Jeremy Bolm: Touché Amoré, Grief, Growth, & 10 Years of STAGE FOUR
3/5/20262 hr 44 min
After years of build up... We finally sit down in person with our good friend & Touché Amoré vocalist JEREMY BOLM in-person at The Pit Recording Studio.
We talk all about Jeremy's upbringing in Burbank, CA, and how he went from Nirvana and Michael Jackson to Sepultura and Earth Crisis... From facing adversity growing up due to his unique speaking voice & his early bands, to finding the courage to sing for Touché Amoré, breaking down their entire discography, including their now 10 year old landmark "Stage Four", grieving to the masses via the albums lyrics, working with Ross Robinson, and much more.
This is one of our most requested and anticipated guests of all time, by you and by us, and it lead to a conversation where I learned a lot about someone I've known for over 20 years.
Whether you like Touché, HardLore, or anything in between, there's something for everyone in this episode. See you at the Stage Four anniversary gig.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:00:52 - Jeremy Bolm
00:02:43 - Growing Up in Burbank, CA, From Michael Jackson to Nirvana to Korn to Earth Crisis
00:23:31 - Finding Community In Hardcore, Hellfest, Collecting Records
00:29:40 - Jeremy's Long, Straightened Hair
00:32:27 - JEREMY'S SECRET VOICE
00:42:33 - Stricken & Thriller: Jeremy is The Godfather of The Worst S*** Ever
00:51:23 - Touché Amoré
00:56:22 - Pardon This Interruption...
00:59:39 - "TA" DEMO... Nick Steinhardt's Art, No Sleep Records
01:04:28 - TO THE BEAT OF A DEAD HORSE... Breaking Up, Elliot Joins, 6131/Geoff Rickly
01:12:28 - T-Shirt Prices Rant, "I'll Go To Morrissey...", Documenting Every Touche Show
01:19:32 - Re-Recording TTBOADH
01:21:10 - PARTING THE SEA BETWEEN BRIGHTNESS AND ME... Touche Grows, Singing to Deathwish, Touring Nonstop
01:28:47 - IS SURVIVED BY... Re-Recording ALL Vocals, Touring Europe, "Overplaying"
01:37:47 - STAGE FOUR... Grieving to the Masses, Celebrating 10 Years at the Hollywood Palladium
01:49:08 - The Last Message from Jeremy's Mom
01:52:10 - First Ever Podcast, And a Few of Jeremy's First Evers
02:01:53 - LAMENT... Ross Robinson, Musical Relief, Releasing a Record in 2020
02:22:25 - SPIRAL IN A STRAIGHT LINE... Lou Barlow, What Jeremy is Yet To Achieve
02:30:00 - Food, Ghosts, The Usual...
02:35:21 - Jeremy's Top 4 Hardcore Records
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First 90 secondsJeremy Bolm· Guest0:00
I remember we were playing a festival in Europe. I got pulled in, you know, it was pouring rain at a festival, and it was like, "Hey, you have to do this interview." So I'm like, "Okay." Go in, you know, close the van door, just, you know, classic doing an interview in a van.
Colin Young· Host0:11
Mm-hmm.
Jeremy Bolm· Guest0:11
And the guy just starts balling at me about the record. It just kind of seemed like he just needed to talk to me.
Colin Young· Host0:17
Mm-hmm.
Jeremy Bolm· Guest0:17
That was the part of the, of that album that I did not expect, and still don't have a good handle on- Mm ... of like, "Hey, man, person, anyone, I'm also going through this."
Colin Young· Host0:32
[upbeat music] Hello, welcome. It's Hard Lord Time. How you doing, Bo?
Bo Lueders· Host0:56
I'm doing great, Colin. I'm very excited this evening. Who do we have?
Colin Young· Host0:59
It's a beautiful day here in the Valley at the Pit Recording Studio. Speaking of the Valley, I've got to introduce our, our lovely, lovely guest today. It's a big week on the show, so allow me to introduce a true San Fernando Valley OG. [laughs] One of the most prominent voices in post-hardcore with blast beats. [laughs] A music aficionado. Touché Amoré vocalist, and my friend of over 20 years.