Dead Ramones

Serbian poster boy Aleks Milinkovic joins the pod to discuss the 2019 Knocked Loose record 'A Different Shade Of Blue.' Big episode talking about what seems now like a fork in the road not only for KL, but hardcore more widely. These guys are now playing Coachella and getting nods from Billie Eilish and Dua Lipa - truly one of the biggest heavy bands currently touring, but was that on the cards in 2019? Would it have happened without lockdown? Why do the kids suddenly love extreme music so much?

Topics discussed: girl hardcore, Serbian identity, winter.

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Okay, I do owe Alexei and you all an apology - I scanned through to find the sneezes so I could edit them out, but the episode was already late and I couldn't find them quickly so they stayed in. Sorry. But. Certified Movie Boy Alexei Toliopoulos gives us one of the best episodes yet, talking about Drug Church's amazing 2018 "sell out" record "Cheer." This is interesting in terms of looking at hardcore pre-COVID VS what we have now (the post-Glow On / Speed Supremacy era we're in). Some of the quotes, while totally correct for the time, have not played out to be true. "Selling Out" no longer seems to be an issue for punk and hardcore, and Drug Church are continuing to make exceedingly interesting music and getting paid to do so. I think Cheer was the turning point for these guys - their "JANE DOE" so to speak.

Topics discussed: Birdeater, Dead Hands Dig Deep, The Decline Of Western Civilisation, bank jobs, culture delivered in pill form, stagediving.

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Brisbane's stepson, Ben Hunter, joins the podcast to talk about Long Island figureheads Incendiary. I know everyone loves 'Cost Of Living' but 'Thousand Mile Stare' was really the record that made me turn my head. We talk about how these guys manage to be functioning members of society & living proper adult lives, while still making hardcore music that "means something."

Topics discussed: Crocs, the politics of absurdism, reed diffusers

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Melbourne comic Daisy Webb joins me to discuss the 2016 molotov cocktail that was Trans Day Of Revenge by the band G.L.O.S.S. (Girls Living Outside Society's Shit). The band only existed for about 2 years but in that time did so much to push trans-feminism into the wider consciousness of punk and hardcore, and even mainstream culture. We talk about that era, when both Laura Jane Grace and Caitlyn Jenner came out as spokespeople for the trans community, and the ways in which G.L.O.S.S. both complemented that as well as offered an alternative lexicon to talk about these issues. I really enjoyed this episode - it's not HILARIOUS but we cover a lot of ground - thanks mainly to G.L.O.S.S.

Topics discussed: trains, comedy, being trans.

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Michael Cho joins the pod this week for a sleepy night time episode - this is Dead Ramones After Dark baby, so grab a cognac and settle into your favourite chair. We're talking 2010s straight edge icon Foundation and their final release, the Turncoat EP. In a very distracted, tangential episode, we cover the legacy of Foundation, the shortlived fanfare around them in the early 2010s, as well as the 90s hardcore revival they were at the forefront of.

Topics discussed: the Brisbane comedy scene, hecklers, dead people, NDIS, irony.

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Another red hot episode. Annabelle James is the best, she's so funny, and she dropped in before she heads off to Scotland forever to discuss Bane's final album (although they have been pretty active of late, so we'll see). This record does so much in such a short time, exploring the concepts of grief, both literal and figurative - the weight of 20 years resting on songs that for the most part go for less than 2 minutes. Bane are a very important band to not only the hardcore scene, but the very concept of punk and hardcore universally. They helped define the genre, and it's not often you get to watch a figurehead like this consciously say goodbye.

Topics discussed: Kim Petras, slut eras, driving

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Alice Tovey is a comedian and writer for shows like Gruen and Question Everything. She's also an absolute sweetheart. We psychoanalyse Uncle Hardcore himself, Todd Jones, and get into the virtues of unhinged anger in art. Great album, great episode.

Topics discussed: white guys with dreadlocks, metal as being camp, crunchy noise.

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First episode in Dead Ramones HQ, Hastings is back to deliver his expertise on the state of the Scene (capital S) in 2012. Skinny jeans. Black vans. Grotesque designs on all your band tees. The Ghost Inside. I'm drinking haterade on this episode - I know this band is beloved in certain circles but I really couldn't find any redeeming value in this investigation. But they were a big deal, and I think it's a good snapshot of what the time period looked like.

Topics discussed: skinny jeans, Attack Attack, the various Destroy All Lines club nights around Australia, fingering, chemically straightened hair.

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Sophie, the other half of the genius Basecamp podcast, joins us this week to discuss everybody's favourite album, Shed by Title Fight. I thought Shed was commonly acknowledged as THE TF album, turns out it's actually Floral Green, but I don't like that one as much. I really think Shed did a lot to push the genre forward and it's imprint on the scene can still be felt today. Every new band either sounds like Title Fight or Trapped Under Ice.

Topics discussed: Pilates, Nicola Lombardi, film, Tom Hardy.

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Nic is on the pod! Cohost of the amazing Basecamp podcast, stand up comedian, lawyer - what can't she do!? Nic brings some awesome insights and a good lexicon of influence to discuss Ceremony's third, and arguably best, full length record. A great way to kick off the new decade of hardcore, with an album that in equal parts looks back on it's heritage, and forward to whatever comes next.

Topics discussed: poo, houses, teeth, a billion dollars.

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