Max Hardcore(1956-2023)

On January 30, 2009, he turned himself into the US Marshals in Los Angeles to begin serving a 46 month sentence on obscenity charges. He is serving his sentence -- after a long stint held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown L.A. -- at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - La Tuna in Anthony, Texas. His released date is scheduled for July 19, 2011.

I realized early on that to be successful you had to love what you were doing. And, above all, create something unique. You need brand-name identity.