Ray Cappo: Youth of Today, Shelter, Straight Edge & The Search for Spirituality

We’re back… HardLore returns with a very special episode in honor of our late co-host, friend, and brother, Bo Lueders. Youth of Today was Bo’s favorite hardcore band of all time, and a constant through-line on this show since the beginning. Now, we’re finally joined by YoT/Shelter vocalist and trailblazer of straight edge as a movement: RAY CAPPO, for a 3.5 hour career retrospective interview.

It doesn’t end there, as our first ever guest co-host is also extra special, we’re joined by Harms Way vocalist James Pligge (aka “Youth Crew James”) to round out this perfect tribute to our fallen friend.

We start from the very beginning in Danbury, CT, where Ray and Violent Children got a historic head-start from an opportune visit to a radio station, discovering Hare Krishna through Harley Flanagan, meeting Porcell and evolving into Youth of Today and spreading straight edge all around the world, thoroughly BREAK DOWN the Youth of Today discography, founding Revelation AND Equal Vision Records, and the spiritual path that lead to the end of Youth of Today and the humble origin of Shelter.

The goal remains the same, carry on the love and dedication for our favorite bands that we’ve shown every week the last 4 years… But with the new mission of honoring Bo every step of the way. Enjoy.

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Shot, mixed and edited by Steven Grise

Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf

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00:00:00 - Start

00:03:09 - Discovering Punk And Hardcore

00:10:00 - Violent Children & Darryl on the Radio

00:17:50 - Harley Flanagan & Reflex From Pain

00:29:24 - Porcell

00:33:25 - Hare Krishna, Straight Edge & The Lower East Side

00:39:09 - Youth of Today

00:50:29 - Pardon This Interruption

00:53:04 - Can’t Close My Eyes

01:11:41 - Youth Crew as a Movement

01:12:46 - We Just Might

01:22:21 - Touring on Can’t Close My Eyes

01:26:56 - Wishingwell Records

01:29:42 - Break Down The Walls

01:40:15 - Record Collecting & Trade Currency

01:50:19 - Revelation Records

01:57:00 - Break Down The Walls Cont.

02:10:30 - Break Down The Walls Tour

02:21:12 - The Girl Next Door Soundtrack

02:22:25 - We're Not In This Alone

02:39:48 - “No More” Music Video

02:45:21 - We're Not In This Alone Tour, Formation of Shelter

02:55:14 - Renouncing the World via Shelter

03:02:09 - Equal Vision Records & Krishnacore

03:05:00 - Mantra

03:18:21 - Shelter After Mantra

03:26:24 - Breaking Edge

03:33:04 - Top 4 Hardcore Records of All Time