We finalize(?) this definitive 90s hardcore list that got some of you so worked up. And, yes, we read your email.

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It's time to muscle up and get the job done: a definitive guide to 90s HC. No favorites. No personal picks. Just the facts.

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Our very own Jigsaw puts us through a battery of hellish challenges. What bands will end up trapdoored into the alligator pit? Will we have the strength to be honest about some band's weakest material? And what's the proper etiquette of an Ebay bidding war?

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HC has been riding high for a few years. Is this good? If it is, is there anything we can do to keep it rolling? Good for business/ Bad for business. Also, when did the Metallica love end and the Pantera love rise to the fore?

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What are some songs that stir specific emotions in you? Ok, now hardcore songs. How much variety is there in those feelings? Are we a one-note culture or fully realized people with a spectrum of emotions? Also, 70s arena rock and (mercy) killing grandma.

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Hardcore self-regulating and occasionally self-immolating. The FYA venue change. The effort to understand each other. Firsts and most recent. Why would ChatGPT lie about a Blood For Blood show?

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Mainstay Brooklyn venue St. Vitus has closed its doors for good. From our archives, out of reverence and in memoriam, we offer this recording of A2G Live from St. Vitus. Thanks for the good times.

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FYA; regional kings and queens; genres vs lifestyles; isn't it all woofwoofwoof music; Palm Springs music; getting beat in Erewhon; best/worst reasons to do reunions; more!

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A long time is spent on 00s shock-rockers. And some attention is given to the correct way to handle grievances with total strangers. And some time is devoted to Dave Navarro's vest and why the Live reunion didn't happen. But mostly we talk hardcore.

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Kevin from PUBLIC OPINION joins us to discuss the limits of DIY. Also, how big does a band have to be to be of help to another? Have we made touring too hard? Is there still juice in the fruit of 'hardcore adjacent?' And the power of small-city hardcore scenes for the touring bands of the world.

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