The Hardcore Archive Podcast

On this episode, Josh welcomes Hudson Valley's Grave Heist back to the podcast. With a new EP called “Desperate Times” dropping soon and an appearance on Spreading The Hardcore Reality next month, we figured this would be a great time to catch up with Ethan and Dan and tall about what the band has been up to since we last spoke. Towards the end of the conversation, we spoke extensively on the...

Episode 156 features a conversation Josh had recently with Jake Gambatese. Jake is a part of the bands Frenzy, Nailgun, and Hosta. We talked briefly about Jake's introduction to underground music. We also talked about everything his bands are currently up to, including a show Josh is booking for Nailgun in Rochester in April. Following the credits you can hear the song "Eternal Fire"...

Episode 148 features a conversation Josh recently had with Joe Krewko. If you have been involved in the hardcore scene in the last 25 years, you are likely familiar with Joe's body of work. We talked about the many noteworthy bands Joe has been a part of, including As The Sun Sets, Blood Has Been Shed, Bury Your Dead, and She Rides. The reason we wanted to have Joe on now though was to talk about...

Episode 136 features a conversation Josh recently had with Nino Nunziante. Nino grew up in the Boston scene in the mid to late 90s before eventually moving to San Diego. We talk about Nino's experiences witnessing the different scenes in San Dieo and Boston. Nino is also the booker for Summer Slam in San Diego. We talked about the fest, putting it together, and the lineup details. If you are i...

This episode features a conversation Josh had in early June with Dan, Ethan, and Zach from Grave Heist. Grave Heist are a new band from downstate NY that released a five song EP a few weeks back that Josh absolutely loved.  We talk about their previous bands, the formation of Grave Heist, what they have planned, as well what they are up to in the Hudson Valley Scene. Stick around after the intervi...

Episode 128 features a conversation Josh had with Moses Rockwell on May 25.  Moses is a rapper from Rochester, NY. We talk about how Moses got into hip hop and what motivated him to start rapping and producing at a pretty young age. We also discussed the album Moses released last year "Until You Run Out of Cake."  Moses Rockwell will be performing in Rochester on Friday June 2nd with Subsoil and K...

Episode 122 features a conversation that Josh had with Andrew "Thorp" King on March 9th. Many of our listeners will be familiar with the tremendous output that Andy has had with Thorp Records and Sailor's Grave Records over the last two decades. We talked quite a bit about Andy's time in the hardcore scene on this episode. The main reason we brought Andy on the podcast now was to...

Episode 120 features a conversation that Josh had with Andy Messer recorded on February 19. The interview covers bands that Andy has been in over the last two decades. These bands are: ANS, Stymie, Occult Detective Club, Razorbumps, Fugitive, and Barricade. Fugitive recently played LDB Fest in Louisville, KY and have a new record coming out in April on 20 Buck Spin called Maniac. Barricade also ha...

This episode features a conversation Josh had with Andy Williams. In the late 90s and early 2000s, Andy played in a number of bands in the Syracuse region. Some of these bands include Eternal Youth, Darker Day Tomorrow, The Funeral, and We The People. We also talked about Andy's time growing up in Connecticut and eventually finding hardcore music there. A few of the other topics we touched on are...

I've known Randy Carncross for over 25 years. In the late 90s I would go to shows in Buffalo a few times per month. Randy was at every one of those shows. In the early 2000s, Randy played bass for Project Grizzly. In 2003, Randy relocated to Japan for what was initially supposed to be one year. Randy has now lived in Japan for close to twenty years. We talked about his experiences in Buffalo and J...

Rejection Pact is a band that I first noticed in early 2020. I've been wanting to get their vocalist Devin on the podcast since I first started interviewing people and I was just waiting for the right time. Rejection Pact recently released their debut LP "Can We Wait" on Safe Inside Records. I had the chance to talk with Devin about all of the work that went in to releasing the LP. We also talked...

Boston has consistently had one of the best hardcore scenes in the world for over 40 years. Chris Cesarini has been a part of the scene there for two decades. Chris has been playing in bands and booking shows for years. He's currently the vocalist for Street Power, and he plays guitar for Back of Tha Neck and Conservative Military Image. Street Power and Conservative Military Image have both been...

For Episode 100, I'm welcoming Jim Byrne back to the podcast. On this episode we are celebrating 100 episodes and reflecting on 2.5 years of the podcast, before Greg Benoit and I rebrand as The Hardcore Archive Podcast. Jim and I also discuss our favorite Intros on this episode. We initially set out to create a Playlist of 100 songs. We ended up with close to 200. We each picked a top ten to discu...

For Episode 98 I'm joined by Rian Shannon. We talk about growing up in Rochester and becoming a part of our local music scene. In recent years, Rian has been living in Hawaii and has become heavily involved in the music scene there. Rian is a currently promoting all sorts of shows in Hawaii. We talk about these subjects, as well as our personal connection through bagels. https://www.patreon.com/En...

For Episode 97 I'm joined by Chris Browne. Anyone who has been listening to this podcast over the last two and a half years will likely be familiar with the bands Chris has been in. These bands include The Breaking Project, Tamiroff, Achilles, and Polar Bear Club. We discuss most of these bands in depth, while also talking about how strong of an influence the Rochester Hardcore scene was for Chris...

Episode 96 features Joe Villella's first appearance on the podcast. Joe has played in a ton of Buffalo bands dating back over 30 years. Since a lot of the bands and shows we talked about predates my time in hardcore, I thought it would make sense to bring Jim Callahan back on the podcast to cohost. One of Joe's current bands Pissing Match are playing in Rochester with Sulaco on Friday September 30...

For Episode 95 I had a chat with Max Quattrociocchi about his time in the Rochester scene. We go from his early years playing in Bema, to playing in more recent bands like The Curl and Drag and Coming Down. We also talk about his experiences touring with Achilles and Polar Bear Club. Coming Down are playing at the Bug Jar with a ton of bands from Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo on  November 12. ...

You don't find too many bands in hardcore that refer to themselves as protest music anymore. With how fractured our world has become in recent years, it's definitely refreshing to hear from bands like Run Into The Sun. For Episode 93, I spoke with their vocalist Dan and bassist Chase. They both grew up in the Salt Lake City scene so we definitely talk about that, including a lot of stories that go...

Recently I've interviewed quite a few people associated with the Syracuse Hardcore scene. In the last 30 years Tony Tornabene has been consistently playing drums in Syracuse bands. For Episode 92 I had a conversation with him where were touched on all of the many bands Tony has been a part of. Beta Minus Mechanic, Another Victim, The Funeral, and The Flashing Astonishers have all featured Tony as...

For Episode 91, I'm joined by Andy Corpus. If you were going to shows from the late 90s into the late 2000s, you likely saw his band Twelve Tribes. We talk a lot about Twelve Tribes and some of the crazy tours they went on, as well as working with Eulogy and Ferret for their releases. A lot of bands that would become pretty influential in metalcore were hitting their stride in this era and Twelve...

I grew up in downtown Rochester, about 85 miles west of Syracuse, NY. In 1997 I started traveling to shows in Buffalo and Syracuse a few times per month, sometimes more. That Summer, Ryan Canavan and Keith Allen booked the first Syracuse Hardcore fest. Two years later the fest would be renamed Hellfest. A lot of bands that were influential to this podcast either played or attended one or more of t...

For Episode 89 my guest is Andre Foisy. Andre connects a few dots to some recent episodes. Andre grew up with Travis Hance in the small area of Brasher Falls-Winthrop, NY. When I first met Andre, he was playing in the band Husk. Eventually, this band would help introduce him to the members of the band Break of Dawn. Andre ended up playing guitar for Break of Dawn for a few years. We talked about t...

For Episode 88, I'm joined by Vincent Minervino. Despite spending the last 15 years of his life in New Jersey, Vincent's roots are in the Rochester area. We discussed his early years playing in bands like Arms Length and The Exam. Vincent is probably most known as the frontman for Roses Are Red. We talked about how he joined RAR (then Nobody Cares) as a drummer, eventually switching to lead vocals...

Episode 86 features my first Australian guest. While he's originally from Australia and lives there currently, most of my listeners will likely remember him from his time in Rochester. Matt played drums for To Fester Within, The Breaking Project, The Avram, and No Sweat, all while he was in high school. We talked quite a bit about him playing in these bands and the many bonds he formed through the...

For Episode 85, I'm joined by BG from the band Risk. The band is interesting because they were already an active band a decade ago. After breaking up initially, they decided to give it another run a few years back. Like a lot of bands, they were slowed down significantly in March of 2020. In the last year Risk has been fairly active with shows and in the last few months they have picked up the pac...