This Is Hardcore Podcast

Episode 130 Nancy Barile RIP Flippy Nancy Barile is an Philadelphia Hardcore Original. She wrote a book "I'm Not Holding Your Coat" on her path to punk rock and beyond featuring some of the iconic early moments of Philadelphia's burgeoning Hardcore scene. Our conversation goes alongside and beyond the book to Philly- centric and cultural happenings of the times. Her story is a great first hand acc...

Episode 129 Thank You for Another Great TIHC...Get Ready for FYA X!!! Thank you to everyone for an amazing fest! Please support www.stillproudclothing.com Gavin and Still Proud hail from Lahaina, HI which is dead center of the deadly wild fires. FYA X Tickets up noon Friday www. FYAX.eventbrite.com

Episode 128 Anthony "CIV" Civorelli We take a dive into the life of Civ and his way to finding hardcore punk. A lot of laughs and great detail in the very early days before he even picked up the microphone with Gorilla Biscuits. Along the way we get into the new book that he has written, "A Roadie's Tale" which is based on his tour journal from the iconic Youth of Today tour through the US in 1988...

Episode 127 Fool's Game & Risk Split Release 2 of the finest east coast hardcore bands running dropping their new material and split record today. BG of Risk and Clemo of Fool's Game come on and talk through the making of the split and the things going on for both bands past and present. We also check in with Pete from Hard Turf, a new Philly Hardcore band. check them out at www.instagram.com/hard...

Episode 126 DWID Hellion. With This Is Hardcore 2023 just 2 weeks away, it was time to sit down with a legendary figure in Hardcore and a pioneer in pushing the boundaries of the genre in many ways. We talk of his childhood and its influences which would later come out in much of his music and art. Dwid had a very heavy influence in taking hardcore punk beyond the cookie cutter images and lyrical...

Episode 125 Some thoughts that come from greater minds than mine. With the summer comes everyone too busy to come on a podcast so I had been pulling together some ideas when Norman Brannon's relaunch of Anti-Matter as a substack spurned some real energy into my brain for the first time in awhile in a way that only someone like Norm and his words could inspire. For those of you who don't know what...

Episode 124 Freight Train - Back on the Tracks and a Van Check in from Fool's Game Diego and Slave stop in and we talk about the return of Freight Train at the KevOne Bulldoze benefit and the train being back on the tracks. www.instagram.com/freight_train_ix We stop in on Fool's Game while they are on the road and hear how the tour has been going... www.instagram.com/foolsgamehc Check out Joe Hard...

Episode 123 AJ of Preserving Hardcore and FaceWreck AJ has been a pivotal part of the Pittsburgh Area Hardcore scene for a long time before he was ever given credit for it. Continuing from the Ty Dawson episode last week, we learn even more about the western PAHC scene. Through the trials and tribulations, AJ has come to be at the center of all the best hardcore punk activity in his home area. Tak...

Episode 122 Ty Dawson of Pain Clinic Ty Dawson gives us a great look into Western PAHC and beyond. From the early days of finding hardcore punk to eventually mentoring and helping Code Orange when they were kids find their place in the scene. With his band Pain Clinic he finally gets a chance to get on the stage and show the world his talents. He's a natural talker and has great charisma especiall...

Episode 121 Rob "Beto" Rosario of Dmize, 25 Ta Life, Madball and more Beto's story is one for the history books in many ways. We walk with him as he puts the pieces together of how the small area of Queens would eventually produce so many important NYHC bands in just a small friend group, Dmize, Madball, Merauder just to name a few. He would over time end up playing in all 3 as well as playing/tou...

Episode 120 Andrew Kline of Strife and WAR Records Andrew Kline on his own with all the Socal and Strife stories would be a great guest, but there is something awesome about a guy who has a dayjob and runs a completely DIY Hardcore Label showcasing some amazing new bands that are absolutely pure energetic hardcore. His story and how he got to where he is now was awesome to hear and I hope you all...

Episode 119 Jon Scondotto Jon Scondotto comes from a prestigious NYHC family and is the 3rd brother to be a guest on this show. Jon has a great perspective from the early days of finding NYHC shows and his own travels through playing with Lament and the bands that followed all through to the early 2000s. Jon is currently a podcast host of 2 separate shows, Break the Apocalypse & Wrestling Soup. ww...

Episode 118 Dan Nastasi of Kings Never Die, Dog Eat Dog, Mucky Pup and more.. Dan Nastasi had an incredible journey through hardcore music from his early days of touring with Mucky Pup, to creating and traveling with Murphys Law and founding Dog Eat Dog even later on. We go through his history with the previous bands all the way up to the present day with his latest band Kings Never Die. We've fea...

Episode 117 Adam Easterling of Orthodox Hailing from the city of Music, Nashville Tennessee, Adam grew up surrounded by music and the music industry. We talk about being raised around christian music and how he would find hardcore and metal from that scene. He has been booking shows in Nashville and touring for over 10 years now. Orthodox is playing TIHC Friday August 4th. Orthodox plays very meta...

Episode 116 Andrew King. Author of Failure Rules. Andrew "Thorp" King came from the Philly area into hardcore and rose from a pit warrior to releasing some great releases at the end of the 90s and some of the greats of the 2000s with his Thorp Records and later Sailor Grave Records. Through his years of hard work, he has had some incredible ups and downs and would eventually pull his tale and less...

Episode 115 Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis A guest of this magnitude doesn't need a bio entry from the likes of me. Earth Crisis over the last 30 plus years has shifted and shaped hardcore with a metallic influence and a clear focus on animal rights, veganism and an earth conscience mindset. With new music from his other project Freya, and Earth Crisis playing TIHC 2023 friday, it was good timing t...

Episode 114 Jay Reason After being a guest on the Diablo's Den hosted by Danny Diablo & Jay Reason, it was natural to bring Jay Reason onto the show. Having been friends with Jay since the earliest days of traveling out of state and being close of age, we had alot to talk about and reminisce about. Jay started out singing in Voice of Reason, then The Distance. He would be the assistant to Jamey Ja...

Episode 112/Video 3. Thoughts on Coachella and Hardcore's Future. I totally missed Ep 112, having gotten myself confused with the 2 previous weekend recap videos. So here is a short episode 112 with some thoughts on what happens to Hardcore with acts being on the Coachella 2023 bill. Opening Track of the Episode Kings Never Die " Stay True" off All The Rats LP www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb__IKO2kjs&l...

Episode 113 20 years of E Town Concrete - The Renaissance Happy Anniversary to one of my favorite records for nostalgic and sentimental reasons and one who I believe, over time proved to make quite a few critics look foolish. I give a brief look back at E Town as a whole and go through my opinion on the fantastic record that the Renaissance is. Listen and if you think there are other records deser...

Episode 112 TIHC 2023 Announcement Here it is folks... the 2023 This Is Hardcore Fest lineup .. Hope you enjoy it and thank you for supporting us since 2006!!! We go on Sale Monday April 10th at 9 am EST www.thisishardcorefest.com Opening Track of the Episode Carried By Six "True Survivor" & Hold My Own "Renown" check out the split EP from Never Ran , Never Will Records

Weekend Recap #2 On top of some awesome shows in the Philly region, we talk about the April Fool's Joke that wasn't a joke and the beginning of TIHC 2023 announcements etc.

Weekend Recap #1 - Hardcore Pride Weekend This is something I've been thinking about doing for a while; in lieu of releasing an episode on Friday, do something for Monday morning after a long weekend. I've got a video version of this that will be released alongside this audio version. I would love to get some feedback if it works or sucks. Opening Track of the Episode Shot Out " Bleed" from the DA...

Episode 111 Mike Scondotto of Confusion Mike Scondotto of Confusion (Inhuman, the Last Stand) has been a part of NYHC for a long time. I had a great time talking to him about the early days of growing up in Brooklyn in a house full of brothers, 4 out of 5 of which ended up being a part of the NYHC scene. We go deep into MIke's love of Metal, hardcore, the early days of what would later become "met...

Episode 110 Hardcore Pride Weekend in Philly!! I brought Carter of From Within Records, Statement of Pride etc & Lennon of every single band ever, and Plead Your Case zine back to the show to talk about their Hardcore Pride Weekend coming up March 24 & 25 in Philadelphia. Both have their own solo episodes that I hope you go back into the archives to check out. Its amazing what people can put toget...

Episode 109 Two GB Shows at the Church I ramble on some things relating to the why of doing things like GB at the church, the how things go and the what may come next. Opening Track of the Episode Reaching Out " What Was Left" off of "What Was Left" www.instagram.com/reachingouthc/