Riot starting, cop baiting, hotel trashing, foul talking, noise making, chaos causing, government hating, rule breaking, piss taking, unrelenting, punk fucking rock -- that is The Exploited ! Since 1980 there was no toning these Edinburgh punks down, no diluting their music for public consumption. The Exploited are a force of nature. Their debut album was as much a rallying battle cry as a record. It was called Punk's Not Dead and went on to become the number one independent album of 1981. More classic albums followed, their sound evolved into crossover thrash and along the way, they influenced everyone from Metallica and Slayer to the Dropkick Murphys and NOFX plus countless others. With their aggressive lyrics, fuck you attitude and legendary skull mohawk logo, they are one of the most iconic bands of the Uk82 movement. Total Chaos is a hardcore punk band from Pomona, California, formed in 1989 by Lead vocalist Rob Chaos. Throughout their career, Total Chaos has created some of the crustiest punk rock ever recorded. Their sound is that of vitriolic angst directed toward the bigwigs on Capitol Hill, racists, Nazis, conformity, and other ills of society. Positively negative songs like Unite To Fight and Punk No Die are the rallying cries of generations of punks. Violent Coercion was a band of East Bay teenagers that started playing in 1983. They formed in the time period where the Bay Area had become an epicenter for touring, local and relocated hardcore punk bands and ground zero for thrash metal. All these sounds percolated to make a distinct East Bay hardcore sound. Eventually, 3/4ths of Violent Coercion went on to form legendary post-metal band Neurosis. Violent Coercion finally came back to life in 2020 and has spent the past 5 years reclaiming their crowns in the hardcore scene.