About Dan Dellacecca Expertise Can answer questions about band careers, gear, lyrics.
Cannot answer questions about band personal lives.
Very well versed in American pop-punk, but know plenty about early punk and hardcore bands.
Experience American Pop-punk circa 1986 and beyond, some early thrash, some early hardcore.
Question I'm just wondering, what exactly is the difference between hardcore and punk and what defines the two.
Answer Well, as far as the beginning of both, punk rock was a super-fast version of 60's beach music and hardcore was a faster version of that that came around about 6 years later.
The definition of "punk" is a young homosexual lifemate for an older man, so let's not get into definitions, and just say that if your band plays fast and sloppily, you're probably a punk band.