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- noun a subgenre of
punk rock , derivative of hardcore punk with extreme metal elements
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Youre confusing crust with gutter punks. Crust is a genre of music, gutter is not. While you can be homeless and also a crust punk that doesnt mean all crust punks have to be homeless.
what exactly is a "crust punk"? lchthyosis 2025
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Crust punk (also known as crust or stenchcore) is a form of music influenced by English punk rock and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the early-1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills.
Crustpunk Contributors to Aesthetics Wiki 2025
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I don’t know much about Discharge’s music, but any discussion of crust punk is incomplete without mentioning them. There’s been a lot of truly great punk bands, but few can brag that they made an entirely new genre.
All Their Money Stinks of Death: A Guide to Crust Punk brendanisapunkrocker 2022
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