Dead Ramones

Returning champion Andrew Hastings, aka EL PERRO GRANDE, takes over on this episode discussing New Jersey emo-core/horrorpunk/rockstar figureheads, MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE.Treat this episode as a teaser for the Patreon. In Part 1, we cover Bullets and 3 Cheers, and Part 2, all going to plan, will be on the Patreon soon(ish).Andrew does NOT come out on this episode. What if Gerard Way had the same personality as his cousin Joe Rogan? I confuse Ink & Dagger with You & I again.

BRIDGET HASSED joins the pod to discuss DIY in comedy, the pitfalls of being an "independent artist" and exactly what a pap smear is, in technical terms. Bridget is an MICF Best Newcomer nominee, and for all intents and purposes, the ringbearer at my wedding.

A deep dive into the story and discography of maybe the best band to have played hardcore music, Philly's BLACKLISTED.

The first of many solo episodes to come, I recap our first season together, reflecting on the albums we discussed in chronological order, and allowing the dry creek bed that is my brain to occasionally flow with a flash flood of random thoughts. Thanks for coming with me on this journey, thanks for tolerating my choices of albums, thanks for all the high-level autistic fact checking.4 more years!Full credit to Jared Driskill for the song BED SHITTER - it's the sound of summer!

Josh, guitarist from Speed, long-standing Sydney hardcore mover & shaker, Legions frontman, general legend, is in the Dead Ramones studio (my incredibly stepdad-coded office) to talk about Speed's debut album, potentially the defining hardcore record of the year. We talk about having enthusiasm, the globalisation of hardcore, having fun, living your dreams, Kardashians, etc - flute chat is kept to a minimum.Topics discussed: hardcore.

Drew Bensley from the esteemed Community Noticeboard podcast returns to discuss last year's best album, Death Is Nothing To Us by the amazing Fiddlehead. We discuss the legacy of Pat Flynn and Have Heart, the place that profundity, poetry and history holds in hardcore, and also in the cultural landscape of 2024, and simply being old in a youth sub-culture. Heavy themes on this one, but don't worry, we say a couple of slurs to break up the funeral dirge. Another great episode, if I do say so myself.