Friday, December 30, 2011

Sonic Overload 12/19/11

Time for the annual holiday show. Since this is the archived version, I don't know many people want to listen to holiday tunes a week after Christmas but here it is, just the same. Next week, it's the best of 2011...

Sonic Overload 12/19/11

TRACK 1

FEAR-Fuck Christmas (Slash)

WRETCHED ONES-The Christmas Song (TKO)
SNAP-HER-I Hate Christmas (Real George)
THE CLAP-Christmas In A Body Bag (Fraud)
ALAN MILMAN SECT-Punk Rock X-mas (Bedazzled)
WARDS-Santa’s Cadillac (self-released)
MHz-Secret Santa (from “X-Mas Surprise Package #3,” Flying Bomb)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman (Tario)

ANGRY SNOWMANS-No Presents (Stiff Hombres)
DESTRUCTION 666-Merry Christmas and Fuck Off (Death)
A-TEAM-Christmas Claws (Painkiller)
HAUST-No Christmas (Fysisk Format)

CREAMERS-Bob Kringle (SFTRI)
PARABELLUM-Joyeux Noel (Mantra)
DOOMED TO OBSCURITY-Yuletide Girl (from “Cashing In On Christmas, Volume 2,” Black Label)
REVILERS-Winterland (from “Cashing In On Christmas, Volume 2,” Black Label)

TRACK 2

WILD BILLY CHILDISH & MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE-Santa Claus (Damaged Goods)

SONICS-Don’t Believe In Christmas (Norton)
SWINGIN’ NECKBREAKERS-Under The Christmas Tree (Norton)
BANTAM ROOSTER-Let’s Just Fuck For Christmas (from “X-Mas Surprise Package,” Flying Bomb)
CANNIBALS-Christmas Rock & Roll (Hit)
THE NOT QUITE-Satan’s Elves (from “Guillotined At The Hangar,” Dionysus)
LICKITY-SPLITS-You Set My Christmas Tree On Fire (SSM)

MYDOLLS-Christmas Day (CIA)
MEANS-Die Hard (It’s Xmas) (Reptilian)
BLOODSPORT-Ghosts Of Scrooge (Homestead)
DIDJITS-Under The Christmas Fish (Touch & Go)
JESUS & MARY CHAIN-Jesus Fuck (Rhino)

TRACK 3

PURPLE JEEZUS-The Chipmunk Song (from “We Three Bings,” Vital Gesture)

RETOX-A Funeral On Christmas Sunday (Three.One.G)
BORN AGAINST-X-Mas Eve (Kill Rock Stars)
GEHENNAH-Sathana Claus (Primitive Art)
KING DIAMOND-No Presents For Christmas (Roadracer)
HAWKWIND-Christmas Treat (Hawkwind)

ARCHERS OF LOAF-Assassination On X-Mas Eve (Alias)
BEAT HAPPENING-Christmas (from “Mondo Stereo,” Tinnitus)
RESIDENTS-Santa Dog (Ralph)
THE FALL-Jingle Bell Rock (Sanctuary)
WESLEY WILLIS-Merry Christmas (Oglio)
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS-Jingle Bells (Columbia)

TRACK 4

SANTO & JOHNNY-Twistin’ Bells (Stardust)

HARD SKIN-Ding Dong Merrily Oi Oi (TKO)
DICKIES-Silent Night (A&M)
ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE-Snowman (Dojo)
DAMNED-There Ain’t No Sanity Clause (Emergo)
CRUCIAL YOUTH-X-Mas For The Skins (New Red Archives)

TVTV$-Daddy Drank Our XMas Money (from "Punk Rock Christmas," Rhino)
BASEMENT 5-Last White Christmas (Island)
THE PACK-King Of Kings (Anagram)
LOWELL GEORGE & THE FACTORY-Candy Cane Madness (Rhino)

CHUCK BERRY-Run Rudolph Run (Chess)

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Sonic Overload 12/12/11

The last regular show of the year and it’s a hectic one. I played mostly vinyl, including a fair amount of new stuff and short songs means I’m working like a madman to get everything queued up correctly. That’s right—physical media although, as I’ve noted in the past, I do utilize some MP3s here and there and I used a few this week, including a very special track at the beginning of Track 2. I think I’ll just let you be surprised.  

Next week—the holiday show where you won’t be hearing any of those crap-ass songs that are inescapable when I venture into the “outside” world. Hell, I don’t even like a lot of the holiday punk perennials. In the meantime, watch out for the crazy people on the roads and in the malls and shopping centers, although I hope you’re smart enough to steer clear of the latter two.

Sonic Overload 12/12/11

TRACK 1

NEGATIVE APPROACH-Can’t Tell No One (Touch & Go)

CRIATURAS-Criaturas (Trabuc)
DEMENZIA KOLEKTIVA-Desesperacion (Trabuc)
OS ESTUDANTES-Ignorancia Bruta (Todo Destruido)
NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-Throw Away Girl (Modern Action)
RENEGADES OF PUNK-Same Old Shit (Thrashbastard)
ICU-AP (Put-On)

NO FUCKER-Fight!!! (No Real Music)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Invasion (Total Fucker)
BUKKAKE BOYS-Elite (Sorry State)
IMPALERS-Blasts For Days (Todo Destruido)
JESUS H BOMBS-Business Junkie Burns (Bookoven/Tibs Ribs)
INSERVIBLES-23 De Septiembre (Shogun/La Vida Es Un Fus)

LOAD-Palomino Stakes (Faceless)
AGENT ORANGE-Lingerie (Kangaroo)
UPRIGHT CITIZENS-Yellow Press (H’art)
MALINHEADS-Hoax (Thought Crime)
INFERNO-Wodka (Mülleimer)

TRACK 2

ZODIAC KILLERS-Do Us A Favor and Die (Rip Off)
NASHVILLE PUSSY-Go Motherfucker Go (Get Hip)
MUD CITY MANGLERS-1234 Motherfucker (Republic of Chesterfield)
STUMP WIZARDS-You Too Return (Skyclad)
SINISTER SIX-Keep My Cool (Empty)
LAZY COWGIRLS-Goddamn Bottle (Bomp)

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-T.A.L.O.I.G.A. (Goner)
KAKKA-HATA-77-Paihteita Ja Vakivaltaa (Stupido)
THE MAD-Anti-Real (Captain Trip)
SNIVELING SHITS-Terminal Stupid (Damaged Goods)
BUZZCOCKS-You Know You Can’t Help It (United Artists)
ANEMIC BOYFRIENDS-Guys Are Not Proud (Red Sweater)

TRACK 3

REBEL TRUTH-Child Hosts The Parasite (self-released)
CONFLICT-Conflict (Anagram)
ICONS OF FILTH-Politricks (Mortarhate)
FLUX OF PINK INDIANS-Progress (One Little Indian)
ANTHRAX-Exploitation (Happy Release)
RONDOS-A Black and White Statement (King Kong)

CITIZENS PATROL-Social Skills (Way Back When/Even Worse)
LIBYANS-The Price We Pay (Narshardaa)
MOONSHINE-God Will Eat You Raw (demo)
NO PROBLEM-Suffocate City (Deranged)
BIG BOYS-We’re Not In It To Lose (Touch & Go)

DIVINE RIGHT-Sad, Sorry, Pitiful (Residue)
WEIRD PARTY-Sarah Palin (Sex & Death)
ROT SHIT-Fuck Yer DJ Night (Fashionable Idiots)
ULTRAUMBADOS-Fracture (Todo Destruido)
SECRET PROSTITUTES-Propaganda Tuk Pemula (Bad Hair Life)
LIL BUNNIES-Hop, Fight & Fuck (Moo-La-La)
THE NETWORK-Love and Money (Adeline)

TRACK 4

ANGRY SNOWMANS-Joyeux Again (Stiff Hombre)

POISON PLANET-Mind Racing (ThirdxParty)
NIGHTSTICK JUSTICE-Just Another Rape (Even Worse/Way Back When)
MUTINY-Lucifer’s Mob (Seven Lucky)
BURNING SENSATION-I Feel Disgust (Vertex)
RIPCORD-Cross Culture (Epistrophy)
HERATYS-Telefon (demo)

SUICIDE-Rocket USA (Red Star)
KIM PHUC-23 (Iron Lung)
RED DONS-Pieces (Deranged)
REACTIONS-Don’t Look Back (Homestead)
LONERS-Inanimate Objects (AA)

WEDDING PRESENT-My Favourite Dress (Reception)

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Sonic Overload 12/5/11

Back to the regular programming for this week and next and then it’s on to the holiday spectacular (?) and the best of 2011 to wrap up the year. I’ve been keeping away from the political coverage a bit lately, half paying attention to the Republican shenanigans, whether it’s on the campaign trail, in congress or in the media. But you can only take so much—so I’ve been watching movies. I finally saw “The Right Stuff” last week. Yeah, it’s probably a bit corny ‘n all but it actually has wit and some excellent performances. Beats watching Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann et al. I think it’s time to watch “Reservoir Dogs” some night this week. But don’t worry—if I do watch it, I promise not to play “Stuck In The Middle” by Stealers Wheel. Those of you who have seen the movie know the significance of that song!

Sonic Overload 12/5/11

TRACK 1

INFEST-Where’s The Unity? (Deep Six/Draw Blank)

BOSTON STRANGLER-Primitive (from upcoming album)
ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS-Fool (Viral Age)
VIOLENT ARREST-Crumbs (Boss Tuneage)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Death Squad (Total Fucker)
MANIPULATION-Choking Man (Fashionable Idiots)

ANGRY SNOWMANS-Fast Raindeer (Stiff Hombre)
BLOODY HAMMER-Punk’s Not Funny (demo)
GOD GIVEN ASS-I Need Speed (Monap)
RATZ-Stepping Out Of Line (Kink)
TEENAGE REJECTS-Wanna Kill (Alien Snatch)
SPITS-Fed Up (In The Red)

FERAL BABIES-Thought Replacer (Rigid)
DUSTHEADS-Tunnel Vision (Don Giovanni)
HATCHET FACE-Prime Crime (Figure Four)
A-TEAM-Fall On Your Sword (Stab & Kill)
STRAIGHT TO HELL-We Will Bury You (Gloom)
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?-Prayer (from “Dark Thoughts,” Rabid Dog)

TRACK 2

GOD BOWS TO MAN-The Ship That Sank A Thousand Faces (Muzai)
CRIPPLE AND CASINO-Hot Air Balloons (Radio Is Down)
RANK/XEROX-Basement Furniture (Mondo Bongo)
100 FLOWERS-I’m Like You (Rhino)
FUSES-Dead Air Beat (American Punk)
SCARED OF CHAKA-A Lie and a Cheat (Sub City)

DEEP SLEEP-Out Of Time (Grave Mistake)
FLAG OF DEMOCRACY-Number 1 (Motherbox)
NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS-Das Reich (Backwards Masking)
FUNERAL ORATION-Slipping Out (Diehard)
CHARTA 77-The Day The Banks Collapse (Birdnest)

POOR LILY-Head Of Flames (self-released)
DAISY CHAINSAW-Love Your Money (A&M)
WRECK-To The Bridge (Play It Again Sam)
ROLLINS BAND-If You’re Alive (Texas Hotel)

TRACK 3

KIELTOLAKI-Misantropia (MooCow)
FY FAN-Du Har Slutat Skratta (No Way)
GET RAD-Bullshit Forcefield (Gilead Media)
SPAZM 151-Sink Or Swim (Busted Heads)
MUNDO MUERTO-Guerra Nuklear (Charged//Distorted)
SIGNAL LOST-Bow To None (Prank)

THE CREATION-Making Time (Retroactive)
CLASH-Protex Blue (Epic)
SILLIES-Break Loose (Scooch Pooch)
THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APARTMENTS-Edge Central (Year Zero)

BAD POSTURE-Get Tough (Grand Theft Audio)
WILLFUL NEGLECT-Eat My Shit and Die (Willful)
GARBAGE STRIKE-Pariah (demo)
NINPULATORS-Career Coma (Teenage Riot)
ETA-I’m A Bore (Deranged)
SUNSHINE SS-Oogle Parade (Sacred Plague)
BROKEN BONES-Secret Agent (Fall Out)

TRACK 4

JESUS AND MARY CHAIN-Never Understand (Rhino)
SOFT BOYS-I Wanna Destroy You (Ryko)
NILS-Scratches and Needles (Mag Wheel)
SAMIAM-Clean (New Red Archives)
POLICE & THIEVES-For Ideals (Youngblood)

CASTEVETS-Good Riddance (from “City Limits,” High Anxiety)
GUZZARD-Glued (Amphetamine Reptile)
PIRANHAS-Redundant (On/On Switch)
WALKINGSEEDS-Rolling Machine (Fist Puppet)

STEREOLAB-Crest (Elektra)

Monday, December 5, 2011

Sonic Overload 11-28-11--the all-covers show!

Hope y’all didn’t eat too much for Thanksgiving. I can’t say that was the case here and I think I’ll be hitting the gym hard in the coming week. I actually snuck in a walk today, before recording the show. Anyway, this week is the annual all-covers show. Some favorites that I’ve played in the past but I’ve got quite a few songs that haven’t been on here before. It’s hard to believe there are only going to be two more “regular” shows this year, before the holiday show on the 19th and the “best of” show on the 26th. Where has this year gone?

Sonic Overload 11/28/11

TRACK 1

SONIC YOUTH-Ca Plane Pour Moi (Plastic Bertrand) (from “Freedom of Choice,” Caroline)

TOY DOLLS-The Final Countdown (Europe) (SOS)
ANTISCHISM-Sacrifice (Rudimentary Peni) (Prank)
BURNT CROSS-Blissful Myth (Rudimentary Peni) (Tadpole)
KICKER-Public Defender (SOA) (Inimical)
86 MENTALITY-Evil (4 Skins) (Grave Mistake)

THE JAM-Slow Down (Larry Williams) (Polydor)
DICKIES-Paranoid (Black Sabbath) (A&M)
REZILLOS-Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight (Earl Vince & The Valiants) (Sire)
THEE HEADCOATS-Boredom (Buzzcocks) (Vinyl Japan)
VON ZIPPERS-Twist and Turn (Slaughter and the Dogs) (Estrus)

INTENSITY-Resist Conrol (Lifesblood) (+/-)
SPAZZ-Stabbed In The Back (Youth of Today) (Slap-A-Ham)
CHARLES BRONSON-IQ 32/Punch Drunk (Necros/Hüsker Dü) (Lengua Armada)
AGAINST EMPIRE-Another Mouth To Feed (Crucifix) (Profane Existence)
WARTORN-Survival Of The Streets (Cro-Mags) (Crimes Against Humanity)
FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS-Land Of Treason (Germs) (Criminal IQ)
DS-13-Media Blitz (Germs) (Havoc)

TRACK 2

ISM-I Think I Love You (Partridge Family) (self-released)
DICKS-All Night Fever (Bee Gees) (RRadical)
VOORHEES-Hinckley Had A Vision (Crucifucks) (Crust)
RUPTURE-Job (Nubs) (Rest In Punk)
ANAL BABES-Demolition Girl (Saints) (Big Ball)
REGISTRATORS-Stab Your Back (Damned) (self-released)

ZEN GUERILLA-Mama’s Little Rocket (Little Richard) (from “Apocalypse Always,” Alternative Tentacles)
NEW BOMB TURKS-This Place Sucks (Queers) (Engine)
TEENGENERATE-Shake, Rattle & Roll (Big Joe Turner) (Crypt)
SUICIDE KINGS-Bad Boy (Larry Williams) (Adult Negro)
TURBONEGRO-Raggare Is A Bunch Of Motherfuckers (Rude Kids) (Burning Heart)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS-Rather See You Dead (Legionaire’s Disease Band) (Deranged)

STRIPED BASSTARDS-Sacrifice Not Suicide (The Freeze) (Traffic Violation)
REPOS-Straight Jacket (Jerry’s Kids)
DUMBSTRUCK-Break The Chains (Deathwish) (Deranged)
KNIFE FIGHT-Together (Negative FX) (from “Town Of Hardcore”)
VOETSEK-Mind Control  (Negative FX) (Six Weeks)
SCROTUM GRINDER-No Friend Of Mine (Slapshot) (Prank)
DILLINGER FOUR-No Pain No Gain (DYS) (from “No Sleep For Hardcore,” Suburban Voice)
FU MANCHU-Nothing Done (SS Decontrol) (Mammoth)
DINOSAUR JR-Chunks (Last Rights) (SST)

TRACK 3

DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979-Better Off Dead (La Peste) (Last Gang)
OPÉRATION S-Existence Imposée (X-Ray Spex) (Broken)
OUTS-Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill) (Not Normal)
NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-100% White Girl (VKTMS) (Abscess)

ROCK-N-ROLL TERRORISTS-Free Speech For The Dumb (Discharge) (self-released)
SCREAMERS-The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher) (boot)
WARUM JOE-Kommando (Ramones) (New Rose)
TELECOMMANDE-Pet Sematary (Ramones) (demo)

KUSTOMIZED-Surgeon’s Girl (Wire) (Matador)
MANIKIN-Grinding Halt (The Cure) (Super Secret)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Warm Leatherette (The Normal) (Empty)
HEX DISPENSERS-Down In The Park (Gary Numan) (Alien Snatch)
BIG BLACK-He’s A Whore (Cheap Trick) (Touch & Go)

TRACK 4

DMZ-Cinderella (Sonics) (Sire)
NOMEANSNO-New Age (DOA) (Allied)
MUDHONEY-Fix Me (Black Flag) (Sub Pop)
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN-Out There (F-Word) (TKO)
CATBURGLARS-Cherry Bomb (Runaways) (Cowabunga)
CANDY SNATCHERS-Suffragette City (David Bowie) (Sin City)

MONSTERLAND-Totally Wired (The Fall) (Seed)
THE CURE-Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix) (Fiction)
FIRE ENGINES-We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thang (Heaven 17) (Rev-Ola)
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA-Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells) (A&M)

PEER PRESSURE-Eve Of Destruction (Barry McGuire) (Break My Face)

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sonic Overload 11/21/11

It’s Thanksgiving week and, as customary, the day is marked with acknowledgment of what happened to the native population of this land when it was invaded both in 1620, with the pilgrims and, of course, in 1492. The clip that accompanies the Ill Repute song at the top of the show, featuring Mumia Abu-Jamal, states things more eloquently than I could—although I WILL be watching football on Thursday.

Next week, it’s the annual all-covers show—one of my favorite shows to put together and I have a number of new selections this year...

Sonic Overload 11/21/11

TRACK 1

ILL REPUTE-Cherokee Nation (It’s Alive/Indecision)

WOVEN BONES-I’ll Be Runnin (Hozac)
PREDATOR-Choke (Douchemaster)
SCROUNGERS-Vandalism City (self-released)
SLUTS-Head Hunter (Spread ‘Um)
FUCK UPS-I Think You’re Shit (Fowl)
SATAN’S PILGRIMS-Turkey Trot (Empty)

BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Tribes Of Survivors (Total Fucker)
BRAIN KILLER-Made (Deranged)
POISON PLANET-Faded Ideals (CTW)
RELIGIOUS SS DISORDER-Wasted Passion/Energy (Punks Not Profits)
GOUKA-CoExist (Partners In Crime)
IRON MAIDEN-Run To The Hills (Capitol)

TRACK 2

WHOREHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Stolen Land (from “Aftermath,” Profane Existence)
MUNDO MUERTO-Krucifikaos (Konton Crasher)
BROWN SUGAR-Blow (Feral Kid)
FUNERAL SHOCK-Dead Scenester (Controlled By Plague)
PANTHRO UK UNITED 13-Dead Asshole (No Idea)
SPITS-Wanna B ADD (In The Red)

DOA-The Enemy (Friends)
PSYCHED TO DIE-Staged Reality (Dirtnap)
NO SLOGAN-KBG (Residue)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Come On Eileen, Bung On My Face (Shogun)
POLLUTION-Fee$ (C6 Recordings)

FAILURE-Screen Man (Slash)
PUPPY MILL-Suffocation (demo)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-Fast Asleep (Vinyl Rites)
STIPHNOYDS-Afraid Of The Russians (from “History Of Portland Punk,” Zeno)

TRACK 3

BUSH TETRAS-Too Many Creeps (99) in memory of Laura Kennedy
X-RAY SPEX-Obsessed With You (Sanctuary)
FLYS-We Are The Lucky Ones (EMI)
BLACK BUG-Shard Of Glass (Hozac)

DIDJITS-Killboy Powerhead (Touch & Go)
KILL-A-WATTS-Shopping Mall Moron (Rip Off)
ZEROZERO-Hammer Man (demo)
MARKED MEN-Cool Devices (Dirtnap)
PEELANDER-Z-The Destroyer (Swell)

GENBAKU ONANIES-For Whom (Trippin’ Elephant)
DEVO-Sloppy (Virgin)
SUICIDE COMMANDOS-Burn It Down (Mercury)
UNNATURAL AXE-The Creeper (Lawless)

TRACK 4

UK SUBS-Left For Dead (Gem)
POISON CONTROL-Human Targets (Deranged)
PMRC-Death and Texas (Motorchest)
SOUTHSIDE STRANGLERS-Too Much TV (Grave Mistake)
AVO-Gearheads Suck (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
FIX ME-Cabeza de Turco (La Vida Es Un Mus)

VIOLENT ARREST-Great Firewall Of China (Boss Tuneage)
SHORT CHANGED-Clones ’09 (Rodent Popsicle)
YOUTH KORPS-Get A Gun/Sick Of Pain (Crucial Response)
PUNCH IN THE FACE-At War With Everybody (Lengua Armada)
FIT FOR ABUSE-Thorn In My Side (Crust)

FLIPPER-Ha Ha Ha (Subterranean)
ADOLESCENTS-No Friends (Frontier)
JESUS LIZARD-Puss (Touch & Go)
SKULL CONTROL-Satan Is Jesus To Me (Touch & Go)

AVENGERS-The American In Me (White Noise)

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Sonic Overload 11/14/11

What is up with these Republican candidates saying they were told by God to run for President? Herman Cain is the latest to tell a Republican audience about his personal chat with the Lord, even comparing himself to Moses and I think it’s a line he’s used more than once. It’s silly enough when sports teams pray for God to give their team a victory—although I imagine that might be of interest to God if he/she had money on the game. One year until the election—and I’m sure I’ll have no shortage of audio clips to share with you as the campaigns continue to ramp up. I promise I won’t overdo it, though. Of course, politicians often make promises and we know how that usually works out!

Sonic Overload 11/14/11

TRACK 1

DR. KNOW-God Told Me To (Mystic)

SALVATION-Lapse Infinitum (Youth Attack)
CONIFINES-Withdrawn (Labor Of Love/Side Two)
DRY HUMP-The City (SexCult)
VILE BODIES-Novelization (demo)

THEE OH SEES-Corrupt Coffin (Castle Face)
SPIDER BABIES-You’re Gonna Burn (Killer)
RED RED RED-Greatest Hit/Regeneration (Big Neck)
THROBBIN URGES-Bad Luck (Dead Beat)
SCRAMS-Magma (self-released)
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION-2Kindsa Love (Matador)

TRACK 2

CONDOMINIUM-Teeth (self-released)
RAW NERVE-Dating Problems/Ill Of The Dead (Youth Attack)
DOTTIE DANGER-Bela Lugosi Is Alive (Gravewish)
VIDEO-Eyes (Play Pinball)
DIVISION OF LAURA LEE-Access Identity (Burning Heart)

SUNSHINE SS-Banned From The Record Store (Sacred Plague)
SCHOOL JERKS-Nothing Else (Riff Raff)
YOUTHS-All Flags Are Black (Still Holding On)
BURNING ITCH-Dead End Street (Tic Tac Totally)
SPITS-My Mess (In The Red)
JOHNNY & THE SELF-ABUSERS-18-18 (Mindmood)

SCREAM-Solidarity (Dischord)
NO LABELS-I’m Tired (from “No Core,” Raw Deal)
OFFBEATS-In A Rush (Oops)
LOST GENERATION-LSD (Grand Theft Audio)
BAD BRAINS-Coptic Times (Bad Brains)
ANGRY SAMOANS-Ballad Of Jerry Curlan (Triple X)

TRACK 3

POISON PLANET-Pleather Jacket Attitude/Leveraged Debts (CTW)
BLANK STARE-Words Are Loud (Refuse)
FIX MY HEAD-Quit Life (from “Noise Ordinance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
OMEGAS-Blasts Of Lunacy (Parts Unknown)
CONVERSIONS-Boiling Point (Ride The Snake)
SOKEA PISTE-Muotti (Tuska & Ahdistus)

TEEN CRUD COMBO-Days Of Yore (Deranged)
DEAD BOYS-Sonic Reducer (Sire)
HEARTBREAKERS-Born To Lose (Track)
T. REX-Chariot Choogle (Reprise)

TRACTOR SEX FATALITY-Fail (Big Neck)
SUPERNOVA-Oreo (Amphetamine Reptile)
SERVOTRON-Moving Parts (Amphetamine Reptile)
UNITS-Cannibals (Community Library)

TRACK 4

IGGY & THE STOOGES-I Got A Right (Bomp)
THE UGLY-Disorder (Other People’s Music)
HELMETTES-Half Twee (from “I’m Sure We’re Gonna Make It,” Epitaph)
LA PESTE-My Eyes (demo)
RICH KIDS-Ghosts Of Princes In Towers (EMI)

OBN IIIS-No Enemies (Tic Tac Totally)
THE ENERGY-Live In Ruin (Team Science)
COLA FREAKS-Øjet (Hjernespind)

SLINT-Good Morning Captain (Touch & Go)

Friday, November 18, 2011

Sonic Overload 11/7/11

Back to “regular” programming and not much in the way of political content this week—save for some idiotic comments from former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, who emerges from under his rock every so often to bless us all with his wisdom. Blecch... Enjoy the punk rock and other musical stylings...

Sonic Overload 11/7/11

TRACK 1

AGNOSTIC FRONT-Police State (Epitaph)

GASH-Power Fucker (Total Fucker)
DRY HUMP-I Am The Doorway (SexCult)
ANXIETY-Convict (Social Napalm)
YDI-Mad At The World (Parts Unknown)
AVON LADIES-Power Failure (Katorga Works)

SPITS-I’m Scum (In The Red)
BLACK FORK-Fortune Cookie Nookie (Mess Me Up)
LE SHOK-Booze Is The Best Part (Know)
MAC BLACKOUT-Voodoo Doll (Dead Beat)
TOTAL CONTROL-See More Glass (In The Red)

NEGATIVE FX-VFW (Taang)
WRECKING CREW-Guts and Glory (Vortex)
ARTIFICIAL PEACE-Enlisted Man (Dischord)
JACK TRAGIC & THE UNFORTUNATES-Shell Shock Joe (Dionysus)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-Wasted Life (Rough Trade)

TRACK 2

SCRATCH ACID-She Said (Touch & Go)
DEATH WISH KIDS-I Went To AA For A Year And All I Got Was This Lousy Ulcer
(Hopscotch)
BOOKS LIE-Honkified Nightmare (Coalition)
BRAINIAC-Ride (Grass)
2X4’S-Little Cities (Bessemer Process)

POWERBLESSINGS-In The Men’s Room of the Sixteenth Century (Manhattan Chemical and Electronic)
YOUNG OFFENDERS-Frustration (Razorcake)
BRAIN F?-Seawall, See (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)
WAX MUSEUMS-Livin In The Eyeball (Tic Tac Totally)
THE REACTION-The Kids Arrived (from “We Went and Recorded It Anway,” Brutarian Quarterly)

M.A.D.-Holocaust (from “Not So Quiet On The Western Front,” Alternative Tentacles)
SOA-Gonna Hafta Fight (Dischord)
SWIZ-Tylenol (Jade Tree)
HÜSKER DÜ-Everything Falls Apart (Reflex)
HARD SKIN-Who’s That Boy (TKO)
SNAP-HER-Alien Bitch From Outer Space (New Red Archives)

TRACK 3

SWEET-Action (Capitol)
TANK-Turn Your Head Around (Kamaflage)
THE ENERGY-Thinking Cameras (Team Science)
COLUMBIAN NECKTIES-Abrance! (Sounds of Subterrania)
TITAN BLOOD-Too Much Talk (TB Collective)

LURKERS-I’m On Heat (Beggars Banquet)
DEADSPOT-My Death (Letterbomb)
BORN DEAD ICONS-The Great Western Mistake (Partners In Crime)
SPECTRES-Our Time (Deranged)
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY-Save My Soul (Red Rhino)

TRACK 4

ARCWELDER-Will When You Won’t (Touch & Go)
SUBWAY SECT-Ambition (Rough Trade)
YELLO-The Evening’s Young (Polygram)
THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL #282-Sister Hell (Thwart)

VIOLENT ARREST-PCP (Boss Tuneage)
WASTE MANAGEMENT-No Way Out (Painkiller)
OUT OF VOGUE-You’re Still An Asshole (The World Is Square/xMike Fitzgeraldx)
DAMNABLE EXCITE ZOMBIES!-D.E.Z. (Not Very Nice)
STATE POISON-Tâche Difficile (Kick Rock/Flowers Of Carnage)
YOUTH BRIGADE-Violence (from “Someone Got Their Head Kicked In,” BYO)
SKIDS-Circus Games (Virgin)

VERSUS-Bright Light (TeenBeat)

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Sonic Overload 10/31/11

Welcome to the Halloween show—two hours of ghosts, zombies, vampires, necrophiliacs, witches and other lovable beings. Plus a very short segment about the police brutality that happened at Occupy Oakland this past week. Meanwhile, it sure doesn’t feel like Halloween. It feels more like December, after this past weekend’s snowstorm. Weather in New England—gotta love it. Or not.

Sonic Overload 10/31/11

TRACK 1

MISFITS-Halloween (Caroline)

LOS REACTORS-Be A Zombie (Rip Off)
NU SENSAE-The Witch (Isloated Now Waves)
STATIC STATIC-Witchmouth (NeatNeatNeat)
GG KING-Witching Hour (Rob’s House)

THE FREEZE-Halloween Night (Modern Method)
BROKEN TOYS-Smash Some Pumpkins (Trashtone)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-The Only Scary Thing About Halloween Is Your Fucking Face (from “Songs For The Witching Season,” Creep)
BATTALION OF SAINTS-I Wanna Make You Scream (Nutrons)
GRIFFIN-Phantom Of The Shocker (Moneytalks)

ANGRY RED PLANET-Mummy From Hollywood (Angry Red)
SHIPWRECKED-Werewolf Attack (Anger Management)
ZEKE-Evil Dead (Dead Teenager)
SPEND4-Necrophilia (ACME)
NITZ-Room 36 (Reptilian)
THE HORROR-Reunited Ripper (Chainsaw Safety)
13 GHOSTS-Ghouls Night (ACME)

TRACK 2

45 GRAVE-Black Cross (Goldar)
LEE HARVEY OSWALD BAND-Getting Wasted With The Vampires (Touch & Go)
MUTOID MEN-Ly Canthrope (Rumbletown)
WARNING//WARNING-Zombie (from upcoming album)
DEADLINES-Go-Go To The Graveyard (Tooth & Nail)

GERM ATTAK-Face The Reaper (Loud Punk)
NIGHT BIRDS-Demon Haunted World/Neon Gray (Grave Mistake)
JONESES-Graveyard Rock (SFTRI)
SOCIAL DISTORTION-The Creeps (Time Bomb)

STRAIGHT ARROWS-Haunted Out (Juvenile)
THEE CORMANS-The Creep (In The Red)
MUMMIES-I’m Gonna Kill My Baby Tonight (Estrus)
SONICS-The Witch (Etiquette)

TRACK 3

NIHILISTICS-Black Sheep (Brain Eater) in memory of Mike Niclosi

TSOL-Code Blue (Frontier)
FLESH EATERS-See You In The Boneyard (Ruby)
SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS-Victims Of The Vampire (Captain Oi)
GBH-Necrophilia (Clay)
ENGLISH DOGS-Psycho Killer (Clay)

DAYGLO ABORTIONS-Scared Of People (Beer City)
GOD BULLIES-Creepy People (Amphetamine Reptile)
DARVOCETS-Horror Snores (Fashionable Idiots)
CRAMPS-Human Fly (IRS)
ALIEN SEX FIEND-Now I’m Feeling Zombified (Anagram)
ADVERTS-Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (Anagram)

TRACK 4

BLACK FLAG-Police Story (from “Let Them Eat Jellybeans,” Alternative Tentacles)
AUTHORITIES-I Hate Cops (Get Hip)

INFECTIONS-Zombie (Rip Off)
DEREK LYN PLASTIC-Vampires In Heat (Florida’s Dying)
APE CITY R&B-No. 1 Phantom Killer (Slovenly)
STEAMING WOLF PENIS-Vampire Mustache (self-released)
HOLLYWOOD-(Scary) Cemetery (Big Neck)

EDGAR WINTER GROUP-Frankenstein (Epic)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Death To The Old Flesh (Empty)
HEX DISPENSERS-A Brain Inside A Jar (Douchemaster)
MISFITS-Bloodfeast (Caroline)

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES-Halloween (Polydor)

Friday, November 4, 2011

Sonic Overload 10/24/11

Not a lot of political commentary today, except for a report on aggressive police actions towards Occupy Wall Street protesters. In Boston, things have remained relatively tranquil between the police and occupiers, although there were some arrests a few weeks back. Ellen and I went to Occupy Boston yesterday, down near South Station at Dewey Square—right across the street from the Federal Reserve Bank. I offer my thoughts after the Urban Waste song. My vocal chords felt shot at the beginning of the show but I didn’t have as many problems as the show progressed.

I forgot to mention, after playing the Inepsy song, that they’ve recently broken up. It’d been awhile since I’d seen them play live but they were always a lot of fun. And one correction—Sarin McHugh and the Everymen are from New Jersey, not NYC. Just keeping it all accurate!

Sonic Overload 10/24/11

TRACK 1

URBAN WASTE-Police Brutality (Mad At The World)

CREAMERS-Modern Day (Jolly Dream)
MALE NURSES-Pathetic & Useless (Deranged)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE-No I Won’t (Side Two)
DRY HUMP-Fucksville (Sex Cult)
RAPID LOSS-Kill You Dead (self-released)
HOAX-Skills or Death (Youth Attack)

MIND SPIDERS-Go! (Dirtnap)
SPIDER-Witch Cookie (self-released)
THEE OH SEES-The Fizz (Captured Tracks)
THEE CANNIBALS-714 Mentality (Cowabunga)
OUTNAUGHTS-In The Inside Flow (from “A Reason For Living 2003,” Dan-Doh)

WARCRY-Suck Your Life (Feral Ward)
BRAIN KILLER-What’s Your Excuse? (Deranged)
RELIGIOUS WAR-Green Bitch (Hardcore Holocaust)
RIPPER-Hellnation (Black Water)
INEPSY-The Aftermath of Progress (Feral Ward)

TRACK 2

HYGIENE-TV Girl (Dire)
COMPUTER COUGAR-Photos That Don’t Exist (Gern Blandsten)
RED CARD-Self Laugh (Useless Chords)
THEE HYDROGEN TERRORS-All Hail The Panamanian Subversive (Load)
C.AARMÉ-No Gracias (Burning Heart)
JUANITA Y LOS FEOS-Maldito Desagradecido (Dead Beat)

RETOX-Piss Elegant (Ipecac)
SEASICK-Garden Of Failures (Soulrebel)
JR EWING-Calling In Dead (Coalition)
FURY-Last One (Jade Tree)
THE FAITH-Limitations (Dischord)
HUMAN INVESTMENT-Media Blackout (Rotten Propaganda)

VANDALS-Urban Struggle (Time Bomb)
SOCIAL UNREST-Their Mistakes (New Red Archives)
LOS OLVIDADOS-Pay Salvation (Alternative Tentacles)
DECRY-Raven (Cleopatra)

TRACK 3

NIGHT BIRDS-Sex Tape (Grave Mistake)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-Double-Edged (Inimical)
NAIFA-Colsão (Faca Cega)
GUILT LUST-Five Rings (Fun With Smack)
HEROIN-Leave (Gravity)

SARIN MCHUGH AND THE EVERYMEN-Telephone (Suah Sounds)
FÖRMÖGENHET-Glad Vår (multi-label)
CIRIL-Torching Deceit (Know)
WHATEVER BRAINS-The Stiff (Sorry State)
SOKEA PISTE-Askel Syrjään (Tuska & Ahdistus)

THE STALIN-Swindler In Sewer (boot)
NOMEANSNO-Dad (Alternative Tentacles)
MINISTRY-The Missing (Sire)
ZOUNDS-Can’t Cheat Karma (Broken)

TRACK 4

LORD HIGH FIXERS-Poppa Hoodoo (Scooch Pooch)
THE INSURGENT-CPA Dream (Traffic Violation)
EVERREADY-Punk Is For Sale (Skene)
LYNYRD’S INNARDS-Houston, We Have A Problem (Johann’s Face)
SUPERCHINCHILLARESCUEMISISON-60 Hour Greyhound (ADD)
SHAMPOO-Bouffant Headbutt (Icerink)

DANGEROUS BIRDS-Alpha Romeo (Propeller)
4 SKINS-Low Life (Captain Oi)
VARUKERS-No Scapegoat (Anagram)
MAU MAUS-Society’s Rejects (Captain Oi)
ANTI PASTI-Two Years Too Late (Anagram)
IRON CROSS-Wargames (GMM)

21-645-Babble (from “Laughing At The Ground,” Propeller)

Friday, October 28, 2011

Sonic Overload 10/17/11

Siege were one of the greatest local hardcore bands I ever saw—a terrifying, ravaging sound that attacked aurally and physically. The three musicians in Siege would pound their instruments to a bloody pulp but were tight as hell. At the center of this storm was their vocalist Kevin Mahoney, who was listed as Screaming Kev Mahoney on the hand-written lyric sheet given to me by their guitar player Kurt when he gave me a copy of their demo. The covers hadn’t been printed yet. It’s a prized possession and I lost count of how many times I copied that demo for people over the years until it finally saw release on CD and vinyl. They were the real deal. I don’t think they played more than 10 shows and I saw 3 or 4 of them (I’d have to check). They didn’t even have that large a local following while they were an active band although they did eventually build an audience here. As for Screaming Kev, the name fit. He’d howl and scream and flail himself around the stage and even play saxophone for their dirge “Grim Reaper.” Kevin passed away suddenly late last week at the too-young age of 46 and this week’s show goes out in his memory. Rest in peace.

Meanwhile, the “Occupy” protests continue to spread around the country. There’s the inevitable backlash from the usual right-wing elements but more people are making themselves heard. No audio from those events this week but I do have some very special audio at the top of the second set. You’ll just have to listen to find out.

Sonic Overload 10/17/11

TRACK 1

SIEGE-Conform (Deranged) in memory of Kevin Mahoney

SIEGE-Cold War (Deranged)
SIEGE-Starvation (Deranged)
SIEGE-Drop Dead (Deranged)
DROPDEAD-Another Stone (Armageddon)
DRY HUMP-All You Can Be (Sex Cult)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH-Man Made (Way Back When/Even Worse)

FOLDED SHIRT-no title (Live on WCSB)
WHITE LOAD-My Wall (Ken Rock)
INSERVIBLES-Asfixia (Shogun)
FINAL SOLUTIONS-Disco Eraser (Misprint)
MAD MEN-The Awakening (self-released)
TOTAL CONTROL-Stonehenge (Iron Lung)

THE FAITH-Untitled (Dischord)
THE VICIOUS-Illusions (Feral Ward)
OUT ON A LIMB-Competitive Eating (Taken By Surprise)
KICKING SPIT-Way Out (Tankcrimes)
THE ENERGY-Roach Spray (Team Science)

TRACK 2

YOUTH BRIGADE-It’s About Time That We Had A Change (Dischord)

WARDS-Redneck (self-released)
REFLEX FROM PAIN-Rednecks (Death Threat)
NOTA-Redneck Mentality (Rabid Cat)
NEGATIVE ELEMENT-Just Be Yourself (Version Sound)
NARCS-Doppleganger (Reel Time)
DBCR-Let Them Eat Bikes (self-released)

MONSTERS-Whatcha Gonna Do (Voodoo Rhythm)
WAX MUSEUMS-Traffic Violation (Tic Tac Toally)
BRAIN F?-Sleep Rough (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)
PLASTIC IDOLS-Sophistication (Vision)

WHITE DRUGS-Black Wizard Gloaming (Amphetamine Reptile)
GREEN MAGNET SCHOOL-Throb (Sub Pop)
UZI-Criminal Child (Matador)

TRACK 3

AGAINST EMPIRE-Wordsmiths (Profane Existence)

WARHEAD-Brain Washing By The Shocks (HG Fact)
MÖRPHEME-Mouchi Moumai (from “Noise Ordinance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
WOLFPACK-No Neo Bastards (Farewell)
PEACE OR ANNIHILATION-System Shit Lies (Radical HC)
KAAOS-Ei Ulospääsyä (Lost and Found)

PINKERTON THUGS-Murdered By The FBI (Police)
YOUNG LIONS-We Wanna Riot (Schizophrenic)
(IMPATIENT) YOUTH-Yankee Go Home (Frontline)
CHRON GEN-Mindless Few (Razor)

METAL URBAIN-Hysterie Connective (Byzz)
CHRISTIAN DEATH-Romeo’s Distress (Frontier)
LAUGHING HYENAS-Love’s My Only Crime (Touch & Go)

TRACK 4

IN DEFENCE-Democracy Hi-Five (Profane Existence)
DEAD STOP-All I Can Take (Deranged)
TINO VALPA-Social Insect (Kangaroo/Way Back When)
MUCH WORSE-Tarred Lungs (No Way)
UNDERDOG-Say It To My Face (Bridge Nine)
YOUTH OF TODAY-Put It Aside (Caroline)

CLOAK/DAGGER-Don’t Need A (Jade Tree)
RANK/XEROX-Discipline (Make A Mess)
GENERAL INTEREST-Drunk Doctor (Ride The Snake)
DEFEKTORS-Bottom Of The City (Nominal)
COMA-Verre (from “Nouvelles du Front, Vol. 1”)

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-Second Guessing (Captcha)

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Sonic Overload 10/10/11

Occupy Wall Street continues and rallies and protests have sprung up all around the country. There’s also the inevitable backlash, mainly from Republican politicians and pundits (big shock). One of the presidential candidates, Herman Cain, had the audacity to say "Don't blame Wall Street," Cain said. "Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself.” He also said that being gay is a choice and has a radical tax agenda that would include a 9% sales tax on everything, including food—of course, this will affect poor people a lot more than others. I don’t have the time or space to spell out his viewpoints but it’s made him a darling of Tea Bag Nation.

In the meantime, two former Bank of America executives received severance packages totaling about $11 million between them and that’s while the company is laying off 30,000 people and will start charging fees to use their debit cards. You couldn’t have a more perfect example of what’s wrong with this country.

And, oh yeah, it’s Columbus Day and that’s marked at the beginning of the show, with the “Reconsider Columbus Day” public service announcement that you can see on YouTube and a few songs about how indigenous people suffered after America was “discovered.”

Despite all this weighty subject matter, I don’t dwell upon it all that much. I think you’ll find this week’s show provides a couple of hours of loud ass-kickin’ fun that will take your mind off all the crap I mentioned...

Sonic Overload 10/10/11

TRACK 1

ONxALERT-Mending 500 Years (from “Bridging Oceans,” Third Party)

DEFECT DEFECT-Stolen Ground (Residue)
LOS JODIDOS-500 Anos De Mentiras (from “Ratas De Ciudad,” SouthKore)
LOS CRUDOS-No Exisen Palomas Blancas En Mi Barrio (Lengua Armada)
SIEGE-Sad But True (Deranged)
NAIFA-Nao Sou Seu Amigo (Faca Cega)

OBN IIIS-Wager My Heart (Tic Tac Totally)
BURNING ITCH-You Should Fucking Die (Tic Tac Totally)
WAX MUSEUMS-I Eat Vomit (Tic Tac Totally)
RIP OFFS-Ugly (Rip Off)
GORILLA ANGREB-Livstid (Feral Ward)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-Why Would You Want Me To Feel Safe (Shock To The System)

MUKEKA DI RATO-Acabar Com Voce (Sound Pollution)
PROLETARIAN ART THREAT-Proletarian Gospel Drive (Lean Enterpise)
GORILLA BISCUITS-Competition (Revelation)
CRUCIAL UNIT-Let’s Unite The Punx and Skinz, Put ‘em On A Boat, Send ‘em Off To Sea and Sink Those Fuckers (Crucial Blast)
PSYCHO-Contempt (Ax/ction)
KICKER-Walking Headache (Inimical)

TRACK 2

TOXIC REASONS-Break The Bank (Sixth International)
GOVERNMENT ISSUE-Understand (Dr. Strange)
OUT ON A LIMB-Peking Man (Taken By Surprise)
PAC-MEN-Action (Red Tape)
CIRIL-Hell Fell Down Again (Know)

HOLY SHIT!-I Hate Banks (Trigger-On-The-Dutendoo)
HOAX-Suicide Pact (Youth Attack)
ORGANIZED SPORTS-Entertain Me (Bulkhead)
NOMOS-Mendicant (Deranged)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Grizzly Graham (Shogun)
HERO DISHONEST-The Biggest Asshole (IfSociety)

BLITZ-I Don’t Need You (No Future)
PARTISANS-Partisans (Anagram)
MAJOR ACCIDENT-Clockwork Toys (Step-Forward)
UNDERDOGS-Dead Soldier (Riot City)
RED ALERT-Rebels In Society (Captain Oi)

TRACK 3

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-We Own The Night (Abscess)
CONDOMINIUM-I Don’t Hate Any Of You (self-released)
HUMAN EYE-Dinosaur Bones (Hook or Crook)
SPECIAL AFFECT-Headache (Special Affect)
ESTRELLA 20/20-Marvelous! (Estrus)
HALF JAPANESE-There’s A Girl (Iridescence)

DARK AGES-Merchants Of Cool (Sorry State)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH-Philosophy (Fringe)
EXECUTIONER-The Burn (Patac)
KILLROY-66 Big Build-Up (Ghetto-Way)
PERSONALITY CRISIS-People In Glass (Risky)
GERM ATTAK-Crown Attorney (Loud Punk)

YOUNG OFFENDERS-Black Hands (Derenaged)
MOST SECRET METHOD-Inch (Dischord/Superbad)
PRICHARD-Ranch-Style (self-releaed)
EXPANDO-BRAIN-Flogging A Dead Relationship (Vacant Lot)

TRACK 4

PITBOSS 2000-Yankees Suck (self-released)

SEX PISTOLS-New York (Virgin)
RENTALS-New York (Beggars Banquet)
RADIATORS FROM SPACE-Television Screen (Chiswick)
DICKIES-Poodle Party (A&M)

RIPPER-Heart Of Darkness (Black Water)
KILL THE MESSENGER-Overfull (Indecision)
THE VOWS-Speak To Truths (Indecision)
ANNIHILATION TIME-Jonestown (Tee Pee)
R’N’R-I’ve Had It (DeadAlive)

ROSE TATTOO-Astra Wally (Atlantic)

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Sonic Overload 10/3/11

So after a couple of weeks of protests on Wall Street, voices are being raised around the country as people get out and demand economic justice. That’s kind of a broad analysis of what’s going on but I think that’s what’s at the crux of this activism. And the mainstream media, which had largely the protests since they began, have started to pay attention. Part of it was due to some egregious police behavior, such as the unprovoked use of pepper spray on people in lower Manhattan by a rogue cop, Joseph Bologna, as well as the arrest of 700 non-violent protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge.

It boggles my mind that there are still people who support the banksters and the large corporations, who say that regulation is bad for the country. People who think that this is some sort of unamerican behavior. That’s the teabagger mentality and it’s a misguided notion. I don’t know all the answers—far from it—and maybe some people aren’t always sure what they’re protesting but when you’re unemployed, can’t afford life’s basic necessities and wonder what the future will bring, you can’t blame people for wanting to be heard, to make people understand what they’re dealing with. I start two of the sets with a few minutes of audio taken from a protest in Boston and a news report from Democracy Now...

Sonic Overload 10/3/11

TRACK 1

CZOLGOSZ-No War But The Class War (Rodent Popsicle)

SYSTEMATIC DEATH-Just The Head (Way Back When)
STOCKPILE-Body Politic (Destroy Me)
CHAOTIC NEUTRAL-Collapse (Lawful Evil)
TINO VALPA-Reunion (Kangaroo/Way Back When)
POISON PLANET-Bleed For Me (Third Party)

VATICAN COMMANDOS-Why Must I Follow? (Pregnant Nun)
SMEGMA & THE NUNS-Napalm Sticks To Kids (demo)
NOTHING-Uniformz (from “Killed By Death #9”)
CATHOLIC BOYS-When Yer Not Here (Trick Knee)
REATARDS-Sick When I See (Empty)

NEIGHBORS-Lack Of Compassion (Six Weeks)
GHOULIES-The Company (Rockstar)
POISON IDEA-Rich Get Richer (Fatal Erection)
DILS-I Hate The Rich (Dionysus)
NO IDEA-Class War (Jayrem)

TRACK 2

COLERA-Histeria (Order & Progress) in memory of Redson Pozzi
GUYANA PUNCH LINE-Not Right (Prank)
THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY-About Last Night (Smog Veil)
BEAR PROOF SUIT-We Won’t Repent (Urban Pirate)
HAIL MARY-Maimed (Vermiform)
RUIN-Where Fortune (Black Hole)

INSERVIBLES-No Nos Dieron Ni Madres (demo)
LOS WEBELOS-Maldita Pulga (Bazofia)
COCADICTOS-Fieles Siempre al Vicio (Bazopfia)
INSULTS-Population Zero (Brain Transplant)
S.A.D.-No Escape (Empty)

RATIONAL ANIMALS-Someone Like You (Katorga Works)
SOKEA PISTE-Collective Panic (Peterwalkee)
LIBERTY MADNESS-Sore Losers Vicious Circle (Kink/Sengaja)
ICEAGE-You’re Blessed (What’s Your Damage)
DUCK AND COVER-Candy Man (from “Noise Ordinance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
BRAIN F?-Seawall, See (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)

TRACK 3

FUCKED UP-Police (Deranged)

RANK/XEROX-Turn To Stone (Make A Mess)
DAN RUSSELL (THE NEED)-Mind Split Open (Aggravation Overdose)
KNIFE THE SYMPHONY-Squatting Warrior (Phratry)
WRY-Blueprint To Nero (Forge)

OUT COLD-Like Clockwork (Kangaroo)
OUT COLD-High Maintenance (ACME)
IN DEFENCE-The Police Are Fuckin’ Rad! (Profane Existence)
MAJOR DAMAGE-Pathetic
CHAOS UK-What About A Future? (Dead Ringer)

RUTS-In A Rut (Virgin)
DEFECTS-Killer On The Streets (WXYZ)
SEAWEED-Kid Candy (Sub Pop)

TRACK 4

NAIFA-Hoje (Faca Cega)
WHITE LUNG-Backhouse (Deranged)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-Fall To Pieces (Inimical)
NUCLEAR FAMILY-Hear This (demo)
DA!-Next To Nothing (Factory 25)

PEGBOY-Through My Fingers (Quarterstick)
DI-Stick To Your Guns (Reject)
NAKED RAYGUN-Tojo (Touch & Go)
EFFIGIES-Guns Or Ballots (from “Busted At Oz,” Autumn)

SOFT CELL-Sex Dwarf (Sire)

Friday, October 7, 2011

Sonic Overload 9/26/11

There’s a good chance the state of Georgia executed an innocent man last week. His name was Troy Davis, he’d been convicted in the killing of an off-duty police officer but serious questions had been raised about his guilt. That still didn’t stop the state-sanctioned killing committed by Georgia, after the Supreme Court refused to stop the execution. The show starts with some audio from “Democracy Now” giving a brief outline about the case. One hopes the day will come when this country stops engaging in such barbarism and joins the rest of the industrialized world.

Sonic Overload 9/26/11

TRACK 1

AUS ROTTEN-Capital Punishment (Tribal War) in memory of Troy Davis

F-MINUS-Capital Murder (Hellcat)
CAPITOL PUNISHMENT-Capitol Punishment (We Bite)
IN/HUMANITY-Fuck The Death Penalty, Let’s Compromise (Prank)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY-Eye For An Eye (No Core)
CRIMINALS-State Sponsored Slaughter (Adeline)
AGNOSTIC FRONT-Blind Justice (Ratcage)

BULLET LAVOLTA-Baggage (Taang)
DEEP SLEEP-Head Spins (Grave Mistake)
EVERYTHING FALLS APART-Roses (self-released)
AMERICAN JIHAD-Cardinal Maloney (from “Traveling With George,” Scare America)
STUNTMEN-Kick Them Out (Stump)

BRAIN F?-Hand’s In The Jar (Grave Mistake)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-Look Around (Vinyl Rites)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-Vexed (Inimical)
TOTAL CONTROL-No Bibs (Iron Lung)

TRACK 2

RESIST-Faith In Compromise (Profane Existence) in memory of Ty Smith
BEDLAM-Hated You Then & I Hate You Know (Buy Our Records)
NEW REGIME-Be A Man, Go To War! (from “Party Animal,” Mystic)
HAPPY FLOWERS-Leave Me Alone (Homestead)
OS ESTUDANTES-Aprendizado (Laja)
FIENDS-Die Bob Die (Bemisbrain) in memory of Dolores Hope

NEO CONS-Hardcore Elite (Abcess)
FLESHIES-Death Of A Peckerwood (from “Noise Ordinance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
NIGHT BIRDS-Landfill Land (Grave Mistake)
MIDNIGHT BOMBERS-Krypto Justice (Light Rail)
POPULAR SHAPES-Symmetrical Girl (On/On Switch)

HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE-Pound (Passport)
VOLCANO SUNS-Tree Stomp (from “Claws,” Throbbing Lobster)
NEATS-Sometimes (Ace of Hearts)
LIMBO RACE-There Goes Kafka (from “A Wicked Good Time, Vol. 2,” Modern Method)

TRACK 3

VIOLENT MINDS-Brutality (Parts Unknown)
KILL THE MAN WHO QUESTIONS-Your Backlash Against A PC Hysteria Is A Fucking Joke (Cheap Art)
TOTAL ABUSE-Scarred (Deranged)
MURDER-SUICIDE PACT-Sharp Tongue, Cold Shoulder (demo)
BRAIN HANDLE-Sentimental Men (No Way)
THUMBS-Ribbon Men (Adeline)

REALLY RED-Too Political? (CIA)
PART TIME CHRISTIANS-Case (Alternative Tentacles)
IGGY POP-I Snub You (Arista)
STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH-Kill Yourself (Megaforce)

BAD DADDIES-Not That Kind Of Girlfriend (CDR/Finch)
SEXUAL SUICIDE-White Shirt (United Riot)
LE FACE-Manic Depression (Dead Beat)
THE NURSE-Rirekyura (SS Recordings)
THE CRUSADE-Psychedelic Woman (from “Scum Of The Earth: The Complete Story,” Sound Stories)

TRACK 4

GANG GREEN-Selfish (Taang)
FAMILY DOG-Why Me (El Pocho Loco)
DFL-Society’s Pressure (Epitaph)
THE MOB-Step Forward (Mob Style)
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT-Poison Eye (Perfect Sound)
HOLLYWOOD-Jack Crap (Dead Beat)

GERM ATTAK-Fucking Nightmares (Loud Punk)
MUNDO MUERTO-Politicos Falsos (Que Punk?)
DAY CREEPER-Nervous Energy (Tic Tac Totally)
WIPERS-Up Front (Trap)
UNREST-Oils (Caroline)

PUBLIC ENEMY-Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (Columbia)

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Sonic Overload 9/19/11

Back to our regular programming, more or less. I had to include the audio of Ron Paul at last week’s GOP teabagger, uh, tea party debate that was co-sponsored by CNN. The latter is lame enough. Way worse is the response Paul and a few shitheads in the audience gave to Wolf Blitzer’s hypothetical question about a 30 year old man who ends up in a coma without insurance. Also, I wish to hell I only had to pay $300 a month for my insurance. So it shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out the reason for the opening song. There’s no other way I can put it... fuck these people, the conservative politicians who are trying to outdo each other for sheer lunacy and their bloodthirsty, heartless minions. OK, I’m done...

Sonic Overload 9/19/11

TRACK 1

THE LEWD-Kill Yourself (Chuckie Boy)

YEAR ONE-Colony Collapse Disorder (from “Noise Ordinance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
CEREMONY-Nimrod’s Son (Bridge Nine)
NOTHING BUT ENEMIES-I’m Violent (Welfare)
POOR LILY-Pretty Little Uniform (self-released)
SSS-Laughing Leads To Crying (Earache)
TH’INBRED-The Shitpile (Alternative Tentacles)

LAMA-Rahaa (Johanna)
EYES-Don’t Talk To Me (from “What? Stuff,” Bomp)
NO SIDE-Usual Life (ACME)
PINK SWORDS-No Rock ‘n Roll (Gearhead)
SOCIETY DOG-Metropolitan Rush (Subterranean)
MARGINAL MAN-Missing Rungs (Dischord)

GERM ATTACK-Fuck You Homophobe (Loud Punk)
SHEGLANK’D SHOULDERS-Skate Assassin (Handsome Dan)
TEENAGE RAMPAGE-Not Enough (Handsome Dan)
NO PROBLEM-Debts (Handsome Dan)
SNFU-Cannibal Cafe (BYO)

TRACK 2

NIRVANA-Territorial Pissings (DGC)
UTI-Commodity (Schizoprhenic)
RATIONAL ANIMALS-Crumbling Buildings (Katorga Works)
IMPALERS-Mad Medicine (Todo Destruido)
DESTINO FINAL-Que Vas A Hacer? (La Vida Es Un Mus)

WARMERS-Red Light Runner (Dischord)
GIRLS AT OUR BEST-Getting Nowhere Fast (Vinyl Japan)
LEGAL WEAPON-War Babies (Arsenal)
WALL OF VOODOO-Back In Flesh (IRS)

SAINTS-No Time (Sire)
TEENGENERATE-Dressed In Black (Crypt)
TESTORS-Bad Attitude (Swami)
SUPERCHARGER-Lost Cause (Estrus)
DISTRACTORS-Don’t You Just Know It (Dime Store)

TRACK 3

OBLIVIANS-Kick Your Ass (Sympathy For The Record Industry)

SICK THINGS-Crystal Ballroom (Shock)
TRASHIES-Taz Tattoo (The Party’s Over)
LOGNHALSMOTTAGNINGEN-Va e Poangen (Yellow Mica)
LIDS-No Good (Rip Off)
SUBVERTS-Radiation Nation (Clandestine)

ARCTIC FLOWERS-Crusaders and Banshees (Inimical)
SOKEA PISTE-Vieraantuneet, Soputuneet (Tuska & Ahdistus)
RANK/XEROX-Helpless (Make A Mess)
NATIVE TONGUE-Bit Part (Modern Method)

BOYS-First Time (Captain Oi)
WITCHES WITH DICKS-Your Job Does Not Rock Balls (Kiss of Death)
TRIGGERS-Patent Pending (Dirtnap)
SOVIETTES-Bottom’s Up, Bottommed Out (Adeline)

TRACK 4

GUN CLUB-Sex Beat (Ruby)
BRAIN CAR-Spiders (Reel Time)
MAKERS-Please Kill Yourself (Estrus)
MOORAT FINGERS-Hateball (Radio Blast)
DOW JONES & THE INDUSTRIALS-Can’t Stand The Midwest (Hardly Music)
DESCENDENTS-Bikeage (New Alliance)

THE CLEARER-Storm (Forge)
ALLOY-Unafraid (Bitzcore)
FLYING NUNS-Frank (Matador)
READ YELLOW-Read Yellow (Fenway)

PETE SHELLEY-Homosapien (Genetic)

Monday, September 26, 2011

Sonic Overload 9/12/11


A longer-than-usual show this week, recorded one day after the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States. I don’t think I need to go into any great detail in this space because the audio clips and many of the songs on the show tell the story and the show runs almost an extra quarter hour because I wanted to get everything on there. A tragedy in so many ways—the lives lost, the physical and emotional toll on the survivors, their families and the selfless, courageous first responders. The subsequent military actions overseas were also tragic, with the deaths of not only US troops but tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq. And, of course, the fear and paranoia that grips this country, along with the attack on civil liberties. In some ways, you wonder if the terrorists actually won, given what’s happened in the US over the past decade.

This week’s show is dedicated to the memory of my friend Jane Simpkin, who was on the second plane that flew into the World Trade Center. Rest in peace...


TRACK 1

DEFIANCE-Terrorist Attack (PunkCore)

BRAIN KILLER-So Much Hate (Deranged)
LEBENDEN TOTEN-Terror Attack (Feral Ward)
DARK AGES-Power (Sorry State)
STATE-Subvert (Statement)
CRUCIFIX-Prejudice (Southern)

RANK/XEROX-Sterile Regions (Make A Mess)
TOTAL CONTROL-One More Tonight (Iron Lung)
X-Present (Rocknroll Blitzkrieg)
NIGHT BIRDS-Born Of Man and Woman (Grave Mistake)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-PP Fresco (Shogun)

CONSUMERS-Teen Love Song (In The Red)
THEE HEADCOATS-Youngblood (Crypt)
LINK WRAY-Run Chicken Run (Norton)
THE DULL-I Hate The Motorcyclist (from “Barricaded Suspects,” Dr. Strange)
HOLLYWOOD-Doctor’s Note (Big Neck)

TRACK 2

JELLO BIAFRA-The Big Ka-Boom (excerpt) (Alternative Tentacles)
DISSYSTEMA-Living In A Post 9/11 World (Putrid Filth Conspiracy)

FROM ASHES RISE-Reaction (Jade Tree)
WORLD BURNS TO DEATH-The Sucking Of The Missile Cock (Hardcore Holocaust)
HOLDING ON-The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Played (Bridge Nine)
BEHIND ENEMY LINES-What Did We Expect? (Antagony Media)
SLAYER-Raining Blood (American)

BAUHAUS-Dark Entries (Beggars Banquet)
JOY DIVISION-Warsaw (Qwest)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN-The Puppet (from “URGH! A Music War,” A&M)
MISSION OF BURMA-Academy Fight Song (Ace of Hearts)
THE FALL-Rebellious Jukebox (IRS)

TRACK 3

JOHN WAYNE’S SEVERED HEAD-2 Towers and Too Many Flags (self-released)

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS-Terrorist Attack? (No Idea)
BRIEFS-Orange Alert (BYO)
PINKO & THE ACTION BOYS-9/11 Is A Joke (self-released)
UPSTAB-9-11 Hoax (Way Back When/Even Worse)
SPITS-Terrorist Attack (In The Red)

ORGANIZED SPORTS-So Proud Of Him (Bulkhead)
MAJOR DAMAGE-Edge Of Sanity (Even Worse/Way Back When)
TROPIEZO-Ire Al Infinito (multi-label)
VIVISICK-Ideoloideolo Hierarchieraruhi (Discos de Hoy)
EXECUTIONER-Hellbound (Patac)
SPAZZ-Crush Kill Destroy (625)

REZILLOS-Bad Guy Reaction (Sire)
BRUCE WAYNE BAND-Nightmares (from “Sad Day We Left The Croft,” Honcho)
MEN’S RECOVERY PROJECT-Cacti (5RC)
DIGITAL LEATHER-Abrasion (Goner)
ICEAGE-White Rune (What’s Your Rupture)

TRACK 4

MAGNOLIAS-Fathers & Sins (Twin/Tone)

CROSS STITCHED EYES-Birth Of Night (Alternative Tentacles)
WHATEVER BRAINS-Withnail (Sorry State)
TRACTOR SEX FATALITY-Three Note Arena (Big Neck)
TYVEK-Nothing Fits (In The Red)
MEERCAZ-Unlust (Tic Tac Totally)

BIRTHDAY PARTY-Sonny’s Burning (4AD)
WHITE ZOMBIE-Shack Of Hate (Caroline)
BLITZKRIEG-Lest We Forget (No Future)
THE EXPELLED-Dreaming (Captain Oi)

THE SYSTEM-Dogs Of War (Skuld)

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Sonic Overload 9/5/11


Welcome to this year’s Labor Day show. Not too much in the way of new music this week although I did manage to at least get some recent releases on the show. I mainly stick to holiday at hand, though. Given the economy, the difficulty for many people to find employment and attacks on unions, it’s not the best time for working people but I hope it was an enjoyable day for everyone.

Next week’s show will have an air of solemnity, as it will be recorded one day after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11/01 attacks on the United States. I won’t spend the entire two hours dwelling on the events of that day—I do want to actually play more new stuff next week—but it’s still necessary to mark the occasion and remember those who died that day. It’s also important to ponder what’s gone on in this country and overseas for the past decade. In other words, don’t expect a whole lot of flag waving on this show.

But that’s for next week. Happy Labor Day!


TRACK 1

THE STRIKE-Kicking Ass (Johann’s Face)

ACID REFLUX-Customers Fuck Off (No Way)
RAT BYTE-My Boss Is A Jerk (FNS)
BAD REACTION-Hate My Job (Reflections)
FAIR WARNING-Six O’Clock Blues (from “Primitive Air-Raid,” Psyche Industries)
MC RAD-Sundial (Red)
DISSENSION-Why Work For Death? (Metal Storm)

DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Face Jam (Sorry State)
RETOX-A Funeral On Christmas Sunday (Ipecac)
NIGHTGAUN-Drone Attack (Primitive Future)
CRIPPLED OLD FARTS-Like A Disease You Chose To Ignore (Shogun)
PLATES-Marching (Feral Kid)

GOVERNMENT WARNING-Slave Labor (Feral Ward)
DS-13-Work Sucks (Enslaved)
FOR THE WORSE-You Put the SS in Boss (Bridge Nine)
THE PIST-Black and Blue Collar (Elevator)
86 MENTALITY-Life Trap (Grave Mistake)

TRACK 2

DEAD MILKMEN-Labor Day (Restless)

JERRY’S KIDZ-Marionettes (Test Site)
MEATMEN-Crippled Children Suck (Touch & Go)
MDC-I Hate Work (R Radical)
BLACK FLAG-Clocked In (SST)
AGRESSION-Rat Race (BYO)
NEW BOMB TURKS-Born Toulouse-Lautrec (Crypt)

CAREER SUICIDE-Career Suicide (Ugly Pop)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS-You’re Fired, I Quit (Deranged)
DEAN DIRG-Kill The Boss (Dead Beat)
CATBURGLARS-I Hate My Job (Tooth Decay)
BUTTHOLE SURFERS-I Hate My Job (from “Cottage Cheese From The Lips of Death,” Ward-9)
NUBS-Job (from “Killed By Death #5”)

BORN AGAINST-Well Fed Fuck (Kill Rock Stars)
SUPERCHUNK-Slack Motherfucker (Matador)
LA PESTE-Let Me Sleep (Matador)

TRACK 3

TOTAL CONTROL-Retirees (Iron Lung)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-Get Up Morning (Dropkick)
PULSES-Factory (Dirtnap)
GANG OF FOUR-I Found That Essence Rare (Infinite Zero)
HARD SKIN-Oi Not Jobs (Broken)

HIGH TENSION WIRES-Theme To Gettin’ Fired (Dirtnap)
NAKED HIPPY-Work (Smile or Die)
SCARED OF CHAKA-You’re Fired (Hopeless)
TRAITORS-Shaking Hands With The Unemployed (Johann’s Face)
PINK LINCOLNS-I’ve Got My Tie On (Stiff Pole)
PREFECTURE-Automatic Labor (demo)

KRAUT-Unemployed (New Red Archives)
ARTICLES OF FAITH-Five O’Clock (Reflex)
RAW POWER-My Boss (Westworld)
THE PROLETARIAT-Options (Taang)
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES-I Want More (Frontier)

TRACK 4

ART YARD-Something In Your Eyes (Ride The Snake)
PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY-Brainbomb (United Artists)
MEKONS-I’ll Have To Dance Then (On My Own) (Fast)
RIFLE SPORT-Mind Over Matter (Reflex)
TUBEWAY ARMY-Zero Bars (Mr. Smith) (ATCO)

CELEBRITY ROAST-Rising Wages, Dropping Names (Creep)
DILLINGER FOUR-Super Powers Enable Me To Blend In With Machinery (Hopeless)
COCK SPARRER-Working (Taang)
SWINGIN’ UTTERS-Petty Wage (New Red Archives)
CRIMPSHRINE-Another Day (Lookout)
J CHURCH-Kill Your Boss (Allied)

FABULOUS POODLES-Work Shy (Columbia)