We’re joined by one of the marquee vocalists and frontmen in all of hardcore music: MADBALL vocalist Freddy Cricien, known to most simply as Freddy Madball.

In part 1 of this two-part 5 HOUR conversation, we discuss Freddy and Madball’s history from 1983 to 1994 - Discovering hardcore via his brother Roger Miret of Agnostic Front, starting Madball when he was just 11 years old, the “mad science” behind Ball of Destruction, following up with Droppin Many Suckers years later, and the massive endeavor of signing to Roadrunner Records at the height of the 90s hardcore boom for their debut album Set It Off… Much more to come next week.

A true landmark conversation for this show andone we’re thrilled to finally have made happen and to share with all of you. Thanks to Black Heart Barber Co. in Nashville for having us!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:00:58 - Freddy Madball

00:03:28 - Agnostic Fred: Discovering Hardcore Via Agnostic Front

00:15:02 - First Time Singing On Stage

00:16:35 - Being Dubbed "Madball" by Vinnie Stigma

00:19:31 - Finding Community in Hardcore Early, "Skinhead" Backlash

00:24:27 - Sneaking Into Shows, Getting Into Hip Hop, Finding His Own Interests in Hardcore

00:34:10 - Bad Religion, Brett Gurewitz & Hold It Down

00:41:14 - Cro-Mags & Agnostic Front Rivalry

00:43:26 - MADBALL

00:52:22 - Pardon This Interruption...

00:55:29 - BALL OF DESTRUCTION... Recording Live, Roger the Mad Scientist, "Hardcore Lives"

01:11:39 - DMS

01:21:53 - Thoughts on Krishna In Hardcore

01:24:20 - DROPPIN' MANY SUCKERS... Matt Henderson, First Madball Tours, Growing Up on Record

01:35:07 - Working With Don Fury

01:44:49 - SET IT OFF... Roadrunner Records, The 90s Hardcore Boom, Writing For the First Time

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