MISSING LINK (Mike Ryan & Paul Dove)

HardLore is joined by our 2024 Album of the Year Award Winners for a very special in-person episode! Vocalist and Mike Ryan and drummer Paul Dove sat with us at FYA fest and told us all about their personal paths to finding hardcore music, meeting each other, touring and playing in other bands, and eventually starting Missing Link many years later, We go in depth about the making of their incredible debut album “Watch Me Bleed” and get into the inner minds of one of the best hardcore bands going today, and finally get to the bottom of who was peeking in his window. Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod - Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Cool links: HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Try AG1 at DrinkAG1.com/HARDLORE to receive a free 1-year supply of vitamin D and 5 travel packs of AG1. Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/ Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW MISSING LINK: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/missinglinkhc/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/MissingLinkHC FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe 00:00:00 - Start 00:01:17 - Intro 00:02:25 - Finding Hardcore 00:08:02 - Viper City 00:09:06 - Barber School, A Phone Charger, and A yoo-hoo? 00:13:28 - Stabbed in the Face 00:19:35 - First Bands 00:32:20 - Paul Meets Bo... 00:36:53 - Creation of Missing Link 00:41:54 - Watch Me Bleed LP 00:52:01 - What's Next? 00:57:50 - GridLink Collab 01:03:27 - Pardon This Interruption 01:07:43 - Top 4 Hardcore Records of All Time 01:11:03 - Aliens 01:18:28 - The Story of New York Minute 01:22:24 - What Are You Eatin'? 01:33:55 - Discord QA