Axe To Grind Podcast

Recorded prior to last week's hullabaloo, this one is a chit-chattin' palate cleanser. Cargo shorts, Godzilla, tucker hats of the 00s, fast hardcore, musicality, venues that will talk to you now, 40 years in a biscuit factory, Fall Out Boy's hotdogs, and a premiere of new music from NJ's own DEAD TORCHES! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We got your emails. Thank you. Yes. A show happened. Some people love that it happened. Other people don't care for it at all. We talk about it, doing our best to see where you're all coming from. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best listeners in the world hit us with the best questions in the world. Talk of Soul Search, Helmet, Sick Of It All, Rollins Band, Die Kreuzen, Cro-Mags, Botch, Be All End All, 7"s, long songs, Deranged Records, Jesus Lizard, and the maximum stage capacity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Slowly, slowly, the world returns to normal. Like a blossoming flower after the frost. And with it, shows, tours, good promoters, bad promoters, college students gambling their campus recreation budgets, and kids in basements risking their leases. Plus, new music from BLVD OF DEATH! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

90s chatter of all stripes: the bands, the labels, the vibe, the locals, the nonsense. Also, turning down a million dollars, that house on the American Football album, and Chet Hanks. New music from COLONIAL WOUND. RIP Rob Vitale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rerecorded songs; JNCo Vs Diesel; Mike Dirnt's marital status; Ebullition Records; calling in a Descendents lifeline; best Bridge Nine era; the casual disrespect of rating your friends' bands; $700 coats; 8Chan; clean vocals; murdering DRI; just good ol core talk this week. And... SOUL BLIND Live on Axe To Grind! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hummus, generator shows, vaccines, universal hate for DeBlasio, nachos, the mayor from Jaws, what constitutes a tired HC influence, Carmelo Anthony, pulp heroes, and Bullshit Detector Two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music is in a holding pattern at the moment, but we're looking to the future. When the safe-travel doors swing open, there might be a whole new class of bands getting us pumped. We draft them for our Future Teams. Also, a premiere from FIDDLEHEAD and new music from TRAPPIST! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Walter Schreifels joins us for talk about primates, motor vehicles, colloids consisting of fine granular material, and life in the big city. His best interview, confirmed. Also, xclusive track premieres from CELL ROT and DRILL SERGEANT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We gave the Infinity Gems of Hardcore to one random kid. Who would he erase? What would be the cost? What he did with that power shocked and terrified all that stood in his way. Shoutout Oneonta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finance Punx. The Wookipedia to Joe Rogan pipeline. How much would you pay for the body you want? Would you rather be punched in the head or sneered at by someone who can't bench their own body weight? Generational wealth through Doge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part two of the Rise and Fall story. From Into Oblivion to the end. Frustrating creative processes. How a spider bite extended the band’s existence. The difference a new band member can make. A decided end.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Breaking guitars, covid shows, hijacked by politics, best Terror era, the Aquabats, six-degrees of Leeway, the absolute genre peak that is Quicksand Slip, and in the second-half of the podcast we're joined by Chris of On The Might of Princes/Gracer/more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carly, Erica, and Danielle of To The Front join us for a talk about doing it yourself, doing it yourself during covid, cultivating interests, photography, nostalgia, and connecting with like-minded people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new recurring format. Bjorn, Cedric, and Vince from Rise and Fall join us for a narrative journey of their band. This first episode explores their formation, the importance of driving to practice together, the power of local scenes, small unsafe vehicles, and growing into the finest Belgian export since fries.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outsider music and outsider trading. We field questions that have been itching in your brains. Can we remember Limp Bizkit lyrics? Memorable split release moments. Album tropes we love. How to break into the touring circuit. The most sampled movie clips. Do The Beatles suck? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember the part in Goodfellas where Paulie is using a razor to slice garlic into ultra-thin slivers? We do that for metallic hardcore, hardcore with metal influences, and metalcore. Joining us in this maddening exercise is Issac of such bands as Knocked Loose and Inclination. And as a special treat, we're premiering tracks from COLOSSUS and REGIONAL JUSTICE CENTER! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hardcore is punk and punk is political, right? Well, maybe. Or maybe not. What counts as politics? Is everything politics? Who are some of the best to do it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is the best place to start with a subgenre? Is it the most important albums? The most popular? The most representative of that sound? We attempt to answer the question and give our picks for genres, labels, and eras. From Revelation to powerviolence to metalcore and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Joseph as an old dude athlete. Bootleg shirts, good and bad. Fliers, good and bad. Releasing records when you can't tour. Touring coming back. Pileup on the new release highway. A rotten game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices