Title: Negative Approach – Tied Down
Year/Genre: 1983, Hardcore Punk
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Negative Approach formed in early-1980s Detroit, part of a Midwest hardcore network trading shows and flyers with bands from D.C., Boston, and the West Coast.

2. Released on Touch and Go Records, Tied Down was the band’s only full-length from their original run before they split in the mid-’80s.

3. Its ultra-condensed songs and confrontational attitude became a key blueprint for later hardcore, influencing everything from ’90s powerviolence to modern DIY punk.