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Hello Welcome! After back to back to back to back weeks of some of our biggest and best episodes ever, we figured it was the perfect time to catch up and just chat one on one, while answering your questions... Starting off with talking about our favorite records from last year. ___________ Cool links: • HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store ! • Try AG1 at DrinkAG1.com/HARDLORE to receiv...

Happy 311 Day to all who observe... We're joined by 311 co-founder and vocalist Nick Hexum at his home studio, deep in the old Topanga Canyon. We break down his roots growing up punk and listening to funk in Omaha, Nebraska, 311's formation taking place just to open for Fugazi, the whole band moving to Van Nuys to try to get a record deal, the breakout success of "Down" and the whole self-titled r...

After years of build up... We finally sit down in person with our good friend & Touché Amoré vocalist JEREMY BOLM in-person at The Pit Recording Studio. We talk all about Jeremy's upbringing in Burbank, CA, and how he went from Nirvana and Michael Jackson to Sepultura and Earth Crisis... From facing adversity growing up due to his unique speaking voice & his early bands, to finding the courage to...

We're joined by Bad Religion co-founder and Epitaph Records founder Brett Gurewitz at Brain Dead Studios in Hollywood, CA. We discuss growing up in the West San Fernando Valley, discovering the Ramones in the late 70s, meeting Greg Graffin and Jay Bentley at El Camino Real High School and starting Bad Religion in the quad, founding Epitaph to put out the Bad Religion 7", the entire BR discography,...

Well, the day has finally arrived... After nearly four years of consistently praising Merauder' s debut album, Master Killer (one of our favorite records ever) we're finally joined in person for a full length episode by vocalist Jorge Rosado. We discuss his early life in Brooklyn, the Sunset Skins, meeting the late great Javier "Sob" Carpio, being asked to eventually join Merauder (& recording Mas...

We're joined by a titan of American metal (everybody calls him that): Randy Blythe of Lamb of God . We dive deep into Randy's life and musical history, from young punk rocker hopping freight trains, blowing off singing for the band that would become Burn the Priest, battling alcoholism from the early days through the glory days of Lamb of God, getting sober on tour with Metallica, his experience i...

It's another historic day on HardLore, as we're joined by Frank Novinec (AKA Florida Frank/Frank 3 Gun) of Hatebreed, and formerly of Ringworm, Integrity, Terror and more. We've often lauded him as having one of the best resumes in the history of the genre, and now we hear all about his introduction to music and eventually to hardcore. From raiding his parents' record collection, his lifelong conn...

We finally sit down with one of the greats at FYA Fest: Walter Schreifels of Gorilla Biscuits, Quicksand, Youth of Today, Rival Schools and MANY more. In this long awaited discussion, we discuss the danger of NYHC in the 1980s and how surviving it to tell the tale was all just part of the fun that kept him coming back, Gorilla Biscuits being his first hardcore band/writing “Start Today” at 19 year...

It’s that time again! A new year has begun which means FYA fest was here once again in Orlando, FL to kickstart 2026. From Exit Life to Hatebreed, and Sin Against Sin to Drain, we talk about all 38 bands that played both days of the festival that sets the tone for the rest of the year. We're joined by FYA founder Bob Wilson once again for some inside about putting the line up together and his thou...

Welcome to HardLore.fm… Years in the making, we’re joined by longtime friend of the show Anthony Didio, vocalist of Vein and Fleshwater. We learn about his introduction to music, and how finding The Carrier early on lead to cutting his teeth at Anchor’s Up in the Merrimack Valley. We discover his evolution as a musician: starting Vein, making the landmark instant classic “Errorzone” and their matu...

The time has come… After crowning the best 1980’s and 1990’s hardcore bands in heated tournament brackets, we are now crowning the best 2000’s (2000-2009) hardcore band of all time… We lived through this era so we’re finally qualified to weigh in (lol), so sit back, don’t relax, and be prepared to yell at the screen as we put 64 of the best bands of the new millennium head to head to battle it out...

We're joined by one of the most iconic bass players in the history of hardcore music, Craig Setari AKA Craig Ahead of Straight Ahead and Sick of it All, and formerly of Youth of Today, Agnostic Front, Rest in Pieces and more. We talked in depth about the short history, but long legacy of Straight Ahead, including their upcoming reunion on April 25th, 2026, why he chose to quit Youth of Today, join...

The Best of HardLore 2025, featuring some hand picked moments from throughout this entire incredible, historic year for our little show.  Thank you for joining us, and we can’t wait to show you what we have in store for 2026.  ____________________ 00:00:00 - Start  00:01:41 - Davey Havok & Shrek  00:03:23 - Martin Is A Who! Not a What! He's a Person!  00:04:15 - I'll Mosh Call You Back  00:05:22 -...

HELLO WELCOME to our final Q&A of the year! We answered viewer questions from both Patreon discord all about our plans for next year, our thoughts on all things 2025, and so much more. Thanks for an incredible year, enjoy. ____________________ Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf) HardLore: A Knotfest Series Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch...

We're finally joined by Floorpunch vocalist Mark Porter for an in-depth, comprehensive conversation about the entire history of one of the best straight edge hardcore bands ever. From the first time Porter witnessed someone Floorpunching at a show, their initial formation after being collectively frustrated at a Snapcase show while lamenting what hardcore had become by 1995, all the way through to...

We're joined by alternative music legend Anthony Green, former vocalist of Circa Survive & Saosin and currently of L.S. Dunes.  We sit down in person on the S.S. Neverender to discuss his life in music, from being in bands like Jeer at Rome and Audience of One as a teenager, to joining and quickly quitting Saosin after leaving his permanent mark on the band and an entire genre, starting Circa Surv...

We're joined in Cozumel, Mexico for a very special, long awaited conversation with Coheed & Cambria vocalist/guitarist: the great Claudio Sanchez.  We discuss Claudio's journey through music discovery and picking up the guitar long before Coheed, how a trip to Paris birthed "The Amory Wars" concept, the real life events and tragedies that inspired each album's concept, existing outside of genres a...

Ahoy mateys, we were fortunate to have set sail on Coheed & Cambrian’s S.S. Neverender last week, their five day music festival cruise featuring our own Twitching Tongues and many more. We talk all about our experience at sea and the many bands we saw and spoke to. Features mini interviews with Foxing, The Callous Daoboys, Kaonashi, Softcult and Twitching Tongues. Thanks to Coheed, Blaze and Sixth...

It’s that time of year… The wind is howling, the sky gets darker much earlier… What better way to wallow in the depths of Autumn's despair once again than by celebrating 40 of our favorite “feel bad” (depressing) albums of all time. We each picked 20 records, in no particular order until our respective Top 5s. Look to them in your darkest hour, and they will guide you where you need to go. Listen...

We're joined by Nancy Barile, award-winning author of "I'm Not Holding Your Coat", an insightful chronicle of her life as an OG Philadelphia/Boston punk who lived through the golden age of hardcore music as it evolved in real time before her eyes.  The Ramones, Bad Brains, Misfits, Minor Threat, Black Flag... You name it, she saw it. We talk about the legendary brawl in Kensington, booking the inf...

Happy Halloween HardLore all you ghouls and goblins out there! To celebrate the best time of year properly, we've finally done it... We've embarked on the very spooky quest of ranking every Danzig era Misfits song in proper tier list form.  Pre game the best day of the year with us as we break down the best and worst of the best punk band ever. ______________________ Edited by Steven Grise (@iamon...

Jami Morgan of Code Orange & nowhere2run Productions returns to HardLore after 2+ years to talk about the gradual ending of the band after their latest album "The Above", 10 years of "I Am King", their disastrous last show at Download Fest, his recent work in music and film production with nowhere2run, and A LOT more. a 2+ hour hilarious, cathartic chat with a longtime friend of the show. This inc...

Colin and Bo catch up in our first new episode recorded in 5 weeks after Harms Way's recent tour with Deafheaven, playing Riot Fest, Furnace Fest, and 20,000 miles worth of other shows around the country. We talked all about the tour and answered questions from our Patreon members and from the HardLore instagram. Enjoy byeeeeeee. _____________________________ Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenine...

It's time... We have tasked ourselves to finally crown the best hardcore band whose definitive work was done in the 1990's. We included a special write-in section below for you to fill in yourself (and to finally include more than 32 bands). To the victor go no spoils, but we hope you all have fun. Enjoy. _____________________________ Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) • Title sequence b...

HardLore's spooky spin-off is back... Welcome to HauntLore VII: Where we explore The very haunted Chicago Metro. This iconic Chicago landmark broke ground in 1927, but transitioned into an all purpose live music venue and dance club in 1979, and the basement's "Smartbar" was one of the earliest regular homes to Industrial music throughout it's infancy... But a few mysteries and tragedies haunt the...