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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Radio : EXD 1410 - Sunday October 18, 2026




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This is episode 1410 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this episode : 
  • Top 10 for September featuring Military School and Breaking Free 
  • A tribute to Screamin Sam 
  • More Town of Hardcore playlists featuring bands from around here 
  • Bogey from Montreal in our demo feature 
  • Show listings 
  • a set on laughter with some classics like Flipper, Husker Du, and Ian Dury
FRICTION - Big S (Pass) 

Laughter / Funny 
Punk uses humour in a lot of ways. I came across this Eraser song that actually had me spiralling out into the act of laughter itself and so that is how the theme of this set came about. 
ERASER - Hahaha (Self-released)
FLIPPER - Ha Ha Ha (Subterranean)  
HUSKER DU - It’s not funny anymore (SST) 
THE PUNKLES - Ha Ha Ha (Make Laugh not war) 
THE CLITBOYS - So Funny (Feedback) 
IAN DURY - If I was with a woman (Stiff) 

September Top 10 (Andre) 
DEAD ON YOUR FEET - Everything You Touch (Fortress)   
SNOOPER - Mouth Closed (Self-Released)
ZEAL - Five Faces (Broken Skull)  
MILITARY SCHOOL - Hammerhead (Broken Skull) 
ONE BY ONE - Brain Damage (Brainrotter) 
BREAKING FREE - Pulled The Red (Willmore)  
FAR AWAY - More Heart (Willmore)   
THE BIG HURT - For The Love Of The Game (Total Supply)  
HEADCHEESE - Copy Paste (Neon Taste)  
HININ - Empire (Dirty Slap) 

Show Listings segment (Stephen) 

Town of Hardcore (Locals only) 
I visited Venice Beach and saw “Locals only” spray painted on this part of the surf where locals claimed their own. Greg Benedetto once said to me that one of the purposes of these fest are to showcase local bands. The idea is to convert the city into a town of hardcore for the period that the fest is on. Last week we featured the headliners. Here are some of the locals that the shows are built around. Starting with Friday 

CHARADE - Cry of Truth (Total Supply)  
THE BRINK - Another Stop (Self-released) 
ESKRIMA - The Decline (Total Supply) 
FRICTION - The Physical (Total Supply) 
NO IDOLS - The Fall (Iron Lung) 
 
Saturday 
THE MANY - People's Action (Self-released) 
DAMBE - Redemption (Self-released)   
ENHANCED LETHAL ABILITIES - Third Worlds (Self-released)  
TERMINATOR - My Heart Growing wings (Self-released) 
ETHEREAL TOMB - Hate Begotten Hate (Self-released)  
WILD SIDE - Then and Now (BBB) 
 

Sam Ferrera tribute 
I just learned that Sam Ferrera passed. Another giant from the first wave of the Toronto punk scene. Sam was known for many things in the scene. He was the bass player in the Ugly, the Viletones, and his own band Screamin' Sam and the Problems. He would help bands like Tyranna record tracks. He would build stages at the Turning Point and the Shock Theatre. He was a well known sculpture in his own right. He was a general handy man. He was an adopted son. Mickey’s mom referred to him as our Sam. He was generous beyond belief. That’s why this loss is hitting me hard. In this time of reflection I want to revisit the interview we had recorded with Sam and Tony and Rayme from the Ugly that Greg Dick conducted on this show back in July of 2007. I wanted to hear Sam one last time. Here are some excerpts from that interview. 

Interview with the Ugly (CIUT) 
THE SCREWED - Just one foot in the gutter (Self-released)
Interview with the Ugly (CIUT) 
SCREAMIN SAM - Live for Today 
Interview with the Ugly (CIUT) 
THE UGLY - Murderous Adventure (Other Peoples Music) 
Interview with the Ugly (CIUT) 
TYRANNA - Back Off Baby 
 Interview with the Ugly (CIUT) 
THE UGLY - Screw The System (Ugly Pop) 

Demo Feature (Stephen) 
BOGEY from Montreal. Started playing shows 4 months ago. 
BOGEY - Cyclops (Broken Skull) 
BOGEY - Bastard (Broken Skull) 
BOGEY - Prison (Broken Skull) 
BOGEY - Pro Hater (Broken Skull) 
BOGEY - Life = Zero (Broken Skull) 
BOGEY - Timebomb (Broken Skull) 

Ska outro 
RHODA DAKAR - Midnight Skank (Sunday Best) 

Sunday, February 8, 2026

Radio : EXD 1374 - Sunday February 8, 2026


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This is episode 1374 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this episode:

  • A feature interview with Bludgeoned Pigs - a punk band from the Vancouver scene in the early 80’s 
  • Crasher crust d-beat with Gloom, Fragment, and Disclose 
  • New releases from Oslo, Netherlands, New York, Istanbul, Tampere, and France with AG-3, Megalomaniacs, Crush Your Soul, Die in Vain, Eristetyt, and Ciur 
  • Post punk with some new releases like Slash Need and some classics like Joy Division and Kraftwerk 
  • A show review from January featuring Dambe, Miles End, and Lice
FLESH - おきまりの午後 (Gozira)

Crasher
(Bee) 
GLOOM - Escape from Reality (MCR) 
DRONRAID - Cease to Exist (RIP Peace)  
KHLORE - Self-Destructive Behaviour (La Gueule du Ciel) 
FRAGMENT - Suffer (Sewercide) 
DISCLOSE - The Aspect of War (Overthrow) 

(Andre) 
WHITE ZOMBIE - King of Souls (Self-Released) 


AG-3 - Modus Vivendi (Brainrotter)  
COLLATERAL - Payback (Fortress)  
BURNING LORD - Deadline (Fortress)   
JOHN CONNOR - Hasta La Vista Baby (Forever Never Ends)

SLUT INTENT - Hand Sanitizer (Self-Released) 
MEGALOMANIACS - What’s Left To Say (Self-Released)  
BLOCKADE - Broken Bonds (Total Supply/Armageddon)  
CRUSH YOUR SOUL - Devil To Pay (Streets of Hate)  

Mostly new mixed bag (Rob) 
THE MAINLINERS - No Mas Tequila (Bondage)  
BIG EVIL - Take a book, Leave a book (Self-released)  
BLACK BUDGET - Stranger (Self-released)   
SICK SHOOTERS - Sick Shooters (Wap Shoo Wap)  
SUX - No Thx (Self-released) 


New Releases (Chris)
DIE IN VAIN - Kaçış Anında (Discos Enfermos)
ITCHY AND THE NITS - Nudie Beach (Total Punk / Anti Fade)  
ERISTETYT - Merikontti (Termina)  
CUIR - Dernière Minute (Self-released) 
SYFON - LO (Brainwasher / BIG. S)   


Bludgeoned Pigs interview
(Stephen) 
A live recording has been mastered and released on Supreme Echo. We were able to speak with Tony Baloney about the band, the release, the songs, the shows 

BLUDGEONED PIGS - Joe Clark (Supreme Echo) 
Interview with Tony Baloney (CIUT) 
BLUDGEONED PIGS - Socialite (Supreme Echo) 

Tony Baloney is also known as Tony Walker and was one of the founding members of the Real McKenzies and played on their first two releases. 

Post punk (Stephen)
BELGRADO - Bezsenność (La Vida Es Un Mus) 
JOY DIVISION - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Factory) 
JOY DIVISION - Interview (Bitter Fruit)
KRAFTWERK - Trans Europa Express (Kling Klang)
SLASH NEED - Money (Self-Released)
WRONG HOLE - I Love Opulence (Self-Released)

Show review
(Stephen)
A few weeks ago I got to witness this awesome hardcore show at Primal Note. 2 bands from Toronto, 2 bands from Flower City, 1 band from Niagara. There was so much dancing. Side to side, two stepping, crowd surfing. It’s what you want on a cold snowy night in the middle of winter in a sleepy residential neighbourhood. I am playing something from each band in the order they played starting off with 

ENHANCED LETHAL ABILITIES - Semantics of Equivocation (Self-Released) 
DAMBE - Fake (Self-Released) 
MILE END - FCHC (Self-Released) 
EHTEREAL TOMB - Landback stomp (Self-Released) 
LICE - World of Greed (Self-Released) 

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Radio : EXD 1371 - Sunday January 18, 2026


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This is episode 1371 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this edition :
  • a feature interview with first wave band Suburban Slag. Suburban Slag were from Calgary and featured Jon Card and Doug Boland. 
  • a top 10 for mosh bands this year 
  • a top 10 for eps 
  • new releases by Stand Against Fear, TimeXHeist, and Dambe 
  • but up first a feature on a show happening Tuesday 
SUDDEN IMPACT - Cat’s Life (Supreme Echo) 

Played in honour of the singer Mitch Garvin who just passed away. Born in Kampala, Uganda, while his parents served in the Peace Corps, Mitchell was given a Swahili nickname meaning “little boy who loved the outdoors.” In the 1980s, his family settled in Toronto where he got into skateboarding, bicycling and became lead singer of Sudden Impact. Mitchell’s scream in their signature song, Sudden Impact, was legendary. 

FAN CLUB - Stimulation 
SLACKER - Choked and Gagged
KLEENER - Perfecto Mundo
ZERO BARS - Mountain Song (The Crucifucks) 
FAN CLUB - Only Heroes 

Top 10 EPs for 2025 (Random Order - Christian) 
DESTRUCT - Pariah (Prescription / Children of the Grave) 
Probably the biggest dbeat band in the states right now. This one came off of their split with Svaveldioxid. Destruct playing outta Richmond. American Disclose worship with lots of Swedish influence. Kind of reminds me of Mob 47 at times. 
SVAVELDIOXID - Stillbilder (Prescription / Children of the Grave) 
Svaveldioxid like Destruct playing dbeat with Swedish influence, however Svav are from Sweden. Lots of Anti-Cimex worship. A solid slice of modern kängpunk. Svaveldioxid playing outta Stockholm. 
PORTAL TOMB - Féth Fiada / Imbolc(Archaic / Sore Mind) 
Off of the Portal Tomb split with Extensive Slaughter. A solid slice of modern stenchcore. Outside of the standard Amebix, Axegrinder or Napalm Death backbone that makes the foundation for a lot of current stench, Portal Tomb at times offers riffs that range from old Mortarhate stuff like Exit-Stance to death metal like early Entombed. Portal Tomb playing outta Montréal.  
EXTENSIVE SLAUGHTER - A Glimpse of the End (Archaic / Sore Mind) - E//N/CC The amount of stenchcore albums coming out over the last few years is refreshing. Extensive Slaughter standing out as a force; channeling 80s and 90s English crust. Their name being an homage to Excrement of War, I also hear influence from Anti Sect, Extinction of Mankind and Deviated Instinct. Extensive Slaughter playing outta Vancouver.  
SKIZOPHRENIA! - Needles (Kick Rock) Another killer offering from Skizophrenia! To me more of a general UK82 worship with a serious nod to Discharge; like first EP Discharge. Skizophrenia! playing outta Tsuyama, Japan. 
DELETÄR - Funambule (Kick Rock) 
As the name suggests, Deletär, offering up some solid Anti-Cimex/Totalitär worship for their two tracks on this split. Maybe a better description would be Totalitär worship with the control of Anti-Cimex. Deletär playing outta Saint Étienne, France. 

KATORGA - Tragedy (Doomed to Extinction) 
From their split with Tokyo’s Asocial Terror Fabrication. Solid stenchcore, playing outta Melbourne. 
BARREN SOIL - Ice Battalions (Self-released) - Vancouver stenchcore. 
There was a lot of really good crust and stenchcore out in 2025. Especially from up this way. I don’t want to beat a dead horse describing the genre over and over again. So, if you’re a fan, this one’s for you. From the EP “All Paths Lead to Darkness”. 
FUCKIN’ LOVERS - Normal Feelings (Discos Enfermos / General Speech) 
From their five song EP “Crucifixion Of The Masses”. This is raw punk at its best. Similar to contemporary stuff like Dust Collector. Fuckin’ Lovers bring the Swankys / Confuse worship. A nice dirty little bit of punk outta Philly. 
LUMPEN - Anti-Poder (Discos Enfermos) 
That’s the opening track off of their 5 song EP “Exterminación”. Drawing heavily from the darker more aggressive side of UK82, maybe even a little bit of Mortarhate Records influence in there too, Lumpen make it their own. Lumpen playing outta Barcelona. 
CONDUMB - Disassociation (Stupid Bag)
That’s (once again) the opening track to their self-titled 7” EP. Very noisy hardcore. All the noise of early Japanese noise punk, but with American hardcore delivery and sensibility. Absolutely ear smashing master done at the Noise Room Tokyo. I’m a big fan of Shige’s work, so that probably affects my appreciation. Condumb playing outta Philly. 
FARCE - No God To Save Us (Sistema Mortal) 
Excellently executed dbeat. Short songs. Chainsaw guitar. That’s off their eight song EP “Sights of War”. Farce playing outta Oulu, Finland. 

Top 10 “Mosh” Hardcore of 2025 (Andre) 
CRUSH YOUR SOUL - Wish Death (Streets of Hate) 
COMBUST - Truth Hurts (Triple B) 
AGE OF APOCOLYPSE - Impulse (Fuzz Recs/Closed Casket)
BIG BOY - Now? (DAZE)  
FOR ONE HATE - Frozen Solid (Self-Released) 

FATAL REALM - Of No Consequence (DAZE)  
SCALP - Shacklerot (Closed Casket)
OUTTA POCKET - Pray For Salvation (DAZE) 
RUST - Last Laugh (New Age)
BOLTCUTTER - Twenty One Cars (Barbaric Brutality) 


Suburban Slag interview 
Up next is an interview with Doug Boland the bassist from Suburban Slag. You have heard us playing Suburban Slag in the last couple of months and they made Rob’s top 10 for Canadian releases. The band was part of the early Calgary scene and they had this rehearsal tape which has been remastered with originals from the band. The band’s notoriety stems from the fact that this was Jon Card’s first band and this is the band that wrote the classic “Piss on You”. Jon would go on to play in Personality Crisis and “Piss on You” would become a song they are known for. But that work is owed to this little known band from Calgary. Doug Boland would become well know in his own right with a band called the Von Zippers. Here’s a Suburban Slag song off this new self titled release out on Supreme Echo. 
 
SUBURBAN SLAG - How Can I Tell You (Supreme Echo)
Interview with Doug Bolland (CIUT) 
THE STURGEONS - Punk Rock Virgins (Social Blemish) 
Interview with Doug Bolland (CIUT) 
MALIBU KENS - Crude City  (Exploding Debut) 
Interview with Doug Bolland (CIUT) 
MODERN MINDS - Go (Ugly Pop) 
Interview with Doug Bolland (CIUT) 
SUBURBAN SLAG - Piss on You (Supreme Echo) 

New Releases (Stephen) 
STAND AGAINST FEAR - Sudden Impact (Unreleased) 
TIMEXHEIST - A Matter of Time (Refuse) 
DAMBE - Protect Your Peace (Self-Released)