Two Mics, No Masters
Loud music. Louder opinions.
A conversation‑driven podcast exploring punk, hardcore, metal, and underground music culture as sound, ethic, and community.
The show focuses on ideas, scenes, discovery, and conversation.
Logo by DarkicoN design
Music/Vocals by Eric DeYoung
Vocals by Bryan Wozniak
Episodes
17 episodes
2MNM - Ep. 16 - Open This Pit Up… or Don’t
Episode 16 Open This Pit Up… or Don’tWhen does hardcore stop feeling dangerous and start feeling like somebody trying way too hard to look dangerous?This one gets into fake toughness, real intensity, crowd killi...
2MNM-Ep.15 - Sick Six Six — Six Months. Six Artists. Six Songs.
After a two-week break, Two Mics, No Masters is back with six releases from the first half of 2026 that refused to leave the rotation.This isn’t a ranking, a midyear awards show, or an attempt to tell you what you’re supposed to...
2MNM - Ep.14 - The Unsung Architects II: Five Bands That Made Hardcore More Uncomfortable
Some bands become legends. Others quietly change the course of hardcore and never get the credit they deserve.In Volume II of The Unsung Architects, Patrick explores five bands that challenged expectations and expanded what hardco...
2MNM - Ep.13 - Unsung Architects, Vol. I
The Unsung Architects – Volume I: Six Bands That Deserve Another ConversationSome bands become legends. Others quietly change the course of heavy music without ever getting the recognition they deserve.In the first installm...
2MNM Ep.12 - Twin City Bloodline: Entropy, SoundOutTheBraille, and the Scene That Raised Us
Patrick and Andy sit down with Sam from Massachusetts grindcore band Entropy and his son Isaac, who plays bass and drums in the current Massachusetts heavy scene, including SoundOutTheBraille.Patrick, Andy, and Sam were all part of Twin ...
2MNM- Ep.11 - The Gatekeeper Paradox
In this episode of Two Mics, No Masters, Patrick and Andy dig into The Gatekeeper Paradox: can a scene survive without gatekeeping, or does gatekeeping eventually kill the thing it claims to protect?Hardcore, punk, and me...
2MNM- Ep.10 - Too Early, Too Weird, Too Right: Bands Ahead of Their Time
In this episode of Two Mics, No Masters, Patrick and Andy dig into the bands that were ahead of their time — the ones who sounded wrong, weird, confusing, or completely out of place when they first showed up, only to make perfec...
2MNM - Ep.9 - 30-Day Cancellation Policy
Who owns the Pit? Was crowd killing responsible for the extinction of dinosaurs? Is banana man the face of a hardcore revolution or are some people obsessed with speaking to the manager?
2MNM - Ep.8 - Five Finger Discount From The Bargain Bin
It's dark in the shadow of a masterpiece. Andy and Patrick discuss sophomore releases that couldn't quite fill the shoes of the first born sibling.
2MNM- Ep.7 - Every Song Rules
Andy challenges the concept of good taste while Patrick contemplates his life choices. 20 albums that we consider to be perfect.
2MNM- Ep.6 - Cease & Desist
Andy & Patrick talk about their first shows, authenticity in music, Nu-metal, and come to a consensus that Limp Bizkit still sucks. Art over gimmick. Inconveniences are not on our agenda. Do we need an attorney?
2MNM - BONUS - Any One Of Us.
May is mental health awareness month. Take care of each other. RIP Bo Leuders.
2MNM - Ep.5 - Reverse Uno
Listener Kyle plays a reverse Uno card, and Andy and Patrick review each others favorites of 2025.
2MNM - Ep.4 - Scally Cap Required.
Nothing beats a matinee show on a work night. Terror talk. New music. Old heads. Is hardcore boot camp a thing?
2MNM - Ep.3 - $10 Shows Are For Sell Outs.
Andy and Patrick talk about the punk roots of everything; the influence of money in the scene; and the changing landscape of underground music.