We're back with the second half of our conversation with one of hardcore's all time greatest frontmen: Freddy Cricien AKA Freddy MADBALL.

We discuss their hectic, but iconic performance at the legendary Dynamo Open Air 1995, the evolution of the karate mosh, the classic NYHC Documentary, Demonstrate my Style, Look My Way, Hold It Down, Madball initially breaking up in the early 2000s, New York Hardcore after 9/11, and so much more... 

Thank you all for joining us for both parts of this incredible chat, thank you to Freddy for joining us and for paving the way. Hardcore lives.

Madball's next LP "Not Your Kingdom" is coming soon.

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00:00:00 - Start

00:01:27 - Dynamo Open Air Festival 1995

00:10:04 - The Evolution of Moshing

00:15:53 - The NYHC Documentary/Rick Ta Life

00:34:14 - Stigma Leaving Madball

00:35:30 - DEMONSTRATING MY STYLE: Pride, Madball's Growing Influence, Agnostic Front Reunion

00:53:12 - Pardon This Interruption...

00:57:41 - LOOK MY WAY: Leaving Roadrunner, Contributing Musically, Developing the Live-isms

01:10:57 - HOLD IT DOWN: Legal Trouble, Perfecting the Madball Sound, Breaking Up

01:22:38 - September 11th, 2001

01:29:00 - The NYHC EP & The H2O Show That Brought Back Madball

01:33:30 - LEGACY: Introducing Madball to the Next Generation

01:40:23 - INFILTRATE THE SYSTEM: A Prophecy Fulfilled

01:45:52 - New York Hardcore Word Association

01:48:46 - EMPIRE: Madball in the Late 2000s

01:54:28 - Most Underrated NYHC Band of All Time

01:56:26 - HARDCORE LIVES & FOR THE CAUSE: Is There an End in Sight?

02:04:03 - Ending the Lockdown: Tompkins Square Park 2021

02:09:07 - The Future of Madball

02:11:45 - Madball Eats Good

02:17:13 - Top 4 HC Records Of All Time

 

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