Episodes

A2G227 - 80s MOSH MADNESS: ROUND FIVE (Full Scrote Edition)

May 24, 2022

The bracket is fierce: CRUMBSUCKERS; D.R.I.; VISION; WARZONE. Also, naked moshing, senility, and being wrong for multiple decades. a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G226 - How Many Gecs?

May 17, 2022

Bands supporting bands, or at least not hatin. The case for Limp Bizkit. The celeb cosign in 2022. Being a celeb in your own head. Are we witnessing the Turnstile effect already?

A2G225 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND FOUR (Smoking Dust Edition)

May 10, 2022

News of the world, and then straight into a 80s Mosh Madness bracket for the ages: Adolescents; Neurosis; Youth of Today; YDI. Something for everyone here. Truly delish! a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G224 - Wrestlemania Of Hardcore

May 3, 2022

Festival season approaches! Compulsive gambling. Outburst. Staged live photos. Bookbag vs backpack sectarianism. Also, you're balding. It's all here, folks. a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G223 - New National Anthem

April 26, 2022

How sharp is your hardcore brain? Could you compete in the terrordome of intellectual athletics that A2G designed? Is Tom cheating at these games of honor again? Change.org for Blues Traveler. Australian grocers. And a2gpitr…

A2G222 - Audience As Voyeurs

April 19, 2022

Travel; on-stage meltdowns; human moments; Rollins Band; do you gotta be great to be vulnerable; more! a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G221 - Do The Evolution

April 12, 2022

Is hardcore changing? Obviously. But are these shifts temporary or is this a new direction for the genre? We won't know for sure for a decade, but we're here to speculate today! Also, getting vulnerable on main. a2gpitreport…

A2G220 - Back 2 Basics 2 (The Legend Of Wilson's Gold)

April 5, 2022

Dan Weinraub Recovery fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/dan-weinraub-recovery-fund

A2G219 - Great HC Expectations

March 29, 2022

What to expect (or not) as a HC band. How niche is niche? Do you deserve a microphone that doesn't give you tetanus? Is sweat equity real or is it all a roulette wheel? Zing a dong bone, let's go. a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G218 - Human Resources

March 22, 2022

We get a visit from HC HR. Time for our yearly training. Also, Super Mario 44. Pit reports agogo. Davey Havok TMZ. Dubstep. And are you jealous of Turnstile? a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G217 - Back 2 Basics

March 15, 2022

How would you explain some very basic hardcore ideas to someone who just doesn't know yet? Could you do it without sounding insane? Also, a debut from the newly remastered FASTBREAK release, a Touche Amore ticket giveaway, a…

A2G216 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND THREE (Different Styles of Fun)

March 8, 2022

80s Mosh Madness rolls on! INFEST vs INSTED; DESCENDENTS vs TOKEN ENTRY. Some big hitters and some dark horses. Also, train people, dope hair, and is Sepultura cool?

A2G215 - State Of HC Address 2022

March 1, 2022

Middle-parts are back on the heads of young people, everyone dresses like they're going to a Shelter show in 1996, and the rising tide of Turnstile is raising all our ships. 2022 is wild. The good, the bad, and the perplexin…

2G214 - (Hardcore) State Game

Feb. 22, 2022

How well do you know your hardcore geography? Ok then, what's the best HC band from Wisconsin? Quick! Clock is running! *NUHH* Also, Barry Bond's head. Send us a pit report a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G213 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND TWO (The Template)

Feb. 15, 2022

The lads are back on the Jersey Shore. It's 80s Mosh Madness and we've got SICK OF IT ALL, DYS, UNDERDOG, and THE FAITH. Who's solid... and who has TRACKS? All this and white reggae too! Send us a pit report a2gpitreport@gma…

A2G212 - 80s Mosh Madness: ROUND ONE (Peace Or Annihilation)

Feb. 8, 2022

BOLD; CRUCIFIX; RITES OF SPRING; NEGATIVE FX. Who survives to compete in the next round? Also, sports betting is dumb and Kevin Smith's hockey jersey. Send your show report to: a2gpitreport@gmail.com

A2G211 - Avoid the Cannabinoid

Feb. 1, 2022

Bands breaking up, United Blood, the winds of change, trains, digital streaming platform wars, ignorance, experts, and who killed reunions? Also, a new track from PEACE TEST!

A2G210 - Bubble Rap

Jan. 25, 2022

Kevin drops in to talk FYA, then we go in on Every Time I Die breakup, nostalgia fest confusion, and 80s Mosh Madness (The Bubble): Battalion of Saints, Carnivore, No For an Answer, TSOL.

A2G209 - The Madison Square Garden of VFW Halls

Jan. 18, 2022

Long Island fixture and friend of the podcast, Christian, joins us to talk the risks and rewards of being a promoter. Who shouldn't you step to? Was LI the new Seattle? And would that make Neglect the Mother Love Bone of Nas…

A2G208 - Where'd You Go?

Jan. 11, 2022

Shows getting cancelled; true crime; bands we don't talk about; extended hardcore vacations; Evan Seinfeld's dating life; crust chat; and more!

A2G207 - Rust Belt Youth Crew

Jan. 4, 2022

Friend of the pod, Pat, stops by to talk Stay Gold; chiropractic mythbusting; best HC drug songs; Turmoil; Tobey McGuire; history in hardcore; ruptured tendons; Sbarro

A2G206 - PEACE OUT, 2021!

Dec. 28, 2021

As the year dies, we talk on what we liked and loved from 2021.

A2G205 - Complete Control

Dec. 21, 2021

Tracks, vibe, art, and the intangibles. What goes into a 'complete' record? What records are perfect exemplars of their own energy? We go deep.

A2G204 - We're Talking Cro-Mags

Dec. 14, 2021

Antidote in some shit; when to ditch a song; museum hardcore. And then we're into the Cro-Mags. The good, the bad, and the muscley.