The Brooklyn Blast Furnace

I've been wanting to sit down and chop it up with Joe Hardcore for a while now. I'm glad I finally had the opportunity. We sat down over a cup of coffee in Fishtown, a neighborhood in Philly. We talk everything from him growing up in Kensington to the annual This Is Hardcore Fest, in which, in my opinion is the best hardcore festival in the states. We touch on his upbringing and what pointed him i...

Guns Don't Kill People... Shlak Kills People! Probably the most "over" deathmatch wrestler in the United States. He's been wrestling for over 20 years and his first match ever had tables, ladders and chairs involved. Light tubes, glass, thumb tacks, barbed wire, tables, chairs, filing cabinets, forks... you name it, he's been involved in matches with it. Broken bones, teeth, stitches, hospital vis...

I caught up with Jason Brooks at "Creature Feature Weekend" at the Wyndham Hotel in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I wanted to talk about his role as Jason Voorhees in the upcoming film, "Friday the 13th: Vengeance". Being a huge Friday the 13th fan, I've been following this movies' progress. Premiering on Friday, September 13th 2019 at the Blairstown Museum Theater in Blairstown, N.J. Really nice guy...

Ron Grimaldi... a Long Island Hardcore staple, the singer for Deathcycle, Sonic Poison, Faithless, he played drums for a minute in Kill Your Idols. But... this episode is so much more than that. We talk government. Not politics. Government, the state of the world and where he thinks we're headed. We talk about why he still has a flip phone and he even wants to part ways with that. I can't say this...

On this Bonus Mini Episode, I speak for a few minutes and tell a couple of ridiculous stories with one of my best friends. I've known this guy since '93 or '94. He has been with me through some really insane and even more fun times. It's great to have his 2 daughters grow up and be best friends with my daughter. One of the funniest guys I've ever met. Solid guy. This Guy Vinny Ova Heeeeeeeeeeeaaaa...

Special guest Jonathan Buske! Maximum Penalty, Manipulate, Terror, Another Victim, The Promise, and Santa Sangre. He is a partner at Reaper Records. He has his own graphic design company, Buske Design, and is the creator of An Attitude Exhumed zine. He's been around, has done, and still does a lot for the hardcore scene. Hope you enjoy this, it was a lot of fun to do. Respect Buske.

The Final "Back To School Jam" is happening on Saturday, September 7th at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City! I met up with Greg Falchetto, the man responsible for this show to speak about it. We go into the entire line ip and also bring it back to his early days in the hardcore scene in New Jersey. From the formation of his former band "The Mongoloids" and into "World Demise". We also discuss his ro...

Iconic artist and illustrator... Sean Taggart is my guest on Episode 118! In the New York Hardcore scene, he's known for his iconic album covers and show flyers. Agnostic Front's "Cause for Alarm" cover, Crumbsuckers "Life of Dreams", Prong "Primitive Origins", countless flyers and even created the artwork for "The Jerky Boys". This was a super interesting conversation to say the least. He has dee...

The singer for Pittsburgh Hardcore band Enemy Mind. They played the Friday of this year's This Is Hardcore fest. I caught up with him the following day to shoot the shit for a quick few minutes about the band their set and what's up next for them. Mad cool guy and dope band. Support Enemy Mind!

On Episode 117 I speak to my guest Sebastian paba. The singer for Long Island Straight Edge Hardcore band "Regulate". I met up with him in Bushwick, Brooklyn to chop it up about the history of his band, what they're up to now and future plans. I had never met him before this conversation, I'm glad I did. He's a genuine kid who loves what he does. I had a great time talking to him. Respect.

Bonus Mini Episode - Chris "X" Striegel. Live from This Is Hardcore 2019. by Relatively Unscathed

Recorded Live from The Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia from THIS IS HARDCORE Fest 2019 - The one and only Mike Score. Vocalist for All Out War. We sat down amongst the chaos of the festival to talk about the new record, "Crawl Among The Filth" which dropped the day we recorded this on Unbeaten Records. We go back to L'Amour in Brooklyn and the early days of the band. We touch on the state of t...

Bonus Mini Episode - Zack Thorne: Live from This Is Hardcore 2019. by Relatively Unscathed

After another amazing weekend... it's time for the This Is Hardcore 2019 Wrap Up Report. The entire This Is Hardcore Team deserves their props. The time, work and passion these people have into putting on, in my opinion, the best Hardcore fest in the United States.

Comin' at you from "Wood Park" in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. I sat down with two Brooklyn Originals. Graffiti writers, "Mega T2B" and "Score NSB" to talk graff. Where they got their inspiration to go out and put their names up in paint, where they got their names from, and everything in between. We discuss the always debated question, "is graffiti art?" We touch on the rules of graffiti, throw-ups go ov...

I find myself back in "Waste Studios" in Queens. I was here on Episode 75 when I spoke to Johnny Waste, the founder and guitarist of Urban Waste... well now it's time for Josh Waste to tell his story. Having the torch passed to him to front the legendary NYHC band by original singer Kenny Ahrens (RIP), Josh has played a huge part in keeping the band together and consistently playing shows around t...

The Homie, the Graffiti Legend... OJae FYC returns along with his long time friend and graffiti artist DEAR FYC. Stories about bombing in NYC when the city was grimy and nowhere near as pretty as it is now. How it was hitting the Manhattan Bridge for the first time with holes on the catwalk going all the way down to either the street or the water. These guys have a lot of both good and crazy memor...

"Mike Kruel". Mike had a very interesting run in the pro wrestling world. From different independents like Ohio Valley Wrestling where he was Heavyweight Champion to Florida Championship Wrestling eventually leading up to the WWE. This is for the wrestling fans, especially if you are a fan of the WWF in the 80's. His father wrestled as well under the name "The Bodyguard for Hire" whom we also spea...

His new record, The Disconnect, recently dropped so... go listen to Episode 111 of The Brooklyn Blast Furnace Podcast with everybody's favorite scumbag from Suffolk County... for the third time! Never a dull moment with the homie Diabolic that's for sure. I met up with him at the usual spot... "The Colony Bar" in Huntington Station, Long Island... well, it didn't last too long after some shenaniga...

He played guitar on the first Youth of Today record, he sang for the legendary Underdog and is the singer for Into Another. Richie Birkenhead has been around the hardcore scene for decades. I met him at his office which is about 2 blocks from Ground Zero. A very smart guy who, in his own words is, "just a middle aged man trying to navigate through life in a very strange time". We discuss his hardc...

Bonus Mini Episode - Dark Satellite Media. by Relatively Unscathed

"I Still Believe!" Recorded Live from The All Star Comic Con at the Sheraton Tyson's Hotel in Tyson's Corner, Virginia. Mostly known for his 12 seconds of screen time in "The Lost Boys", he toured with Tina Turner, Carly Simon and several others. He had cameo roles in Miami Vice as well. Ladies and Gentleman... everyone's favorite Saxophone player... Mr. Tim Cappello! He was cool enough to talk wi...

You probably know him from the movie "The Warriors". He was the Warchief of the Orphans from the Tremont section of the Bronx. But he's so much more than that small, but iconic role. Apache Ramos invited me to his house in Flushing, Queens to do this podcast. His daughter (and manager), Jaz, and the rest of his family couldn't have been more hospitable or nicer. Jaz joins us during this episode as...

Enter the Supercoven. The Lord Goat aka Goretex! A member of the legendary Non Phixion, Heavy Metal Kings. Brooklyn Goon. Glenwood Projects. He invited me to his house out on Long Island to talk. This convo goes in 100 directions from back in the projects in Canarsie, to the 9/11 Attacks to Iron Maiden to Alien technology, past releases, current happenings and plans for what's next. I know Gore fo...

Comedian and Co-Host of "The Rad Dudecast" and the "Cerebros" podcast... Greg Stone! I initially found out about him by listening to "Robert Kelly 's YKWD Podcast" where Greg told a story about his brother(which I had no idea was his brother at the time)"Joey Southside" aka "The Wolf", the singer for "The Banner" was gonna throw Jerry Seinfeld a beatin'. So I reached out to see if he'd shoot the s...