Interviews

Interviews

Bassist Spotlight: Carlos Ramirez (No Echo, Black Army Jacket, Lakota, Deny the Cross)

By Jeremy Holehan |

"KISS was the first band I fell head over heels in love with as a young kid."

Interviews

Subzero Frontman Lou Di Bella on Their Upcoming Record, Beating Cancer + More

By Carlos Ramirez |

"Nostalgia is cool, but not when it’s just copied and repeated over and over again."

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Conviction: Guitarist Jim Winters Reminisces on His Days in the ‘90s Hardcore Band

By Justin Moulder |

Throughout the years, he's also been a member of Earth Crisis, Believer, and The Promise.

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John Yates (Graphic Designer, Founder of Allied Recordings) Discusses His Career

By Carlos Ramirez |

He's worked on releases by such bands as Spitboy, Lifetime, and Buzzov•en.

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Turbonegro Frontman Tony Sylvester on Style, His Early Hardcore Years + More

By Carlos Ramirez |

"I collect a lot of everything, much to my wife’s chagrin and the limits of my apartment’s structural integrity."

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Former Pulling Teeth Singer Mike Riley on His Hardcore Archival Projects

By Adam Yoe |

"I love the comments the flyers get that fill in gaps in my memory."

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Nihilistics Frontman Ron Rancid: The Man, The Music, and the Madness

By Anthony Allen Begnal |

"Can you also please add, if possible, that I am not the Long Island Serial Killer?"

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Author Chris L. Terry’s Times in the ‘90s/‘00s Hardcore Scenes Influenced His Latest Novel

By Carlos Ramirez |

The Black Card writer was a member of Level Plane Records artists Light the Fuse and Run.

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Rule Them All Vocalist Jon Gusman on His Other Life as a Visual Artist

By Mike Musilli |

His artwork can go from deeply personal introspection to mega-zany surreal absurdism.

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Chokehold: Vocalist Chris Logan on the Making of the ‘Prison of Hope’ Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

'90s Hardcore Week closes out with a Canadian beast of a record.

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Trustkill Records: Revisiting the Label’s ‘90s Era with Founder Josh Grabelle

By Carlos Ramirez |

Including stories about Harvest, Brother's Keeper, Earth Crisis, Poison the Well, and many other bands.

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Face Value: Singer Tony Erba on the Story Behind 1991's The Price of Maturity Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

"What kind of rust belt assholes would write songs that sound like Uniform Choice listening to Girlschool..."

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108: Vocalist Rob Fish on the Making of the Holyname Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

"...our individual approaches varied in a way that didn't align with your typical Hare Krishna thought process."

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Better Than a Thousand: Ken Olden Talks About the ‘90s Hardcore Band’s Two Albums

By Carlos Ramirez |

With both Just One and Value Driven getting the reissue treatment, it was good timing.

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The Story of Undertow's At Both Ends Album

By Carlos Ramirez |

Vocalist John Pettibone, guitarist Mark Holcomb, and drummer Ryan Murphy look back on the 1994 classic.

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Bassist Spotlight: Curtis Mead (Split Lip, Chamberlain, Model/Actress)

By Jeremy Holehan |

"Playing music has taken me to places I would’ve never been otherwise and introduced me to so many amazing people."

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Strongarm Guitarist Nick Dominguez Reflects on His Time with the Florida Hardcore Band

By Carlos Ramirez |

We also get into his history as a founding member of Further Seems Forever.

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Felix Havoc: The Founder of Havoc Records on His Label, Past Bands + More

By Adam Yoe |

"It’s up to the next wave to start bands and labels and carry things forward."

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