HardLore: Parris Mayhew (Cro-Mags)

HardLore is joined this week for an unbelievable and unfiltered conversation with Parris Mayhew, currently of AGGROS, but formerly the co-founder/original co-writer of legendary New York Hardcore band, the CRO-MAGS. The Cro-Mags are inarguably one of the most influential and important hardcore bands of all time, and the sheer insanity and legend of the internal twists and turns within the band itself is the only thing that rivals the magnitude of their contributions to hardcore music. 10 years after his iconic interview with Rod Glacial that first appeared on Noisey (after he thought it was only supposed to be in a French magazine), we go over some key details from the interview and from the story of Parris’ time in the Cro-Mags for some of the most riveting and controversial stories ever told on HardLore, and he shares all the facts about his new band Aggros. Don’t miss this one. Thank you Parris for joining us. Maybe world peace really can’t be done... HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: This episode is brought to you by ATHLETIC GREENS! Try AG1 at to receive a free 1-year supply of vitamin D and 5 travel packs of AG1. Get 20% OFF @manscaped Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at ! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW PARRIS and listen to Rise of the Aggros: FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | SPOTIFY | APPLE | FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | FOLLOW RACHEL BEN-SHAH: INSTAGRAM | Check out our merch at Find all of our videos at TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Episode Preview 0:24 - Intro 1:47 - Recording New Music 7:17 - The Noisey Interview 14:53 - Childhood/Discovering the Sex Pistols 23:08 - World Peace: The first Cro-Mags song 23:46 - The Origin of the Cro-Mags 27:52 - Thoughts on the Ramones 28:50 - Hardcore, Not Punk 30:13 - Rush - Anthem / Signs of the Times 32:07 - The record he’s most proud of 33:12 - Skins, Punks and Metalheads 36:14 - First hearing the term “Hardcore” 39:30 - “Steal My Crown” (Banger) 40:16 - Writing for Cro-Mags vs Aggros 41:21 - Thoughts on Hare Krishna 41:42 - It’s The Limit / His iconic BC Rich 46:42 - Hardcore today vs. 1983 50:23 - The Cro-Mags 53:00 - Who used the name first? 59:19 - Eric Casanova: Cro-Mags’ Original Singer 1:02:07 - Krishna in the 80s 1:06:27 - Best Wishes 1:08:54 - Crush The Demoniac 1:10:23 - “Stealing“ Riffs 1:16:00 - Alpha Omega 1:17:34 - Apocalypse Now 1:17:53 - Other Side of Madness 1:18:08 - Quitting the Cro-Mags 1:18:53 - Pardon this interruption... 1:21:49 - The Alpha Omega Heist 1:32:42 - Songs are Phantom Limbs 1:33:31 - The trauma of losing your art 1:34:02 - Why he came back for “Revenge“ 1:38:39 - Playing shows before Age of Quarrel 1:39:59 - Recording with John for the first time 1:42:52 - Mackie 1:48:54 - Is Parris on speaking terms with the Cro-Mags? 1:59:04 - Music videos, Drew Stone, landing the Master Killer job 2:03:59 - Producing Master Killer 2:16:14 - Jorge 2:18:50 - Bo Gotta Know about The Beat 2:22:13 - BLOOD4PAPA 2:29:41 - The son of sam 2:31:50 - Blade Runner 2:39:23 - Final Thoughts