Freddy Madball Part 1: 1983 - 1994 (A HardLore Special)

We’re joined by one of the marquee vocalists and frontmen in all of hardcore music: Madball vocalist Freddy Cricien, known to most simply as Freddy Madball. In part 1 of this two-part 5 HOUR conversation, we discuss Freddy and Madball’s history from 1983 to 1994 - Discovering hardcore via his brother Roger Miret of Agnostic Front, starting Madball when he was just 11 years old, the “mad science” behind Ball of Destruction, following up with Droppin Many Suckers years later, and the massive endeavor of signing to Roadrunner Records at the height of the 90s hardcore boom for their debut album Set it Off… Much more to come next week. A true landmark conversation for this show and one we’re thrilled to finally have made happen and to share with all of you. Thanks to Black Heart Barber Co. in Nashville for having us! __________ HardLore: A Knotfest Series, fueled by Monster Energy. Shot, mixed and edited by Steven Grise (  / iamonenineseven  ) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (  / marzluf  ) • Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes:   / hardlorepod   • Join the HARDLORE DISCORD:   / discord   Cool links: • Get 15% off DUNABLE GUITARS with code HARDLORE: https://dunableguitars.com • Get 10% off MILLS VINTAGE site-wide with code HARDLORE: https://www.millsvintageusa.com/ ___________ FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM |   / hardlorepod   TWITTER |   / hardlorepod   SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM |   / colinyovng   TWITTER |   / colinyovng   FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM |   / bosxe   TWITTER |   / bosxe   #HARDLORE #HARDCORE 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:58 - Freddy Madball 00:03:28 - Agnostic Fred: Discovering Hardcore Via Agnostic Front 00:15:02 - First Time Singing On Stage 00:16:35 - Being Dubbed "Madball" by Vinnie Stigma 00:19:31 - Finding Community in Hardcore Early, "Skinhead" Backlash 00:24:27 - Sneaking Into Shows, Getting Into Hip Hop, Finding His Own Interests in Hardcore 00:34:10 - Bad Religion, Brett Gurewitz & Hold It Down 00:41:14 - Cro-Mags & Agnostic Front Rivalry 00:43:26 - MADBALL 00:52:22 - Pardon This Interruption... 00:55:29 - BALL OF DESTRUCTION... Recording Live, Roger the Mad Scientist, "Hardcore Lives" 01:11:39 - DMS 01:21:53 - Thoughts on Krishna In Hardcore 01:24:20 - DROPPIN' MANY SUCKERS... Matt Henderson, First Madball Tours, Growing Up on Record 01:35:07 - Working With Don Fury 01:44:49 - SET IT OFF... Roadrunner Records, The 90s Hardcore Boom, Writing For the First Time