Radio : EXD 1398 - Sunday July 26, 2026

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This is episode 1398 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this episode

• Andre does his monthly Japanese hardcore deep dive featuring bands like Lip Cream and Total Fury 
• We speak with Kai Lumbang from New Friends DIY collective about the collective and the upcoming New Friends fest 
• There is some crate digging which results in airplay by Klo, Tin Hey, Euthanasia, Holocron, and Reversal of Man 
• Cactus joins us to celebrate Chad Nugent of the Class Assassins 

ROSE ROSE - Put Out Emotion (Dogma / Line) 

Japan Set (Andre) 

LIP CREAM - Right Stuff (Selfish Records) - Bandcamp piece 
LASTSENTENCE - Solitude (Doomed To Extinction Records) 
NOSIDE BULL - HC - HC (Self-Released) 

TOTAL FURY - Showdown/Same Goal (Dan-Doh Records)
LEECH - Make Scapegoat (Coxinha) 
BRING ARRÖW - Unfinished Life (Self-Released) 

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New Friends (Stephen)
Up next is an interview with Kai Lumbang of New Friends DIY collective. I floated this idea to Kai and we finally connected a few weeks back. New Friends fest is a 3 day fest starting on Friday and one of the headlining bands is

PORTRAITS OF PAST - Bang yer head
Interview with Kai Lumbang from New Friends (CIUT)
CARISSA’S WEIRD - Ignorant piece of shit 

Show Listings segment (Stephen)
HOLOCRON - Death Star (Self-released)
REVERSAL OF MAN - A Child's Dream (Intention)
CEASE - Sank Duh (Self-released) 
VESTIGIO - Vestigio (Undocumented) 
AUXILIO - Weather Weapon

Crate-digging (Bee)
KLO - The Parking Lot Song (Pattern)
TIN HEY - Puppet Wipes (Clone) 
EUTHANASIA - You Took Me (Rubber)
CLICK CLICK - Perfect Stranger (Play it Again Sam)
ORBIDOIG - Nocturnal Operations (Situation Two)

New Releases (Chris)
RECEDANT SOMNIA - Inner Self Destruction (Loner Cult / Face to Face) 
ONGO - Soledad II (1753)
ΟΡΥΜΑΓΔΟΣ - Unholy Punk (Self-released / Thrashing Cult / Red My Fist)
PLAGUE THIRTEEN - Them and Us (Phobia)
INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL - Brave New World 1984 (Self-released) 

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Chad Nugent tribute
This week we lost another person from the scene - Chad Nugent. Chad was the singer in Class Assassins. Cactus played with Chad in the Class Assassins and he reflected on Chad and his life in the punk scene.

Interview with Cactus (CIUT)
VACANT LOT - Who Commits the Crime
BITTER GRIN - Destination
CLASS ASSASSINS - Behind the Screen

Demo Feature (Stephen)
TRUTH OF ALL DEATH are a 2 piece grindcore band from Toronto. In April they released a split with Grotesque Organ Defilement. The release is titled Bufotoxin Exterminator. 

TRUTH OF ALL DEATH - Heavy Dose
TRUTH OF ALL DEATH - Chop Licker
TRUTH OF ALL DEATH - Violent Violence Vacuum
TRUTH OF ALL DEATH - Moose Mangler
TRUTH OF ALL DEATH - Face on fire
TRUTH OF ALL DEATH - Cut the fat

Ska outro
THE AGONIZERS - Driving Home 

MRR Scene Report - Edmonton, August 1986

Creighton wrote a scene report of Edmonton in the August 1986 issue of  MRR. The report starts out by talking about the release of the second SNFU LP. Down Syndrome had just recorded a 9 song demo. Euthaniasia had just released an ep. There are minor mentions of Entirely Distorted, Dissidence, Cruxes, Freddie Kruger's Right Hand, Carnival Cops, Idyl Tea, Ghost Shirt Society and a load of others. There is also a list of zines.

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MRR Scene Report - Edmonton, January 1986

This Edmonton scene report was published in MRR #32 published in January 1986 which updates us on activities with SNFU, Down Syndrome, Entirely Distorted, Euthanasia, and a fanzine named CHIPS. Click on the image to enlarge this to a readable size.