00:00Jamie Jocelyn from Hatebreed here for Metal Hammer, and these are my top five favorite hardcore bands.
00:11So in the number five slot, and this will probably change, it changes throughout the year depending on what I'm
00:17listening to,
00:18but I would have to say it's a tie between Gorilla Biscuits and Judge, just because they both have near
00:27-perfect albums.
00:28And, you know, when I was growing up, that was totally normal, like a band would have one album, and
00:34they didn't really, like Gorilla Biscuits has one album,
00:37they don't really need any other albums, it is what it is.
00:45It's great, and it's timeless, Judge has Bringing It Down, I know they have other records, but Bringing It Down.
00:56And I'm going by albums, and discographies, but because a lot of hardcore bands, especially at the time when I
01:04was growing up listening to hardcore,
01:06they would break up or they would change style later on in their career.
01:12In the number four slot, I would put Sick of It All, because of consistency.
01:19You know, if you look throughout their discography, it's very consistent, there really isn't any sidesteps that are too crazy.
01:26Sure, there's albums where I prefer, like I'm a big just-look-around guy, because that's when I was 15,
01:3416, getting into that.
01:41And my best wish is to Lou and all the Sick of It All fans and friends and family, you
01:47know, we all got to come together with positive energy and strength for Lou,
01:50so that he can overcome his cancer battle.
01:53So I'm thinking about you, Lou, and thank you to Sick of It All for their great discography and their
01:58great influence on all of us,
01:59because they really, they're one of those bands that kick down doors for the next bands I'm going to talk
02:04about.
02:05Number three slot, I would say, Agnostic Front, just because really, I mean, talk about consistency throughout their career,
02:15but also being able to do records in other sub-genres.
02:25So they have records that are leaning more punk hardcore, they have records that even lean into like the oi
02:31world,
02:31but then they also have really metallic, thrashy records, like the one that I produced, Another Voice,
02:37but then also the early stuff like Cause for Alarm, and I love One Voice, I think that's 91, 92
02:44as well.
02:45One Voice is an incredible album.
02:48You know, number two slot, I would have Madball.
02:50You know, they could be tied at number three or number two, both of them really.
02:54Great discography, really consistent, even throughout lineup changes, still very consistent.
03:02Hold It Down is one of the hardest records ever, Set It Off is one of the hardest records ever,
03:07Look My Way is up there too.
03:15In the number one slot, I would put Terror, just for the discography as a whole,
03:19and just because they're still doing it.
03:26You can say, okay, this lineup was better than that lineup, or this record was better than that record,
03:31but as a whole, if you look at the discography,
03:34maybe some fans would say The Damned, The Shamed was maybe the weakest one out of the discography,
03:41and that's still really strong if you look back as a whole.
03:45So yeah, I would put Terror as my number one, and is that five?
03:48Yeah, I think, there we go.
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