Freddy Cricien began fronting Madball as a young teenager, but years later he's still bringing the energy as one of hardcore's most enduring bands. Loudwire had a chance to chat with Cricien about the ...

Oli of Grasser Production conducted an interview with frontman Freddy Cricien of New York hardcore veterans MADBALL prior to the band's August 26 concert at Z-Bau Nürnberg in Nürnberg, Germany. You ...

MADBALL frontman Freddy Cricien says that there is "no bad blood or animosity" between him and the band's longtime bassist Jorge "Hoya Roc" Guerra who announced his departure from MADBALL earlier this ...

As COVID-19 cases rise again, certain cities are making vaccination a requirement to enter establishments. Some artists are declaring that they refuse to play shows where attendees have to be ...

The 2026 edition of New York hardcore festival BNB Bowl goes down Memorial Day Weekend (May 22 & 23) at Brooklyn Monarch. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 6 at 10 AM. Friday, May 22 has Vision of ...

NYHC vets Madball, whose current lineup has longtime members Freddy Cricien and Hoya Roc with newer drummer Mike Justian (they recently parted ways with guitarist Brian “Mitts” Daniels), have ...

While speaking to the One Life One Chance podcast, bassist Jorge “Hoya Roc” Guerra, who plays with NYHC legends Madball, said that he would exit the band after 30 years following the completion of two ...

Hardcore punk is one of those easily dismissed, oft-overlooked genres. Too frequently, people regard it as solely for teens — or irrelevant after the late ’80s. The reality is that good hardcore music ...

Hardcore punk rock is the world’s best music for unity, aggression, and positive mental attitude. Just ask Freddy Madball, he’s been doing it for decades. From the time he was a kid in Miramar, to ...

In an interview published last night, White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that as the U.S. daily COVID case average approaches 100,000 people per day — a whopping 48% increase ...

Last month, Agnostic Front punched us in the throat and it changed our life. The New York hardcore crew and Churchill’s Pub shook Little Haiti harder on a Tuesday night than anywhere else in America ...

Ex-Madball drummer Jay Weinberg -- son of Max Weinberg, the drummer for Bruce Springsteen's famed E Street Band -- has struck back at his former band members, telling Noisecreep he wasn't fired from ...