xmikex said:

Josh_Martin said:

Well, the complete title of the movie was "American Hardcore: 1980-1986" so Slapshot, Sheer Terror etc etc weren't eligable anyways.

not like I was there or anything, but I was always under the impression that Slapshot were around before Cromags (who were mentioned at some length in the film). I remember hearing something about Slapshot playing New York with Youth of Today (according to Choke YOT showed up late on purpose so they could headline over Slapshot, and it was part of the reason Choke hated New York so much), and the Cromags opened as one of their first shows.

then again, like I said I was probably about 4 years old at the time so I don't know anything.

Slapshot and the Cro Mags started pretty much about the same time. I would assume the reason that the Cro Mags got in the movie and Slapshot didn't is because the Cro Mags were a staple of the NY scene and really had their own sound, they were leaders not followers. Slapshot wasn't really doing anything new, their first album came out in '86 and the Boston scene was long over by then, and Choke was already covered with Negative FX.