Editing Hardcore punk (section)

===Demographics===
While the early hardcore scene was mostly young white males, both onstage and in the audience,<ref>Williams, Sarah. "Hardcore". In ''Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 8: North America''. Edited by John Shepherd and David Horn. p. 257</ref><ref>Butz, Konstantin. ''Grinding California: Culture and Corporeality in American Skate Punk''. Verlag, 2014. p. 94/</ref> there are notable exceptions. Black musicians include Bad Brains, Fred "Freak" Smith of [[Beefeater (band)|Beefeater]],<ref>Jason Pettigrew, et al. "These Black Artists Built the Foundation of Rock Music as We Know It." Alternative Press, June 4, 2020, {{cite web| url = https://www.altpress.com/features/essential-black-artists-in-music./| title = These black artists built the foundation of rock music as we know it| website = [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]| date = June 4, 2020}}</ref> [[Dead Kennedys]] drummer [[D.H. Peligro]], and [[Scream (band)|Scream]] bassist [[Skeeter Thompson]].<ref>Folgar, Abel. "A Rainy but Punk Rock Martin Luther King Jr. Day." New Times Broward-Palm Beach, 4, March 11, 2021, {{cite web| url = https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/a-rainy-but-punk-rock-martin-luther-king-jr-day-6415747| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210802094731/https://www.browardpalmbeach.com/music/a-rainy-but-punk-rock-martin-luther-king-jr-day-6415747| url-status = dead| archive-date = August 2, 2021| title = Broward Palm Beach New Times {{!}} The Leading Independent News Source in Broward-Palm Beach, Florida}}</ref> Numerous Black and Latino members have been in the band [[Suicidal Tendencies]], including [[Mike Muir]], [[Rocky George]], R.J. Herrera, Louiche Mayorga, [[Robert Trujillo]], [[Thundercat (musician)|Thundercat]], [[Dean Pleasants]], Ra Díaz, [[Dave Lombardo]], Eric Moore, Tim "Rawbiz" Williams, [[David Hidalgo Jr.]], and [[Ronald Bruner Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suicidal Tendencies Are Still Punk as Fuck (Whatever That Means) |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/suicidal-tendencies-still-cyco-punk-after-all-these-years-interview-2018/ |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=Vice.com |date=October 17, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>"Eric Moore of Suicidal Tendencies and T.R.A.M." Modern Drummer Magazine, May 8, 2020, {{cite web| url = https://www.moderndrummer.com/2012/03/eric-moore-of-suicidal-tendencies-and-t-r-a-m/.| title = Eric Moore of Suicidal Tendencies and T.R.A.M. {{!}} Modern Drummer Magazine| date = March 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/former-suicidal-tendencies-bassist-tim-rawbiz-williams-dies/|title=Ex-Suicidal Tendencies Bassist Tim 'Rawbiz' Williams Dies|website=[[Loudwire]]|date=August 27, 2014 }}</ref><ref>Quiñones, Ben. "East Los Lobos!" LA Weekly, May 24, 2019, {{cite web| url = https://www.laweekly.com/east-los-lobos/.| title = East Los Lobos! – LA Weekly| date = June 17, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ronald Bruner Jr. – DRUMMERWORLD |url=https://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Ronald_Bruner_Jr.html |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.drummerworld.com}}</ref> Other Latinos in early hardcore bands include Black Flag members [[Ron Reyes]], [[Dez Cadena]], [[Robo (musician)|Robo]], and Anthony Martinez,<ref>Cullen, Shaun. White Skin, Black Flag: Hardcore Punk, Racialization, and the Politics of Sound in Southern California. Wayne State University Press, April 3, 2017, {{cite journal| url = https://muse.jhu.edu/article/653038.| title = Project MUSE| journal = Criticism| year = 2016| volume = 58| issue = 1| pages = 59–85| last1 = Cullen| first1 = Shaun| doi = 10.13110/criticism.58.1.0059| s2cid = 157837607}}</ref><ref>LeBleau, Monique A. "Tommy 'Chiffon' Martinez: Punk Blood – Thicker than a Cold Shot." The LA Beat, September 25, 2018, {{cite web| url = https://www.thelosangelesbeat.com/2017/08/tommy-chiffon-martinez-punk-blood-thicker-than-a-cold-shot/.| title = Tommy "Chiffon" Martinez: Punk Blood – Thicker than a Cold Shot {{!}} The LA Beat| date = August 10, 2017}}</ref> [[Agnostic Front]] singer [[Roger Miret]], his brother [[Madball]] singer [[Freddy Cricien]], [[Adolescents (band)|Adolescents]] guitarist [[Steve Soto]], and [[Wasted Youth (American band)|Wasted Youth]] drummer [[Joey Castillo]].<ref>Maia, Felipe. "New York Hardcore Legend Roger Miret Shares His Cuban Immigration Story in New Memoir 'My Riot'." Remezcla, {{cite news| url = https://remezcla.com/features/music/roger-miret-my-riot-memoir/.| title = Roger Miret Shares His Cuban Immigration Story in New Memoir 'My Riot'| newspaper = Remezcla}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/madballs-freddy-cricien-talks-nyc-hardcore-cbgbs-was-our-shit-hole-6467365|title = Madball's Freddy Cricien Talks NYC Hardcore: "CBGB's Was Our Shit Hole"|date = July 9, 2013}}</ref><ref>Blistein, Jon. "Steve Soto, Adolescents Founder and Punk Veteran, Dead at 54." Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, July 1, 2018, {{cite magazine| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steve-soto-adolescents-founder-and-punk-veteran-dead-at-54-666954/.| title = Steve Soto, Adolescents Founder and Punk Veteran, Dead at 54 – Rolling Stone| magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]| date = June 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>Tatangelo, Wade. "Queens of the Stone Age Is the Alt-Metal Super Group." [[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]], March 14, 2003, www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20030314/News/605245591/SH.</ref> Soto would later form the all-Latino punk band [[Manic Hispanic]], which also featured [[Efrem Schulz]] from [[Death By Stereo]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ocmusicnews.com/steve-soto-tribute/|title = Steve Soto Tribute|date = August 19, 2020}}</ref> There are also notable women such as [[Crass]] singers [[Joy de Vivre]] and [[Eve Libertine]],<ref>Elizabeth. "The Women of Crass: Eve Libertine and Joy De Vivre." Hear She Roars, February 1, 2019, {{cite web| url = https://www.hearsheroars.com/post/the-women-of-crass-eve-libertine-and-joy-de-vivre| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200922201020/https://www.hearsheroars.com/post/the-women-of-crass-eve-libertine-and-joy-de-vivre| url-status = dead| archive-date = September 22, 2020| title = Post {{!}} HEAR SHE ROARS}}</ref> Black Flag bassist [[Kira Roessler]],<ref>McPadden, Mike. "All About Her Bass: Top 10 Female Hard Rock + Heavy Metal Bassists." VH1 News, June 12, 2015, {{cite web| url = https://www.vh1.com/news/lzqk0w/female-hard-rock-heavy-metal-bassists| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220812082422/https://www.vh1.com/news/lzqk0w/female-hard-rock-heavy-metal-bassists| url-status = live| archive-date = August 12, 2022| title = vh1}}</ref> and [[Germs (band)|Germs]] bassist [[Lorna Doom]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-17 |title=Lorna Doom, bassist with cult Los Angeles punk band Germs, dies |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/17/lorna-doom-germs |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

Several documentaries, including 2003's ''[[Afro-Punk (film)|Afro-Punk]]'' and 2016's ''Los Punks'', chronicle these subcultures within American punk and hardcore.<ref>Maloney, Devon. "Afropunk Started With a Documentary. Ten Years, Two Websites, and Eight Festivals Later..." The Village Voice, August 14, 2018, {{cite web| url = https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/08/21/afropunk-started-with-a-documentary-ten-years-two-websites-and-eight-festivals-later/.| title = Afropunk Started With a Documentary. Ten Years, Two Websites, and Eight Festivals Later... – The Village Voice| date = August 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>Cuevas, Steven. "Documentary Reveals L.A.'s Secretive Backyard Latino Punk Scene." KQED, June 11, 2016, {{cite web| url = https://www.kqed.org/news/10985167/documentary-reveals-l-a-s-secretive-backyard-latino-punk-scene.| title = Documentary Reveals L.A.'s Secretive Backyard Latino Punk Scene {{!}} KQED| date = June 11, 2016}}</ref>

As of 2019, the genre is still overwhelmingly represented by white males.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Enis|first=Eli|date=December 9, 2019|title=Is Hardcore Punk's Current Boom at Odds With Its Outsider Ethos?|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8545789/hardcore-boom-popularity-2019|access-date=March 12, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|quote=many people took the genre's overwhelmingly white male makeup to task. However, while hardcore's violent live shows and majority masculine fanbase}}</ref> However, as sonic diversity has increased in the genre, so too has its fanbase.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Enis|first=Eli|date=December 9, 2019|title=Is Hardcore Punk's Current Boom at Odds With Its Outsider Ethos?|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8545789/hardcore-boom-popularity-2019|access-date=March 12, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|quote=This type of sonic and social inclusivity is in turn opening up hardcore to people of different identities and backgrounds.}}</ref> This has helped bring greater attention to inclusivity within the scene.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Enis|first=Eli|date=December 9, 2019|title=Is Hardcore Punk's Current Boom at Odds With Its Outsider Ethos?|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8545789/hardcore-boom-popularity-2019|access-date=March 12, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en|quote=However, while hardcore's violent live shows and majority masculine fanbase make it look unwelcoming on its surface, some of the scene's marginalized members think it's already more inclusive and diverse than it gets credit for.}}</ref>
Bands like [[War on Women (band)|War On Women]], [[Limp Wrist]], [[Gouge Away]], and [[G.L.O.S.S.]] have helped bring attention to subjects like women's rights, transphobia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/not-as-weak-as-we-seem-how-g-l-o-s-s-gave-trans-women-our-voice-354361/|title = Not as Weak as We Seem: How Punk Band G.L.O.S.S. Gave Trans Women Our Voice|date = October 12, 2016}}</ref> rape,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/war-women-pissed-feminist-punk-band-aims-lasting-impact|title = War on Women: Pissed-Off Feminist Punk Band Aims for "Lasting Impact"| newspaper=Revolver |date = June 4, 2018}}</ref> mental health,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://musicandriots.com/this-is-a-band-that-refuses-to-be-ignored-our-interview-with-gouge-away/|title = This is a band that refuses to be ignored. Our interview with Christina Michelle of Gouge Away|date = December 17, 2018}}</ref> queer rights,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/queer-hardcore-punks-gloss-talk-origins-empowerment-their-first-big-tour|title=Queer Hardcore Punks G.L.O.S.S. Talk Origins, Empowerment, & Their First Big Tour|access-date=March 30, 2021|archive-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329050728/https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/queer-hardcore-punks-gloss-talk-origins-empowerment-their-first-big-tour|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/queercore-veteran-scott-moore-on-how-gay-punk-has-changed/|title = Queercore Veteran Scott Moore on How Gay Punk Has Changed|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date = October 29, 2017}}</ref> and misogyny.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/war-women-hardcore-punk-feminism-511714|title = War on Women fuses feminism and hardcore punk|website = [[Newsweek]]|date = October 20, 2016}}</ref>