On tonight’s show, we have a feature length interview with S.C.U.M. from Montreal who are important for a number of reasons. They were a very politically minded band taken on issues of policing, religion, war, and multi-national corporations. They were part of developing a Canadian version of crossover along with peers (Sudden Impact, Micro Edge and Fair Warning). Their singer is Black and one of the few prominent persons of colour within the early punk scene. He was also an amazing skater in his own right. I was able to speak with guitarist George Pearson (thanks to Erick Roy) about the significance of S.C.U.M. From being the band that fed the Montreal punk scene with members leaving to start Unruled and No Policy to brazenly speaking truth to power to a Montreal police force bent on criminalizing kids.
Also on tonight’s show a demo feature by a little known Toronto diamond in the rough from 2004 called Brinks of Madness.
S.C.U.M. - Home Away from Home (Psyche / Porterhouse)
New Releases (Chris)
NEGATIVE PRAYER - Morbid (Carbonized)
INYECCIÓN - Fuck Hipster (Discos Enfermos / A-Z)
DESTRUCT - Children In Rubble (Skrammel / Grave Mistake)
WARKRUSHER - Silence (Audacious Madness)
OBEDIENT - Repulsed (Self-Released / Slow Death)
S.C.U.M. Interview (Stephe)
S.C.U.M. - So M.U.C.H. Hate (Psyche / Porterhouse)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
S.C.U.M. - Exit Death (Psyche / Porterhouse)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
MOTHERFUCKERS - Exit Death (En Guard)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
S.C.U.M. - Pool Hunt (Psyche / Porterhouse)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
S.C.U.M. - No Hope Religion (Psyche / Porterhouse)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
S.C.U.M. - Double Cross (Psyche / Porterhouse)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
S.C.U.M. - Go To War (Psyche / Porterhouse)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
S.C.U.M. - Bunker Life (Psyche / Porterhouse)
S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)
S.C.U.M. - Pyramid Mall Blues (Psyche / Porterhouse)
Brinks of Madness was a local band in the early 2000s that I was asked to join after a lineup change. The lineup that recorded this demo was Pat (Saigon Distress Signal) on vocals, Vassil (Absolut) on drums, Richard (Absolut) on bass; with myself and our friend Jeremy on guitar. We were heavily influenced by Disclose, Scandinavian hardcore (Skitsystem, Crude SS, etc.) and stenchcore (which at the time we were calling “shit metal”). We played a number of shows around the Queen and Bathurst area at venues like Q Bar and Anias International Caffe that were unbelievably chaotic with damage happening to venues, band members, the audience… it was exciting and frightening at the same time. We eventually recorded a demo with our friend Doug (who would also go on to form Saigon Distress Signal) in his parents’ basement in Scarborough. While I was touring with my other band at the time, I played the demo for a couple of people from Profane Existence and they liked it so much, they wanted us to do a release with them. However, when I returned from that tour the band disbanded. I didn’t have a copy of the demo at that point. I think I left it with the good people at Profane Existence, however alcoholism makes those years pretty blurry, with scattered memories at best. But, I always thought what we had tracked was pretty sweet. After looking for any trace of this demo for 19 years, Richard found a copy in his email; that Vassil had sent him years ago. And, he sent it my way. I did a quick remaster and tonight, for your listening pleasure, we’re going to showcase it.
BRINKS OF MADNESS - The Ambitious Plot (Self-Released)
BRINKS OF MADNESS - Its Gotten Worse (Self-Released)
BRINKS OF MADNESS - Time (Self-Released)
BRINKS OF MADNESS - Dead Alive (Self-Released)
BRINKS OF MADNESS - Hopeless (Self-Released)
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