Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Sonic Overload 7/21/25

Listen weekly at www.sonicoverload.net. This week's show is in memory of Bill Chamberlain


PART 1

BIG BOYS-Frat Cars (Strange Club)

SPY-On The Brink (Closed Casket Activities)
SCHENECTAVOIDZ-Bullied (self-released)
THE DAMAGE-Warning Shot (demo)
THE BERZERK-Never Absolved (self-released)
MACHINE GUN-Mind Control (Double Man)
PORVENÍR OSCURO-Voces En Mi Cabeza (La Vida Es Un Mus)

BRIEFS-Poor and Weird (Strange Club)
MIND SPIDERS-Go! (Dirtnap)
REDS-Reds 24/7 (Rip Off)
FRANTIX-Static Cling (Alternative Tentacles)
THE FRITZ-Sadistic Dreams (self-released)
FRENCHMEN-Runaway (Sac)

JON WAYNE-Mr. Egyptian (Fist Puppet)
VIOLENT ANAL DEATH-Hungry Hungry Hippos (Roachender)
MIKEY WILD-Die Die Die (Bulb)
KAKKA-HÄTÄ-77-Kapitalismi Haisee (Deaf Forever)
PENTAS-Bad Man (demo)
U.I.S.-Primitive Decline (Swimming Faith)

PART 2

KARP-Rocky Mountain Rescue (Punk In My Vitamins)
GUZZARD-Supersonic Enemy Of Evil (Amphetamine Reptile)
JANITOR JOE-Boys In Blue (Amphetamine Reptile)
HAMMERHEAD-Zesta (Amphetamine Reptile)

ADOLESCENTS-Kids Of The Black Hole (Frontier)
NUNS-You Think You’re The Best (Bomp)
VKTMS-No Long Good-byes (415)
CHINA WHITE-Criminal (from “Life Is Ugly So Why Not Kill Yourself,” New Underground)
DAS KLOWN-We Don’t Give (from “Outside The Sandbox—A Tribute To Rick Selga,” Skunk)

PART 3

FAMILY CURSE-No Return (Doormat)
CRUZ SOMERS-Jawbreaker (self-released)
WARM RED-Couch (State Laughter)
BILLS-Ugly (demo)

DESTROY L.A.-Your Grave (No Way)
TIME TO ESCAPE-Mr. Popular (Grave Mistake)
CHAIN OF STRENGTH-Just How Much? (Revelation)
JUDGE-I’ve Lost (Schism)
RAW DEAL-Wall Of Hate (Victory)
SICK OF IT ALL-We Stand Alone (In-Effect)

MIZERIJA-Flashback (from “No Genocide: A Benefit For Mutual Aid In Gaza”)
SHELLAC-Chick New Wave (Touch and Go)
OHYDA-Pasozyt (La Vida Es Un Mus)
AKIMBO-Lick The Knife (Alternative Tentacles)
ALDI OST-Job In Securit (Phantom)

PART 4

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN-Crocodiles (Sire)
JOY DIVISION-Isolation (Factory)
THE NORMAL-Warm Leatherette (Mute)
GROUND ZERO-Cybernetic War (GZ)

FALSE FLOWERS-Winter Of You (from “Secret Futures,” Strange Club)
SUB/SHOP-Cloud City (self-released)
BLACK BLACK-Pedestrians Walk At Their Own Rick (Ewel)
GRAND MAL-Binge Purge (Fountain Of Youth)

DMZ-Don’t Jump Me Mother (Sire)

PART 5—A TRIBUTE TO BILL CHAMBERLAIN 

THE PIST-Black and Blue Collar (Havoc)

THE PIST-Cognitive Dissoance (Havoc/multi-label)
THE BROOD-Outsider Life (Armageddon)
DISSIDENTS-Patronized (Wild Mutation)
SCARRED-Scarred (Room 101)
REACT-His Children Play With Knives (Fired Up)
BEHIND ENEMY LINES-American Made Death Squad (Tribal War)

CAUSTIC CHRIST-Burned (Havoc)
CAUSTIC CHRIST-Dead To The World (Havoc)
DEVASTATION-Fucking Bastards (demo)
MANKIND?-Find Your Future (Eugene)
BRUTALLY FAMILIAR-Try and Stop Us (Six Weeks)

AUS-ROTTEN-The World Bank (Rotten Propaganda)
VOMIT PUNX-No Bother (Eugene)
PROGRESS-Crisis (Eugene)
BROKEN-College Town (from “The Sound Of Rebellion, ADD)
OFFICIAL HOOLIGANS-Darby Crash (Eugene)

THE PIST-We’re The Pist (Eugene) 

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Sonic Overload 7/14/25

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PART 1

RUTS-Staring At The Rude Boys (Virgin) 

UNIFORM CHOICE-Screaming For Change (Wishingwell)
NO FOR AN ANSWER-Imperfection (Hawker)
SICK BURN-March of the Grumpies/A Grand Experiment In Go-ing (demo)
WRECKAGE-White House Spokesperson (Busted Heads)
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT-Worst Case Scenario Of A Waste Of Life (Nation of Finks)
LA PIOVRA-L’Ultima Sigaretta (Youth Attack)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS-2025 (Deranged)

DIPERS-Bodega Justice (Eat The Life)
BITCHINREALITY-Massive Dump (demo)
CELLULAR CHAOS-Repeat (ugEXPLODE)
WRANGLER BRUTES-Adjust It (Kill Rock Stars)
DAISY CHAINSAW-Pink Flower (A&M)

FLEA COLLAR-Flea Bump (Feel It)
CAVEMAN MOVIES-Losin’ It (Abnormal Broadcasting)
PRINT HEAD-Sit On The Bench All Day (self-released)
OBLIVIANS-Kick Your Ass (SFTRI)
STRONG COME ONS-Make Me Feel So Good (Pleasure Unit)
THE HUSSY-Snakes (Science of Sound)

PART 2

MY BLOODY VALENTINE-You Made Me Realise (Creation)
SWIRLIES-Didn’t Understand (Slumberland)
360’S-Illuminated (Link)

THE DAMAGE-Not For You (self-released)
U.I.S.-Expert System (Swimming Faith)
TOTAL NADA-Punto de Lanza (Discos Enfermos)
TAQBIR-Sma3 (La Vida Es Un Mus)
TOMAR CONTROL-Aqui y Ahora (Refuse)
SLADS-Now That’s Class (Menedeku Diskak)

BROKEN IDOLS-Life Sux (demo)
PLASMATICS-Monkey Suit (Stiff)
MICK FARREN & THE DEVIANTS-Outrageous Contageous (Stiff)
VIBRATORS-Disco In Mosco (Rat Race)

PART 3

HAVANA SYNDROME-Dirt Machine (Swimming Faith)
LYSOL-Ill (Deranged)
BLEACH EVERYTHING-Nazi Punch, Fuck Yes (Dark Operative)
NERVOUS TREND-Dead End (demo)
SIDE THING-This City (self-released)

JFA-JFA (Placebo)
NECROS-Friend To All (Touch and Go)
NEGATIVE ELEMENT-What Ever Happened To Elmer Fudd? (Version Sound)
ANTHRAX-Exploitation (Happy Release)
SUBHUMANS-Evolution (Bluurg)
PICTURE FRAME SEDUCTION-Rebellion (GTA)

M(H)AOL-1 800-Call-Me-Back (Tulle)
KILYNN LUNSFORD-Disney Girls (Feel It)
BEFORE DAWN-Silenced (31)
CYBER BULLIES-I Make Mistakes (Brat)

PART 4

CONTORTIONS-Dish It Out (from “No New York,” Antilles)
MX-80 SOUND-Follow That Car (Ralph)
DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS-Burn It Down (Capitol)

ART-Lobotomy (Total Peace)
PINK PILE-New Heroes (demo)
INSTITUTE-Indoctrination Set (Sacred Bones)
RED DONS-Pieces (Deranged)
NEW MODEL ARMY-Poison Street (Capitol)

ZZ TOP-Tush (London)

Monday, July 14, 2025

Sonic Overload 7/7/25

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PART 1

FU’S-What You Pay For (X-Claim)

RONG-Milton Friedman’s Big Dumb Dream (self-released)
LANDOWNER-Urban Rural Divide (Midnight Werewolf)
KALEIDOSCOPE-White Idols (La Vida Es Un Mus)
RESOURCE NETWORK-The Machine (demo)

G.I.S.M.-A.B.C. Weapons (Dogma)
RAW POWER-Raw Power/Fuck Authority (Ugly Pop)
TREASON-Drop Out (from P.E.A.C.E./WAR, R Radical)
ELECTRIC DEADS-Fish In A Pool (Noise & Destruction)
INDIREKT-Shell Helpt (GTA)
KALASHNIKOV-Schluter’s Kabinet (Hub)

SEVEN FEET FOUR-Auto Emotion (Coalition)
WOLVES-9 (Coalition)
TRUE NORTH-Rocknroll (No Idea)
TRAPDOOR FUCKING EXIT-Run  Idiot Run (No Idea)
HEROIN-Undertaking (Gravity)

PART 2

DESTROY ALL MONSTERS-You’re Gonna Die (IDBI)
POLES-C.N. Tower (Nimbus 9)
MANIACS-Chelsea 77 (United Artists)
THE TABLE-Sex Cells (Chiswick)

MENGZHUMENG-Funfunfunfun (Syf)
DUMB VISIONS-Your Vibrations (Big Neck)
PUSSY GALORE-C*nt Tease (Shove)
COACHWHIPS-White Lights (Show and Tell)
ESTRELLA 20/20 -Afro Mexicana (Estrus)
HALF JAPANESE-There’s A Girl (Irridescence)

7 YEAR BITCH-You Smell Lonely (Face The Music/Rathouse)
BABES IN TOYLAND-Bruise Violet (Reprise)
CRUNT-Black Heart (Trance)
UNSANE-Vandal-X (Sub Pop)

PART 3

BEATLES-Matchbox (boot)

PUFFER-I’m Out (Static Shock)
SIKM-Rogue (Mendeku Diskak)
STRESS BALLS-A Couple Inches To The Left (Snuffy’s)
THE CARP-Everyone I Know Is A Snitch (Total Punk)
DADS ON COUCHES-L.F.A. (Punkerton)

THE BERSERK-Where’s The Dictator? (self-released)
CONTRAST ATTITDE-Relentless Assault (Desolate)
MOB 47-Religiös Farsot (Beach Impediment)
SADIST-The Shadow Of The Swastika (Regurgitated Semen)

MIGHTY IONS-George “The Animal” Steele (Dino)
NEATS-6 (from “Propeller Product,” Propeller)
X-X-You’re Full Of Shit (Drome)
TARANTÜLA-Amphetamine Manimal (Deranged)

PART 4

EARLY GRAVE-Pillagers (Sewer Baby Enterprises)
MEATWOUND-Obese Variants (Threat Collection)
BAD BREEDING-Content (One Little Independent)
NO JUSTICE-Political Scheme (Underestimated)
86 MENTALITY-On The Loose (Grave Mistake)
MALE NURSES-Red. White. Blue. (Deranged)

FLASH AND THE PAN-Walking In The Rain (Epic)
NEW MUSIK-This World Of Water (GTO)
LENE LOVICH-New Toy (Stiff)
BLONDIE-Hanging On The Telephone (Chrysalis)

UFO-Shoot Shoot (Chrysalis)

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Sonic Overload 6/30/25

Listen weekly at www.sonicoverload.net. This week, the regular show plus the annual Sonic Overload Salute to America


PART 1

THE CLASH-Gates of the West (CBS)

UNDERDOG-Say It To My Face (New Beginning)
YOUTH OF TODAY-Flame Still Burns (Caroline)
KILL YOUR IDOLS-Can’t Take It Away (Blackout)
GRAVEN IMAGE-My World (Beach Impediment)
RKL-Political Destruction (Mystic)
FEARLESS IRANAIANS FROM HELL-Foolish Americans (Boner)
CATATONICS-Hunted Down (Left For Dead)
SLUGGO-Stitch (Shag Dog)

MENGZHUMENG-I Hate Internet (Syf)
AUTOBAHNS-Toxic Positivity (from “Flennen No. 14,” Flennen)
BROWN SUGAR-Einstein (Feral Kid)
MALLWALKER-Not For You (Tetryon)
LOBSTERBOMB-Not Again (Ladies & Ladys)

THE TAKE-Summer (from “Can’t Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 (Chapter)
FITNESS WOMXN-Erosion (Acid Etch)
COLLATE-Whatever I Do Is Right (from “No Occupation: Another Benefit For Mutual Aid In Gaza”)
PATOIS COUNSELORS-Free Jazz Complaint (Negative Jazz)

PART 2

OUTLETS-3rd Floor For Me (from “A Wicked Good Time,” Modern Method)
GENRAL FOODZ-Be So Funny (Destiny)
TRANSPLANTS-Suicidal Tendencies (Bacchus Archives)
CLOVERBOTTOM-Cottage Cheese Heads (Toolbox)

SUBVERSIVE RITE-Charge Into Chaos (Acute Noise Manufacture)
TÀRREGA 91-Ckaos Total (Calavera Punks)
ELECTRIC CHAIR-Barbed Wire Fences (Iron Lung)
INMATES-Feed (Iron Lung)
M.U.T.T.-Toughest Street In Town (Quiet Panic)

ROGUE MALE-All Over You (Elektra)
BELEFEGORE-All That I Wanted (Elektra)

PART 3

SLAMBOOK-Hollywood Ten (Lorem Ipsum)
VERSUS-Astronaut (TeenBeat)
PONY-Lean (Homestead)

ROBERT GORDON-Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘n Roll (Private Stock)
BUFF MEDWAYS-(I’m A) Lie Detector (Transcopic)
LES BATON ROUGE-Somersault (Elevator)
ATOMSMASHERS-Hit The Gas (Rip Off)
ORPHANS-XRNX (Unity Squad)

SLAMMIN’ WATUSIS-King of Cha-Cha (Epic)
BULLET LAVOLTA-Baggage (Taang)
HARD-ONS-Suck and Swallow (Waterfront)
SMEARS-Honey Jar (Headhunter)

PART 4

LOTHARIO-Drunk Fuck (Under The Gun)
SPECIAL INTEREST-Nothing Grows Here (self-released)
BLACK & WHITE CAT/BLACK & WHITE CAKE-Cursèd (Swimming Faith)
BZDET-Asfalt (Syf)

TUXEDOMOON-What Use? (Ralph)
LOS MICROWAVES-Time To Get Up (Posh Boy)
PYLON-Cool (DB)
SWINGERS-Counting The Beat (Backstreet)

MOTT THE HOOPLE-Violence (Columbia) in memory of Mick Ralphs 

PART 5

HÜSKER DÜ-In A Free Land (Reflex)

PHAGOCYTE-I Am An American (demo)
PEACE TALKS-Trash In America (Peterwalkee)
PRODUCTIVE MEMBER-You Killed Our Country (self-released)
DEATH CRISIS-American Hero (Too Old To Die)
NEIGHBORS-Poor Country (self-released)
THE STATE-Country Daydream (Underestimated)

PAGANS-Dead End America (Drome)
CULT HEROES-Amerikan Story (Maverick)
REBELS AND INFIDELS-American Citizen (Fowl)
EDDIE & THE SUBTITLES-American Socity (Frontier)
SPITS-Flags (Recess)

ALAN VEGA-Freedom’s Smashed (Blast First)
UNIFORM-The Killing Of America (Sacred Bones)

PART 6

WHOREHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES-Let Freedom Reign (Outcast)
FEN FEN-American Lies (Sweet Time)
BROKEN PRAYER-National Cum (Sorry State)
S.L.I.P.-There’s No Hope For The USA (Sorry State)
FEEDBAG-America Not USA (demo)
TERROR VISIONS-Death In America (Goner)

BROTHER INFERIOR-Land Of The Free (Sensual Underground Ministries)
MAN AFRAID-Stars and Stripes (Half-Mast)
DILLINGER FOUR-The Great American Going Out Of Business Sale (Hopeless)
THOSE UNKNOWN-Cries Of A Nation (TKO)
NAKED RAYGUN-Home Of The Brave (Homestead)

ARTICLES OF FAITH-American Dreams (Reflex)

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Sonic Overload 6/16/25

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PART 1

MELT-BANANA-Surfin’ USA (Tzadik) in memory of Brian Wilson 

CONTRAST ATTITUDE-Blind Chains (Desolate)
PHYSIQUE-Time Runs Out (Iron Lung)
ULTIMATE DISASTER-For Progress (Grave Mistake)
BATO-Model Life (Not For The Weak)
RESOLVE-It’s All Shit (Distort Reality)

BÉTON ARMÉ-Chemin de Croix (La Vida Es Un Mus)
SIKM-We Won’t Behave (Beach Impediment)
CARNAGE ASADA-Germs Reborn (Historical)
BAD IDEA-My Last Nerve (self-released)
REMNANTS-Get Back Here (Discos MMM)

NITZER EBB-Join In The Chant (Mute) in memory of Douglas McCarthy 
C.O.M.A.-Verre (Danger)
NOV LT-Brain Fog (XTRO)

PART 2

THE BOYS-Kiss Like A Nun (NEMS) in memory of Honest John Plain 
VILETONES-Screamin’ Fist (Vile) in memory of Steven Leckie 
BUZZCOCKS-Breakdown (New Hormones)
EATER-Outside View (The Label)
DRONES-Be My Baby (Valer)

PYREX-Slugman (La Vida Es Un Mus)
THE MASSACRED-The Gash You Can’t Close (Active-8)
FIREWALKER-Shackled (Triple B)
SEARCH WARRANT-Make An Enemy (Blind Rage)
LASSO-Festim (Sorry State)
GRISTLE-Maximum Power (Ill Omen)
BRAIN ATTACK-Sick (Dirt Cult)
BUNNY SKULLS-A.H.C./False X (self-released)

BEACH BOYS-Little Honda (Capitol)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE-Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Epic) in memory of Sly Stone 
ELECTRIC PRUNES-I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (Reprise) in memory of James Lowe 

PART 3

DIALS-Statesmen (Black Water)
COPS-Glowing Tubes That Tell The Truth (Rob’s House)
MOTORBIKE-Jungle Land (Feel It)
EXWHITE-Tell Me Nothing (Turbo Discos)
EJACULATORS-Desperate Teenage House Punks (General Speech)

MEGADETH-Killing Is My Business (Combat)
ACCEPT-Fast As A Shark (Portrait)
PARANOID-Possessed (Beach Impediment)

THE COST-These Days (New Disorder)
AMERICAN STEEL-Graveyards (Lookout)
THE ARRIVAL-Analee (Thick)
POSIES-Grant Hart (DGC)
LYNYRD’S INNARDS-Houston, We Have A Problem (Harmless)

PART 4

SELF IMPROVEMENT-Dissolved (Feel It)
VOLT-Volt (In The Red)
OXZ-(What Are We Doing) Old Hinuron? (Captured Tracks)

NOMEANSNO-And That’s Sad (Alternative Tentacles)
SNITCHES GET STITCHES-Let It Stack (Empty)
GIT SOME-Trixie Loves Misty (1-2-3-4, Go!)

B-MOVIE-Marilyn Dreams (Deram)