In this episode we interviewed Buffalo (Depew) native Zak Quiram about his hardcore journey. We asked Zak about his band s Candy and Malfunction. We also talked to Zak about what he does outside of hardcore and his family. Weas a cool chat with a cool dude. Enjoy

Episode music is "Lucid Life" by Candy

In this episode we interview Mr.  Mike Gifford. Mike is a long time vet of this scene and hes been in a bunch of bands including Slavestate, Resist Control, Gas Chamber, Area Denial amongst others. We talked to Mike about gettinfg into hardcore, his bands and what/where hes up to now. We hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed doing it.

Episode Music is "Audio Masturbation" by Area Denial

On this Episode we talked 80's Hip Hop!

Chris and Mark recruited Larry of the Bleachmouth Postscript Podcast and Martin from Sit and Spin. We talked about our favorite records from the 80's in the hip hop genre.  We talked about everything from Big Daddy Kane to Kurtis Blow.  Plenty of interesting discussion so check this out and definitely revisit some of our pics.

Episode Music is Aint No Half Steppin by Big Daddy Kane. 

In this Episode we interviewed Photographer Brandon Oleksy

Brandon recently moved to Buffalo and we've seen him at quite a few shows. I guess the reason he stands out to us is because he's a photographer like Mark. Brandon shoots film and that pretty cool in this day and digital age. We talked to Brandon about his camera rig of course and going to and getting into show going in general. We also asked him the million dollar question....Why does one move to Buffalo from California? 

It was a fun interview and we hop that you enjoy!

Episode music is Drain covering the Go Go's Classic "We got the beat" from a show in 2016. Enjoy!

Episode Photo is By Becky Digilio

hey all here is another Core Talk episode. We talked about some new records we like. We also talked about the This Is Hardcore fest that Chris attended recently and the upcoming Sound & Fury fest. Check it out and let us know what you think!

hey gang this week we're gpoing international again. We are interviewing Randy Carncross currently of the band Thirsty. Randy is from Buffalo Buffalo but has lived in Japan for the last 20 or so years. We talked to Randy about getting into hardcore , moving to Japan and the bands that hes been in. We talked to him about his current business in Japan as well. Hes currently in the band Thirsty and they have a record out now. If yer in Buffalo it will be at Out There Records soon.

for more info on Thirsty https://thirstytokyohc.bandcamp.com

Episode music is "うっちゃり"

In this episode we talked to Hourglass again. Hourglass broke up in 1996 but reformed last year and are currently writing new material . We focused specifically on what they have coming up which includes a discography records which isout now on Immigrant Sun Records and a new record coming out on Hellminded records. We talked to Aaron, Michael and Gerald about what the band has going on now, the records and the first show back  that they played last fall. Hourglass looks like they have plenty left in the tank. Give this a a listen and enjoy! 

The episode music is Crowds Crowd Crowds which there is a demo of on the Hourglass bandcamp

In this episode Chris & Derek talked to Tom Hardwick from the band Discontent. For those who dont know TTom was around in the late 80's early 90's and was in a couple of bands most notably Discontent & New Approach. We talked to Tom about his bands and thegeneral scene at the time. Enjoy this and we will see you on the next one!

In this episode we interviewed Derek Daniels of Pathetic Fallacy/ZT.  We talked to Derek about his entrance into hardcore his band Pathetic Fallacy and his stint in Zero Tolerance. We also talked to Derek about his current scientific career. Enjoy the episode! 

Hey gang in this episode we did a Roadrunner Records Draft . Over the years Roadrunner has put out records of many different genres from Hardcore to Metal To Pop. We picked our three favorite releases from the label. Mark and Chris were joined by Billie Page (Wrong the Oppressor), Mike Jeffers (Juggernaut) and Larry Gargus (Bleachmouth PostScript Podcast). It was a fun lively discussion with picks from a multitude of genres. Enjoy!

Episode Music is "No Reward" By Black Train Jack

 RIP Rob Vitale