Monday, March 28, 2011

Sonic Overload 3/14/11

11 years of Sonic Overload... who'd believe it? Thanks to everyone for the support over the years. Since I played a lot of clips from older shows last year, I did something different for this anniversary show, picking favorite songs for the first year (technically) of each of the past four decades from 2001 to 1971 (and that set is more than a little self-indulgent). Enjoy...

Sonic Overload 3/14/11

TRACK 1

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-Suspect Device (Rough Trade)

SHEER TERROR-Here To Stay (Blackout)
LIFE SENTENCE-Problems (Walkthrufyre)
URBAN WASTE-Public Opinion (Mad At The World)
VIOLENT SOCIETY-Times of Distraught (CI)

FOLDED SHIRT-Wet Brain (Fashionable Idiots)
BRAIN F? -So Dim (Sorry State)
UV RAYS-Failed Generation (Feral Kid)
HENRY FIAT’S OPEN SORE-Yes Sir (Coldfront)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Saturation Tank (Sorry State)

TOTAL FURY-I Win, You Lose (Dan-Doh)
SLANG-The World Of Lunacy (Prank)
BASTARD-Wind Of Pain (Bloodsucker)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH-Be Dead Be Gone Annie (from “Thrash Til Death,” Pusmort)
FUTURES-Spider Walk (625)
GUITAR WOLF-All Through The Night Buttobase!! (Matador)

TRACK 2

F-MINUS-Suburban Blight (Hellcat)
DS-13-Lie (Havoc)
TEAR IT UP-What’s The Problem (Deranged)
THE URCHIN-I Can’t Drink With Your Tear In My Beer (Broken)
NINE SHOCKS TERROR-Get Mugged (Sound Pollution)
BORN DEAD ICONS-Salvation On The Knees (Partners In Crime)
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT-Savoir Faire (Vagrant)

TEARS-Miss Queen (Trick Knee)
SCOUNGERS-Shit Shit Shit (demo)
COACHWHIPS-Extinguish Me (Narnack)
TOILET BOYS-Scaredy Cat (Master Plan)
OVERKILL-Hell’s Getting Hotter (SST)
FLESH COLUMNS-Mummar Khadafi (Touch & Go)

SUPERCHUNK-Skip Steps 1 & 3 (Matador)
STARJETS-Ten Years (Captain Oi)
RITES OF SPRING-Remainder (Dischord)
AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY-Walking Revolution (Far Out)

TRACK 3

BORN AGAINST-Jock Gestapo (Kill Rock Stars)
JESUS LIZARD-Mouth Breather (Touch & Go)
GOD AND TEXAS-1066 (Rave)
NIRVANA-Territorial Pissings (DGC)

STRIPMINES-Sympathy Rations (Sorry State)
MANIPULATION-Death Watch (Sorry State)
DEATH WISH KIDS-13 (Aerodrome)
FY FAN-Kristen Rensning (No Way)
INVASION-Claustrofobia (La Vida Es Un Mus)
DISCHARGE-Free Speech For The Dumb (Clay)

INSOMNIO-The Darkside (Trabuc)
FINAL CONFLICT-Shattered Mirror (SOS)
ONE WAY SYSTEM-Give Us A Future (Captain Oi)
GUTTERMOUTH-Asshole (Nitro)

TRACK 4

GANG OF FOUR-Cheeseburger (Infinite Zero)
IRON MAIDEN-Wrathchild (Columbia)
TSOL-Die For Me (Frontier)
ADOLESCENTS-Creatures (Frontier)
OUTLETS-3rd Floor For Me (from “A Wicked Good Time,” Modern Method)

SUGARLOAF-Tongue In Cheek (Liberty)
BREAD-Let Your Love Go (Elektra)
CHICAGO-Free (Columbia)
BUOYS-Timothy (Scepter)
GUESS WHO-Hang On To Your Life (RCA)

EFFIGIES-We’ll Be Here Tomorrow (Touch & Go)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Sonic Overload 3/7/11

No extra audio clips or political ranting this week, just the music. I’m feeling a bit under the weather and my voice sounds like crap. I didn’t even realize how bad until doing the editing. Next week is the 11th anniversary show for Sonic Overload. It won’t be the same sort of extravaganza I did for the 10th anniversary, but there will be a few surprises...

Sonic Overload 3/7/11

TRACK 1

BIG BOYS-No (Touch & Go)

DEEP SLEEP-Head Spins (Grave Mistake)
LIKE WOLVES-Live Wires (self-released)
ALLERGIC TO WHORES-Rituals (Sound Pollution)
HERO DISHONEST-The Biggest Asshole (IfSociety)

VON ZIPPERS-Blue Suit Bullies (Estrus)
ROCKET SCIENCE-Burn In Hell (Voodoo Rhythm)
LOST BOYS-Kill A Luddite For Salvation (Still Holding On)
MORMONS-Your Shit (Gristmilling)
COLON ON THE COB-Boozed On Booze (from “Orchestral Manures In The Dork,” Wheelchair Full Of Old Men)
BRULBAJZ-EAP (from “Bloodstains Across Sweden”)

KRAKDOWN-Freedom (Common Cause)
ROACH MOTEL-Chowburger (Destroy)
IMMORAL DISCIPLINE-Coffee Achievers (DSI Archives)
COCKNEY REJECTS-Shitter (Captain Oi)
ANGELIC UPSTARTS-Two Million Voices (Zonophone)

TRACK 2

PSYCHO-Master Race (Welfare)
GUILTY FACES-Some Things (demo)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE-Drunk Cop (No Way)
LIBYANS-A Common Place (Sorry State)
SAY GOODBYE-Question Everything (Western Front)
COPS AND ROBBERS-Desensitized (ADD)

DAILY VOID-Psychic Violence (Sacred Bones)
RATAS DEL VATICANO-Comienzate A Masturbar (Siltbreeze)
UV RACE-Dog Tired (AARGHT!)
WOMEN-Dead World (FDS)
SCHUND-Schund (Hohnie)

ENEMIES-X-Ray Spex (Raw Produtions)
BRIAN JAMES-Living In Sin (IRS)
SECRET AFFAIR-Let Your Heart Dance (Sire)
THE NOT-Action Man (Not)

TRACK 3

CONFIDENCE MEN-Funnypapers (Art Fraud)
OLDE GHOST-Cop Out (Handstand)
WHITE LUNG-Viva La Rat (Deranged)
VILE BODIES-Face Without Hands (demo)
IKARA COLT-Bring It To Me (Epitaph)

CRIATURAS-Sombras Ocultas (Lengua Armada)
CROSSED EYES-Broke Bike (Sorry State)
WHITE WIRES-Are You Mad (Dirtnap)
KONKS-God Says (Bomp)
CHEATER SLICKS-Chaos (Gift Of Life)

SECRET PROSTITUTES-Sabotase Barang Bukti (Bad Hair Life)
TYVEK-Blocks (In The Red)
PLAGUE RATS THROUGHOUT HISTORY-Patriarch Cloud (Primitive Air-Raid)
EASTER MONKEYS-Take Another Pill (Smog Veil)

TRACK 4

EXTORTION-The Chair (from “This Comp Kills Fascists, Volume 2 (Deep Six/Relpase)
FUCKFACE-Bastard (Lil’ Deputy)
PROSTHETICS-When Life’s Got You Down (self-released)
BLACKWALL HITCH-Milwaukee Burning (self-released)
UNHOLY THREE-no title (Donut Friends)
GARDY LOO-First Shit Of The Morning (Off The Records)

CHORDS-Maybe Tomorrow (Polydor)
2X4’S-Bridgeport Lathe (Bessemer Process)
VICTIMS OF PLEASURE-When You’re Young (VOP)
STEVE DIGGLE-Shut Out The Light (Liberty)

SKI PATROL-Agent Orange (Malicious Damage)

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Sonic Overload 2/28/11

The theme of this week’s show is pretty self-explanatory, mainly a show of solidarity with the state workers in Wisconsin who are under attack by their newly-elected Republican governor, Scott Walker, who wants to strip them of their collective bargaining rights. They’re also under attack by various right-wing politicians, pundits and severely misguided, misled individuals who have been conned into thinking that everyone who belongs to a union is a “thug.” Crowds continue to grow at protests and rallies in Madison, as well as around the country and you get a taste of that at the beginning of Tracks 1 and 3. Thanks to everyone who suggested songs and bands with a pro-union and/or pro-worker message...

Sonic Overload 2/28/11

TRACK 1

THOSE UNKNOWN-Cries Of A Nation (TKO)

HUDSON FALCONS-Working Class War (GMM)
THE STRIKE-Take Action (Johann’s Face)
DILLINGER FOUR-Super Powers Enable Me To Blend In With Machinery (Hopeless)
DILS-Class War (Dionysus)

OLDE GHOST-Fatalists (Handstand)
HERDS-Iron Mountain (Residue)
SORRY EXCUSE-Theme (Lifeline)
MUCH WORSE-Tarred Lungs (No Way)
VICIOUS CYCLE-I’m Watching You (Vinyl Addict)

PREFECTURE-Want Adds (demo)
ACTION SWINGERS-Skicap! (Reptilian)
BUFF MEDWAYS-All My Feelings Denied (Transcopic)
CUSTOMS-Let’s Get It On (Shake It!)

TRACK 2

EXTREME NOISE TERROR-Fucked Up System (Plastic Head) in memory of Phil Vane

BURY THE LIVING-Don’t Break The Boycot (Kangaroo)
DISASTER STRIKES-You Own The Past, But Not Today (Overdose on Records)
BRING DOWN THE HAMMER-By The Crack Of A Whip (Know)
SEEIN RED-Union (Coalition)
DEADSTOOLPIGEON-Strike Anthem (Crucial Response)

BROKEN NECK-Paranoid (Art Fraud)
LETS GROW-Man Is The Measure (Refuse/Ha-Ko Bastards)
SHOTDOWNS-Going Nowhere Fast (Lookout)
JUGGLING JUGULARS-Game (Kamaset Levyt)
CHEAP TRAGEDIES-July of ’68 (Mad At The World)

NIGHT BIRDS-Triple Feature (No Way)
THE FRISK-Small Town Myopia (Adeline)
ANXIETIES-The Next Mutation (Lab Rat Industries)
THE ENERGY-I’m Gonna Cut You Into Pieces (Team Science)

TRACK 3

BLITZ-Never Surrender (Captain Oi)

A/V MURDER-Fight Like A Man (Local Cross)
TRACTOR SEX FATALITY-Prosthesis Rising (Big Neck)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAS-Blister (In Ya Face)
CLOCKCLEANER-Bad Man (Manic Ride)
NO TREND-For The Fun Of It All (No Trend)

MINUTEMEN-This Ain’t No Picnic (SST)
THE WALL-Kiss The Mirror (Captain Oi)
DAMNED-I Just Can’t Be Happy Today (Chiswick)
METHOD ACTORS-The Method (Armageddon)
FLESH EATERS-No Questions Asked (Upsetter)

TRACK 4

DEFIANCE-How Much Longer (PunkCore)
PINKERTON THUGS-Factory Life (Go-Kart)
KRAYS-Inside Warfare (Eyeball)
VIOLENT MINDS-Fight Authority (Parts Unknown)
GATE CRASHERS-Going, Going, Gone (Parts Unknown)
PROLETARIAT-Voodoo Economics (Taang)

ENCROACHED-Look At Tomorrow (from “World Hardcore Punk Compilation,” Too Circle)
SWEET DIESEL-Winner (Go-Kart/Sound Views)
VIRULENCE-All (Southern Lord)
MURDER-SUICIDE PACT-The Whole World Owes Me Lunch (demo)
ANNIHILATION TIME-Panic (Manic Ride)
SWORN LIARS-Krank (Big Neck)

THE FALL-Totally Wired (Rough Trade)

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Sonic Overload 2/21/11

When I originally typed this page, I had MSNBC on in the background and, as had been the case for the past week, they were talking about the protests in Wisconsin by public employees who have been gathering in the state capital of Madison for the past week. The reason for these protests are due to new Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to roll benefits for public employees and, primarily, to crush their unions by taking away collective bargaining rights. Governors in other states such as Ohio, Florida, New Jersey, Indiana and more hope to use Walker’s legislation as a blueprint to fuck with workers in their own states. I didn’t mention these issues on the show this week but that will change for next week's show. In the meantime, count me among those who support these public workers who are being bashed by conservative politicians and right-wing media. I’m sick of the bashing of teachers, in particular. What always amuses me is when I read comments by people who attack teachers and their postings are filled with spelling and grammatical errors.

I do touch on the attempts in this country to curtail reproductive rights for women, be it by the House’s defunding of Planned Parenthood or the legislation in South Dakota basically condoning the murder of abortion providers by essentially calling it justifiable homicide. And, regarding Planned Parenthood, they’re also an important resource for family planning and other health services. But the Republican thugs in Congress don’t care about women. They hate women—or their actions sure indicate such hatred. I start the second segment with the audio of an ad from MoveOn.org. You really should see the video and it's at MoveOn's site. Disturbing, yes—and it hopefully won’t become the reality.

Sonic Overload 2/21/11

TRACK 1

COFFIN BREAK-Kill The President (C/Z)

MUCH WORSE-Saturation (No Way)
CROSS RAGE-Cross Rage (No Way)
FEAR OF TOMORROW-Death Comes Crashing (Charged//Distorted)
FY FAN-Du Har Slutat Skratta (No Way)
HERATYS-Äääh (La Familia)
TUBERCULOSIS-Disfrasandose (Lengua Armada)

NIGHT BIRDS-Midnight Movies (No Way)
COLA FREAKS-Sten (Hjernespind)
BLOWTOPS-Criminal Animal Expendable (Big Neck)
ZEROZERO-Holiday On Crack (demo)
THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY-Theophylline Valentime (Smog Veil)
THE DARK-You Got What You Wanted (from “The New Hope,” New Hope)

REPOS-Go Faster (Youth Attack)
NECROMONGO-A La Perdicion (Lengua Arrmada)
VILE GASH-Life-Rot (Youth Attack)
THINK TWICE-Wage Slave (Give Praise)
CIVIL VICTIM-Where’s The Healing (Loud Punk)
STRONG INTENTION-Holes In The Wall (from “This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 2,” Deep Six)

TRACK 2

NAKED AGGRESSION-Killing Floor (SOS)

THE FLUID-Static Cling (Glitterhouse) in memory of Rick Kulwicki
FRANTIX-My Dad’s A Fuckin’ Alcoholic (Afterburn)
CHOSEN FEW-Disco Tek Wreck (Hate)
NEON CHRIST-It’s Mine (F-King)
SMEARS-Honey Jar (Headhunter)
7 YEAR BITCH-You Smell Lonely (C/Z)

DICTATORS-Faster and Louder (Asylum)
SWEET-Hell Raiser (Bell)
HOLLYWOOD HATE-Kickboy (TKO)
TYGERS OF PAN TANG-Don’t Touch Me There (MCA)
SKITKIDS-Uppvaxt Till Svin (Not Enough)

TRACK 3

MEERCAZ-Unlust (Tic Tac Totally)
OBN IIIS-Mad (Tic Tac Totally)
FLYIN’ TRICHECOS-Sniffa (Distort)
BAD TASTE-Bad Taste (Feral Kid)
RAGIN’ HORMONES-A Nightmare On Elm Street (Stardumb)
VACCUUM-End Times (Lengua Armada)

POISON PLANET-Nothing Gets Done (Third Party)
LOW THREAT PROFILE-A Calm Within (Deep Six/Draw Blank)
POWER IS POISON-War On The System (self-released)
DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE-Kept In The Dark (Dishonorable)
ANTI-CIMEX-Warmachine (Distortion)

THE JAM-Mr. Clean (Polydor)
NEIGHBORHOODS-No Place Like Home (Ace of Hearts)
SHOES-Too Late (Elektra)
THE INTELLIGENCE-Estate Sales (In The Red)

TRACK 4

MUNDO MUERTO-Les Decimos, No! (Mata La Musika)
OI POLLOI-Boot Down The Door (Step-1)
THE FACET-Things You Hate (Not Bad)
ANGRY RED PLANET-Fuckwad (Angry Red)
NEB!-Hang Dog (self-released)

HONOR ROLE-Lives Of The Saints #135 (Merge)
THE ESTRANGED-Faces Stare (Dirtnap)
GIANT HAYSTACKS-Life Goes On (Mistake)
OMD-Red Frame, White Light (Virgin)
AMATEUR PARTY-To All The Young Recruiters (Cheap Art)

INSTIGATORS-The Fix (Bluurg)