Radio - Sunday, December 2nd, 2012

Sid's Kids are a new punk band from Toronto made up from Cleave Anderson of the Screwed, and Marcel LaFleur and John Sutton of Arson. They have been playing this punk / new wave night at the Painted Lady and galvanizing members of the early Toronto punk scene in the process through their fun theme nights. We got a chance to speak and record the group with some of their collaborators. This group included Zero from Zro4, Mickey Skin from the Curse, Fergus Hambledon of the Basics and a Passing Fancy, Barrie Farrel of the Existers, and Chris Haight of Zoom and the Viletones.

We also played No Mistake in our demo feature. No Mistake are a new hardcore band from San Jose featuroing Mikey Bullshit of Go! on guitar and some other members of In Disgust and Permanent Ruin. There is a great review in the demo section November's issue of MRR with complete contact information or you can check out the bandcamp download at www.nomistake.bandcamp.com.

Have a listen to the show.

SID'S KIDS - Born to Kill (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS with ZERO - Poor Poor Girl (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS with Mickey Skin - Shoeshine Boy (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS with Chris Haight - Sweet Desperation (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS with Chris Haight - Does She Jump (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS with Fergus Hambledon - I'm Losing Tonight (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS with Fergus Hambledon - I Can't Help (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS with Barrie Farrell - Never Think Big (CIUT)
SID'S KIDS - Interview
SID'S KIDS - (This) Perfect Day (CIUT)

DEATH CRISIS - Can`t Die Young
HASSLER - Asphyxiate (Schizophrenic)
ABADDON - Koniec Swiata (Warsaw Pact)
THE DAGGER DAYS - Raygun (P Trash)
KNOTS - Heartbreaker (Last Laugh)
THE SUICIDE DATES - Heart Attack Rhythm (CIUT)

Demo Feature
NO MISTAKE - Rich`s song (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Crossed Words (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - We stole Hawaiì (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Respect (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Expiration Date (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Boiling Point (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - We Are Enemies (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Unlucky You (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - FBLA (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Whatever I Do (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - What a Bargain! (Self-Released)
NO MISTAKE - Running (Self-Released)

Sid's Kids studio 3 session

Sid's Kids are a punk band featuring Cleave Anderson on drums and Marcel laFleur and John Sutton on guitar and bass from Arson. The band is similar to the Screwed in that they focus on early punk classics. This group is a bit of a session band set up to host a punk / new wave night and have involved quite a few players from Toronto's early waves of punk. The band does some covers like the Damned's "Born to Kill" and the Saints "(This) Perect Day". Covers by local artists include:

 
Zero singing Zro4's song known as "Poor Poor Girl",

Mickey Skin singing the Curse's song "Shoeshine Boy",

Chris Haight singing for Zoom and Viletones songs "Sweet Desperation" and "Does She Jump".

Fergus Hambledon sings and plays guitar on A Passing Fancy's "I'm Losing Tonight" and the Basics' "I Can't Help"

Barrie Farrell sings and plays guitar on the Existers "Never Think Big".

There is also an interview done with the group. One of my realizations in doing this interview is that this is a special group of people. The first wave of Toronto punks have remained to be active as a scene which is something I have noticed in other scenes. It is pretty special and continues to impact our scene in many ways. The other thing that needs to be said is that Cleave Anderson is the glue behind so many of these projects and his energy is infectious.

The session was recorded and cleaned up by Jon Hawkes.

Aldo filmed the session and it is amazaing what he was able to catch. Here is a link to the Punks and Rockers youtube channel