HardLore

Jeremy Bolm: Touché Amoré, Grief, Growth, & 10 Years of STAGE FOUR

Episode Summary

After years of build up... We finally sit down in person with our good friend & Touché Amoré vocalist JEREMY BOLM in-person at The Pit Recording Studio.

Episode Notes

After years of build up... We finally sit down in person with our good friend & Touché Amoré vocalist JEREMY BOLM in-person at The Pit Recording Studio.

We talk all about Jeremy's upbringing in Burbank, CA, and how he went from Nirvana and Michael Jackson to Sepultura and Earth Crisis... From facing adversity growing up due to his unique speaking voice & his early bands, to finding the courage to sing for Touché Amoré, breaking down their entire discography, including their now 10 year old landmark "Stage Four", grieving to the masses via the albums lyrics, working with Ross Robinson, and much more.

This is one of our most requested and anticipated guests of all time, by you and by us, and it lead to a conversation where I learned a lot about someone I've known for over 20 years.

Whether you like Touché, HardLore, or anything in between, there's something for everyone in this episode. See you at the Stage Four anniversary gig.

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• Don't miss what might be the craziest rock/metal/hardcore festival in American history at Louder Than Life Festival 2026, featuring our very own Twitching Tongues

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00:00:00 - Start

00:00:52 - Jeremy Bolm

00:02:43 - Growing Up in Burbank, CA, From Michael Jackson to Nirvana to Korn to Earth Crisis

00:23:31 - Finding Community In Hardcore, Hellfest, Collecting Records

00:29:40 - Jeremy's Long, Straightened Hair

00:32:27 - JEREMY'S SECRET VOICE

00:42:33 - Stricken & Thriller: Jeremy is The Godfather of The Worst S*** Ever

00:51:23 - Touché Amoré

00:56:22 - Pardon This Interruption...

00:59:39 - "TA" DEMO... Nick Steinhardt's Art, No Sleep Records

01:04:28 - TO THE BEAT OF A DEAD HORSE... Breaking Up, Elliot Joins, 6131/Geoff Rickly

01:12:28 - T-Shirt Prices Rant, "I'll Go To Morrissey...", Documenting Every Touche Show

01:19:32 - Re-Recording TTBOADH

01:21:10 - PARTING THE SEA BETWEEN BRIGHTNESS AND ME... Touche Grows, Singing to Deathwish, Touring Nonstop

01:28:47 - IS SURVIVED BY... Re-Recording ALL Vocals, Touring Europe, "Overplaying"

01:37:47 - STAGE FOUR... Grieving to the Masses, Celebrating 10 Years at the Hollywood Palladium

01:49:08 - The Last Message from Jeremy's Mom

01:52:10 - First Ever Podcast, And a Few of Jeremy's First Evers

02:01:53 - LAMENT... Ross Robinson, Musical Relief, Releasing a Record in 2020

02:22:25 - SPIRAL IN A STRAIGHT LINE... Lou Barlow, What Jeremy is Yet To Achieve

02:30:00 - Food, Ghosts, The Usual...

02:35:21 - Jeremy's Top 4 Hardcore Records