Friday, November 30, 2012

Sonic Overload 11/19/12

Ah, yes, Thanksgiving week, where family and friends will get together to celebrate the conquest of the Native Americans by the so-called Pilgrims. Yep, a day of eating way too much food, followed by “Black Friday,” where people get in the holiday spirit by storming the doors of the shopping malls and box stores to battle over the half dozen pieces they have of those deeply discounted items. My kind of fun. I won’t be too negative, though. I really don’t mind getting together with the family because it’s not with the family members who annoy me. And there’s also three football games to occupy my time.

After all the festivities, make sure you check out next week’s show because it’s my annual all-covers Sonic Overload and it’ll be almost all songs that have never been featured on previous all-covers shows...

Sonic Overload 11/19/12

TRACK 1

UXA-UXA (from “Tooth and Nail,” Upsetter)

CHAOS CHANNEL-The Bird, Singing At Non-Reality (Growing Up By The Magic Bullet)
CLEANSING WAVE-Snakes (Prgnt)
DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Boys For Sale (Sorry State)
LOOK BACK AND LAUGH-Exhaust Filled Damnation (self-released)
BELGRADO-No Exist (Discos Enfermos)

LOS MONJO-Reyes De La Destruccion (Solo Para Punks)
STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB-Yellow Black & Blue (Big Neck)
BARSE-Chelsea Bridge (Rapid Pulse)
CHELSEA HOTEL-Sick (Bully Boy)
TURBONEGRO-Black Rabbit (Bitzcore)

NO THANKS-Are You Ready To Die? (Lengua Armada)
HEART ATTACK-Shotgun (Broken)
UNITED MUTATION-Passout (DSI)
GORDON SOLIE MOTHERFUCKERS-Closed Mind, Open E (River On Fire)
TFL-I’m In Style (Empty)
THE DARK-On The Wires (Fresh)

TRACK 2

UV RACE-I’m A Pig (In The Red)
LAMPS-Learned Hopelessness (In The Red)
COWBONES-I Do Not Want To Be Me (Ossatur)
BORN WITHOUT A FACE-Distriction (self-released)

RED TRANSISTOR-Not Bite (Ecstatic Peace)
BRAINBOMBS-It’s A Burning Hell (Blackjack)
TALL PAUL-Breathe Underwater (demo)

ILL REPUTE-Cherokee Nation (It’s Alive/Indecision)
SUICIDE COMMANDOS-Burn It Down (Blank)
X-RAY SPEX-Obsessed With You (Sanctuary)
SAINTS-Demolition Girl (Sire)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-78 RPM (Rough Trade)

TRACK 3

BORN WRONG-Promise Of The Godless (Rebel Time)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Reject (Side Two)
FERAL BABIES-Rubber Bullet (Rigid)
BI-MARKS-Order Of Things (Black Water)
BRAIN KILLER-So Much Hate (Deranged)
TRAUMA-Soma (Feral Ward)

THE CHURCH-The Unguarded Moment (Capitol)
OCCULT DETECTIVE CLUB-Brick By Brick (Dirtnap)
THOMAS JEFFERSON SLAVE APARTMENTS-Lightning Rod (Anyway)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-The Wrecking (self-released)

JFA-Jodie Foster’s Army (Alternative Tentacles)
ANTI SCRUNTI FACTION-Slave To My Estrogen (Flipside)
PAJAMA SLAVE DANCERS-No Dick (Restless)
LORD HIGH FIXERS-Poppa Hoodoo (Scooch Pooch)
DISTRACTORS-Don’t You Just Know It (Dime Store)
UNNATURAL AXE-The Creeper (Lawless)

TRACK 4

FAILURE-Screen Man (Slash)
GIANT HAYSTACKS-How We Lost The War (Mistake)
BLANK DOGS-Tin Birds (Captured Tracks)
SPECTRES-Longinas (Sabotage)

FATAL FIGURES-Television (Big Neck)
GUN CLUB-Fire Spirit (Ruby)
STIPHNOYDS-Afraid Of The Russians (from “History Of Portland Punk Vol. 1,” Zeno)
TOXIC REASONS-Break The Bank (Sixth International)

PATTI SMITH GROUP-Pumping (My Heart) (Arista)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Sonic Overload 11/12/12

The election season is FINALLY over and, as I say on the show, I’m happy with the results. Watching the Republicans’ general sour grapes over the past week or so has been quite entertaining to watch. But I leave the politics out of this week’s installment, although there are a few songs to commemorate Veterans Day...

Sonic Overload 11/12/12

TRACK 1

SKITKIDS-Intro/Lycklig Idiot (Kick n’ Punch)

GOOSEBUMPS-Mad Problems (Burn Books)
EX-CULT-Don’t Feel Anything (Goner)
TYVEK-Returns (In The Red)
SYNTHETIC ID-White Walls (Cut The Cord That...)
ESCROTO DE RATA-Amor De Madre (La Vida Es Un Mus)

UTAH JAZZ-Seeing The Eye Doctor (Feral Kid)
THE NERVOUS-The Greatest Generation? (Nervous)
BETTER THAN YOUR HAND-I Don’t Think So (Probe)
BIG CRUX-Boys To Men (Iron Lung)
GENERAL INTEREST-Capricious Youth (Ride The Snake)
GOD EQUALS GENOCIDE-Give It Up Front (Razorcake)

BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Anti War (Side Two)
STRAIGHTJACKET NATION-Nice Talk (Iron Lung)
TRUNCHEONS-Cashing In On Freedom (Distort Reality)
REPLICA-You Can’t Stop The Weather (self-released)
BORN DEAD ICONS-Great Western Mistake (Partners In Crime)

TRACK 2

WRECKING CREW-Guts and Glory (Vortex)
NEGATIVE FX-VFW (Taang)
CHAOS UK-No Security (Riot City)
VARUKERS-No Scapegoat (Anagram)
IRON CROSS-Fight ‘Em All (GMM)
7 SECONDS-Skins, Brains & Guts (Alternative Tentacles)

WORLD WAR IV-(We’ve Gone) Hollywood (self-released)
SCHOOL JERKS-Secrets (Grave Mistake)
MAKERS-Do What I Wanna (Estrus)
CELL MATES-Shoulda Kept That Quarter (Wallride)
SUICIDE KINGS-Bad Boy (Adult Negro)
DAMAGE-Jay Walk (Space Fish)

LAUGHING HYENAS-Love’s My Only Crime (Touch & Go)
GODHEADSILO-Lotion Pocket (from “Dope Guns and Fucking In The Streets Volumes 8-11,” Amphetamine Reptile)
KABUL GOLF CLUB-5 Minutes 2 Midnight (Uproar For Veneration)
HELIOS CREED-The Federation (Cleopatra)
MELVINS-Forgotten Principles (Amphetamine Reptile)


TRACK 3

CITIZENS PATROL-Short Attention Span (Way Back When/Too Circle)
SHORT CHANGED-Negative Outbursts (Rodent Popsicle/Goat Power Recreation)
VITAMIN X-Sick and Tired (Tankcrimes)
PLASTIC CROSS-Future Science (Don Giovanni)
NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS-Century Of Warfare (Kick n’ Punch)

NAKED RAYGUN-Surf Combat (Homestead)
GIRLS-Dope Disguised As Nuns (Dirtnap)
TRANS MEGETTI-Turned On (Gern Blandsten)
TERROR VISIONS-Itching (FDH)
THE NEED-Mind Split Open (Aggravation Overdose)

SUBWAY SECT-Ambition (From “DIY: This Is The Modern World,” Rhino)
ANGELIC UPSTARTS-Last Night Another Soldier (Captain Oi)
RUTS-Secret Soldiers (Strange Fruit)
FASHION-Sodium Pentathol Negative (IRS)

TRACK 4

WOVEN BONES-The Minus Touch (Zoo Music)
SEX CHURCH-Slipped (Instant Pleasure)
SOFT MOON-Machines (Captured Tracks)
THREE JOHNS-AWOL (Abstract)

LEGENDARY WINGS-Good Food (Dirtnap)
SCRAMS-Flea Market Rock (self-released)
JETSONS-Suicidal Tendencies (Gulcher)
30 AMP FUSE-Sorry? (Darla)
ULTRAVOX-Fear In The Western World (Island)

SCREAM-Walking By Myself (Jungle Hop)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Sonic Overload 11/5/12

I’ve had it up to here with all the campaign ads, especially the Republican ones that are full of lies and distortions. I’ve had it with Republicans and conservatives period and a pox on the Supreme Court for the Citizens United case which created this deluge of ads from right wing SuperPACS. Also, have you noticed that most of the Romney ads airing lately feature white, suburban middle class women? ‘Ya think that might be because of the GOP’s radical anti-woman agenda regarding reproductive rights and health, as well as equal pay. Listen—I know the Democrats suck almost as much as the Republicans but the latter have a dangerous agenda and, in the most divisive political environment I’ve ever seen, they could really destroy people’s lives.

I hope people affected by Sandy are managing to pull their lives together again. As I mentioned on the show, Norton Records, a great NYC label, had their warehouse flooded and have been enlisting volunteers to help clean up the mess. If you’re interested in learning more about it and how you can help, go to nortonville.blogspot.com.

Sonic Overload 11/5/12

TRACK 1

CRAWLERS-Kill The Elephant (Blind Spot)

ZYANOSE-INR (Nosenoise)
TRUNCHEONS-Onslaught Of War (demo)
WETBRAIN-Lady Die (demo)
NINPULATORS-Je Vice (demo)
ROT SHIT-Fuck Yer DJ Night (Functional Idiots)
SELVHENTER-Panserpunk (Bad Hair Life)

DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Fire Trap (Sorry State)
LOGIC PROBLEM-Sterile Anxiety (Abuse)
CREEM-Lucid (Katorga Works)
MADBOX-Airsick (Super 8)
GIRLFRIENDS-Gov’t Seizure (Aurora Seven)

CRIMSON SCARLET-Sanctuary (Cool Summer)
TOKYO STORM WARNING-Curate My Love (Mind/No Mind)
YOUNG ADULTS-Annulation (Amdiscs)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-Strange Ports Of Call (self-released)

TRACK 2

LOAD-$5.95 A Lezzin (Faceless) in memory of Bobby Johnston
FATAL FIGURES-Party Girl (Big Neck)
BLACK FORK-Sit Ubu Sit (Mess Me Up)
RATAS DEL VATICANO-Asi Funciona El Rock n Roll (HBSP-2X)
THEE HYDROGEN TERRORS-Whiskey Terror (Load)
VERTIGO-Dynamite Cigar (from “Smells Like Smoked Sausage,” Sub Pop)

LAZY COWGIRLS-Goddamn Bottle (Bomp)
DICTATORS-Faster & Louder (Asylum)
NO EMPATHY-Every Kid Has A Vote (In My Life) (Suburban Voice)
THE ENERGY-Roach Spray (Team Science)

HASIL ADKINS-She Said (Norton)
DMZ-Boy From Nowhere (from “Live At The Rat,” Rat)
BEAT BEAT BEAT-Cheap Time (Douchemaster)
DERELICTS-Wash (Sub Pop)

TRACK 3

GRONG GRONG-Grong Grong (Alternative Tentacles)
GOD BULLIES-Creepy People (Amphetamine Reptile)
PENTAGRAM-Hurricane (Relapse)

BENT SHAPES-Brat Poison (Cake Time)
CLAW TOE-Panic Attack (Criminal IQ)
CRIMINAL CODE-Empty Bodies (self-released)
FERAL FUTURE-Bastard (Western Medical)
DOTTIE DANGER-Lemuria (TRVS)

DILS-I Hate The Rich (Dionysus)
METAL URBAIN-Hysterie Connective (Byzz)
CHRISTIAN DEATH-Romeo’s Distress (Frontier)
4 SKINS-Low Life (Captain Oi)

TRACK 4

HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS-My House (Toxic State)
GRUPO SUB 1-Steve, Steve (La Vida Es Un Mus)
BOSS HOG-Hustle (Amphetamine Reptile)
ELECTRIC EELS-Cyclotron (Homestead)
TESTORS-Bad Attitude (Swami)
MAD VIRGINS-Fuck & Suck (from “Killed By Death #4”)

CROSS STITCHED EYES-Vile Corpse (Alternative Tentacles)
MIND SPIDERS-Fall In Line (Dirtnap)
GREEN MAGNET SCHOOL-Windshield (Sub Pop)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Inside Of Me (Empty)

VANDALS-Urban Struggle (Time Bomb)

Friday, November 9, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/29/12--HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

It was a dark and stormy morning, afternoon and night. Despite the deluge of Hurricane Sandy, I hunkered down in the studio (aka the downstairs part of my house) to put together this year’s Halloween Sonic Overload. Some new selections this time, to go along with all the classics, favorites and the like. I hope everyone on the eastern seaboard manages to get through the hurricane with as little damage/disruption as possible although it does look pretty rough out there. Take care and have a safe and happy Halloween...

Sonic Overload 10/29/12

TRACK 1

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-The Only Scary Thing About Halloween Is Your Fucking Face (from “Songs For The Witching Season,” Creep)

MISFITS-Halloween (Caroline)
ROSEMARY’S BABIES-Talking To The Dead (Ghastly)
GRIFFIN-The Phantom Of The Shocker (Money Talks)
ZEKE-Season Of The Witch (Dead Teenager)
ANGRY RED PLANET-Mummy From Hollywood (Angry Red)
ROGUE NATIONS-Dracula Fucked You (Suicide Watch)

THEE OH SEES-Corrupt Coffin (Castle Face)
HOLLYWOOD-(Scary) Cemetery (Big Neck)
SPITS-Halloween Fun (In The Red)
RIPPERS-Demons and Witches (Screaming Apple)
MUTOID MEN-Ly Canthrope (Rumbletowne)
DWARVES-Real Creepy (Recess)

BAN THIS-Creepy Crawl (Stress To Death)
SUBCULTURE-I Heard A Scream (Fartblossom)
SLAUGHTER AND THE DOGS-Victims of The Vampire (Captain Oi)
GRIM REAPER-See You In Hell (RCA)

TRACK 2

OBSESSOR-The Demon (Tankcrimes)
BONES BRIGADE-Zombie Attack (Coalition)
THE PROWL-217 (DeadAlive)
SUICIDE PARTY-Crawling In The Grave (DeadAlive)
STREET TRASH-Demon Screams (No Class)

DISRUPTERS-The Evil Dead (Radical Change)
GG KING-Witching Hour (Rob’s House)
INFECTIONS-Zombie (Rip Off)
MUMMIES-I’m Gonna Kill My Baby Tonight (Estrus)
GBH-Necrophilia (Clay)

SONICS-The Witch (Etiquette)
MONOCLES-The Spider and the Fly (from “Pebbles Vol. 2,” ESD)
CRAMPS-Zombie Dance (Zonophone)
MONSTERS-I See Dead People (Voodoo Rhythm)
NOMADS-Where The Wolf Bane Blooms (What Goes On?)

TRACK 3

BROKEN TOYS-Smash Some Pumpkins (Trashtone)
THE FREEZE-Halloween Night (Dr. Strange)
CIRIL-Herman (Know)
UNDEAD-I Want You Dead (Stiff)
JONESES-Graveyard Rock (SFTRI)
HENRY FIAT’S OPEN SORE-Screaming Green Devil (Sin City)

MARKED MEN-Ghosts (Dirtnap)
HEX DISPENSERS-Channel 13 Is Haunted (Alien Snatch)
LEE HARVEY OSWALD BAND-Getting Wasted With the Vampires (Touch & Go)
ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT-Evil Party (Headhunter)

MUCKRAKER-Ghosts (demo)
ENDTABLES-Trick Or Treat (Self-Destruct)
PERSONALITY CRISIS-Vampire’s Dream (Risky)
NIGHT BIRDS-Midnight Movies (Grave Mistake)

TRACK 4

BRAINEATERS-I, Braineater (Wrong World)
DEREK LYN PLASTIC-Vampires In Heat (Florida’s Dying)
WINKS-Trick or Treat (Super Secret)
DEAD HIPPIE-Living Dead (Pulse)
INSULTS-Zombie Lover (Brain Transplant)
TALL DWARFS-The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (Homestead)

MISFITS-Bloodfeast (Caroline)
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES-Halloween (Polydor)
TSOL-Code Blue (Frontier)
FLESH EATERS-See You In The Boneyard (Ruby)
SCRATCH ACID-Monsters (Touch & Go)

DREAM SYNDICATE-Halloween (Slash)

Friday, November 2, 2012

Sonic Overload 10/22/12


I’m BAAAAACK!! Did you miss me? Our vacation in Seattle and Portland was a lot of fun. Well, the rain wasn’t a lot of fun and it rained about half the time we were out there but there was still plenty to do. I recommend checking out the EMP (Experience Music Project) in Seattle. It was nice to get together with people we don’t see all that often and I brought back a fair number of records, many of which can heard on this week’s show. I also pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Maximum Rocknroll compilation “Not So Quiet On The Western Front” by playing a whopping 10 songs in about 15 minutes.

I realize there’s a good amount of “lesser-known” bands this week and it covers a variety of musical styles (not that much straight hardcore) but I hope you’ll check them out and not just listen to the hits. Y’all might hear something you like.

Sonic Overload 10/22/12

TRACK 1

REALLY RED-I Refuse To Sing (CIA)

DOUBLE NEGATIVE-Cancer Perks (Sorry State)
TRAUMA-Killer (Feral Ward)
STRAIGHTJACKET NATION-Child Care (Iron Lung)
BI-MARKS-Sleepless (Black Water)
SHORT CHANGED-Fuck You, Fight Me (Rodent Popsicle/Goat Power Recreation)

ARCTIC FLOWERS-True Words (self-released)
RED DONS-Mauvaise Foi (Dirtnap)
NÜ SENSAE-Swim (Suicide Squeeze)
CRIATURAS-Nunca Va A Cambiar (Trabuc)

J CHURCH-Ghostwriter (Broken)
SOMETHING FIERCE-Warlords Of Information (Dirtnap)
LEGENDARY WINGS-Nachos (Dirtnap)
SOUP DRAGONS-I Know Everything (Subway)

TRACK 2

NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT compilation special (Alternative Tentacles)

INTENSIFIED CHAOS-Intensified Chaos
NO ALTERNATIVE-Dead Men Tell No Lies
CAPITOL PUNISHMENT-El Salvador
WRECKS-Punk Is An Attitude
MDC-The Only Good Cop...
MIA-New Left
FANG-Fun With Acid
DOMINO THEORY-Scare
LOS OLVIDADOS-Pay Salvation
BENT NAILS-No More Riots

POTTY MOUTH-Shithead (demo)
HOLOGRAMS-A Tower (Captured Tracks)
MEMBRANES-Everything’s Brilliant (Louder Than War)
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION-Black Mold (Bronzerat)
DELTA 5-Anticipation (Kill Rock Stars)

TRACK 3

OBN IIIS-Do My Thing (Tic Tac Totally)
FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS-Raw Dawg, Raw Deal (Wrench)
SUPERCHARGER-Don’t Mess Me Up (Estrus)
JEHOSEPHAT BLOW-I Wanna Smash Your Love (Donkeysick)
FAG COP-Fake Blood (Rank Toy)
CUSTOMS-Long Gone (Shake-It)

FOREIGN OBJECTS-Mammonism (Cut The Cord That...)
FERAL FUTURE-College (Western Medical)
BIG CRUX-Protocore ((SD)F)
BLACK WINE-Naysayer (Don Giovanni)

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-Shark Beach (Falsified)
GORILLA-Detox Man (Sub Pop)
VEE DEE-Friendly Radiation (Criminal IQ)
SERVOTRON-I Sing! The Body Cybernetic (One Louder)

TRACK 4

CHUMPS-Cop Shot (Forge)
ZEBRAS-Queeny Gloom Doom (Secret)
KABUL GOLF CLUB-Demon Days (Uproar For Veneration)
KNIFE THE SYMPHONY-Squatting Warrior (Phratry)
PENNY WINBLOOD-Give Me My Unit Back (Forge)
IKARA COLT-Bring It To Me (Epitaph)

HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE-Pound (Passport)
ANTI-PASTI-Call The Army (I’m Alive) (Dojo)
RUNAWAYS-Cherry Bomb (Mercury)
FLAMING LIPS-Talkin’ ‘Bout The Smiling Deathporn Immortality Blues (Warner Bros.)

FLAG OF DEMOCRACY-Commercial Success (Rave)