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 #HARDCORE 00:00:00 - Hello Welcome 00:00:45 - Introduction 00:02:42 - Staten Island 00:04:35 - Formative Years 00:12:12 - Vice 00:12:34 - The Print Shop 00:15:07 - Vice and Knocked Loose 00:19:48 - (One of the) Crazy Vice Shirt(s) 00:27:58 - Getting Fired / Combust Begins 00:35:05 - Getting Over at Home 00:39:23 - The Void 00:40:05 - First Combust Tours 00:43:42 - The Pandemic 00:45:22 - Another Life 00:50:30 - First Time in Europe 00:56:29 - Fluff Fest Debacle 01:02:17 - Pardon This Interruption 01:03:06 - Shark Tales, Europe Reprise 01:16:25 - Combust in 2025 01:17:56 - Belly of The Beast 01:24:26 - Food 01:27:57 - Top 5 New York Pizzas 01:34:11 - Ghosts 01:34:55 - Paid with Pain 01:37:24 - Updated Top 4 HC Records 01:41:32 - Patreon Q&A 01:41:43 - If NYHC Didnt exist... 01:45:40 - Classic Metal Albums 01:49:26 - Belly of the Beast Record Release 01:51:12 - Fugettaboutit 01:52:06 - Hardest band of All Time