Sonic Overload 6/16/14

The spirit or specter or ghost or what-have-you of legendary radio personality Casey Kasem hovers over this week’s Sonic Overload, with a few tributes sprinkled throughout the show. Casey died last week at the age of 82. Sure, American Top 40 was corny as hell and, as has been pointed out in other articles, Casey wasn’t exactly a passionate rock ‘n roll fan. But, amusingly, he had quite a potty mouth when he didn’t think the tape was running, as you’ll hear at the outset of the show. I did play Negativland’s “U2” on the all-covers show last fall, which includes some of Casey’s infamous outtakes mashed up with a rather warped version of “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.” I also end the show with  a song I heard on his show for the first time, believe it or not—not a track you’d expect...

So, as Casey always said, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. Or something like that...

Sonic Overload 6/16/14

TRACK 1

HARPOON GUNS-Dead Dog (Square Wave)

COMBAT ZONE-Run and Hide (from “Cream Of The Crop,Vol. 1” Best Before ’84)
SAVAGEHEADS-Trained Killer from “Cream Of The Crop,Vol. 1” Best Before ’84)
ANIMAL MOTHER-Ego Death (demo)
BAD ENERGY-Hate Bubble (self-released)
SUNSHINE WARD-Mind Control (demo)

CONCRETE CROSS-City For Sale (Man In Decline)
RAW NERVES-Limitless (Man In Decline)
HARABALL-Half Tux (Fysisk Format)
NIHILIST CUNT-Blah Blah Blah (Suburban White Trash)
WHORES OF WAR-Good Son (self-released)

WYMYNS PRYSYN-Soccer John (Scavenger of Death)
MONOSHOCK-Change That Riff (S-S)
POP THREAT-Filth (Squirrel)
WALKINGSEEDS-Rollin’ Machine (Fist Puppet)

TRACK 2

BAD NEWS-Masturbike (EMI) in memory of Rik Mayall
DIPERS-Courtesy Flush (demo)
PREDATORS-Opposite Of Clean (demo)
SOUPCANS-Weedophile, 2029 (Telephone Explosion)
UNCLE CURT-Jake Gyllenhaal (self-released)
ARMITAGE SHANKS-Dust (Damaged Goods)

RF7-Heartless Man (Smoke Seven)
THE INSTIGATION-No Way Out (self-released)
WHITE PAGES-Peace Or A Nice Apartment (Can’t Stand Ya!)
ALERT, ALERT-Lose Blood (Cassette Kill)
YDINPERHE-15 Vuotta (Bad Hair Life)
MÜLLTÜTE-Nicht Fürr (from “Berlin Tristesse,” HeartFirst)
LONG KNIFE-Move It, Creep (Feral Ward)

CHRIS SPEDDING-Pogo Dancing (RAK)
EATER-Outside View (The Label)
999-Crazy (United Artists)
SAINTS-International Robots (Sire)

TRACK 3

ENEMIES-Test Tube Baby (from “Bloodstains Across Buffalo,” Extra-Evidence)
ROTGUT-Quit The World (Potty Queen)
MIKE AND THE MOLESTERS-Get Ya Back (Little Deputy)
SGT. 6 ASSAULT-Save It For Another Day (007)
SACK-Felony (self-released)
VILENTLY ILL-Monday Sucks (Peer Pressure Zombie)

BRAIN F?-Fulcrum (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)
XEROX-Revision (Hard Art)
LOWEST FORM-Telepathy (Iron Lung)
NEGATIVE PRESS-Break Me Off (Inimical)
GUNNAR HANSEN-Phil’s Song (Schizophrenic)

BURNING SENSATION-I Feel Disgust (Vertex)
DOMESTICS-Jimmy’s Got A War (Inside His Head) (Dusty Curtain Face/Kibou)
INHALANTS-Kill You (Unclean)
COACHWHIPS-Like Food, It Feeds (Narnack)
GENBAKU ONANIES-Life Is A Gamble (Youth Inc.)

TRACK 4

ALTERED IMAGES-Dead Pop Stars (Epic)

ANTI-PASTI-Six Guns (Anagram)
RUTS-Staring At The Rude Boys (Virgin)
TUXEDOMOON-What Use? (Ralph)
BAD MANNERS-Lip Up Fatty (MCA)

SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Fuck You, Norway (Pogostick)
ELVIS MCMAN-Bite Me (Asbestos)
BERZERK-Meow (Recess)
BETTER THAN YOUR HAND-I Don’t Think So (Probe)
GIVE UP-Just Another Adult (Peterwalkee)
LAS OTRAS-Las Otras (Discos Sense Nom)

COUNT FIVE-Psychotic Reaction (Double Shot)