Friday, December 28, 2012

Sonic Overload 12/17/12


I really don’t know what more can be said about the shootings at the elementary school in Newtown, CT that left over 20 people dead, most of them children. There are a variety of issues to consider, such as the availability of the weapons (which were licensed to the shooter’s mother and she was his first victim). It brings up the polarizing issue of gun control. There are questions of what causes this sort of unspeakable violence and, to what extent, mental illness factors into it. I talk about it a bit (perhaps clumsily) after the first song. I really don’t know what else to add here or could have added on the show.

Next week, it’s the holiday show and, the week after, the Best of 2012...

Sonic Overload 12/17/12

TRACK 1

ZERO BOYS-Civilization’s Dying (Nimrod)

TERMINAL STATE-Sick (Deranged)
CAREER SUICIDE-Means To No End (Dirtnap)
LOST BOYS-Nerds (Still Holding On)
ICU-AP (Put-On)

IN DEFENCE-Legacy Of Brutality (from “Welcome To Minneapolis,” Profane Existence)
FUGITIVE FAMILY-Paranormal Spies (from “Houston Punk,” Agrowax)
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE-Superior Fire Power (Vex)
MANIPULATION-Choking Man (Fashionable Idiots)
STATE OF FEAR-Consumption (Profane Existence)
KIELTOLAKI-Korruption Kaupunki (Feral Ward)

HYGIENE-Hygiene (Sorry State)
LA URSS-Que Asco Me Dan (Todo Destruido)
RULETA RUSA-Delincuencia (Solo Para Punks)
INSOMONIO-The Darkside (Trabuc)

TRACK 2

LIFE’S BLOOD-Left Me Behind (Combined Effort)
VIDEO DISEASE-Destiny (Cowabunga)
GUS-Heterobash Was Flipper (Slow To Burn)
HONOR ROLE-Livin’ In The 60’s (No Way)
REBELS AND INFIDELS-Last Rites (Fowl)
VOID-Ask Them Why (Dischord)
KRUW-Seizon (Partners In Crime)

ARMITAGE SHANKS-Ambulance (Damaged Good)
BROKEN TALENT-Blood Slut (TPOS)
MIRRORS-Shiyougeki X (from “Get The Punk,” Doll)
NYX NEGATIV-Idioterna (demo)
HEADCLEANERS-Epidemic Infection (Malign Massacre)

DEFIANCE-How Much Longer? (Mind Control)
FLAT BOWL-Sticky (from “Beer City Underground Vol. #3,” Beer City)
PORTRAIT OF POVERTY-Portrait Of Poverty (from “10 Things Jesus Wants You To Know”)
BIRTH DEFORMITIES-You Can’t Catch Me (Cowabunga)
STUPIDS-So Much Fun (Boss Tuneage)
SUDDEN IMPACT-Keep On Truckin’ (Fringe)

TRACK 3

EFFIGIES-Below The Drop (Touch & Go)
GASOLINE-Killer Man (Egg)
MODERN INDUSTRY-Out Of Focus (from “Noise From Nowhere,” Toxic Shock)
NO MUSIC-City To City (from “High Road To Obscurity,” Grand Theft Audio)
LOS HUEVOS-Big Beef (Moo-La-La)
BLACK CLOUDS-5 Years Behind My Time (Ride The Snake)

COKE BUST-Under The Streetlights (Six Weeks)
SICK FIX-The Toll (A389)
NO IDOLS-Chop Chop (Grave Mistake)
NO TOMORROW-Liars (Profane Existence)
HASSLER-Pig Pen (Schizophrenic)
DROPDEAD-A Disease Called Man (Armageddon)

NERVOUS EATERS-Get Stuffed (Rat)
PLASMATICS-Corruption (Vice Squad)
SHRAPNEL-Combat Love (Salute)
THE JAM-‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street (Polydor)
999-Emergency (United Artists)

TRACK 4

GOD BOWS TO MATH-The Ship That Sank A Thousand Faces (Muzai)
METZ-Sad Pricks (Sub Pop)
THE BOX-The Door (Plastic Spoons)
EYACULACIÓN POST MORTEM-La Mate Porque Era Fea (self-released)
SOFT MOON-Die Life (Captured Tracks)

THE PACK-King Of Kings (Rough Trade)
SNUFF-Not Listening (Sixth International)
SPERMBIRDS-You’re Not A Punk (Boss Tuneage)
THE BLOOD-Megalomania (No Future)

ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE-Snowman (WXYZ)

Friday, December 21, 2012

Sonic Overload 12/10/12

Sarah Kirsch (born Mike Kirsch) passed away last week from Fanconi anemia, a genetic disorder that can cause bone marrow failure or leukemia. She was only 42. Sarah had played in a number of bands for over the past two decades. Rather than rehash, here’s a link to an excellent tribute to her. R.I.P.

Yesterday (12/9) was the 25th anniversary of the death of Flipper’s Will Shatter, from a heroin overdose, at the age of 31. One always wonders if he could have been helped or if he even wanted to help himself. Some people take the attitude that heroin addicts or anyone afflicted with those sorts of demons get what they deserve, that they only have themselves to blame. But having a wife who has worked in human services for over 20 years means that I’ve learned, a bit at least, that things are a bit more complicated than that. I’ve heard countless stories about the difficulty her clients have had in overcoming the diseases of drug addiction, alcoholism, etc. And I think that people who have the “good riddance’ attitude need to look themselves in the mirror and wonder what caused them to be so callous and hard-hearted... Frankly, people with those attitudes are individuals I really don’t want in my life...

Sonic Overload 12/10/12

TRACK 1

BREAD AND CIRCUITS-Trophy Room (Ebullition) in memory of Sarah Kirsch

BAADER BRAINS-Year Zero (Clean Plate)
NAVIO FORGE-Hate Machine (Shadow Catcher)
TORCHES TO ROME-Life Led Idle (Ebullition)
PLEASE INFORM THE CAPTAIN THIS IS A HIJACK-Robot Rampage In Luxury World (Empire)

KICKER-Not You (Tankcrimes)
SLUGZ-Suit and Tie (Feel It)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Holy Methography (self-released)
METZ-Get Off (Sub Pop)

IN DEFENCE-United Farces (Profane Existence/Rodent Popsicle)
APPALACHIAN TERROR UNIT-Lost In The Darkness (Profane Existence)
TRUNCHEONS-Kill The Fraud (Distort Reality)
CLEANSING WAVE-Snakes (Prgnt)
DUMBSTRUCK-Jehovah’s Bastards (625)
BGK-Arms Race (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 2

PONX ATTAX-Ponx Vacation (from “Welcome To Minneapolis,” Profane Existence)
THE SHAME-The World Is Ours (Profane Existence)
BOILS-When The Sun Goes Down (Creep)
86 MENTALITY-Life Trap (Grave Mistake)

IN SCHOOL-Apocryphal Scum (demo)
CONVERSIONS-Consolation Prize (Ride The Snake)
SOLITARY NEGLECT-Systematic Indoctrination (demo)
CIVIL CRISIS-Catch On (demo)
SELF DEFENSE-Freedom Fighter (Uncle Slam)
AMDI PETERSENS ARME-Stalinjugend (Kick n’ Punch)

USELESS EATERS-Malfunction (Manimal)
PRICHARD-Personal Holiness/Social Holiness (self-released)
RANK/XEROX-Helpless (Make A Mess)
POP. 1280-New Electronix (Sacred Bones)
FRANTIC ELEVATORS-Every Day I Die (TJM)

TRACK 3

HELMET-Bad Moon (Alternative Tentacles)
RETOX-Thirty Cents Shy Of A Quarter (Ipecac)
SAILBOATS ARE WHITE-Unfair Nitemare (from “Destroy Music, Start Your Own Band,” Schizophrenic)
YEAR ONE-Colony Collapse Disorder (from “Noise Ordiance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
SAGGER-Cranium (from “920 Blues,” Trick Knee)
A FRAMES-Futureworld (S-S)

SPIRIT-I Got A Line On You (Ode) in memory of Ed Cassidy
ESCROTO DE RATA-Enamorado De Un Espectro (La Vida Es Un Mus)
WEIRD PARTY-Sarah Palin (Sex & Death)
REPORTS-Turnaround (Ride The Snake)

TV FREAKS-Upper Hand (Schizophrenic)
DIVORCED-Stupid Shit (Untapped Resources)
SUNSHINE SS-Banned From The Record Store (Sacred Plague)
ANGEL SLUTS-Radio (Wrecked-Em)
LOVE TRIANGLE-Didn’t Die (Dire)

TRACK 4

PLAGUE RATS THROUGHOUT HISTORY-Molecular Dramaturgy (Primitive Air Raid)
BLOODY HAMMER-Hysteria (Cutthroat)
FYP-Ian Stuart As A Crash Dummy (Recess)
MANSON YOUTH-Saw Tomorrow (Dr. Strange)
SLUTS-Fuck You (Spread ‘Um)
ARTLESS-We Want Nuclear War (Placebo)
TH’INBRED-Hardcore Inc. (Alternative Tentacles)

FUEL-Remains To Be Seen (Sixth International)
EVERYTHING FALLS APART-Give Up (Art Of The Underground)
DISPARO-Tras El Cristal (Trabuc)
NO PROBLEM-What Have I Become (Debt Offensive)

FLIPPER-Get Away (Subterranean)
PIL-Public Image (Virgin)
BABY’S ARM-I’m Just A Wimp (demo)
BUZZCOCKS-You Know You Can’t Help It (IRS)

WARFARE-Burn The Kings Road (Neat)

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Sonic Overload 12/3/12

We’ve reached the final month of 2012 and, after this show, there are only two more regular Sonic Overloads before getting to the holiday show and Best of 2012—which I need to get to work on although I’ve already started to think about the playlist. In the meantime, this seems to be more of a loud/fast show than I’ve been doing of late, although I do throw in a few change-ups, breathers, what-have-you. Noisy music, to offer a twist on the title of this week’s show-opener...

Sonic Overload 12/3/12

TRACK 1

THE MAD-I Hate Music (Captain Trip)

SAILBOATS ARE WHITE-Monster Helicopter (Schizophrenic)
PRE-NODS-Puny Humans (from “Destroy Music, Start Your Own Band,” Hammer City/Schizophrenic)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Peeping Toddler (self-released)
PUFFY AREOLAS-1982 (HoZac)
UV RACE-Raw Balls (In The Red)

DISSENSION-Telling Me (Bad Idea Music)
DAS KLOWN-Die With Your Boots On (Know)
SNAKEBITE-Fuckin’ A (Don Giovanni)
PMRC-Rich and Famous (Motorchest)
HUMAN TOILET-Low Life (Black Thirteen)
BAD AMERICAN-Dictator (Bad Recordings)

TRACTOR SEX FATALITY-Loveain’ Easy (Big Neck)
MANHANDLERS-Disposable (Criminal IQ)
SLOBS-Assembly Line (Cowabunga)
SINKS-Look Out (Fashionable Idiots)
PART-TIME CHRISTIANS-Strength Thru Bowling (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 2

TV FREAKS-Mall Punk (Schizophrenic)
LAMPS-Famous Chimps (In The Red)
EX-CULT-MPD (Goner)
LUBRICANTS-Activated Energy (Rave-Up)
DEAD WIFE-DWSYFH (Psychic Handshake)

RULETA RUSA-Destruye La Television (Solo Para Punks)
POLIKARPA Y SUS VICIOSAS-Libertad (self-released)
IN SCHOOL-Acid Burn (demo)
BLACK TIME-Middle Class (In The Red)
JESUS H BOMBS-Dead On Top (Bookoven/Tibs Ribs)
BRIDES-Pushed Around (Rip Off)

MIDDLE CLASS-Out Of Vogue (Joke)
SUICIDE-Ghost Rider (Red Star)
SECOND LAYER-Fixation (Cherry Red)
WALL OF VOODOO-Back In Flesh (from “URGH!,” A&M)

TRACK 3

NO PROBLEM-Living In The Void (Debt Offensive)
NO SLOGAN-KBG (Residue)
ESPERANZA-Next In Line (from “Histeria,” Lengua Armada)
ANCIENT FILTH-Pushed To The Limit (Shock To The System)
DISTORTED PONY-Jahr Null (from “The Big One,” Flipside)

HASSLER-Asphyxiate (Schizophrenic)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Useless Leaders (Side Two)
WHITE WARDS-Soaking Through (Iron Lung)
TOTALITÄR-Nord Mot Syd (Your Own Jailer)
CHAOS CHANNEL-New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fuckin’ Work (Growing Up By The Magic Bullet)

THUMBS-Ribbon Men (Adeline)
SPOKE-Ruptured Seam (No Idea)
GRAY MATTER-Burn No Bridges (Dischord)
UPRIGHT CITIZENS-Swastika Ratss (BYO)
SAMIAM-Early Morning (New Red Archives)

TRACK 4

ANTHRAX-Exploitation (Southern)
BELGRADO-Zapomnijmy (Discos Enfermos)
NUCLEAR FAMILY-Doublespeak (Loud Punk)
IMPERIAL LEATHER-No Return (Profane Existence)
EXPELLED-Dreaming (Captain Oi)
PROLES-Soft Ground (Grand Theft Audio)

ART ATTACKS-I Am A Dalek (Overground)
LUCY-Never Never (from “Bloodstains Across The UK”)
MENACE-GLC (Rave-Up)
HARD ONS-Just Being With You (Waterfront)

WRECK-Song X (Play It Again Sam)

Friday, December 7, 2012

Sonic Overload 11/26/12

It’s time for the annual all-covers show. As in the past, no songs from tribute albums were played and I also try to avoid all-covers albums by an individual artist although I did make an exception or two. There are a lot of new additions to the playlist this year and some that haven’t been heard on the all-covers show in a number of years, along with a few perennials.

What makes a good cover version? I’m not looking for a carbon-copy rendition. Sure, some of the versions here are somewhat faithful to the original but many of them add a different wrinkle or end being a reworking. Occasionally, you can end up with a cover that eclipses the original, although that’s somewhat rare. It’s a long show, this week, stretching out nearly an extra quarter of an hour.
Sorry about my voice not sounding the best this week. I’ve had one hell of a cold for the past week or so and it’s taken a bit of a toll. If you think I’ve got it bad, Ellen’s had it for a couple of weeks now. Pass the cough syrup!

Sonic Overload 11/26/12

TRACK 1

LAST IN LINE-You Hate Me & I Hate You (GG Allin) (ACME)

WETBRAIN-Tight Black Pants (Plasmatics) (demo)
A-LINES-Agitated (Electric Eels) (SFTRI)
MONOSHOCK-Burn My Eye (Radio Birdman) (S-S)
ROPES-Down In Flames (Dead Boys) (demo)
RAW NERVE-I Am A Cliché (X-Ray Spex) (demo)
ANAL BABES-Wasted (Black Flag) (Big Ball)

DIE KREUZEN-Land Of Treason (Germs) (Touch & Go)
SPAZZ-Lost Cause (Negative Approach) (Slap-A-Ham)
BORN/DEAD-No One (Necros) (Yellow Dog)
BURNED UP BLED DRY-No More (Black Flag) (Slap-A-Ham)
FULL SPEED AHEAD-Assault (Big Boys) (Hell Bent)
ESTRELLA 20/20-Red/Green (Big Boys) (Estrus)

LOST GENERATION-LSD (Beatles) (Grand Theft Audio)
BOYS-I Call Your Name (Beatles) (Captain Oi)
WHOREHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Straight Jacket (Adicts) (Inimical)
DEATH WISH KIDS-Whips and Furs (Vibrators) (Hopscotch)
VIOLENT ARREST-Back Of My Hand (Jags) (Boss Tuneage)

TRACK 2

NERVESKADE-Boiling Point/I Don’t Belong (SS Decontrol/Jerry’s Kids) (540)
SMART COPS-Cop Medley (various) (Hell Yeah)
ONE TON SHOTGUN-FU Blues (various) (Negi-Youth Organization)
FU’S-Green Beret (Barry Sadler) (Taang)
PTL KLUB-Green Acres (duh!) (Mystic)

HOT SNAKES-Time To Escape (Government Issue) (Modern City)
YOUNG ADULTS-Over The Edge (Wipers) (Amdiscs)
SCRAWL-Reuters (Wire) (from “Lever,” Simple Machines)
DEAD SILENCE-1/4 Dead (Rudimentary Peni) (Vinyl Communications)

ANGRY SAMOANS-Time Has Come Today (Chambers Brothers) (Triple X)
FARTZ-Children Of The Grave (Black Sabbath) (Alternative Tentacles)
DOA-Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin) (Friends)
DIDJITS-Lucille (Little Richard) (Touch & Go)
TEENGENERATE-Shake, Rattle & Roll (Big Joe Turner/Bill Haley & His Comets) (Crypt)
THE GAIA-Boys (Shirelles) (Six Weeks)

TRACK 3

BATTALION OF SAINTS-Ace Of Spades (Motorhead) (Nutrons)
THE LITTER-I’m A Man (Bo Diddley) (K-Tel)
WANNA BEES-Lucifer Sam (Pink Floyd) (Gaga Goodies)
THEE HEADCOATS-Love Comes In Spurts (Richard Hell & The Voidoids) (Vinyl Japan)
SPITS-Drink, Fight & Fuck (GG Allin) (Dirtnap)

SHORT CHANGED-Refuse/Resist (Sepultura) (Rodent Popsicle/Goat Power Recreation)
RAPEMAN-Just Got Paid (ZZ Top) (Touch & Go)
SEX PISTOLS-(I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone (Monkees) (Virgin)
KICKER-I Think You’re Shit (Fuck-Ups) (Tankcrimes)

LEATHERFACE-Message In A Bottle (Police) (Roughneck)
BLITZ-Vicious (Lou Reed) (No Future)
JESUS & MARY CHAIN-Ambition (Subway Sect) (Blanco y Negro)
PUPPY MILL-Automobile (Rings) (demo)

TRACK 4

DEVO-Satisfaction (Rolling Stones) (Warner Bros.)
MOTORAMA-Damaged Goods (Gang of Four) (Dead Beat)
NEW BOMB TURKS-Mr. Suit (Wire) (Crypt)
SONIC YOUTH-Hot Wire My Heart (Crime) (DGC)
DRAGS-Baby, You’re So Repulsive (Crime) (Empty)

BORIS THE SPRINKLER-Bad Guy Reaction (Rezillos) (Bulge)
SILICON TEENS-Judy In Disguise (John Fred & His Playboy Band) (Sire)
BABY BUDDHA-All Shook Up (Elvis Presley) (Posh Boy)
SLITS-I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye) (Island)

HÜSKER DÜ-Eight Miles High (Byrds) (SST)

Friday, November 30, 2012

Sonic Overload 11/19/12

Ah, yes, Thanksgiving week, where family and friends will get together to celebrate the conquest of the Native Americans by the so-called Pilgrims. Yep, a day of eating way too much food, followed by “Black Friday,” where people get in the holiday spirit by storming the doors of the shopping malls and box stores to battle over the half dozen pieces they have of those deeply discounted items. My kind of fun. I won’t be too negative, though. I really don’t mind getting together with the family because it’s not with the family members who annoy me. And there’s also three football games to occupy my time.

After all the festivities, make sure you check out next week’s show because it’s my annual all-covers Sonic Overload and it’ll be almost all songs that have never been featured on previous all-covers shows...

Sonic Overload 11/19/12

TRACK 1

UXA-UXA (from “Tooth and Nail,” Upsetter)

CHAOS CHANNEL-The Bird, Singing At Non-Reality (Growing Up By The Magic Bullet)
CLEANSING WAVE-Snakes (Prgnt)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Boys For Sale (Sorry State)
LOOK BACK AND LAUGH-Exhaust Filled Damnation (self-released)
BELGRADO-No Exist (Discos Enfermos)

LOS MONJO-Reyes De La Destruccion (Solo Para Punks)
STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB-Yellow Black & Blue (Big Neck)
BARSE-Chelsea Bridge (Rapid Pulse)
CHELSEA HOTEL-Sick (Bully Boy)
TURBONEGRO-Black Rabbit (Bitzcore)

NO THANKS-Are You Ready To Die? (Lengua Armada)
HEART ATTACK-Shotgun (Broken)
UNITED MUTATION-Passout (DSI)
GORDON SOLIE MOTHERFUCKERS-Closed Mind, Open E (River On Fire)
TFL-I’m In Style (Empty)
THE DARK-On The Wires (Fresh)

TRACK 2

UV RACE-I’m A Pig (In The Red)
LAMPS-Learned Hopelessness (In The Red)
COWBONES-I Do Not Want To Be Me (Ossatur)
BORN WITHOUT A FACE-Distriction (self-released)

RED TRANSISTOR-Not Bite (Ecstatic Peace)
BRAINBOMBS-It’s A Burning Hell (Blackjack)
TALL PAUL-Breathe Underwater (demo)

ILL REPUTE-Cherokee Nation (It’s Alive/Indecision)
SUICIDE COMMANDOS-Burn It Down (Blank)
X-RAY SPEX-Obsessed With You (Sanctuary)
SAINTS-Demolition Girl (Sire)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-78 RPM (Rough Trade)

TRACK 3

BORN WRONG-Promise Of The Godless (Rebel Time)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Reject (Side Two)
FERAL BABIES-Rubber Bullet (Rigid)
BI-MARKS-Order Of Things (Black Water)
BRAIN KILLER-So Much Hate (Deranged)
TRAUMA-Soma (Feral Ward)

THE CHURCH-The Unguarded Moment (Capitol)
OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB-Brick By Brick (Dirtnap)
THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APARTMENTS-Lightning Rod (Anyway)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-The Wrecking (self-released)

JFA-Jodie Foster’s Army (Alternative Tentacles)
ANTI SCRUNTI FACTION-Slave To My Estrogen (Flipside)
PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS-No Dick (Restless)
LORD HIGH FIXERS-Poppa Hoodoo (Scooch Pooch)
DISTRACTORS-Don’t You Just Know It (Dime Store)
UNNATURAL AXE-The Creeper (Lawless)

TRACK 4

FAILURE-Screen Man (Slash)
GIANT HAYSTACKS-How We Lost The War (Mistake)
BLANK DOGS-Tin Birds (Captured Tracks)
SPECTRES-Longinas (Sabotage)

FATAL FIGURES-Television (Big Neck)
GUN CLUB-Fire Spirit (Ruby)
STIPHNOYDS-Afraid Of The Russians (from “History Of Portland Punk Vol. 1,” Zeno)
TOXIC REASONS-Break The Bank (Sixth International)

PATTI SMITH GROUP-Pumping (My Heart) (Arista)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Sonic Overload 11/12/12

The election season is FINALLY over and, as I say on the show, I’m happy with the results. Watching the Republicans’ general sour grapes over the past week or so has been quite entertaining to watch. But I leave the politics out of this week’s installment, although there are a few songs to commemorate Veterans Day...

Sonic Overload 11/12/12

TRACK 1

SKITKIDS-Intro/Lycklig Idiot (Kick n’ Punch)

GOOSEBUMPS-Mad Problems (Burn Books)
EX-CULT-Don’t Feel Anything (Goner)
TYVEK-Returns (In The Red)
SYNTHETIC ID-White Walls (Cut The Cord That...)
ESCROTO DE RATA-Amor De Madre (La Vida Es Un Mus)

UTAH JAZZ-Seeing The Eye Doctor (Feral Kid)
THE NERVOUS-The Greatest Generation? (Nervous)
BETTER THAN YOUR HAND-I Don’t Think So (Probe)
BIG CRUX-Boys To Men (Iron Lung)
GENERAL INTEREST-Capricious Youth (Ride The Snake)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-Give It Up Front (Razorcake)

BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Anti War (Side Two)
STRAIGHTJACKET NATION-Nice Talk (Iron Lung)
TRUNCHEONS-Cashing In On Freedom (Distort Reality)
REPLICA-You Can’t Stop The Weather (self-released)
BORN DEAD ICONS-Great Western Mistake (Partners In Crime)

TRACK 2

WRECKING CREW-Guts and Glory (Vortex)
NEGATIVE FX-VFW (Taang)
CHAOS UK-No Security (Riot City)
VARUKERS-No Scapegoat (Anagram)
IRON CROSS-Fight ‘Em All (GMM)
7 SECONDS-Skins, Brains & Guts (Alternative Tentacles)

WORLD WAR IV-(We’ve Gone) Hollywood (self-released)
SCHOOL JERKS-Secrets (Grave Mistake)
MAKERS-Do What I Wanna (Estrus)
CELL MATES-Shoulda Kept That Quarter (Wallride)
SUICIDE KINGS-Bad Boy (Adult Negro)
DAMAGE-Jay Walk (Space Fish)

LAUGHING HYENAS-Love’s My Only Crime (Touch & Go)
GODHEADSILO-Lotion Pocket (from “Dope Guns and Fucking In The Streets Volumes 8-11,” Amphetamine Reptile)
KABUL GOLF CLUB-5 Minutes 2 Midnight (Uproar For Veneration)
HELIOS CREED-The Federation (Cleopatra)
MELVINS-Forgotten Principles (Amphetamine Reptile)


TRACK 3

CITIZENS PATROL-Short Attention Span (Way Back When/Too Circle)
SHORT CHANGED-Negative Outbursts (Rodent Popsicle/Goat Power Recreation)
VITAMIN X-Sick and Tired (Tankcrimes)
PLASTIC CROSS-Future Science (Don Giovanni)
NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS-Century Of Warfare (Kick n’ Punch)

NAKED RAYGUN-Surf Combat (Homestead)
GIRLS-Dope Disguised As Nuns (Dirtnap)
TRANS MEGETTI-Turned On (Gern Blandsten)
TERROR VISIONS-Itching (FDH)
THE NEED-Mind Split Open (Aggravation Overdose)

SUBWAY SECT-Ambition (From “DIY: This Is The Modern World,” Rhino)
ANGELIC UPSTARTS-Last Night Another Soldier (Captain Oi)
RUTS-Secret Soldiers (Strange Fruit)
FASHION-Sodium Pentathol Negative (IRS)

TRACK 4

WOVEN BONES-The Minus Touch (Zoo Music)
SEX CHURCH-Slipped (Instant Pleasure)
SOFT MOON-Machines (Captured Tracks)
THREE JOHNS-AWOL (Abstract)

LEGENDARY WINGS-Good Food (Dirtnap)
SCRAMS-Flea Market Rock (self-released)
JETSONS-Suicidal Tendencies (Gulcher)
30 AMP FUSE-Sorry? (Darla)
ULTRAVOX-Fear In The Western World (Island)

SCREAM-Walking By Myself (Jungle Hop)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Sonic Overload 11/5/12

I’ve had it up to here with all the campaign ads, especially the Republican ones that are full of lies and distortions. I’ve had it with Republicans and conservatives period and a pox on the Supreme Court for the Citizens United case which created this deluge of ads from right wing SuperPACS. Also, have you noticed that most of the Romney ads airing lately feature white, suburban middle class women? ‘Ya think that might be because of the GOP’s radical anti-woman agenda regarding reproductive rights and health, as well as equal pay. Listen—I know the Democrats suck almost as much as the Republicans but the latter have a dangerous agenda and, in the most divisive political environment I’ve ever seen, they could really destroy people’s lives.

I hope people affected by Sandy are managing to pull their lives together again. As I mentioned on the show, Norton Records, a great NYC label, had their warehouse flooded and have been enlisting volunteers to help clean up the mess. If you’re interested in learning more about it and how you can help, go to nortonville.blogspot.com.

Sonic Overload 11/5/12

TRACK 1

CRAWLERS-Kill The Elephant (Blind Spot)

ZYANOSE-INR (Nosenoise)
TRUNCHEONS-Onslaught Of War (demo)
WETBRAIN-Lady Die (demo)
NINPULATORS-Je Vice (demo)
ROT SHIT-Fuck Yer DJ Night (Functional Idiots)
SELVHENTER-Panserpunk (Bad Hair Life)

DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Fire Trap (Sorry State)
LOGIC PROBLEM-Sterile Anxiety (Abuse)
CREEM-Lucid (Katorga Works)
MADBOX-Airsick (Super 8)
GIRLFRIENDS-Gov’t Seizure (Aurora Seven)

CRIMSON SCARLET-Sanctuary (Cool Summer)
TOKYO STORM WARNING-Curate My Love (Mind/No Mind)
YOUNG ADULTS-Annulation (Amdiscs)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-Strange Ports Of Call (self-released)

TRACK 2

LOAD-$5.95 A Lezzin (Faceless) in memory of Bobby Johnston
FATAL FIGURES-Party Girl (Big Neck)
BLACK FORK-Sit Ubu Sit (Mess Me Up)
RATAS DEL VATICANO-Asi Funciona El Rock n Roll (HBSP-2X)
THEE HYDROGEN TERRORS-Whiskey Terror (Load)
VERTIGO-Dynamite Cigar (from “Smells Like Smoked Sausage,” Sub Pop)

LAZY COWGIRLS-Goddamn Bottle (Bomp)
DICTATORS-Faster & Louder (Asylum)
NO EMPATHY-Every Kid Has A Vote (In My Life) (Suburban Voice)
THE ENERGY-Roach Spray (Team Science)

HASIL ADKINS-She Said (Norton)
DMZ-Boy From Nowhere (from “Live At The Rat,” Rat)
BEAT BEAT BEAT-Cheap Time (Douchemaster)
DERELICTS-Wash (Sub Pop)

TRACK 3

GRONG GRONG-Grong Grong (Alternative Tentacles)
GOD BULLIES-Creepy People (Amphetamine Reptile)
PENTAGRAM-Hurricane (Relapse)

BENT SHAPES-Brat Poison (Cake Time)
CLAW TOE-Panic Attack (Criminal IQ)
CRIMINAL CODE-Empty Bodies (self-released)
FERAL FUTURE-Bastard (Western Medical)
DOTTIE DANGER-Lemuria (TRVS)

DILS-I Hate The Rich (Dionysus)
METAL URBAIN-Hysterie Connective (Byzz)
CHRISTIAN DEATH-Romeo’s Distress (Frontier)
4 SKINS-Low Life (Captain Oi)

TRACK 4

HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS-My House (Toxic State)
GRUPO SUB 1-Steve, Steve (La Vida Es Un Mus)
BOSS HOG-Hustle (Amphetamine Reptile)
ELECTRIC EELS-Cyclotron (Homestead)
TESTORS-Bad Attitude (Swami)
MAD VIRGINS-Fuck & Suck (from “Killed By Death #4”)

CROSS STITCHED EYES-Vile Corpse (Alternative Tentacles)
MIND SPIDERS-Fall In Line (Dirtnap)
GREEN MAGNET SCHOOL-Windshield (Sub Pop)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Inside Of Me (Empty)

VANDALS-Urban Struggle (Time Bomb)

Friday, November 9, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/29/12--HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

It was a dark and stormy morning, afternoon and night. Despite the deluge of Hurricane Sandy, I hunkered down in the studio (aka the downstairs part of my house) to put together this year’s Halloween Sonic Overload. Some new selections this time, to go along with all the classics, favorites and the like. I hope everyone on the eastern seaboard manages to get through the hurricane with as little damage/disruption as possible although it does look pretty rough out there. Take care and have a safe and happy Halloween...

Sonic Overload 10/29/12

TRACK 1

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-The Only Scary Thing About Halloween Is Your Fucking Face (from “Songs For The Witching Season,” Creep)

MISFITS-Halloween (Caroline)
ROSEMARY’S BABIES-Talking To The Dead (Ghastly)
GRIFFIN-The Phantom Of The Shocker (Money Talks)
ZEKE-Season Of The Witch (Dead Teenager)
ANGRY RED PLANET-Mummy From Hollywood (Angry Red)
ROGUE NATIONS-Dracula Fucked You (Suicide Watch)

THEE OH SEES-Corrupt Coffin (Castle Face)
HOLLYWOOD-(Scary) Cemetery (Big Neck)
SPITS-Halloween Fun (In The Red)
RIPPERS-Demons and Witches (Screaming Apple)
MUTOID MEN-Ly Canthrope (Rumbletowne)
DWARVES-Real Creepy (Recess)

BAN THIS-Creepy Crawl (Stress To Death)
SUBCULTURE-I Heard A Scream (Fartblossom)
SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS-Victims of The Vampire (Captain Oi)
GRIM REAPER-See You In Hell (RCA)

TRACK 2

OBSESSOR-The Demon (Tankcrimes)
BONES BRIGADE-Zombie Attack (Coalition)
THE PROWL-217 (DeadAlive)
SUICIDE PARTY-Crawling In The Grave (DeadAlive)
STREET TRASH-Demon Screams (No Class)

DISRUPTERS-The Evil Dead (Radical Change)
GG KING-Witching Hour (Rob’s House)
INFECTIONS-Zombie (Rip Off)
MUMMIES-I’m Gonna Kill My Baby Tonight (Estrus)
GBH-Necrophilia (Clay)

SONICS-The Witch (Etiquette)
MONOCLES-The Spider and the Fly (from “Pebbles Vol. 2,” ESD)
CRAMPS-Zombie Dance (Zonophone)
MONSTERS-I See Dead People (Voodoo Rhythm)
NOMADS-Where The Wolf Bane Blooms (What Goes On?)

TRACK 3

BROKEN TOYS-Smash Some Pumpkins (Trashtone)
THE FREEZE-Halloween Night (Dr. Strange)
CIRIL-Herman (Know)
UNDEAD-I Want You Dead (Stiff)
JONESES-Graveyard Rock (SFTRI)
HENRY FIAT’S OPEN SORE-Screaming Green Devil (Sin City)

MARKED MEN-Ghosts (Dirtnap)
HEX DISPENSERS-Channel 13 Is Haunted (Alien Snatch)
LEE HARVEY OSWALD BAND-Getting Wasted With the Vampires (Touch & Go)
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT-Evil Party (Headhunter)

MUCKRAKER-Ghosts (demo)
ENDTABLES-Trick Or Treat (Self-Destruct)
PERSONALITY CRISIS-Vampire’s Dream (Risky)
NIGHT BIRDS-Midnight Movies (Grave Mistake)

TRACK 4

BRAINEATERS-I, Braineater (Wrong World)
DEREK LYN PLASTIC-Vampires In Heat (Florida’s Dying)
WINKS-Trick or Treat (Super Secret)
DEAD HIPPIE-Living Dead (Pulse)
INSULTS-Zombie Lover (Brain Transplant)
TALL DWARFS-The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (Homestead)

MISFITS-Bloodfeast (Caroline)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES-Halloween (Polydor)
TSOL-Code Blue (Frontier)
FLESH EATERS-See You In The Boneyard (Ruby)
SCRATCH ACID-Monsters (Touch & Go)

DREAM SYNDICATE-Halloween (Slash)

Friday, November 2, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/22/12


I’m BAAAAACK!! Did you miss me? Our vacation in Seattle and Portland was a lot of fun. Well, the rain wasn’t a lot of fun and it rained about half the time we were out there but there was still plenty to do. I recommend checking out the EMP (Experience Music Project) in Seattle. It was nice to get together with people we don’t see all that often and I brought back a fair number of records, many of which can heard on this week’s show. I also pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Maximum Rocknroll compilation “Not So Quiet On The Western Front” by playing a whopping 10 songs in about 15 minutes.

I realize there’s a good amount of “lesser-known” bands this week and it covers a variety of musical styles (not that much straight hardcore) but I hope you’ll check them out and not just listen to the hits. Y’all might hear something you like.

Sonic Overload 10/22/12

TRACK 1

REALLY RED-I Refuse To Sing (CIA)

DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Cancer Perks (Sorry State)
TRAUMA-Killer (Feral Ward)
STRAIGHTJACKET NATION-Child Care (Iron Lung)
BI-MARKS-Sleepless (Black Water)
SHORT CHANGED-Fuck You, Fight Me (Rodent Popsicle/Goat Power Recreation)

ARCTIC FLOWERS-True Words (self-released)
RED DONS-Mauvaise Foi (Dirtnap)
NÜ SENSAE-Swim (Suicide Squeeze)
CRIATURAS-Nunca Va A Cambiar (Trabuc)

J CHURCH-Ghostwriter (Broken)
SOMETHING FIERCE-Warlords Of Information (Dirtnap)
LEGENDARY WINGS-Nachos (Dirtnap)
SOUP DRAGONS-I Know Everything (Subway)

TRACK 2

NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT compilation special (Alternative Tentacles)

INTENSIFIED CHAOS-Intensified Chaos
NO ALTERNATIVE-Dead Men Tell No Lies
CAPITOL PUNISHMENT-El Salvador
WRECKS-Punk Is An Attitude
MDC-The Only Good Cop...
MIA-New Left
FANG-Fun With Acid
DOMINO THEORY-Scare
LOS OLVIDADOS-Pay Salvation
BENT NAILS-No More Riots

POTTY MOUTH-Shithead (demo)
HOLOGRAMS-A Tower (Captured Tracks)
MEMBRANES-Everything’s Brilliant (Louder Than War)
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION-Black Mold (Bronzerat)
DELTA 5-Anticipation (Kill Rock Stars)

TRACK 3

OBN IIIS-Do My Thing (Tic Tac Totally)
FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS-Raw Dawg, Raw Deal (Wrench)
SUPERCHARGER-Don’t Mess Me Up (Estrus)
JEHOSEPHAT BLOW-I Wanna Smash Your Love (Donkeysick)
FAG COP-Fake Blood (Rank Toy)
CUSTOMS-Long Gone (Shake-It)

FOREIGN OBJECTS-Mammonism (Cut The Cord That...)
FERAL FUTURE-College (Western Medical)
BIG CRUX-Protocore ((SD)F)
BLACK WINE-Naysayer (Don Giovanni)

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-Shark Beach (Falsified)
GORILLA-Detox Man (Sub Pop)
VEE DEE-Friendly Radiation (Criminal IQ)
SERVOTRON-I Sing! The Body Cybernetic (One Louder)

TRACK 4

CHUMPS-Cop Shot (Forge)
ZEBRAS-Queeny Gloom Doom (Secret)
KABUL GOLF CLUB-Demon Days (Uproar For Veneration)
KNIFE THE SYMPHONY-Squatting Warrior (Phratry)
PENNY WINBLOOD-Give Me My Unit Back (Forge)
IKARA COLT-Bring It To Me (Epitaph)

HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE-Pound (Passport)
ANTI-PASTI-Call The Army (I’m Alive) (Dojo)
RUNAWAYS-Cherry Bomb (Mercury)
FLAMING LIPS-Talkin’ ‘Bout The Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Warner Bros.)

FLAG OF DEMOCRACY-Commercial Success (Rave)

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/8/12

Columbus Day—for the third year in a row, I start the show with a public service announcement, for which I downloaded the audio, urging people to reconsider the celebration of Columbus Day since, in essence, it’s a celebration of genocide. As with many events in history, they’ve been whitewashed and the truth obscured. I’m sure many of my beloved listeners already know about it, but you should definitely read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States for a much different take on what’s happened on this continent since 1492. And, if you’re a parent, there’s a version for younger people, as well.

I’ll be off for vacation next week and will return on 10/22. First time I’ve missed a week in four years. Why not go on the archive and check out some of the older shows while you’re waiting for the next one.

Sonic Overload 10/8/12

TRACK 1

DEFECT DEFECT-Stolen Ground (Residue)

LOS JODIDOS-500 Anos De Mentiras (from “Ratas Di Ciudad (Southkore)
LOS CRUDOS-500 Anos (Lengua Armada)
ONxALERT-Mending 500 Years (from “Bridging Oceans,” Third Party)
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME-Q: And Punks? A: And Punks (No Options)
FORWARD TO DEATH-Ask Your Doctor (Perfect Victim)
HEROIN-Undertaking (Gravity)

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-Ocean Beach Party (Falsified)
MIDNITE SNAXXX-Like Lightning (Raw Deluxe)
THROWAWAYS-Summer Song (Handsome Dan)
NARCS-R.O.T. Blood (Cowabunga)
CONTAMINATORS-Closet Junkie (Going Underground)
SLUGZ-Full Time Nothing (Cowabunga)

OFF!-I Got News For You (Vice)
SPITS-Live In A Van (Recess)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Face Jam (Sorry State)
OMEGAS-Fevered Freedom (Painkiller)
MAD MEN-Mad Men (self-released)
WHITE LOAD-Endless Bummer (Spin the Bottle)

TRACK 2

SECRET PROSTITUTES-Publikasi Prostitusi (Bad Hair Life)
KFC-Kriminalpogo (from “Bloodstains Across Germany”)
LEGIONAIRE’S DISEASE-I’d Rather See You Dead (Lunar Lab)
SLOBS-You’re A Sick Rat (from “Viva La Vinyl #3,” Dead Beat)
STRETCH MARKS-Dog’s World (Head Butt)
NIG-HEIST-Love In Your Mouth (Drag City)

BECKY LEE AND DRUNKFOOT-Lies (Voodoo Rhythm)
HANK HAINT-Problematic (Voodoo Rhythm)
ROCKET SCIENCE-Burn In Hell (Voodoo Rhythm)
MOTARDS-Put Me Down (Bag Of Basters)

DEAD BOYS-Won’t Look Back (Sire)
SUBHUMANS-Big Picture (Friends)
DEFECTS-20th Century (WXYZ)
BLITZ-Propaganda (No Future)
CRIMINAL DAMAGE-The Heat (Feral Ward)

TRACK 3

45 GRAVE-Black Cross (Goldar)
LEGAL WEAPON-Waiting In Line (Arsenal)
TUBEWAY ARMY-Blue Eyes (Beggars Banquet)
PIXIES-Break My Body (4AD)

STOCKPILE-Body Politic (Destroy Me)
HAUTE COUTURE-Haute Couture (Shogun)
DESPERAT-Vi Förstör Vår Jord (Beach Impediment)
VITAMIN X-Ready To Burn (Tankcrimes)
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S-P.R.O.B.L.E.M (Doomtown Sounds)
SOD-Kill Yourself (Megaforce)

ALLOY-Unafraid (Bitzcore)
GOD AND TEXAS-Incoming (Restless)
CIRCUS LUPUS-Pacifier (Dischord)
KEPONE-Pointless (Quarterstick)

TRACK 4

JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION-Danger (Bronzerat)
CHINESE BURNS-Kiss Fist (Windian)
CONSTANT MONGREL-Four Legs (R.I.P. Society)
AVON LADIES-Cyanide Lactater (Katorga Works)
PUFFY AREOLAS-Take My Place (HoZac)
CEREMONY-Everything Burns (Matador)

RAMONES-Commando (Sire)
CHEAP TRICK-He’s A Whore (Epic)
BIG EYES-Back From The Moon (Grave Mistake)
TENEMENT-Viscous (Cowabunga)
SUPERCHUNK-Lying In State (Merge)
FUNERAL ORATION-Dayfall (Hopeless)

RADIATORS FROM SPACE-Television Screen (Chiswick)

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/1/12

Two hours and thirteen minutes this week—more punk for your buck. Or no bucks—this is a non-profit operation. It’s pretty much a non-revenue operation but that’s OK because it’s still fun. I wanted to make sure I got in some of the newer records I might have been neglecting. And the show wraps up with one of the happiest songs you’ll ever hear. It’s a long one but I hope you’ll listen to every joyous second of that song and the rest of the show...

On a more somber note, this week’s show is dedicated to Mark Sheehan from Out Cold, who passed away two years ago today. I sure do miss him and I know I’m not alone with that thought...   

Sonic Overload 10/1/12

TRACK 1

ACCÜSED-Slow Death (Subcore)

OUT COLD-High Maintenance (ACME)
OUT COLD-Victim (Kangaroo)
WARM JETS-Diabla (ACME)
ZEITGEIST-Let’s Play House (Cobra Cabana)
NOMOS-A Weakness (Deranged)

BIRTH DEFORMITIES-Nobody Likes Me (Cowabunga)
MONSTER TRUCK FIVE-Rocket Music On (from “Cowtown Vol. 4,” Anyway)
MUKILTEO FAIRIES-Ripped Out (Kill Rock Stars)
DIPERS-Space (Omnibus)
PIRANHAS-Future Primitive (Tom Perkins)
HOSPITAL RATS-Some Kinda Love (demo)

KABUL GOLF CLUB-Bits Of Freedom (Uproar For Veneration)
GUYANA PUNCH LINE-Not Right (Prank)
FINAL SOLUTIONS-I Am The Now (Goner)
AKIMBO-Lick The Knife (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 2

DESPERAT-Bandlogga (Beach Impediment)
CITIZENS PATROL-Artificial Life (Way Back When)
NO TOMORROW-Nuclear Exposure (Sorry State)
STATE FUNERAL-The Old School Ties That Bind Us (Artcore)
FIX ME-Caciques (Sell Our Souls)
INVASION-Vida en Ruinas (La Vida Es Un Mus)

FLYIN’ TRICHECOS-Tri-Tri-Tricheco (Proud To Be Idiot)
LUBE-Smooth (demo)
REATARDS-You Got So Much Soul (Goner)
MIKE REP & THE QUOTAS-Fade Away (Siltbreeze)
LEATHER NUN-No Rule (MVG)

BULLET LAVOLTA-Baggage (Taang)
NEATS-Sometimes (Ace of Hearts)
BRENTWOODS-Doofus Stomp (Radio X)
SMOKING POPES-Not That Kind Of Girlfriend (Johann’s Face)
LYNYRD’S INNARDS-Houston, We Have A Problem (Johann’s Face)

TRACK 3

SCHOOL JERKS-Outcast (Grave Mistake)
GUNS-Shut Up (Smog Veil)
URBAN WASTE-Wasted Life (Way Back When/Even Worse)
CONDEMNED 2 DEATH-Gartland’s Pit (Grand Theft Audio)
MIA-Small Man In A Big World (Alternative Tentacles)
MORAL DECAY-America (from “Buried Alive 2,” Bomp)
IMPACT-L'Uomo Procede (E.U. '91 Produzioni)
NOTA-Summer Of ’82 (Rabid Cat)

SPITES-Cheap Beer, Fast Cars and Girls (Rip Off)
ORPHANS-XRNRX (Unity Squad)
SHARK PANTS-Shark Pants (Recess)
DIRTYS-I’m On Fire (Crypt)
DICKIES-You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla) (A&M)

NERVOUS IMPULSE-Build A Bomb (Undercurrent)
UNSANE-Scrape (Amphetamine Reptile)
JAWBOX-Lil’ Shaver (Atlantic)
TENEMENT-(Messy Endings) In Middle America (Cowabunga)

TRACK 4

GUITAR WOLF-Jet Satisfaction (Okami)
TOM & BOOT BOYS-I Wish This World Was Chaotic (Pogo 77)
WYMYNS PRYSYN-Shutes and Ladders (Statuestory)
THE REBEL-Your English (from “Remove Celebrity Centre,” Junior Aspirin)
LE SHOK-TV In My Eye (GSL)

DOTTIE DANGER-Served Two Punisher (TRVS)
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY-Shout At The Sky (Red Rhino)
FIRE PARTY-Pilate (from “State Of The Union,” Dischord)
BLUE CROSS-Punishment (Shogun)

WEDDING PRESENT-Take Me! (RCA)

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/24/12

I’m skipping the audio clips, once again. I actually had the infamous Mitt Romney speech at a fundraiser where he essentially denigrated half the people in this country, making the debunked claim that 47% of Americans don’t pay federal income tax and he also wasn’t really interested in trying to reach them. No shock, of course, and at least he’s being up front about it, although it obviously wasn’t meant for mass consumption. It was going to lead into the opening song this week, which still makes the playlist. Sing along! 
     
Sonic Overload 9/24/12

TRACK 1

ANTI-FLAG-Kill The Rich (SelfServ)

STATE FUNERAL-Between Punk Rock and a Hardcore Place (Artcore)
BAD JESUS EXPERIENCE-Teat Joista Mediät Muistetaan (Tuska & Ahdistus)
ENDLESS GRINNING SKULLS-Grovel (Viral Age)
SALVATION-Twice The Vision (Youth Attack)

HYGIENE-Hygiene (Sorry State)
VOMIT SQUAD-ABCDEFG (Psychic Handshake)
DAY CREEPER-Nervous Energy (Tic Tac Totally)
CRUDDY-Deconstruction Workers (12XU)
TOTAL CONTROL-Rogue Abortion (Castle Face)

SCHOOL JERKS-Problems (Grave Mistake)
WETBRAIN-This Never Happened (demo)
CRESS-Monuments (Flat Earth)
NO SIDE-Peckerhead Kill Kill (ACME)
CATHOLIC BOYS-Messin’ Me Up (Kryptonite)

TRACK 2

MEN’S RECOVERY PROJECT-Ronald Reagan (Gravity)
LE FACE-Piss Golden Pills (Psychic Handshake)
RHYTHM PIGS-Break New Ground (C/Z)
CRACKERBASH-A Song For Lon Mabon (Empty)
AFGHAN WHIGS-White Trash Party (Sub Pop)

MUNDO MUERTO-Politicos Falsos (Que Punk?)
POTTY MOUTH-Kids (Puzzle Pieces/Ride The Snake/Feeble Minds)
SQUIRREL BAIT-Kid Dynamite (Homestead)
WIPERS-Return of The Rat (Zeno)

RUDE KIDS-Safe Society (Distortion)
UK SUBS-Emotional Blackmail (Captain Oi)
THE TROUBLE-Panic Fit (Suburban Voice)
FIT FOR ABUSE-Leech In My Side (Crust)
THE STATE-Girl Violence (Statement)

TRACK 3

BROKEN PRAYER-WOW (Not Normal)
PUFFY AREOLAS-Not Tonight (HoZac)
HANK WOOD & THE HAMMERHEADS-Trouble (Toxic State)
THE HUSSY-Lymes (New Turk) (Slow Fizz)
TY SEGALL BAND-Slaughterhouse (In The Red)
DIGITAL LEATHER-Young Doctors In Love (FDH)

WARMERS-Red Light Runner (Dischord)
NATIVE TONGUE-Blame It On Gravity (Modern Method)
LIMBO RACE-Down and Backwards (Limborations)
ALICE DONUT-ESP (from “Something’s Gone Wrong Again,” C/Z)
RIFLE SPORT-Angel Tears (Reflex)

TRACK 4

JESUS LIZARD-The Art Of Self-Defense (Touch & Go)
CHROME CRANKS-Living/Dead (Thick Syrup)
LUBRICATED GOAT-Meating My Head (Sub Pop)
TRABANT-Insulation (New Disorder)
FOURTH ROTOR-Price Of Buying (Underground Communique)

MARCHING PLAGUE-Rock and Roll Asshole (CIA)
NOSEBLEEDS-Ain’t Bin To No Music School (Rabid)
ANXIETIES-We’re Not The Ones (Lab Rat Industries)
THE FRISK-Box Of Lead (Adeline)
SCARED OF CHAKA-Tired Of You Sick Of Me (Sub City)
RASPBERRIES-Go All The Way (Capitol)
NEW SWEET BREATH-Go Away (Mag Wheel)

MOTT THE HOOPLE-Rock and Roll Queen (Atlantic)

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/17/12

This week’s show has no particular theme—no holiday content, no political audio, no real agenda. Actually, maybe that’s not true. The last song kind of sums up what I hope this week’s show (and all of ‘em, for that matter) is—fun fun fun! Damn, that’s kind of corny. But I’m finishing this show a bit later than usual, there’s the premiere of “Boardwalk Empire” and Monday Night Football to watch so I’m keeping this short. Enjoy!

Sonic Overload 9/17/12

TRACK 1

UNDERDOG-Say It To My Face (New Beginning)

SALVATION-The Tethered Man (Youth Attack)
CEREMONY-Moving Principle (Bridge Nine)
LEATHER-Novitiate (Jade Tree)
PROLETARIAN ART THREAT-Proletarian Gospel Drive (Lean Enterprise)
VILE BODIES-Indentured (demo)

SICKOIDS-Psychic Cold War (Residue)
PEACEFUL MEADOWS-Sheep (Allied)
GHOULIES-Cross The Line (Rockstar)
KILL THE MAN WHO QUESTIONS-Remain Engaged (Cheap Art)
THE CONTROL-Head and Shoulders (+/-)

WETBRAIN-What Are We Supposed To Worship? (demo)
TYVEK-Summer Things (In The Red)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING- Memory Lane (Almost Ready)
VIDEO-Leather Leather (Play Pinball)

TRACK 2

BAD VIBES-God Damned Again (Steel Cage)
OUTNAUTS-In The Inside Flow Witch Changes As Nothing (from “A Reason For Living,” Dan-Doh)
TEENGENERATE-1979 (Crypt)
THROBBIN URGES-Under Suspicion (Dead Beat)
EASY ACTION-Get It (Reptilian)
RAW NERVE-Strychnine (Youth Attack)

SHEER TERROR-Just Can’t Hate Enough (Blackout)
VITAMIN X-Shatter The Beast (Tankcrimes)
VIOLENT MINDS-Fight Authority (Parts Unknown)
GUNS-Close Up (Smog Veil)
EVEN WORSE-Emptying The Madhouse (from “New York Thrash,” ROIR)
DEAD SILENCE-One From The Inside (Vinyl Communications)

SWORN LIARS-Krank (Big Neck)
READ YELLOW-Read Yellow (Fenway)
C.AARMÉ-Tu Puta Mi Casa (Burning Heart)
HOLOGRAMS-ABC City (Captured Tracks)

TRACK 3

TOTAL RECALL-Stabber Lee (United Shoebrothers)
PLASTIC CROSS-Grown Up Liars (Don Giovanni)
DEATH BY SNOO SNOO-Robottiati (Creative Class War)
POTTY MOUTH-Girls XL (Puzzle Pieces/Ride The Snake/Feeble Minds)
SIGNAL LOST-Blueprint For Babylon (Prank)
RAINCOATS-Fairytale In The Supermarket (DGC)

SHITTY LIMITS-Vehicle (Sorry State)
NARCS-Rat Bone (Cowabunga)
THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY-Progress (For Real) (Exit Stencil)
RED RED RED-Beyond (Big Neck)

WITCHES WITH DICKS-It’s Not Me It’s You (Kiss Of Death)
SNFU-Cannibal Cafe (BYO)
DESCENDENTS-Bikeage (New Alliance)
REZILLOS-Cold Wars (Sire)

TRACK 4

THE SYSTEM-Dogs Of War (Skuld)
THE CLEARER-Storm (Forge)
MIKA MIKO-Take Hold (Kill Rock Stars)
GIRLS AT OUR BEST-Getting Nowhere Fast (Vinyl Japan)
SAVAGE BELIEFS-Shake Your Neighbor’s Hand (from “The Middle of America Compilation,” HID)

MISSION OF BURMA-Funworld (Matador)
SOMEONE AND THE SOMEBODIES-People Are Dumb (demo)
PASSIONS-Palava (Fiction)
DEADBEAT ECHOES-Forces (Louder Than War)

BIG BOYS-Fun Fun Fun (Touch & Go)

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/10/12

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Sonic Overload 9/3/12

Labor Day already and, as is the tradition, there are plenty of songs to mark the day. Of course, last week was the Republican convention. I didn’t include any audio because I wanted to make this an enjoyable show. But, man, what a revolting group of people, from the top down, and they believe in policies that are overtly hostile to working and middle class people. Members of teachers, firefighters, police and other unions who perform invaluable public services are made to look like thugs and ingrates. Things like Medicare, Social Security, safety regulations, even civil rights regulations are on the table with some of these characters. Not that the Democrats are all that much better but they at least pay lip service to people who aren’t super-wealthy or white.

Enough of that—I have a BBQ to attend to. Next week, the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks will be noted but it’s not going to dominate the show. I think I’ve expressed my feelings on the issues surrounding the attacks and the aftermath over the years but there’ll still be a remembrance.
     
Sonic Overload 9/3/12

TRACK 1

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES-I Want More (Frontier)

PAINT IT BLACK-Labor Day (Jade Tree)
FOR THE WORSE-Working Class Myth (Rodent Popsicle)
CONCRETE FACELIFT-Early Morning Struggle (Welfare)
HEADGRENADE-Blue Collar (702)
NO MISTAKE-FBLA (demo)
BRING DOWN THE HAMMER-We Are The Machines (Know)
F-MINUS-Slave Labor (Hellcat)

NAKED HIPPY-Work (Smile Or Die)
HYGIENE-Office Job (La Vida Es Un Mus)
SUNSHINE SS-Another Day Another Dollar (Sacred Plague)
PINK LINCOLNS-I’ve Got My Tie On (Stiff Pole)
RANDY-I Don’t Wanna Work (Burning Heart)
WRETCHED ONES-Working Man (Headache)

ICON GALLERY-Broken Idols (Dear Skull)
DRY HUMP-Everybody Loves You (Cowabunga)
SLICES-Still Cruising/Trying To Make A Living (Iron Lung)
TV FREAKS-Co-Worker Blues (Schizophrenic)

TRACK 2

NEGATIVE DEGREE-Service Industry (Offside)
REAGAN SS-Hard Work (Gloom)
RAT BYTE-My Boss Is A Jerk (FNS/Party Time)
ACID REFLUX-Customers Fuck Off (No Way)
GOVERNMENT WARNING-Slave Labor (Feral Ward)
NEW BOMB TURKS-Born Toulouse-Lautrec (Crypt)
NUBS-Job (from “Killed By Death #5”)

POTTY MOUTH-Hazardville (Puzzle Pieces/Ride The Snake/Feeble Minds)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-Fable (Cut The Cord)
MÜLLTÜTE-Pest (Heartfirst)
INSUBORDINATES-1968 (Feral Kid)
BRAIN HANDLE-Overdriven (Fashionable Idiots)
ANNIHILATION TIME-Get A Job (Tee Pee)

SEX PISTOLS-Did You No Wrong (Virgin)
STRIKE UNDER-Fucking Uniforms (from “Busted At Oz,” Autumn)
BLACK FLAG-Clocked In (SST)
MDC-I Hate Work (RRadical)
THE PIST-Black and Blue Collar (Elevator)

TRACK 3

MARGINAL MAN-Missing Rungs (Dischord)
SUBHUMANS-Get To Work On Time (Bluurg)
ARTICLES OF FAITH-Five O’Clock (Reflex)
MAGAZINE-Model Worker (Virgin)

PUFFY AREOLAS-1982 (HoZac)
BITS OF SHIT-Rock Sing (Homeless)
FAG COP-Nailed It To The Cross (Rank Toy)
HANK WOOD & THE HAMMERHEADS-Go Home (Toxic State)
OOGA BOOGAS-I Can’t Clear My Name (Aarght!)
UV RACE-UV Race (Almost Ready)

INSERVIBLES-Comedia-Perdicion (SPHC)
ZEBRAS-The Mighty Bayonet (Secret)
CLAW TOE-Geriatric Stalker (Criminal IQ)
CONDOMINIUM-Teeth (self-released)

TRACK 4

SORRY-Stop (Homestead)
PULSES-Factory (Dirtnap)
FUSES-At Least You’re Getting Paid (American Punk)
MEKONS-Work All Week (Virgin)
MINUTEMEN-This Ain’t No Picnic (SST)
GANG OF FOUR-I Found That Essence Rare (Infinite Zero)

DILLINGER FOUR-Super Powers Enable Me To Blend In With Machinery (Hopeless)
THE STRIKE-Kicking Ass (Johann’s Face)
STIFFS, INC.-Work Work Work (Onion)
SWINGIN UTTERS-Petty Wage (New Red Archives)
STRANGLEHOLD-Corridor Girls (Taang)

BORN AGAINST-Well Fed Fuck (Kill Rock Stars)

Friday, September 7, 2012

Sonic Overload 8/27/12

Plenty to talk about this week, right from the outset—Republican Congressman Todd Akin, who’s running for Senator in Missouri, shows some tremendous ignorance about women’s reproductive systems, as well as regressive viewpoints on the matter of reproductive choice and the latter applies quite a few other Republicans, as well. Meanwhile, their white pride rally, uh, convention happens in Tampa this week and it appears as though they’ve dodged a bullet as tropical storm Isaac will be missing them. I guess God’s looking out for them, unlike those heathen in New Orleans. I recall that when Hurricane Katrina hit that city, Pat Robertson said it was God’s punishment for abortion. Unfortunately, as I type this, it looks like New Orleans is going to get nailed by this storm, as well. So, yeah, I talk about politics a little more this week, but you’ll be happy to know it still doesn’t dominate the show—but I might as well take advantage of my punk rock soapbox.

Sonic Overload 8/27/12

TRACK 1

DEAD VIRGINS-Rape Capitol Hill (from “Something In The Water,” Under The Volcano)

CÜLO-Brain Cavity (Deranged)
SCHOOL JERKS-Nothing Else (Riff Raff)
NO MISTAKE-Crossed Words (self-released)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE-No, I Won’t (Side Two)
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT-The Good Times Are Killing Me (Nation Of Finks)
SNOBS-Control (My War)

WHITE PAGES-Forever Unclean (Can’t Stand Ya!)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-Wasting Time (Razorcake)
NARCS-Slime (Cowabunga)
SLUGZ-Empty Space (Cowabunga)
STREET TRASH-Five Dirty Fingers (No Class)
CELIBATE RIFLES-Jesus On TV (What Goes On)

GUNS-I’m Not Right (Red Hour/Smog Veil)
DIE KRUEZEN-Don’t Say Please (Touch & Go)
AGENT ORANGE-Your Mother Sucks Cocks In Hell (Kangaroo)
YOUTH BRIGADE-Snow Job (Recollect)
TOXIC NARCOTIC-People Suck (Rodent Popsicle)
CHRISTMAS-Dig We Must (demo)

TRACK 2

MENSTRUAL TRAMPS-Pro-Choice (self-released)
INSERVIBLES-Pepenadores (La Vida Es Un Mus)
MERDA-Efedrina (Sound Pollution)
CRAZY SPIRIT-Bricks (Toxic State)
PERSUADERS-Low Life (Savage)
WOVEN BONES-Your Way With My Life (HoZac)

BIRTH DEFORMITIES-Mentally Damaged (Cowabunga)
DICTADURA-Talk It’s Your Thing (Stomp)
MODERN PETS-Alert! Alert! (P. Trash)
RIKK AGNEW-OC Life (Frontier)
NIGHT BIRDS-Killer Waves (Grave Mistake)

THOSE UNKNOWN-Cries Of A Nation (TKO)
CRAMPS-The Crusher (IRS)
FLYING LIZARDS-TV (Virgin)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Fuck You, Norway (Pogostick)

TRACK 3

ANGST-Neil Armstrong (Happy Squid) in memory of Neil Armstrong

STRANGLERS-Rok It To The Moon (IRS)
THE STALIN-Reizoku (Political)
THE MISS-Game Set Match (Morphius)
FOUR ROSE SOCIETY-Hotel Sarajevo (Whitehouse)

FOREIGN OBJECTS-Mammonism (Cut The Cord)
WHITE LUNG-Bunny (Deranged)
CROSS STITCHED EYES-We Follow (Alternative Tentacles)
NÜ SENSAE-Curdle The Cream (Suicide Squeeze)
TUB-Charles Murray (Redd)

REPLACEMENTS-Fuck School (Twin-Tone)
WRECKS-High School Anthem (demo)
SCROUNGERS-A Good Solid Education (self-released)
VAINS-School Jerks (from “Killed By Death #9”)
THE FALL-Hey! Student (Matador)

TRACK 4

CONTORTIONS-Contort Yourself (PVC)
PLUGZ-A Gain - A Loss (Restless)
PLATES-Salvation (Big Neck)
CHELSEA-Decide (Step Forward)

OUTSIDERS-Calling On Youth (Gift Of Life)
DEPARTMENT S-Going Left Right (Stiff)
ROMEO VOID-White Sweater (415)
RUTS DC-Formula Eyes (Virgin)

HEAVEN 17-(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang (Virgin)

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Sonic Overload 8/20/12

Three members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot were found guilty last week of “of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” and sentenced to two years in prison. The story has been getting a lot of coverage in the world press and sparked protests since their arrest earlier this year. I’d been checking on it sporadically but hadn’t mentioned it on the show until now (maybe I should have done it sooner but I digress...)

Pussy Riot are generally referred to as a band but someone told me it’s better to refer to them as an activist/performance art/protest group with a rotating membership. I’m not going to rehash things here but do include a brief clip from Democracy Now that gives a general overview. Some recordings have popped up on YouTube, including the one that starts this week’s show and I play another one at the top of the last segment. Even if there wasn’t any notoriety surrounding them, this is music I’d still be likely to play on the show. In other words, it stands on its own merits. In fact, it’s probably too abrasive for a more “mainstream” punk and rock audience—which is fine with me. And, of course, regardless of the style of music they play or whatever performances they engage in, it’s still a basic matter of free speech.

So let’s hope that they’ll be freed before the completion of the full two years (they’ve already served five months since their arrest) but I have my doubts that the Russian government will be moved. And let this situation also act as a cautionary tale to protect our own free speech rights and civil liberties in this country... rights that have been increasingly under attack in the name of the so-called “war on terror”...

Almost 2 ¼ hours of music this week... and I still had to put aside records to play next week!

Sonic Overload 8/20/12

TRACK 1

PUSSY RIOT-Putin Lights Up The Fires (MP3)

LIBYANS-We’re Coming (Upstate Chamber of Commerce)
PUPPY MILL-Casual Friday (demo)
RED THREAD-Cracked (Shock To The System)
FUTURO-Destroi Voce (Nada Nada)
NÜ SENSAE-Spit Gifting (Suicide Squeeze)
LES BATON ROUGE-Velvet Barbed Wire (Elevator)

SLUGZ-The Hourglass (Cowabunga)
NARCS-Long Hot Summer (Cowabunga)
SLIMY CUNT AND THE FIST FUCKS-I Don’t Belong (Patac)
CIDER-Authority (Painkiller)
9 SHOCKS TERROR-Razorwire (Havoc)
ANTISEEN-Hippy Punk (TKO)
HOOKERS-Satan’s Highway (Crypt)

TRACK 2

TOTAL RECALL-Taxi Driver (United Shoebrothers)
BIRTH DEFORMITIES-You Can’t Catch Me (Cowabunga)
PLASTIC CROSS-Plastic Hearts (Don Giovanni)
HOAX-Dead Weight (Katorga Works)
PANIC-Fall On Proverb (Bridge Nine)
NERVE AGENTS-Days Of The White Owl (Revelation)

RATIONAL ANIMALS-Gabrielle (Cowabunga)
CRANK-Bodies (self-released)
SHARDS-Suicide (Sorry State)
CELEBRITY ROAST-Dogmatic For The People (Creep)
MALE BONDING-All Things This Way (Sub Pop)

ROLLERBALL-Savage Eyes (Sing Sing)
BUSHPIG-Speedy’s Splitting Skin (PGK)
EPILEPTICS-1970’s Have Been Made In Hong Kong (Dr. Strange)
PART 1-Incest (Pusmort)

TRACK 3

P-NISSARNA-Jugend (Swedish Punk Classics)
SHEMPS-Do The Karate (Reservation)
VECTORS-Don’t Need Nothing (Busted Heads)
FLIPSHIT-End It All (Reel Time)
BOMBER-Go & Tell (demo)
NEGATIVE FX-Feel Like A Man (Taang)

SUPER FRISKY-Feel One Time (Burai Core)
RAPPA-Kakusei (demo)
RUIN-UK Death Squad (Agipunx)
SPAZM 151-Frozen World (Busted Heads)
WORLD//TRIBE-Broken Head (PunkAlive)
NEW REALITY-Taxidriver Igor (from “World Hardcore Punk Compilation,” Too Circle)

VITAMINS-Carry-Overs (demo)
LA PESTE-You’re Too Cute (Matador)
NUNS-Gettin’ Straight (demo)
TOOLS-Hard Wark (Subterranean)
FLIPPER-Living For The Depression (Subterranean)

TRACK 4

PUSSY RIOT-Kropotkin-Vodka (MP3)
BLACK BUG-Shard Of Glass (HoZac)
THEORETICAL GIRLS-Lovin’ In The Red (Acute)
LIARS-Grown Men Don’t Fall In The River, Just Like That (Blast First)
NO AGE-Cappo (Sub Pop)
FACTUMS-Don Quixote (Sacred Bones)

FLASH-Small Beginnings (Capitol)
SWINGERS RESORT-Movies (Swinging Singles)
THE FREEZE-I Hate Tourists (Dr. Strange)
O LEVEL-Pseudo Punk/O Levels (Rev-Ola)
FUNERAL-Ant Trap (Grand Theft Audio)

KILLING JOKE-Exit (EG)

Friday, August 24, 2012

Sonic Overload 8/13/12

Another long show with a bit over ten minutes of “overtime” but I had plenty I wanted to get it. The politics are eschewed this week. Instead, there’s a tribute to the 35th anniversary of Elvis “leaving the building,” so to speak. I also mark the 30th anniversary of the Process of Elimination tour hitting Boston, at the Gallery East, by playing all the bands who were on that incredible show. Not that I’m rubbing in the fact I got to see it. OK, maybe a little.

Sonic Overload 8/13/12

TRACK 1

FLESH EATERS-Radio Dies Screaming (Upsetter)

YOUTH OF TODAY-Expectations (Positive Force)
ALONE IN A CROWD-Is Anybody There? (Flux)
BL’AST-Break It Down (Wishingwell)
HAMMERHEAD-Louse (Amphetamine Reptile)
BLUE CROSS-Calling Combatants (Shogun)

SENZA TREGUA-Non C’e Tempo (Prohibited Projects)
ANXIETY-Stop Breeding (Social Napalm)
PEACE OR ANNIHILATION-Killing Continues (Shogun)
KROMOSOM-Swine Control (Hardcore Victim)
ANTI CIMEX-Warmachine (Distortion)

MIND SPIDERS-Wait For Us (Dirtnap)
TELECOMMANDE-Telecommande (demo)
STITCHES-I Can’t Do Anything (Vinyl Dog)
SMOGTOWN-Neighborhood Brat (Disaster)

TRACK 2

TALES OF TERROR-Hound Dog (CD Presents)

FORGOTTEN REBELS-Elvis Is Dead (Star)
DEAD KENNEDYS-Viva Las Vegas (Cherry Red)
SAINTS-Kissin’ Cousins (EMI)
FIENDS-Riot In The Men’s Room (Bemisbrain)
DARVOCETS-Space Shuttle (Painkiller)

BROWN SUGAR-Brown Eyed Girl/Copper Helicopter (Feeble Minds/Feral Kid)
TV FREAKS-Hobby (Schizophrenic)
FAGGOT-Fuck You America (Selfish Satan)
ZODIAC KILLERS-Genetic Mutation (Rip Off)
HANK HAINT-Thunderbird Esq (Voodoo Rhythm)

NECROS-IQ 32 (Touch & Go)
NEGATIVE APPROACH-Lost Cause (Touch & Go)
MEATMEN-Meatmen Stomp (Touch & Go)
MCDONALD’S-Miniature Golf (from “Process Of Elimination EP,” Touch & Go)
GANG GREEN-Sold Out (Taang)
DYS-Wolfpack/Bible (Taang)
DOGMATICS-Hardcore Rules (Homestead)

TRACK 3

ARCTIC FLOWERS-Crusaders + Banshees (Inimical)
RANK/XEROX-Stairs (self-released)
RAT COLUMNS-Death Is Leaving Me (SmartGuy)
NO SIR I WON’T-No More Poetry (demo)
NU SENSAE-Dust (Suicide Squeeze)

RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE-Thirty-Eight Milligrams (Gloom)
PATIENT ZERO-How Can We Expect To Change The World When We’re Surrounded By Fucking Idiots? (Holy Shit)
ALLERGIC TO WHORES-Isolated (Sound Pollution)
CROWN ROAST-Swarm Of Shit (Unclean)
SLUG-Borax (from “Jabberjaw: Good To The Last Drop,” Mammoth)

RAM JAM-Black Betty (Epic)
RIKKI & LAST DAYS OF EARTH-Victimized (DJM)
THE EXILE-Disastermovie (from “Streets,” Beggars Banquet)
ALTERNATIVE TV-Why Don’t You Do Me Right? (Cherry Red)

TRACK 4

GARBAGE STRIKE-Elvis In The Army (demo)
HANK WOOD & THE HAMMERHEADS-It’s Hard On The Street (Toxic State)
NICE FACE-You’re So Dramatic (HoZac)
CONSTANT MONGREL-Be Crystal (R.I.P. Society)
REPORTS-Turnaround (Ride The Snake)
COLIN NEWMAN-Order For Order (Beggars Banquet)

COLORS OUT OF TIME-Rock Section (Grand Theft Audio)
ANGRY SAMOANS-You Stupid Asshole (Triple X)
CIRCLE JERKS-What’s Your Problem? (Frontier)
MIGHTY IONS-Time To Get Outta This Place (Dino)
LEPER-Mums (from “A Wicked Good Time, Volume Two,” Modern Method)

TH’ FAITH HEALERS-Reptile Smile (Too Pure)

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Sonic Overload 8/6/12

A little bit of chicken talk at the top of the third segment, concerning Chick-fil-A and the controversy concerning their homophobic founder Dan Cathy. Enough energy has been expended already so I keep it to a minimum. Incidentally, the “kiss-in” I mentioned was the one involving same sex couples that happened at the restaurants this past Friday (the “appreciation day” was last Wednesday). Bottom line—it’s unlikely communities can block them from opening but customers can “vote with their feet,” so to speak. I’ll stay away...

The hot/humid weather we’ve had the past several days has finally subsided a bit. I guess that means I can hopefully wear more clothing when I do the show next week although I did resist the temptation to record this week’s installment in my underwear. I really did do that a few years ago, by the way.  No pictures (sorry—or, more accurately, thank God!)

Sonic Overload 8/6/12

TRACK 1

ADOLESCENTS-Kids Of The Black Hole (Frontier)

HANK WOOD & THE HAMMERHEADS-It’s Murder (Toxic State)
CONSTANT MONGREL-Cyclone Yasi (R.I.P Society)
TIMMY’S ORGANISM-Monster Walk (In The Red)
CARBONAS-Forget Me (Champagne Velvet)
DIRTBOMBS-Stuck In Thee Garage (In The Red)
TOTAL ABUSE-Masked Killer (Post Present Medium)

GIT SOME-Exhaustion = Feracity (Alternative Tentacles)
CRANK-The OrganGrinder (self-released)
ZEBRAS-The Dirty Dice (Secret)
YOUR ADVERSARY-Plan For Long Term Growth (Create A Villain Of Your Own)
WRANGLER BRUTES-Driving (Kill Rock Stars)
POOR LILY-Third Rail (self-released)

TRACK 2

NO USE FOR A NAME-Exit (Fat) in memory of Tony Sly
THE FACET-Things You Hate (Not Bad)
SULTANS-Heartbreaker (Swami)
CRIMINAL CODE-Empty Bodies (self-released)
WHITE LUNG-Dead Beat (Alternative Tentacles)

LAST IN LINE-I Quit (ACME)
TOTAL FURY-I Win, You Lose (Dan-Doh)
RAT BASTARDS-Contaminated Minds (Will E. Survive)
BUKKAKE BOYS-Never Change (Sorry State)
BAD AMERICAN-Blink (Bad Recordings)
NECRACEDIA-Suburban Death Machine (Wreck-Age)

PISSED JEANS-Little Sorrell (Parts Unknown)
RED TAPE-Dogfite (New Age)
CATHETERS-Been There Before (Sub Pop)
FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS-Tick Tick Tick (Dead Beat)
SCRAPING FOETUS OFF THE WHEEL-Lust For Death (Some Bizarre)

TRACK 3

TRASHIES-Get Daddy A Chicken Sandwich (The Party’s Over)

HAUTE COUTURE-Hello Finn (Shogun)
LÖGNHALSMOTTAGNINGEN-Information Overload (Kenrock)
FLIPSHIT-Stoop Rock (Reel Time)
IMPERIALIST PIGS-Cherub Rock (Fatal Erection)
ACTION SWINGERS-I Don’t Want To Be This Way (Repitilian)

NEO CONS-High Anxiety (Deranged)
MALE NURSES-GI Jock (Cowabunga)
KRUNCHIES-Ugly Inside (SouthKore)
FERAL BABIES-Thought Replacer (Rigid)
USELESS EATERS-The Moves (Jolly Dream)

CRAZY SPIRIT-Baseball Bat/You (Toxic State)
SWELL MAPS-Let’s Build A Car (Mute)
PENETRATION-Shout Above The Noise (Vigin)
URINALS-Sex (Warning Label)

TRACK 4

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK-Enola Gay (Virgin)
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN-Heaven Up Here (Sire)
ART YARD-The Law (Ride The Snake)
BOYS LIFE-It Came From Here (Seco)

NOTHING COOL-Rich Kid (Dummyup)
PONY-Prizefighter  (Homestead)
SWIRLIES-Didn’t Understand (Taang)
LYRES-Ain’t Going Nowhere (Ace of Hearts)
MUTANTS-Monster Of Love (White Noise)

RUBINOOS-Rock and Roll Is Dead (Beserkley)

Friday, August 10, 2012

Sonic Overload 7/30/12

So let’s see, what’s going on in the world? The Olympics started with a rather over-the-top opening ceremony although I did kind of like the tribute to the National Health Service i.e. state-run health care. I can only imagine what the right wing assholes had to say about that. I watched parts of it and was happy to hear Mud’s “Tiger Feet” used in the musical medley but pissed that they cut away to break just as the Pistols’ “Pretty Vacant” was about to start and let’s not forget the incessant, inane yammering of the NBC announcers.
   
In the meantime, Mitt Romney continues to make a complete fool of himself and there’s an increasing call for a boycott of Chick-Fil-A, since their founder is a homophobic piece of shit who donates money to anti-gay organizations. The chicken chain is looking into opening a store in Boston and the city’s mayor, Tom Menino, is trying to stop it. That’s probably not legal but I still love the fact he did that.

Sonic Overload 7/30/12

TRACK 1

FLUX OF PINK INDIANS-Tube Disaster (One Little Indian)

VILE-Overload (unreleased)
NIGHT STALKERS-Stabbed In The Mouth (Who Cares)
DRY HUMP-Mein Herr (Cowabunga)
NO TIME LEFT-Wartime Economy (Third x Party)
BURNING SENSATION-I Feel Disgust (Vertex)
ALLIGATORS-Song 1 (Bridge Nine)
PLASTIC CROSS-Totalitarian Eclipse Of The Heart (Don Giovanni)

WALLS-Making A Deal With Death (Iron Lung)
KIM PHUC-Heathens (Iron Lung)
CRANK-Sour (self-released)
PIGS-Whitewash (Solar Flare)

CRAZY SPIRIT-Troll (Toxic State)
AORTAORTA-More Than Happy (Tuska & Ahdistus)
OMATIC-Slow Ass Cadillac (Grass)
ONE TON SHOTGUN-Police Navidad (Atomic Action)

TRACK 2

O INIMIGO-Imaginario Absoluto (Nada Nada)
SLEEPWALL-Sleepwalkers (Toxic Pop)
CANCER BRIDES-Return (Brass Jacket)
SEX MANIACS-Dollars (Manic Ride)

COPS-Extra Passenger (Rob’s House)
NITAD-Vem Ska Man Lita Pa? (Mourningwood)
FUTURO-Maos Atadas (Nada Nada)
NIGHTBRINGER-Fight Like Hell (self-released)
SUPER FRISKY-The Gold-Bug (Burai-Core)
SELFISH-I Wanna Feel Some (Feral Ward)

DCBR-Let Them Eat Bikes (self-releaed)
PAPER DRAGONS-Fool Me Twice (demo)
WELFARE-Turn The Heat On (Rocknroll Blitzkrieg)
SUGARFREAKS-Snake Bite (VML)
BORN LIARS-Get Out Of Denver (Cutthroat)

TRACK 3

FLIPSHIT-Amerika (Reel Time)
UTAH JAZZ-Contact Low (Feral Kid)
INTELLECTUALS-Identity (Dead Beat)
DA MORONICS-Neutron Bomb (self-released)
TUSCADERO-Just My Size (Teen Beat)

OFF!-King Kong Brigade (Vice)
BREAKFAST-Way Home (625)
SAY BOK GWAI-Lazy (Monkey King)
RUDIMENTARY PENI-Sacrifice (Corpus Christi)
TAR BABIES-Native Son (Bone-Air)
DICKS-Rich Daddy (Alternative Tentacles)

ZEBRAS-The Mighty Bayonet (Secret)
PESD-Blyski (Prank)
LILIEDUGG-Fetish (Oh Yeah!)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-Alone (Dead Oceans)

TRACK 4

FOREIGN OBJECTS-Look Around (Vinyl Rites)
DAVILA 666-Patitas (In The Red)
KAKKA-HÄTÄ-77-Elama On Huora (Combat Rock Industry)
TUBERS-High Tide It’s Inside (No Idea)
MUNG-Red Light (Big Rig)
POSIES-Grant Hart (DGC)

X-Home Is Where The Floor Is (Rocknroll Blitzkrieg)
X-X-You’re Full Of Shit (Drome)
BIZARROS-Young Girls At Market (Mercury)
INSTANTS-The Need (from “Rocky Mountain Low,” Hyperpycnal)
WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER-Dirty Eddie (Northeastern)

GIRLS-Jeffrey I Hear You (Hearthan)

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Sonic Overload 7/23/12

No words I write here could ever convey the horror of the events in Aurora, CO a few nights ago. 12 people dead, over 50 people wounded in a shooting rampage at a movie theatre. And I also don’t know if what I did say after the first song, concerning the availability of firearms and the ongoing debate over “gun control,” was well-expressed. The thing is there are quick reactions from those who think any sort of firearms should be available, including assault weapons, and there are those who want more controls on or the outright abolition of gun ownership. My own feelings are mixed and perhaps somewhere in the mushy middle of the spectrum. In the meantime, it’s another episode of senseless violence and one wonders what can be done to prevent this from happening again. The sad truth is it probably will happen again. And I don’t think any one person or group has the solution.

But it’s not all doom and gloom for the next two hours—if you look at the playlist, I think you’ll see that’s the case. Time for some punk rock therapy...   

Sonic Overload 7/23/12

TRACK 1

BRAND NEW UNIT-Guns For Everyone (Creative Man)

TIMMY’S ORGANISM-Poor and Bored (In The Red)
RUNNING-Asshole Savant (Captcha)
TOKYO STORM WARNING-Misery Antenna (Mind/No Mind)
1980-Ajassa Tapahtuu (Johanna)
NEU!-After Eight (Astralwerks)

HAUTE COUTURE-Act Your Age (Shogun)
SPEED KILLS-O Culto Insano (Nada Nada)
TASTE THE FLOOR-Less Bullshit On Songs Lyrics (Running Riot)
ZEKE-Let’s Get Drugs (Epitaph)
ADRENALIN OD-Suburbia (Grand Theft Audio)
NEGATIVE ELEMENT-Dough Boy (Version Sound)
VIOLENT ANAL DEATH-Hungry Hungry Hippos (Roachender)
PUSSY GALORE-Cunt Tease (Caroline)

TRACK 2

APB-Chain Reaction (Oily)
HEX DISPENSERS-Evil Eye (Alien Snatch)
A FRAMES-Nuclear (S-S)
BLOW UP-You Got Sound (Empty)

SENZA TREGLIA-Forza Nuova In Fiamme (Prohibited Products)
VENENO LENTO-Andando Pela City (Nada Nada)
INOCENTES-Apenas Conto I Que Eu Vi (Nada Nada)
HEAD OF SKULLS-No Foolin’ (Past/Futures)
NO CHOICE-If Logic’s First (We’re Coming Second) (Newest Industry)

CITY-X-Politi-Militaer (Grand Theft Audio)
SOCIAL SUICIDE-Born Again (from “Mixed Nuts Don’t Crack,” Crackle)
EFFIGIES-No Progress (Touch & Go)
DXA-New Right (demo)
IMPACT UNIT-Nightstalker (Big Rig)
GUN CLUB-Devil In The Woods (from “Keats Rides A Harley,” Happy Squid)

TRACK 3

THE MARX-She’s Got A Manifesto (Hammer and Sickle)
SWINGIN’ NECKBREAKERS-Take Your Life (Telstar)
BRAIN CAR-Rules + Regulations (Reel Time)
KALEMARIS-Staldfræseren (Scanfolk)

RAW NERVES-Time To Disintegrate (Inimical)
STRIPMINES-Get Away From Me (Sorry State)
NEEDLES-Twisted Vision (Lengua Armada)
BRAIN KILLER-Controlled Reality (Vinyl Rites)

SUPER FRISKY-No (Burai Core)
HUMAN TOILET-Giuliani Time (Black Thirteen)
SLICES-Greensleeves (Iron Lung)
FADING OUT-Shadows (Palace)
DEATH-Freakin Out (Drag City)

TRACK 4

DI-Guns (Triple X)
CHANNEL 3-Mannequin (Posh Boy)
SIN 34-Children Shall Not Be Heard (Spinhead)
ANTHRAX-Prime To Pension (Crass)
ELECTRIC DEADS-Fish In A Pool (Noise and Distortion)
ANGST-Die Fighting (Bemisbrain)

SUBS-Gimme Your Heart (Stiff)
GENERATION X-No No No (Chrysalis)
SHAM 69-Tell Us The Truth (Sire)
PROFESSIONALS-The Magnificent (Virgin)
EXPLODING HEARTS-Making Teenage Faces (Dirtnap)

LOST SOUNDS-Don’t Turn Around (Empty)

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Sonic Overload 7/16/12

We’re in the midst of a heat wave although today wasn’t quite as bad—I kept the door open and the fan running and that kept it relatively comfortable. I sometimes wonder if my neighbors ever catch a glimpse of what I’m doing or know what even goes on in here. You all know exactly what I’m doing--evil plotting, an ongoing subversion of people’s psyches through the devious tool of punk rock. Nah, I’m not that clever.

I revisit my teenage years a bit, once again, with a trio of 70s era songs, one of them a last-minute addition—Deep Purple’s “Fireball,” played in memory of their longtime keyboard player Jon Lord, who I found out had passed away just before I started recording the show. I’d also like to dedicate this week’s show, once again, in memory of Jeff “Jef Leppard” Davis, who played guitar in Voetsek and was also in STFU, who are played this week. He was killed in a motorcycle accident last month and his wife Nikki was badly injured.

Two hours and thirteen minutes, this week. Will I hit the 2 ¼ hour mark next week? You’ll just have to listen to find out...

Sonic Overload 7/16/12

TRACK 1

MOTÖRHEAD-Tales Of Glory (Bronze)

HOLOGRAMS-Memories Of Sweat (Captured Tracks)
COFFIN PRICKS-Group Home Haircut (Stationary Heart)
TV GHOST-Bastille (In The Red)
HENTCHMEN-Automatic (Italy)

WATCH YOUR BACK-Cause Of Death (self-released)
BAD AMERICAN-The Jumper (Bad Recordings)
SOMETHING IN THE WATER-Where Is The Honesty (Politically Corrupt)
DERROTA-Dual (Trabuc)
STFU-Fuck Hardcore (Burnt Ramen/Rodent Popsicle)

THE WALL-Exchange (Captain Oi)
GENRAL FOODZ-Be So Funny (Destiny)
BROKEN IDOLS-Life Sux (demo)
STALAG 13-Conditioned (Dr. Strange)
AGRESSION-Intense Energy (from “Someone Got Their Head Kicked In,” BYO)
DEADLINE-ICA (Peterbilt)
CODE OF HONOR-Fight Or Die (Subterranean)

TRACK 2

BURNING ITCH-Dead End Street (Tic Tac Totally)
GERM ATTAK-Life In Exile (Loud Punk)
BI-MARKS-Throw Away The World (Mata La Musica)
SUBCLINIX-Exterminate Myself (demo)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-Wasting Time (Razorcake)
HUE AND CRY-Just So You Know (from “California Thrash Demolition,” 625)

CHARM CITY SUICIDES-The Worst (Vermin Scum)
BAD ADVICE-Do Not Resuscitate (Grave Mistake)
TIMEBOMBS-Strife (Flat Black)
CLUSTERFUCK-Eek! Eek!/Not So Bright, Not So Smart (Computer Crime)
BUKKAKE BOYS-Cleanse/Isolation (Sorry State)
DRY HUMP-Fist Your Heroes (Cowabunga)

LOVE BATTERY-Between The Eyes (Sub Pop)
360’S-Illuminated (Link)
27 VARIOUS-Turn On and On (Clean)
SPOON-Anticipation (Mag Wheel)

TRACK 3

DEEP PURPLE-Fireball (Warner Bros.) in memory of Jon Lord
OIL-Ban The Forbidden Beat (Coalition)
SMARTUT KAHOL LAVAN-Amok Hygiene (Boshet)
COPS-Glowing Tubes Tell The Truth (Rob’s House)
CEREMONY-Citizen (Matador)

NITAD-Rastlös Och Vild (Mourningwood)
CREEM-The Bricks (Katorga Works)
INSERVIBLES-Asfixia (Shogun)
RUNNING-I Can’t Believe I’m Alive (Captcha)
CRAZY SPIRIT-Train (Toxic State)
CROSS STITCHED EYES-Suffocation (Alternative Tentacles)

BRAINIAC-Smack Bunny Baby (Grass)
DEVO-Blockhead (Warner Bros.)
GROUND ZERO-Cybernetic War (self-released)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES-Christine (Polydor)

TRACK 4

NERVEBREAKERS-My Girlfriend Is A Rock (Get Hip)
FAST CARS-The Kids Just Wanna Dance (Detour)
NASTY FACTS-Drive My Car (Jimboco)
STIMULATORS-Loud Fast Rules (from “Back To Front, Vol. 1”)
DOUCE VIOLENCE-Flash (Vogue)

CLAW TOE-Panic Attack (Criminal IQ)
FOLDED SHIRT-15 Year Old Kids (Fashionable Idiots)
FANCY-Wild Thing (Big Tree)
HOLLIES-Long Cool Woman (Epic)

URBAN VERBS-In the Heat (Warner Bros.)

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Sonic Overload 7/9/12

Back to the regular programming this week and there’s also a respite from the brutal weather around here. I know that hasn’t been the case in many parts of the country so I hope you’re managing to keep cool. This show probably won’t help you do that, though... yuk yuk yuk. OK, I’ll stop with groan-worthy phrases. Another “overtime” show this week, clocking in at just over 2 hours and 11 minutes and I had to save some songs for next week, as well.

Sonic Overload 7/9/12

TRACK 1

USERS-Sick Of You (Raw)

DRY HUMP-Everybody Loves You (Cowabunga)
MALE NURSES-Wanna Play Doctor? (Cowabunga)
CREEM-Think Twice (Katorga Works)
NIGHT STALKERS-Fuck All Night (Who Cares)
RAPPA-Jigokunoparty (demo)

PROSTHETICS-When Life’s Got You Down (self-released)
HUMAN TOILET-The Flirt (Black Thirteen)
OUTDOORSMEN-Stink Up The Bathroom (Psychic Handshake)
GG KING-Acid (Rob’s House)
FAMILY CURSE-Last Days (Drawing Room)

BRAIN KILLER-War/Protest (Vinyl Rites)
STOCKPILE-The Fear (Destroy Me)
EFFLEXUS-Desolation (Radical Punks)
VAASKA-Contra El Racismo (HeartFirst)
AMERICAN CHEESBURGER-1020’s Sweet Moves (No Idea)
DESTINO FINAL-Volvar a Empazar (La Vide Es Un Mus)

TRACK 2

OVERKILL-Hell’s Getting Hotter (SST)
RHINO 39-Prolixin Stomp (Nickel and Dime)
CONTROLLERS-Another Day (Dionysus)
WHIPPING BOY-Radio Active Earth (Grand Theft Audio)
SILVERFISH-Pink and Lovely (Touch & Go)

MISSION OF BURMA-7’s (Fire)
WHITE LUNG-St. Dad (Deranged)
THE INTELLIGENCE-Sailor Itch (In The Red)
DIVISION OF LAURA LEE-Evil Out Of Me (Unter Schafen)

POLES-CN Tower (Nimbus 9)
MANIACS-Chelsea 77 (United Artists)
THE TABLE-Sex Cells (Chiswick)
NEW HEARTS-Just Another Teenage Anthem (CBS)

TRACK 3

RIISTETYT-Elintilaa (Havoc)
THE ABUSED-Loud and Clear (Abused Music)
ANTIDOTE-Life As One (Antidote)
REST IN PIECES-The Spooky Song (Incas)
SAVAGE CIRCLE-Kill Corps (Big City)
FITS-Man At Dawn (Get Back)
EXILED-Artificial Friend (Fountain Of Youth)
ABORTION SQUAD-Your Kind (Who Cares)

NITAD-Raggare Is Still A Bunch Of Motherfuckers (Mourningwood)
BAD DADDIES-Sargent Shriver (CDR/Finch)
UTAH JAZZ-Seeing The Eye Doctor (Feral Kid)
OUTS-Boy Scout (demo)
WOMEN-I’m No Good, You’re No Good (FDS)
R. STEVIE MOORE-Theme from A.G. (Flamingo) in memory of Andy Griffith

JANITOR JOE-Boys In Blue (Amphetamine Reptile)
CRUNT-Black Heart (Trance)
PAVEMENT-From Now On (Drag City)
SLAMBOOK-Hollywood Ten (Lorem Ipsum)

TRACK 4

DEAD MILKMEN-Taking Retards To The Zoo (Fever)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS-Summertime Coffee (Deranged)
CAUGHT RED HANDED-Coffee Riot (Caught Red)
CANADIAN RIFLE-Climbing Down From The Crane (Residue)
BIG EYES-Back From The Moon (Grave Mistake)
FASTBACKS-Apologies (Popllama)

THE FRONT-Distant Guns (Scheming Intelligentsia)
3-International (Dischord)
NEW MODEL ARMY-Vengeance (Abstract)
WAH! HEAT-Seven Minutes To Midnight (Castle)

SWIZ-Lie (Sammich)

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Sonic Overload 7/2/12

Yes, it’s that time of year again... Sonic Overload’s Salute To America! I actually recorded this on Saturday, June 30, because I have plans for Monday this week and I didn’t want to keep people waiting. There are some new songs this time around but there are still plenty of favorites, songs that absolutely have to be played for Independence Day. I think the show speaks for itself. Nah, I don’t hate the United States but I do get despondent about the way things are going, the kind of country we’re turning into. That’s what I hate. I think (and hope) you find it provocative because this is a punk rock show and that’s how it should be.

One minor correction—Josh Wolf from Bloody Hammer plays in No Talk, not No Thanks, as I mistakenly said on the show.

Sonic Overload 7/2/12

TRACK 1

FU’S-My America (X-Claim)

CLASH-I’m So Bored With The USA (Epic)
ECONOCHRIST-Fuck Your American Dream (Ebullition)
EXPLOITED-USA (Dojo)
BIG SNIFF-American Dream (Mint Tone)

PADDED CELL-Democracy (Dead Beat)
PEDESTRIANS-American Town (SouthKore)
PINHEAD GUNPOWDER-Freedom Is (Lookout)
YOUNG LIONS-Young Amerikkka (Schizophrenic)

BRIEFS-We Americans (Dirtnap)
KOSHER-Bored In America (BYO)
MICE-Not Proud Of The USA (Scat)
MUTANTS-So American (FTM)

TRACK 2

TOXIC REASONS-God Bless America (T-Reason)

STATE-Country Daydream (Underestimated)
PATRIOTS-Land Of The Free (Another Lousy Record)
7 SECONDS-Fuck Your Amerika (from “Not So Quiet On The Western Front,” Alternative Tentacles)
MELEE-Fuck You To The Red, White and Blue (from “DIY or Die,” Suburban Voice)
SOCIAL UNREST-Red, White and Blue (New Red Archives)
POISON IDEA-Ugly American (Pusmort)

BAD CHOICE-Angry Americans (from “City Limits,” High Anxiety)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE-USSA (No Way)
PAGANS-Dead End America (Crypt)
CULT HEROES-Amerikan Story (from “Killed By Death #12)
MC5-The American Ruse (Rhino)
GAUNT-USA (Thrill Jockey)

TRACK 3

BLOODY HAMMER-God Bless America (demo)
BOILING OVER-American Dream (Lifeline)
I-ATTACK-American Dream (Criminal IQ)
TIMEBOMB 77-American Way (Black Hole)
FEARLESS IRANIANS FROM HELL-Foolish Americans (Boner)
NATION OF ULYSSES-Target: USA (Dischord)

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-My Weakness (Dead Oceans)
MONOSHOCK-Hawkwind Show (Bag of Hammers)
REAL LOSERS-Teenage Treatz (Alien Snatch)
POP THREAT-Filth (Squirrel)

SCREAM-U. Suck A./We’re Fed Up (Dischord)
HÜSKER DÜ-In A Free Land (New Alliance)
DILLINGER FOUR-The Great American Going Out Of Business Sale (Hopeless)
ARTICLES OF FAITH-American Dreams (Reflex)

TRACK 4

BUKKAKE BOYS-Weakness (Sorry State)
GUNNAR HANSEN-Phil’s Song (Schizophrenic)
LÖGNHALSMOTTAGNINGEN-En Tandlös Tiger (Sweken)
WHITE WHALE-No Fun (Feral Kid)
BRAIN F?-Restraining Order (Static Shock)
KIM WILDE-Kids In America (EMI)

CRUCIFUCKS-Democracy Spawns Bad Taste (Alternative Tentacles)
UNSEEN-Goodbye America (VML)
CHOKING VICTIM-Hate Yer State (Hellcat)
MISSING 23RD-Freedoms Wake (Sessions)
FROGS OF WAR-Up Someone’s Ass (Full Circle)

BROTHER INFERIOR-Land Of The Free (Sensual Underground Ministries)

Monday, July 9, 2012

Sonic Overload 6/25/12

A jam packed, pretty high energy show that runs 2 hours and 11 minutes this week and there’s some commentary at the top, about the Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s anti-immigration law that passed in 2010. Some of the law’s provisions were struck down by a 5-3 margin, including the ones that allowed the authorities to arrest individuals without a warrant if they had suspicion of their legal status, as well as the one that made it illegal for undocumented immigrants to seek employment. On the other hand, police are still allowed to check the immigration status of people who are stopped or arrested. Of course, that still gives a lot of leeway for racial profiling and even legal immigrants are likely to be rousted if their skin isn’t white. So it’s far from a victory for those who are troubled by Arizona’s blatantly racist policies. But I’ll leave it at that. And I also pay tribute to Gay Pride weekend with some of this week’s musical selections.

Sonic Overload 6/25/12

TRACK 1

NECROS-Conquest For Death (Touch & Go)

BROWN SUGAR-Deportation (Feral Kid)
LOS CRUDOS-Ilegal y Que? (Lengua Armada)
BEHEAD THE PROPHET NLSL-Lewd Lewd Lewd (Outpunk)
CLITBOYS-Gay’s Okay (Feedback)
A//POLITICAL-Stop Thinking and Pogo (Profane Existence) in memory of Dave Tedder

SPITS-Schwarz Fahren (Red Lounge)
CRAZY SPIRIT-Fistful Of Hate (Toxic State)
SLUGZ-Suit and Tie (Feel It)
RAD-Geekanomics (Sacramento)
JACKSHIT-We Still Like Drugs (Squirtdown)
BILLY SYNTH & THE TURN-UPS-I Dig Your Mind (from “Battle of the Garages,” Voxx)

BUKKAKE BOYS-No Power, No Voice (Sorry State)
FRENZY-Calls From The Grave (Distort)
FY FAN-Aftrubbad (Feral Ward)
HERÄTYS-Sokeat Seuraajat (La Familia)
WALLS-Just Complain (Iron Lung)
CLAW TOE-Another Saturday Night (Criminal IQ)

TRACK 2

HUMAN TOILET-Human Toilet (Black Thirteen)
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN-Teenage Shutdown (Onefoot)
DIDJITS-Sweet Sweet Satan (Touch & Go)
RAMONES-Go Mental (Sire)
PRIME MOVERS-See That Girl (from “Let’s Breed,” Throbbing Lobster) in memory of Jeff Sugarman

SMART COPS-Quel Dubbaioso Manganello Rosa (Sorry State)
COPS-Premonitions (Rob’s House)
NEGATIVE DEGREE-One Horse Town (Offside)
DEAD STOP-Kiss My Ass (Complete Control)
WASTE MANAGEMENT-Solitude (Painkiller)
MY REVENGE-Gay Marriage Is Better Than Your Marriage (Thorp)

DMZ-Watch For Me Girl (Sire)
CHRIS SPEDDING-Pogo Dancing (RAK)
EATER-Outside View (The Label)
DRONES-Be My Baby (Anagram)
WIRE-Mannequin (EMI)

TRACK 3

HANK HAINT-Problematic (Voodoo Rhythm)
WHITE DRUGS-I Hate Your Face (Kunst-Waffe)
TRISTESS-Arg Arg (Kick n’ Punch)
MINDS-Lost In A Crowd (Dirtnap)
TOURISTS-Blind Among The Flowers (Epic)

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT-American Paranoia (Taang)
NEGATIVE APPROACH-Genocide (Taang)
BATTERED YOUTH-New Patriot (from “The Master Tape,” Affirmation)
ZERO BOYS-Vicious Circle (Nimrod)
TSOL-Property Is Theft (Posh Boy)
RED CROSS-Annette’s Got The Hits (Posh Boy)
ANARCHY 6-Slam, Spit, Cut Your Hair, Kill Your Mom! (from “Lovedolls Superstar,” SST)

HARABALL-Raising The Dead (Fysisk Format)
LES THUGS-Bella Canzon (Sub Pop)
NRA-Bunk (BYO)
DEMOB-No Room For You (Grand Theft Audio)
DICKHEADS-Squad Leader (Walking Dead)

TRACK 4

WHITE LUNG-Those Girls (Deranged)
SHIPWRECKED-The Last Pagans (Crucial Response)
CROSS STITCHED EYES-Vile Corpse (Alternative Tentacles)
CHALLENGER-Input The Output (Jade Tree)
THE ESTRANGED-Fast Train (HG Fact)

TUXEDOMOON-What Use? (Ralph)
NEW MUSIK-This World Of Water (Epic)
CRASH COURSE IN SCIENCE-Kitchen Motors (Go Go)
LOS MICROWAVES-Time To Get Up (Posh Boy)
FAD GADGET-Ricky’s Hand (Mute)

CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN-Take The Skinheads Bowling (Independent Project)

Friday, June 29, 2012

Sonic Overload 6/18/12

I admit it, there’s an anti-cop theme at times on this week’s show. I’ve got my reasons, namely being stopped by a state trooper for having a burnt out brake light while driving into the city last week. I don’t want to go into a lot of detail but let’s just say it sure as hell felt like a fishing expedition and you’d think he’d have better things to do.

The other reason is to mark the death of Rodney King, the African-American man who was brutally beaten by the LAPD in 1992 and that sparked off some of the worst riots in the city’s history. It also influenced part of a certain song that concludes this week’s show. “Cop Killer” was actually performed before the King beating but Ice-T added some references to the incident on the recorded version. The song created quite a controversy to say the least. Charlton Heston quoted lyrics from it at a Time-Warner (the parent company for Ice’s label at the time) conference and the song was yanked from the Body Count album. Getting back to Rodney King, though, he drowned in his swimming pool and the death is still under investigation at I type this... I hope he’ll eventually be able to rest in peace.

Sonic Overload 6/18/12

TRACK 1

FUCKED UP-Police (Deranged)

RAPPA-Exploitation (demo)
CROSS STITCHED EYES-Scars of Past (Alternative Tentacles)
DEAD ENDING-Ninety-Nine (Alternative Tentacles)
CREEM-The Bricks (Katorga Works)
CIVIL DISSIDENT-Tell Me The Solution (Prank)

CLAW TOE-Kamikaze (Criminal IQ)
MOORAT FINGERS-Ugly (Radio Blast)
THE VICIOUS-The Happiest Place (Feral Ward)
PLATES-Sex Beat (Big Neck)

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT-Destructions End (Taang)
SET TO EXPLODE-Feel The Rage (Grave Mistake)
WASTED TIME-Leech/No Shore (Grave Mistake)
BAD REACTION-Take Your God Out Of My Peanut Butter (Reflections)
BLACK FLAG-Police Story (SST)
PARTISANS-Police Story (No Future)

TRACK 2

REDUCERS-Out Of Step (self-released) in memory of Steve Kaika
MEAN JEANS-Nite Of The Creeps (Dirtnap)
CUTE LEPERS-Thanks For Not Showing Up (1-2-3-4, Go!)
BAYONETTES-We’re Doomed (Deranged)
DEATH BY SNOO SNOO-Sotaveteraanit (Creative Class War)

BATTALION OF SAINTS-No More Lies (Taang)
NEGATIVE APPROACH-DABF (Taang)
CAREER SUICIDE-Let It Go (Kangaroo)
JOINT D?-Confused (Sorry State)
UNHOLY THOUGHTS-I Can See You (Even Worse)
THE GAIA-Riot Of 14 (Prank)

SCREAMING FEMALES-Theme Song (Don Giovanni)
THE EX-Contempt (Touch & Go)
CHICKS ON SPEED-Yes I Do! (self-released)
THE NORMAL-TVOD (Mute)

TRACK 3

RUTS-Staring At The Rude Boys (Virgin)
SKULLS-On Target (from “What? Stuff,” Bomp)
ANTI-Lies (Grand Theft Audio)
CYANIDE-Do It (Captain Oi)

POOR LILY-El Topo (self-released)
OFF!-Harbor Freeway Blues (Vice)
BOB EVANS-Dead Broke (Skene)
THE MEN-Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones)
NAIVE-I’m Tired (Kool Arrow)

LÖGNHALSMOTTAGNINGEN-Heil Hitlist (Sweken)
DWARVES-Fuck You Up And Get High (Sub Pop)
TROTS-Now I’m A Real Rock’n’Rolla ‘Cause I Drink Whiskey And Cola (Puke)
WONGS-Do What I Wan (Rip Off)
SLAMMIN’ WATUSIS-King Of Cha-Cha (Epic)
VILLAGE PEOPLE-Food Fight (RCA)

TRACK 4
BLACK EASTER-What The Fuck (Illuminated)
NOXIOUS-Sunday Fools (from “Utreg Punx,” Rock Against)
SICK THINGS-Committed To Suicide (Shock)
HATED-Innocent People (Stress)
SCHUND-Chaos (Höhnie)
WYMYNS PRYSYN-Shy Shitter (Scavenger Of Death)

WHATEVER BRAINS-Love Taps (Funny/Not Funny)
NÜ SENSAE-(Boots) (Nominal)
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-Mind Control (Dead Oceans)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE-You Made Me Realise (Creation)

BODY COUNT-Cop Killer (Sire) in memory of Rodney King

Friday, June 22, 2012

Sonic Overload 6/11/12


It feels like summer is finally here. Famous last words, of course, since I had to turn on the heat for a brief time a few weeks ago when it got down in the 40s. No real theme this week and the show was almost delayed a game because I woke up feeling a bit under the weather and lost about 2 or 3 hours of time to prepare the show but still managed to start the recording around the usual time. I was also wondering if I’d be doing the show with two turntables since one of them suddenly stopped working last week. But I found a very good repair shop and the guy was able to fix it in one day and it was more-than-reasonable. I’m still working on adjusting things a bit with it but everything should be completely back up to par by next week. That’s the idea, anyway.

This week’s show goes out in memory of Jeff Davis, also known as Jef Leppard, guitar player for Voetsek. He was killed in a motorcycle accident over the weekend. The Voetsek guys/gals are top-notch people and I got to see Jeff play with them a few times. My condolences to his friends and family.

Sonic Overload 6/11/12

TRACK 1

NO FOR AN ANSWER-Imperfection (Hawker)

POISON PLANET-Border Fences (Third x Party)
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE-Desocialized (Grave Mistake)
ANCIENT FILTH-Too Young, Fuck Adults (Shock To The System)
KOROVA-DeGrassi Fight Music (Victimized)
YDINPERHE-Opiskelijaelämää (Bad Hair Life)

NASAL BOYS-Hot Love (Swisspunk)
COACHWHIPS-Muscle Of Love (Narnack)
THE NOISE-Tror Du (from “Vägra Raggarna Benzin,” Massproduktion)
CLONE DEFECTS-Cheetah Eyes (Tom Perkins)

WALLS-Dignity Village (Iron Lung)
BILL BONDSMEN-Overcrowded Control (Fourteegee)
SICKOIDS-Clarity (Residue)
BAD JESUS EXPERIENCE-Rotta (Tuska & Ahsdistus)

TRACK 2

VÖETSEK-White Ain’t Right (Six Weeks) in memory of Jeff Davis (Jef Leppard)
OUTPATIENTS-Backwards Explosion (Free Association)
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.-Sweet Little Thing (Doomtown Sounds/Static Age)
DEATH CRISIS-Problem Reaction Solution (Too Old To Die)
ETA-I Got Problems (DeadAlive)
OMEGAS-Nazi Rules (Painkiller)

SHIPWRECKED-Not My Generation (Crucial Response)
RAW NERVE-Hemlock (Youth Attack)
WHITE LUNG-I Rot (Deranged)
DOTTIE DANGER-Bela Lugosi Is Alive (Gravewish)
ICEAGE-You’re Blessed (What’s Your Rupture)

STEPMOTHERS-All Systems Go (Posh Boy)
SVT-Modern Living (415)
DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-Burn It Down (Capitol)
SWINGERS-Counting The Beat (Backstreet)

TRACK 3

MIND SPIDERS-Beat (Dirt Nap)
DOOM TOWN-Walking Through Walls (New Dark Age)
THE YOUNG-Attitude Adjustment (Criminal IQ)
THE ENERGY-I’m Gonna Cut You Into Pieces (Team Science)
COLA FREAKS-Gi Mig Piller (Hjerenspind)

SIX FINGER SATELLITE-Parlour Games (Sub Pop)
MAN OR ASTRO-MAN? –Lo. Batt (Touch & Go)
BOTTLES AND SKULLS-Party Crasher (Sick Room)
REGRESS-Reagan’s Disease (Boot Camp)

OFF! –Wiped Out (Vice)
HOT SNAKES-Past Lives (Swami)
CRIMSON SWEET-No Hot On Cold (On/On Switch)
THE NERVOUS-The Greatest Generation (Nervous)
CACTUS-No! (Hate)

TRACK 4

THE SOUND-Jeopardy (Korova)
ZOUNDS-Subvert (Broken)
PITCH BLACK-Undefeated (Revelation)
PROPAGANDHI-Fuck The Border (Fat)
BY THE GRACE OF GOD-Beneath The Blue (Victory)
TREPAN NATION-Kill The Truth (Harmless)

SPIKES-Summer Vacation (demo)
NEATS-Six (from “Propeller Product,” Propeller)
LEMONHEADS-Glad I Don’t Know (Amory Arms)
JESUS AND MARY CHAIN-My Little Underground (Blanco y Negro)
SUNSET BOMBERS-Baby, It’s You (Ariola)

SUICIDE COMMANDOS-Complicated Fun (from “Big Hits Of Mid-America Vol. 3,” Twin-Tone)