Friday, May 25, 2012

Sonic Overload 5/14/12

Well, I'm hoping this one won't be taken down like the one for 5/7 was, due to some "copyright infringement" bullshit. But if anyone really wants to hear that show, email me at al@sonicoverload.net and I'll see what I can do.

In the meantime, this week's show goes out in memory of Tony Johnson from the Offenders, who recently passed away from cancer. The Offenders are one of the most-underrated US hardcore bands and were an unholy terror live. I'm grateful I got to see them play a couple of times in the 80s.

Sonic Overload 5/14/12

TRACK 1

A tribute to Anthony “Tony Offender” Johnson (songs from releases on Rabid Cat, R Radical and Kangaroo)

Fight Back

Face Down In The Dirt (from P.E.A.C.E./WAR”)
Never Cared
Victory
On The Crooked Edge
We Must Rebel
I Hate Myself

BAD AMERICAN-Dirty Waters (Bad Recordings)
SLICES-Slices Is Dirts (Iron Lung)
JOINT D?-(I’m) Haunted (Sorry State)
BROWN SUGAR-Black & White Panther Party (Feeble Minds/Feral Kid)
KICKER-Walking Headache (Inimical)
BIG EYES-Back From The Moon (Grave Mistake)

TRACK 2

BAD NOIDS-Ticket To Mars (self-released)
OMEGAS-Fevered Freedom (Painkiller)
LOSE THE TUDE-Keep Nike Out Of Hardcore (Sacred Plague)
EXECUTIONER-Why War? (Patac)
CRAZY SPIRIT-In The Thick (Quality Control HC)
G.I.S.M.-ABC Weapons (Dogma/City Rocker)

SONNY VINCENT-Resistor (NDN)
DUM DUM BOYS-Let There Be Noise (from “Hate Your Neighbours,” Pussy Muncher)
SICK THINGS-Bondage Boy (from “Raw Deal,” Raw)
VILETONES-Rebel (Other People’s Music)
RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS-Love Comes In Spurts (Sire)

NO SIR I WON’T-No More Poetry (demo)
TOKYO STORM WARNING-Spy Hunter (Mind/No Mind)
RANK/XEROX-Turn To Stone (Make A Mess)
THE VERGE-Understand (No Crust)

TRACK 3

CRIATURAS-Criaturas (Trabuc)
FIX MY HEAD-Mission: Hipster (Inimical)
URBAN UNREST-No Answers (United Shoebrothers)
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE-Misplaced Trust (Grave Mistake)
COLD SHOULDER-Not For Sale (Cowabunga)
IMPALERS-Return To Eden (Beach Impediment)

ALCOHOL FUNNYCAR-Last Night (C/Z)
FITZ OF DEPRESSION-Before It’s True (K)
THE URCHIN-I Can’t Drink Your Tear With My Beer (Broken)
TOUCH MY RASH-Sexless Existence (Bittersick)
SOVIETTES-Together (Fat)

CRO-MAGS-World Peace (Profile)
SNFU-Broken Toy (BYO)
76% UNCERTAIN-I Hate The Radio (Schmegma)
WHITE PIGS-Victims Of Society (Swinch Kwilsen)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY-Kiss Of Death (from “Cleanse The Bacteria,” Pusmort)

TRACK 4

TOXIC REASONS-Killer (Risky)
LAW AND ORDER-Power (Fetal)
COURT MARTIAL-Young Offender (Riot City)
ADOLESCENTS-Losing Battle (Frontier)
CHAOS UK-Kill Your Baby (Anagram)
GERMS-No God (Slash)

JESUS LIZARD-Bloody Mary (Touch & Go)
SHELLAC-Spoke (Touch & Go)
TRACTOR SEX FATALITY-Prosthesis Rising (Big Neck)
SNITCHES GET STITCHES-Let It Stack (Empty)
HONOR ROLE-Lives Of The Saints #135 (Merge)
FAILURE-Princess (Slash)

BOOKER T & THE MG’S-Time Is Tight (Stax) in memory of Donald “Duck” Dunn

Friday, May 18, 2012

Sonic Overload 5/7/12--REMOVED

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I've had to remove this show. The reason is I did a tribute to Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys and the copyright nazis filed a complaint about one of the songs I played. I don't want to risk losing three years worth of work on this site so I complied. If you have any questions, email me at al@sonicoverload.net.

Fuck the music business!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Sonic Overload 4/30/12

I’m loving the new mixer—as I’ve mentioned, it’s nice to not worry about whether one of the CD players is going to work or worrying about one of the turntable inputs. Thanks to those who have contributed money to help offset the cost and, once again, if people would like to make a donation to Sonic Overload, you can sent it via PayPal to suburbanvoice@earthlink.net. Any donation over $10 gets a Sonic Overload 10th anniversary show on 2 CD-Rs. This will probably be the last week I mention this because I don’t want to be a pest... but I could use the help.

Sonic Overload 4/30/12

TRACK 1

THE STRIKE-Shots Heard ‘Round The World (Victory)

PINKERTON THUGS-One Day (VML)
PINKO AND THE ACTION BOYS-Walker, Taliban Ranger (self-released)
DARK AGES-Merchants Of Cool (Sorry State)
DISENCHANTED-I Hate Dealing With Morons (Motherbox)
F-MINUS-Vultures (Hellcat)

SUBCLINIX-Mouth (demo)
SIMPLETONES-I Like Drugs (from “Beach Blvd.” Posh Boy)
GEARS-I Smoke Dope (Hepcat)
DILS-Class War (Dangerhouse)
RANDOMS-Let’s Get Rid Of New York (Dangerhouse)
LATIN DOGS-World Powers (Kazaaamo)

PRONG-Drainpipe (Spigot)
LEWD ACTS-Night-Crawlers (Hex)
NIGHT OWLS-Results Inconclusive (Deathwish)
RETOX-Ten Pounds Of Shit In A Five Pound Bag (Ipecac)
POP. 1280-West World (Sacred Bones)

TRACK 2

TERROR VISIONS-Today I Abused My Love (FDH)
TRASHIES-In The Gutter (Mortville)
FUTURES-Blood To Feel (625)
AUTISTIC BEHAVIOR-TV Messiah (from “Get Off My Back,” Red Music)
MAJOR ACCIDENT-Terrorist Gang (Captain Oi)
FALLOUT-When The Time Comes (self-released)
TARGET OF DEMAND-Funny, Huh? (Happy Hermit)

STRIPMINES-Crucible Worship (Sorry State)
SPLITTING HEADACHE-Tables With Turn (Collapse)
REPERCUSSIONS-Cavity (Feral Ward)
CUT THE SHIT-No Way Out (Gloom)
BORN BAD-Walls (Fashionable Idiots)
POISON PLANET-Tidal Leveling (ThirdxParty)

BILL BONDSMEN-Overcrowded Control (Fourteegee)
VIDEO-We Want The World (Play Pinball)
JOINT D?-Not Tonight (Sorry State)
HOLY SHIT!-BFF (Criminal IQ)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Alien (demo)

TRACK 3

OUTLETS-Best Friends (Modern Method)
UNDERTONES-Listenin In (Ryko)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS-Suicide Alley (from “Underground Rockers Volume 2,” Link)
EXTERNAL MENACE-No Mean Feat (Loud Punk)

BROWN SUGAR-Back To The Future (Feeble Minds/Feral Kid)
CELLMATES-Don’t Gimme No Heat (Wall Ride)
VAGINORS-Old (Hardcore Victim)
FISHSTICKS-Burrito (Theologian)
BAR FEEDERS-Toolshed (Fast Music)

BOOMTOWN RATS-Lookin’ After No. 1 (Ensign)
PHOBIA-Pretend You’re Not Crazy (from “The Boston Bootleg,” Varulven)
SCARS-Horrorshow (Fast)
MAGAZINE-Rhythm of Cruelty (IRS)

TRACK 4

VICE SQUAD-Last Rockers (Captain Oi)
THE BLOOD-Stark Raving Normal (Link)
SUBHUMANS-Not Me (Bluurg)
CONFLICT-Fester (Placebo)
BAD RELIGION-In The Night (Epitaph)

WHITE WHALE-No Solace (Feral Kid)
HALLRAKER-Small Sunshine (Sike)
THE COST-These Days (New Disorder)
VERSUS-Astronaut (TeenBeat)

TILTWHEEL-The Box (Liquid Meat)

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Sonic Overload 4/23/12

After seven years, I’ve replaced my old Ion DJ unit with a brand new Numark dual CD mixer. And it went very smoothly—in fact, things are quite a bit more streamlined with this unit. One of the coolest things is it has an iPod dock so it’s easier to play MP3s. Don’t take that to mean I’m going to greatly increase the number of MP3s played because I still prefer vinyl and CDs—whatever format I have the music in. I did have to lay out a fair amount of money for it and I’m also going to need a new microphone at some point. So I’m again making an infrequent request for donations to help defray the cost. Some people have already made generous donations. If you’d like to do the same, you can PayPal it to suburbanvoice@earthlink.net. As an incentive, for a donation of $10 or more I’ll send you a 2 CD-R set of my 10th anniversary show from 2010—one of the best I did, in my humble opinion. 

This week’s show goes out in memory of the legendary Dick Clark, who passed away last week—and I offer a couple of very special tributes...

One more note of interest. I now have a new email address (hopefully easier to remember): al@sonicoverload.net

Sonic Overload 4/23/12

TRACK 1

DYS-Brotherhood (X-Claim)

DEEP SLEEP-Fast Forward (Grave Mistake)
NIGHT BIRDS-Send Me Home (Grave Mistake)
FEDS-BS (Doctor Strange)
UX VILEHEADS-Kitchen Knife (Sorry State)
PLATES-Salvation Morning (Big Neck)

STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB-Yellow Black & Blue (Big Neck)
THE SIOUX-Nothing To Lose (self-released)
BAD DADDIES-Sit Down Turn Around (CDR/Finch)
RATAS DEL VATICANO-Que Vivan Los Buenos Amigos Y El Rock N Roll (HBSB-2X)
GET LAID-Let’s Be Friends (demo)
CRUDDY-Discount Fate (12XU)

BLOOD SPIT NIGHTS-Raw Christ Puncher (Massacre)
HUMPY-Montana Plates (from “No Fate III,” HG Fact)
WHITE FLAG-Question Of Intelligence (from “Flipside Vinyl Fanzine,” Gasatanka)
F-No (Intendo Distorto)
GENETIC CONTROL-1984 (Generic)
DIRECT ACTION-Hate Generation (from “Primitive Air-Raid,” Psyche-Industry)

TRACK 2

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD-Annalisa (Virgin)

BROWN SUGAR-Funk Land (Feeble Minds/Feral Kid)
JOINT D?-Instängd (Sorry State)
SLICES-Still Cruising/Trying To Make A Living (Iron Lung)
TH’DOWNER BOYS-Crime As A Religion (Free Our Mind/Eye 95)

GREEN MAGNET SCHOOL-Ellipse (Sub Pop)
ARCWELDER-What Did You Call It That For? (Touch & Go)
BUSTED STATUES-Home (demo)
PUPPY MILL-Suffocation (demo)

TRACK 3

OUTCASTS-Just Another Teenage Rebel (Good Vibrations)
X-RAY SPEX-Art-i-ficial (Sanctuary)
SOFT BOYS-I Want To Be An Anglepoise Lamp (Ryko)
WAYNE COUNTY & THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS-What You Got (Illegal)

CHEAP FREAKS-Asahara’s Nightmare (Big Neck)
TYVEK-Kid Tut (In The Red)
WAX MUSEUMS-Jakoff Rat (Tic-Tac-Totally)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-A Place (Razorcake)
REPORTS-Pick A Side (Ride The Snake)

WILD TRIBE-Cross Bearer (PunkAlive)
NEUTRON RATS-Assimilate The Poor (Loud Punk)
KAAOS-Pelko Kasvattaa Vihaa (Havoc)
ASTRONAUT CATASTROPHE-Violent Actions (from “Solidarity,” DeadAlive)
CHUMPS-Cop Shot (Forge)

TRACK 4

BAD MANNERS-Lip Up Fatty (MCA)

DEATH OF SAMANTHA-Coca Cola & Licorice (Homestead)
MIND SPIDERS-Join Us Now (Dirtnap)
SCRAMS-Officer Touchy (self-released)
ROXY MUSIC-Editions Of You (Atco)

TRANZMITORS-Plastic Genocide (Deranged)
SWEET BABY-Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby (I Love You) (Lookout)
J CHURCH-Waiting On The Ground (Honey Bear)
GUS-Outta My Head (Wrong)

FED UP-Today (Black Tar)