Music of Florida - Punk

Punk

Florida has experienced periods in which punk rock flourished. Based in Gainesville, Fort Lauderdale/Miami, Tampa and other cities, hardcore punk gained a widespread following. One of the first bands in this style is believed to be Roach Motel of Gainesville, but The Eat, from Hialeah, had formed around 1978-79. Rat Cafeteria (Tampa), Sector 4, Hated Youth, and Paisley Death Camp (all from Tallahassee), No Fraud (Venice), F (Fort Lauderdale), Morbid Opera (Miami) and Crucial Truth (Pompano Beach) also gained an audience and some had songs compiled on the album We Can't Help It If We're From Florida. The band F continues to play and release new material today (www.foff.net) and The Eat occasionally play shows in South Florida.

Hardcore bands from Orlando 1983-1989 included Dissent, Damage, The Bully Boys, Florida's Unwanted Children, Sewer Side Rouges, Declared Ungovernable, The Damn Maniacs, and The Genitorturers.

Gainesville and Jacksonville had very active punk scenes in the 1990s. Less Than Jake, Against Me! and Hot Water Music are from Gainesville, while Yellowcard, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Evergreen Terrace are from Jacksonville, and Fake Problems are from Naples. Other Hardcore, Post-Hardcore, and Metalcore bands from Florida include: Against All Authority, Anberlin, Underoath, Kids Like Us, Combatwoundedveteran, Poison the Well, Assholeparade, The Holy Mountain, and Shai Hulud.