Nickel City Soundtrack Podcast

In this episode we interviewed Mike Lampe who was in a couple of Buffalo hip hop groups in the early 90's / Late 80's ) Even though mike is a hip hop head he was very connected to the hardcore scene.  We talked to Mike about his early days making music and  how a hip hop group like his ended up playing hardcore shows. Mike also recorded some ealy music by band you've probably heard of li...

In this episode we interviewed Eric "Smokey" Rice of Zero Tolerance amongst other bands. We talked to Smokey mostly about his post ZT career up to an including his current project Drifter. Eric been on the show before and im sure will be on again! Enjoy this dive into his post Zero Tolerance life. Episode music is "Precipice of Oblivion" by Drifter https://drifteratl.bandcamp.com/

hey y'all in this episode we interviewed Lexi Reyngoudt from the Buffalo hardcore band Spaced. Spaced havent been around that long but they are super active playing weekends all over the place and they just did a tour of Europe with Comeback Kid. We talked about the band  the tour and we asked all the important questions! It was a pleasure to get Lexi on for a proper interview finally! Enjoy!...

If you know us you know we love hiop hop. Most of us are firmly rooted in the older style but we appreciate some of todays stuff as well. We decided to have a draft style episode/discussion where we talked about out favorite albums from the 90's in Hip Hop. As we like to with drafts we enlisted some help we had Mike Lampe from Project C and we had "Wildcard" Kelly on as well. Through research for...

In our second interview with Brett we talked more about his hardcore journey rather than just focusing on his current band Exhibition. It was a fun conversation in which Chris and Mark taled to Brett about "House of the Dragon" (EPISODE 1 SPOILER WARNING IF YOU HAVENT SEEN IT). We talked about an Exhibition record announcement which should have already happened by the time you read this. We talked...

In this episode Derek and Mark interviewed Travis Johnson from the band Grain Assault (and others) . Travis has been around forever but I (Mark) didnt know him until his band Grain Assault (who is the episode music) Travis is a a pretty prolific guitarist who seems to almways be working on some project (pandemic be damned!) We talked to Travis abou getting into the scence and his life in it. We al...

In this episode we interview co-host Mark's band Hold Out. We were joined by Mark and guitar player Nick. Alex and Chris asked them about thier band what they have going on with the band and all that good stuff. We even got into some light political discussion as well. Enjoy this anbd check out Hold Out if you can.  Epsiode Music is the song "less than" by hold out!

In this episode we interviewed Buffalo (Depew) native Zak Quiram about his hardcore journey. We asked Zak about his band s Candy and Malfunction. We also talked to Zak about what he does outside of hardcore and his family. Weas a cool chat with a cool dude. Enjoy Episode music is "Lucid Life" by Candy

In this episode we interview Mr.  Mike Gifford. Mike is a long time vet of this scene and hes been in a bunch of bands including Slavestate, Resist Control, Gas Chamber, Area Denial amongst others. We talked to Mike about gettinfg into hardcore, his bands and what/where hes up to now. We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed doing it. Episode Music is "Audio Masturbation" by Area Denial

On this Episode we talked 80's Hip Hop! Chris and Mark recruited Larry of the Bleachmouth Postscript Podcast and Martin from Sit and Spin. We talked about our favorite records from the 80's in the hip hop genre.  We talked about everything from Big Daddy Kane to Kurtis Blow.  Plenty of interesting discussion so check this out and definitely revisit some of our pics. Episode Music is Aint...

In this Episode we interviewed Photographer Brandon Oleksy Brandon recently moved to Buffalo and we've seen him at quite a few shows. I guess the reason he stands out to us is because he's a photographer like Mark. Brandon shoots film and that pretty cool in this day and digital age. We talked to Brandon about his camera rig of course and going to and getting into show going in general. We also as...

hey all here is another Core Talk episode. We talked about some new records we like. We also talked about the This Is Hardcore fest that Chris attended recently and the upcoming Sound & Fury fest. Check it out and let us know what you think!

hey gang this week we're gpoing international again. We are interviewing Randy Carncross currently of the band Thirsty. Randy is from Buffalo Buffalo but has lived in Japan for the last 20 or so years. We talked to Randy about getting into hardcore , moving to Japan and the bands that hes been in. We talked to him about his current business in Japan as well. Hes currently in the band Thirsty and t...

In this episode we talked to Hourglass again. Hourglass broke up in 1996 but reformed last year and are currently writing new material . We focused specifically on what they have coming up which includes a discography records which isout now on Immigrant Sun Records and a new record coming out on Hellminded records. We talked to Aaron, Michael and Gerald about what the band has going on now, the r...

In this episode Chris & Derek talked to Tom Hardwick from the band Discontent. For those who dont know TTom was around in the late 80's early 90's and was in a couple of bands most notably Discontent & New Approach. We talked to Tom about his bands and thegeneral scene at the time. Enjoy this and we will see you on the next one!

In this episode we interviewed Derek Daniels of Pathetic Fallacy/ZT.  We talked to Derek about his entrance into hardcore his band Pathetic Fallacy and his stint in Zero Tolerance. We also talked to Derek about his current scientific career. Enjoy the episode! 

Hey gang in this episode we did a Roadrunner Records Draft . Over the years Roadrunner has put out records of many different genres from Hardcore to Metal To Pop. We picked our three favorite releases from the label. Mark and Chris were joined by Billie Page (Wrong the Oppressor), Mike Jeffers (Juggernaut) and Larry Gargus (Bleachmouth PostScript Podcast). It was a fun lively discussion with picks...

In this episode we interviewed Jon Salemi from Snapcase. Better decription later!

In this episode we talked to Trey and Sean from the venue "The Soup of Dissent" . We talked to them about thier house why they host shows and what they've got going on there! . We recorded it a while ago but due to circumstances beyond our control its out now. Support the Soup! Episode Music is "Robinhood Night" Voice of Dissent

Hey gang in this episode we invited Josh Grabelle to talk about his label Trustkill Records.  We talked about the founding of the label and went into depth about the Land of Greed World of Need Comp. We also did a label draft where we pick our favorite releases on the record. Enjoy! Episode Music  1. Despair "Salvations Slave" (pre intro) 2. It Dies Today "A Threnody For Modern Romance"...

In this episode we invited friend of the pod Eli Vella on to talk about a few different subjects including.. The New Terror record...What we like and dislike in the world at large and what make a band a Hardcore band. Check it out! 

In this episode we inteviewed Aaron Adkins and Joe Villella of the band Pissing Match. We talk about the band what they've been up to and thier history. It was Joe's second toime on the 'cast and Aaron's first hopefully it wont be the last for either because these guys have a bunch of bands and a bunch of Buffalo hardcore history!

In this Episode we talked to Aaron King about his many bands but we focused on KDC and Rhinoceros. We talked to him about how he got started some history of the bands he was in and he even gave us some cool tour stores. Enjoy and we will see you on tht next one. Episode music is "Neverface" by KDC

In this episode we interviewed Craig Setari of the band Sick of It All . We invited Daryl Taberski opf Sick Of Ita All to help out with the interview. We talk to Craig about his lif and times and he definitely tyold some great stories as well. Listen and enjoY

In this episode we were joined by Mike Jeffers and we talked about our favorite records for 1995. We did it draft style so if you pick a record it was off the board and no one else could pick it. We omitted Buffalo hardcore releases from 1995 as well. It was a fun conversation and we hope that you enjoy.