“Now we crash through walls, cut through floors Bust through ceilings and knock down doors” From “King of Rock” by Run-DMC So much of who we are and what we do starts with imagination. Imagination can be as small as thinking about something a bit differently from what is happening in our “real” lives. And that […]
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This week, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with Darryl McDaniels for The Hardcore Humanism Podcast. McDaniels – otherwise known as “DMC” – is perhaps best known as a member of the legendary Hip Hop group Run-DMC. Run-DMC is considered one of the greatest Hip Hop groups of all time. Rolling Stone
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“Insanity, the normal state; The left hand a hammer, the right the stake Driven so deep into the heart It’s killing love, it’s killing faith” From “Belly of the Best” by Anthrax I would have been scared sh*tless to be Scott Ian’s parent. I say this recognizing the sheer and unbridled hypocrisy of that statement. Because
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“One day I’ll get what’s mine Through the persistence of time” From “Time” by Anthrax So, we want to be Scott Ian of Anthrax? We want to be thrash metal pioneers in one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time? And we want to make 11 studio albums and sell over 10 million records? Well, unfortunately none of
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We were absolutely thrilled to interview guitarist and Anthrax founding member, Scott Ian, for the Hardcore Humanism Podcast. To understand Ian and Anthrax in the proper cultural context, one must go back to 1981 when the band was formed. Heavy metal music had only just recently emerged as a more extreme genre of music whereby bands such as
In my recent interview with Cherie Currie for The Hardcore Humanism Podcast, Currie boiled down her approach to life and her creative process to a simple formula. “We just have to trust our inner voice. Follow it. That’s all we have to do,” Currie told me. She went on to explain how listening to her
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“I’m driven by the ones who get me Inspired by the ones who don’t” From “Force To Be Reckoned With” by Cherie Currie Cherie Currie is an archetype – a living symbol of a free spirit wild child. Currie was the fire-breathing lead singer of The Runaways, the hard-rocking band that spawned classic songs such
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This week, we are talking with Cherie Currie, the lead vocalist of The Runaways — first and foremost a powerful, hard-rocking in-your-face band from the late 1970’s that spawned classic songs such as “Cherry Bomb” which VH-1 has called one of the greatest hard rock songs of all time. But The Runaways were something more. They were
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“The hum and the buzz I can’t take it no more” From “Hum For Your Buzz” by The Kills I remember when I was living in Boston in the late 1990’s and got a very cold lesson in “frequency.” I had moved to Boston with high hopes – since I already knew a
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“When you’re out there, walk the sideways I’ll be right there on your arm” From “Rise” by Alison Mosshart I remember when I first saw The Dead Weather’s live video of “Will There Be Enough Water.” The song is magnificent. I mean how many bands can venture into “No Quarter” territory and still sound fresh
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