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Matt Pryor of the Get Up Kids is on the podcast today! They discuss Hard Time articles making fun of his band, building thieves tools to shoplifting CDs, making punk music for kids, and the politeness of Japanese audiences.

Chris Conley of Saves The Day joins Matt and Bill to talk about being labeled the "bad influence friend" and how Chris is the most well adjusted guest on the podcast yet. And after the interview, an on the road update from Bill and Matt including a new segment where Matt's girlfriend Celine completely destroys him. Make sure to check out our pattern for ad free episodes ( https://www.patreon.com/...

This week, Aaron Gilles pie of Underoath and the Almost joins Matt and Bill live from via an airport! They talk about , how Elon Musk might be from outer space, the Mormon DNA test conspiracy, doing anal for god, and if there's straightedge NASCAR drivers.   Quick note: Aaron kindly did our podcast from an airport so you may here some airport sounds. That's just how real and hardcore we are.

Happy Edge Day everybody! To celebrate Matt and Bill chat with 7 Seconds front man Kevin Seconds and talk edge, Eddie Money and stealing gear because the Sex Pistols did

This week, Colin McFaull of Cock Sparrer joins Matt and Bill to talk about the 70's, putting dirty words on merch, composing music for MMA fighters and breaking up because you sold all o your gear.

On todays podcast, Nate Newton of Converge, Cave In, and Doomriders chats with Matt and Bill about explaining punk to other dads, witches, being too old to kick flip, and the delicacy only known as "Punk Stew." Buy our book: https://thehardtimes.net/book/

This week's episode of Fanboys is noisy, misleading, and immoral. The fellas welcome back a returning caveman, get transported back to high school band class (but, like, the Japanese version), and listen to something that is either noise music or some kind of cyberpunk pornography. If you want to hear the Fanboys give life advice to disenfranchised French teenagers and shine a spotlight on their l...

No guests today as Matt and Bill record the last podcast to talk about Shane Gillis. They also talk about the dredges of local comic Facebook groups and recap Riotfest. Make sure to preorder The Hard Times book and subscribe to our patreon! 

No Bill this week as Matt chats with Elliot Morrow of Gulch about the Bay Area hardcore scene and try to figure out if they played a show together.

Matt and Bill are joined by none other than CJ Ramone and I'll give you three guesses as it what they talk about. (Hint: It's in his name).

Comedian Jonah Ray of Jonah Radio joins Matt and Bill to talk breaking edge, floral kung fu gis, the Hawaiian punk scene, MST3K, and all the perfect and flawless events the Hard Times has put on. Make sure to preorder The Hard Times Book here: https://thehardtimes.net/book/

Composer extraordinaire Louie Aronowitz joins Matt and Bill for a very special episode. Buy our book ya freaks.  https://thehardtimes.net/book/

Today's episode is filled with questions. Can Bill interview our guest, hilarious comedian Dave Ross, alone? Where did Matt go? How many people can Matt apologize too in an episode?? How long can two grown men from the east coast talk about growing up on the east coast??? Listen now to find out!

We finally did a zine episode as Matt and Bill chat with New Noise Magazine EIC Lisa Root! They talk zines, inbred hometowns, zines, drinking METH, snowboard related neck injuries and zines.

Eddie Sutton of Leeway chats with Matt and Bill about addiction, Detox, Rikers Island, taint stabbing, having a dead guy's bone in your neck, sweating out booze to sober up mid set and touring with motherfucking Bad Brains.

David Knudson of Minus the Bear and Botched swings by to chat with Matt and Bill about live sampling, sentient pedalboards, van days, straight edge graffiti and post band life.  

Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms and The Falcon chats with Matt and Bill about @nihilist_arbys, being the favorite band of The Onion, OJ Simpson, serving slop at the Warm Tour, and hiding a son with one testicle.

Musician and Writer Luke O'Neil joins Matt and Bill to talk about Massachusetts, sleeping through shows, the loss of Alt Weeklies, the right being full of talentless dummies, Fox News poising brains and the struggles of freelance writing.

Matt and Bill are joined by Rotting Out's Walter Delgado to talk about prison and weight training. You know, light stuff.

No guests this week as Matt and Bill talk breaking edge, gush over their favorite MMA fighters, how cops are bad and lazy, and old man Bill teaches Matt how to play satanic messages on records.

Jonathan Diener of The Swellers and Baggage joins Matt and Bill to talk craft coffee, playing music with misophonia, how to properly pronounce tinnitus (it's not great), polyamourous bands, sleeping on the shelves of a Walmart, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and the sweet, sweet sound of sucking sauce of your fingers.

Matt and Bill talk poker, dads and personal white whales, and that's even before their interview with Terror front man Scott Vogel! They talk about how they listen to more podcasts then music, the downfall of Sword and Scale, stem cell injections, ozone injections and making breakfast while legally dead.

Chris Dodge of Spazz, Angry White Boys and Slap A Ham records joins the guys to talk about punk roots, hanging with GG Allin BEFORE the show, and Chris gets indoctrinated into the Hard Times Pitch Group LIVE AND ON AIR!

No guest this week as Matt and Bill recap Punk Rock Bowling! They talk about all the bands they saw and Matt talks about poker and hookers so, ya know, business as usual. 

Brace Belden (@pisspiggranddad on Twitter) stops by from fighting for freedom and unions to talk to Matt and Bill about Kurds, beer unions and ISIS. Yes that ISIS.