We're joined by one of the most influential frontmen in hardcore music history, the godfather of vegan straight edge: Karl Buechner of Earth Crisis, Path of Resistance and Freya.
We were lucky enough to spend nearly three hours with Karl talking about his journey from being a young punk in Syracuse, to starting Earth Crisis and influencing countless people worldwide over the last 30+ years. An incredible chronological journey documenting the band's rise in the 90's, the controversies that followed, the people and bands that accepted and didn't accept them, his new venture as a sci-fi/fantasy author and MUCH more. Enjoy this incredible conversation with a key pillar of straight edge hardcore. Destroy the Machines!!!
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00:00:00 - Start
00:02:53 - The Unraveling
00:06:25 - How Many Years Vegan / Straight Edge
00:14:24 - Straight Edge Becoming More Than Just A Song
00:16:31 - Skateboarding
00:17:20 - Playing Bass
00:20:53 - Framework / Vegan Straight Edge
00:23:31 - finding Veganism
00:26:22 - Writing Along the Way
00:29:22 - The Wrenches
00:31:27 - All Out War Ep
00:33:35 - Reception To All Out War
00:35:36 - Straight Edge Rushmore
00:38:54 - Rise in Vegan Straight Edge Hardcore Activists
00:41:18 - Signing To Victory
00:48:01 - Firestorm
00:51:17 - Songs about Veganism and songs about straight edge
00:58:30 - Touring on Firestorm
01:03:06 - Destroy the Machines
01:06:28 - The Discipline
01:09:30 - Tour Stories
01:16:25 - When did Firestorm become the closer?
01:17:23 - Pardon This Interruption
01:21:15 - Floorpunch Yogurt Incident
01:27:32 - Path of Resistance
01:37:10 - Gomorrah's Season Ends
01:39:37 - Writing Style
01:46:35 - Touring on Gomorrah's
01:51:00 - Breed the Killers
01:54:58 - Earth Crisis Merch
01:59:59 - Roadrunner Treatment
02:01:56 - Slither
02:03:48 - The Break Up
02:09:14 - Bandanas & Construction Gloves
02:12:39 - What Brought Earth Crisis Back Together?
02:14:32 - Difference in Response
02:22:35 - The Bunker
02:26:03 - DVD
02:27:36 - Discord Q&A
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