Radio - Sunday April 10th, 2022

 FUKKER - Shrapnel (Televised Suicide)   

On tonight’s show Andre’s programmed a set called Ride the Wave in which he explores no wave, new wave and cold wave all in the same set. Graeme MacKinnon of Wednesday Night Heroes is back with part 2 of a scene report on Edmonton, and he discloses one of E-Town's best kept secrets - SCATTERED BODIES.  Stephe's got a set of new releases with a few sneak peaks that will come out at the end of the month. And tonight’s demo feature is a great new band out of Montreal called PUFFER. But we kick things off with a set of powerpop egg punk. Download the show here.

New Powerpop, Egg and Indie 

1-800-MIKEY - O.Y.O. (ETT) 

SWEET REAPER - Station (Alien Snatch!)  

DR. SURE’S UNUSUAL PRACTICE - Blood Money (ETT) 

WHY BOTHER - Feckless World (Self-Released) 

THE HAZMATS - Empty Rooms (Static Shock)  

New Releases 

Starting out with a new re-issue.

G-ANX - No Religion Can Save Us From Hell (Armageddon) 

LIVING WORLD - Safe (Iron Lung) 

HEAVEN - Indoctrination (Iron Lung) 

ESTRAGO - No Habrá Paz (Polze de la Mort) 

CERTIFIED - 1989 (Bad News) 

Ride The Wave - No Wave, New Wave, Cold Wave Set  

THE CONTORTIONS - I Don’t Want To Be Happy (True Groove)
THEORETICAL GIRLS - Chicita Bonita (Acute) 

MEN WITHOUT HATS - Ideas For Walls (Statik) 

TELSTAR DRUGS - Ceaseless Intent (Egg Paper Factory) 

COLD SHOWERS - Dismiss (Dais) 

Pop punk, powerpop and hc from the North of Turtle Island 

THE VAPIDS - Cruisin Down 20 + Mikey Was a Punk (Crack)

CHIXDIGGIT! - I Should Have Played Football In High School (Self-released)  

TOMMY AND THE COMMIES - Hurtin’ 4 Certain (Slovenly)  

STATUES - Holiday Cops (Deranged / P. Trash)

FLQ - Eight Miles High (The Byrds) (Bad Vibrations)

THE GUNDOWN - Not Sorry (Punkmachine / Subwix) 

GAS ATTACK - Passion on the Streets (Crime for Revenge) 

EASTFIELD - Three Seats (Baszdmeg) 

DEAR LANDLORD - Lake Ontario (No Idea) 

THE X-RAYS - Set 'Em Up (Dig the Fuzz) 

 

E-Town, Part 2 with Graeme McKinnon 

DOWN SYNDROME - Suicidal Eyes (Black Sun)

THE GLORY STOMPERS - Waste (Disturbance) 

SCATTERED BODIES - Distant Thunder (Self-Released) 

LANGUID - Oblivion (D-Takt ja Rapunk) 

THE SYSTEMATICS - Used Youth (Vulture Rock)

Demo Feature 

Tonight's demo is another band from Montreal, but tonight's band is called PUFFER. PUFFER is a new five piece. Their demo - "Live and Die in the City" - was released on Roachleg Records April 3rd. The band is comprised of members of ULTRARAT and MUECO. Rock n Roll fuelled hardcore punk with shades of Oi and Street Rock. Raw and rockin. 

PUFFER - Suffering (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Live N Die In The City (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Prisoner Of Your Love (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Wicked Boys (Roachleg) 

PUFFER - Puppet (Roachleg)

Radio - Sunday September 2nd, 2012

For our Labour Day show we featured an interview with Chris Walter about his new book "SNFU: What No One Else Wanted to Say". Chris has just released the book on GFY Press and was in town two weeks ago to talk about it. In the little time that we had we spoke about the book, about the band from Edmonton, and about his other band biographies. I wish I had more time to go in detail about some of the band's more known songs, but we did what we could, but getting at some of the highlights. There are a lot more to read about in his book.

We also got to feature the demo of Pure Scum who are from North Carolina. In the recent issue of MRR the band is described as "Boston not L.A." era Jerry's Kids meets SOA meets "United Blood". All that and they start out with a song railing against school just two days before school starts. Who can't relate to that? You can get the demo through Sorry State.

You can hear the show by clicking here.

SNFU - Strip Search / Grunt, Groan, Rant and Rave (Rubber Records)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
DOWN SYNDROME - You're a Punk (Rubber)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Victims of the Womanizer (BYO)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - I think Fine Art's Fine (Rake)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - I Forget (BYO)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Painful Reminder (Epitaph)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Poor Pitiful Me (Psyche Industries)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Postman's Pet Peeve (Cargo)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Thee Maul that Heats Peephole (Cargo)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Eric's had a Bad Day (Epitaph)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - I Forget (Megafore Entertainment)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Cockatoo Quill (Rake Records)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump (Rake Records)
CHRIS WALTER - Interview (CIUT)
SNFU - This is the End

Demo Feature
PURE SCUM - To hell with School (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Brainwash (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - I Hate the Mall (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - I Don't Care (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Spit It out (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Born to Hate (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Disappear (Sorry State)
PURE SCUM - Test My Patience (Sorry State)

Flyer - Sunday August 21, 1988

Flyer - SNFU / Down Syndrome

MRR Scene Report - Edmonton, August 1986

Creighton wrote a scene report of Edmonton in the August 1986 issue of  MRR. The report starts out by talking about the release of the second SNFU LP. Down Syndrome had just recorded a 9 song demo. Euthaniasia had just released an ep. There are minor mentions of Entirely Distorted, Dissidence, Cruxes, Freddie Kruger's Right Hand, Carnival Cops, Idyl Tea, Ghost Shirt Society and a load of others. There is also a list of zines.

Click on image to enlarge it to a readable size.

Flyer - Saturday May 17, 1986

MRR Scene Report - Edmonton, January 1986

This Edmonton scene report was published in MRR #32 published in January 1986 which updates us on activities with SNFU, Down Syndrome, Entirely Distorted, Euthanasia, and a fanzine named CHIPS. Click on the image to enlarge this to a readable size.

MRR Review - Down Syndrome "Other Ways" ep

Jeff Bale wrote this review for MRR of the Down Syndrome ep. This appeared in issue #19, which came out in December 1984. Click on image to enlarge it to a readable size.

Down Syndrome ad in MRR

This ad appeared in issue #20 which came out on December 1984.

Flyer - Friday August 17, 1984

Down Syndrome "The New Dark Age" ep

Down Syndrome were a hardcore band from Edmonton that existed between 1983 and 1987. The band featured started out with Sjor (drums & vocals) and Bob (bass, vocals) . After a few short lived guitarists came and went, Laurie and Dave came into it, around May '83. That line-up released the "Dark Age" cassette. Then Dave went and Jan came in for guitar and vocals, around May '84 and they recorded this EP was released. Polluted Brain re-prints an interview with the band. They also appeared on the "It Came from Inner Space" comp. Jeff Bale reviewed the ep for MRR saying "Whoaa! A mighty impressive debut EP by this Edmonton punk outfit. The mid- to fast-tempo material here far surpasses their earlier cuts on the Innerspace compilation. With its skads of guitar power, strong tunes, tasteful lead parts, and intelligent lyrics, I can't think of any reason not to scarf this fucker up." (from Maximum Rocknroll #20, December 1984). The songs on the ep are:

1. Other Ways
2. Solitary Confinement
3. Racism
4. Pain and Hunger
5. Values
6. Suicidal Eyes

They also had an interview in the December 1985 issue of MRR.

MRR Review - Various Artists "It Came from Inner Space" LP

Jeff Bale wrote this review for MRR of the "It Came from Inner Space" comp. This appeared in issue #12, which came out in March 1984. Click on image to enlarge it to a readable size.

Release - V/A "It Came from Innerspace" LP

In Chris Walter's book "SNFU...What No One else Wanted to Say" we learn that the guy behind this compilation was a music loving truck driver named Barry Peters. He approached SNFU about being on the compilation in May 1983 and then recorded them in a makeshift studio that he put together in a warehouse that skaters used as a hangout in Edmonton. He recorded "Strip Search", "Grunt, Groan, Rant and Rave", and "Real Men Don't Watch Quincy". this would be SNFU's first recording. The band blew out the tweeters but they later replaced them. 

The compilation featured most of Edmonton's top underground bands which included the Down Syndrome, Malibu Kens and Moe Berg's current band at the time Facecrime. Barry's label was called Rubber Records and he would move to Montreal and start up Cargo Records. Cargo Records would go on to release SNFU's "Better than a Stick in the Eye" and "The Last of the Big Time Suspenders". The songs that make up this compilation are :

1. The Touch - Nerve Gas Attack

2. The Thieves - What's Old is What's New

3. Route 66 - Where is She During the Week?

4. Facecrime - I Know Some People

5. Down Syndrome - You're a punk

6. Malibu Kens - Party's Over

7. SNFU - (Real Men Don't Watch) Quincy

8. The Standards - Break Out

9. Malibu Kens - 421-1111

10. The Thieves - Screams

11. SNFU - Grunt, Groan, Rant and Rave

12. Facecrime - Did I Hear You Right?

13. The Touch - Family Tree

14. Down Syndrome - Bums

15. Route 66 - Had Enough of This