I know it's been used for a bit yet at the time that term was not used. I wish havie could find those original photos!!! It's interesting the term now used is "Anarcho". Coincidentally, Ian Glasper's "The day the country died" and Overground's "Anti" compilations renewed the interest in the early UK anarcho bands and MRR had a section about such bands, that, from an American perspective, could be called "peacepunk bands" although calling them that anywhere else is probably a bit odd and exemplifies the "Maximum Rock'n' Rollization of the minds" (don't be scared, it sounds much worse than it is). I suppose the purpose of such a phrase was to distinguish "traditional" US hardcore bands from the anarcho-oriented ones. As you will see from the booklet of this Ep that includes early 80's interviews of the band in Flipside and MRR, the word "peace" is often used to talk about UK-influenced American bands that had anti-war songs reminiscent of Discharge. Bands like Crucifix, Final Conflict, Diatribe. After hours of intense meditation (and some reading as well), I realized that "peacepunk" was coined in the US in the early 80's, a term used to talk about American bands who were influenced by the British anarchopunk wave as well as Discharge and Varukers.
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