AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

Should hardcore bands have a 'team' and, if so, should they ever use the word 'team' for any reason, ever? Also, bands taking stances, and all that comes with it. And what do musicians do AFTER? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does a band OWE you? A good performance? Songs you recognize? Fun? And what happens if they don't deliver? Also, is it time you bought a bearded lizard? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob returns from New Detroit to spin yarns about the mythic Tied Down Fest, while Tom reports from the center of a Knocked Loose pit, and Patrick broadcasts from a chicken coop. Topics include big touring slowing down; getting out while the gettin is good; hating J. Mascis; how we report on ourselves; women's basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Settling beefs through Esports; wandering into other people's problems; and are you being gatekept from the good shows and tours... hard to know. PLUS a PREMIERE from Chicago's own PORCUPINE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Questions that will rock you to your CORE. Also, being loud online: the pros and cons. And is the 80s perverted? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will main character mosh ever stop? Are skins sketchy in 2024? Does this era have its iconic intro yet? Listener questions come at us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is hardcore better when it's smaller? Are we do for a contraction? Do you only say that because you want people to fail and not have things? That's not nice. Also, Sound & Fury Fest: how many bands are pandemic babies? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Static-X or Fury? Powerman 5000 or Incendiary? Patrick goes undercover at Sick New World to report how hardcore represented itself. And is Sunglass Hut the new video store? All this and a premiere from Little Rock's finest TERMINAL NATION. Let's go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eddie Sutton's passing, Leeway's influence then and now, sorting everything out before it's time to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bands born at the wrong time; bands who break up too early; bands that break up too late; pariah bands no one wants to take on tour. Bands on bands on bands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are some genres that just should not cross paths? Nu Youth? Also, how to kill a whole castle with insects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Patrick ride this one as a duo and do their best to stay on topic. Being completely washed; being too far down a hardcore hole to acknowledge other types of music; getting married; being wrong about everything; the hedonic treadmill of marginal music success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there only one right way to do things? Is it every acceptable to walk out during a Hatebreed set? Is looking at your phone a death sentence similar to the movie The Ring? Are backpacks lit? Gout? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having definite opinions about settled hc science, the bands you're expected to know in 2024, and a red hot premiere from CT powerviolence KIDNAPPED! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is hardcore 'white-coded' as an internet weirdo claims? Professionalism in hardcore. Inheriting a rave complex. Not doing things you don't wanna do as a standing policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Free style through the news of the day. How much Madball is Not Enough Madball? Can cover songs save your soul? Small town shows can. The In My Eyes demo. The Modern Hardcore origin point. Hard topics that are obvious and difficult at the same time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What rooms are too big? Are barriers ever ok? Do you qualify for financial compensation from the 2024 Escuela Grind controversy? The space between metalcore and dusty old man metalcore. All that and a debut from NYC's finest current post-hardcore act, HUSBANDRY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tyler from Inclination LDB joins the guys to talk on the importance of Mindforce, the neighborhoods of Lousiville, the power of Midwest connections, and the dangers of smartphones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick jaunt around former conflict zones; mental breakdowns; ignorance; why are some bands put to death early; bummer news about glass; more! Happy Hardcore Tuesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eric saves the day by remotely jumping in the pit with the guys. It’s all on the table including Jacksonville v. Florida. Does post hardcore need a revival? 20 year old records. Format preferences. All that and a premiere from DOMAIN! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listener questions! The 25 Ta Life renaissance; Code Orange; is oi the next adjacent; krshna consciousness; why are you still buying records; TUI tour when; Taco Bell Hardcore; more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kids are throwing swine craniums, Triple-B is at war with the internet, tour budgets need balancing, part-time bands are doing their thing, and Alien Ant Farm is top of mind in 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We steal a Twitter user's list of the week's hardcore and metal news/gossip/BS. Including lights, ladder mosh, battle jackets, nepotism, f-word (the other one) debate, and unhinged glam metalcore beefs. Tom and Patrick are hearing each other on a delay, so they are extra at each other's throats. It's a party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the subject of the recent past and immediate future. What defined HC in 2023? What were some prevailing trends? And what does 2024 hold? Is the Summer of Love over? Is it time for the Winter of Hard Mosh? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Going breezy on 2023 lists and misses. How hard is selling through 6 vinyl pressings? How many Delilah's do you have on your next record? In: Touring. Out: New Taco Bell Pricing. Missed a justification to talk about 311. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Best Of 2023, in no particular order with definite oversights we'll be kicking ourselves for later. Thanks for listening to us this year, fam. Let's go into 2024 strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For your gift this year, here's a full plate of normally paywalled content. Don't gorge yourself. Take it slow and enjoy the meal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We go to shows both old and young, discuss rare rodents, and extol the virtues of touring. Additionally, we get skin fades and use utility knives. Also, what's a UTE, mate? TICKET GIVEAWAY EMAIL: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Getting money or not. Exploiting or being exploited. Bringing the hardcore reality to Wimbley Stadium or playing the Cohoes VFW. Mike Thorn of Razorblades And Aspirin joins us to have some dorm room talk about what is or isn't hardcore (for us). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HC's evolutionary branches. Should defunct bands continue to sell merch? Big labels coming for the hardcore. Making your booking agent despondent. How does "I suppose" come across in an email? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some albums have unfairly slipped from the culture's consciousness. They could probably benefit from the reissue treatment. But what makes for a good reissue and how much demand does there need to be? Also, war on Ebay. Also, Slipknot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we failed to include the SENTINEL debut. That has been rectified and the responsible parties have been terminated with cause. And blackballed from further employment in the field. For those of you who got the version without Sentinel, you now have Sentinel. And it rips. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are innovations valuable or corrosive to the fabric of hardcore? What would HC ‘81 think of HC ‘23? Metalcore today versus a few years ago. The merit of Earth A.D. and the concept of a new Fugazi LP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Assembling a tour package is like piecing together a jigsaw puzzle on top of a Jenga tower. We pull out the blocks and watch it tumble on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We put our minds to defining every half-decade of hardcore by choosing emblematic albums. We struggle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World travelers over here. US bands touring overseas and international bands touring the US. The joys, the headaches, and the potential. Also, what happens if someone's head breaks at a show? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our 300th episode, we accidentally talk about whatever BS is going around HC internet. Furry mosh, guns, Grammys, and taking your merch person's money. It won't age well! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you more excited for what's new, or what you already know you like? Is it time for some acts to just get outta the damn way? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The punk police have called in the helicopters. Get to a tunnel until the heat passes. Also, AI hardcore shows, LiveNation, offensive booking agent slime, ultra-casuals, and playing covers with a bad voice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our clueless but well-intentioned friend Wilson from Westchester joins us to discuss the difference between punk and hardcore (assuming there is one), the proper syntax of the phrase 'straight edge', who the biggest bands in this moment, hc bands on TikTok, and the pros and cons of an edgy band name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are there people who love hardcore who should just avoid each other? Crowds that should not be in the same room? Or can we walk together and rock together? Also, how many 'whoops, forgot to make hardcore' LPs do you put up with from a band? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the younger bands help legacy acts to gain new fans? Should they? Can the legacy acts play below younger acts without feeling some type of way? How can we best help each other out here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who gets to commodify hardcore? You? Me? Raytheon Technologies? Wayne Corporation? Dave Ackerman joins us to discuss. Rest in peace to hardcore attorney and all-around mensch Dave Stein, laidback fella Jimmy Buffet, and Shrek enthusiast Steve Harwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our quest for certainty continues, with questions from listeners and clarifications made! Has politics completely left hardcore? Is Gel getting the proper amount of love? Is a traveling fest viable or is that the talk of a lunatic? How much credit does Title Fight deserve? Is violence fun and interesting? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bathing in listener questions. Gel or Spy? What's your 2023 dream tour? Was 2001 lit? How much pop-punk can you handle in your hardcore? Is hardcore best consumed in small bites? Did H2O have a moment? And on and on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Does hardcore have industry plants? Maybe. Does it have jealous haters? Definitely. Let's have fun with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some updates from the streets of Saigon where they're booping everyone, a discussion about what bands, venues, and experiences we may be taking for granted, and a forensic investigation of Travis Barker at Sound & Fury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore shirt wars, Indecision Records Fest recap, Sound & Fury FOMO, the resurrection of Twitching Tongues, the Magnitude-Mouthpiece connection, losing your toes, and Pregnant Sonic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Sound & Fury this week, we play word association with the lineup. What happens when you clear your mind and just let the strange collection of words roll over the grey matter inside your skull? Also, is there too many festivals? And have you talked to your doctor about Provasic? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bonus episode for the heads! A talk with the people behind essential Brooklyn venue SAINT VITUS on what makes a great space, a great moment, and a great legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices