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Hey Andrew! I hope you are doing great and surviving the 2nd / 3rd or whatever wave of the pandemic! How’s life in NY and how is your personal life / work affected by all this?
’ve been following Combust since the demo that Straight & Alert from France put out almost 3 years ago. 2019’s ‘The Void’ made such an impact in the worldwide hardcore scene that cannot go unnoticed. Combust recently unleashed a superb 2 song single (soon on tape via the Spanish label Tambores De Guerra) covering The Templars and Fear! I grabbed the chance to talk to the Andrew Vacante, their singer, who is also active in bands like Reaction & Don’t Trust A Soul, about his Italian origins, NYHC, hip hop and his new fanzine called Core Clientele! Pictures by Carl Gunhouse, James Scott and Billy Egan.
Life is weird, I gotta say. New York is still kinda shut down. Gyms, restaurants, bars, etc. Low IQ individuals trying to fight it. The usual. My job is pretty much the same so I can’t complain on that end. My personal life, however is suffering because this is easily the longest I’ve ever gone without playing / going to a show in my whole life. It’s ruined so many plans for my bands but has helped me deal with shit not going according to plan. But I just wanna play a show. I miss it so much.
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Italian roots, born and raised in New York; not unusual in the NYHC history! Which part
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