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The Flex
The Flex
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Arms Race
Arms Race
2
Youth of Today
Youth of Today
American hardcore punk band
3
Chokehold
Chokehold
4
Judge
Judge
New York-based straight edge band
5
Gorilla Biscuits
Gorilla Biscuits
New York-based hardcore punk band
6
Antisect
Antisect
English hardcore punk band
7
Title Fight
Title Fight
American rock band
8
The Geeks
The Geeks
band
9
Andy Hurley
Andy Hurley
American musician
10
MDC
MDC
American punk rock band
11
Voorhees
Voorhees
British musical group
12
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
American crossover thrash band
13
The Explosion
The Explosion
band
14
No Warning
No Warning
Canadian punk band
15
Morning Again
Morning Again
American metalcore band
16
Higher Power
Higher Power
English punk band
17
Gang Green
Gang Green
American punk rock band
18
Nomeansno
Nomeansno
Canadian alternative rock band
19
Poison Idea
Poison Idea
20
Refused
Refused
Swedish band
21
Bold
Bold
band
22
Ray Cappo
Ray Cappo
American punk rock vocalist
23
Big Cheese
Big Cheese
24
Turning Point
Turning Point
U.S. band
25
The Freeze
The Freeze
musical group
26
Loma Prieta
Loma Prieta
American band
27
Brant Bjork
Brant Bjork
American musician and drummer of Kyuss
28
Doom
Doom
crust punk band
29
Vitamin X
Vitamin X
Dutch trashcore and hardcore punk band
30
Stick to Your Guns
Stick to Your Guns
American melodic hardcore band
31
Carpathian
Carpathian
32
Melvins
Melvins
American rock band
33
Shai Hulud
Shai Hulud
American metalcore band
34
White Lung
White Lung
Canadian band
35
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire
Canadian post-hardcore band
36
Black Flag
Black Flag
American hardcore punk band
37
Sick of It All
Sick of It All
American hardcore punk band
38
Breakdown
Breakdown
band
39
New Found Glory
New Found Glory
American rock band known for their infectious brand of pop-punk
40
Minor Threat
Minor Threat
American hardcore punk band
41
Hatebreed
Hatebreed
American metalcore band
42
Most Precious Blood
Most Precious Blood
band that plays punk rock
43
Social Distortion
Social Distortion
American punk rock band
44
Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
American crossover thrash band
45
Battery
Battery
American hardcore band
46
Rich Kids on LSD
Rich Kids on LSD
band
47
Fang
Fang
48
Canadian hardcore punk
Canadian hardcore punk
49
Earth Crisis
Earth Crisis
band
50
The Stupids
The Stupids
51
Greg Ginn
Greg Ginn
American musician
52
A Change of Pace
A Change of Pace
American pop punk band
53
Bane
Bane
band
54
King Prawn
King Prawn
British punk rock band
55
Gob
Gob
band
56
Raid
Raid
a straight edge hardcore punk band
57
Burning Love
Burning Love
hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
58
Dag Nasty
Dag Nasty
American band
59
Ignite
Ignite
band
60
Polar Bear Club
Polar Bear Club
American post-hardcore band
61
Tim McIlrath
Tim McIlrath
American musician
62
Chain of Strength
Chain of Strength
63
Government Issue
Government Issue
band
64
Down to Nothing
Down to Nothing
American straight edge hardcore punk band
65
Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags
American hardcore punk band from New York City
66
XTRMST
XTRMST
American band
67
Project X
Project X
68
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
French post-hardcore band
69
Quicksand
Quicksand
American post-hardcore band
70
Warzone
Warzone
American music group
71
Ceremony
Ceremony
American punk rock band from Rohnert Park, California
72
D.O.A.
D.O.A.
Canadian punk rock band
73
INVSN
INVSN
band
74
AC4
AC4
band
75
Confession
Confession
Australian metalcore band
76
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front
American Hardcore/Thrash Band
77
Coalesce
Coalesce
american punk rock group
78
Drowningman
Drowningman
band
79
La Dispute
La Dispute
American post-hardcore band
80
A Day to Remember
A Day to Remember
American post-hardcore band
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Violent Reaction were an English straight edge hardcore punk band. Originally a solo-project of Tom Pimlott in Liverpool, the band gained additional members after relocating to Leeds. In Straight Edge A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History, Mike Clark cited them as one of the most important modern straight edge bands. They were a part of the New Wave of British Hardcore.