The following is a list of street gangs that formed out of the punk subculture: which includes activist groups or vigilantes, and hardcore skinheads.

Jan 17, 2016 · Rose-tinted history remembers the revolutionary effect of punk culture—the DIY ethos, resistance to police harassment, widely influential music—but what’s largely forgotten is the body count it...

Friends Stand United (FSU) began as an anti-fascist, [1][2] anti-racist, and anti-drug hardcore crew. It was founded in the late 1980s by Elgin James in Boston, Massachusetts, evolving out of the hardcore punk scene and in particular the straight edge subculture.

The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of music, ideologies, fashion, and other forms of expression, visual art, dance, literature, and film. Largely characterised by anti-establishment views, the promotion of individual freedom, and the DIY ethics, the culture originated from punk rock.

Dec 16, 2015 · When they want to be really intimidating, they switch to all punk. The boys belong to a gang, but not the usual gang. It’s made up of white kids who grew up in suburban homes. Now in their teens, they’re turning an unexplained anger on their neighborhoods in the form of vandalism, graffiti and street violence.

Apr 24, 2021 · What are or were common punk gang/scene/artist rivals? This is all about Los Angeles and surrounding areas. 1980 until 1986 there were. LMP - La Mirada Punks (La Mirada). I am an original LADS. We mainly had issues with Suicidals and it was almost always a fight when we ran into each other.

Oct 22, 2019 · One of my favorite fanzines/magazines ANP QUARTERLY has a new issue out with an article entitled L.A. Punk Gangs of the 80’s. Honestly this is the first time I have ever seen a publication tackle this part of the L.A. hardcore movement.

Mar 30, 2025 · La Mirada Punks were a brutal hardcore punk gang that emerged in Orange County and Los Angeles County in the California punk scene from 1977–1980. The gang gained a deadly reputation for being violent on the streets.

May 23, 2019 · If you want an actual notorious gang, one that was actually dangerous and actually feared, it starts with South Side LA Death Squad and moves on from there. The LADS were deep. And attracted people who really wanted to put in work.

Jul 28, 1985 · Many officers in the Los Angeles Police Department’s North Hollywood gang detail, called CRASH, consider the new white gangs a minor irritant contrasted with the expanding network of Chicano...