About this episode

Pete Morcey discusses his extensive musical career and the evolution of hardcore music in Connecticut.

Destiny has come: After being officially crowned the hardest hardcore band of all time in our official tournament bracket… We’re finally joined by the great Pete Morcey , vocalist of 100 DEMONS for a long form, sit-down interview. We’re ALSO joined by special guest co-host Dan Seely of King Nine , for his historic 5th full-length appearance on a HardLore episode. We start from the beginning of Pete’s nearly 40 year musical career, from making the “definitive American oi record” in Forced Reality, spearheading heavy hardcore in Connecticut with Higher Force, joining 100 Demons and writing the iconic self-titled record, his dark folk masterpiece that is Murmur’s The Boundless Black, all the way to now singing for Blood For Blood, and making 100 Demons’ first record in 22 years, Embrace the Black Light. Thanks to Pete, Dan, and the Detroit Masonic Temple for having us. __________ HardLore: A Knotfest Series, fueled by Monster Energy. Edited by Steven Grise (https://www.instagram.com/iamonenineseven/) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (https://www.instagram.com/marzluf/) • Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly…

People in this episode

Hosts: Colin Young, Bo Lueders

Guests: Pete Morcey, Dan Seely

Topics covered

• hardcore music
• interview
• musical evolution
• Connecticut music scene
• band history
• guest co-host

Keywords

• hardcore
• 100 Demons
• Blood For Blood
• Connecticut
• music history
• Pete Morcey
• Dan Seely

Sponsors

Monster Energy, GUILTY PARTY, MILLS VINTAGE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 100 DEMONS, Blood For Blood, Forced Reality, Higher Force, Murmur, HardLore, Knotfest

Products: Monster Energy, GUILTY PARTY, MILLS VINTAGE

Places: Connecticut, Detroit Masonic Temple

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