Episode 17 with Consumer Culture I caught Consumer Culture playing a show at Deep Cuts in Medford MA. I was blown away at the creativity and the enjoyment of them performing. Talking to them after the show I was able to see this even more. Since then I have been following them online and getting to see more of what they are about. They push themselves to challenge today’s issues in society while coming from such different background and challenging themselves on how th...

Getting to speak with people from the bands you enjoy going to see is always a pleasure. Take a listen and then go blast some Miracle Blood and hit them up some shows.

Cameran Sassman Author of In Between Shoes the A Sides and the B Sides. Which are about growing up punk in a not so punk world. Being privy to the beginning of the iconic sound of 90’s alternative bands playing for beer money and a place to sleep while navigating her teenage years with high school band and the infamous City Gardens. The A sides brings you into the life starting in 1989 central jersey through the highs and lows of what she went through. The B Sides continue...

Once in awhile you meet someone at a show even as we age and you get talking about life and music through mutual friendships. I hope you enjoy this this talk as much as I did with Mike from Not Like You Records and Zines. Enjoy!

Wades are some of the most artistic people to come across my path. From drawing, painting, guitar ripping, graphics, screaming vocals, zine publisher, noise makers. They have been a part of some of the most iconic scenes and continue to enjoy life and being creative.

It's that time again for you to fall in love with some metal and listen to Andrew and Michael of SkyWul talk about there band and what it means to them.

One night I caught this opening band and they left me surprised. They remined me that with time and effort you can create something so enjoyable. Check out this episode with StarBath and then go give a listen to there entire catalog. Enjoy!

Here we are back again with the one and only Rob spitting knowledge of the records we own. Enjoy!

Since this episode was recorded before the holidays. I don't remember what we talked about. So in THR fashion, Listen and find out. Enjoy!

You know, sometimes we tell stories over and over again, trying to remember more each time and sometimes they get stuck like that for years. If you hear us talking about a show or a release and have more info or would like to join in a conversation, please feel free to reach out to me on IG at old.man.elliott or The Hardcore Record on Facebook. Alright Enjoy!

It's been many years since I talked with Mike. Last time we saw each other was one his bands shows in Philly upstairs of a bar that looked like a living room converted to a venue, usual for Philly. Today we talk about our punk records and how they shaped our youth growing up together. Enjoy!

Dean! I love being able to describe music that I love and hearing other people describe it from their different experiences is such a joy. It means a lot when he tells me I turned him onto some bands. Dean and talk records of course and being old nowadays. Starting to make me think we should set up a buddy system to get each other out to shows. Talking to your friends as you get older helps you remember all those good times you had.

Speaking with Rob Again! Being able to listen to music with a clear mind in my older years. I still go to shows. By myself. I'll talk to whoever I can and anyone who will listen. This life lives on, don't give up on it, get out to shows, feel it again with everyone you can. Start bands, labels, share new bands, get talking and connecting again and again. I rest my heart into yours.

When we get to talk about the music we love and what it means to us to have been a part of the scene for all these years and tell our stories, it brings great joy to know it has always meant something to each and everyone of us. Enjoy Rob talk about his record collection and tell us what the music means.

As a kid you find this music that hits you in the gut. Next, you exist in this underground scene that is so vibrant and exciting and your youth persists a forward progression and your running into the a wall of death. Then one day you stop and find that the memories we all have are the stories we need to tell. Alex Rivera has been a fixture of NJ Hardcore bands for many years and continues to create his own brand of music with Fight Forever and Tiger Bruno. So let's talk with him and fi...

This is episode 2 of The Hardcore Record and Vol 1 of a new series called Two Vinyl Nerds, where people get to talk about the music they love and what it means to them to have been a part of the scene from the crowd perspective.

Rick Barton is well known in Boston's music scene across across the decades as a member of The Outlets, Dropkick Murphy's, The Shadow Blasters, Everybody Out, The Continental and he is now beginning a new adventure of releasing multiple solo albums this year via Rum Bar Records.