#38 Interview with Robert Pennington vocalist of Endpoint & By the Grace of God

When I was in high school there were several bands that I
considered the  soundtrack of the youth if that era had a
house band it was the  Louisville hardcore band Endpoint>
Whenever I could I traveled to shows around the Midwest to
Endpoint.  At the end of their 7-year run,  they played
an emotional and compassionate style of hardcore that
 evolved from their early days playing metal-influenced
punk. They were an amazing band and at the core, the beating
heart of the music was vocalist Robert Pennington. He has fronted
11 bands including Endpoint,  By the Grace of God, and Black
Cross to name a few.

I am very honored to talk with Robert Pennington Ph.D. about a
variety of topics. The influence of the punk rock paperboy,
History of Louisville hardcore, how annoying Nirvana becoming
cool was for old punks, the gig where  Endpoint matured as a
band on stage, the motivations of returning to hardcore with By
the Grace of God. That is just the first 35 minutes.

After  35:00 We switch gears and talk about Rob’s academic
career. You see we ended up on a similar path from punk rocker to
a special educator. Rob however is a researcher and lecturer
teaching special educators.  As someone who currently spends
5 days a week in that type of classroom for the day job, it was
fun for me to pick his brain on education. We also  get into
how Hardcore music prepared us for thinking in terms of social
justice in the classroom and staying calm during violent
tantrums.


If you stick around to the 1:04 mark we talk about our favorite
Vegan Restaurants when traveling.  

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