Andy Baz catches up with Stuart Clapp from a band called Outbreak, a heavy metallic hardcore band from Southend who were active in the mid to late 90s. Stuart also talks about some of the later bands he did including Light of the Morning and Cars as Weapons.

 

Intro: Outbreak - Last Man Standing

Outbreak - Threat

Cars as Weapons - Vital Signs

Outro: Outbreak - Forseen Evidence

Kettle and Randy from Postmortem Promises join Andy Baz for a catch up. They give us the history of how Postmortem Promises came up in the height of the MySpace era and Essex Hardcore during the mid 2000s.

 

Intro: Postmortem Promises - Beast of the Black Forest

Postmortem Promises - Yeah Man

Outro: Special Move - Level 4

Ben Frost gives us the low down on Unite, one of the OG EBD bands that emerged in the late 90s. We also discuss his time in bands such as Lifegrind, Romeo Must Die and Stampin Ground. This episode also features guest co-host Darius Claydon from Special Move/Raiden.

 

Intro: Unite - Never back down

Unite - For whom the bell tolls

Unite - A rose amongst the thorns

Outro: Postmortem Promises - Torch the Pigs

Ross Baker, vocalist in Stands to Reason joins the boys to talk through the band's history. STR played a similar style in the vein of Understand and got around the country in the late 90's.

 

Intro: Stands to Reason - Nothing Left

Stands to Reason - System Healthy

Outro: Unite - Unite

Christy from Splitknuckle talks through the bands history and all of the other amazing bands he's involved with.

 

Intro: Splitknuckle - Greedom

Splitknuckle - Snake Ligature

Stages in Faith - Keep my name clean

Outro: Splitknuckle - Here comes the SKC

Tony Maddocks joins the boys to talk through the life and times of Above All, the early Southend scene and his latter outfit - Light of the Morning.

 

Intro: Above All - Unborn Kingdom

Above All - Dissolve

Outro: Splitknuckle - Bad Taste

Baz catches up with Daz Hilsdon as they discuss an array of topics such as his time in Essex's Raiden and Get Fucking Dead, going off to join Kent's straightedge outfit XCanaanX and the Essex scene.

 

Intro: Get Fucking Dead - Sucks to be you

XCanaanX - Hollow Sky

Get Fucking Dead - Intro (Get Fucked)

Outro: Above All - Second Skin

Baz and Leon take a time out to reflect on the previous episodes and what's to come. The guys from Nothing in Return give us a run through who they were and what they achieved in the mid 2000's era.

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Intro: Above All - Dissolve

Nothing in Return - Live by the three swords, die by the three swords.

Outro: Get Fucking Dead - Intro (Get Fucked)

John Hannon joins the guys to provide an in depth conversation about his time in Understand - one of the first hardcore bands to emerge from Southend in the early 90's -who had a huge influence on later bands such as Special Move and Raiden. He provides an insight to how a band from Essex, managed to sign to major label East West Records and also a walk through of bands that he's produced at his amazing studio - No Recording Studio.

 

Intro: Understand - Screwtop Milkshake

Understand - Sentence

Outro: Get Fucking Dead - Sucks to be you

Darius from Special Move talks to Baz and Leon about the history of the band, Chelmsford and Southend scenes, UKHC and his label: Eight Brutal Dogs.

Featured Music:

Intro: Special Move - Level 4

Special Move - 1984

Outro: Understand - Sentence