Jul 27, 2026 · 3 hr 25 min · 13 segments
Part 1 of 2 of our 7+ hour conversation with a legend, an icon, a staple in the deathcore scene: **Nate Johnson**. An all inclusive look back on his musical career; from the genre defining **Deadwater…
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uh i look here and there like i started kind of going to shows late 90s like um trying to remember what the, like, the first, like, I went to a lot of, like, weird, like, punk shows with my buddy Randy and, like, a couple, like, you know, local hardcore bands that probably played one or two shows and never did anything else again.
does.
I don't think I really
Yeah, I don't remember my first, like, real, like, first hardcore show or even, like, metal show for that matter because I, it was probably, like, a fest or something where, you know, it was a mixture of bands.
Like, the time when we were doing, like, Chagrin and stuff and coming out of, like, the Lifeblood thing, we had a friend's band called From the Ashes, and they were, like, Chagrin, but had much more of a death metal, black metal, like, conversion kind of influence.
Other bands, this band... being clinic who was a lot, a lot of bands are kind of ape in the, the original, like as the sunsets.
Yeah.
Um, you know, what turned into daughters, like the 32nd, 45 second long spastic fucking grind shit.
Yeah.
I mean, with any of these weird names, if you've done any like weird history in this like area at all, nah,
I haven't
uh i look here and there like i started kind of going to shows late 90s like um trying to remember what the, like, the first, like, I went to a lot of, like, weird, like, punk shows with my buddy Randy and, like, a couple, like, you know, local hardcore bands that probably played one or two shows and never did anything else again.
does.
I don't think I really
Yeah, I don't remember my first, like, real, like, first hardcore show or even, like, metal show for that matter because I, it was probably, like, a fest or something where, you know, it was a mixture of bands.
Like, the time when we were doing, like, Chagrin and stuff and coming out of, like, the Lifeblood thing, we had a friend's band called From the Ashes, and they were, like, Chagrin, but had much more of a death metal, black metal, like, conversion kind of influence.
Other bands, this band... being clinic who was a lot, a lot of bands are kind of ape in the, the original, like as the sunsets.
Yeah.
Um, you know, what turned into daughters, like the 32nd, 45 second long spastic fucking grind shit.
Yeah.
I mean, with any of these weird names, if you've done any like weird history in this like area at all, nah,
I haven't
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