Monday, October 11, 2010

Sonic Overload 10/11/10

Columbus Day... I suppose I could say Happy Columbus Day but it’s not a happy day for a number of people. I have a brief PSA at the start of the show that offers something of an explanation. I also play a few songs I missed last week for my tribute to Mark Sheehan of Out Cold...

Sonic Overload 10/11/10

TRACK 1

DEFECT DEFECT-Stolen Ground (Residue)

ONxALERT-Mending 500 Years (from “Bridging Oceans,” Third Party)
WHOREHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Stolen Land (from “Aftermath,” Profane Existence)
DEVOID OF FAITH-Withdrawal (Hater of God)
CONFINES-Bait and Switch (Labor of Love/Side Two)
TALK IS POISON-Forgotten (Prank)

PAHAA VERTA-Ei Taa Aika Oo Mua Varten (self-released)
STREET TRASH-Not My Fault (No Class)
RUINERS-John 3:81 (from “Battle Of The Worst Bands,” Noncommercial)
INSOLENTS-Riot (Mystic)
REPOS-Ripped and Glued (Youth Attack)
REGRESS-Distractions (from “Histeria 2,” Lengua Armada)

ZEROZERO-Watch Out (demo)
UX VILEHEADS-Down Again (Sorry State)
NOMOS-The Most Dangerous Game (Deranged)
NO SIDE-Depressing Day (HG Fact)
AMDI PETERSENS ARME-Alt Er Ved Det Samme (Kick ‘n Punch)
DICKIES-Give It Back (A&M)

TRACK 2

OUT COLD-Shot Dead (Kangaroo)
ALIEN BLOOD TRANSFUSION-Ilsa (ACME)
ICU-AP (Put-On)
INSANITY DEFENSE-Pilgrim State (Unsound)
AUTISTIC YOUTH-No Sleep (Dirtnap/Black Water)

21-645-Copulator (demo)
VITAMIN-13 Whore (demo)
TALL PAUL-Breathe Underwater (demo)
GRAND MAL-Parade’s End (Fountain Of Youth)

HEX DISPENSERS-My Phantom Limb (Douchemaster)
HOMICIDES-I Hate You (Vertex)
FEEDTIME-Shovel (Rough Trade)
BULLET LAVOLTA-Baggage (Taang)
DEFECTS-20th Century (WXYZ)

TRACK 3

RADIATORS FROM SPACE-Television Screen (Chiswick)
BOYS-Tenement Kids (Captain Oi)
COCKNEY REJECTS-Bad Man (Captain Oi)
DOA-Take A Chance (Friends)
SUBHUMANS-Dead At Birth (Friends)

FURY-Circle Of Lies (Jade Tree)
BROTHER INFERIOR-Promise Keepers (Sensual Underground)
SMARTUT KAHOL LAVAN-Amok Hygiene (Boshet)
CROSS STITCHED EYES-Birth Of Night (Alternative Tentacles)
FLEAS & LICE-Up The Punks (Rodent Popsicle)

RIVER CITY TANLINES-Animal Life (Dirtnap)
CANDY SNATCHERS-Why Ya That Way (Go Kart)
ARCHIE & THE PUKES-I Got Worms (Centsless)
NAZZ-Christopher Columbus (Rhino)

TRACK 4

C.AARMÉ-British Breakfast (Spegel)
CANDY MACHINE-Syndicate (Skene)
DACTYL-Tooth Magic (Reptilian)
GAUNT-Revolution (Datapanik)

WHITE DRUGS-Untitled (Kunstwaffe)
EASY ACTION-I’m Waiting (Reptilian)
LOLLIPOP-Mexican Overdrive (Reptilian)
ESTRELLA 20/20-Afro Mexicana (Estrus)
INTERFUSE-Cremation of Care (Tragic End)

ROGUE MALE-All Over You (Elektra)

Sonic Overload 10/4/10

Mark Sheehan, the vocalist for the longtime Massachusetts hardcore band Out Cold, passed away over the weekend at the age of 41. I wasn’t close friends with Mark but he was always great to me over the years. He was friendly and had a good sense of humor, quite the opposite of what you’d expect, given the darkly misanthropic lyrics he penned for his band over the years. Out Cold were all business/no bullshit when they played—Mark would simply say “We’re Out Cold,” then they’d tear into 25-30 minutes (on average) of blistering and economical hardcore punk, usually without a break between songs, rarely with any sort of commentary and, at the end, he’d repeat “We’re Out Cold,” put the mike down and that would be it. So this week’s show is dedicated to his memory and you’ll hear 14 of their songs, culled from Out Cold’s vast catalog that spanned over 15 years.
   
R.I.P. Mark...

Sonic Overload 10/4/10

TRACK 1

OUT COLD-Like Clockwork (Kangaroo)
OUT COLD-Just Plain Mean (Blackfish)
OUT COLD-Hidden Agenda (ACME)
OUT COLD-Own Worst Enemy (ACME)
OUT COLD-That Hurt (ACME)
OUT COLD-Dangerously Unstable (from “Dangerously Unstable,” Suburban Voice)

WARM JETS-Diabla (ACME)
GG ALLIN & THE MURDER JUNKIES-Creation Crucifixion (Aware One)
BRATFACE-How Do You Like Me Now? (Fan Attic)
SEX MANIACS-Dollars (Manic Ride)
CRUSADERS-Supryse Package Fore Mr. Matzkov (Dionysus)
SUPERCHARGER-You Irritate Me (Estrus)

BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Reprisals (Total Fucker)
PUNCH IN THE FACE-Beer Cold, TV Loud, Homosexuals Flaming (Lengua Armada)
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE-Bwap (Shogun)
INTENSITY-All Hail Corporate Power (Thought Crime)
SLAYER-Piece By Piece (American)

TRACK 2

GENERATION X-Gimme Some Truth (Chrysalis)
MEATMEN-One Down, Three To Go (Touch & Go)
ZERO BOYS-Civilization’s Dying
HÜSKER DÜ-Target (Reflex)
ESTRANGED-Love and a Molotov Cocktail (Dirtnap)
STATUTES-Husbands and Wives (Deranged)

X-It Must Be Me (Amphetamine Reptile)
DIDJITS-Sweet Sweet Satan (Touch & Go)
SUPERSNAZZ-Breakout (Sub Pop)
MOTORAMA-Gossip Reputation (Dead Beat)
PLAGUE RATS THROUGHOUT HISTORY-Membrane (Primitive Air Raid)
INSERVIBLES-Yo No Se (Shogun)

BUKKAKE BOYS-Waiting (Vinyl Rites)
PROSTHETICS-Black & White (self-released)
BLOODTYPE-Anti-Social (Cowabunga)
HATED PRINCIPLES-Punk Is Only A Word (Gothic Gospel)
MADBALL-Across My Face (Wreck-Age)
STRIKING DISTANCE-Hated (Thorp)

TRA CK 3

OUT COLD-High Maintenance (ACME)
OUT COLD-Total Human Monster (ACME)
OUT COLD-Gimme Skelter (Kangaroo/Even Worse)
OUT COLD-Knife (ACME)
OUT COLD-Silence (Kangaroo)
OUT COLD-You’ll Never Learn (ACME)
OUT COLD-By A Thread (ACME)

DAG NASTY-Can I Say (Dischord)
NO FRIENDS-Another Wrong (No Idea)
TRAITORS-Catholic Boy (Johann’s Face)
LOSE THE TUDE-Keep Nike Out Of Hardcore (Sacred Plague)
SAXON-Stand Up And Be Counted (Carrere)

DOUBLE NEGATIVE-In Patient Out (Sorry State)
DIE KREUZEN-Imagine A Light (Touch & Go)
ANS-Speak To Me (Tankcrimes)
DEADSPOT-My Death (Letterbomb)

TRACK 4

RED DONS-Pieces (Deranged)
RED CARD-Curl Up In A Ball (Useless Chords)
PRICHARD-And That’s What I Said To Myself (self-released)
ARMITAGE SHANKS-Because I Care (self-released)
PEECHEES-Modern Soul (Kill Rock Stars)

ANGELIC UPSTARTS-Last Night Another Soldier (EMI)
RICH KIDS-Ghosts Of Princes In Towers (Virgin)
SUBWAY SECT-Ambition (from “DIY: The Modern World,” Rhino)
ROXY MUSIC-Virginia Plain (Atco)

OUT COLD-Victim (Kangaroo)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Sonic Overload 9/27/10

No politics this week. I get depressed when reading about the coming Republican onslaught, both locally and nationally. Of course, maybe the corporate-controlled media is trying to turn that into a self-fulfilling prophecy but I decided to eschew the sound-clips this week and just play punk rock. Other stuff as well—no soft rock, nothing mellow. If you’re looking for something even a little bit mellow, you can get the fuck out of here! Hmm... considering that the man who said that on his “Double Live Gonzo” album is a right-wing extremist, maybe I should avoid the topic of him as well (that’s Ted Nugent, in case you didn’t know).

One error to report—I said Caustic Element on the show but the band in question’s name is Caustic Defiance.

Sonic Overload 9/27/10

TRACK 1

BL’AST-Time To Think/Surf and Destroy (Wishingwell)

STRAIGHTJACKET NATION-Deadbeats (self-released)
NIGHTGAUN-False Flag Operation (Primitive Future)
BLOODTYPE-Not Here To Make Friends (Cowabunga)
SEE YOU IN HELL-Kupredu (Not Very Nice)
DISPARO-Bajo El Fuego (Trabuc)

INSUBORDINATES-Hipster County (Cowabunga)
GUILTY FACES-Glass Bullets (Deranged)
POISON CONTROL-Scorpio Rising (Deranged)
HJERTESTOP-Doomsday Oh Yeah (No Way)

KAMIKAZE TRIO-My Demons (P.Trash)
PART TIME CHRISTIANS-Case (Alternative Tentacles)
PRONG-Drainpipe (Spigot)
OFFENDERS-We Must Rebel (Kangaroo)

TRACK 2

THE TROUBLE-Self Destruct (Painkiller)
BRACE-Answers (Joyride)
PROSTHETICS-When Life’s Got You Down (self-released)
ASSFACTOR 4-Fuck Hate Breeders (Old Glory)
LAPINPOLTHAJAT-Virhe (Hohnie)
WICCANS-End Game (Pass Judgement)

DC SNIPERS-Electric Chair From Saigon (Dead Beat)
LE SHOK-We Are Electrocution (GSL)
THROBBIN URGES-Accident (Dead Beat)
BEAR PROOF SUIT-Digging A Ditch (Urban Pirate)
COSMIC PSYCHOS-Decadence (Amphetamine Reptile)

A-TEAM-Armor Of Apathy (Stab & Kill)
LAST IN LINE-I Quit (ACME)
TEAR IT UP-Through Being Cute (Deranged)
PROWL-Tear Me Down (Gloom)
R’N’R-I’ve Had It (Deadalive)
FUCKED UP-Last Man Standing (Deranged)

TRACK 3

IMPERIALIST PIGS-Cherub Face (Fatal Erection)
DOGS-Nineteen (Melodies Massacre)
PACK-Riots (Vinyl)
BUGS-Slide (from “The Polaris Story,” Bacchus Archives)
DWARVES-Drug Store (Sub Pop)

LIBYANS-Breathing In (Sorry State)
PLEASE INFORM THE CAPTAIN THIS IS A HIJACK-Your Good Thing Is About To Come To An End (Empire)
BOOKS LIE-Capitalism Is Some Kinda Crazy Ass Vampire (Satellite Transmissions)
FADING OUT-Shadows (Palace)

PLUGZ-A Gain-A Loss (Restless)
NEATS-Sometimes (Ace of Hearts)
THE SOUND-Resistance (Korova)
SOFT CELL-Sex Dwarf (Sire)

TRACK 4

AGENT ORANGE-Your Mother Sucks Cocks In Hell (Kangaroo)
CAUSTIC DEFIANCE-Who Are You? (Akashic)
PLAGUE-Losing My Mind (Just 4 Fun)
WHITE CROSS-Jump Up My Ass (Grand Theft Audio)
WHITE TRASH-Wake Up (Local Anesthetic)
SECTOR 4-Plaid Spaceship (from “We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida,” Destroy)
THE MOB-Step Forward (Mob Style)
TH’INBRED-The Shitpile (Alternative Tentacles)

BAGS-We Will Bury You (Dangerhouse)
PEGBOY-Through My Fingers (Touch & Go)
LYNYRD’S INNARDS-Houston, We Have A Problem (Johann’s Face)
FED UP-Today (Black Tar)

AC/DC-Up To My Neck In You (Atco)