Sunday, December 31, 2023

Radio : EXD 1284 - Sunday December 31, 2023

 

 


On this episode of EXD, we are in the unique situation to count in the New Year and what better way to do that than by mining the hits of punk rock from the ages. Five hosts from different generations pulling together hits. We are refraining from any announcing so that you can use this show as your party playlist. Two hours of non stop punk classics.

GENERATION X - Wild Dub (Chrysalis) 
SHAM 69 - If the Kids are United (Polydor) 
COCKNEY REJECTS - East End (EMI) 
ANGELIC UPSTARTS - I'm An Upstart (Warner Bros) 
BLITZ - I Don't Need You (No Future) 
COCK SPARRER - Because You’re Young 
DESTRUCTORS - Sewage Worker (Illuminated)
BROKEN BONES - Decapitated (Fallout)
VARUKERS - Massacred Millions (Rot)
DISCHARGE - Realities of War (Clay)
VILETONES - Screaming Fist (Montreco)
WIRE - Mannequin (Harvest)
X - Los Angeles (Slash)
YOUNG CANADIANS - Hawaii (Quintessence / Porterhouse)
ZEROS - Beat Your Heart Out (Bomp)
THE CLASH - 1977 (Columbia / CBS)
WARSAW PAKT - Fast Eddie (Retro)
SEX PISTOLS - Submission (EMI)
THE DIODES - We’re Ripped (Columbia)
DEAD BOYS - Sonic Reducer (Sire)
RAMONES - Blitzkrieg Bop (Sire)
ARSON - Coho! Coho! (Motor / Ugly Pop)
SCREAM - Stand (Dischord)
BAD BRAINS - Pay to Cum (Bad Brains) 
CRO MAGS - Don't Tread On Me (Profile)
INSIDE OUT - No Spiritual Surrender (Revelation
BOLD - Wise Up (Revelation
GORILLA BISCUITS - Hold Your Ground (Revelation
CHAIN OF STRENGTH - Best of Times (Revelation
HARD STANCE - Horizons (Workshed)
7 SECONDS - Out of Touch (BYO)
JUDGE - Hold Me Back (Revelation
PROJECT X - Straight Edge Revenge (Revelation
D.R.I. - Violent Pacification (Beer City
AGNOSTIC FRONT - Victim In Pain (Rat Cage) 
INFEST - Mindless (Draw Blank) 
SPAZZ - Lets fucking go!!! (Slap-a-Ham)
FAKE DUST - Mummify (Mullet Death)
IRON LUNG - Non contact visit (Iron Lung)
MIND ERASER - Coping Methods (Painkiller)
COKE BUST - Sent in circles (Refuse)
ELECTRO HIPPIES - Run Ronald (Peaceville)
CRASS - Banned From The Roxy (CRASS)
FLUX OF PINK INDIANS - Tube Disaster (CRASS)
RUDIMENTARY PENI - Bloody Jellies (CRASS)
ZOUNDS - Can’t Cheat Karma (CRASS)
POISON GIRLS - Old Tart’s Song West Coast 
THE DICKIES - Banana Splits theme (A and M)
THE GERMS - Lexicon Devil (Slash)
BLACK FLAG - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (SST)
CIRCLE JERKS - Wasted (Frontier
ADOLESCENTS - Word Attack (Frontier)
DESCENDENTS - I Don't Want to Grow Up (New Alliance / SST)
BAD RELIGION - Forbidden Beat (Epitaph)
CHANNEL 3 - I've Got a Gun (No Future)
DEAD KENNEDYS - Holiday in Cambodia (Alternative Tentacles)
MDC - John Wayne was a Nazi (R Radical)
SKATUNE NETWORK - Auld Lang Syne (Counter Intuitive)

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Radio : EXD 1283 - Sunday December 24, 2023

 





On this episode of EXD, the annual punk rock Christmas show hosted by Dave Stevenson from Emission Records. Dave loves Christmas punk songs. He’s arranged punk xmas themed sets for garage-punk, metalheads, Ramones clones, Lo-fi gems, Traditional x-mas carols re-made, and other mixes of Pol Pot Pourri. Bands appearing on this show include Angry Snowmans, Ripcordz, Slimetones, Hellacopters, The Kids, The Gruesomes, Sockeye, F, The Anti-Queens, and piles more. This is our little survival kit for the holidays. 

CHUBBY AND THE GANG - Violent Night (A Christmas Tale) (Self-Released) 

CANADIAN: 
THE BARE MINIMUM - Swiss Chalet Christmas Dinner Alone (Self-Released) 
ANGRY SNOWMANS - Holiday Selaphobia (Self-Released) 
THE PLODES - Superpowered Palestinian Baby (Self-Released) 
RIPCORDZ - HoHoHo (Self-Released) 
'63 MONROE - Untitled (Self-Released)  

GARAGE: 
THE ROCK TIGERS - Leather Bike Jacket Boy (Cujo) 
THE SLIMETONES - Neon Christmas (Self-Released) 
THE HELLACOPTERS - Holiday Cramps (Polar) 
THE FLESHTONES - Hooray For Santa Claus (Yep Rock) 
THE KIDS - Jesus Christ (Didn't Exist) (Radiation

METAL: 
CADAVERIC INCUBATOR - Swarming Vulgar Christmas (Extremely Rotten)
UNDERGANG - Hjerternes Tid (Extremely Rotten
GRAND LORD HIGH MASTER - It's Fuckin' Christmas Time (Kill All Music
POLTERWYTCH - Christmas In Branborough (Cadavers in the Streets) (Self-Released) 

RAMONES-INFLUENCED: 
DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE AFFAIRS - I Wear My Leather Jacket at Christmas (Self-Released) 
KOBANES - Homo Christmas (Self-Released) 
GREETING: Joey Ramone - Happy Holidays Message 
THE EMERSONS - Merry Fuckin' Christmas Baby (Self-Released) 
GEOFF PALMER - Cocktails and Candy Canes (Self-Released) 

LOFI: 
THE GRUESOMES - Santa Claus (Primitive) 
CHAIN KIDS - Merry Christmas Song (Play At Your Home) 
SOCKEYE - Dear God, I Hate Christmas (Wheelchair Full of Old Men
WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE - Knick Knack Paddy Whack (Chuck It In The Bin) (Damaged Goods
KAOS - Alcoholiday (Artifix

TRADITIONAL CAROLS: 
BLYTH POWER - Emmanuel (Demo Tapes
F - White Christmas (Puke N Vomit
THE ANTI-QUEENS - I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus (Self-Released) 
GREETING: Madonna - Don't Drive Drunk!!! 
THE ANTI-QUEENS - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight) (Self-Released) 
버닝헵번 - SilverBell (Cujo) 
SILENT NOISE - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (Only Fit For The Bin

POL POT POURRI: 
BARBED WIRE - The Christmas Song (Oi! Records
GREETING: Depeche Mode - Happy Holidays Message 
BLACK RUSSIANS - Christmas Evil (Self-Released) 
NIAGARA BALLS - Casual Racism at the Dinner Table (Self-Released) 
CRACKMOTHER - Kitties for Christmas (Self-Released) 
GREETING: Depeche Mode - Happy Holidays Message W/ Cell Phone Interuption 
RUSTY BONES - Creepy Christmas (A Very Merry Quarantine Christmas Vol. 2) 

Light: 
BEEF BOYS - I'm in Love (with Santa) (Self-Released) 

Ska Outro 
THE INFESTED Feat. Dollstace - Fairytale of New York (Self-Released)

That brings us to the end of the show. I want to thank Dave from Emissions Records for putting that altogether and there is a bunch of songs we are unable to play. This year we have started a new traditional of playing a ska outro song at the end of the show. Tonight I consulted with Chris from Big Brother and he recommended this band called The Infested because of their Pogues cover which is particularly timely this year. The show will be up on the blog some time this week. Next week, we will have a special punk party kind of a soundtrack for you to ring in the New Year. All punk classics very little talk. Hope you’ll join us 

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Radio : EXD 1282 - Sunday December 17, 2023

 

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On this episode of EXD, some new releases, some archival releases, and a top 10 best in review for 2023. Tonight’s demo feature is a local death metal band named TOMB MOLD, made up of hardcore kids. 

HYGIENE - Petrol (Static Shock)

Oldies
THE YOUNG AND THE USELESS - Home Boy (Rat Cage) 
THE DICKS - Marilyn Buck (Superior Viaduct / SST) 
THE CORTINAS - Independence (Step Forward) 
UK SUBS - I Live In A Car (Cleopatra)  
IMPACT - Morte Chimica (Chaos Produzioni)

Top 10 LPs 2023 (Chris)
HEZ - Apariencias (Discos Enfermos
TIIKERI - Maiharit Tai Tennarit (Open Up and Bleed / Vox Populi / Tiikeri) 
ΠΥΡ ΚΑΤΑ ΒΟΥΛΗΣΗ - Πυρ Κατά Βούληση (Self-released)
DELETÄR - Il Ne Rest Qu’une Ombre (Vox Populi / Kick Rock / Destructure)  
SALVAJE PUNK - Pia Kana (Toxic State / Burning Paradise) 
VERDICT - Vulture’s Feast (Phobia / ByeBye Productions
DESTRUCT - Anti-Progress (Skrammel / Grave Mistake
SWORDWIELDER - Beneath A Blood Red Sky (Wielding Metal Massacre / Red Truth / Headnoise) 
STINGRAY - Subterranean (LVEUM

NYC Show review/new stuff/new to me (Andre)
SYNDROME ‘81 - Vivre et Mourir (Destructure / Sabotage)
WITHOUT PEACE - Chipped Tooth (War)
BLÓM - God (Box)
THE NIGHT STALKERS - With A Hammer In The Streets
CESSPOOL - Deceased (Self-Released)
MILE END - Avarice (Self-Released)
FATAL DOSE - Desolate People (Self-Released)
KNULL- Motor Mouth (Self-Released)
SOUND FOUNDATION - Hypocondriac 

One new, the rest old (Rob) 
PETROL GIRLS - Clowns (Self-released) 
ROCKS - You’re So Boring (Point Blank / Small Axe)
THE LAZY COWGIRLS - Godadmn Bottle (Bomp)
JOHNNY PALERMO - Summer Again (Hans)
EXTROVERTS - Political Animals (Self-Released) 

New Releases (Stephen)
HUNTING LIONS - Hungry Heart (Pirates Press)  
PUNTER - Retirement Simulator (Drunken Sailor)  
SPEED PLANS - Termination Game (Iron Lung) 
PRISONERS OF WAR - Death to violence (Emergency / Under Attack / Veva / Still Born / Abandoned Boy)   
PHYSIQUE - Game (Iron Lung)

THE NASTIES - Sick Boy (En Garde) 
KILLROY - Brutalized (Self-Released)
FEAR - She's A Leech (Atom Age)
ILLUSION - La Sangre En Tus Manos (A World Divided
FASHION CHANGE - Smoking Kills (Iron Lung)  
KONG KONG - The Brave People (Gorilla City)
THE GRINNING BARRETTS - The Parting Glass (Outhouse) 

Demo Feature 
TOMB MOLD are a death metal band made up of punk kids. They have been around since 2016 or earlier. Payson from Capitol Death, Purity Control, Farang is in the band. Derrick and Max were also in Purity Control so I think this is a development out of their work there. They have a cassette that came out last year called “Aperture of Body” that we are going to feature tonight. Fans of death metal will love this. 
TOMB MOLD - Final Assembly of Light (Self-Released) 
TOMB MOLD - Aperture of Body (Self-Released) 
TOMB MOLD - Prestige of Rebirth (Self-Released) 

Ska Outro 
WISE GUISE - Neon God (Self-Released) 
THE BODYSNATCHERS - People do the Rock Steady (Two Tone)

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Radio : EXD 1281 - Sunday December 10, 2023

 

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On this episode of EXD, we have a feature interview with Marco from Advanced Perspective Records (Huntington Beach). We have some new release features and a lot of crate digging. And tonight’s demo feature is a power violence band out of Victoria called Con Artist. 

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SCRAPS - Deadly Patriarchy (Refuse)

Oldies (Christian)
GAI - Pathetic Day (Violent Party / Blue Jug)  
ELECTRO HIPPIES - Am I Punk Yet? (Flat Earth) 
NEOS - (Almost) Typical, Obligatory Anti-Government Song (Alanshiscar / Supreme Echo) 
CRUDE S.S. - Respect the Earth (Uproar) 
HERESY - Despair (Earache) 

Advance Perspective feature (Andre) 
Interview with Marco 
LAYBACK - I Don't Need II (Advance Perspective) 
FIRESTARTER - Yesterday (Advance Perspective) 
DIZTORT - Internal War (Advance Perspective) 

Noobs (Stephen) 
PSYCHIC VOID - In My Head (Self-Released)  
PEACE TALKS - Taranaki (Peterwalkee)  
SCREAM - Hel Nah (Dischord)

Oldies (Rob)
THE STIFFS - Fuck You (Supreme Echo
BIZARROS - Young Girls At Market (Mercury)
THE FITS - Just Lust (Stage Fright / 1977)
THE INNOCENT - Wanna Get Around (Silent W. Productions)
LAST FOUR DIGITS - City Streets  (Hardly Music)

Oldies (Stephen)
MINOR THREAT - Filler (Dischord)
PAINT IT BLACK - Less Deicide More Minor Threat (Self-Released)  
ALL OUT - Punk Was (Self-Released)
POLICE BASTARD - No Justice (Inna State) 
E-13 - Misguided Missile Mouth (Fatal Erection) 
SHIT TAX - Chemically Insane (Self-Released)  
LAID TO REST - Blackout (Self-Released)

New Releases (Christian) 
BLEMISH - Industrial Bodies (PILS)   
SIKM - Detonation (Mendeku Diskak / DMU)   
SCARED EARTH - After the War (Ryvvolte / Cimex / Pike / Anomie / Phobia)  
ACID SHOWER - Skull Cavity Filled With Dirty Sprite (Self-released) 
DEATH KNELL - Distractions (Self-released) 

TIGERS - On Any Weekend (EMI)  
DEAD BROKE - Luxor Shoes (Self-Released) 
OIL GIANT - Student Night at the Blood Bank (Self-Released)   
NEUTRALBOY! - Rich White Punx Strung Out On Dope (Self-Released) 
EIEFITS - Yicun Zheng (Dependence) (Mangrove) 

Demo Feature 
Con Artist are a powerviolence band from Victoria. They are on the BC Thrash demolition compilation that Noose Sweat is part of. So I came across their bandcamp page and they have a demo that rages from 2019. Inspired by the Pacific Northwest powerviolence feature last week.

CON ARTIST - Hopeless (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Trapped (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Future (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Punched Out (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Time Out (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Disgust (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Lopsided (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - School (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Macho (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Poser (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Innocent (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Sorrow (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Thief (Self-Released) 
CON ARTIST - Blinded (Self-Released) 

Ska Outro 
THE WORMS - Fraight Train (Live Bait) 

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Radio : EXD 1280 - Sunday December 3, 2023

 

 



An unusual start for Equalizing-X-Distort, with two tributes (Shane McGowan - Pogues) and Geordie Walker (Killing Joke) but that leads to an oldies set with some new archival releases to showcase. We also feature a piece on the When words fail music speaks benefit for Ukraine coming up in two weeks time. There is a feature on Pacific Northwest power violence. There is a preview of the Side by Side reunion happening in Brooklyn. And two sets of new releases. 

THE POGUES - Dirty Old Town (Stiff) 

Nick Smash with some thoughts on Killing Joke while thinking about Geordie Walker
MODEL WORKERS - Winter of Discontent (Sealed
BOG PEOPLE - Depression (Iron Lung
AUTOPSIA - Autopsia (Discos Enfermos)   
LA MANADA - Punks De Puta Madre (Self-Released)

When words fail music speaks - Ukrainian benefit 
A while back Shawna from Artificial Dissemination got in touch with me about a Ukrainian benefit they were playing called When words fail music speaks. She put me in touch with Krista Pettipas who is organizing the event and I put together this feature to help dig into the significance of it. We’re going to start off with a conversation between Krista and I. 

Interview Krista 
Interview Lisha (Wormwood Goodness foundation)
ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Politix of Violence (Self-Released) 
STINKBOX - Burn 'Em (Self-Released) 
NO SUNSHINE COLLECTIVE - Breathing Again (Self-Released) 
ABRAXUS REFLUX - Ebenezer Thomas (Self-Released) 
DOMINION - No Fate (Self-Released)  

Get tickets through eventbrite.

Brooklyn road trip (Andre)
SIDE BY SIDE - Dead Serious (Revelation) 
S.H.I.T. - Imminent Destruction (Self-Released) 
FIREWALKER - Hell Bent (Self-Released) 
DEAD LAST - Reflections (Streets of Hate)
THINK I CARE - The Hammer (Walk All Night) 
SKINHEAD - Sick Cunts (Closed Casket Activities) 
COA - Final Boss (Triple B
THE STRESS - Kill Or Be Killed (Day Zero Collective) 

New Releases (Rob)
SUBSONICS - Garbage Can (Slovenly) 
MISTONS - Contagious (Nadine
EARLY TOMBS - Johnny Boy (Self-released) 
GLUM - Super Moon (Self-released) 
THE UNKNOWNS - Dianne (Self-released) 

New Releases (Chris) 
TIIKERI - Sterkat Ja Styrkkarit (Open Up and Bleed / Vox Populi)   
VÄNSUUT - Sama Paska (Open Up and Bleed / Vox Populi)  
VERDICT - Vulture’s Feast (Phobia)   
NIGHTWINGS - Nightwings (Thrashing Cult)   
PHANE - Farce (Phobia) 

Pacific North West Power Violence 
FAMILY VACATION - Projections (Self-released) 
HUMAN EFFLUENCE - Blighted (Self-released)
STRESS COLLAPSE - Half Wit (Self-released) 
NOOSE SWEAT - Blue Blood (625 Thrash) 
BODY ROT - Obsidian Blade (Self-released)  
BUMMER - I Shot The Sheriff, Then I Shot The Deputy (Self-released)   

THE ODDS - Yesterday’s Man (Detour
THE CLASH - Rock the Casbah (featuring Rankin Roger) (Sony)