Ray Cappo

The first episode of our new show on Vans’ new ”community radio meets public access TV” livestreaming platform Channel 66 begins now, with special guest Ric Leichtung (AdHoc Presents, NYC Nightlife United).

This quarantine-friendly edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ features 10 killer videos of legendary ’80s hardcore bands in their prime, along with an accompanying playlist.

Watch full-set video of Youth of Today’s Saint Vitus show.

Youth of Today (with the lineup of Ray Cappo, Porcell, Walter Schreifels, and Sammy Siegler) began their brief run of 2019 reunion shows at Thrasher x Vans Deathmatch in Austin…

These are the band’s first NYC shows with the lineup of Ray Cappo, Porcell, Walter Schreifels, and Sammy Siegler in over 20 years.

Hardcore legends Youth of Today are reuniting for Philly’s This Is Hardcore festival this year. We caught up with members Walter Schreifels and Sammy Siegler ahead of the reunion to discuss their return to the band, memories from the road, playing for Nazis, and the existence of showtunes in hardcore. Seriously.

Youth of Today at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012 (more by Keith Marlowe)Ray Cappo, 46, one of founders, took his place on the stage as the singer for the band Youth of Today, and shouted at the mosh pit, “It’s been 20 years but the message is still the same: Tear down the waaaalllll…

Texas is the Reason at Rev 25 NYC (more by Toby Tenebaum) As mentioned, Chicago is getting Revelation Records 25th anniversary shows too. On January 4 we’ll get NYC hardcore heroes Gorilla Biscuits (one of the early projects of the prolific Walter Schreifels) and Ray Cappo’s Hare Krishna-core band Shelter…

After the boat cruise on Saturday, my original plan was to hit Santos for Youth of Today but that was before I heard about the surprise show at the infinitely smaller Acheron later that night (10/22)…