scene of it all

this one had us talking about spiritbox's grammy loss and the discourse that came from a twitter account posting a satirical statement, the $300 gulch record, camping outside venues for days on end in hopes of getting barrier at the show and lastly we talk about sofia's recent experience with an old head at a show that got misinterpreted.

we both had shows to go to on our usual recording day so we recorded this episode a day in advance and thankfully nothing stupid happened but we did get to talk the callous daoboys and their 47% merch cut, diet turnstile/valley girl, flip flopping opinions of bands before and after you know who's in a band, handstands in the pit, metal is for nerds, a venue banning crowd killing and people pos...

first month of the year down 12 to go on this week's episode we talk about escuela grind's vocalist getting dropped crowdsurfing and ending up in a neck brace, turnstile converse and how insufferable people will become over them, FIR guitarist calling people marxist teenagers and turning replies off, kublai khan not having 'safe spaces' according to someone on the bird app, our fri...

metalcore took the wheel on this one but hardcore still had its moments. we talk about coachella hardcore bands, metalcore twitter bands deleting their socials due to overbearing fandoms, mic grab etiquette and how mic grabs rule, right wing guitarist in a left wing metalcore band, coworker hardcore and we had a couple thank yous to make this episode as well as a couple fundraisers we wanted to br...

this one we talk about FYA fest and how hardcore is well and truly alive in 2024, battle jacket twitter crying over hardcore dancing to dying fetus, big light on discourse, ladder in the mosh pit, machine gun kelly razorblades guitar static dress, ronnie radke meltdown over people object to a band with ties to far right groups makes the cover of revolver magazine and the £80 hoody vs £10 local sho...

we're back after the holidays with a bunch of dumb stuff that's happened in the scene including our 2024 scene predictions which were all contributed by listeners of the podcast, mainstream media learning that bands like green day and rage against the machine have meanings to their songs, metalcore wonderwall and the reintroduction of tacobellcore.

last one of the year! we talk about alternative fandoms and their recent cult-like behaviour that at times put their own idols in jeopardy, the claim that the moshing is cancelled and music is dying according to an out of touch old head on youtube, a pro-nazi merch site's customer database being compromised and released to the public and lastly a christmas message from greg and sofia to close...

in this one we avoided the outbreak fest 2024 lineup until we recorded this episode so we could do a blind reveal & react to the lineup, we spoke about wish list bands for the fest, the all time low ticket scam, tour bands hired as diversity hires, sanction's reunion show and tour and the dillinger escape plan getting back together for two shows. this ones a belter.

in episode 8 we talk about everyone's favourite moshing account getting banned for inciting violence against furries, power trip's secret set with seth of fugitive, the possibility of have heart making a comeback, next year's fest lineups and how insanely stacked they are and how the concept of DIY is being used as a marketing term as opposed to being represented as a culture with ethi...

in this episode we talk about the hayley williams of paramore's dyke pass, iconic band merch that had a death grip on the scene such as the basement back print hoody, fans discovering they aren't entitled to the band's time outside of the show they bought a ticket for and the bird app drama around how no one should take moshing photos and if you do people reserve the right to break the...

in this one we cover the scene queen character break that occurred on the bird app where men were called misogynists for not liking her music, rotting out's unintentional backyard karaoke set, mindforce calling out kids for only moshing on stage where the cameras are and promoters hiring moshers for their shows.

episode 5 covers the lack of female/femme representation at when we were young fest, crowdsurfing being gatekept against people deemed 'too heavy' to be lifted, making money from being in multiple hardcore bands and why asking people to move forward at shows is apparently cringe

the 4th one where we talk about punk bands charging insane prices for tickets and why that isn't punk, bad omens' fanbase not understanding why fall out boy are headlining download festival 2024, self-proclaimed political bands exposing themselves as not being very politically-minded people and wild collars between alternative artists and mainstream musicians like the latest meg thee stall...

episode 3 of scene of it all we talk about more dumb stuff that's been happening in the scene - halloween shows & costumes, frank ocean posting loathe on the IG story, twitchfits, playing the hidden disabilities card at shows and inhaler fans feeling entitled to barrier for waiting the longest in the line despite having unreserved standing tickets like everyone else.

the first episode in a podcast that talks about the dumb stuff that happens in the hardcore and metalcore scenes. we talk death grips disastrous tour, the furry community descending upon the hardcore scene and a bunch of other dumb stuff.

episode 2 of the podcast where we talk about dumb stuff that happens in the scene - we touch base on the likes of a band that won't allow digital photographers in favour of film photographers only, the latest dying wish guest spot. malevolence/nike care package and other past collabs between bands & brands and lastly the live without / blink-182 wtf's up denny's shirt that's ca...