" American Hardcore sets the record straight about the last great American subculture"- Paper magazine Steven Blush's "definitive treatment of Hardcore Punk" ( Los Angeles Times ) changed the way we look at Punk Rock. The Sony Picture Classics distributed documentary American Hardcore premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. This revised and expanded second edition contains hundreds of new bands, thirty new interviews, flyers, a new chapter ("Destroy Babylon"), and a new art gallery with over 125 rare photos and images.