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===Origins (1980s)=== [[File:Badr1995.jpg|thumb|right|200px|alt=Black-and-white photo of a punk band performing live|[[Bad Religion]] performing live in the [[Netherlands]] in 1995]] Originally derived from hardcore punk,<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|title=Skatepunk|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/skatepunk-ma0000011954|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=5 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310200123/http://www.allmusic.com/style/skatepunk-ma0000011954|archive-date=March 10, 2017}}</ref> skate punk began in the early 1980s.{{sfn|Hannon|2010|p=164}} The [[Big Boys (band)|Big Boys]]{{sfn|Hannon|2010|p=164}} and [[JFA (band)|JFA]]{{sfn|Hannon|2010|p=164}} are considered pioneers of skate punk. Bands such as [[Gang Green]], [[Dayglo Abortions]], [[Suicidal Tendencies]],<ref name="Allmusic" /> [[The Faction (band)|The Faction]], [[Rich Kids on LSD]], [[Tales of Terror (band)|Tales of Terror]] and [[Agression (band)|Agression]],<ref name=Agression>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/agression-mn0000600787/biography |title=Agression {{!}} Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |last=Loftus |first=Johnny}}</ref> were among the first wave of skate punk bands. Johnny Loftus of ''AllMusic'' described early skate punk music as "a confluence of punk's anger and simplicity, the furious speed of hardcore, and defiantly smart-assed machismo".<ref name=Agression /> Many early skate punk bands are part of the hardcore punk movement [[nardcore]], which emerged in [[Oxnard, California]].<ref name=Agression /> Popular among skateboarders, 1980s hardcore punk bands with connections to skateboarding culture were labeled as "skate punk" - the origin of the term.<ref name=Allmusic /> Early skate punk bands are noted for creating the connection between punk rock and skateboarding.<ref name=Agression /> Mörizen "Mofo" Föche, vocalist of Drunk Injuns and former employee of the magazine ''[[Thrasher (magazine)|Thrasher]]'', is "often credited with first coining the term 'skate-punk'."<ref name=uDiscover/> [[Bad Religion]]'s 1988 album ''[[Suffer (album)|Suffer]]'' is seen by many as a highly influential landmark album in the skate punk genre.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/this-is-hardcore-bad-religion-suffer |title=This Is Hardcore: Bad Religion - Suffer |work=[[Metal Hammer|Louder]] |last=Barnard |first=Laurent |date=July 9, 2015 |access-date=November 30, 2019}}</ref> ''Suffer'' helped start the melodic style of skate punk that continued in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bad_religion_autobiography_do_what_you_want_book_review |title= Bad Religion Autobiography 'Do What You Want' Is Compelling but Sanitized Account of the Punk Icons |work=[[Exclaim!]] |last=Gormely |first=Ian |date=October 14, 2020 |accessdate=February 20, 2021}}</ref>
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