Punk Core Records is an inactive

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founded in 1989 by Dave Punk Core. The label is based on Long Island,

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. Punk Core originally started out a punk zine/distro in the late 1980s, but became a record label in the mid 1990s. Punk Core is often credited for helping to revive street punk, a genre that had flourished in early 1980s

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but had disappeared by the end of the decade. Punk Core brought global exposure to many underground bands especially out of the New York area. In 2006, Punk Core Records released the compilation DVD, ''Pure Punk Rock''. The DVD was directed by punk filmmaker

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, and featured live performances from all of the bands on the label. The label is inactive, the last new release having been March 11, 2008

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* Action *

A Global Threat A Global Threat (AGT) was an American punk rock band, formed in Bangor, Maine in 1997. They released four full-length albums as well as many 7-inch EPs and toured extensively throughout the United States. History 1997–2000 Originally f ...

* Career Soldiers *

The Casualties The Casualties are an American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded by vocalist Jorge Herrera, Hank (guitar), Colin Wolf (vocals), Mark Yoshitomi (bass) and Yureesh Hooker (drums) in 1990. In July 2017, it was announced on the band's F ...

Clit 45 Clit 45 was an American punk rock band from Long Beach, California, United States, that formed in 1996. The band played traditional, fast punk, influenced by the Adolescents, Poison Idea and Bad Religion. Their second and third albums were publ ...

(''Your Life to Choose'' EP) * Chaotic Dischord *

Cheap Sex Cheap Sex is an American street punk band formed in December 2002, based in San Diego, California. Besides releasing three albums, the band participated in some compilations, including the Pure Punk Rock DVD, released by Punk Core Records, also f ...

* Cropknox *

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The Devotchkas The Devotchkas are a four-piece American street punk band from New York City. Their name was derived from the popular film and novel ''A Clockwork Orange''. ''Devotchka'' in Nadsat means "girl", which is itself derived from the Russian word ( ...

Fists In The System A fist is the shape of a hand when the fingers are bent inward against the palm and held there tightly. To make or clench a fist is to fold the fingers tightly into the center of the palm and then to clamp the thumb over the middle phalanges; in ...

Funeral Dress Funeral Dress is a street punk band from Belgium who formed in 1985. Their big hits include "I'm in Love with Oi", "Free Beer for the Punx", "Party Political Bullshit", "Party On", "Freedom and Liberty", "Belgium's Burning", "Come On Follow" an ...

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(''Not My Religion'' EP) *

Lower Class Brats Lower Class Brats are a street punk band founded in Austin, Texas in January 1995. Based out of Southern California since 2017. Biography Formed in 1995 in Austin TX, Lower Class Brats . mix Punk, Oi!, 70s Glam and straight ahead rock and rol ...

* Monster Squad * The Messengers * Oxblood * Paxton Boys * Self Destruct (''

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'' EP, the band featured members of The Unseen and A Global Threat) *

SS-Kaliert SS-Kaliert are a Germany, German hardcore punk, hardcore street punk band, they had been mistaken as a Neo Nazi group as the name has the "''SS''" as in the Schutzstaffel, Nazi SS. Originally, the band name was "Es Eskaliert" which means “it e ...

The Scarred The Scarred is an American former garage punk band from Anaheim, California, formed in 2003, on the East Coast-based label Jailhouse Records. Formed by Samuel Clemens, they are one of the only old school punk bands active from Anaheim, and known ...

* Total Chaos * The Unseen (''

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The Varukers The Varukers are a British punk rock band formed in 1979 by vocalist Anthony "Rat" Martin. They produced their most influential recordings in the early 1980s. The band play in D-beat, the musical style of Discharge. Also like Discharge, the ...

* The Virus * The Warning

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