Radio - Sunday, July 25th, 2021

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FUGAZI - In Defense of Humans (Dischord)

We are producing the show on Wednesday night. Today was the most recent attack on homeless communities by the city. The Alexandra Park community was criminalized today. Trinity-Bellwoods three weeks ago. Moss Park two weeks ago. Lamport stadium yesterday. Alexandra Park today. Criminalizing a vulnerable population seems cruel. 

We have a lot of interesting things on the show tonight including an early PERSONALITY CRISIS demo in our demo feature. But first we are going to start out with some tributes to recently departed members of the scene starting out with Jimmy Weatherstone who drummed for the DEMICS. 

THE DEMICS - You Tell Me (Ready) 

EXISTERS - Telex Love (Self-Released)

George Higton passed away recently. This was off a CD released in 2010 called “Depreciation” which featured newly recorded versions of songs written between 1978 and 1980. Here's a link to the interview with the band. George also was a big part of Shades Magazine which was one of the important first zines covering punk in Toronto. I have seen five issues and they covered a lot. 

THE GIRLS - Dope Disguised As Nuns (Dirtnap)

THE EVAPORATORS - I Feel Like A Fat Frustrated Fuck (Alternative Tentacles / Mint / Nardwuar)

G.L.O.S.S. - We Live (Self-Released)

MINOR THREAT - 12XU (Dischord) 

KANSAN UUTISET - Koti Uskonto Ja Isänmaa (Propaganda)

KOHU-63 - Synti (Poko)

THIRD WORLD CHAOS - You (Tower) 

THE DOLLYROTS - Punk Rock Girls (Arrested Youth)

THE DISHRAGS - Past is Past (Modern)

CIKATRIS - Je Suis C (Sax)

CHAIN GANG - Gary Gilmore and The Island of Dr. Moreau (Kapitalist)

LESTER BANGS - Let It Blurt (Spy)

KING SIZED BRACES - Stand As One (Squigtone / Working Class)

BAKERS DOZEN - What Lies Ahead (Blind Beggar)

WASTED - Family Life (Combat Rock / Trujaca Fala)

THE BRIEFS - Bad Vibrations (Burger / Damaged Goods)

BLUNDERMEN - 309 and Beyond (Self-Released)
CRIMINAL DAMAGE - The Power of Fools (Feral Ward)

CALL THE POLICE - War Power (Feral Ward)

TRAUMA - Fall in Line (Feral Ward)

THE DIRTIEST - Serial Killer (Slovenly) 

BOMBSHELL ROCKS - Radio Control (Stereodrive!)

SUBHUMANS - Death to the Sickoids (Self-Released)

DISORDER - Air Raid (Ace)

DOGGY STYLE - Be Strong (Mystic)

UNWARRANTED TRUST - Honour's Calling (R Radical)

DAISY CHAIN - No More People (Attack / Back to the Boots)
SPAZMZ - Spazmz (F.C.S.)
THE LOWLIFES - Lowlifes (Self-Released)

PLASMATICS - Test Tube Babies (Stiff)

PYHAKOULU - Harha (Self-Released)

ULTRA SECT - Violent Acquisition (Contra)

CLUB 27 - 10.000 Channels (Oto)

THE STUPID STUPID HENCHMEN - DTI (No Time)

THOSE NAUGHTY LUMPS - Iggy Pop's Jacket (Zoo)

DEATHSKULLS - Bully Boy (Never Healed / Rejected / Then and Now)

WACKO - Cruelty. Manipulation. Meaninglessness. (No Time / Destruktomuzik)

SLANT - Modern Addictions (Iron Lung) 

RANDOM KILLING - Guns (Eh C.A.B.) 

RV-4 - Nasrat 

Demo Feature 

Tonight’s demo feature is by a band named PERSONALITY CRISIS. Originally from Winnipeg they would move around and make different places their home (Edmonton, Los Angeles, Vancouver). They formed in 1979 and disbanded by 1984. In 2017 a label named Sounds Escaping would release the band’s recorded material which included this second demo recorded in 1981. 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Losing Time (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Empty Sky (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Waiting (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Wonder What They’re Thinking (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Shotgun (Sounds Escaping)

Radio - Sunday, July 18th, 2021

Tonight on EXD another unearthed demo from around these parts (Barrie) by B.S.L. Recorded in 1988 the second demo never really saw much circulation as the band was breaking up. They would go on to become Phallocracy and more recently the Groogies, but this unreleased demo shows the band’s roots of speed (a la HERESY / LARM / MDC). We will also be featuring some dep cuts from the Britain’s Burning comp. New international releases from Morocco (TAQBIR), Indonesia (ZAGOBART), Singapore (SIAL), and Chile (LUZ DE GAS). Lots of Canuck-core (COLD SHAKES, MISUSED, REAL SICKIES and the CHOICE FEW) and dad-core (THE ACCUSED A.D./ DOA) and re-issues (TOXIC WASTE / PROTEX). Download the show here.

REAL SICKIES - Sickies Don’t Talk (Stomp)

Oldies set - taken from the Britain’s Burning compilation that you have played in the past. The companion compilation to the Ian Glasper book. It’s a 4 CD boxset and these are lesser known songs from just the first CD.

THE WALL - Ghetto (Cherry Red)
THE STIFFS - Volume Control (Cherry Red)
!ACTION PACT! - London Bouncers (Cherry Red)
CHARGE - Kings Cross (Cherry Red)
NOTSENSIBLES - I Thought You Were Dead (Cherry Red)

Rob’s Oldies set
PROTEX - I Can Only Dream (Polydor / Sing Sing / Bachelor)
TRANZISTA - Better Beware (Land Speed)
MANUAL SCAN - Nothing You Can Do (Cheap Rewards)
THE ODDS - Don’t Get Angry 

New International releases
ZABOGART - Petugas ASN Catatan Sipil Ngot!!! (Self-Released)
SIAL - Kita Dilahirkan Untuk Mati (La Vida Es Un Mus)
LUZ DE GAS - Sentir (Iron Lung)
TAQBIR - Sma3 (La Vida Es Un Mus)
POGY ET LES KEFARS - Bye Bye Johnny (Crapoulet / No Front Teeth / Bitume Rugueux)

Canadian 

SLUMLORD - Fanbase (Self-Released)

MISUSED - Leatherface (Self-Released) 

PROXY - Slow Suicide (Self-Released)
NO HEART - Where Did You Go (Bords de Seine / Rebellion)

COLD SHAKES - Cheeze Ballz (L.I.P. Productions)

HIPBONE SLIM AND THE KNEETREMBLERS - Tremblin’ (Dirty Water)
THE FRUMPIES - She’s A Real Cutie Pie
FEELS - Play It Cool (Castle Face)
THEE ALMIGHTY HANDCLAPS - Walkin’ Out (Goodbye Boozy)
PALE LIPS - Mary-Lou Sniffin' Glue (Hosehead / Resurrection)

THE ACCUSED AD - Eating Teeth (Blackhouse / Dread)
SARCASM - Cause You Suck (Radio Raheem)
THE BLUE CARPET BAND - Back in the Trash (Bomber Music)
THE DISASTER POINTS - Tonight I'm Waiting For You (Catch All)
STRONGHOLD - London Can Take It (Ravenhammer)

AFTERBOLTXEBIKE - Manifesto (Rebel Time / Dure Realite)
AN UNEASY PEACE - Fighting Sleep (Dirt Cult)
ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Uniforms (Seminal)
TOXIC WASTE - Listen Margaret (Sealed)
DOA - It's Treason (Sudden Death)

THE CHOICE FEW - Out On A Tenner (Longshot Music / Rebellion)
BOIDS - Bike Thief (Stomp)
CIGGIE AND THE DARTS - Cosmonaut (Tetryon Tapes)
DRAMA INFORMER - Gutterball (Self-Released)
IMPOTENTIE - Een Wereld Zonder Bom (Roachleg)

Demo Feature
BSL were a band from Barrie back in 1986-1988. The three letter acronym was adaptable and the band had made a few stickers to suggest what the three letters could stand for. Boys from Scuttlebutt Lodge was the one that I have heard repeated back to me fairly often. They recorded a second demo in 1988 that really didn’t get much fan fare but three songs from their first demo made it to a compilation that I put out in 1988 called “Ontario: Yours to Discover”. We’re going to hear the eight song demo tonight.

B.S.L. - Canada, Home of Candians, and O (Self-Released)
B.S.L. - Everything’s Just Fine (Self-Released)
B.S.L. - Growing in Size (Self-Released)
B.S.L. - Guilt (Self-Released)
B.S.L. - Human Prey (Self-Released)
B.S.L. - Patriotic Worship (Self-Released)
B.S.L. - Pumping Gas (Self-Released)
B.S.L. - You’re a Man (Self-Released)

The pride of Simcoe County. Probably not. But members of this band would go on to form Phallocracy and members of that band would go off in direction forming Career Suicide and the Groogies to name a few.

We are going to end with some more Canadian releases

FULLY CRAZED - Curb Session (Cursed Blessings)
PRESSON - Dying Light (Self-Released)
PUNITIVE DAMAGE - Baited (Convulse)
BOOTLICKER - State of Fever (Neon Taste / Static Shock)

Radio - Sunday, July 11th, 2021

Tonight on EXD an unreleased 7 song recording by the BLASTCAPS recorded 20 years ago complete with a YYY cover in our demo feature. Mark and Bubby tell us about the recording. And now that Italy has settled who is Europe’s champs we featured bands from the final four countries which means you get punk from Italy (NEGAZIONE), Spain (ULTIMO RESORTE), Denmark (A.P.A.), and England (SHAM 69). We start the show out with some older (THE UGLY / THE SYSTEM) and recently re-issued material (NEOs / SKIN FLUTES) and fill out the show with a bucket load of new releases (YUGO / DIRECT THREAT / NO BRAINER). Download the show here. 

NEOS - Where Did You Go Wrong (Supreme Echo)
 

GLI INCESTI - Punk Rock (CLS)
THE UGLY - All Because of You (Bomb)
THE SYSTEM - Their Decisions (Pax)
SOLENT GREENE - Frank Discussion (Placebo)
THE SKIN FLUTES - Straight Edge Song (Lavasocks)

NEGRO TERROR - Voice of Memphis (Chicken Ranch)
REBELMATIC - Feel Some Type of Way (Coffee Grind Media)
ΝΟΜΟΣ 751 - M.A.T. (Slovenly)
THE NUCLEARS - I Just Wanna Have Nothin' To Do (Self-Released)
CLOWNS - Like A Knife at a Gunfight (Self-Released)

YUGO - Invasión (Polze de la Mort)
HAPEA - Kun Kulkee se Kulkee (SPHC)
DIRECT THREAT - Direct Threat (Iron Lung)
DEFIANT STATE - Violent Culture (Self-Released)
NO BRAINER - Voices In My Head (Self-Released)

ANTAGONIZERS ATL - Kings (Pirates Press / Sexy Baby)
TV STATIC - Metropolis (Self-Released)

KRONSTADT - Hors sol (Une Vie Pour Rien / Destructure / Lada / Senseless Acts of Anger)
SOUS ESCORTE - Crier Frapper Vaincre (Primator Crew / Une Vie Pour Rien)
THE CLINCH - The Knife (Clockwork Punk / Osu! / Sunny Bastards)

FRAU BLUCHER AND THE DRUNKEN HORSES - Life's a Bitch (P.O.G.O.)
HIT THE STREETS - Judy Goes Pop (Self-Released)

BLACK RUSSIANS - Kremlins (OUTLAND!)
SPERMBIRDS - A Quarter Till The End of the World (Boss Tuneage / Last Exit Music / Rookie)
MANDIBLE KLAW - In the End (Self-Released)

At the time of producing this show we were in the semi finals of the Euro Cup. So we programmed sets which faced of punk bands from countries facing each other in those games. Here is Italy versus Spain 

SPIRITO DI LUPO - Nessuno vedeva, nessuno sentiva (Iron Lung)
IRREAL - Dissolució Total Del Sistema (La Vida Es Un Mus)
NEGAZIONE - Tutti Pazzi (No Plan)
ULTIMO RESORTE - Cementerio Caliente (Beat Generation / Flor Y Nata / Munster / Radikal 1977)
THE WOPS - S.I.A.E. (Self-Released)
DECIBELIOS - Cortate Las Venas (DRO / Munster)

Denmark vs England
SODS - Copenhagen (Medley / Step Forward)
SHAM 69 - Borstal Breakout (Polydor)
AMDI PETERSENS ARME - A.P.A.'s Antipoloitisang (Hjernespind)
HARD SKIN - Another Terrace Anthem (JT Classics)
[PSD] - Copenhagen Punk (Self-Released)
THE CHISEL - Criminal Crew (Beach Impediment / La Vida Es Un Mus)
 

Demo Feature
Tonight’s demo feature is not an official cassette release. It is an unreleased recording by a local band known as BLASTCAPS. A recording that they did that they never used and then they broke up and never got released. It was brought to my attention by Ryan Elinsky who we will talk to here along with Mark Harpur who played guitar. 

BLASTCAPS - Blinded (Unreleased)
BLASTCAPS - Seek the Sun (Unreleased)
BLASTCAPS - Ugly (Unreleased)
BLASTCAPS - Tom (Unreleased)
BLASTCAPS - Glorious Day (Beaumont Hamel (Unreleased)
BLASTCAPS - Too Bad (Unreleased)
BLASTCAPS - Wanderlust (YYY cover) (Unreleased)

YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Wanderlust (Fringe / TOHC83)

Radio - Sunday July 4th, 2021

Tonight's show features a lot of new Canadian punk, a feature interview with the Beat Club, and a demo feature by Scheme out of Vancouver. But we start off with a knock on nationalism to coincide with America/Canada's birthday. Download the show here. 

TOXIC REASONS - Rally 'round the Flag Boys (Risky / Beer City)

ELEXTRALUXX - Little Miss ESP (Rum Bar)
ERIK NERVOUS - Robot Robot (Tetryon Tapes)
IMPLODERS - Shoot To Kill (Neon Taste)
THE HOLD - Serfdom (Divorce / Monorhetorik)
ELECTRIC CHAIR - Pledge of Allegiance (Iron Lung)

THE MERINUKS - Driver (Self-Released)
TOTAL WOLF - Circle Pit of the Shithawks (Wasted Wax)
SPREADEAGLE - Now Could Be Never (Longshot Music)
THE AUTOMATIX - City Terror
AGRICULTURE CLUB - Lonely Guitar Picker (Meter)

The Beat Club are a new band that Cleave Anderson put together. The Beat Club recorded at the Painted Lady last March and it reminded me of our studio 3 sessions. So Cleave agreed to tell me more about the recording and the band and the songs and so this in a radio feature kind of way we are delving into the Beat Club. 

 

THE BEAT CLUB - Me and My 45’s (Live)

THE BEAT CLUB - Interview 
WAYNE COUNTY AND THE BACK STREET BOYS - Max’s Kansas City (Max’s Kansas City) 
THE BEAT CLUB - Interview 
THE BEAT CLUB - Beat Club Beat (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - Beat Club Party (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - Interview 
THE BEAT CLUB - Don’t Wanna Wanna (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - It is What it is (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - Interview 
THE BEAT CLUB - My Neighbour (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - Knuckle Sandwich (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - Interview 
THE BEAT CLUB - Wild Junction Rock (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - HartBeat 2Nite (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - Interview 
THE BEAT CLUB - Kids Don’t Care (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - the Beat Goes On (Live)
THE BEAT CLUB - Interview 
THE BEAT CLUB - Do It In Detroit (Live)
 

Demo Feature
Scheme are another d-beat band out of Vancouver featuring the likes of Cordie Charge who has played in bands that we have played on the show like LAST KASTE, DESPAIR, and PHANE. This is a recent band that happened during the pandemic and they have a self-titled cassette out on Slow Death Records.

SCHEME - Anti-Social (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Survival (Slow Death)
SCHEME - No World Order (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Reality (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Shift of Power (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Humanity (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Tyrannical Arms (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Glory (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Autocratic Future (Slow Death)
SCHEME - Arduous March (Slow Death)

Here are some bands Cleave used to describe inspirations on the Beat Club to round out the show. 

HEARTBREAKERS - All By Myself (Track)
RICHARD HELL - Blank Generation (Sire)

Guh - Canada Day

On Canada Day, Guh did a performance in a park. More like a hydro field. Back of an industrial park. Craig found this great little location close to home (for me). Felt like it was my own little show. Got to catch up with old friends. This show was 30 years in the making, so to speak. Guh is in their 30th year as a band. And how would you describe their music. They are difficult to describe. Some opt to call them improvisational jazz. But that does not come close to what they sound like. There is a groove. One based in reggae and dub. It is trance like with Craig leading the bass and Colin's Tuba creates an extra lower bass-ish boost that drives this sound. Andrew and Blake are like a tag team of percussion and there is a lot of consideration for interplay. Julian and Jason run the gammit of reggae upstrokes and west coast airy jazz. Fiona adds a flair of symphony with violin. And Henry plays the bag pipes like a lead guitar. The overall sounds reminds me of a dub trance of exotica in a band comfortable with Jamming. Greg Ginn wanted to start a jam band (Gone). The show that was supposed to happen in my backyard. Plan B was a strip along a path and although I was being credited for setting up the gig was really a credit to Craig's organizing super power. I did a bunch of zoom call interviews about this songs in this set and mixed it in with the recording for this session. You can download this here.