Ep398: Ray & Blackie of The Hard-Ons

Ray Ahn and Peter Black of Australian punk band The Hard-Ons discuss the early days of the band, the records, the band name, career choices, music catalogue, artistic evolution, the new LP "Ripper 23" and more.

Topics include:

• Ray’s record room
• Record shopping, Miles Davis
• Ray’s early history with music/vinyl
• The Hard-Ons love vinyl, large album cover art
• Blackie always thinks like an album
• The 1st records Ray and Blackie bonded over
• Record shopping around Sydney as youths
• Discovering Australian punk
• The Sex Pistols taught Blackie he can start a band
• Ray joins the band
• History of the name “The Hard-Ons”
• Benefits & challenges of the band name “The Hard-Ons”
• Making the “Surfin’ On My Face” EP
• Being approached by Virgin Records
• Conversations with Epitaph records
• Ownership of The Hard-Ons catalogue
• The complexities to self-release music & back catalogue
• “Ripper 23” cover art
• The Hard-Ons continuing to evolve
• Shifting members and the future with Tim Rogers
• Parallel project of Nunchukka Superfly
• Multiple bands make a musician better
• The Hard-Ons Doublethink records single
• Ordering vinyl for “Ripper 23”
• Interview wrap up

Order The Hard-Ons "Ripper 23" on vinyl here!

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