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Welcome to the Louisville Hardcore History.
This History is a sub-section of Louisville Hardcore.com, which has show listings, some tribute pages to older bands (soon), home to a zine w/ record and show reviews, and many other things. If you are coming to us from a search engine or a referral, and haven't seen the rest of the site, please check it out.
The purpose of this History is to catalog the rich past, present, and future of the underground music scenes of Louisville, KY. In the future, we may branch out into other cities, starting with regional places such as Lexington, Evansville, Indianapolis, etc.. But, we'll save that for the future. Before you edit or add any information, please, please, remember to login above (or create an account first). Once you have done that, please head to the Help:Contents page to find out what our reccomendations are as far as content and formatting. We ask this to help keep track of who edits what and hold everyone accountable for what they submit. If the admins notice entries with misleading information or slanderous material, we will institute a policy where you will be forced to login to edit or even view the history. Please contact us if you come across bad info.
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Louisville Bands
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Venues
- 118 W. Main
- 2914 Springdale Road
- 540
- 953
- Another Place
- Artswatch
- Aslan's How
- Audobon Skate Park
- Bardstown Road Legion Hall
- Barretones
- The Beat Club (or 'The Beat')
- 625 E. Breckinridge St.
- The Brewery
- The Brycc House
- The Brick House
- Bulldog Cafe
- Cafe Dog
- Cafe Gecko
- Cardinal Inn
- Carousel Club
- CD Graffiti's
- Charlie's Pizzeria
- The Cherokee
- City Lights
- Clifton Community Center
- Clifton Unitarian Church
- The Crunch Zone
- Deer Park Church
- Do Drop Inn
- Douglass Community Center
- Fern Creek Community Center
- First Unitarian Church
- The Flashback
- The Grand Theater
- Ground Zero
- Headliners
- Highland Baptist Church
- Incarnation Church
- Keswick Democratic Club
- The Lang House
- The Lava House
- Locust Headquarters
- Louisville Public Skatepark
- Lynnview Community Center
- The Machine
- The Mercury Paw
- Needlecrofts (barn)
- Pandamonium
- Player's
- Primizee's
- The Red Barn
- Riot Skatepark
- The Rudyard Kipling
- Shelbyville Road Legion Hall
- Shockers
- The Sleep Chamber
- The Sound Stik
- The Swiss Hall
- Sparks
- St. Xavier Gymnasium
- The Sugar Doe Cafe
- Sun Valley
- Tewligans
- Tomaso's
- Total Eclipse
- The Toy Tiger
- Twice Told
- Uncle Pleasant's
- Veggie Vault
- The Warehouse
- Warehouse Live
- Woody's Tavern
- The Windmill
- The Zodiac
- Zena's
People
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Record Labels
- 2 Steps Forward
- Ancient Order of Assassins
- Automatic Wreckords
- Auxiliary
- Better Days Records
- Closed Casket
- Ghetto Defendant
- Happy Fun Time Records
- I Can't Believe It's A Record Company
- Initial Records
- King Fetus Records
- Landmark Recordings
- Louisville Lip
- Louisville Records
- Nerd Rock Records
- Noble Recordings
- Noise Pollution
- Omnicron Records
- Plastic Parasite Recordings
- Riverock Records
- RKT 327
- Self Destruct
- Sinbad Records
- Slamdek
- Shakin' Sheila Recordings
- Steadfast Records
- Swim Hard Records
- Three Little Girls
- Thrown Brick
- Toothless Records
- Tuck Records
- Whitehouse Records
Record Stores
- Better Days Records
- Blue Moon Records
- Ear X-Tacy
- Ground Zero
- HMV
- Ken's Records
- Mother’s Record & Tape Co. - St. Matthews
- NRM - Dixie
- Underground Sounds
- Us Vs. Them
Magazines/Fanzines
- Bad Culture
- Ballbuster
- Brat Magazine
- The Brick
- BURT
- Cracked Out
- Dead In The Dirt
- Deadjournal
- Defector
- Fast Workers Die Young
- Fred
- Hardtimes
- Highlands Lowlife
- Injection
- I Stand Alone
- K Composite
- Leo
- Neckmonster
- Outburst
- Revival Ink
- Telecommunihomogenization
- Thought-Caste
- Time Bomb
- Us Vs. Them Zine
- Yum-Yum
Shows
- 540 Fest
- Bingham Park Fest
- Cafe Dog Incident
- The Earthquake Party
- The Flood Relief Show (1997)
- Five Fest
- Fuck The Curfew Rally
- Help Fest
- InFESTed
- Insomniacathon
- Krazy Fest
- Llamapalooza
- Louisville Worst Band Contest
- Slamdek Blowout
- The Southend Show
- Zerofest
Clubs/Crews/Organizations
- 327 aka RiG Crew Local 327
- Anti Racist Action
- Courage Crew
- CPC
- DAC
- EPA
- FBC
- Food Not Bombs
- Louisville Ladies Of Hardcore
- Louisville Police Department
- P Posse
- PYFU
- SEG
- Ska Mob
- Slamdek Field Hockey Rockers
- Southwest Deathsquad
- Young Communist League
Places of Interest/Hangouts
- 1069 Bardstown Road
- Acme Ink
- Action House
- Bardstown Road
- Bardstown Road Kinko's
- Cahoots
- Cory's House
- Doo Wop Shop
- Hurstborne Lane Kinko's
- K's
- Lexington
- Mag Bar
- The Parking Lot (the real one, not the message board)
- Rainbow Blossom
- Southern Indiana
- The Rocket House
- The Tenny House
- The Wall
- Veggie Vault
- Verbivore
Misc
- Acme Ink
- Down In The Gutter internet radio show
- DSL Recording Studio
- Going On Strike distro
- Headbanging Kill Your Mama Music
- Intransit Studios
- Louisville Music Index
- Louisville Music Line
- Louisville Showcase
- Maximum Kickball
- Maximum Louisville Radio
- Monkey Drive
- Planet Louisville
- Sell Out Louisville Style
- The Show Of Shows
- Society Of No
Articles About Louisville Punk History/ Punk News clippings
- A Brief History of Louisville Music As It Pertains to Freakwater
- Origin Of The Louisville Hardcore Logo
- Duncan Barlow: I resign from Hardcore
- 540 Fest newspaper article
- Courier Journal article about BTGOG reunion show