Short description Hardcore/thrash group, from Hayward, California. Formed in 1980. Social Unrest released their first 7" record in 1981 and were quite influential in the development of the Bay Area hardcore scene throughout the 1980s. The band broke up in the fall of 1988, but reformed in 1994. Artist Biography by Mark Deming Part of the lively Northern California punk rock scene of the '80s, Social Unrest were a hardcore outfit whose abundant energy and defiant anti-authoritarian stance set a standard followed by many of their peers.