We're back and talking hardcore. This time around we are diving into the hardcore punk compilation - a crucial component of '80s hardcore and a format that continues to be important today. From Beach Blvd , to Flex Your Head , to The Way It Is , to Only the Strong , to America's Hardcore ...we're getting into it. Plus, what's the best side of the International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation - A, B, C, or D? Ones gotta go: Forever , Rebuilding , Murders Among Us , or Only The Strong. Mein Comp vs...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 48 min
We're back and talking hardcore. We're talking Punk Rock Bowling, the Punk Rock Museum, Beton Arme, Rixe and Inmates. We're whittling the 1981-1985 Japanese Hardcore Punk EP tournament from 16 down to four. You know what that means: Crow, Zouo, The Execute, The Clay, Lip Cream, Systematic Death, Ghoul, Outo, and more are all battling it out. Ray Harkins (100 Words or Less Podcast/Taken/Bloodguilt) joins me for the interview. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon butt...
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 53 min
We're back and talking hardcore. This time around we're talking 2005, a killer year for HC. You know what that means: Blacklisted, 86 Mentality, Mental, Lights Out, Cold World, Ringworm, etc. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: https://185milessouth.com https://patreon.com/185milessouth We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about punk and hardcore: https://185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Intro song: Set To Explode Outro song: ...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 22 min
We're back and talking hardcore. 1. Are obi strips cool or nah? What does it mean when you have more merch than songs? 2. Newerish music: Steroid, Hierarkin, Tarrega 91, Exploator, Ultimate Disaster, Bulls Shitt, G*U*N*N* 3. Hardest '90s demo - round 1 part 2: Merauder, Darkside NYC, Cold As Life, NJ Bloodline, Denied, Krutch, DMIZE, Kickback, Dying Breed, Irate, E.Town Concrete, Everybody Gets Hurt, Freight Train, Fury of V, Hatebreed, Full Contact 4. Old school: The Clitboys - We Dont Play The...
May 19, 2025•2 hr 5 min
We're back and talking hardcore. This week, we're diving deep into one of the greatest cities in America: San Diego, CA. It's a scene with deep roots that shaped punk and hardcore worldwide. It's also my current hometown. I'm joined by Dan Sant, Rob Moran, and Anthony Pappalardo to get into it. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185miless...
May 05, 2025•2 hr 12 min
We're back and talking hardcore: - Hardcore trivia - Newerish stuff: Dynamite, Tramadol, Total Con - Poison Idea - Blank Blackout Vacant LP - Best Japanese Hardcore EPs 1981-1985 - Opening Round Part 2 - Interview: Vinnie Stigma (Agnostic Front) Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: https://185milessouth.com https://patreon.com/185milessouth We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about punk and hardcore: https://185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185miless...
Apr 21, 2025•2 hr 6 min
We're back and talking hardcore. This week, we're diving deep on two hyper specific pieces of the core: the first wave of Japanese hardcore EPs and the hardest '90s demo. We're bracketing out tournaments and kicking them off with the first half of the opening rounds. View the brackets here: https://www.185milessouth.com/tournament Check out the tunes here: Japanese EPs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QWN9ojqz9A Hardest 90s demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLTDQSfb8O8 Japanese hardcore pu...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 34 min
We're back and talking hardcore: Grand Scheme, Identity Shock, With Hate, Nisemono, Boston Strangler, Acme, Sozz, and more. Tommy Carroll from Straight Ahead joins us for the interview. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: https://185milessouth.com https://patreon.com/185milessouth We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about punk and hardcore: https://185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Straight Ahead photo: Bri Hurley Intro Song: ...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 48 min
We're back and talking Punk and Hardcore. This time we're going way back to maybe the beginning of this thing - 1979. You know what that means, we're talking Black Flag, Misfits, The Germs, Stiff Little Fingers, The Clash, and all the classics. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/p...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 24 min
We're back and talking hardcore: The Massacred, Dead On Your Feet, Who Remembers, Rain On The Parade, Rancor, Disaster, Buried Alive, Trial, and more. Sergio from Amenity joins us for the interview. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com patreon.com/185milessouth We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about punk and hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Support the show...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 34 min
We're back and talking hardcore. This week, I'm joined by Al Barile of SS Decontrol for a lengthy conversation. We get into early Boston hardcore, recording The Kids Will Have Their Say, who Al thinks played fast hardcore better, the shifting sound, playing California, and tons more. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about punk and hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail....
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 27 min
We're back and talking hardcore. This time around, we're talking the year 2010, a killer year for punk & hardcore. You know what that means: Rival Mob, Power Trip, Terror, Boston Strangler, Ceremony, Foundation, Mindset, Nails, and more. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about punk and hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Rival Mob photo: Gray Muncy Intro track...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 47 min
We're back and talking Hardcore. This week on the pod: 1. FYA Fest report 2. Newerish stuff: Just Us, Voltage, Walk Alone, Lifeless Dark 3. Cut You Down: Bold - Speak Out LP 4. Old School: The Varukers - Another Religion, Another War LP 5. Interview: Joe D. Foster (Unity/Ignite) Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com I...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 54 min
We're back and talking Hardcore. This time around we're talking the best Hardcore and Punk songs of 2024 and making playlists of them. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Kriegshög photo used for episode art: TEPPEI MIKI Intro track: En La Muerte Outro track: S.O.H. Support the show...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 36 min
It's that time of the year again where everyone serves up their wack lists that leave you wondering if the worlds gone mad. Well it has, but we got you covered with the best Hardcore Punk stuff of 2024. You know what that means: Alienator, Burning Lord, Lasso, Nails, SOH, Woodstock '99, Bayway, Collateral, Echo Chamber, Kriegshög, Speed, The Massacred, Face the Pain, Fatal Realm, Freeze Out, Hindsight, No Idols, The Next Level, Crush Your Soul, Rat Cage, Split System, Missing Link, Scarab, Toren...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 56 min
We're back and talking Hardcore. This week on the pod: 1. An annual check in on burning HC questions like Roir vs Rock For Light, Age Of Quarrel vs Victim In Pain, etc. 2. Newerish stuff: Force (Belgium), Mystique (Singapore), Lexan (Ohio) 3. Poison Idea - Feel The Darkness LP 4. Trivia: Dan Sant (Champ) vs Bedge (Challenger) 5. Interview: Jay Way (Bayway) Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Pun...
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 51 min
We're back and talking Hardcore. 1. Recent show recap. 2. Newerish stuff: The Next Level, Freeze Out, The Massacred, Mob 47 3. Top 5 Philadelphia Hardcore Records with Kevin Hare 4. Interview: Nancy Barile on old school Philadelphia Hardcore Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Get 185 Miles South of Somewhere Fanzin...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 47 min
We're back and talking Hardcore. This time around, we're looking back five years ago to 2019...a killer year for Punk and Hardcore. What held up? What are the best songs of the year? We're making playlists of the best 6 tracks of the year. You know what that means: Fury, Torso, Never Ending Game, Gel, Sunami, Restraining Order, Gulch, and more . Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardc...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 58 min
Zack & Dan are joined by Graham Sayle of High Vis. We talk the new record, the old records, shows, sobriety, Knuckledust, NYHC, and more. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Order the new High Vis LP here: https://www.daisrecords.com/products/high-vis-guided-tour Episode art photo: Oscar Rodriguez Support the sh...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 28 min
We're back and talking Hardcore. 1. Trivia: Dan vs. Itow 2. Big Frank and Paul Cripple 3. Newerish stuff: Hindsight Demo '24, One Scene Unity Volume 4, Steamroll Demo '24 4. Old school: Poison Idea - Get Loaded and... 12" 5. Interview: Chubby & The Gang Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack (sometimes) writing about Punk and Hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Episode art photo: JAKE...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 48 min
We are going way back and talking about the best Punk and Hardcore songs of 1980. You know what that means: Bad Brains, Discharge, UK Subs, Black Flag, The Wipers, The Ramones, The Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, and tons more of the greatest music in the history of the world. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack writing about punk and hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Support the show...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 57 min
I'm joined by Todd Jones (Nails) and Anthony Pappalardo (In My Eyes) and we're talking hardcore: - Nails - Every Bridge Burning LP - Prop 4-1 Compilation - 185 Miles South of Somewhere scene report fanzine/compilation - Thought Control - Sick And Tired Of The Talking Heads 7" - Fatal Realm Demo - Cutdown - To The Grave 12" Then I'm joined by Daniel from Sorry State Records/Scarecrow who presents us with a starter kit on Italian hardcore. You know what that means...we're talking Raw Power, Wretch...
Sep 09, 2024•2 hr 2 min
We're back and talking hardcore. This time around, we're talking 2003. You know what that means: The Suicide File, Mental, Righteous Jams, Madball, Internal Affairs, Direct Control, Terror and all the best songs the year had to offer. Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack writing about punk and hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Support the show...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 54 min
We're back and talking hardcore. 1. Trivia: Dan vs. Clevo 2. Newerish Stuff: Gefyr/Rat Cage, Missing Link, Problems 3. Old School: Poison Idea - War All The Time 4. Interview: Paul Cripple (Reagan Youth) Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack writing about punk and hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Support the show...
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 29 min
We're back and talking hardcore. This time, we're going back almost all the way to the beginning and talking about 1981. Black Flag, Minor Threat, Adolescents, Discharge, Subhumans, Social Distortion...you know what's up. We're making the best playlists we can for one of the greatest years in the history of hardcore punk. Check out the website for our playlists, links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are also on Substack: https://185milessouth.substack.com/ This show is kept ...
Jul 29, 2024•1 hr 57 min
We're back and talking hardcore: 1. Fav releases of 2024 so far 2. Newerish stuff: Invertebrates, Bootlicker 3. Old School: Shitlickers GBG 1982 7" 4. Scene Report: Boston, MA with Renée of Carrot Cake Zine 5. Interview: Beto (Dmize, 25 Ta Life, Madball) Check the website for playlists, our links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are on Substack writing about punk and hardcore: 185milessouth.substack.com Get at me: 185milessouth@gmail.com Support the show...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 51 min
This week on the pod I'm joined by Jerry A of Poison Idea and Paul Bearer of Sheer Terror. I try to stay out of the way and just let two legends break bread for about an hour and a half. Check out the website for our playlists, links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are also on Substack: https://185milessouth.substack.com/ This show is kept alive by Patreons. Consider supporting here: https://www.patreon.com/185milessouth There are extra episodes monthly for the Patreons. Get...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 34 min
We're back and talking hardcore. 1. New stuff: Face The Pain, Canal Irreal, No Idols 2. Old School: Chronic Sick S/T 7" 3. Trivia: Dan (Champ) vs. Ben (Challenger) 4. Big Frank talks Uniform Choice 5. Interview: Martín Stewart (Terror/Sound & Fury) Check out the website for our playlists, links, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are also on Substack: https://185milessouth.substack.com/ This show is kept alive by Patreons. Consider supporting here: https://www.patreon.com/18...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 50 min
This week on the pod, we're diving deep into the year 2004 - a killer year for hardcore and punk. Check out the website for our links, playlists, and SMASH that Patreon button: 185milessouth.com The 185 Patreons are the ones who keep this podcast alive and get a couple extra episodes a month: https://www.patreon.com/185milessouth We are also on Substack: https://185milessouth.substack.com/ Go see Dan DJ this Friday (6-7-24) at the Medusa in Brooklyn. 9PM/Free. Support the show...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 57 min
1. Are we music critics? Is Spazz the NOFX of Powerviolence? 2. Old School: Poison Idea Kings of Punk LP 3. Newerish music: En La Muerte, Lost Legion, Burning Lord 4. Fun or Unfun Facts: Harmonica in Punk/HC songs 5. Scene report: San Diego 6. Interview: Joe Hardcore (Punishment/Shattered Realm/This is Hardcore Fest/TIHC Podcast) Check out the website for our links, playlists, and SMASH that patreon button: 185milessouth.com We are also on Substack: https://185milessouth.substack.com/ Punishment...
May 20, 2024•2 hr 1 min
