Flyer - Friday January 30, 2009

Top 10 – January 2009

Top 10 – January 2009

1. BORED STRAIGHT “Puke on Someone Your Own Size” ep (Data Control)
2. BROWN SUGAR “Deportation” ep (Feral Kid)
3. PISSCHRIST “Victims of Faith” CD (Yellow Dog)
4. LOW VISION “Touch the Truth” ep (Give Praise)
5. V/A “Bay Area Thrash Detonation III” CD (625 Productions)
6. DISCARGA “Musica pra Guerra” CD (Laja)
7. THE LIBYANS LP (Upstate Chamber of Commerce)
8. SUBHUMANS, THE “Death Was Too Kind” CD (Alternative Tentacles)
9. NO SLOGAN “Killed By Gentrification” ep (Desobedencia)
10. RATIONAL ANIMALS “Perception Becomes Reality” ep (Feral Kid)

Label Info:
* DATA CONTROL – 4388 S. Pine Avenue / Milwaukee, WI / 53207 / USA
* FERAL KID – 379 Ontario Street / Buffalo, NY / 14207 / USA / xferal_kidx@yahoo.com
* YELLOW DOG – www.yellowdog.de
* GIVE PRAISE – www.givepraiserecords.com
* 625 PRODUCTIONS – www.625thrash.com
* LAJA – CP 25519 / Vila Vehla / ES CEP 29102-973 / Brazil / www.laja.com.br
* UPSTATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – www.myspace.com/thelibyansarecoming
* ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES – P.O. Box 419092 / San Francisco, CA / 94141 / USA / www.alternativetentacles.com
* DESOBEDIENCIA - desobediencia2000@yahoo.mx

Sunday, January 25, 2009

MOTHERFUCKERS - Ordinary People (Handsome Dan)

Studio 3 Session
MOTHERFUCKERS - Designated Driver (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Kill My Boss (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Living in Fear (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Pass By Me (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Classless Society (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Nervous Wreck (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Never Alone (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Fish Fucking (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Lost (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - I Wanna Be a Cop So I can Fuck You Up (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - She’s the Only One (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Let’s Talk about Turkey (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Get Off the Stage (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Interview (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Lost (Handsome Dan)

Top 10 Re-issues
LSD - Kill You (Schizophrenic)
DISKAAOS - Sota on Sotaa (Tuska ja Ahdistus)
DICKIES, THE - I’m on Crack (Captain Oi!)
D.O.N. D.O.N. - The End (Schizophrenic)
PERSONALITY CRISIS - Wild Game (Workers Co-operative)
TEACHER’S PET - Don’t Need You (Smog Veil)
CHORDS, THE - So Far Away (Captain Oi!)
SUBHUMANS - Fuck You (Alternative Tentacles)
ERISTETYT - Toimintaa (Roku)
JEAN MILLS SOCIETY TORCH - Fight Your Own Fire (Firestarter)

GUILTY FACES - Nightmare (Self-Released)
ALTERNATIVE ACTION - Thin Line (Longshot)
BLOW BACK - Drug War (String Break)
TOTAL ABUSE - Peace And Quiet (Deranged)
HARDA VIDER - Omradet (Not Enough Bullets)
BROWN SUGAR - 2012 (Feral Kid)
LEGION OF PARASITES - Exploit Control Manipulate (Overground)

Demo Feature
DEAD END - The Subversive Pool (Self-Released)
DEAD END - Sheep Don’t Care (Self-Released)
DEAD END - The System (It’s Got You) (Self-Released)
DEAD END - North Scout Guard - Company (Self-Released)
DEAD END - Blindsight (Self-Released)
DEAD END - Pick Up (Self-Released)
DEAD END - End of the Rope (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, January 18, 2009

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VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Duelling Companions (Goodfellow)

Studio 3 session
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Character Break (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Fraternity in Disguise (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - The Proud and the Few (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Insanity By Consequence (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Hazy Skies Over Martha’s Vineyards (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Duelling Companions (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Not So Hidden Agenda (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - State Sponsored Irony (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Fantasy Camp (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Interview (CIUT)
VATICAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE - Fraternity in Disguise (Goodfellow)

BLOWBACK - 1-2-3-4 (String Break)
MDC - John Wayne Was a Nazi (Boner)
THE SKIDS - Monkey McGuire meets Specky Potter behind Lochore Institute (Captain Oi!)
ICON A.D. - Fight for Peace (Overground)

Top 10 Canadian releases
LEGION666 - Despotic Fervour (Schizophrenic)
THE CLASS WAR KIDS - Strike Back (110 Records)
GERM ATTACK - Vagrant Nation (MCR Company)
STATUES - Distance / Duration (Deranged)
ANTISOCIAL CLUB - Paint the Whitehouse Red (Self-Released)
VICIOUS CYCLE - Stepping Back (P Trash)
DEAD DOGS - Dead Dogs (Self-Released)
HAZARDOUS WASTE - Pay (Nerve Hold)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Date with Us (Deranged)
SUICIDE PILOTS - Yuppie Scum (Self-Released)

Demo Feature
DICHOTOMY - Shellshock (Self-Released)
DICHOTOMY - Trapped (Self-Released)
DICHOTOMY - Against Our Will (Self-Released)
DICHOTOMY - Nothing Left (Self-Released)
DICHOTOMY - the Watchtower (Self-Released)
DICHOTOMY - Mine (Self-Released)
DICHOTOMY - Dead Doctor’s Don’t Lie (Self-Released)
LETS DANCE - Today (Longshot)
TERMINALS - New York Girls (Self-Released)
THE STOLEN MINKS - I hate You (New Romance)

EVAPORATORS - Shakin’ with the Shaggy Shakers (Mint)

Flyer - Saturday January 17, 2009

Subhumans “Death Was Too Kind” CD

Two summers ago I got to meet Joey Shithead at a show out in Newmarket. His label had been putting out a lot of great old Vancouver landmark releases, like the “Vancouver Complications” comp and the YOUNG CANADIANS and POINTED STICKS. But there was a glaring absence from the set of re-issues – the SUBHUMANS. There was a bit of uneasiness about the question that I didn’t really understand. Actually I still don’t understand it because DOA and the SUBHUMANS were peers. In talking about the early Vancouver scene you couldn’t talk about it without mentioning both bands. Both bands had a hard rockin’ sound as applied to hardcore. Both bands had an overtly political message. In fact, the SUBHUMANS walked the talk minus action equals zero line with Gerry Useless being part of the Squamish Five. Bombing a bomb factory is pretty much sending a message to the man. So in a lot of ways I think SUBHUMANS were the more important band out of that scene. Maybe that is part of the rift. Anyway Joey said something about how he had encouraged the SUBHUMANS to talk to Alternative Tentacles about re-releasing their old material. I guess they did. And this is quite the collection of early singles and lost tracks. “Death to the Sickoids” was the band’s first ep. That came out in 1978. The B-side was the clever take on the national anthem re-written about the shit going on up here at the time. It’s amazing how little has changed. Anyway this was originally released as a self-released 7” of 500 run. So this is an act of mercy making this first ep available again. I remember NOMEANSNO covering “Oh Canaduh” and as good as NOMEANSNO are the original is better. A year later Quintessence, which was a label that would do a lot of the important Vancouver releases, would put out a 12” of four new tracks. This included “Fuck You”, which a lot of people mistake as DOA’s song and “Slave to My Dick”. These are probably the SUBHUMAN’s most best known songs with “Death to the Sickoids” and “Firing Squad” being close behind. So in a singles collection release it makes sense to include the “Firing Squad” ep too. All three of these eps are punk rock gold and I’m not referring to what they fetch on e-bay. But “Death Was Too Kind” also collects two songs recorded around the “Incorrect Thoughts” era that were lost tracks and only appeared on “Pissed Off … and with Good Reason” that Essential Noise put out in 1995. These two tracks are lost gems and it is good to see them here. It is also good to read about the motivations behind the songs. It helps put context to a band that lived Talk minus action equals zero. Anyway, I can’t recommend this release enough. I do hope that “Incorrect Thoughts” and “No Wishes, No Prayers” are being considered for the same treatment. The SUBHUMANS are one of the most under-appreciated punk bands in Canada. (Alternative Tentacles Records – P.O. Box 419092 / San Francisco, CA / 94141-9092 / USA / www.alternativetentacles.com) - SP

Rocket Reducers “Futures Lookin’ Bright” CD

This is a self released recording of four songs one of which is a STITCHES cover. This was recorded by Jimmy Vapid so it is going to have a little of that RAMONES feel to it. They are huge fans of the JOLTS from BC. But they remind me of the NEW BOMB TURKS and that’s a good thing considering that they come from a small scene in Welland influenced by other things a lot shittier. In talking to them these kids have kind of been isolated by a bunch of shitty ass peers in school, which probably gives them the right kind of fighting ambition out of adversity that most punk kids grow up with. I’m backing them. This is their second demo and they have a new recording on the way. (Kick Your Butt – 720 Metler Road / Fenwick, ON / L0S 1C0 / Canada / e-mail: rocketreducers@gmail.com) - SP

Rackshot demo 2008

Easton and Andrus from OUR FATHER / BURNING LOVE fame team up with the Bowden brothers to crank out some high energy dirty ass punk ‘n roll. This is a two song demo. The singer has a vocal delivery reminiscent of the Ian Svenonius from NATIONS OF ULYSSES – the once voted sassiest boy in America. But that should be no reflection on RACKSHOT. These guys belt out some heavy redneck brand of punk. It reminds me of STARVIN’ HUNGRY meets DANKO JONES. They have just recorded two new songs and a DEAD BOYS cover that hope to get a more official kind of release. The new recording is done in an official studio and sounds even better. (www.myspace.com/rackshot) - SP

Personality Crisis “Creatures for Awhile” LP

This is a re-issue of PERSONALITY CRISIS LP that originally came out on Mike Barbeau’s label, relative to the actress Adrienne. This was a band who spent a lot of time touring back and forth across the prairies and although they were from Murder city Winterpeg, became adopted by Calgary and Vancouver as native sons. Their story is told very well in Chris Walter’s book “Warm Beer & Wild Times” and I had never really given them the time of day. Before the book I only knew them for “Piss On You” from the “Something to Believe In” comp. Well I have been a fool. The harrowing stories of how this came about and how it was recorded in Vancouver back in 1983 using the ‘forearm technique’ by some disinterested engineer are a shame. But the energy of the band is still captured on tracks like “People in Glass”, “Wild Game”, and “The Advocate”. Although not entirely easy to peg the album serves as a document of a band that grew out of the hardcore era, which was a scene not lost on Winnipeg. The band blew away many of their contemporaries like the CIRCLE JERKS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, the DEAD KENNEDYS, and others. “Creatures from Awhile” reminds me of DOA record from back then, which does make some sense as PERSONALITY CRISIS was supported by Joey Shithead and the COLA lot. I wish there was more with this re-issue like the song by song breakdown that appears in the book or even a photocopy of the liner notes. But I will settle for just the record. (Workers Cooperative / 333 Garry Street / Winnipeg, MB / R3B 2G7 / Canada / www.waronmusic.com) - SP

Hard Charger s/t CD

This is HARD CHARGER’s first official release and they really embrace the MOTORHEAD sound similar in the way that early INEPSY did. There is a bit more d-beat to HARD CHARGER’s sound with a rougher more edgier sound. The distortion is evident and I think it is that this Fredericton trio are probably just playing way louder than they should. But it doesn’t hurt this release. It just suggests how over the top these guys can be. If you were to take MOTORHEAD and amp up the speed to a DISRUPT pace HARD CHARGER is what you get. A crustier update of MOTORHEAD. Some of the classics like “Beer Bandit” and “Hellbound” have been re-recorded for this and a host of new ones not found on the first demo. (www.nolistrecords.com) – SP

Madcowboys “Baby Steps” CD

This is part CHIXDIGGIT, part KNUCKLEHEAD. They also remind me a bit of the MINUTEMEN and the RHYTHM PIGS but not in a direct way, more in a channeled kind of thing. Lots of punk gusto with bundles of melody and a little bit of country twang, but maybe I am just hearing that because they are from Calgary. The CD has an ode to basement shows along with drinking songs and songs poking fun at rock ‘n roll. They are probably some of the nicest dudes you will ever meet. And totally humble. They deserve your attention. I don’t know how to get this so just write them at their myspace site which is www.myspace.com/madcowboys. - SP

Dichotomy demo

This is a noisey, burly, fast sounding hardcore attack from Vancouver. The fuzz is turned way up on the distortion. Think of a piercing air attack warning underneath this blazing crust blitzkrieg. At times the drum sounds as fast as a drum machine, but it is Gabriela who does double duty in MARGARET THRASHER. Her pace is must faster in this band. And there are space like noises that remind me of early Finn-core. Kind of like TERVEET KADET but with some LEBENDEN TOTEN thrown in. And also a bit of PINK TURDS IN SPACE and MEN’s RECOVERY PROJECT. There are songs about exacting revenge on vivisectors. Good to see. ($3.00 ppd – Gabriela / 638 Hawks Avenue / Vancouver, BC / V6A 3Y1 / Canada) - SP

At Worst 7” demo

This is some dirty punk ‘n roll a la BRUTAL KNIGHTS meets the SCHOOL JERKS. In fact I saw a flyer of a Toronto show with HAZARDOUS WASTE and BAD SKIN. That helps fill in some blanks. The next generation of punk rockers to follow FUCKED UP. I think this band used to be called WHEN I FALL and used to be from an area known as Chateauguay because on their myspace site they have early posts about how there are no good all ages places to play there and mentions of an ep titled “Are You Really Missing Out”. (At Worst – 1983 Wellington / Montreal, QC / H3K 1W5 / Camada) - SP

Antisocial Club s/t CD

This is a band from Calgary that has been kicking around for the past six years and according to their myspace site have called it a day. That’s too bad because this CD is pretty fuckin’ awesome. At times they remind me of early YOUTH BRIGADE, when they are rockin’ along at a more mid-tempo beat. However ASC has a tendency to time change on a dime, a la bandana era thrash. At times they remind me of early SNFU, except with more of a VANDALS meets MISFITS feel to it. And some of the riffage is a bit like MOTORHEAD meets NASHVILLE PUSSY. Suffice it to say that ASC are well schooled in a variety of areas of punk and it comes out in their material, which is refreshingly astray from the numbers. (www.myspace.com/theantisocialclub) - SP

Interview: School Jerks

SCHOOL JERKS feature Ben and Ivan from TERMINAL STATE. Matt who is new to town joined on bass and Luke is a buddy of theirs sings in the band. Ben used to sing in TERMINAL STATE, but is now playing guitar in the School Jerks. They have a demo and a 3-song ep out on Riff Raff Records. This interview was live on the show on January 11th, 2009.

Introduce yourselves and tell us what you do in the band?
Matt (M): I’m Matt. I play bass.
Ben (B): Ben. I play guitar.
Luke (L): Luke. I sing.
Ivan (I): Ivan. Drums.
How long has SCHOOL JERKS been together?
B: We played our first show in mid-June so a little over six months.
Just six months. How did the band form?
B: Me and Ivan were in TERMINAL STATE before and when that broke up we kept playing. We had the idea that we wanted Luke to be the singer. So we worked out a handful of songs. We gave Luke a tape to practise with.
And how did you find Matt?
M: I was lying on the side of the road.
You thought he would be a great bass player. He is lying on the side of the road.
M: Actually I went to a party at Ben’s house, for some reason, it was a rager. He was talking about stuff he was working on and he wanted to play music with somebody and asked me to come down and jam with him one night.
B: Matt was new to town at the time. We had heard that there was a dude around that liked to cause trouble and listen to punk rock so we had to find him.
And eventually you stumbled across him at your house.
B: Yeah.
Where does the name SCHOOL JERKS come from?
L: GUNS ‘N ROSES.
Does it really?
B: In a roundabout way. It is from a VAINS song.
L: And there is a guy from GUNS ‘N ROSES in that band.
So tell me the story. Where does the name come from? I don’t get it yet.
B: We had a show booked and we didn’t have a band name and the show was coming up in about a week so we just got together and tried to come up with a band name and we couldn’t so we settled on SCHOOL JERKS.
Does it really have a GUNS N ROSES reference?
B: Well there is a connection there.
I: There is a song by the VAINS called “School Jerks” and it is a pretty sweet song.
M: The GUNS N ROSES drummer played in the VAINS .
What was the idea of the band when you were first got together?
B: I think we are kind of doing the same thing as we originally set out to do.
In TERMINAL STATE?
B: Kind of like TERMINAL STATE but be a punk band.
Well there is a resemblance in sound.
B: I think when Luke came in things changed a lot because his vocal style is ….
He does have a different vocal style.
B: It’s more punk.
I: We just wanted to play very stripped down punk. It is really simple and juvenile.
B: This is what we started doing in TERMINAL STATE and then TERMINAL STATE evolved and then we said “Fuck This.” We just want to go back to playing straight forward punk rock.
L: I looked at his lyrics and I thought they weren’t what we might want to do so I took his idea and wrote something different. You know what I am talking about. More extreme.
B: The lyrics are more extreme. The style is more extreme.
The vocal style reminds me of Darby Crash meets ….
B: Luke reminds me of Darby Crash.
…meets Blaine Cook. It kind of has that Tasmanian devil sound to it. Do you know what I mean?
B: I’ve heard that name but I don’t really know who Blaine Cook is.
He was in the ACCUSED. He was in the FARTZ too. You guys were talking about Duff McKagan, he was in the original FARTZ.
L: Fuck. There is a lot more to this GUNS N ROSES reference.
Okay so who do you consider influences on the band?
M: GUNS N ROSES.
But really.
B: A lot of them are pretty obvious like classic early hardcore records BLACK FLAG, DESCENDENTS, CIRCLE JERKS all those kind of records.
I: Killed by Death stuff.
Is there any coincidence that “Make it Blank” sounds like “Nervous Breakdown”?
B: Yeah. That was on the demo. It is a total rip off of the rhythm of that song. People have said that and I am not too concerned. We don’t play it anymore. It’s just on the demo.
We started off the show with it.
L: Way to go.
B: Now we are outed as ….
No no. You didn’t play it in your set so I thought I would try and play something that you didn’t play right. There was a different reason for why I played it.
B: I think it is really derivative but I don’t really care. People throw around this generic hardcore punk thing like it’s a problem. I don’t see the problem at all. That’s how rock ‘n’ roll music works and …
Yeah and I am certainly not criticizing it. I love early FLAG so I love this song.
L: I heard a little tone there.
No I love BLACK FLAG so it’s good. So if you had to limit your music collection to five punk releases as a band what would they be? You got to put your heads together and make it sound like SCHOOL JERKS. You can take thirty years of punk and make it sound like SCHOOL JERKS. What would you pull?
B: The RAMONES first two records.
I: Maybe just the first if we only have five records.
M: I would say ANGRY SAMOANS “Back from Samoa”.
B: GERMS “G.I.” How about “Boston not L.A.”? That’s one record.
L: You can’t do that.
B: I’m cheating.
That’s okay. I will take it. Comps count.
L: The BLACK FLAG discography then. “Everything Went Black”?
B: I’d rather have “The First Four Years”.
You have to have some BLACK FLAG in there.
B: I don’t know. Five records isn’t a lot.
It’s not.
L: Getting all teary eyed.
What are some of the things you sing about?
L: There are some things that I could say that I absolutely don’t care about, but most of the time it is just fucking around. It is really just making lewd jokes. We’re not going like “Lady of the Lake” kind of shit.
B: I think your songs are semi-serious but they are also not taking themselves too seriously. It is somewhere in there.
L: Like the DICTATORS I would say.
B: Well yeah because the DICTATORS is fun, but they still have something to say about ….
L: Yeah you are fucking around but even fucking around you are still saying….
B: …you are making a statement. You are. By fucking around you are making a statement. Having fun and punk rock and all that.
L: Yeah I would say that.
Okay. The song “Welfare”. What’s that about?
L: I was on welfare for a bit and I was thinking it was kind of cool that everybody was working for me as if I kind of have slaves or something. You are all working your jobs so I can do nothing.
B: Luke’s a crusty basically. Get a job.
L: I was feeling like I was the king. At that time it was a joke about being on welfare.
Okay. “High School”? “High School” seems like an apt song for a band called SCHOOL JERKS.
L: It has to do with us naming the band. It was talking about school and …
B: That one was written in the basement as we were recording the vocals, so…
That’s okay there is a kernel of a point there am I right?
B: Yeah it is kind of our theme song.
A lot of bands right there own song and you didn’t name it “School Jerks” which is good of you. Umm “Guest List” ?
L: That is about people being too hot shit. I feel sometimes that people get too comfortable instead of just breaking out and doing what they really want to do because everyone around thinks it’s the right thing to do and then you really aren’t yourself.
The song “Passed Out” does that have a story behind it?
L: I was at an ANTI-FLAG show a long time ago and I was drumming on Andy Flag’s van and he was like “Excuse me. We have to tour in this van.” And I was like “I’m sorry.” And they got really pissed at me. Then I went to go by some wine at the wine rack because I was underage at the time and then I drank too much or to the extent that the security guards said “What’s that on your breathe?” and they wouldn’t let me in and I started getting upset because I wasn’t getting into the ANTI-FLAG show and then I started puking to try and get it off my breathe or to get it out of my system and then I woke up and the cops were there and they called my mom. I was like “Holy Shit. What’s going on?” And they were like “You could have died. Someone could have stabbed you or killed you while you were asleep behind this ANTI-FLAG show.” And also hopefully my mom listening. So that’s how it went down.
Cool. “Ugly Faces”?
L: Ben wrote that song but then I kind of re-did it. It’s about going around town and being really upset and everyone else around you making it even worse. It’s not even there fault, although sometimes it is. Its Complicated.
M: It’s a very deep song.
L: Very deep. Very profound.
You wrote a song called “Rock ‘n’ roll, Part III”. Is there a parts I and II?
M: Gary Glitter.
B: It is just a joke on….like who the fuck calls a song “Rock ‘n’ roll , Part II”? We kind of figured it was the ultimate rock ‘n’ roll song that had put to shame any rock ‘n’ roll songs written before.
L: And MEGADEATH tried to do that too apparently. I was watching Nardwaur vs. MEGADEATH and they said “We are going to make rock ‘n’ roll , part III”. We didn’t know this before and I told Ben MEGADEATH were going to try but we did what they didn’t dare.
M: We have GUNS ‘N ROSES and MEGADEATH ties in our band.
L: Yeah because he was too busy crying with METALLICA.
B: That’s another story for another day.
You do a song called “Problems”.
B: We kind of write some of the songs together.
L: For the demo he wrote lyrics and I felt I could do the same theme and just do it a little sweeter.
B: And it was better because I didn’t have much to say.
What would be your favourite song from a lyrical standpoint and why do you like it?
L: We just named the song today. “The Rest of Us”.
What’s that about?
L: It’s about people that think that they are not going to get so much money in their life, then they buy really expensive things and then walk around town going “Look at this. I got a $200 pair of shoes on”. I’m like “Dude you can’t even afford those shoes” but they are so happy that they have the shoes and that they’re showing off. It is about people like that and feeling really sorry for them. And also shitting on them because that’s what we do in this band. We are just heartless bastards.
Well its a ridiculous thing to boast about. What about the rest of you. Do you have a favourite song from a lyrical standpoint?
M: I personally don’t know any lyrics to any of our songs. I know the names of them and that’s about it. Half of them I don’t even know the names. It’s like the fast one. Drum start. Guitar start.
B: I like “Passed Out”.
I: I like “Passed Out”, too.
B: It is funny.
I: It makes me giggle.
B: That’s what we were talking about before. It has a point to it but also it is fun. He says some funny shit. Maybe inadvertently. I don’t know. But it makes me laugh.
Tell us about the demo. How long ago did you record it ?
I: It was in November or December of 2007.
B: Me and Ivan recorded that out in my garage. And then my neighbour came out….
I: Yeah much to the joy of your Portuguese neighbour.
B: Let’s not get into the racial thing here, but he started screaming at us.
You should have recorded him.
B: We did the drums, guitars and bass in November 2007.
So mostly the bed tracks.
B: Then we started jamming with these guys over last winter and around March Luke was ready to put the vocals on. Then we started passing around copies of that in April.
Is it like a four track or an 8 track recording?
B: We did each instrument individually and we did it on a MAC.
It sounds great for that. I mean I thought you went into a studio so.
B: That was my recording debut there.
Good job. Are you going to be using the demo songs for anything? Or is anyone going to release it.
B: We actually want to stop dubbing them. We made about 200 copies. We have a handful left. We should have a 45 coming out any day now.
Is that a different recording?
B: Yeah. Its three songs that we recorded in May. Again with the same idea that we did the bed tracks in May then let Luke work on it a little more, being able to listen to the bed tracks at home, and then the vocals were done in July.
I: It was supposed to be more than three songs. Stuff just didn’t work out.
Did you also record the new ep?
B: Yeah.
L: Yeah, we just played them right now.
That’s amazing.
M: It was part on a four track and part on a MAC. We recorded everything individually again but we did the drums to tape. To a four track then transferred that over to the computer and put on all the other instruments.
M: That was all in Luke’s parents basement.
I: The drums we did at a rehearsal space that we used to have before we got kicked out.
B: We had a rehearsal space for thirty grand days. Now we practise in Luke’s parents’ basement which is pretty awesome that they let us do that.
L: Anyone who has been to our house shows knows what the basement is about.
It’s about goodness.
B: A lot of fun times have been had.
So you have a three song recording. Are all three songs going to come out?
B: Like Ivan was saying we didn’t want to put out just three songs. We started with six.
I: It turned into four. It seemed like four was really going to happen, but we had to scrap one of them.
B: There were some problems recording.
Do you know what label is putting this out?
B: It is supposed to be coming out on Riff Raff Records out of Virginia. They have done a handful of records. They did a BRUTAL KNIGHTS “Life Ain’t Cool”.
M: Yeah. A SHOOT IT UP / ANALINGUS split.
L: What about the DOUBLE NEGATIVE record he is supposed to put out?
That’s good company.
M: Yeah.
So when do you expect it out?
M: Last December.
But when do you think it might come out? Next February? March?
B: February, we hope.
Do you have any plans to record any more material?
I: Next weekend we are going to start recording some more stuff.
You have a lot of songs.
B: We want to get some of those down.
Have many people heard you from outside of the city?
B: We’re huge.
No, but have people contacted you about putting out material?
M: A couple.
B: We are not sure what the next record will come out on but we have heard from a few people so we have some ideas.
L: We have some people that just like us from other places which is cool.
B: As far as playing we haven’t been able to get down to the States yet. We don’t have a record out yet, and there are some legal problems with the border at this point. We’ve just been up to Ottawa and Montreal as far as out of town goes. That was a lot of fun. Once the record comes out and we sort out all the legal stuff we should be able to try and do a little mini tour.
Who are some of the people you have played with so far?
M: BLACK TIME and DILLINGER 4.
B: Those are the big ones. The heavy hitters.
L: We played with RUSH.
M: We were supposed to play with five metal bands that I don’t remember the names of.
B: We played with BAD SKIN quite a bit. The REPROBATES.
What are your thoughts on the Toronto scene at the moment ?
B: It’s alright. It’s really different then the Toronto scene was even a year ago. I was saying this to you earlier tonight that there are a ton of new bands half of which I haven’t even seen. A lot of younger people.
L: And the BAD SKIN house.
B: Yeah it is nice that they are doing shows at their house. It is really awesome. It was something definitely lacking in Toronto for some time.
I: BAD SKIN are definitely wicked.
B: I am pretty happy with the way things are now. A few years ago it seemed like there were some people around that weren’t very punk and now people are enjoying themselves. That’s why we are here. That’s our job. I take it seriously.
L: I bench a good amount.
I: That’s not punk.
L: That’s hardcore, you know - BIOHAZARD shit.
Yeah that’s how punk it is. How can people get in touch with the band ? What’s the best way to reach you?
I: Probably myspace. We are a myspace friendly band.
B: It exists. Its free. There is nothing funny about myspace. So myspace.com/schooljerks
I: And schooljerks@gmail.com.
L: Or go to BAD SKIN’s house and pass on a message. Just write a message on somebody’s face while they are passed out.
Any last comments ?
B: Thanks for having us on here and thanks for always having bands here.
I: It’s awesome. It’s important.
L: We are going to tear this shit down right now.
Excellent. It is coming down sometime so it might as well be now.

Radio - Sunday, January 11, 2009

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SCHOOL JERKS - Make it Blank (Self-Released)

Studio 3 session
SCHOOL JERKS - Untitled / Guest List / Stray / Ugly Faces / Rest of Us (Self-Released)
SCHOOL JERKS - Problems / High School / Nothing Else / Rock ‘n Roll, Part III / Welfare (Self-Released)
SCHOOL JERKS - Wild Weekend / Passed out (Self-Released)
SCHOOL JERKS - Interview (Self-Released)
SCHOOL JERKS - Nothing Else (Riff Raff)

THE SINKS - Get Outta My House (Fashionable Idiots)
FASHION FASHION AND THE IMAGE BOYS - Fashion Fashion (Spin the Bottle)
CHICKENHEAD - Everything
SHOOT IT UP - Undercover Queer (Riff Raff)
WARKRIME - Fuck It (No Way)
HARRY BALZAGNA AND THE TEENIE WEENIE - Skate Army (World is square)
HUMAN MESS - Uncaged Animal (No Way)
P.M.R.C. - Death and Texas (Motorchest)

Best Demoes of 2008
10. AT WORST - Laissez-Faire (Self-Released)
9. BOMBER - Gut Reaction (Self-Released)
8. SCREWED UP FLYER demo - Under the table (Over the Hedge) (Self-Released)
7. DEAF MUTATIONS - My Feces, Part 2 (Sewercide)
6. URINARY TRACT INFECTION - Bull Tits (Self-Released)
5. SCHOOL JERKS - High School (Self-Released)
4. IMPEDERS OF PROGRESS - Asinine (Self-Released)
3. GHUNDI - Drop the Dead Junkie (Fake Your Own Records)
2. LET’S DANCE - Too Kool for You (Self-Released)
1. FIX MY HEAD - Life is Swell (Self-Released)

SUBHUMANS - Death to the Sickoids (Alternative Tentacles)
BEASTIE BOYS - Transit Cop
RATTUS - Rockabilly Reagan (Peculio Discos)
7 SECONDS - Anti youth (Positive Youth)
COLISEUM - Year of the Pig (Auxiliary)
AGE OF RUIN - the Crimson Fails forever (Tribunal)

Demo Feature
BATTLESCARD - Damn Bastard (Self-Released)
BATTLESCARD - Chaotic Noise (Self-Released)
BATTLESCARD - Cyber Mayhem (Self-Released)
BATTLESCARD - No Fucker (Self-Released)
DISGUSTING BODY - Nothing Here (Self-Released)

MOLESTED YOUTH - Shining Light (Self-Released)

Flyer - Saturday January 10, 2009

Germ Attak "They Live, We Sleep" CD

This is Jo from TRIOXIN 245’s other band. This is their second full length within a year. And I have to say that the opening track about Palestine sounds like a lost DISCHARGE track. But the rest of this disk is more in the vein of DISORDER and the VARUKERS kind of sound. It is a classic early UK hardcore sound. A soundtrack for bristles and bullet belts. And why not. That was a great sound. That was a sound that inspired most of us before we heard our own local scenes. It makes total sense in an era where contemporary bands are looking back and rediscovering the roots of punk. It is a surprise that there aren’t more bands that sound like this. But GERM ATTAK bring something to the sound. The guitar sound is played with less fuzz and more twang. It kind of reminds me a bit of the DEAD KENNEDYS and East Bay Ray’s guitar sound if East Bay ray were to play more UK style punk. And Jo’s lyrics deal with military cover ups and insighting action. This is an all round great record and I am glad a label in Kyoto has recognized it. (MCR Company – 157 Kamiagu / Maizuru / Kyoto / 624-0913 / Japan / www.dance.ne.jp/~mcr/). The songs on here are:

1. The Death Toll Mounts
2. Revenge
3. Servitude
4. They Live, We Sleep
5. Violence Everywhere
6. Domination
7. Military Experiment Cover Up
8. I Want Out
9. New Messiah
10. Invaluable Fate
11. Winter Punx
12. Time to Fight
13. Burn the City
14. The Death Toll Continues

Radio - Sunday, January 04, 2009

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SPOILED ROTTEN - Legend of the Band (Unreleased)

Studio 3 Session
SPOILED ROTTEN - Taser Party (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Garburator Luv (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Baby I’m in Love with You (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Bang Bus (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - She Gets Around (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Glitter Tits (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Goo Goo Over You (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Osama’s Got a Girlfriend (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Dee Dee is King (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - ’89 Daytona (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Back Seat of my Car (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Team Inseperable (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - I’m a Homosexual (CIUT)

SPOILED ROTTEN - Interview (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - I Can’t make It on Time (Unreleased)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Interview (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Saturday Nite (Unreleased)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Interview (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Ace on the Card (Unreleased)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Interview (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Go! Gary Go! (Unreleased)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Interview (CIUT)
SPOILED ROTTEN - Garburator Luv (Unreleased)