{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhardlore-stories-from-tour.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthomas-pearson-foundation-xqrVic9Z","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Thomas Pearson (Foundation)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f6ee62a1-4100-438b-a60f-88cdc4672759/e74e83e8-efee-4382-b43d-19f69bc0dcf7/hardlore-thomas-pearson-thumbnail-square.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/46d528ca-9b83-496b-97c0-353e13d247f0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Thomas Pearson (Foundation)\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"One of the most consistently requested guest since the beginning of HardLore: THOMAS PEARSON, vocalist of Atlanta's FOUNDATION finally joins us for an epic 3-hour episode documenting Foundation's beginning, ending, and everything in between.\n\nSince their breakup in 2016, Atlanta's FOUNDATION has become a mythical band to new fans of hardcore music, a band who's message carried as much meaning and weight as their now-iconic metallic twist on straight edge hardcore. \n\nWe discuss Thomas' beginnings as a hardcore kid inspired by frontmen who went above and beyond to use their time on stage as a platform to do good, his bands before Foundation, how writing evolved when Hank joined the band, putting everything they had (at the time) into their one and only LP, and finally going out on their shield with their best record.\n\nThis was one of our favorite conversations in the history of the show, enjoy.\n\nHardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod\n\nHardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com\n\nJoin the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef\n\nGet 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod \n\nFOLLOW FOUNDATION:\nINSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/foundationatl/\nTWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/foundationatl\n\nFOLLOW THOMAS:\nINSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/mikejudge/\n\nFOLLOW HARDLORE:\nINSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/\nTWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod\nSPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp\nAPPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2\n\nFOLLOW COLIN:\nINSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/\nTWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng\n\nFOLLOW BO:\nINSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/\nTWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe\n\nCheck out our merch at https://knotfest.com/store/?view=hardlore\nFind all of our videos at https://knot1.co/3vWXsbx\n\nTIMESTAMPS\n\n00:00:00 - Start\n00:00:49 - Introduction\n00:01:50 - The Reason for the Season\n00:08:20 - A realization of becoming a Mt Rushmore Band\n00:13:03 - Harms Way x Foundation Tours\n00:17:30 - Thomas Pearson, the straight edge speech guy\n00:20:01 - Bands Prior To Foundation\n00:24:24 - Atlanta before Foundation\n00:32:47 - Atlanta Hijinks\n00:39:23 - Bad Boy (hood) Stuff\n00:50:53 - Pardon This Interuption\n00:53:35 - Foundation Lore\n00:56:07 - Hang Your Head\n01:03:32 - When The Smoke Clears\n01:14:45 - Being A Teacher\n01:17:49 - Tours between HYH and WTSC\n01:22:29 - Tour Incidents...\n01:34:13 - Foundation Touring Europe\n01:43:32 - Banana microphone incident\n01:46:58 - Shopping Cart Incident\n01:55:26 - Releasing an Iron Boots Record\n02:03:01 - Colin's recent AMC incident\n02:12:25 - Foundation playing a show with Millionaires and Brokencyde\n02:17:35 - The Breakup of Foundation\n02:24:26 - Turncoat\n02:29:44 - Ghosts\n02:36:02 - Eating on tour with Foundation\n02:39:28 - A Speech\n02:41:57 - Final Two Assignments"}