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Artificial Dissemination is a new punk band. What is unusual about them is that they are a two piece. I don't know many two piece punk band although we spoke about Deja Voodoo but they didn't play hardcore punk.
The band features Shawna Heist who you may know as the guitarist of Sluts on 45 and has played in so many punk bands in Toronto over the last few decades.
On drums is Jamie Problem, who was the singer and guitarist in the legendary Problem Children, but has more recently become the singer for the Rezentments. In my run ins with these bands I have known both folks to be movers and shakers so there personality types are in sync. In the year that they have been together they have written a load of songs that we got to record tonight. The session was engineered by Ian Wilkinson. as usual, on equipment that is falling apart. He makes it sound good as did the band. The songs recorded are:
1. Blow Up
2. I like you better when you were dead
3. Dirty Glass
4. Implant
5. Don't Care
6. GMO
7. The paparazzi stole my soul
8. Hated
9. Fight
10. Up Yers
11. She's got my fuckin' guitar
12. Hidden charms (Willie Dixon cover)
The band also recorded some IDs for the show and the station.
Aldo video taped the whole thing.
Lenora and Mike videotaped the interview afterwards.
The band has an ep out called "Glare" which you can hear at Reverb Nation.
We start off tonight's show with a studio 3 session recorded this past Tuesday with the Rezentments from Hamilton. you can hear the show on the player above or download an MP3 of the show.
THE REZENTMENTS - Yer what's wrong (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Anxiety (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Friendly Fire (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Barton Street Hag (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Photo Bomb (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Dick (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Piece of Me (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Somedays (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Hey Pig (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Crowd Control (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - You Got Two (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Interview (CIUT)
THE REZENTMENTS - Try (CIUT)
DEVO - Fountain Of Filth (Superior Viaduct)
NOMEANSNO - Widget (Wrong)
THE STRANGLERS - Shut Up (United Artists)
FREESTONE - Church (Akhashic)
SUBSERVIENT FUCK - The Scene (Human Resources)
APEWAR - Templar (Self-Released)
SEEIN' RED - Discussion with a Christian (Peculio Discos)
AK47 - Liberation (Self-Released)
Tonight's demo feature is a band from Chicago with dual male/female vocals. They received a rave review in the December issue of MRR (below) and you can hear or download the demo through at http://escalofrio.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2.
ESCALOFRIO - House of the Dead (Self-Released)
ESCALOFRIO - Camp Cold Lake (Self-Released)
ESCALOFRIO - Macho Man (Self-Released)
ESCALOFRIO - Dummy (Self-Released)
ESCALOFRIO - Vomitrocious (Self-Released)
ESCALOFRIO - Holey Vision (Self-Released)
ESCALOFRIO - Mood Killer (Self-Released)
ESCALOFRIO - Haunted Mask (Self-Released)
INSTIGATION - No Way Out (Self-Released)
It's beginning to feel like every Studio 3 session happens on a day of an extreme cold weather alert. It was bone shattering cold when I found the rest of the Rezentments in Jay's van. Jay is the drummer and has done a Studio 3 session with Spoiled Rotten. He didn't recognize the new location because he didn't realize we had to move from the house on St. George.
Ian Wilkinson, from Big Brother, was doing sound again and was waiting when we finally luged up the equipment. I should have taken a picture of Chris Crash's amp. It had an amazing leopard print which reminded me of the best punk dye job I envyed growing up. Maybe Chris did too. It was awesome looking.
I have never met Chris before, but his legend is large having played in many bands such as the Plague and Slander and the Hammer Boys and now Steel Town Spoilers. He also runs a punk store in Hamilton called Crash Landing. They have a facebook page if you are trying to track them down. Chris was good enough to talk with me when I was doing research on Slander and he has amazing stories so I was excited to meet him in person. I was not disappointed.
Jamie Problem had wet my appetite about his new band (The Rezentments) when he came in to be interviewed about Problem Children. And as he belted out songs I could hear some of the PC melodies and optimism in a shitty story. All lived experiences.
Chris had played in a band called the Hammer Boys with Ham'r Mark and they seem to be the core of the band. Mark brought in Mayhem Mark and you can hear the story as better told in this interview we did afterwards. The song "Anxiety" reminded me of "What we want is free" by Articles of Faith. The gang vocals remind me of Sham 69. There are metal flourishes throughout and the song "Dick" approached grind speeds. The band makes the case that they are a mixed bag of influences. The band is working on a studio recording, but here are some songs recorded at CIUT's studio 3.
1. Anxiety
2. Somedays
3. Friendly Fire
4. Hey Pig
5. Piece of Me
6. Photo Bomb
7. You Got Two
8. Crowd Control
9. Barton Street Hag
10. Yer What's Wrong
11. Dick
12. Try
The band also did some IDs for the show and the station based around their songs.
13. EXD ID
14. CIUT ID
And Aldo from Punks 'n Rockers video taped the session.
