BLC Hardcore Chronicles

Jason: So why are the hiatus? So why the hiatus and why does it come back up? Well, back then we were, we 1st broke up or split apart because everyone started going, trying to finish school, go to jobs, get careers. Everyone wanted to be an adult, right? The overrated adult is where you figure out where they are. So we all thrust ourselves into careers. This guy's a psycho (ED: referring to Glenn Lemon) and goes into the fucking war. And fuck. And then Mike (Schmidt, OG drummer) splits off. does his thing, ends up, you know, committing suicide, all that crazy shit, Ty ends up dying of mysterious reasons. And so then we reformed after that to do what we did. We had a reunion show that was 10 years later. So then we thought we had some movement then, but I was a fucking psychopath, like, addicted to work, like, tried to build my career. I don't even know how I squeezed in time for that. And then none of that kids were around the corner. I was, I got married. Glenn got married, so...

"Not right, not left, I'm the MIDDLE FINGER" - Interview with XUnconqueredX

February 11, 2026

Had the opportunity to sit down with the boys in XUnconqueredX last night. I asked them about their hiatus, their direction moving forward, why it was important for the band to be Straightedge, new music, tours, and who they sight as influences and who are those that shaped their hardcore reality and history. Here is that story...... *************** In October 2025, XUnconqueredX came off of a 15 year hiatus to play a show at the Empire, @620 Ryland (Those familiar with Reno SxE lore will recognize this joint as the original Absolute Tattoo and prominently featured in the Nat Geo Straightedge doc 😈). When I asked them why NOW, the answers were many. " Yeah, everybody's being an adult. Everyone wanted to be an adult, right? The overrated adult is where you figure out where they are. So we all thrust ourselves into careers", Jason told me. " Kids were coming. I was, I got married. Glenn got married, so we were all doing the adult life, right?" The consensus seem...

Interview with Brandon McGrath

January 26, 2012

Please check the other two interviews on my blog with Brandon...... thanks!!!! 1. So it seems that every time we interview, you're in a new band and I am broken up with a girl, or with a new girl. Are bands as much drama as chicks? - I would venture to say that bands and bitches supply an equal but different type of drama. Either way there is always the good times and the bad, as with anything in life. 2. Reno has been burning up in flames, getting decimated by earthquakes and shootings, yet all of our friends are still here and want to move back, if they left; why is that? -Because the Reno/Tahoe area is a fucking great place to live! Being an adult in this town is different and fun, granted there is sometimes not alot to do, because we are a smaller town than SF or the like, but i enjoy my relaxation as much as i enjoy the playtime and there is plenty of both in our great city. 3. Who is in your new band and how does this differ from all the rest? And can I jus...