Positive hardcore (sometimes shortened to posicore or posi-core) is a branch of the hardcore punk music scene, that is socially aware, or focuses on values, such as being inclusive, community-oriented, and anti-violent.
[1][2] The genre was created as a backlash to the violence and negativity in the straight edge scene.
[3] Since the term was coined in the 1980s, it has been applied to a divergent group of musical styles and bands including 7 Seconds,[4] Youth of Today,[5] Good Clean Fun,[6] and The Wonder Years.
[7] Early positive hardcore bands in the 1980s and 1990s sang about social issues such as the treatment of the LGBT community by the hardcore punk scene[4] as well as non-violence and scene unity.
[9] Instead of being a backlash against hardline, the renaissance comes from a backlash against the (2010s) dominant metalcore bands in the scene.