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#007 Darryl McDaniels

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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#006 Scott Ian

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 …

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#005 Cherie Currie

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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#004 Alison Mosshart

This week on the Hardcore Humanism Podcast, I speak with singer, artist and writer Alison Mosshart about her life and career. Mosshart has been a touring musician for most of her life: early on in the punk rock band Discount, then performing indie rock in The Kills and blues-based rock in The Dead Weather. In addition to a new …

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#003 Dee Snider

Talked with heavy metal legend and Twisted Sister front man Dee Snider this week and, in retrospect, Twisted Sister’s 1984 album Stay Hungry was sort of a blue print for Hardcore Humanism: Songs like “We’re Not Gonna Take it” were letting people know that the metal community rejects the stereotypes and judgments placed upon it. …

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#002: Nile Rodgers

This week on the Hardcore Humanism Podcast we spoke with musician, songwriter, producer and activist Nile Rodgers. Many people know Nile as the co-founder of Chic, considered one of the best bands of the disco era, with anthems such as “Le Freak,” “Good Times,” and “I Want Your Love.” But Nile was also a co-writer, …

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#001: Steve Albini

Musician, songwriter and recording engineer, Steve Albini is a founding member of seminal punk rock bands Big Black and Shellac as well as founder of Electrical Audio recording studio.  He’s been the recording engineer for some of the most essential records in modern history including The Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, The Breeders’ Pod, PJ Harvey’s Rid …

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