Chris was actually the expert in the group. They mention Axe to Grind and talk a bit about Pat (lol). They also did their research and knew a lot about Gulch and how other members are in Drain and Sunami. I was pretty impressed. They do briefly touch on the current craze of people obsessing over hardcore merch (but honestly it was always a thing, maybe more so now).
yeah Chris was on Jeremy Bolm's pod earlier in the year and has a deeper relationship with hardcore than i realized, as a fan of The Watch
yeah i remember him saying on that pod that the drug church was his favorite of the year so far and fiddlehead was his favorite of last year
They play clips of Turnstile, Drug Church, Fiddlehead and Scowl. They were going to do God's Hate but chose Fiddlehead instead. It might have been Chris but one of them said Pat is one of his favorite lyricists. I had a good laugh there.
No clue how much influence he had on writing but that’s too bad. I think he wasn’t on tour because he was in rehab or something.