Radio - Sunday, September 29th, 2019

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STIFF LITTLE FINGERS – At the Edge

NICK SMASH, one of Toronto's earliest documentarians on the punk scene,is back with a look at the Club called The Edge. 40 years earlier, The Edge started booking shows thanks to the Garys. Nick has put together an issue of Smash It Up to collect stories and unseen photos on the shows that took place there. Nick presented on the edge in recent appearance in his Library series and he agreed to come in and do a supplementary piece for his Alone and Gone series on EXD.  You can get a copy of Smash It Up #40 through Nick Smash on facebook for $10.00 ppd.  Here is the playlist that we used in the airing of this interview.

NICK SMASH – The Edge
MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS – Echo Beach (Dindisc)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
BB GABOR – Soviet Jewellery (Anthem)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
CHELSEA – Right to Work (Step Forward)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
PENETRATION – Don’t Dictate (Virgin)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
THE SLITS - Difficult Fun (CBS)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
ULTRAVOX – He’s a Liquid (Live in Philadelphia)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
THE MODS – Reactions (Ugly Pop)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
XTC - Life Begins At The Hop (Virgin)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
BLUE PETER – Do The Robot (Ready)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
KINETIC IDEALS - Life in Shadow (Mannequin)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
PROTEX - I Can't Cope (Polydor)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
THE GOVERNMENT - Flat Tire (The Modern World Incorporated)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
NASH THE SLASH–Dead Man's Curve (Cut Throat / Dindisc)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
BATTERED WIVES - Angry Young Man (Bomb)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
THE SPOONS – Nova Heart (Ready)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
DOA – Nazi Training Camp (Friends)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
999 - Feeling Alright with the Crew (PVC)
NICK SMASH – The Edge
TYRANNA - Back Off Baby (Rave Up)

Radio - Sunday, October 2nd, 2016

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GAUNT – Spine (Datapanik)

DISASTERBATORS – Searchin' (Shake!)
THE FALL-OUTS – About You (Super Electro Sound)
THE CARBONAS – Journey to the End (Goner)
THE RIP OFFS – Hooked on Phonics (Pure Filth)
MIRACLE WORKERS – Already Gone (Voxx)

DEMICS – I Wanna Know (Ready)
GRAVEDIGGERS V – Spooky (Voxx)
GANG OF FOUR – I Found that Essence Rare (EMI)
PERE UBU – Final Solution (Hearthan)

Zoom were super important for the Toronto punk scene. Self-Releasing one of the first punk singles in Toronto called “Sweet Desperation” and opening the doors for punk bands to play the Colonial Underground which is where the first wave of punk bands cut their teeth, Zoom paved the way. Forty years later an LP of unreleased material has just been released by Ugly Pop and Chris Haight and John Hamilton have reformed the band to play a record release show. They came in yesterday to tell us about Zoom, their gigs, their songs, their recordings and stories from around that time.

ZOOM – Sweet Desperation (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Massacre at Central High (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Hollywood Babylon (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Where Have All the Good Times Gone (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Nowheresville (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
BB GABOR – Nyet Nyet Soviet (Anthem)
ZOOM – Young and Alive (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Schoolgirl Hitchhker (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – My Baby’s Got No Brains (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – I Hate You (Ugly Pop)

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