Freddy Madball Part 2: 1995 - 2026
4/2/20262 hr 22 min
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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First 90 secondsFreddy Cricien· Guest0:00
Something that I've been saying for years, and I'll say to the new generation, I love the new music that's coming out. I love all these new bands. I love that they're all doing their own thing, and there's so much freedom to do your own thing. But don't forget where this comes from. Don't forget the roots of the music, and the bands like Agnostic Front, who literally paved the roads that we all walk on.
Colin Young· Host0:29
[heavy metal music] Hello, welcome. It's Hard Lord Time. Welcome back to part two of this incredible two-part special with the great Freddy Madball. If you haven't watched last week, go back and check it out. We get into finding hardcore at seven years old through Agnostic Front and his brother Roger. We talk about starting Madball when he was 12, Ball of Destruction, Dropping Many Suckers, and of course, the great debut LP, Set It Off. Now, this week, part two, we start right around 1995 when Madball played the legendary Dynamo Open Air Fest. Enjoy.
Bo Lueders· Host1:26
March 6th, 1995, Madball plays Dynamo