Radio : EXD 1372 - Sunday January 25, 2026

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This is episode 1372 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this edition 

• A feature length interview with Chris MacDonald about his book on Leatherface titled Days and Days 
• New materials by Frothing Mad, Rifle, O-D-Ex, Gaijin Smash, Unidad Ideologica, Zyclone, Kuken, Dogmen 
• Canadian Hardcore 80’s set featuring False Security, Death of Gods and Capitalist Alienation 

THE STAR CLUB - Kamisori Baby (Club the Star) 

stuff (Andre) 

FRÖTHING MAD - It Walks Behind You (Self-Released) 

XCOMM - Fake ID (Self-Released) 

VIRUS X - Zip Tied (Self-released) 

BAD TO WORSE - For The Win (Self-Released) 

CIRCUS - Feeding Them Glue (Delayed Gratification) 

RIFLE - Cut Me Loose (year0001)

80s Canadian Hardcore (Bee) 

SIX FEET UNDER - Unearthly Fate 

FALSE SECURITY - Braindead 

SCAPEGOATS - Cold World 

DEATH OF GODS - G.O.D. (F.O.A.D.) 

CAPITALIST ALIENATION - Makes Me Shit 

Rob Ferraz 

O-D-Ex - Talents (Self-Released)

GAIJIN SMASH - Mountain (Self-Released)

STATION MODEL VIOLENCE - Heat (Static Shock) 

THE FAKE FRIENDS - Sucker Born Every Minute (Stomp)

FUCKFUCKFUCK - DJ (Wap Shoo Wap)

New Releases (Stephen) 

UNIDAD IDEOLÓGICA - Progreso (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

ZYCLONE - Life For A Life (General Speech)  

ARSON - Make Me President (General Speech) 

REVOLUCION X - Fuck The Border Patrol / I'm Making My Future With The Border Patrol (Metadona) 

DISKET - Running (General Speech) 

New Releases and Teasers (Chris) 

KÜKEN - Palermo (Alien Snatch) 

DÖGMËN - Loyal to the Chain (Dirty Slap) 

SWEET REAPER - Motion (Alien Snatch)  

ITCHY AND THE NITS - Smelly Boys (Anti Fade / Total Punk) 

EDÏÖNDÖ - Danza Con La Muerte (Fun Ass Records) 

 

Interview with Chris MacDonald

Days and Days interview (Stephen) 

LEATHERFACE - Sour Grapes (BYO)

Interview with Chris MacDonald (CIUT)

LEATHERFACE - Peasants in Paradise (Roughneck / Overseas / Fire)

To get a copy of Days and Days visit 

ECW Press in Canada

Little Red Rocket in the UK

Tribute to D.B. Hawkes

We haven’t been doing the ska outro so much these days because the shows have been jam packed. But tonight we have the chance to squeeze one in. And it comes on a week when CIUT lost one of our own - D.B. Hawkes. He had two shows on CIUT. His show was so nice they had to play it twice. D.B. did a lot of live sound recordings for the station. He probably has one of the largest collections of live reggae music in the city. I think he also recorded every Afro-fest in the city. Mopa was talking to me about the digital library that the station is trying to develop and he said if D.B.’s collection could become part of that the library would become a substantial archive. I am sorry to have learned about this huge loss to the station and the city of reggae music lovers. 

THE SPECIALS - Ghost Town (2Tone)

Radio - Sunday, June 26th, 2022

On tonight’s Equalizing-X-Distort, we have a few sets featuring new releases. Andre does a mini feature on earl(ish) emo. Colombia voted on a new progressive government so we’re going to celebrate with some Colombian punk. And pride started out as a riot so in honour of today’s parade we have some queercore to riot to. Tonight’s demo feature is a power violence band from Vancouver called Noose Sweat. Download the show here.

BROKEN - Fat Lying Bastard (Magilla Guerilla)

Pride riot

LIMP WRIST - Want Us Dead (Lengua Armada / Cheap Art)

MDC - Dead Cops - America's So Straight (R Radical) 

CLITERATI - Trans is Beautiful (Tankcrimes) 

G.L.O.S.S. - Give Violence A Chance (Sabotage / Total Negativity) 

LEFTOVER CRACK - Gay Rude Boys Unite (Hellcat) 

Chris New Crust 

CORRUPT HUMAN BEHAVIOR - Objective Reality (Self-released) 

VOLTAGE - Wolves of Russia (Slow Death)  

A.F.K. - Echoes (Ruin Nation)   

THE LOUSY - Brain Saw (Sentient Ruin)   

A.T.E.R. - Vidas Perdidas (Self-Released) 

The Emotions Of Punk - Early (ish) Emo
RITES OF SPRING - Deeper Than Inside (Dischord)
BLUETIP - Carbon Copy (Dischord)
CAP’N’JAZZ - Oh Messy Life (Jade Tree)
JOAN OF ARC - This Life Cumulative (Jade Tree)
JAWBREAKER - Outpatient (Tupelo Recording Co.)

Columbian punk 

I was listening to Democracy Now this week and learned of a recent election in Columbia for a left wing government, which is exciting news. So I thought we could celebrate good news with a scene feature.  

ALAMBRADA - Proselitismo (Unlawful Assembly)

UNIDAD IDEOLOGICA - Guerra Y Negocio (La Vida Es Un Mus) 

MURO - Fantasia del Progreso (Adult Crash / Beach Impediment) 

TOTAL NADA - En deuda (Sin Temores / Discos Enfermos) 

ATAQUE ZERO - Máquina (Self-Released) 

DEBT CEMETERY - Eat the Meek (New CC) 

DOA - Communications Breakdown (Sudden Death CC) 

TRANZMITORS - Nervous Breakdown 

BISHOPS GREEN - Do Anything You Wanna Do 

HUGH DILLON & SWAMP BABY - Sonic Reducer 

Chris New punk and hardcore

DIOXIDE - Cold Wind (Self-Released) 

CRUNK - How I Feel (Break the Records)   

MALDITA - Dolor (Cursed Blessing) - cc 
OOPS - どうする (Mouse) 

JUDY AND THE JERKS - Candytroll (Thrilling Living)   

More New Releases 

BRIEFBOMBE - PLZ Mr Postman (Brainwasher) 

NEXO - Demise (Kink / TNS / 5 Feet Under)

PEACE DECOY - Blazing Violence (Beach Impediment) 

GUERRA FINAL - Navajas (Desolate) 

DAYS OF DESOLATION - Strangers Through The Barrens (Halenoise / Loner Cult / Romantic Songs / Up the Punx)

DUMB FUCKS - I Hate You (Self-Released)

NEOS - Where Did You Go Wrong + Die For The Cause (Supreme Echo)

GANG GREEN - Have Fun (Taang) 

CAPITALIST ALIENATION - To Welv (Alienation) 

STRAIGHT AHEAD - Spirit of Youth 

CHECK YOUR HEAD - Color 

DESGRACIADOS - Caos (Self-Released)

MULTIPLEX - Segway Cops (Brainwasher)

BIKINI COPS - Stupid System (Televised Suicide / Drunken Sailor) 

THE HEATSKORES - Thursday Night's The New Friday Night (Pink Skull) 

 

Demo Feature

NOOSE SWEAT from Vancouver just had a flexi come out on 625 Thrash called “Death Denial” which was described as “Highly effective powerviolence from this Vancouver, Canada band. Raw, ferociously fast, incredibly well-executed, greasy, precise, murky and severe. Seven songs that last as long as it takes you to read this review. Huge cover art by the great and subversive artist Tommy Wilson”. This demo was recorded before the flexi and is a little rawer but for power violence fans will be appreciated. You can find the demo on bandcamp.

NOOSE SWEAT - Manslaughter (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Thoughts and Prayers (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Mentality (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Bloodshot (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Charred (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Deplatformed (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Blood and Guts (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Complacent (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Waste (Self-Released) 

NOOSE SWEAT - Parasite (Self-Released) 

Zine - Photo Drome #2

 This is a photozine compiled by Rita Laberto. When Photo Drome came out it reminded me of “Welcome to Cruise Country” which was a photo zine that MRR did at the time. The theme of “Cruise Country” was to capture photos of the European bands. There was lots of attention on the North American bands, but MRR wanted to demonstrate the greatness of activity in other countries. Most photozines were limited to their local scene. That was what was easiest for photographers. Shoot pictures of local bands and the bands that came through town. This was the second issue for Photo Drome and I think Rita had made contacts from the first issue with photographers from around the world. Issue 2 got to incorporate photos from some scenes in Europe.  So although there were pictures of bands from Toronto which included D.O.G., M.S.I., BSL, the Nunfuckers, and Missing Link there were photos of bands that had played in Toronto like Life Sentence from Chicago, Hyper as Hell from Ohio, Pillsbury Hardcore from Pomona, SNFU from Edmonton. There were also international bands in this zine. Larm from Holland, Indigesti from Italy, the Skeezicks from Germany, Heresy from England. The list goes on and it is an impressive one. It was impressive to us back then because these were bands we had only read about. Photo Drome  was a window to the international hardcore scene. Photo Drome made us feel like we had something special in our scene. The zine was professionally printed with colour on the cover which was rare back then for underground zines. And Photo Drome was bound so pages didn’t come apart from the staples not holding. It was just an all round awesome hardcore scrapbook. Click on the cover above to witness the late 80’s hardcore scene in Toronto, the bands that passed through and the bands that inspired us. Here is a list of the bands photographed:

- Alternative Inuits
- Life Sentence
- Youth of Today
- Straight Ahead
- Capitalist Alienation
- Scream
- Indigesti
- Negazione
- Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers
- Stinky Rats
- Wolf Pack
- New Balance
- Confront
- Pillsbury Hardcore
- Kina
- Larm
- Dead Brain Cells
- Missing Link
- D.O.G.
- Raw Power
- Hyper as Hell
- Nunfuckers
- The Ramones
- Heresy
- False Hope
- SNFU
- Bad Brains
- Guilt Parade
- Circus Lupus
- MSI
- Skeezicks
- G.I.
- Accused
- Outface
- Dead Milkman
- Agnostic Front
- Crach Box
- P.E.D.
- Half Off
- B.S.L.
- Henry Rollins Band
- the Doughboys