Episodes
June 14, 2022
A2G230 - Questioned
Questions from all angles. Is it worth doing a band as an old person? How do you tell a story people may care about? Is corniness inevitable? Is promotion annoying? What constitutes a DM slide? How do you approach an old head...
June 7, 2022
A2G229 - 80s MOSH MADNESS: ROUND SIX (Disc Golf Sponsorship Edition)
Patrick prattles about disc golf until the hook takes him off-stage and then we dive into BL'AST “Its In My Blood” vs FU’s “My America” and VERBAL ABUSE “Just an American Band” vs MDC “Millions of Dead Cops”. It's a ripper. a...
May 31, 2022
A2G228 - Inflatable Tigers
Production; taking the bait; Tears For Fears; being too heavy; End It hosts the Playa Haters' Ball; running a record store in Portugal under a fake name.
May 24, 2022
A2G227 - 80s MOSH MADNESS: ROUND FIVE (Full Scrote Edition)
The bracket is fierce: CRUMBSUCKERS; D.R.I.; VISION; WARZONE. Also, naked moshing, senility, and being wrong for multiple decades. a2gpitreport@gmail.com
May 17, 2022
A2G226 - How Many Gecs?
Bands supporting bands, or at least not hatin. The case for Limp Bizkit. The celeb cosign in 2022. Being a celeb in your own head. Are we witnessing the Turnstile effect already?
May 10, 2022
A2G225 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND FOUR (Smoking Dust Edition)
News of the world, and then straight into a 80s Mosh Madness bracket for the ages: Adolescents; Neurosis; Youth of Today; YDI. Something for everyone here. Truly delish! a2gpitreport@gmail.com
May 3, 2022
A2G224 - Wrestlemania Of Hardcore
Festival season approaches! Compulsive gambling. Outburst. Staged live photos. Bookbag vs backpack sectarianism. Also, you're balding. It's all here, folks. a2gpitreport@gmail.com
April 26, 2022
A2G223 - New National Anthem
How sharp is your hardcore brain? Could you compete in the terrordome of intellectual athletics that A2G designed? Is Tom cheating at these games of honor again? Change.org for Blues Traveler. Australian grocers. And a2gpitre...
April 19, 2022
A2G222 - Audience As Voyeurs
Travel; on-stage meltdowns; human moments; Rollins Band; do you gotta be great to be vulnerable; more! a2gpitreport@gmail.com
April 12, 2022
A2G221 - Do The Evolution
Is hardcore changing? Obviously. But are these shifts temporary or is this a new direction for the genre? We won't know for sure for a decade, but we're here to speculate today! Also, getting vulnerable on main. a2gpitreport@...
April 5, 2022
A2G220 - Back 2 Basics 2 (The Legend Of Wilson's Gold)
Dan Weinraub Recovery fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/dan-weinraub-recovery-fund
March 29, 2022
A2G219 - Great HC Expectations
What to expect (or not) as a HC band. How niche is niche? Do you deserve a microphone that doesn't give you tetanus? Is sweat equity real or is it all a roulette wheel? Zing a dong bone, let's go. a2gpitreport@gmail.com
March 22, 2022
A2G218 - Human Resources
We get a visit from HC HR. Time for our yearly training. Also, Super Mario 44. Pit reports agogo. Davey Havok TMZ. Dubstep. And are you jealous of Turnstile? a2gpitreport@gmail.com
March 15, 2022
A2G217 - Back 2 Basics
How would you explain some very basic hardcore ideas to someone who just doesn't know yet? Could you do it without sounding insane? Also, a debut from the newly remastered FASTBREAK release, a Touche Amore ticket giveaway, an...
March 8, 2022
A2G216 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND THREE (Different Styles of Fun)
80s Mosh Madness rolls on! INFEST vs INSTED; DESCENDENTS vs TOKEN ENTRY. Some big hitters and some dark horses. Also, train people, dope hair, and is Sepultura cool?
March 1, 2022
A2G215 - State Of HC Address 2022
Middle-parts are back on the heads of young people, everyone dresses like they're going to a Shelter show in 1996, and the rising tide of Turnstile is raising all our ships. 2022 is wild. The good, the bad, and the perplexing...
Feb. 22, 2022
2G214 - (Hardcore) State Game
How well do you know your hardcore geography? Ok then, what's the best HC band from Wisconsin? Quick! Clock is running! *NUHH* Also, Barry Bond's head. Send us a pit report a2gpitreport@gmail.com
Feb. 15, 2022
A2G213 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND TWO (The Template)
The lads are back on the Jersey Shore. It's 80s Mosh Madness and we've got SICK OF IT ALL, DYS, UNDERDOG, and THE FAITH. Who's solid... and who has TRACKS? All this and white reggae too! Send us a pit report a2gpitreport@gmai...
Feb. 8, 2022
A2G212 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND ONE (Peace Or Annihilation)
BOLD; CRUCIFIX; RITES OF SPRING; NEGATIVE FX. Who survives to compete in the next round? Also, sports betting is dumb and Kevin Smith's hockey jersey. Send your show report to: a2gpitreport@gmail.com
Feb. 1, 2022
A2G211 - Avoid the Cannabinoid
Bands breaking up, United Blood, the winds of change, trains, digital streaming platform wars, ignorance, experts, and who killed reunions? Also, a new track from PEACE TEST!
Jan. 25, 2022
A2G210 - Bubble Rap
Kevin drops in to talk FYA, then we go in on Every Time I Die breakup, nostalgia fest confusion, and 80s Mosh Madness (The Bubble): Battalion of Saints, Carnivore, No For an Answer, TSOL.
Jan. 18, 2022
A2G209 - The Madison Square Garden of VFW Halls
Long Island fixture and friend of the podcast, Christian, joins us to talk the risks and rewards of being a promoter. Who shouldn't you step to? Was LI the new Seattle? And would that make Neglect the Mother Love Bone of Nass...
Jan. 11, 2022
A2G208 - Where'd You Go?
Shows getting cancelled; true crime; bands we don't talk about; extended hardcore vacations; Evan Seinfeld's dating life; crust chat; and more!
Jan. 4, 2022
A2G207 - Rust Belt Youth Crew
Friend of the pod, Pat, stops by to talk Stay Gold; chiropractic mythbusting; best HC drug songs; Turmoil; Tobey McGuire; history in hardcore; ruptured tendons; Sbarro