Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Sonic Overload 10/19/09

This week, it's a tribute to the legendary Captain Lou Albano, whose passing closes yet another door on the classic era of professional wrestling. I'll be wearing elastic bands on my cheeks in his memory. OK, I won't but he gets the appropriate send-off, I think...

Sonic Overload 10/19/09

TRACK 1

IN/HUMANITY-Ins And Outs Of A Waste Of Flesh (Prank)

I HATE THIS-Sick (American Waste)
COLD SHOULDER-Condominiums (Cowabunga)
WHORES OF WAR-Good Son (self-released)
RUMOR 39-Get Out Go Home (New Disorder)
HUMAN ADULTS-Rash (demo)
BILL BONDSMEN-Something’s Died (Dead Beat)

WHITE SHIT-Jim Morrison (PPM)
ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS-Life Stinks (Smog Veil)
SPLIT ENDS-Rich With Nothin (from “Pebbles #1,” AIP)
PAGAN FAITH-Body Bags (No Clubs)

AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER-10:20’s Sweet Moves (No Idea)
CRUCIAL UNIT-Let’s Unite The Punx and Skinz, Put ‘em On A Boat, Send ‘em Off To Sea and Sink Those Fuckers (Crucial Blast)
GRUDGE-Cap’n Straightedge (Jism)
JUD JUD-Fast Song (No Idea)
HERDS-The Seas (Fashionable Idiots)
ELDOPA-Wrong End Of The Gun (East Bay Menace)
OJOROJO-Nine (from “Shit Gets Smashed,” East Bay Menace)

TRACK 2

NRBQ & CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO-Captain Lou (Rounder) in memory of the Captain

FOREIGN OBJECTS-Who Will Dispute The Genius Of Lou Albano? (Dino)
SHEMPS-The Face (Reservation)
CATHOLIC BOYS-Brainwash City (Kryptonite)
CONTAMINATORS-Non Existant Love (Going Underground)

CRACKS-Got A Weapon (Slipping Grip)
DISCO ASSAULT-Homeland Security (Schizophrenic)
NIGHTSTICK JUSTICE-Bite The Bullet (Even Worse/Way Back When)
REPOS-Ripped and Glued/Run To Stay (Youth Attack)
PUNCH IN THE FACE-At War With Everybody (Lengua Armada)

THE STALIN-Romanticist (boot)
THE PANIK-Modern Politics (from “It Won’t Sell,” Rainy City)
BULLET LAVOLTA-Baggage (Taang)
IGGY POP-I Snub You (Arista)

TRACK 3

PENADOS POR LA LEY-El Quintero (Rotthenness)
THE PATTERN-Nothing Of Value (Lookout)
MIDNIGHT BOMBERS-Symptoms (demo)
KNIFEDANCE-Running Out Of Time (Hit & Run)
PRENATAL LUST-Entertainment Tonight (from “Cottage Cheese From The Lips Of Death” Ward-9)
BOTTLES & SKULLS-War Machine (TKO)

RAPEMAN-Up Beat (Touch & Go)
UZI-Criminal Child (Matador)
GREEN MAGNET SCHOOL-Throb (Sub Pop)
CIRCUS LUPUS-Pop Man (Dischord)

TRACK 4

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH-Black Becomes The Sun (HG Fact)
BLOWBACK-Fuck Fuck Fuck (HG Fact)
BASTARD SONS OF APOCALPYSE-Wave Of Death (Adelante/Todo Destruido)
KVOTERINGEN-Fettet Har Avgått, Vargen Är Lös (Torroten)
GOUKA-Program (Putrid Filth Conspiracy)

BRING DOWN THE HAMMER-A Butcher Most Sacred (demo)
KAMIKAZE-Going Through The Motions (Soulrebel)
FLAG OF DEMOCRACY-#1 (Sound Pollution)
CTR-Escape (HG Fact)
BORN DEAD ICONS-Frame Breakers (Partners In Crime)

THE FIX-Celebre (Touch & Go)
M.A.D.-Holocaust (from “Not So Quiet On The Western Front,” Alternative Tentacles)
MOB 47-Snobb (Solid State)
FRED & FRIHET-Sund Moral (from “Really Fast #4”)
FADER WAR-Levende Begravd (boot)
ACTIVE MINDS-Economic Collapse Is On Its Way (Hooray!) (from “Retro Is Poison,” Punks Before Profits)

JUDGE-The Storm (Revelation)


Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Sonic Overload 10/12/09

This week, there's a tribute to Richard "Chard" McInally, who took his own life earlier this month. Chard was the guitarist for 9 Shocks Terror and the H-100s.

And, on this Columbus Day show, it's the return of "Hot Rails To Hell," a half hour or so of hard rock, metal and other sounds from the late 60s to early 80s... I did this show on occasion back in the A-B Free days and decided to revive (for one time, for now) this week...

Sonic Overload 10/12/09

TRACK 1

9 SHOCKS TERROR-Yeti Smasher (River On Fire) in memory of Richard “Chard” McInally

H-100S-Dismantle (Coalition)
BRAIN KILLER-The Breaking Wheel (demo)
BASTARD-Fucking Cops (Bloodsucker)
BRAIN HANDLE-Sentimental Men (Fashionable Idiots)
SOME KIND OF HATE-Calling All Bastards (Bridge Nine)
9 SHOCKS TERROR-Prozac Logic (River On Fire)

ONxALERT-Mending 500 Years (from “Bridging Oceans,” Third Party)
DISASTER STRIKES-Curtain Call (Alternative Tentacles)
LOGIC PROBLEM-Element Data (Abuse)
MAD WORLD-Pulling Me Down (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
TRAGATELO-Rabia Sin Razon (Lengua Armada)
FY FAN-Statusstegen (from “World Hardcore Compilation,” Too Circle)

COCOCOMA-Water Into Wine (Goner)
SCRAMS-Flea Market Rock (self-released)
THANKS-Um... (demo)
LIVEFASTDIE-Can I Get Some More (Dead Beat)
ESTRELLA 20/20-Afro Mexicana (Estrus)
SWORN LIARS-Plug (Big Neck)

TRACK 2

THE POGO-Police War (Loud Punk)
FUCKED UP-Police (Deranged)
BLACK FLAG-Police Story (SST)
MDC-Dead Cops/America’s So Straight (R Radical)
DOA-The Enemy (Sudden Death)

COPS AND ROBBERS-Desensitized (ADD)
NERVE AGENTS-War Against (Hellcat)
HONG KONG BLONDE-Hell Is Alive (demo)
IDIOTS-Evil Knievel (Beer City)
PANTHRO UK UNITED 13-Dead Asshole (No Idea)
LOAD-Haitian Incantation (Faceless)

CIRCLE JERKS-Paid Vacation (Frontier)
GOVERNMENT ISSUE-Teenager In A Box (Dr. Strange)
SAINTS-Demolition Girl (Sire)
UXA-Tragedies (Posh Boy)

TRACK 3

GOD AND TEXAS-Incoming (Rave)
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT-Fat Lip (Interscope)
SELBY TIGERS-Cheerleading Is Big Business (Hopless)
THE SOUND-Heartland (Korova)

NOG WATT-Going On (Revenge)
EVERYTHING FALLS APART-Leave No Record (self-released)
TORCHES TO ROME-Life Led Idle (Ebullition)
THE EXPLODER-Decision (Reptilian)
VITAMIN PARTY-Animal Farm (Get It Out)

BANDANOS-Enfia No Cu A Sua Teoria (Peculio)
KILL DEVILLE-Just A Song (Malt Soda)
FOUND DEAD IN TRUNK-Combat Zone (demo)
EVEN WORSE-Emptying The Madhouse (from “New York Thrash,” ROIR)
DELTA 5-Shadow (Kill Rock Stars)

TRACK 4

SYSTEMATIC DEATH-Fight The Fear Of Others (Fade-In)
ORGANISM-Humanity (self-released)
AI-No Surrender (Feral Ward)
ZONE-Kakusei (HG Fact)

NEW SWEET BREATH-Throw It All Away (Ringing Ear)
LYNYRD’S INNARDS-Houston, We Have A Problem (Johann’s Face)
ZEN GUERRILA-Mama’s Little Rocket (Alternative Tentacles)
IVY GREEN-Hunting (Pogo)
THE REACTION-The Kids Arrived (from “We Went And Recorded It Anyway,” Brutarian Quarterly)

SUBWAY SECT-Ambition (from “DIY: The Modern World,” Rhino)
HOSPITAL RATS-Parthenon (demo)
BRAINIAC-Smack Bunny Baby (Grass)
COLIN NEWMAN-Don’t Bring Me Reminders (Beggars Banquet)

9 SHOCKS TERROR-Not A Fucking Anthem (Devour)

THE RETURN OF HOT RAILS TO HELL!

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT-Hot Rails To Hell (Columbia)

BLUE CHEER-Summertime Blues (Mercury) in memory of Dickie Petersen
BLACK SABBATH-Neon Knights (Warner Bros)
SWEET-Yesterday’s Rain (Capitol)

NAZARETH-Not Faking It (A&M)
UFO-Shoot Shoot (Chysalis)
HURRIGANES-Tallahassee Lassie (Love)

NAZZ-Christopher Columbus (Rhino)

Monday, October 12, 2009

Sonic Overload 10/5/09

This week's political content, so-to-speak, is some audio from Florida Congressman Alan Grayson, giving a darkly humorous skewering of the Republican health care reform plan. Look for the video on YouTube as you need to see the visuals. About time someone in the Democratic party stood up to the lying bullies in the Republican party.

This week's musical content? The usual assortment of punk, hardcore, garage and a surprise or two.

Sonic Overload 10/5/09

TRACK 1

PRONG-Disbelief (Mr. Bear)

BRING DOWN THE HAMMER-Ann Coulter (Know)
IMPERIAL LEATHER-Mint Condition (Profane Existence)
FOREIGN OBJECTS-Leave Me (Loud Punk)
PEDESTRIANS-In The End (Criminal IQ)
ROGUE NATIONS-If I Were To Kill OJ This Is What It Would Sound Like (Suicide Watch)
CULT HEROES-Amerikan Story (from “Killed By Death #12”)

SISTA SEKUNDEN-Jag E Ingenting (P.Trash/Instigate)
COMPLETE WASTE-Sustain (Give Praise)
GOD FODDER-Dead Weight (Motorchest)
VIOLENT NUNS-The CIA Is After Me (from “Bands That Don’t Give A Shit About Being God,” Social Napalm)
CARDIAC ARREST-Daily Dose (Grave Mistake/No Way)
FORMALDEHYDE JUNKIES-Nuke The Frats (Underestimated)
LA PIOVRA-Contintasca (Youth Attack)

AVO-All My Friends Are Fucked (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
THE HORROR-Twisting Me Up (Grot)
PANIC-Turn Cold (Bridge Nine)
SEPULTURA-Refuse/Resist (Epic)

TRACK 2

GBH-Sick Boy (Clay)

DIRECT CONTROL-Public Safety (Feral Ward)
THE HIGH & THE MIGHTY-If The Time Is Right, We’re Ready To Fight (Grand Theft Audio)
MIA-I Hate Hippies (Alternative Tentacles)
BAGS-Bag Bondage (Artifix)
STRIKE UNDER-Context (Wax Trax)

VALSE TRISTE-Ylivoimalla Yksinkertaisella (If Society)
SICK AND TIRED-Hindsight (unreleased)
TIMEBOMBS-Safe For The Whole Family (Cowabunga)
CHRIST ON PARADE-Human Laboratory (Prank)
FLAK-Bliss (Police Target)

HALO OF FLIES-No Time (Amphetamine Reptile)
SWINGIN NECKBREAKERS-Take Your Life (Telstar)
REPLACEMENTS-Stuck In The Middle (Twin/Tone)
CYNICS-Way It’s Gonna Be (Get Hip)

TRACK 3

LEGAL WEAPON-No Sorrow (Arsenal)
DEFECTS-Killer On The Streets (WXYZ)
WIPERS-Return Of The Rat (Zeno)
DEEP PURPLE-Flight Of The Rat (Warner Bros.)

ANNIHILATION TIME-1962 (It’s Alive)
UNSANE-Scrape (Amphetamine Reptile)
STUMP WIZARDS-Firemine (Skyclad)
ARCWELDER-What Did You Call It That For? (Touch & Go)
WRECK-Cut-Ups (Play It Again Sam)

TRACK 4

FAST TIMES IN JUNIOR HIGH LOGIC-King Of The Hipsters (demo)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS-Life Ain’t Cool (Deranged)
SWEET J.A.P.-Den De Den (Big Neck)
BUNNY SKULLS-AHC/False X (self-released)
LIL BUNNIES-Carrot Goggle Beauty Queen (Wrench)
UNNATURAL AXE-3 Chord Rock (Lawless)
DEAD BOYS-I Won’t Look Back (Sire)

HÜSKER DÜ-Real World (SST)
AGENT ORANGE-A Cry For Help In A World Gone Mad (Posh Boy)
BOSKOPS-Mutter Erde (Mülleimer)
MARKED MEN-Blew My Head (Dirtnap)

TOM & BOOT BOYS-This Music Sucks (Pogo 77)
BOYS-Turning Grey (Captain Oi)
RADIATORS FROM SPACE-Television Screen (Chiswick)
VICTIMS-(I’m) Flipped Out Over You (from “Murder Punk Vol. 1”)

BELFEGORE-All That I Wanted (Elektra)

Sonic Overload 9/28/09

If you like the louder/crazier/faster hardcore, you'll probably love this week's show. Heck, you should love it EVERY week but I digress...

http://www.mediafire.com/?d13ey3gcwqm

TRACK 1

RUNNAMUCKS-In For The Kill (Six Weeks)

AVSKUM-Fight Back Capitalism (Prank)
RAJOITUS-Propaganda... Ei Mua Haluata (Hardcore Holocaust)
CRUDE-Will Understand In The Future (Deranged)
TOTALITAR-Frihet Utan Ansvar (YOJ)
SOD-Religiosa Fanatika (Cross)

SPEEDFREAKS-Blitzkrieg (self-released)
ANS-Tunnel Vision (Tankcrimes)
RATS-Do You Really Want To Fight Me (Thrashbastard)
GUS-Heterobash Was Flipper (Slow To Burn)
THE SPARK-The Guts (Mike Fitzgerald)

TASTE THE FLOOR-Less Bullshit On Songs Lyrics (Running Riot)
UNIT 21-Strangle The Reason (Muerte Negra)
TODAY’S OVERDOSE-No Other Life To Choose (Profane Existence)
SCURVY DOGS-Kiss My Talibuns (Rodent Popsicle)
VIOLENT SOCIETY-Fight (Puke N Vomit)

TRACK 2

COCOCOMA-You Better Beware (Goner)
ACID EATER-Nothing Can Bring Me Down (Time Bomb)
DEAN DIRG-Everyone Back Off (from “Planet Of Friends,” Boycott The Fencewalkers)
HIPS-Reason (Going Underground)
REPORTS-Attleboro Trailers (Ride The Snake)

MAD WORLD-Persona (Even Worse/Kangaroo)
POSITIVE NOISE-Let’s Have A Party For Your Pathetic Ass (Punks Before Profits)
I OBJECT-Third World Warfare (Town Clock)
CULTURE SHOCK-If Only An Atheist Could Pray For The Apocalypse (demo)
RIGHT ON-Keepin On (Malfunction)
SCREECHING WEASEL-American Suicide (VML)
NEIGHBORHOOD THREAT-The Nomad (demo)

STRAIGHTJACKET MIND-Erie St. (demo)
FUGAZI-Latin Roots (Dischord)
ALLOY-Unafraid (Bitzcore)
PEACEFUL MEADOWS-Sheep (Allied)

TRACK 3

STATE-Pop Tart (Gossenwelt)
KOROVA-My Vietnam (Victimized)
NETJAJEV SS-Now I Wanna Die (Rescued From Life)
VENAL IV-Fuck FCC (demo)
HATED PRINCIPLES-Cops From Hell (Gothic Gospel)
CON/800-Nuke Warz (demo)
5150-Murder 101 (Reagan Era HC)
NO PIGS-Law On Your Side (from “Beware Of The Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing,” Nozem)

DIRTY SWEETS-Dance Party Massacre (Rip Off)
COMAS-I’m Not Contagious (Therapeutic)
HATEPINKS-Kissing Cops With My Ass (TKO)
FLAT BOWL-Sticky (from “Beer City Underground Invasion Vol. 3,” Beer City)
DESPISED-Probation (Kangaroo)
IMPERIALIST PIGS-Cherub Face (Fatal Erection)
REGISTRATORS-TV Hell (Rip Off)
COMMIES-Drop That Needle (Pelado)

BIZARROS-I Bizzaro (Clone)
THE MAD-I Hate Music (from “Killed By Death #1”)
BUTTHOLE SURFERS-Lady Sniff (Touch & Go)
PART TIME CHRISTIANS-Case (Alternative Tentacles)

TRACK 4

NN-Trapos (Lengua Armada)
NITAD-Ditt Val, Mitt Val (Deranged)
THE EDGE-Corporate Abuse (Throbbing Lobster)
GEARS-Girl Crazy (Hep Cat)
FUN THINGS-Savage (from “Murder Punk, Vol. 2”)
HATES-New Spartans (Faceless)

GIRLS AT OUR BEST-Getting Nowhere Fast (Vinyl Japan)
NATIVE TONGUE-Blame It On Gravity (Modern Method)
VOLCANO SUNS-Tree Stomp (from “Claws,” Throbbing Lobster)
NEATS-Sometimes (Ace of Hearts)
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY-Save My Soul (Red Rhino)

BIG BOYS-Fun Fun Fun (Touch & Go)

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Sonic Overload 9/21/09

For the first time in a bit, no soundbites, no political speeches and two cool Krautrock songs. Not exactly mellow but wait 'til next week's installment if you crave nearly-continuous aggor. Plenty to enjoy here, though...

Sonic Overload 9/21/09

TRACK 1

YOUTH BRIGADE-Violence (from “Someone Got Their Head Kicked In,” BYO)

RORSCHACH-Impressions (Vermiform)
MURDER-SUICIDE PACT-Get Bored and Die (demo)
RAW NERVES-The Elegant Dance Of World Destruction (Poisoned Candy)
POINTBLANK-She Kills You Faster (demo)
WASTED TIME-Smile and Fuck (Grave Mistake)
BLANK STARE-Fuck Your Life (Refuse)

FUSES-Gas Station Food (American Punk)
NERVES-Red Night (Thrill Jockey)
ANGRY RED PLANET-Fuckwad (Angry Red)
THE BOMB-Haver (No Idea)

NOISE A GO GO-Grotesqueen (HG Fact)
LIP CREAM-For My Life (Captain)
LEATHERVEIN-Godspeed (Hjernespind)
LOUDPIPES-Keep On Lying (Kron-H)
VULCAIN-Overdose (Ebony)

TRACK 2

PELIGRO SOCIAL-Salvame (Tankcrimes)
NIGHTBIRDS-Send Me Home (demo)
CLOROX GIRLS-Vietnam (Smartguy)
LYRES-Ain’t Going Nowhere (Ace Of Hearts)

PSYCHED TO DIE-OCD Life (Dirtnap)
SLAP THE CULTURE-I Hate Anarchy (Cock Suck)
SMART BOMB-Just Screaming (demo)
RICE-Sparrow (Lookout)
TIMEBOMBS-3 (Cowabunga)
SIEGE-Sad But True (Deranged)

FUNERAL SHOCK-California’s Dead (Tankcrimes)
GARBAGE STRIKE-Cops Are Here (demo)
FASHION-Swells (Yibbida Yibbida)
SANITY ASSASSINS-Underground (Tornado Ride)
KRAYS-Inside Warfare (Eye Ball)
RED ALERT-Rebels In Society (No Future)

TRACK 3

BEAR PROOF SUIT-Ride The Orange Whale (Urban Pirate)
NITZ-Found My Thrill (Reptilian)
SELLOUTS-Tookewl (from “Ramencore Vol, 1,” Burnt Ramen)
SAFETY PINS-Plastic Punks (Dead Beat)
MUD CITY MANGLERS-Gonna Die Tonight (007)
DEAD MAN’S CHOIR-Domestic Violence (Know)

WINNING LOOKS-Breakdown (Waiting)
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS-Fuck You, You T-Shirt Necktie Wearing Mother Fucker (No Idea)
LOVE BATTERY-Between The Eyes (Sub Pop)
NEU!-After Eight (Astralwerks)

EDDIE & THE SUBTITLES-American Society (Frontier)
GEORGE IMBECILE & THE IDIOTS-Born Against (Twisted Red Cross)
FOLLOW FASHION MONKEYS-Straight In The Face (Clymer)
LANDLORDS-Amputee (Catch Trout)
SNFU-Cannibal Cafe (BYO)
UPRIGHT CITIZENS-Swastika Ratss (BYO)

TRACK 4

SPITS-Live In A Van (Recess)
DEREK LYN PLASTIC-She’s Got A UTI (NMG)
RED AUNTS-Wrecked (Epitaph)
DC SNIPERS-Note To Self (Dead Beat)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-Insufficient Funds (Goner)

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS-In Your Heart (Mute)
AMEBIX-Curfew (Alternative Tentacles)
SOFT CELL-Sex Dwarf (Sire)
MAN SIZED ACTION-Units (Reflex)

FAUST-It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl (Polydor)