AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

John Joseph as an old dude athlete. Bootleg shirts, good and bad. Fliers, good and bad. Releasing records when you can't tour. Touring coming back. Pileup on the new release highway. A rotten game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know what it is. It's the end of the year and we talk about how it was for hardcore. A wild year in some respects and a muted one in other ways. What's the final verdict? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bosnia and Oklahoma City. Aum Shinrikyo and Bill Clinton. Wild year for the world and a pioneering year for hardcore. Good, bad, interesting, and otherwise- we cover it all this episode. YEAR IN HARDCORE 1995. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Airing of Grievances! Hardcore for the holidays! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even the best LP could do for a little editing for length. We put on our Unsolicited Producer headsets and chop some songs off classic and sleeper LPs. INTEGRITY to AGNOSTIC FRONT to TRAPPED UNDER ICE and everything in between. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where did the metalcore go? Are we post-revival or does revival never die? The atom-splitting superpower that was the Gorilla Biscuits reunion tour. Jake Paul is the new Mike Tyson. And we're blessed to have RULE THEM ALL Live On Axe To Grind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Annual tradition of sharing our favorite podcasts continues. We've got a taste of music, art, culture, and nonsense podcasts for you to try. Our way of saying thank you to our fellow podcasters and to you. Have a good holiday, if you celebrate it or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weird year. Which bands feel like they're still in the front of our minds, even without shows to see them on? Which bands are we excited to see for the first time? Some thoughts about which acts 'matter' now, and which will matter 'soon.' Plus, what frenemy is feeding you protein bars? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby Roxx returns! New music from BROKEN VOW, STONE FLEET, ZIPPER, GRIDIRON, DROWSE, FORGIVE/FORGET, SCALP, PORTRAYAL OF GUILT, SPEEDWAY, LANDOWNER, PARIIAH, STUCK, PAIN OF TRUTH, LAWFUL KILLING, MAGIC GHRELIN, CHAIN REACTION, FIRESTARTER, and SPICE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every band has a skull logo at some point in their careers. Which are the best? Ever thought you'd listen to that debate in bracket-seeded tournament format? Welcome to 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New guy in the White House; same quality hardcore podcasting you've come to expect. Hype crust, new iconic shirts, best skulls in hardcore, Beatles comparisons, washing your hands after you pee, careers as a train conductor, being popular but disliked, and the punk-hardcore divide. Check out Everyplate.com to get a discount on three weeks of meals with promo code AXETOGRIND3 Learn more about your...

Whether you're standing in line to vote or furiously posting on /r/anarcho-capitalism, today might be a stressful one. Here's the first three WA2G radio format episodes all in one place. Enjoy and stay safe. Hit Everyplate.com with the promo code: AXETOGRIND3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For all of you who say "you should talk about _______ more" and "why don't you ever talk about ________?" this episode is for you. We talk about every band ever since the beginning of recorded music all the way to the world's end. EVERYPLATE.COM threw us some bucks, so why don't you help out by throwing them a look. Pomo code AXETOGRIND3 for the good stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

A quick round of the Name Game with a special guest before launching into talk about Drain, Touche Amore, Hatebreed, Seed of Pain, and Spice! The world may've shut down, but music hasn't completely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another round of the Name Game featuring friend of the podcast, Brian Murray. An unexpected guest crashes the podcast to tell us how all these hardcore icons are affording private flights. E.Town Concrete v Downset. Then listeners tell us what we haven't been talking about enough for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the presidential debate was 'raging' we staged our own. Next time maybe it'll be about if Suicidal Tendencies has more than one good album, but this episode it's about more serious stuff. Also Patrick introduces a new bit in which he doesn't know where any band is from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the podcast and learned man, Sean Doody, came through to talk Dischord Records. From Teen Idles to Trusty, Double-O to Antelope, it's all (mostly) here. Also, what's Yelp's opinion on this public bathroom? This is our nerdiest episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy Bolm talks about his band's experience with mega-producer Ross Robinson, putting out other people's records, when an LP isn't in order, Danzig, and Mr Bean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tominator brings you the very best in hardcore, punk, metal, and everything in between. New tracks from DYING WISH, PERFECT WORLD, CRUSH THE DEMONIAC, ZULU, REACHING OUT, SOUL GLO, MODEL PRISONER, RESERVING DIRTNAPS, YOUTH COLLAPSE, and more! The finest mosh available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wake The Dead is a seminal melodic hardcore release for many, but two of us are coming in blind here. The era, the ambition, the sound, and the impact of the record are all explored. If you loved it or hate it or know nothing about it at all, you'll get something out of a podcast talking on it honestly. Then strap in for Live On A2G with the pride of the Capital Region: DRUG CHURCH. Learn more abo...

Bar shows or community space shows? Underdog or Into Another? HC drama or office Christmas party? PAHC or CTHC? Magnitude or One Step Closer? Harley or JJ? Pizza or bagel? Every important question that can be phrased as a binary choice, ever, is answered today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doing our best to let a little pressure out of the atmosphere. We talk all-over print, stepping in dog shit, work stoppage, Randy Newman, magazines, Kalamazoo, worst hardcore apparel, shorts, survival in a post-apocalypse, aspirational intelligence, California hardcore, Red Hot Chili Peppers, shows we missed, and NBA Jam. Cool out and be easy with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Riley Gale RIP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Antidote and trips to the National Parks; Sick Of It All and literature; Vermin Supreme and voting; pepper spray and making people apologize for accusing you of things you actually did; the Name Game and fun. You'll love this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entering the dark and murky world of music's near-future. Where we can't be sure shows are happening, if subculture even exists, and if paper money has value anymore. Strap into the last of the V8 Interceptors and fill up on guzzolene, we're taking a trip to the misery farm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices