GABBER / GABBA / HARDCORE - What is it?

In any case, no hip-hop ... ;-) Actual *Gabb(a)er* is a musical genre that has evolved from techno. Similarly, also the person who listens to this music is called a *Gabber*. The word *Gabber* is derived from the Yiddish and Hebrew word *Khaver* and means *friend*. It is also in the Dutch vernacular, especially of course common in the scene for this role. If this word has an *a*, written *Gabba* so then we assume here the same meaning from the Germans. It was mainly used in the notation of us Germans in Hamburg and Berlin's underground scene. Again, the word *Hakkûh* is nothing else than Hardcore for the Dutch translation. Early in 1989/90 Marc Acardipane developed the first heavy track *We have arrived*, which we can only be described as hard-techno (techno) today. The first real Gabbersound comes from Holland and was produced by our godfather of Hardcore *Paul Elstak* in the end of 1992 and many subsequent D.J.'s and producers such as: *Jeroen Streunding*, *Danny Greten* & *(Robin van Roon* today replaced by *Jarno Butter*), known as *Neophyte*. Or *Ramon Roelofs* & *Theo Nabuurs*, known as *Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo*. At first we were a small group of people in different countries mainly from Holland and Germany. Today, we are also represented worldwide and form a huge army of hardcore.

To this day, the Gabberscene is accused, that it would be a redical right-wing scene. Unfortunately many have fallen in this faith and behave quite radical. Unfortunately, this is a prejudice in any way, and the motto of us, just because many of us have a bald head! Nevertheless, it is in society still placed directly, bald head, bomber jacket and again we are skinheads. Sure ... Who wants to live it should do so. We are a free country where the political role of each is left to itself, but in actual in our scene we say: *All Gabbers unite! United Hardcore against rascism and hate!*
Our scene is mentioned as the world joined together, so extreme hatred towards other cultures and customs of bullshit. Rather, we are better described as a drug scene, because we are celebrating the peace, as earlier as an example of Woodstock (1969's biggest rock festival in history),  but this is not to say that every Gabber drugs consumed, but quite often on the agenda be seems! I do not care who wants to take breaks to do that! So make love not war! Fuck for peace! ;-) We still love all people or? * lol *
The gabber music can be used as a generic term for all of its styles, which include Hardstyle & Jumpstyle and not to represent their own musical development. I will personally go through and count but hardstyle is to it.

Here are a few well-known performers: (Of course, not all.)

D.J. Paul Elstak

Evil Activities

Tommyknocker

The Stunned Guys

D.J. Partyraiser

D.J. Dione

Noize Suppressor

Korsakoff

Neophyte

Catscan

Kasparov

Angerfist

Rotterdam Terror Corps

Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo

The Dreamteam (D.J. Buzz Fuzz, Dano, The Prophet & D.J. Gizmo)

D.J. Omar Santana

Rob Gee

D.J. Delirium

D.J. Waxweazle

D.J. Promo

Endymion

Nosferatu

D.J. Outblast

Mad Dog

3 Steps Ahead (R.I.P.)

Bass-D & King Matthew

The Chosen Few

Akira

Bakalla

MC Drokz

Nordcore G.m.b.H.

Hamburg Fischkopf

Simon Underground and many more....