Sonic Overload 11/7/11

Back to “regular” programming and not much in the way of political content this week—save for some idiotic comments from former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani, who emerges from under his rock every so often to bless us all with his wisdom. Blecch... Enjoy the punk rock and other musical stylings...

Sonic Overload 11/7/11

TRACK 1

AGNOSTIC FRONT-Police State (Epitaph)

GASH-Power Fucker (Total Fucker)
DRY HUMP-I Am The Doorway (SexCult)
ANXIETY-Convict (Social Napalm)
YDI-Mad At The World (Parts Unknown)
AVON LADIES-Power Failure (Katorga Works)

SPITS-I’m Scum (In The Red)
BLACK FORK-Fortune Cookie Nookie (Mess Me Up)
LE SHOK-Booze Is The Best Part (Know)
MAC BLACKOUT-Voodoo Doll (Dead Beat)
TOTAL CONTROL-See More Glass (In The Red)

NEGATIVE FX-VFW (Taang)
WRECKING CREW-Guts and Glory (Vortex)
ARTIFICIAL PEACE-Enlisted Man (Dischord)
JACK TRAGIC & THE UNFORTUNATES-Shell Shock Joe (Dionysus)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-Wasted Life (Rough Trade)

TRACK 2

SCRATCH ACID-She Said (Touch & Go)
DEATH WISH KIDS-I Went To AA For A Year And All I Got Was This Lousy Ulcer
(Hopscotch)
BOOKS LIE-Honkified Nightmare (Coalition)
BRAINIAC-Ride (Grass)
2X4’S-Little Cities (Bessemer Process)

POWERBLESSINGS-In The Men’s Room of the Sixteenth Century (Manhattan Chemical and Electronic)
YOUNG OFFENDERS-Frustration (Razorcake)
BRAIN F?-Seawall, See (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)
WAX MUSEUMS-Livin In The Eyeball (Tic Tac Totally)
THE REACTION-The Kids Arrived (from “We Went and Recorded It Anway,” Brutarian Quarterly)

M.A.D.-Holocaust (from “Not So Quiet On The Western Front,” Alternative Tentacles)
SOA-Gonna Hafta Fight (Dischord)
SWIZ-Tylenol (Jade Tree)
HÜSKER DÜ-Everything Falls Apart (Reflex)
HARD SKIN-Who’s That Boy (TKO)
SNAP-HER-Alien Bitch From Outer Space (New Red Archives)

TRACK 3

SWEET-Action (Capitol)
TANK-Turn Your Head Around (Kamaflage)
THE ENERGY-Thinking Cameras (Team Science)
COLUMBIAN NECKTIES-Abrance! (Sounds of Subterrania)
TITAN BLOOD-Too Much Talk (TB Collective)

LURKERS-I’m On Heat (Beggars Banquet)
DEADSPOT-My Death (Letterbomb)
BORN DEAD ICONS-The Great Western Mistake (Partners In Crime)
SPECTRES-Our Time (Deranged)
RED LORRY YELLOW LORRY-Save My Soul (Red Rhino)

TRACK 4

ARCWELDER-Will When You Won’t (Touch & Go)
SUBWAY SECT-Ambition (Rough Trade)
YELLO-The Evening’s Young (Polygram)
THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL #282-Sister Hell (Thwart)

VIOLENT ARREST-PCP (Boss Tuneage)
WASTE MANAGEMENT-No Way Out (Painkiller)
OUT OF VOGUE-You’re Still An Asshole (The World Is Square/xMike Fitzgeraldx)
DAMNABLE EXCITE ZOMBIES!-D.E.Z. (Not Very Nice)
STATE POISON-Tâche Difficile (Kick Rock/Flowers Of Carnage)
YOUTH BRIGADE-Violence (from “Someone Got Their Head Kicked In,” BYO)
SKIDS-Circus Games (Virgin)

VERSUS-Bright Light (TeenBeat)

Sonic Overload 10/31/11

Welcome to the Halloween show—two hours of ghosts, zombies, vampires, necrophiliacs, witches and other lovable beings. Plus a very short segment about the police brutality that happened at Occupy Oakland this past week. Meanwhile, it sure doesn’t feel like Halloween. It feels more like December, after this past weekend’s snowstorm. Weather in New England—gotta love it. Or not.

Sonic Overload 10/31/11

TRACK 1

MISFITS-Halloween (Caroline)

LOS REACTORS-Be A Zombie (Rip Off)
NU SENSAE-The Witch (Isloated Now Waves)
STATIC STATIC-Witchmouth (NeatNeatNeat)
GG KING-Witching Hour (Rob’s House)

THE FREEZE-Halloween Night (Modern Method)
BROKEN TOYS-Smash Some Pumpkins (Trashtone)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-The Only Scary Thing About Halloween Is Your Fucking Face (from “Songs For The Witching Season,” Creep)
BATTALION OF SAINTS-I Wanna Make You Scream (Nutrons)
GRIFFIN-Phantom Of The Shocker (Moneytalks)

ANGRY RED PLANET-Mummy From Hollywood (Angry Red)
SHIPWRECKED-Werewolf Attack (Anger Management)
ZEKE-Evil Dead (Dead Teenager)
SPEND4-Necrophilia (ACME)
NITZ-Room 36 (Reptilian)
THE HORROR-Reunited Ripper (Chainsaw Safety)
13 GHOSTS-Ghouls Night (ACME)

TRACK 2

45 GRAVE-Black Cross (Goldar)
LEE HARVEY OSWALD BAND-Getting Wasted With The Vampires (Touch & Go)
MUTOID MEN-Ly Canthrope (Rumbletown)
WARNING//WARNING-Zombie (from upcoming album)
DEADLINES-Go-Go To The Graveyard (Tooth & Nail)

GERM ATTAK-Face The Reaper (Loud Punk)
NIGHT BIRDS-Demon Haunted World/Neon Gray (Grave Mistake)
JONESES-Graveyard Rock (SFTRI)
SOCIAL DISTORTION-The Creeps (Time Bomb)

STRAIGHT ARROWS-Haunted Out (Juvenile)
THEE CORMANS-The Creep (In The Red)
MUMMIES-I’m Gonna Kill My Baby Tonight (Estrus)
SONICS-The Witch (Etiquette)

TRACK 3

NIHILISTICS-Black Sheep (Brain Eater) in memory of Mike Niclosi

TSOL-Code Blue (Frontier)
FLESH EATERS-See You In The Boneyard (Ruby)
SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS-Victims Of The Vampire (Captain Oi)
GBH-Necrophilia (Clay)
ENGLISH DOGS-Psycho Killer (Clay)

DAYGLO ABORTIONS-Scared Of People (Beer City)
GOD BULLIES-Creepy People (Amphetamine Reptile)
DARVOCETS-Horror Snores (Fashionable Idiots)
CRAMPS-Human Fly (IRS)
ALIEN SEX FIEND-Now I’m Feeling Zombified (Anagram)
ADVERTS-Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (Anagram)

TRACK 4

BLACK FLAG-Police Story (from “Let Them Eat Jellybeans,” Alternative Tentacles)
AUTHORITIES-I Hate Cops (Get Hip)

INFECTIONS-Zombie (Rip Off)
DEREK LYN PLASTIC-Vampires In Heat (Florida’s Dying)
APE CITY R&B-No. 1 Phantom Killer (Slovenly)
STEAMING WOLF PENIS-Vampire Mustache (self-released)
HOLLYWOOD-(Scary) Cemetery (Big Neck)

EDGAR WINTER GROUP-Frankenstein (Epic)
DESTRUCTION UNIT-Death To The Old Flesh (Empty)
HEX DISPENSERS-A Brain Inside A Jar (Douchemaster)
MISFITS-Bloodfeast (Caroline)

SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES-Halloween (Polydor)

Sonic Overload 10/24/11

Not a lot of political commentary today, except for a report on aggressive police actions towards Occupy Wall Street protesters. In Boston, things have remained relatively tranquil between the police and occupiers, although there were some arrests a few weeks back. Ellen and I went to Occupy Boston yesterday, down near South Station at Dewey Square—right across the street from the Federal Reserve Bank. I offer my thoughts after the Urban Waste song. My vocal chords felt shot at the beginning of the show but I didn’t have as many problems as the show progressed.

I forgot to mention, after playing the Inepsy song, that they’ve recently broken up. It’d been awhile since I’d seen them play live but they were always a lot of fun. And one correction—Sarin McHugh and the Everymen are from New Jersey, not NYC. Just keeping it all accurate!

Sonic Overload 10/24/11

TRACK 1

URBAN WASTE-Police Brutality (Mad At The World)

CREAMERS-Modern Day (Jolly Dream)
MALE NURSES-Pathetic & Useless (Deranged)
SOCIAL CIRCKLE-No I Won’t (Side Two)
DRY HUMP-Fucksville (Sex Cult)
RAPID LOSS-Kill You Dead (self-released)
HOAX-Skills or Death (Youth Attack)

MIND SPIDERS-Go! (Dirtnap)
SPIDER-Witch Cookie (self-released)
THEE OH SEES-The Fizz (Captured Tracks)
THEE CANNIBALS-714 Mentality (Cowabunga)
OUTNAUGHTS-In The Inside Flow (from “A Reason For Living 2003,” Dan-Doh)

WARCRY-Suck Your Life (Feral Ward)
BRAIN KILLER-What’s Your Excuse? (Deranged)
RELIGIOUS WAR-Green Bitch (Hardcore Holocaust)
RIPPER-Hellnation (Black Water)
INEPSY-The Aftermath of Progress (Feral Ward)

TRACK 2

HYGIENE-TV Girl (Dire)
COMPUTER COUGAR-Photos That Don’t Exist (Gern Blandsten)
RED CARD-Self Laugh (Useless Chords)
THEE HYDROGEN TERRORS-All Hail The Panamanian Subversive (Load)
C.AARMÉ-No Gracias (Burning Heart)
JUANITA Y LOS FEOS-Maldito Desagradecido (Dead Beat)

RETOX-Piss Elegant (Ipecac)
SEASICK-Garden Of Failures (Soulrebel)
JR EWING-Calling In Dead (Coalition)
FURY-Last One (Jade Tree)
THE FAITH-Limitations (Dischord)
HUMAN INVESTMENT-Media Blackout (Rotten Propaganda)

VANDALS-Urban Struggle (Time Bomb)
SOCIAL UNREST-Their Mistakes (New Red Archives)
LOS OLVIDADOS-Pay Salvation (Alternative Tentacles)
DECRY-Raven (Cleopatra)

TRACK 3

NIGHT BIRDS-Sex Tape (Grave Mistake)
ARCTIC FLOWERS-Double-Edged (Inimical)
NAIFA-Colsão (Faca Cega)
GUILT LUST-Five Rings (Fun With Smack)
HEROIN-Leave (Gravity)

SARIN MCHUGH AND THE EVERYMEN-Telephone (Suah Sounds)
FÖRMÖGENHET-Glad Vår (multi-label)
CIRIL-Torching Deceit (Know)
WHATEVER BRAINS-The Stiff (Sorry State)
SOKEA PISTE-Askel Syrjään (Tuska & Ahdistus)

THE STALIN-Swindler In Sewer (boot)
NOMEANSNO-Dad (Alternative Tentacles)
MINISTRY-The Missing (Sire)
ZOUNDS-Can’t Cheat Karma (Broken)

TRACK 4

LORD HIGH FIXERS-Poppa Hoodoo (Scooch Pooch)
THE INSURGENT-CPA Dream (Traffic Violation)
EVERREADY-Punk Is For Sale (Skene)
LYNYRD’S INNARDS-Houston, We Have A Problem (Johann’s Face)
SUPERCHINCHILLARESCUEMISISON-60 Hour Greyhound (ADD)
SHAMPOO-Bouffant Headbutt (Icerink)

DANGEROUS BIRDS-Alpha Romeo (Propeller)
4 SKINS-Low Life (Captain Oi)
VARUKERS-No Scapegoat (Anagram)
MAU MAUS-Society’s Rejects (Captain Oi)
ANTI PASTI-Two Years Too Late (Anagram)
IRON CROSS-Wargames (GMM)

21-645-Babble (from “Laughing At The Ground,” Propeller)

Sonic Overload 10/17/11

Siege were one of the greatest local hardcore bands I ever saw—a terrifying, ravaging sound that attacked aurally and physically. The three musicians in Siege would pound their instruments to a bloody pulp but were tight as hell. At the center of this storm was their vocalist Kevin Mahoney, who was listed as Screaming Kev Mahoney on the hand-written lyric sheet given to me by their guitar player Kurt when he gave me a copy of their demo. The covers hadn’t been printed yet. It’s a prized possession and I lost count of how many times I copied that demo for people over the years until it finally saw release on CD and vinyl. They were the real deal. I don’t think they played more than 10 shows and I saw 3 or 4 of them (I’d have to check). They didn’t even have that large a local following while they were an active band although they did eventually build an audience here. As for Screaming Kev, the name fit. He’d howl and scream and flail himself around the stage and even play saxophone for their dirge “Grim Reaper.” Kevin passed away suddenly late last week at the too-young age of 46 and this week’s show goes out in his memory. Rest in peace.

Meanwhile, the “Occupy” protests continue to spread around the country. There’s the inevitable backlash from the usual right-wing elements but more people are making themselves heard. No audio from those events this week but I do have some very special audio at the top of the second set. You’ll just have to listen to find out.

Sonic Overload 10/17/11

TRACK 1

SIEGE-Conform (Deranged) in memory of Kevin Mahoney

SIEGE-Cold War (Deranged)
SIEGE-Starvation (Deranged)
SIEGE-Drop Dead (Deranged)
DROPDEAD-Another Stone (Armageddon)
DRY HUMP-All You Can Be (Sex Cult)
SYSTEMATIC DEATH-Man Made (Way Back When/Even Worse)

FOLDED SHIRT-no title (Live on WCSB)
WHITE LOAD-My Wall (Ken Rock)
INSERVIBLES-Asfixia (Shogun)
FINAL SOLUTIONS-Disco Eraser (Misprint)
MAD MEN-The Awakening (self-released)
TOTAL CONTROL-Stonehenge (Iron Lung)

THE FAITH-Untitled (Dischord)
THE VICIOUS-Illusions (Feral Ward)
OUT ON A LIMB-Competitive Eating (Taken By Surprise)
KICKING SPIT-Way Out (Tankcrimes)
THE ENERGY-Roach Spray (Team Science)

TRACK 2

YOUTH BRIGADE-It’s About Time That We Had A Change (Dischord)

WARDS-Redneck (self-released)
REFLEX FROM PAIN-Rednecks (Death Threat)
NOTA-Redneck Mentality (Rabid Cat)
NEGATIVE ELEMENT-Just Be Yourself (Version Sound)
NARCS-Doppleganger (Reel Time)
DBCR-Let Them Eat Bikes (self-released)

MONSTERS-Whatcha Gonna Do (Voodoo Rhythm)
WAX MUSEUMS-Traffic Violation (Tic Tac Toally)
BRAIN F?-Sleep Rough (Sorry State/Grave Mistake)
PLASTIC IDOLS-Sophistication (Vision)

WHITE DRUGS-Black Wizard Gloaming (Amphetamine Reptile)
GREEN MAGNET SCHOOL-Throb (Sub Pop)
UZI-Criminal Child (Matador)

TRACK 3

AGAINST EMPIRE-Wordsmiths (Profane Existence)

WARHEAD-Brain Washing By The Shocks (HG Fact)
MÖRPHEME-Mouchi Moumai (from “Noise Ordinance,” Maximum Rocknroll)
WOLFPACK-No Neo Bastards (Farewell)
PEACE OR ANNIHILATION-System Shit Lies (Radical HC)
KAAOS-Ei Ulospääsyä (Lost and Found)

PINKERTON THUGS-Murdered By The FBI (Police)
YOUNG LIONS-We Wanna Riot (Schizophrenic)
(IMPATIENT) YOUTH-Yankee Go Home (Frontline)
CHRON GEN-Mindless Few (Razor)

METAL URBAIN-Hysterie Connective (Byzz)
CHRISTIAN DEATH-Romeo’s Distress (Frontier)
LAUGHING HYENAS-Love’s My Only Crime (Touch & Go)

TRACK 4

IN DEFENCE-Democracy Hi-Five (Profane Existence)
DEAD STOP-All I Can Take (Deranged)
TINO VALPA-Social Insect (Kangaroo/Way Back When)
MUCH WORSE-Tarred Lungs (No Way)
UNDERDOG-Say It To My Face (Bridge Nine)
YOUTH OF TODAY-Put It Aside (Caroline)

CLOAK/DAGGER-Don’t Need A (Jade Tree)
RANK/XEROX-Discipline (Make A Mess)
GENERAL INTEREST-Drunk Doctor (Ride The Snake)
DEFEKTORS-Bottom Of The City (Nominal)
COMA-Verre (from “Nouvelles du Front, Vol. 1”)

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-Second Guessing (Captcha)