SHAPEL LACEY: Comedy, Cheerleading, Hardcore Punk

We proudly present our first ever comedian on HardLore, in person in Los Angeles: The great (almost legendary) Shapel Lacey! Lifelong hardcore punk listener, former cheerleading champion, and comedian on the rapid rise who proudly flies the flag for hardcore music every single time he hits the stage.   We learn all about Shapel's origin from being a young Mesa, AZ hardcore kid at the Nile Underground discovering the wonders of Black Flag, to University of Louisville cheerleader trying comedy on a whim at an open mic night, touring with Bert Kreischer on a bus and then headlining rooms on his own, all the way to his finding his latest love of modern hardcore in 2020 and beyond. Shapel rules and we had an incredible time getting to know him in real time as this episode progressed, and we think you'll all enjoy it just as much as we did. HardLore: A Knotfest Series   Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf) 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 your FREE glasses or sunglasses if you're in a touring band or work with one from SIGHT FOR SOUND: https://sightforsound.com Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/   FOLLOW SHAPEL: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/shapellacey/   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   00:00:00 - Hello Welcome 00:00:57 - Introduction / Mills Vintage 00:01:58 - Music or Comedy First? 00:04:54 - Guitar/Bass 00:06:46 - Black Flag 00:09:58 - The Nile 00:10:48 - Formative Local Hardcore Shows 00:13:53 - Sight for Sound 00:15:41 - Cheerleading 00:17:32 - Henry Rollins and Stand up 00:19:10 - DS-13 / That Weird Swedish Kazaa 00:24:42 - The first open mic night... 00:33:26 - First Stand Up Out of State 00:42:06 - Ditching Cheer Practice 00:45:09 - Comedians, Wrestlers and Bands 00:50:51 - Bombing 00:56:27 - Going Underground Recordss 01:00:24 - Do You Feel like You've made It? 01:01:17 - Shapel's Biggest Headline Set 01:04:03 - Favorite Set of All Time 01:05:44 - Walk Out Music 01:07:06 - Top 4 Comedians 01:13:12 - Parasocial Relationships 01:16:20 - Reading Comments 01:21:47 - Finding Top 4 Records 01:30:23 - Favorite Tour 01:33:21 - Life on the Road 01:34:54 - Eatin' Good 01:41:25 - Mad Peaceful   #HARDLORE #HARDCORE