For the first time since 2019, the This Is Hardcore music festival is returning, to Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall and Underground Arts.
As if the triumphant return wasn’t enough to get you stoked to pick up change and windmill yourself into the stratosphere, promoters have announced some initial performers, including heavy hitters Hatebreed, Thursday, Madball, Comeback Kid, Merauder, Fury of Five, Killing Time, Misery Signals, Drain, All Out War, Leeway, Wisdom In Chains, and Ringworm.
Tickets will be available soon, along with all future performer announcements, on the festival website.
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed’s musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he’s self-aware, amirite?
Check out the pathetic attempts at photography on his insta at https://www.instagram.com/bad_dad_photography/
