Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast

On this episode of the NCS Podcast Mark and Derek had on Blake Ellman who is currently the drummer of the band Taker. Blake has been in a lot of bands over the years. They Live, No Time Left, No Reason, Failures Union amongst others. We talked to Blake about finding hardcore , pretty much all of his bands and his family. It was a fun and long interview which is befitting of Blakes long career as a...

On the latest episode of the ncs podcast we interviewed Ricky Bertucca the bass player of the Buffalo band WarBond. We talked to Ricky about finding hardcore/punk. We talked to Ricky about his band WarBond and how that band formed. We talked about what Warbond has going on now and in the future. We also talked to Ricky about subs and hobbies. Check it out! Episode Music Is "Be Heard" by...

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast we have a Coretalk!!! We did a Sick Of It All song draft. What we mean by a draft is that we got a group of friends together and picked our favorite SOIA songs. Once someone picks a song that song is off the table. In addition to picking our favorite songs and talking about why we love them we talked about cool SOIA experiences that we ha...

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast Chris and Mark interviewed Liam @ Quinn from the band Autoignition. We had Liam on before but we brought him back with his brother Quinn to talk about what Autoignition has going on these days. Auto just put out a new release that we highly recommend called "Against The World" the record should have a physical release on Static...

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed Iván Murillo who currently sings for the band 25 Ta Life but has been in bands such as Manipulate, Dead Wrong and Skarhead. We talked to Ivan about growing up in Connecticut  and finding hardcore. We also  talked about his aforementioned bands and how they've affected his life . We chatted about how he became the current vocalist of 25 Ta...

On the lastest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack podcast we talked to Joe Affe of the band Maximum Penalty. MP is one of Chris' favorite bands so we had to have one of the bands founders on. We talked about the formation of Maximum Pentalty and alot of the lore surrounding them. We talked about the younger generation embracing them with Flatspot putting out music for them and End It coveri...

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast we talked to Jake Amadori of the band Robbery Club. Robbery Club is a punk/indie band from Buffalo who have been putting out a lot of material lately. Most recently "Mason's Song" which you can hear wherever you stream music. We talked to Jake about how a guy from Derby, NY gets into andmakes  the music he's into. We talked a little about...

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we had Teagan Finnegan of the band Sostre! We've had Teagan on before for a coretalk and a short interview about Sostre! but now we are diving deep. We talked to her about her scene roots. We talked more about Sostre! now that they have more material out and we talked a bit about her dad Brandon. It was a great conversation and I'm sure Teagan will...

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we talk to Mia Roland who seems to be taking pictures at all of the shows around here. We talked to her about how she got into both music and photography. Co Host Mark is a photographer as well so we talked gear and some technical talk as well. Hopefully we will have more photographers on the cast. I would say they are a very vital part of the scene. Enjoy!

On this episode of the NCS Podcast we talked to Jare C of the Lavender Room. The Lavender room is a queer ran mutual aid DIY promo and production team. We talked to Jare about her beginning and coming to buffalo and her work with the Lavender Room. We also talked to Jare about her band All Main Points. We learned a lot about all of the great work she is doing to help queer youth and the disenfranc...

On this episode of the NCS Podcast we talked to Dan McCormick who you would mostly like know as the drummer of Spaced. We covered a little bit of Spaced but we mostly talked to Dan about finding the scene his "other " band Pilot Field and his relative who used to play in a very well known Buffalo band. Check it out Dan was cool and we've been trying to have him on forever! Enjoy! Epi...

On this episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast we again interviewed Scott Vogel the singer form the band Terror. Terror has a new record coming out at the end of this week on Flatspot Records called "Still Suffer" . We chatted with Scott about the new record, curbing his drinking, still being a relevant band this late into Terror's career and a whole lot more. Check it out Sco...

On this episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast we talked to some of the members of the Buffalo band Hostile Makeover. Hostile Makeover is a relatively new and young Buffalo band who have been playing out a lot lately so we decided to chat with them. We talked about the origins of the band , what they have going on and what the future holds for them . They are a cool band and check them out...

On the latest episode on the NCS Podcast we went into Mark's HMNIFanzine Podcast vault to unearth this interview he did with Scott Vogel back in 2017. We did this for two reasons . 1. to do something a little different on easter and 2. to celebrate Vogels birthday. HBD to Mr. North Buffalo!  We talked about a bunch of core and check it out to see what we actually talked about back then! New Te...

On this episode of the NCS Podcast we (had put together a little Judge Coretalk . Chris and Mark recently saw Judge together in Syracuse so we talked about it. We had a little impromptu Judge song draft with Derek and we talked about some upcoming Buffalo hardcore shows.. Enjoy and see you in the pit! Episode Music is Forget This Time by Judge

On this episode of the NCS Podcast Chris & Mark were joined by Derek , Alex & Ryan to talk core. We talked about the 2026 releases that we are already psyched about. We also talked about who we thought a more lasting impact Endpoint or Straight Ahead since they are both have reunions in the next little while. Coretalks are always a blast! Enjoy and we will see you on the next one!

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast Mark and Derek Interviewed Anthony Muroff of the band Overgrowth. Overgrowth has a release coming soon on Triple Hammer Records in addition to talking about that we talked to Anthony about getting into underground music and the various bands he's been in . We also talked to Anthony about his time working at Home of The Hits which was...

On this episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack podcast we interviewed Andrew the singer from the band Numbskull. We talked to Andrew about the band who recently played their first show at the Spaced record release show. We talked to Andrew about the formation of the band, what they have going on and some more topics such as the what they are talking about in their songs. It was a cool conversation...

On this episode of the NCS Podcast we interviewed Ky Reynolds singer of the band Warbond. We talked to Ky about getting into the punk/hardcore scene and his current band Warbond. If you've seen Warbond you know they talk alot about politics and we talked to Ky about that. Its refreshing to see any band let you know where they stand and I appreciate Warbond doing so. As always enjoy this great...

On this episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast Chris and Mark talked to David Walker-Lečić who is most known for his time in the band Harvest. We talked to David about getting into hardcore and his early bands. We talked to him about his time in the band Harvest and maybe most importantly we talked to him about the current state of Minneapolis with all the uprising against ICE going on ther...

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast we talked to Eric Ellman about his newest band Taker who just put out thier debut full length "Sons and Daughters" which features the artwork of the late Scott Sonner. We talked to Eric about the formation of the band and everything that has led up to the length . They recently played a successful record release show with CMI and others. Get the r...

On the latest episode of the NCS Podcast Chris and Mark were joined by Len and Larry for a "Coretalk" We discussed ICE & the Turnstile Grammy wins. Not super core but definitely a talk. Enjoy. Episode Music is "Age of Disgust" by Len's band Fail You

On this episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast Mark interviewed Jordan Walker of the bands Jeweltone and Dishonored. We talked to Jordan about finding underground music and what his grandparents had to do with that. We talked about his bands and of course Pizza! Enjoy!

On this episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack podcast Chris and Mark talked to Jabari Adisa the author of "Jackpot: Dread Skinhead" We talked to Jabari about what inspired him to write a novel set in skinhead subculture. We also talked about alot of the behind the scenes stuff that goes into writing a book. We dont often have subculture books written by people who actually live the subculture. Ple...

On the latest episode of the Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast, Chris and Mark interviewed Ken Penn. Ken is a long time Virginia hardcore kid who has been in bands such as Grip, Dayspring and Time Flies. We talked to Ken about finding hardcore as well as his bands. Ken is also a professional photographer and we grilled him on that aspect of his life as well. Check it out and enjoy! Episode Music is &...