AXE TO GRIND PODCAST

80s Mosh Madness breaks from brackets for a minute to address the 800lb gorillas. This is all the undeniable monster albums. Classics from 7 Seconds, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Gorilla Biscuits, Negative Approach, and Bad Brains. The hardcore staples. All that and a song debut from California's STATESIDE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How varied were your tastes as a young core aficionado? How varied are they now? Then we play the Bobko game, where we try to find the sonic parents of specific bands. AND we've got a song debut from Triple-B's own MISSING LINK! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some new HC talk. What's poppin and what may pop soon. Also should Fall Out Boy go to prison forever? And big premiere of a new rippin hardcore track from Portland's own ALIENATOR! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we really all just playing alternative metal? What deals are forbidden? What deals would you say no to? Is Josh Trustkill having an episode of some type? Do we owe Biohazard an apology for all the hardcore that's lifted from them the past twenty-five years? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking through the hardcore ceiling without looking like a fool. And is there any excuse to drop a stage-diver? Throwing your camera in the ocean. All this and a song premiere from NY's own PAIN OF TRUTH! And while we're in a NY state of mind, how about a new track from MAAFA! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where will you be when the vibe changes? Did you lose touch when the stuff you don't like was poppin? And are we track-deficient or are we missing hidden heat? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there still a space for genre elitists in hardcore 2023? Regardless if there is or there isn't, they're here! Also, is the Drain hype real? And did we all get taken to church when TUI played Tied Down Fest? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The boys are one short but do their best to hit a grip of questions from the audience. What does Black Flag mean to the under 30 age group? Never Ending Game. Initiating bad behavior from the stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore bands are getting rare opportunities, but are they all they're cracked up to be? Investigate the topic and enjoy the digressions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes you and the homies go different ways on a bands and genres. Can the house stand or will it escalate to a college football style chasm? Also a premiere from Tennessee's own GUMM! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reunion record talk concludes, but somehow we detour into the Presidents of the United States of America extended universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reunion records as an idea and what makes a good one, a noteworthy one, and a depressing one. This episode is about highlighting the good. Welcome back, whoever. Good to see you. Also, remember Ashlee Simpson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We took a time-machine to the vaunted early 00s, when hardcore was poppin... but chasms between genres were widening. We jump on one side of that fence for a podcast to pick apart Saturday of HELLFEST 2002. A time capsule event, for good and bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore 2023 rips, but is there something missing? Underrepresented genres? Vibes that can't be found? Dive into the weird, sailor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A solemn goodbye to Rich Jacovina of Silent Majority and then some talk about the bands that are defining the moment. There's a lotta great bands, but which are emblematic of WHAT'S POPPIN? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why do some bands do so well in streaming while others are better at filling rooms and some excel at selling vinyl? The Mystery Mobile pulled up and tried to sort it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay from Mindforce joins us to discuss how easily things can be taken in the wrong spirit. Also, when will youth crew be YOUTH crew again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Auction-style draft to create the perfect festival! You've got some imaginary money, now build the perfect experience! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The title says it all. New bands, tours, and label announcements. Also, gossip (as a concept). And a cameo from Dookie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fine (dying) art of the cover song. When's the last time you heard a great one? Also a track from the upcoming CONFUSION discography! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two of the Wikipedia-led discussion on post-hardcore. You know how college won't let you cite Wikipedia? There's good reason for that. But we still manage to talk some good post-hardcore talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunt for gold in the arbitrary and sometimes nonsensical subgenres of wikipedia's hardcore knowledge. Do you Nintendocore? Madball and Agnostic Front. Whats the line between PV and Grind? Where in the world is Patrick San Diego? Plus, a hot premiere from Denver's PUBLIC OPINION! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Putting together a post-hardcore playlist using the epicenter of ignorance: Wikipedia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turnstile on the red carpet, Helmet in the dunking booth, and Wilson From Westchester is back to ask us Certified New Guy Questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Was Biohazard the first uncanny valley HC band? TUI still great. Shows shows shows! Can a band go from the wild boys to the mild boys and still rule? How band legacies are revised and refurbished. AND SOME SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore internet was alight with rumors of COMMERCIAL VIABILITY! So we went in. Then we made time for a name game. Do you know your hardcore musicians, or is it all "that guy with the funny hairline?" we took the test. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All the hot-button hc topics, like "are shows better with the lights on?" and "should you sit in the center of the stage?" Also, FYA recap, Tied Down preview, and a brand new track from Philly's own DRILL SERGEANT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens next? [not the band, but the sincere question] Listeners hit us with their predictions for the near future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Year-end lists of things we listened to. Really just an excuse to talk hardcore. Also, Janet Jackson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the podcast Eric joins us for: Bands with bits; defending your hater side; this or that; Bob Seger; No Warning; maintaining good posture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First, some opinions about a guy who, as it turns out, has health concerns. Sorry, Al. Later, we inadvertently low-rate a guy who happened to die 10hrs later. Sorry, Terry Hall. And in-between that, we talk about the difference between a great band and a great HC band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the Children 2022; venue choice; alt-revival; guitar music in the toilet; getting ushered outta venues like you're some kind of vagrant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Summers could use your help for for his medical bills: https://www.gofundme.com/f/matt-summers?utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined&fbclid=PAAaYlaGLRdOkW93uxDWdS3dDbxvg3j4ndzyFxoRslDdP2LGAeYx5dXJF4Vt8 Blake Fowler's loved ones could use your help with his funeral expenses: https://www.gofundme.com/f/blake-fowler?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer This week's episode: LDB lineup and the art of putting together a lineup that feels natural. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Seeing something you never thought you would, where's the Holy Terror today, DIY scenes ruined by pettiness, making interpersonal problems career problems, and linking disparate bands in less than five steps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're joined for a casual convo with Dwid Hellion of Integrity, Psywarfare, and much more. We discuss friction in art, genre, and interpersonal relationships. A great talk with a fascinating dude. And to kick off the episode, a blazing hot premiere from the fast and heavy COMPASSION. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can scenes survive with only corporate-owned professional venues? Prolly not. Can corporate-owned professional venues ever truly stop enterprising basement brains? Definitely not. Back this one for Patrick: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackmask/dont-avert-your-eyes-a-theres-nothing-there-comic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Redesigning merch by force, defining records, when you're hot you're hot, Spotify pocket watching, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BIG BOYS v JERRY'S KIDS! CORROSION OF CONFORMITY v MURPHY'S LAW! It's 80s Mosh Madness lunacy as the bracket offers something for everyone! Fast! Not fast! Fun! Serious! Familiar! Odd! It's all here, folks! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

True or false: "What one man can do, another can do!" Congrats if you get that reference. How big can hardcore get and how big do you want it to get? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is hardcore in the good place right now? Has it been better in recent memory? Bands who’ve gone from good to great. Tom and Bob dive into the growing pool of excellent current hc bands while Patrick does his hair in the bathroom of a Super 8. Allegedly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our live studio audience taping of A2G from Brain Dead Studios, as part of Sound & Fury 2022. Thanks to all who came and all involved. We let the Patreon get a crack at this months ago, but it was time to share it on main. Enjoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catching up after a week of shows played and attended. Voice of the streets over here. Also, is HC TikTok an inhumane horror? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore party games and the choice is yours. Pick your poison and get loose. Also, possibly cuddle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another monster MOSH MADNESS 80s EDITION! AGGRESSION v BLACK FLAG! CIRCLE JERKS v DIE KREUZEN! All this and where's the hottest lyrical sauce coming from in 2022? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two of what you might need on a desert island in terms of punk and hardcore. You only get what fits in this boat, and the boat is small. A lotta hard choices. Now make those choices! Also a hot premiere from Jacksonville's finest: SUNTOUCH HOUSE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Desert island. If you could only bring one album per letter of the alphabet, how hard would the choices be? Not the time to pose, fella. These decisions are serious. Plus, a red hot premiere from EXCIDE! RIP Kevone. RIP John Rivera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hard-hitting questions about bad album art, two-stepping to death metal, hard scenes, hard moshing, and things other than blood your heart can pump. Also, equally hard-hitting: is the beatdown wiki unreliable?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is hardcore too backwards facing? Is hating a professional sport or just a hobby some people are passionate about? Is Long Island beautiful? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are no dumb questions, especially from someone who really wants to learn. Our favorite ignorant youth rolls through to challenge our basic assumptions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California wrap-up and Sound & Fury post-game. Fun in the California sun recounted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices