COMBUST: Andrew Vacante, King of Staten Island Hardcore

HardLore is joined by COMBUST vocalist Andrew Vacante, the self proclaimed, but unopposed king of Staten Island hardcore fresh off of their highly acclaimed sophomore LP, "BELLY OF THE BEAST."
Andrew finally joins us for a proper full length episode, documenting his origin from middle school heavy metal hesher singing in bands, to his early days DIY screenprinting in a basement, touring extensively in Vice (NY), the many bands that lead him to finally starting Combust, touring Europe (six times), forming his skills as a songwriter and breaking down their new record.
This marks Andrew's 3rd formal appearance on HardLore but his first proper episode, we knew going in that would be a banger and he immediately delivered. Enjoy and listen to Combust!!!
PS sorry to all the Sharks out there if you're listening. FREE OLA.
Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf)
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00:00:00 - Hello Welcome
00:00:45 - Introduction
00:02:42 - Staten Island
00:04:35 - Formative Years
00:12:12 - Vice
00:12:34 - The Print Shop
00:15:07 - Vice and Knocked Loose
00:19:48 - (One of the) Crazy Vice Shirt(s)
00:27:58 - Getting Fired / Combust Begins
00:35:05 - Getting Over at Home
00:39:23 - The Void
00:40:05 - First Combust Tours
00:43:42 - The Pandemic
00:45:22 - Another Life
00:50:30 - First Time in Europe
00:56:29 - Fluff Fest Debacle
01:02:17 - Pardon This Interruption
01:03:06 - Shark Tales, Europe Reprise
01:16:25 - Combust in 2025
01:17:56 - Belly of The Beast
01:24:26 - Food
01:27:57 - Top 5 New York Pizzas
01:34:11 - Ghosts
01:34:55 - Paid with Pain
01:37:24 - Updated Top 4 HC Records
01:41:32 - Patreon Q&A
01:41:43 - If NYHC Didnt exist...
01:45:40 - Classic Metal Albums
01:49:26 - Belly of the Beast Record Release
01:51:12 - Fugettaboutit
01:52:06 - Hardest band of All Time

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