STRIFE: Andrew Kline on In This Defiance, Edge Breaks & Breaking the Rules of Hardcore

<p>This week we’re joined by Andrew Kline, co-founder and guitarist of one of California hardcore’s most important bands: STRIFE.</p><p><br /></p><p>We dive into the many fateful encounters that had to happen for the band to start in the beginning of the 90s to usher in a new era and new generation of straight edge hardcore. Strife, along with Earth Crisis and Snapcase were eventually considered the original “Victory Records Trinity” and set the standard for what a hardcore band could do worldwide in the mid to late 90s.</p><p><br /></p><p>We break down their entire discography, including their breakout debut One Truth and their decade-defining masterpiece In This Defiance — all the way up until their breakup and eventual return (and misunderstood statement about no longer being straight edge) in the 2000s.</p><p><br /></p><p>An incredibly insightful and fascinating window into what is now an underrated band, but one that has seen what the top of the mountain of hardcore music has to offer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out HardLore's very own <a href="planxrecords.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠PLAN X RECORDS!⁠</a> A brand new home for straight edge hardcore. Debut release announced on Edge Day. </p><p>____________</p><p><br /></p><p>HardLore: A Knotfest Series, fueled by Monster Energy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shot, Mixed &amp; Edited by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iamonenineseven" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Steven Grise⁠⁠</a></p><p>Title sequence by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/marzluf/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Nicholas Marzluf⁠⁠</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>• Join the <a href="https://patreon.com/hardlorepod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠HARDLORE PATREON⁠⁠</a> to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episode.</p><p>• Join the <a href="https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠HARDLORE DISCORD⁠⁠</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>• Get 10% off <a href="https://www.guiltyparty.co/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠GUILTY PARTY⁠⁠</a> site-wide with code HARDLORE and grab some of our favorite clothing brands of all time.</p><p>______________</p><p>00:00:00 - Start</p><p>00:01:49 - Andrew Kline</p><p>00:09:34 - Finding Hardcore</p><p>00:19:57 - The Long, Beautiful Story of How Strife Begins</p><p>00:32:13 - xStand As Onex</p><p>00:42:20 - The Early Days of Strife</p><p>00:53:51 - Plan X Reco