Editing Rites of Spring (section)

{{Short description|American hardcore punk band}}
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{{About|the band|other uses|Rites of Spring (disambiguation)}}
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| name             = Rites of Spring
| background       = group_or_band
| image            = A photo of the band Rites of Spring performing.jpg
| caption          = Rites of Spring members Guy Picciotto (left) and Mike Fellows (right) performing
| origin           = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| genre            = <!-- Do not change the genre without providing an explanation! Unexplained changes will be reverted -->{{flatlist|
* [[Hardcore punk]]<ref name="am"/><ref name="guardian">{{cite web |last1=Pattison |first1=Louis |title=Rites of Spring and the summer that changed punk rock |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/nov/27/rites-spring-summer-punk-rock |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=July 13, 2022 |date=November 27, 2012}}</ref><ref name="sputnik">{{cite web |title=ites of Spring - Rites of Spring (album review) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/60392/rites-of-spring-rites-of-spring/ |website=Sputnik Music |access-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref>
* [[emo]]<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="jimdero">{{cite news|last =DeRogatis|first =Jim|title =  Emo (The Genre That Dare Not Speak Its Name)|work = Guitar World|publisher = [[Future US, Inc.]]|year = 1999|url = http://www.jimdero.com/OtherWritings/Other%20emo.htm|access-date = 2008-11-16}}</ref><ref name="tp">{{cite web |last1=McCaleb |first1=Ian |title=Rites of Spring |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/rites-of-spring/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=July 13, 2022}}</ref>
* [[punk rock]]<ref name="guardian"/><ref name="tp"/>
* [[post-hardcore]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Chad|last=Jewett|url=http://www.halfcloth.com/jukebox-breakdown-rites-of-spring-all-through-a-life/|title=Jukebox Breakdown: Rites Of Spring – "All Through A Life"|publisher=Half Cloth|date=July 13, 2015|access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref>
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| years_active     = 1983–1986
| label            = [[Dischord Records|Dischord]]
| associated_acts  = {{flatlist|
* [[Happy Go Licky]]
* [[One Last Wish]]
* [[Fugazi (band)|Fugazi]]
* [[Miighty Flashlight]]
* [[The Faith (American band)|The Faith]]
}}
| website          = 
| past_members     = * [[Guy Picciotto]]
* [[Edward Janney]]
* [[Mike Fellows (musician)|Mike Fellows]]
* [[Brendan Canty]]
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'''Rites of Spring''' was an American [[punk rock]] band from [[Washington, D.C.]], formed in late 1983.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Rice|first=Barbara|date=1985|title=Rites of Spring: From Insurrection to resurrection|journal=Truly Needy|issue=10|pages=20–23}}</ref> Along with [[Embrace (American band)|Embrace]] and [[Beefeater (band)|Beefeater]], they were one of the mainstay acts of the 1985 [[Revolution Summer (music)|Revolution Summer]] movement<ref name="DanceofDays_p193">[[Mark Andersen|Andersen, Mark]]; Jenkins, Mark ([[Soft Skull Press]], 2001). ''Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital''. Fourth ed., 2009. [[Akashic Books]]. {{ISBN|9781933354996}}. p. 193.</ref> which took place within the [[Washington, D.C. hardcore|Washington, D.C. hardcore punk scene]].

Musically, the band pushed the violence and passion of [[hardcore punk]] while experimenting with composition. The personal nature of their lyrics put them at the forefront of the emerging  [[emo]] genre, <ref name="jimdero"/> though the band rejected the label.<ref name=NFG>{{cite book|last = Greenwald|first = Andy|title = Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers, and Emo.|publisher = St. Martin's Griffin.|year = 2003|location = New York|pages = [https://archive.org/details/nothingfeelsgood00gree/page/13 13]–4|url = https://archive.org/details/nothingfeelsgood00gree|isbn = 0312308639|url-access = registration}}</ref><ref name="am">{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rites-of-spring-mn0000282800/biography | title=Rites of Spring | publisher=[[AllMusic]] | access-date=March 20, 2014 | author=Huey, Steve}}</ref>
	
The band only performed 19 shows, 16 in the DC area and 3 outside of DC.<ref name="dischordrecordsofficialwebsite">{{cite web|title = Rites Of Spring|work = Dischord Records Official Website|publisher = Dischord Records|year = 2008|url = http://www.dischord.com/band/rites-of-spring|access-date = 2008-11-16}}</ref> Vocalist/guitarist [[Guy Picciotto]] and drummer [[Brendan Canty]] went on to play in [[Fugazi]] with producer and former [[Minor Threat]] singer [[Ian MacKaye]] in the late 1980s, while bassist [[Mike Fellows (musician)|Mike Fellows]] formed Miighty Flashlight and has had a solo career.