Sonic Overload 6/30/14

Independence Day or, as most people call it, the Fourth of July, approaches and it’s time, once again, for Sonic Overload’s Salute to America. Some might perceive it as a middle-finger salute with some of the songs played on the show and, well, I won’t argue that point for some of the tracks. However, some of them are just observational songs, making note of what goes on in this country. I have to admit feeling disgust while recording the show and finding out that the Supreme Court just came down with a decision on the Hobby Lobby case. To make a very long story short (do your own research if you want), it means that companies can’t be required to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act. That it supposedly violates “religious freedom.” Along with the Citizens United, declaring that corporations are people, striking down part of the voting rights back and other reprehensible decisions, this is by far the worst Supreme Court of my lifetime.

But, hey, fire up the grill, throw back some brews and sing those patriotic songs. America, fuck yeah!! God bless America? Goddamn America!

Sonic Overload 6/30/14

TRACK 1

BROTHER INFERIOR-Land Of The Free (Sensual Underground)

DARK AGES-Can America Survive, Pt. II (Sorry State)
UDI-Your America (Spider Cuddler)
AUS-ROTTEN-American Ethic (Tribal War)
BOILS-Third World USA (Creep)
BOTTLES AND SKULLS-American Dreams (Sickroom)

OBLIVIONATION-Crawl Or Be Crushed (Antixtodo)
COMBAT ZONE-Untamed (Side Two)
FLACCID-Wrong (Nothing Is Real)
MISSIONARY-American Strike (Warthog Speak)
ANXIETY HAMMER-Dark Places (demo)
MONGOLOID-Not Punk (from “Cream Of The Crop,” Best Before ’84)

GIZMOS-Amerika First (Gulcher)
PAGANS-Dead End America (Crypt)
COUNT VERTIGO-X Patriots (Cool)
ART OBJECT-USANRK (from “No One Left To Blame”)
EDDIE & THE SUBTITLES-American Society (Frontier)
GAUNT-USA (Thrill Jockey)

TRACK 2

ECONOCHRIST-Fuck Your American Dream (Ebullition)
NEIGHBORS-Poor Country (self-released)
7 SECONDS-Fuck Your Amerika (from “Not So Quiet On The Western Front,” Alternative Tentacles)
MELEE-Fuck You To The Red, White & Blue (demo)
BAD CHOICE-Angry Americans (from “City Limits,” High Anxiety)
CULTURE KIDS-Good ‘Ol American Boys (Make A Mess)
ANTIDOGMATIKSS-Anti-USA (Tralla)

HOT SNAKES-Automatic Midnight (Swami)
EX-CULT-Not A Threat (Goner)
GOOD THROB-Jealousy (White Denim)
FLYIN’ TRICHECOS-Rock-O-Rama (Mastermind)
DAWN OF HUMANS-Bung Life (Toxic State)
A.D. SKINNER-Your Mate (demo)

FU’S-My America (X-Claim)
POISON IDEA-Ugly American (Taang)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE-USSA (No Way)
PEDESTRIANS-American Town (SouthKore)
MANIKIN-American (Super Secret)

TRACK 3

MICE-Not Proud Of The USA (Scat)
NAKED RAYGUN-Home Of The Brave (Homestead)
MAN AFRAID-Stars and Stripes Forever (Half-Mast)
BRIEFS-We Americans (Dirtnap)
ANTISEEN-Ugly American (TKO)

REPLICA-Imagine Sisyphus (Prank)
STERILIZED-Days Of Terror (Warthog Speak)
EARTH CRUST DISPLACEMENT-Reasons Of War (from “Berlin Tristesse,” HeartFirst)
INSTITUTION-Krossar Dig (Havoc)
BOMBS AWAY-The Edge Of The World (self-released)
ANTIPRODUCT-Let Freedom Reign (Tribal War)

SCREAM-U-Suck-A/We’re Fed Up (Dischord)
HÜSKER DÜ-In A Free Land (Reflex)
TOXIC REASONS-God Bless America (T-Reason)
DILLINGER FOUR-The Great American Going Out Of Business Sale (Hopeless)

TRACK 4

BLOODY HAMMER-God Bless America (demo)
ZEN FUCK-UPS-Rise (self-released)
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS-Eel Goo (self-released)
CRUDDY-Pity Party (Basement Scream/Let’s Pretend)
FÖRMÖGENHET-Nej Tack, Jag Tal Inte Mjolk (Henke Bolla)
RED LIGHTS-Nothing Else To Do (demo)

THE FREEZE-American Town (Dr. Strange)
ARTICLES OF FAITH-American Dreams (Reflex)
MOOD OF DEFIANCE-American Love Song (from “Life Is Boring So Why Not Steal This Record,” New Underground)
BIG BLACK-The Ugly American (Homestead)
DI-Living In The USA (Reject)

GRAND FUNK-We’re An American Band (Capitol)