Freddy Madball Part 2: 1995 - 2026

About this episode

The episode features the second part of an interview with Freddy Cricien discussing Madball's history and impact on hardcore music.

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. _______________ Cool Links: • Get 15% off DUNABLE GUITARS with code HARDLORE • Get 10% off MILLS VINTAGE site-wide with code HARDLORE Get 10% off GUILTY PARTY site-wide with code HARDLORE and grab some of our favorite clothing brands of all time. _______________ 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Colin Young, Bo Lueders

Guest: Freddy Cricien

Topics covered

• hardcore music
• New York Hardcore
• Dynamo Open Air
• Madball history
• karate mosh
• post-9/11 music scene

Keywords

• Freddy Madball
• hardcore
• Dynamo Open Air
• NYHC
• karate mosh
• Madball breakup
• 9/11 music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Madball

Books & works: Demonstrate my Style, Look My Way, Hold It Down

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