 In Brazil, the hardcore scene was jump started with the opening of a punk record shop called "Punk Rock Discos" in São Paulo in 1979.By the early 1980s, the store was bringing records from British bands like Discharge and Disorder as well as Swedish and Finnish hardcore.Around 1981, punk gigs were happening often around São Paulo, where there were already dozens of active bands, mostly playing hardcore punk and similar styles, most importantly Cólera and Inocentes.