Thomas Pearson (Foundation)

HardLore: Stories from Tour

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. Since 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. We 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. This was one of our favorite conversations in the history of the show, enjoy. HardLore is now on Patreon! Join now to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code HARDLORE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod FOLLOW FOUNDATION: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/foundationatl/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/foundationatl FOLLOW THOMAS: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/mikejudge/ FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/ColinYovng FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe Check out our merch at https://knotfest.com/store/?view=hardlore Find all of our videos at https://knot1.co/3vWXsbx TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Start 00:00:49 - Introduction 00:01:50 - The Reason for the Season 00:08:20 - A realization of becoming a Mt Rushmore Band 00:13:03 - Harms Way x Foundation Tours 00:17:30 - Thomas Pearson, the straight edge speech guy 00:20:01 - Bands Prior To Foundation 00:24:24 - Atlanta before Foundation 00:32:47 - Atlanta Hijinks 00:39:23 - Bad Boy (hood) Stuff 00:50:53 - Pardon This Interuption 00:53:35 - Foundation Lore 00:56:07 - Hang Your Head 01:03:32 - When The Smoke Clears 01:14:45 - Being A Teacher 01:17:49 - Tours between HYH and WTSC 01:22:29 - Tour Incidents... 01:34:13 - Foundation Touring Europe 01:43:32 - Banana microphone incident 01:46:58 - Shopping Cart Incident 01:55:26 - Releasing an Iron Boots Record 02:03:01 - Colin's recent AMC incident 02:12:25 - Foundation playing a show with Millionaires and Brokencyde 02:17:35 - The Breakup of Foundation 02:24:26 - Turncoat 02:29:44 - Ghosts 02:36:02 - Eating on tour with Foundation 02:39:28 - A Speech 02:41:57 - Final Two Assignments