COMBUST: Andrew Vacante, King of Staten Island Hardcore

HardLore is joined by COMBUST vocalist Andrew Vacante, the self proclaimed, but unopposed king of Staten Island hardcore fresh off of their highly acclaimed sophomore LP, "BELLY OF THE BEAST." Andrew finally joins us for a proper full length episode, documenting his origin from middle school heavy metal hesher singing in bands, to his early days DIY screenprinting in a basement, touring extensively in Vice (NY), the many bands that lead him to finally starting Combust, touring Europe (six times), forming his skills as a songwriter and breaking down their new record. This marks Andrew's 3rd formal appearance on HardLore but his first proper episode, we knew going in that would be a banger and he immediately delivered. Enjoy and listen to Combust!!! PS sorry to all the Sharks out there if you're listening. FREE OLA. Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf) HardLore: A Knotfest Series Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Cool links: HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/FOLLOW COMBUST: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/combustnyhc/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/combustnyhc FOLLOW ANDREW: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/andrew_nyhc/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/AMVNYHC FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe #HARDLORE #HARDCORE00:00:00 - Hello Welcome00:00:45 - Introduction00:02:42 - Staten Island00:04:35 - Formative Years00:12:12 - Vice00:12:34 - The Print Shop00:15:07 - Vice and Knocked Loose00:19:48 - (One of the) Crazy Vice Shirt(s)00:27:58 - Getting Fired / Combust Begins00:35:05 - Getting Over at Home00:39:23 - The Void00:40:05 - First Combust Tours00:43:42 - The Pandemic00:45:22 - Another Life00:50:30 - First Time in Europe00:56:29 - Fluff Fest Debacle01:02:17 - Pardon This Interruption01:03:06 - Shark Tales, Europe Reprise01:16:25 - Combust in 202501:17:56 - Belly of The Beast01:24:26 - Food01:27:57 - Top 5 New York Pizzas01:34:11 - Ghosts01:34:55 - Paid with Pain01:37:24 - Updated Top 4 HC Records01:41:32 - Patreon Q&A01:41:43 - If NYHC Didnt exist...01:45:40 - Classic Metal Albums01:49:26 - Belly of the Beast Record Release01:51:12 - Fugettaboutit01:52:06 - Hardest band of All Time  HardLore: A Knotfest Series, Fueled by Monster EnergyEdited by Steven Grise • Title sequence by Nicholas MarzlufJoin the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes.Join the HARDLORE DISCORD for community discussions and to participate in our future Q&A episodes.FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, SPOTIFY, APPLEFOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAMFOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM, TWITTER For sponsorship opportunities, email us! [email protected] Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.