Legend... it's a word that gets played out, overused, and misappropriated all the time. It also completely applies to my guest today, the most lovely chap, Tony Maddocks.

Tony once fronted the mid 90's apex predators, Above All, and then the band mysteriously disappeared. When the dust settled 26 years later, I got an email asking if I'd be interested in talking to Tony about a new Above All EP, out now on all major platforms.

Of course I said yes, and the rest is history. Our conversation today was light on my end and heavy on stories from Tony himself and if you're watching this on video, you're pretty going to see me smile for 60 minutes, because well.... I'm talking to a legend.

This is my chat with the great frontman and founding father of metallic hardcore... at least the way I know it. This is Tony Maddocks. This is Above All and this is Rockstar Superhero.

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Time Codes:

1:30 Expectations and reunion shows
5:00 The experiences of being in a long serving band
9:00 Shock to the system
12:50 Being reasonably serious about music
16:50 Coming from Grindcore
20:40 The list of influences in hardcore
25:10 Everything is different now
29:40 When it doesn't really work out
33:30 Touring with Fear Factory
37:45 When nobody knows your name
42:00 New songs coming for the future
45:15 The sounds are progressing
45:40 Metallic sounds these days
49:40 Refining the sound of Above All
54:00 If it happens or if it doesn't

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Tony Maddocks - Vocals
Ben Doyle - Guitar
Hallam Foster - Bass
Jay Rowe - Guitar

Website: https://aboveall01702.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AboveAll01702
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aboveall01702

Above all slammed onto the scene in the '90s quickly gaining a reputation for their brutal live shows which saw them share the stage with the likes of Life Of Agony, Madball, Earth Crisis, Korn and Fear Factory. After releasing their critically acclaimed debut album to Roadrunner Records the band decided to call it a day.

Disarm The Gods, their first full body of work since the 1990's, produced and mixed by Charlie Wilson at Monolith Studios, showcases the band's unmistakeable blend of intense hardcore, heavy breakdowns and metallic riffage.

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