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by rufus_foreman 1929 days ago
>> Some of those hardcore punks were driven around to the sound of Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Lennon’s “Imagine”.

I was one of those hardcore punks and I think you greatly overestimate both the level of parental involvement we had in our lives as well as our parents' musical tastes.

Hardcore as a youth movement didn't get swallowed by the mainstream, it just ceased to exist.