Malaysian rock

Malaysian underground music and idealism is popular locally and overseas. Malaysian youth are typically into the punk culture (including hardcore and its other subgenre). This reflect in the music that they write (band/musician). Most of the Malaysian rock music scene started in Terengganu which has a thriving punk/hardcore scene.

Some early Malaysian punk bands called Mallaria; around year 1986 in the city of Kuala Terengganu on 1987 released a four-song demo mix, of which the genre has been described as crossover thrash. The band never released an album on a major label but their drummer went on to form another side-project band called The Stone Crows, and their guitarist participating (without ever recording anything) in various bands such as PROV, DPSA, and Zink. Bands from this early period had a considerable impact on the local punk scene... Their existence rely on a very limited mainstream success.

During early 1990, the underground punk rock scene in Malaysia was first encountered in Kuala Lumpur. Bands which are currently popular in the meantime such as The Pilgrims, Carburetor Dung, The Bollocks, Formation Bee, Stoink, The United Color Of Frustration, "Mechanical-Baby".  and A.R.T were playing in the underground gig circuit during this period, along with the other bands from different musical genres. The Oi! scene made a popular trend including the streetpunk bands such as A.C.A.B., The Official and Roots 'n' Boots They adopted the style of mods and skinheads subcultures. This time period was a blend of different music genres and diverse cultures (often reviewed in Joe Kidd's of Carburetor Dung reviews column 'Blasting Concept').

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