We're joined by one of the most influential frontmen in hardcore music history, the godfather of vegan straight edge: Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis, Path of Resistance and Freya.

We were lucky enough to spend nearly three hours with Karl talking about his journey from being a young punk in Syracuse, to starting Earth Crisis and influencing countless people worldwide over the last 30+ years. An incredible chronological journey documenting the band's rise in the 90's, the controversies that followed, the people and bands that accepted and didn't accept them, his new venture as a sci-fi/fantasy author and MUCH more. Enjoy this incredible conversation with a key pillar of straight edge hardcore. Destroy the Machines!!!

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00:00:00 - Start

00:02:53 - The Unraveling

00:06:25 - How Many Years Vegan / Straight Edge

00:14:24 - Straight Edge Becoming More Than Just A Song

00:16:31 - Skateboarding

00:17:20 - Playing Bass

00:20:53 - Framework / Vegan Straight Edge

00:23:31 - finding Veganism

00:26:22 - Writing Along the Way

00:29:22 - The Wrenches

00:31:27 - All Out War Ep

00:33:35 - Reception To All Out War

00:35:36 - Straight Edge Rushmore

00:38:54 - Rise in Vegan Straight Edge Hardcore Activists

00:41:18 - Signing To Victory

00:48:01 - Firestorm

00:51:17 - Songs about Veganism and songs about straight edge

00:58:30 - Touring on Firestorm

01:03:06 - Destroy the Machines

01:06:28 - The Discipline

01:09:30 - Tour Stories

01:16:25 - When did Firestorm become the closer?

01:17:23 - Pardon This Interruption

01:21:15 - Floorpunch Yogurt Incident

01:27:32 - Path of Resistance

01:37:10 - Gomorrah's Season Ends

01:39:37 - Writing Style

01:46:35 - Touring on Gomorrah's

01:51:00 - Breed the Killers

01:54:58 - Earth Crisis Merch

01:59:59 - Roadrunner Treatment

02:01:56 - Slither

02:03:48 - The Break Up

02:09:14 - Bandanas & Construction Gloves

02:12:39 - What Brought Earth Crisis Back Together?

02:14:32 - Difference in Response

02:22:35 - The Bunker

02:26:03 - DVD

02:27:36 - Discord Q&A

02:39:53 - Top 4 Hardcore Records of All Time