the original punk scene had almost completely died out

Michael Azerrad states that “by 1979 the original punk scene [in Southern California] had almost completely died out.” “They were replaced by a bunch of toughs coming in from outlying suburbs who were only beginning to discover punk’s speed, power and aggression”;”dispensing with all pretension, these kids boiled the music down to its essence, then revved up the tempos…and called the result “hardcore”, creating a music that was “younger, faster and angrier, [and] full of…pent-up rage…”