Sonic Overload 1/2/12

Happy New Year... welcome to the first show of 2012 and here’s hoping this year will be a good one for all of you. I’m not a believer in resolutions nor do I try to predict the future. I’ve heard the world is supposed to end in December and, actually, it might end sooner than that if the Republicans regain the presidency and run the table in the November elections. It’s not that either party is any great shakes but, seriously, does anyone here really want Newt Gingrich or Rick Santorum or even the corporate raider/job destroyer Mitt Romney taking over?

When I was listening to the closing song “New Year” by SVT, it struck me that the lyrics aren’t all that happy, with a good amount of pessimism. It’s mentioned that every year’s still the same and that you generally have to kiss ass to get ahead in this world. It’s probably true but I’m not quite ready to throw in the towel. In the meantime, one thing that stays the same is I still love doing this show and I hope it at least gives you a lift as we all bring in the new year... Yeah, I know that’s kind of corny. Tough shit. Now turn it up fucking loud!

Sonic Overload 1/2/12

TRACK 1

FULL SPEED AHEAD-Overload (Manic Ride)

ADRENALIN OD-New Year’s Eve (from “New York Thrash,” ROIR)
CIDER-New Year Day Surprise (SPHC)
OUTS-Boy Scout (demo)
LUBE-Lice (demo)
AVON LADIES-Power Failure (Katorga Works)

CRUDDY-Incendiary (12XU)
VIDEO-Teenage Death (Play Pinball)
WHITE WHALE-No Fun (Feral Kid)
STATUES-Lifting Fingers (Deranged)
AKIMBO-I Wish The Dead Could Come Back To Life So I Could Kill Them Again (Alternative Tentacles)

FRONT LINE-DWI (Beach Impediment)
NEOS-Conscripts (Rat Cage)
HATED YOUTH-Hardcore Rules (Burrito)
RAPED TEENAGERS-Bedövad (self-released)
AMDI PETERSENS ARME-Alt Er Ved Det Samme (Kick ‘n Punch)
JOHN BROWN’S ARMY-Playing With Fire (Gloom)
OPPOSITION RISING-The Rich Are Killing The Poor (Opposition)

TRACK 2

PLATES-Sociology 101 (Big Neck)
KIM PHUC-23 (Iron Lung)
CRIMINAL CODE-Red Lights (self-released)
HOT SNAKES-Hatchet Job (Swami)
THE ESTRANGED-Image Of More (Dirtnap)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-You Let Me Be Honest With You (Goner)

WIRE-12XU (EMI)
DEADBEATS-Kill The Hippies (Dangerhouse)
VIBRATORS-Nazi Baby (CBS)
CHEAP TRICK-Lookout (Epic)
999-Homicide (United Artists)

TRACK 3

HOAX-Skills Or Death (Youth Attack)
NO STATIK-The Corpse We Will Become (Prank)
POSITIVE NOISE-The Light Went Dim (Punks Before Profits)
REPROBATES-Stress (No Way)
HUMAN MESS-Torturing Thoughts (No Way)
TIMEBOMBS-Hive Minds (Cowabunga)
INSERVIBLES-Inservibles II (La Vida Es Un Mus)

DEREK LYN PLASTIC-Waiting On A Train (NMG)
FATALS-Flamin Baby (P.Trash)
LIVEFASTDIE-Passing Out (In Front Of The Kids) (Dead Beat)
MONSTER TRUCK FIVE-Piece Of Work (from “Shave The Baby,” Datapanik)
RIBZY-Invasion (Vinehell)
POP RIVETS-Skip Off School (Sub Pop)

SHELL SHOCK-Declaration (Puke N Vomit)
KNOCKDOWN-What’s Left (Youngblood)
CÜLO-Toxic Vision (Deranged)
BILL BONDSMEN-Crucial Tooth (Fourteegee)
GOD FODDER-In The Shit (Motorchest)

TRACK 4

NIGHTBRINGER-No Sleep Til Death (High Anxiety)
DISKURZ-Obskuria (Todo Destruido)
DISPARO-Tras El Cristal (Trabuc)
DBCR-Let Them Eat Bikes (self-released)
INSTIGATORS-Dine Upon The Dead (Bluurg)
SEVERED HEAD OF STATE-Failure Fucker (Ebullition)

100 FLOWERS-Sensible Virgins (from “Keats Rides A Harley,” Warning Label)
WEIRDOS-Helium Bar (Frontier)
PLASMATICS-Butcher Baby (Vice Squad)
HOWARD WERTH-Obsolete (Dangerhouse)
SHRAPNEL-Combat Love (Salute)
MEGA CITY FOUR-New Years Day (Decoy)

SVT-New Year (415)