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BANDS ARE LIKE GIRLFRIENDSAuthor: Chris BALG
Having played in bands since 1995 without any significant kind of success, what remains are plenty of stories to tell. Stories about growing up during the Nineties, learning about punk and hardcore, meeting great people on tour around the world, starting and ending bands and the love and heartbreak that went along with it. Language: en Genres: Music, Music Interviews Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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#21: Kent McClard (Ebullition Records)
Episode 21
Friday, 30 September, 2022
Episode 21: Kent McClard Kent started Ebullition Records and HeartattaCk zine, two important entities in 90s/00s Hardcore and Punk. We talk about - why he started Ebullition - how he was about to release Inside Out’s LP called Rage Against The Machine - how he designed the early records - why he felt he was forced to do HaC - punk was about blowing up boundaries, hardcore was about creating your own thing - his take on straight edge and why he made the XXX 2xLP comp Kent also talks about Green Day, Ebullition, Maximum Rock’n’Roll, releasing international bands' records after touring abroad with Downcast, hardcore is for nerds, HeartattaCk as a platform for diverse opinions within the hardcore scene, being decidedly amateurish, it’s okay to be an outsider, hardcore is nerdy, giving people a space to participate, the 2008 housing crisis seriously affecting the underground music world and much more.
