About this episode
HardLore is honored to be joined by the Godfather of hardcore himself: Vinnie Stigma from Agnostic Front. A true pioneer of the genre and a living legend, Vinnie took us around his neighborhood in New York City, including the world famous former home of the legendary venue CBGBs. We learned all about his early days as a punk rocker, making the jump to hardcore, how much he misses playing in Madball and SO much more in these incredible 2 hours of the hardest lore yet. There's possibly no hardcore today without Vinnie and Agnostic Front's contributions to the genre, and there's certainly no HardLore. They say never meet your heroes.. They've never met Stigma. We can't thank everyone involved enough for making this happen. Vinnie, Mike Dijan, Tom Sheehan, our special guest co-host Dan Seely, Producer Andie Andres, PA Aaron Warman, and the incredibly talented Rob Menzer for bringing this insane journey to life. HardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef This episode is brought to you by ATHLETIC GREENS! Try AG1 at athleticgreens.com/HARDLORE to receive a free 1-year supply of vitamin D and 5 travel packs of AG1. Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW VINNIE STIGMA: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/stigma_nyc/ FOLLOW MIKE DIJAN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/mikedijan/ FOLLOW DAN SEELY: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/freedomsteely/ TWITTER | https://x.com/FreedomSteely FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe Check out our merch at https://knotfest.com/store/?view=hardlore Find all of our videos at https://knot1.co/3vWXsbx TIMESTAMPS: Episode Preview - 0:00 Intro - 0:26 St. Patrick's Cathedral - 1:58 The Ravenite's Club - 11:38 Vinnie's Stomping Grounds/Childhood - 15:21 CBGB - 25:27 Sally Donuts - 33:33 Murder Incorporated - 35:59 The First Pizzeria In America - 42:29 Pardon this interruption... - 43:37 Tour Stories & Pizza - 45:50 Don Fury - 58:12 Vinnie's Legendary Apartment - 1:03:11 Robin Williams - 1:11:16 Starting Madball with a 12 Year Old Singer - 1:14:06 NYHC Tattoo - 1:17:41 Would he play in a new band? - 1:19:30 "You can only lose honor." - 1:2236 Paulie the beer drinking dog - 1:25:13 Matt Henderson - 1:28:10 Cause for Alarm - 1:29:50 Witnessing the Evolution of Moshing - 1:31:05 Vinnie's Top 4 Hardcore Records - 1:35:20 "Who do you do?" - 1:37:00 The Golden Arches Question - 1:37:48 Ghosts... - 1:41:10 Final thank you's and goodbyes - 1:42:49 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.