Emotional Hardcore

central figure is Paul d. Knowles. Born feet first in St. James' Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England in 1976. Racial mix: English, Irish, Spanish and Portuguese. State school education. Attended weekend stage school at twelve years of age. Fanzine writer at fourteen years of age. Self-taught noise musician since sixteen years of age. Graduate in Fine Art. Paul has lived in Leeds (West Yorkshire), Harrogate (North Yorkshire), Winchester (Hampshire) and Berlin (Germany). He is now living and working in London.

1. Kingpin was a hardcore band out of Boston in the early 90's. They released one 7 inch on Suburban Voice Records, which was run by Boston punk legend Al Quint. They also had a song on a Suburban Voice compilation that was included with the fanzine of the same name. The band recorded 4 other songs that were never officially released but the mp3's of these songs circulate through the hardcore scene.
Link to MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/kingpinbostonhardcore 2. Kingpin is a Punk / Rock Band From Maracaibo, Venezuela Since 2000 A Great Punk Melodic Band.

There is more than one artist(s) with the name Iconoclast 1) Iconoclast formed in the early 90's in New Jersey amidst a flourishing of diverse hardcore bands, such as Rorshach, Born Against, 1.6 band, Native Nod, Policy of 3, Merel, Greyhouse, Chisel. They recorded their self-titled first 7" for the Ebullition label, followed by a split 7" with the band Merel. Ebullition also released their 'Groundlessness of Belief' 7" and a discography on CD.