Sonic Overload 2/17/14

Happy Presidents Day! I remember when we celebrated Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday as separate holidays which means—yes, I’m old! And I share my birthday with Abraham Lincoln’s, as well as Boston Celtics great Bill Russell, who turned 80 this year. I missed getting to see him play by a year—I started following the team the year after he retired but I have little doubt he was the best player to ever put on a Celtics uniform.

This week’s show is dedicated to the memory of Marty Thau, who passed away last week at the age of 75. If you don’t know who he was, you damn-well should. He was a mainstay of the NYC music scene for many years, most notably producing and releasing records by Suicide and the Real Kids, as well as managing the New York Dolls and producing early demos for the Ramones. You hear all four of those bands during the second set.

Sonic Overload 2/17/14

TRACK 1

COFFIN BREAK-Kill The President (C/Z)

CURTISS A-I Don’t Want To Be President (Twin/Tone)
CHEAP TIME-Slow Variety (In The Red)
FOSTER CARE-Kept Boy (Jack Shack)
PEOPLE-Your Romeo, I Am Juliet (Feminist)
CATHOLIC SPRAY-Drift With Satan (Born Bad)

BAADER BRAINS-Year Zero (Clean Plate)
HOLOCAUSTO POMADA-I’m Against It (Metadonna)
CISMA-Lavazza (demo)
HARSH WORDS-Tears (demo)
GLUE-Close But No Cigar (demo)
KRUW-Distorted Society (Partners In Crime)

HERO DISHONEST-Nälkälakko (from upcoming 7”)
RATIONAL ANIMALS-Crumbling Buildings (Katorga Works)
TRANS MEGETTI-Turned On (Gern Blandsten)
LIBYANS-Second String (Sorry State)

TRACK 2

SUICIDE-Ghost Rider (Red Star) in memory of Marty Thau
REAL KIDS-She’s Alright (Red Star)
RAMONES-I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement (boot)
NEW YORK DOLLS-Vietnamese Baby (Mercury)

EEL-Turn Up Fuck (from upcoming 7”)
LAUGHING STOCK-Glued To The Tube (demo)
VALLEY BOYS-Killing Time (Ugly Pop)
CREEM-The Hunchback (Static Shock)
BI-MARKS-Suffer Then Die (Mata La Musica)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER-Reject (Side Two)

CONDEMNED TO DEATH-Gartland’s Pit (GTA)
AGITATED-Beat The Race (Smog Veil)
LOCKJAW-No @ (GTA)
JEZUS AND THE GOSPELFUCKERS-Genocide Express (Kangaroo)
HATED YOUTH-Hardcore Rules (Burrito)
CAREER SUICIDE-Punitive Damages (Deranged)

TRACK 3

CLOCKED OUT-Not This Time (from “Starting From Zero,” Crucial Response)
SCARRED FOR LIFE-Wasteland (Know)
CROSS RAGE-No Time (No Way)
COLD SHOULDER-Not For Sale (Cowabunga)
SCARE TACTIC-PS I Love You (Solomon Method)
REPOS-Put It Aside (Youth Attack)
LEWD ACTS-Night-Crawlers (Deathwish)

RESIDENTS-Bach Is Dead (Ralph)
THE EX-New Wars II (Touch & Go)
RUDIMENTARY PENI-Black President (Outer Himalayan)
JOYCE MCKINNEY EXPERIENCE-Green Song (Boss Tuneage)
SCREAMING FEMALES-Boyfriend (Don Giovanni)

GG ALLIN & THE SCUMFUCS-Drink, Fight and Fuck (Blood)
THE LEFT-Fuck It (Bona-Fide)
IT*MEN-Come and Get Some (Davenport/Stow House)
TV FREAKS-Friend (Schizophrenic)
SHITTY LIMITS-We Had A Gang (Dire)

TRACK 4

THE CLASH-Tommy Gun (Epic)
BAR FEEDERS-We Can Sleep In The Ambulance On The Way To The Hospital (FastMusic)
UPSTAB-Devil’s Triangle (Way Back When/Even Worse)
RAT BYTE-Search Warrant (Party Time!)
DEAD SERIOUS-My Favorite American (Thorp)
BLACK SPOT-Sick Of You (demo)

SHOES-Too Late (Elektra)
SUPERCHUNK-Lying In State (Merge)
TUGBOAT ANNIE-Jack-Knife (Sonic Bubblegum)
ORCHESTRAL MANOEVURES IN THE DARK-Red Frame/White Light (Virgin)

WEDDING PRESENT-Go Out And Get ‘Em Boy! (Reception)