Greg Falchetto (The Mongoloids, Hold My Own)

New Jersey straight edge is in town this week on HardLore, where we're joined by The Mongoloids & Hold My Own vocalist Greg Falchetto.We talk about The Mongoloids insane run in the 2000s, countless USA and European tours, their public inner-band dispute on the Bridge Nine messageboard, touring in the Senses Fail crew as a teenager, managing the stars of tomorrow in influencer management, starting Hold My Own during the pandemic and much more! Thanks to Greg for joining us. Mongo life.__________________________________Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf)HardLore: A Knotfest SeriesJoin the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepodJoin the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef__________________________________Cool links:HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.comGet 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/__________________________________FOLLOW THE MONGOLOIDS:INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/themongoloids/FOLLOW HOLD MY OWN:INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/holdmyownhardcore/FOLLOW HARDLORE:INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepodSPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrpAPPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2FOLLOW COLIN:INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovngFOLLOW BO:INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe__________________________________00:00:00 - Hello Welcome00:03:35 - Discovering Punk and Hardcore00:09:45 - Straight Edge00:11:25 - Creating The Mongoloids00:16:36 - Getting Kicked Out of School00:19:16 - Early Mongo Days00:26:25 - Time Trials00:33:53 - Touring After Time Trials00:39:14 - Assorted Music00:42:42 - Kicking Out The Whole Band/The B9 Board00:51:14 - The Short Bus00:54:01 - Band Lineup Changes01:00:32 - Pardon This Interruption....01:02:00 - Mongo Life01:05:18 - Ending The Mongoloids01:06:56 - The New Jersey Rorschach Test01:10:19 - Stage Managing TIHC01:11:30 - Merch Liquidation01:14:10 - Artist Management01:24:04 - Stan Lee/Millie Bobby Brown01:33:23 - Hold My Own01:36:04 - Banned Phrases01:42:40 - Future of Hold My Own01:43:52 - Ghosts01:51:11 - Updated Top 5 HC records01:54:01 - Patreon Q&A  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.