Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Sonic Overload on Old FX Punk Radio--show #20, 8/3/16

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Sonic Overload on Old FX Punk Radio 8/3/16

SWELL MAPS-Let’s Build A Car (Mute)

76% UNCERTAIN-Decision 84 (Shmegma)
FLAG OF DEMOCRACY-Powerload (Rave)
SADO-NATION-Armageddon (GTA)
ARTIFICIAL PEACE-Artificial Peace (Dischord)
FAITH-Say No More (Dischord)
ALONE IN A CROWD-Is Anybody There? (Flux)
CHAIN OF STRENGTH-Just How Much? (Revelation)

COMAS-I’m Not Contagious (Therapeutic)
HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS-Murder (Toxic State)
SHADY & THE VAMP-Fuck All Haters (La Suisse Primitive)
SAUNA YOUTH-Transmitters (Faux Discx)
CATHOLIC SPIT-Devils Pact (MMM)
CYNICS-Blue Train Station (Get Hip)

CELLMATES-No Gimme No Heat (Wallride)
PRAGMATICS-No Rules, Just Fashion (Prax)
SILVER SCREAMS-Infinite Mirror (self-released)
PUPPY MILL-Suffocation (demo)
GET LAID-Let’s Be Friends (demo)
OUTS-Boy Scout (demo)

ALLEYBEATS-Lone Bebop (demo)
BLASTERS-So Long Baby Goodbye (Slash)
ROBERT GORDON-Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘n Roll (Private Stock)
HANGMEN-Faces (Monument)
CRAMPS-The Crusher (IRS)
MADNESS-Madness (Sire)

RETOX-Let’s Not Keep In Touch (Epitaph)
XADDAX-Lives On Nerves (Skin Graft)
YEAR FUTURE-All Of Your Eggs (GSL)
YI-Monkey In The Mirror (self-released)

WAYNE COUNTY & THE ELECTRIC CHAIRS-Rock ‘n Roll Resurrection (Royalty)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES-Christine (Polydor)
PLASTIC BERTRAND-Super Cool (Mode)
B-MOVIE-Marilyn Dreams (Deram)

JUNCTION-Mouth As A Gun (Art Monk Construction)
JAWBREAKER-Busy (Shredder)
J CHURCH-Waiting On The Ground (Honey Bear)
SOVIETTES-¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha! (Fat)

2X4-Survive The Mess (Twerp)
FAMILY SECRETS-Nexus 6 (demo)
VASTUSTA-Natsiäpärät (demo)
OBLITERATIONS-The Narcissist (Southern Lord)
WEBCAM TEENS-Where You Stand (demo)
URBANOIA-Psykisk Terror (Solar Funeral)
URBN DK-Politically KKKorrect (Beer City)

DOGS-Slash Your Face (Bacchus Archives)
EPICYCLE-You’re Not Gonna Get It (from “Killed By Death”)
PORCELAIN FOREHEAD-Gnawin’ On (Corpus Callosum)
POLIKARPA Y SUS VICIOSAS-Libertad (self-released)

DOA-World War III (Friends)

Sonic Overload 8/1/16

A tumultuous show this week… this is what happens when you drink way too much iced coffee while putting it together. And it was one hell of a crash afterwards. I think I might need a new stylus on one of the turntables—sounding a bit off at times. Anyway, the political conventions are over (thankfully) although we’ve got three months of what will no doubt be an exercise in extreme ugliness. Look at this show as a respite…

Sonic Overload 8/1/16

TRACK 1

UNRULED-Time Is Running Out (Schizophrenic)

G.L.O.S.S.-Trans Day Of Revenge (Total Negativity/Nervous Nelly)
ANCIENT FILTH-Machines Should Work, People Should Think (self-released)
KATHLEEN-Get Out (demo)
FACTUMS-Mumbles (Sacred Bones)
CYBORG & DROIDS-The Ghost In The Shell (demo)

NØ BREAKS-Death Of A Salesman (self-released)
NO PROBLEM-R’N’R Deathcamp (Deranged)
HONG KONG BLONDE-Hell Is Alive (demo)
HOLIER THAN THOU-Board To Death (Six Weeks)
HALSHUG-Knael (Southern Lord)
UNA BÈSTIA INCONTROLABLE-El Cant Dels Ocells (La Vida Es Un Mus)

BRONXXX-Take You Back (Beer City)
GET OFF THE COP-Lipstick Tim (Schizophrenic)
GUNS N’ ROSA PARKS-I Hate Assholes (self-released)
SWANKYS-Dokata Song (La Vida Es Un Mus)
POP-O-PIES-A Political Song (Subterranean)
MCDONALD’S-Miniature Golf (from “Process of Elimination,” Touch and Go)
ALL-Strip Bar (Cruz)

TRACK 2

BLANK SPELL-Night Mute (World Gone Mad/Cruel Noise)
TEENAGE CHAINSAW-Yr Dumb (self-released)
MENSTRUAL TRAMPS-Pro-Choice (self-released)
BITCHINREALITY-Jungle Juice (demo)
VEXX-Roky, Take Me Home (M’Lady’s Records)
ASCEND/DESCEND-Consequence (Tor Johnson)

APB-Chain Reaction (Oily)
OUTCASTS-Magnum Force (GBH)
LEPER-Visiting Grandmother (demo)
COLOURS OUT OF TIME-Rock Section (GTA)

JAPANDROIDS-Wet Hair (Polyvinyl)
PERFECT PUSSY-III (self-released)
ULTRA BIDÉ-21st Century Nuclear (Alternative Tentacles)
SEX SNOBS-Lonely (self-released)

TRACK 3

UROCHROMES-Ugly Two Men (Lumpy)
OOZE-Big Angry (Not Normal)
VAGINORS-Ultimate Power (Hardcore Victim)
HUGH BEAUMONT EXPERIENCE-Zyklon B (Cheap Rewards)
DIRT SHIT-Exit (from “Killed By Death #6”)

GOOD THROB-SCUM (La Vida Es Un Mus)
FIREWALKER-Change (demo)
COCHINA-No Cedas (demo)
BIG MAN-Synthetic (demo)
BAADER BRAINS-Body Of The King (Clean Plate)
CLAW TOE-Breakout (Criminal IQ)

SUBS-Gimme Your Heart (Stiff)
ALTERNATIVE TV-Why Don’t You Do Me Right? (Cherry Red)
RIKKI AND THE LAST DAYS OF EARTH-Victimized (DJM)
SIMON BLOOMFIELD & TIM PEARCE-My Baby Does Good Sculptures (from “Earcom 1,” Fast)

TRACK 4

RIISTETYT-Avatkaa Silmänne (Kråklund)
SLIMY MEMBER-Awaken (Todo Destruido)
EMPTY VESSEL-Poison (Blind Spot)
COMPUTER COUGAR-Photos That Don’t Exist (Gern Blandsten)
SEDATIVES-Guilty (Deranged)

ART YARD-The Law (Ride The Snake)
NERVE AGENTS-War Against (Hellcat)
FUGAZI-Latin Roots (Dischord)
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY-Save My Soul (Red Rhino)

HERMAN BROOD-Saturday Night (Ariola)

Sonic Overload on Old FX Punk Radio--show #19, 7/27/16

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Sonic Overload on Old FX Punk Radio 7/27/16

URBAN VERBS-In The Heat (Warner Bros.)

GOOD THROB-The Queen Sucks Nazi Cock (La Vida Es Un Mus)
ANXIETY-Sewer In My Mind (La Vida Es Un Mus)
HALLELUJAH!-The Power of Cin (Depression House)
ACHTUNGS-I Don’t Want You (Going Underground)

THE CLASH-Tommy Gun (Epic) in memory of Sandy Pearlman
DICTATORS-Science Gone Too Far (Asylum)
BLUE ÖYSTER CULT-ME 262 (Columbia)

NØ BREAKS-Better Off Dead (self-released)
BOMBARDEMENT-I Want To See You Dead (demo)
POLIO & JULIE-Sankt Hans (Adult Crash)
PESADILLA DISTOPIKA-Pesadilla Distopika (Verdugo)
ÜBER KRØPPLING-Flere Strenge (Blood Sausage)
DESPISED-Probation (Kangaroo)

CULTURE SHOCK-Sky High (Alternative Tentacles)
REACTIONARIES-The Big Lie (Water Under The Bridge)
THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APARTMENTS-Petty Thief (Super 8)
YOUTH AVOIDERS-Snake Charmer (Build Me A Bomb)

BAD FLAT-This Special Place (self-released)
HIS ELECTRO BLUE VOICE-Sea Bug (Sub Pop)
METZ-Headache (Sub Pop)
NÜ SENSAE-Dust (Suicide Squeeze)

MAYYORS-Airplanes (self-released)
EX-CULT-Shattered Circle (Goner)
HEZ-Gobierno Militar (self-released)
NITE SCHOOL-Day (Saucepan)
DWARVES-What Hit You (Sub Pop)

WAR//PLAGUE-Just A Punk Song (Profane Existence)
OMEGAS-Nazi Rules (Painkiller)
CHAIN RANK-Crime of Passion (self-released)
ZIPPERHEAD-Sophisto (demo)
RIXE-Rapport de Force (La Vida Es Un Mus)
BLACK SS-Quick Fix (Reaper)

PIRANHAS-Redundant (On/On Switch)
CLONE DEFECTS-Eyeballs Poppin’ (Tom Perkins)
DIRTY SWEETS-Dance Party Massacre (Rip Off)
NEW BOMB TURKS-Lyin’ On Our Backs (Crypt)
KAJUN SS-Know Yr Place (Therapeutic)
ZEN GUERRILLA-Mama’s Little Rocket (from “Apocalypse Always,” Alternative Tentacles)

FIENDS-Die Bob Die (Bemisbrain)
AGENT ORANGE-Bloodstains (Posh Boy)
DEADLINE-Apathy (Peterbilt)
TIPPER’S GORE-Internal Battle (Flat Black)
EXPLOITED-Attack (Captain Oi)
STRIKE UNDER-Fucking Uniforms (from “Busted At Oz,” Autumn)

VENOM-Acid Queen (Neat)
MOTÖRHEAD-Tales Of Glory (Bronze)
CELTIC FROST-Mexican Radio (Noise)

ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN-Teenage Shutdown (Onefoot)

Sonic Overload 7/25/16

I have to admit I watched very little of the Republican National Convention. I kept checking Trump’s speech to see when it was over so I could watch the special coverage on the Daily Show. Truth be told, Trevor Noah ain’t no Jon Stewart and you should definitely look up Stewart’s appearance on Stephen Colbert’s show because his observations were dead on. I hope we’ll see more of him during this upcoming election season. Anyway, no audio from the RNC and there probably won’t be much if any from the Democratic convention either. It’s not that I’m ignoring it—and Trump scares the living hell out of me and his followers just as much—but I’d rather focus my energies on the radio show. And baseball!

By the way, this is the first show I’ve recorded on my new computer. Thanks to Murray for helping me transfer everything over to my new computer.

Sonic Overload 7/25/16

TRACK 1

TIME BOMB 77-Politicians (GMM)

BOMBARDEMENT-Duped (demo)
D-SAGAWA-Destroy Me (demo)
MIRROR-Universal Dismay (demo)
TUBERCULOSIS-Disfrasandose (Lengua Armada)
RAYOS X-Mi Desorden (Lengua Armada)

CRIMEN-Sin Titulo (Discos Enfermos)
UNIFORM-Algorithm Man (demo)
CEMETERY-Cask (demo)
SYNTHETIC ID-Note For Note (Castle Face)

PLASMATICS-Won’t You (Stiff)
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT-Poison Eye (Swami)
HOLLYWOOD-Jack Crap (Big Neck)
ANDY HUMAN AND THE REPTOIDS-Reptoid Rock (S-S)
MO-DETTES-White Mice (from “DIY—Starry Eyes,” Rhino)

TRACK 2

CRUELSTER-Terminal Windmill (Turbine Piss)
DR. MORBAL-Desligue a TV (demo)
RATAS DEL VATICANO-Cantina (Siltbreeze)
TRASH KNIFE-FDR (demo)
BROKEN TALENT-My God Can Beat Up Your God (TPOS)
BLIND SHAKE-Can’t Stand Life (Castle Face)

PURA MANIA-Her Servido? (Cvrecs)
O INIMIGO-Imanginário Absoluto (Nada Nada)
LA URSS-Manifesto Futuro (MMM)
MODERN DELUSION-Lost In Fear (Ha-Ko/Doomtown)

ANGEL-Can You Feel It? (Casablanca)
MONTROSE-Rock The Nation (Warner Bros.)
AEROSMITH-Sick As A Dog (Columbia)

TRACK 3

BORN WRONG-How Will I Survive? (Schizophrenic)
SCUZZ-Fear (Loud Punk)
WHITE JAZZ-Ain’t It A Shame (Atomic Action)
DYE-Nothin’ Left (Super Secret)
KLAUS-John (demo)

ZEKE-Razorblade (Epitaph)
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS-I’m Gonna Move To New York (Lumpy)
MODERN CONVENIENCE-Nag (Sick Of Her Bullshit) (demo)
RUSSIAN TOP GUN-JBTOF (Ugly Bump)
DEFORMITY-Claustrophobia (demo)
SCROUNGERS-Making Punk A Joke Again (self-released)

NEGATIVE FX-Feel Like A Man (Taang)
CHAOTIC DISCHORD-City Claustrophobia (Dead Ringer)
RIOT/CLONE-Death To Humanity (from “Punk and Disorderly—Further Charges,” Anagram)
STUPIDS-So Much Fun (Sanctuary)
ABORTION SQAUD-Youth Attack (demo)
YOUTH KORPS-Cop Song (Crucial Response)
ANTI SCRUNTI FACTION-Boys Will Be Boys (Flipside)

TRACK 4

KYLESA-A 100 Degree Heat Index (Prank)
PUNG-Pung State Of The Youth Address (No Idea)
PALATKA-Palatka Kills Young Republicans (No Idea)
PENNY WINBLOOD-Give Me My Unit Back (Forge)
ZEBRAS-The Mighty Bayonet (Secret)
WAR//PLAGUE-Blood (Profane Existence)

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD-Banging The Door (Warner Bros.)
THE CURE-A Forest (Elektra)

NINA HAGEN-African Reggae (CBS)

Sonic Overload on Old FX Punk Radio--show #18, 7/20/16

Listen live on Old FX Punk Radio every Wednesday from 9 to 11 PM eastern. Unfortunately, this week's show had some sound issues (I was breaking in my new computer) so I won't be able to post the files.

here's the playlist anyway...

97A-The Republican Scam (Teamwork)

SUICIDE-Creature Feature (Labels) in memory of Alan Vega
SUICIDE-Wild In Blue (Wax Trax)
ALAN VEGA-S.S. Eyes (Blast First)
ALAN VEGA-Speedway (PVC)

BORN WRONG-New Human (Schizophrenic)
GET OFF THE COP-Golden-Hair (Schizophrenic)
DAVIDIANS-Bummer Tent (Deranged)
NO STATIK-We All Die In The End (Prank)
DRI-Anonymity (Beer City)
BRONXXX-Max Roach (Beer City)

NECROS-Friend To All (Touch and Go)
DOUBLE-O-There's No Reasoning (R&B)
MECHT MENSCH-What's Right? (Bone-Air)
CHANNEL 3-Mannequin (Posh Boy)
ANTHRAX-Prime To Pension (Crass)
SIN 34-Children Shall Not Be Heard (Spinhead)

FLESH RAG-Tonight (Schizophrenic)
SHIRKS-Sex Gear (Grave Mistake)
HATEPINKS-Microwave Drugs (TKO)
THEE MIGHTY FEVERS-I'm A Zombie (Dirtnap)
SHEMPS-King Of Garage (Reservation)
LOS HUEVOS-Too Many People (Moo-La-La)
LIL BUNNIES-Carrot Goggle Beauty Queen (Wrench)

ORCHESTRAL MANOEVRES IN THE DARK-Messages (Virgin)
LENE LOVICH-New Toy (Stiff)
EDDIE & THE HOT RODS-Do Anything You Wanna Do (Island)
DB'S-Black and White (Albion)

S-21-Prisoner (demo)
D-SAGAWA-Hell Awaits (demo)
CLEANSING WAVE-Hey Baby (Prgnt)
TRUNCHEONS-Cashing In On Freedom (Distort Reality)
MAUSER-End Of The Line (demo)
BLACKBALL-Marked By Ruin (Sorry State)

ADOLESCENTS-Kids of the Black Hole (Frontier)
VKTMS-Ballad of Pincushion Smith (from “SF Underground,” Subterranean)
NUNS-You Think You’re The Best (Bomp)
X-White Girl (Slash)

EXTORTED-Down The Banks (from “Destroy Poserton,” Total Fucker/Smash Art)
TOM AND BOOT BOYS-Who Wants Panties? (Total Fucker)
WHO KILLED SPIKY JACKET?-Spike Your Hair With Beer (Headcount)
4 SIDS-Kill (self-released)
SLIMY CUNT AND THE FISTFUCKS-Nothing But Enemies (demo)
SEX PISTOLS-Silly Thing (Virgin)

RUBINOOS-Rock and Roll Is Dead (Beserkley)
FLAMING LIPS-Talkin’ ‘Bout The Smiling Death Porn Immortality Blues (Warner Bros.)

SUICIDE-Rocket USA (Red Star)

Sonic Overload 7/18/16

Alan Vega from Suicide passed away over the weekend at 78… I’ll admit I was a bit late to the party for my appreciation of this band but, to use a cliché, they were groundbreaking. They often get labeled a punk band or proto-punk band but the fact is they pre-dated a lot of it, having started in the early 70s. And if their musical approach came from a different direction than what followed during the first crop of NYC punk bands, it was just as provocative. Perhaps more provocative. There was nothing cartoon-like or safe about Suicide. Also, for being viewed as forefathers of electronic music, if you listen closely, there’s a deep and abiding respect for pure rock ‘n  roll. Another one gone… this has been an awful year…

Sonic Overload 7/18/16

TRACK 1

SUICIDE-Dream Baby Dream (Celluloid) in memory of Alan Vega

SUICIDE-Ghost Rider (Red Star)
SUICIDE-Speedqueen (Labels)
ALAN VEGA-Freedom’s Smashed (Blast First)
ALAN VEGA-Jukebox Babe (PVC)

BORN WRONG-Nailed (Schizophrenic)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Building (Feel It)
BILL BONDSMEN-Unheard (Mastermind)
CEREMONY-Don’t Touch Me (Bridge Nine)
CHARLES ALBRIGHT-Short Skirt (Sacramento)
RADIOPUHELIMET-The Option Song (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 2

FLESH RAG-Stay Away (Schizophrenic)
DEVILS-Sin, You Sinners! (Voodoo Rhythm)
SUPERCHARGER-Sooprize Package For Mr. Mineo (Estrus)
CRUSADERS-Surpryse Packagge Fore Mr. Matzkov (Dionysus)
MUMMIES-That’s Mighty Childish (Estrus)
THEE MIGHTY CAESARS-Lie Detector (Big Beat)

THE LEWD-Mobile Home (from “SF Underground #2,” Subterranean)
RED CROSS-Clorox Girls (Posh Boy)
ADAM & THE ANTS-Fall-In (CBS)
VILLAGE PEOPLE-Food Fight (RCA)
PIGBAG-Papa’s Got A Brand New Pigbag (Y)

GET OFF THE COP-Making Love (Schizophrenic)
BRONXXX-Always Fight (Beer City)
LA MISMA-Afirmmação (Toxic State)
BATTLESHIP-San Francisco’s Alright If You Like Metronomes (On/On Switch)

TRACK 3

YEAR ONE-Colony Collapse Disorder (from “Noise Ordinance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
I.R.A.-Depresion (from “Sound The Alarms,” Maximum Rocknroll)
GRUK-That’s Not Right (demo)
REPLICA-Strings (Prank)
I HATE THIS-Sick (American Waste/Blastcat)
SCOTT BAIO ARMY-Dead White and Blue (Paco Garden)

BUZZCOCKS-Breakdown (New Hormones)
SHAM 69-Tell Us The Truth (Sire)
PEZBAND-Love Goes Underground (Passport)
PROFESSIONALS-The Magnificent (Virgin)

VIC BONDI-Gaza, Missouri (self-released)
FOURTH ROTOR-Ills (Underground Communiqué)
GIT SOME-Trixie Loves Misty (1-2-3-4 Go!)
USA NAILS-I Am Normal (Smalltown America)

TRACK 4

DRI-Against Me (Beer City)
DISPOSABLE-Victims Of Atrocity (Total Fucker/Smash Art)
DISCLOSE-The Aspects Of War (Crust War)
ARSYKE-Aloitusrajoitie (from “Short Fast + Loud #11”)
AUTOPSIA-Ruptura Anarquica (Cochebomba)
MELLAKKA-Ei/Oikeus Valita (Partners In Crime)
RIPCORD-Lucky Ones (Boss Tuneage)

DOA-The Prisoner (Sudden Death)
THE WALL-Exchange (Captain Oi)
XTC-Life Begins At The Top (Virgin)
ELTON MOTELLO-Pop Art (Passport)

SUICIDE-Frankie Teardrop (Red Star)

Sonic Overload on Old FX Punk Radio--show #17, 7/13/16

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Sonic Overload on Old FX Punk Radio 7/13/16

NOMEANSNO-And That’s Sad (Alternative Tentacles)

MOVING TARGETS-Changing Your Mind (from “Bands That Could Be God,” Conflict)
KICKER-Walking Headache (Inimical)
THE BRONX-Bats! (Tarantulas)
SCHOOL JERKS-Outcast (Grave Mistake)
WETBRAIN-Occupy This (Painkiller)
SMEGMA AND THE NUNZ-Napalm Sticks To Kids (from “Drop The Needle,” Trev)

V-SECT-Iron Casket (Atomic Action)
SKEMATA-Germ Warfare In The 1500s (Sorry State)
VÖETSEK-White Ain’t Right (Six Weeks)
LIFE CRISIS-Warstarters (Get Revenge)
ORDEN MUNDIAL-Lideres (La Vida Es Un Mus)
PREGNANCY SCARES-Master Race (Deranged)

REVOLTING COCKS-38 (Wax Trax)
JAMES WHITE & THE BLACKS-Stained Sheets (PVC)

LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS-Huff My Sack (Lumpy)
D-BOYS-Nuklear Wah (from “Cool Bands 3”)
LAUGHING STOCK-Glued To The Tube (demo)
FUCK ME DEAD-Circling Ahead (Rave-Up)
LUBRICANTS-Prove Myself (CTR)
A-FRAMES-Radiation Generation (S-S)

CANCER BRIDES-Return (Brass Jacket)
SLEEPWALL-Sleepwalkers (Toxic Pop)
LONGINGS-On Display (Framework)
KIM PHUC-Heathens (Iron Lung)

SPITTIN’ TEETH-Second Generation (from “The Siren,” Posh Boy)
GG ALLIN AND THE JABBERS-Cheri Love Affair (Orange)
VIBRATORS-Disco In Mosco (Ratrace)
MICK FARREN AND THE DEVIANTS-Outrageous Contagious (Stiff)
999-Quite Disappointing (United Artists)
THE KLAN-Pushin’ Too Hard (Posh Boy)

SUDOR-Viejos Con Bocas De Desague (Solo Para Punks)
SOLITARY NEGLECT-Systematic Indoctrination (demo)
NERV-Discipline/Can’t Help It (self-released)
AMERICAN HATE-Chain Grading (Not Normal)
MIRROR-Universal Dismay (demo)
SLAG-Deathside (Hesitation Wound)
COOL OFF-Wake Up (demo)

PSYCHO-Master Race (Welfare)
BATTALION OF SAINTS-Sweaty Little Girls (Mystic)
DR. KNOW-What To Do (Mystic)
PIG CHILDREN-Sick (Savage Beat)
GRAVEN IMAGE-My World (from “We Got Power,” Mystic)
BROKEN BONES-Decapitated (Fall Out)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY-Kiss Of Death (Death)

WHATEVER BRAINS-An Object (Sorry State)
PERMANENT MAKEUP-Pose Bust (New Granada)
aMINIATURE-Foreign Room (Sing Fat)
FLASH AND THE PAN-Walking In The Rain (Epic)

FANCY-Wild Thing (Big Tree)

Sonic Overload 7/11/16

I pretty much took a break from the news over the weekend, opting to check out some good punk shows with Infest, Siege (!), Dropdead and others, both in Cambridge and in Boston. And except for a brief mention by Dropdead, I don’t think I heard any of the bands say a word about it. Not that I’ve forgotten the deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge or Philando Castile in Minnesota or the five officers killed in Dallas or the shooter, Micah Johnson, being blown up by a police bomb. While it’s difficult to muster much sympathy for him (none, in fact), I still have an issue with the police using military weapons.  I play a song called “Long Hot Summer” by the Narcs, about police violence against black people in 1964 and, 50+ years later, here we are still talking about it. It could very well be a long, hot summer and worse fall.

By the way, not as much new music this week. I had to record the show on my laptop since my desktop seems to have finally met its demise and it makes it harder to program my iPod for the digital tracks I play… I still got a few on there.

Sonic Overload 7/11/16

TRACK 1

BLACK FLAG-Police Story (from “Let Them Eat Jellybeans,” Alternative Tentacles)

INFEST-Where’s The Unity? (self-released)
SIEGE-Conform (Deranged)
DROPDEAD-A Disease Called Man (Prank)
SCAPEGOAT-Scum (Painkiller)
FUCKING INVINCIBLE-Like A Child (Atomic Action)
LOW THREAT PROFILE-This Fight’s Not Over (Draw Blank/Deep Six)
SPAZZ-Stabbed In The Back (Tankcrimes)

DEVILS-Coitus Interruptus (From A Priest) (Voodoo Rhythm)
NARCS-Long Hot Summer (Cowabunga)
FAGGOT-Fuck You America (Selfish Satan)
MIKE AND THE MOLESTERS-Get Ya Back (Little Deputy)
TRICKY WOO-Riot Time (Tricky Woo)
GUN CLUB-Devil In The Woods (from “Keats Rides A Harley,” Happy Hermit)

DAWN OF HUMANS-Mangled Puzzle (Toxic State)
LATEX-Chain Whip (Sensual World/World Gone Mad)
SUPER UNISON-Recognize You (Deathwish Inc.)
RED THREAD-Double Speak (Shock To The System)
I OBJECT-Chopping You Down (Still Holding On)

TRACK 2

BROKEN IDOLS-Life Sux (demo)
GENRAL FOODZ-Be So Funny (Destiny)
GROUND ZERO-Cybernetic War (self-released)
MX-80 SOUND-Follow That Car (Ralph)

IKARA COLT-Rudd (Fantastic Plastic)
JR EWING-Calling In Dead (Coalition)
OLDE GHOST-Schadenfreude (Handstand)
PACHINKO-Lesbians or Lovers (Alternative Tentacles)
CONFIDENCE MEN-Funnypapers (Art Fraud)

SOCIAL SUICIDE-Born Again (from “Mixed Nuts Don’t Crack,” Crackle)
NEGATIVE ELEMENT-Dough Boy (Version Sound)
ADRENALIN OD-Suburbia (Buy Our Records)
IMPACT UNIT-Nightstalker (Big Rig)
DYS-Brotherhood (X-Claim)
EFFIGIES-No Progress (Touch and Go)
DXA-New Right (demo)

TRACK 3

LOS CRUDOS-Asesinos (Lengua Armada)
SIN ORDEN-No Es Mi Culpa (Lengua Armada)
POISON PLANET-Boycott Everything (Third x Party)
DUSTHEADS-Passive Aggressive (Don Giovanni)
LOOK BACK AND LAUGH-By The Pound (Lengua Armada)
SECRET SEVEN-Rise Up/Reach Out (Thrash Steady Syndicate)
NAZTI SKINZ-Race War (Youth Attack)

MDC-I Remember (RRadical)
KIDS-Fascist Cops (Philips)
NO TALK-Police Mafia (Psycho Wolf)
L.O.T.I.O.N.-Vid The Pigs (Toxic State)
BABY BUDDHA-Robot Police (Posh Boy)

OAF-Revenge (demo)
NURSE-Blood Breath (Scavenger of Death)
SLUGGA-Kill Me (demo)
RUNNING-No Wave José (Castle Face)

TRACK 4

NEW SWEET BREATH-Go Away (Mag Wheel)
NILS-Scratches and Needles (from “Something To Believe In,” BYO)
SPOKE-Ruptured Seam (Allied)
SEAWEED-Kid Candy (Sub Pop)
MANIC STREET PREACHERS-Suicide Alley (from “Underground Rockers Volume 2,” Link)

SUBURBS-Urban Guerrilla (from “Big Hits of Mid-America Volume Three,” Twin-Tone)
GIRLS-Jeffrey I Hear You (Hearthan)
B-52’S-6060-842 (Warner Bros.)

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Police, Police (Elevator Music)

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ECONOCHRIST-Fuck Your American Dream (Ebullition)

OVER MY DEAD BODY-Patriotic Cattle Call (Indecision)
BORN/DEAD-Democracy (Prank)
WHIPPING BOY-American Must Die (GTA)
REAGAN YOUTH-USA (Freeway Enterprises)
XPOZEZ-Democrazy (GTA)
FRITES MODERN-USA (self-released)

OAF-Fiend (demo)
MIRROR-Varicose (demo)
MACE-Waves (demo)
LIFE FUCKER-Life Fucker (Static Age)
VARIX-Out Of Reach (Fashionable Idiots)
RAD-Never Turn Your Back On A Mosh (Sacramento)
GRABBIES-John Wayne (Proud To Be Idiot)

CRUNT-Black Heart (Trance)
JANITOR JOE-Boys In Blue (Amphetamine Reptile)
FESTIVAL OF DEAD DEER-Hunting (Three.One.G)
SOFT MOON-Insides (Captured Tracks)

HOOKERS-Grind Your Bones To Dust (Patac)
PANZERBASTARD-The Devil Wins Every Time (Patac)
WILD//TRIBE-Broken Head (PunkAlive)
SUNSHINE WARD-M.A.D. (Feral Ward)
DISSEKERAD-Skiten Ar Slut (Man In Decline)
SKITKIDS-Dans Mot Friheten (Kick N’ Punch)

LOVE BATTERY-Between The Eyes (Sub Pop)
360’S-Illuminated (Link)
SWIRLIES-Didn’t Understand (Taang)
PAVEMENT-From Now On (Drag City)

IN SCHOOL-You’re Not That Dumb (Thrilling Living)
NURSE-Pressure (Scavenger of Death)
SICKOIDS-Occupy Your Time (Grave Mistake/Sorry State)
NEW GRANADA-Drawing Blanks (Lengua Armada)
SEVEN FEET FOUR-Auto Emotion (Coalition)

PASTICHE-Talk Show (P-P)
PASSIONS-I’m In Love With A German Film Star (Polydor)
ALTERED IMAGES-Dead Pop Stars (Epic)

LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS-Spider Bite (Lumpy)
BIG ZIT-Goin’ Blind (Not Normal)
RUSSIAN TIP GUN-JBTOF (Ugly Bump)
ACHTUNGS-I Don’t Want You (Going Underground)
BLAZING EYE-Kill You (Overdose)
ANARCHY 6-Slam, Spit, Cut Your Hair, Kill Your Mom (Gasatanka)

ZEROS-Hungry (Beggars Banquet)
NICK LOWE-Heart Of The City (Stiff)
DOCTORS OF MADNESS-Doctors Of Madness (United Artists)
NNB-Slack (Wave 7)

WASTE MANAGEMENT-Dead Weight (Painkiller)
CREEM-Think Twice (Katorga Works)
NOMOS-A Witness (Deranged)
INFEST-Voice Your Opinion (Deep Six)
CATATONICS-Hunted Down (Anorexic Nympho)
BGK-Get Killed (Alternative Tentacles)

GRAND FUNK-We’re An American Band (Capitol)