Records
- Lovitt Records
