HARDLORE chats with KURT BALLOU of Converge

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  • Опубліковано 23 січ 2023
  • Colin and Bo stopped by Godcity Studio in Salem, MA to talk to legendary recording engineer and CONVERGE guitar player Kurt Ballou.
    This is the full, unedited 27 minute chat that was heavily condensed in the latest Hardlore spooky spinoff, HAUNTLORE: Salem Witch Hunt.
    Available here:
    • HAUNTLORE: Salem Witch...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 49

  • @StablesSLCHC
    @StablesSLCHC Рік тому +55

    His wheezing laugh is so comforting, I don’t know how to explain it.

    • @duhlike
      @duhlike Рік тому +3

      It's amazing. Best part of the show for sure.

  • @Ned_Schneebly
    @Ned_Schneebly Рік тому +29

    “I’m down to play a rhombus”

  • @tylert812
    @tylert812 Рік тому +37

    Never realized how much Kurt reminds me of David Harbour

    • @thefisthis
      @thefisthis Рік тому +13

      And sounds so much like Rick Rubin haha

    • @dinkystick
      @dinkystick Рік тому +6

      Rivers Cuomo and Dave harbour with rick Rubins voice

    • @deathkampdrone
      @deathkampdrone 3 місяці тому

      KB reminds me of Jan Molby

  • @xJCOx
    @xJCOx Рік тому +22

    This guy is the hardcore dad I never knew I needed until right now ❤

  • @humananimal814
    @humananimal814 Рік тому +33

    I always love listening to Kurt speak. Comes off very passionate and knowledgeable.

    • @johnnyscifi
      @johnnyscifi 8 місяців тому +2

      Then...you see Converge perform, and he's a total savage, with a guitar!!!

  • @benxo
    @benxo Рік тому +14

    His voice is so comforting.

  • @jordanhenderson9213
    @jordanhenderson9213 Рік тому +13

    The tunnel system is pretty cool. I believe you can find a tour of it, but it was originally built by merchants when Salem was a major sea port used for trading in order to get around paying duties and taxes. I think it was later used during the underground railroad as a stop to help get escaped slaves to Canada, and then was used later during prohibition to smuggle liquor. My mom use to work as a home health aid for a guy who was a kid during prohibition and has since passed but either he or his wife would tell her stories from when he was a kid about the cops sending the kids home around dusk so the boats could off load the liquor down around the Willows, though that might have been for the concert hall that use to be at the willows.

  • @djd1194
    @djd1194 Рік тому +12

    18:27 did Kurt Ballou of Converge fame say he's been to the backrooms? Crazy

  • @MOGO8907
    @MOGO8907 6 місяців тому +3

    I wasn't much of believer either, Kurt, then as the kids say, I fu$&ed around and found out. The spiritual realm exists is all I'm saying.

  • @reggieeeeeeee
    @reggieeeeeeee Рік тому +11

    Who else looked up tabs for The Saddest Day while watching this

  • @danielhelmer8511
    @danielhelmer8511 Рік тому +4

    My band once covered The Saddest Day at a show, circa 2000ish, without trying to learn it at all and it actually sounded pretty good.

  • @z.j.mcelwain2025
    @z.j.mcelwain2025 Рік тому +2

    This was an awesome episode haha

  • @The_Dusk_Sage
    @The_Dusk_Sage Рік тому +1

    This whole thing is amazing and hilarious. Thank you bruhs.

  • @mattvdh
    @mattvdh Рік тому +2

    super funny chat, seem like good dudes

  • @ThePhantomnaut
    @ThePhantomnaut Рік тому +18

    “The band is called… With Honor” - Kurt Ballou, maybe 2:21

    • @FeelTheFrostbyte
      @FeelTheFrostbyte Рік тому

      Jerome's Dream maybe? They recently got back together... from CT.... I'm pretty sure they've tracked here but I may be wrong!

    • @pissycotslapshot
      @pissycotslapshot Рік тому

      It could have been the mixing for The Number 12 Looks Like You's Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses.

    • @ThePhantomnaut
      @ThePhantomnaut Рік тому

      ​@@FeelTheFrostbyte I was thinking initially because they did record at Godcity but not the actual building we know today. Also the other thing to note was the Furnace Fest 2022 lineup. For #12, they are New Jersey but Kurt's memory can be fuzzy so they could have been it.

  • @Left_Hand_Path
    @Left_Hand_Path Рік тому +7

    Babe, wake up, it’s hardlore time

  • @CIRCLEOFTONE
    @CIRCLEOFTONE Рік тому

    Nice. Shared.

  • @courtneyroberthundermark5563

    This was good fun.

  • @runningdownadrm728
    @runningdownadrm728 Рік тому

    this was cool

  • @mattvdh
    @mattvdh Рік тому +2

    kurt is so nerdy i love it

  • @Lochlan87
    @Lochlan87 Рік тому +1

    Hell yeah

  • @foxwomb
    @foxwomb Рік тому +2

    it's hardlore chat time

  • @Mahmite
    @Mahmite Рік тому +2

    only thing spooky about that building is the weird bump in the wood-floor. Had me watching my every step ;^)

  • @dannyrusso4980
    @dannyrusso4980 Рік тому

    Pretty sure the band from CT he was speaking about editing in when he remembers was Jerome’s Dream. I think.

  • @Turok1134
    @Turok1134 Рік тому

    13:00 Lol at Colin's face twitching. The man's a born performer.

  • @robertgoyette5863
    @robertgoyette5863 Рік тому +1

    the saddest day question is a misquote haha someone asked dalbec how to play kurts part at the beginning of the song and dalbec said 'i have no idea'

  • @alexholzinger3579
    @alexholzinger3579 23 дні тому

    More Weight guy is called Giles Corey

  • @trevorlahey9329
    @trevorlahey9329 Рік тому +2

    1:44 theres a ghost in the window behind Kurt

  • @pd_7773
    @pd_7773 Рік тому

    Shout out to Backstabbers Inc!

  • @Chris.topher.
    @Chris.topher. Рік тому +1

    Q: "How do you play The Saddest Day?"
    A: "ask Channel"

  • @HTRism
    @HTRism 6 місяців тому

    3:34 this “omg”

  • @werdna3891
    @werdna3891 Рік тому +1

    Can anybody elaborate the Metro penthouse story? Obviously its the one in Chicago because Kurt mentions the FB. And the FB has some wild back ways and crazy inter structure built before modern ball return and automatic pin reset. So they have so much room no longer needed and its a ghost town. If you go there, the are jerks. Take a pic of the outside and the sign, but the bro vibe inside will kill that time you saw Refused there. Its that bad. They tried doing shows again. But it was like a Taco Tuesday type gimic. Brian Peterson did a decent job of booking great shows. So good that I almost forgive him for overpaying his friends bands and shafting the others. Which he did not so long ago booking at another establishment. The details are Hallmark channel worthy. Sorry for the jaded rant, but would love to hear about GnR and the penthouse above the Metro.

  • @JEHNLEROY
    @JEHNLEROY Рік тому

    Haha cheddar pump

  • @lukeshirtliff7861
    @lukeshirtliff7861 Рік тому

    why is this on knotfest, does he mix their live sound?

  • @cccesarrr
    @cccesarrr Рік тому

    Ngl I thought this podcast had a whack name so I didn’t want to give it a chance but damn these two guys are the sweetest ❤ I’m a fan now

  • @MN-vi7wc
    @MN-vi7wc Рік тому

    Jeromes Dream?

  • @masterofnull9695
    @masterofnull9695 Рік тому +3

    Nu-crust lol

    • @josephjames9090
      @josephjames9090 Рік тому +4

      There's an option to translate ur comment to English and it turns into no crust lol
      This is what technology was made for we are in the future

  • @nkostie
    @nkostie Рік тому +1

    His voice sounds like Rick Rubin

  • @corycourtney8923
    @corycourtney8923 Рік тому

    After Spiritual Violence, you might need some Spiritual Healing.

  • @youfeartomorrow
    @youfeartomorrow Рік тому +1

    23:00 Giles Corey