If you have been actively involved in hardcore in the northeast in the past 25-30 years, you have likely been to a show with Jeff Lasich. 

I first met Jeff in 1998 when he was living in the Syracuse area. We had a very similar interest in hardcore, straight edge, graffiti, and fanzines. I don't know if I ever realized that Jeff didn't actually live in NY for that long until we did this interview. He was up here so often for so many years I guess I just assumed he always lived up here. Originally from the Pittsburgh area, Jeff also lived in Philadelphia for a time before moving back to Pittsburgh. If you have been to This Is Hardcore or FYA fest (or seen videos like me), you have likely seen Jeff on stage taking photographs. We talk about how Jeff got into photography and how he has evolved as a photographer. 

We also discuss fanzines too. When I first met Jeff he was doing a zine called Death Before Dishonor. Most people listening to this are likely more familiar with Start Today, the fanzine Jeff started a few years later. Due to printing costs getting higher and higher, Jeff has made the fanzine available to download in recent years. I'm including a link to the pdf of a recent issue in the show notes. 

Jeff also has put out some pretty good hardcore records on his label Bottled Up Records. We talk about Jeff working with bands like Have Heart, One Up, Blistered, Outlast, and The First Step.

It's always fun interviewing people that haven't been in 50 bands. You will also notice Jeff and I talked about a show I did here in 2003 when Rochester had a large power outage due to an ice storm. It's interesting because our power went out in my house during this interview due to the wind storm I mentioned in my intro to the episode. 

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