Radio : EXD 1366 - Sunday December 14, 2025

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This is episode 1366 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this edition : 

• We speak with Alex, Ana and Sarde at Community Fridges T.O. to learn more about this mutual aid resource.
• New releases by Happy Farm, Toilet, Skeksis, Noise Aholic, Murdersquad T.O. and No/Mas 
• A best of for the month of November
• A pre x-mas set with a dash of melancholy featuring the Pink Leathers and Chuck Coles 
• A primer on acoustic punk 

THE EXECUTE - Going Back (Spook Records) 

New releases (Bee) 
HERE & NOW - Break it Down (Barely There Media)  
FEEBLE MINDS - Overachiever (Self-Released)
HAPPY FARM - Show of Force (Self released) 
TOILET - Hate, hate (Razored Raw) 
SKEKSIS - Pushed to Oblivion (Self-Released)

Best of…November (Andre)
INDUSTRY - Manipulated Reality (LVEUM) 
OUST - Make It Stop (Self-Released) 
ATTENTION DEFICIT - Attention Deficit (Self-Released) 
PILL MILL - Authority (Slow Death) 
BEZETTE STAD - Guillotine Stomp/Ons Recht (Shield/Loner Cult) 
ITCHES - Kill The Tease (Wap Shoo Wap) 
LAUGHING CORPSE - Chapter 7 (Sorry State) 
WMD - The Game (Total Supply) 
PSICO GALERA - Fugaci Momenti di Gloria (Sorry State)
WICCANS - Primordial Sorcery (Unlawful Assembly/Drunken Sailor/Stucco)

x-mas with melancholy (Rob)
PINK LEATHER JACKETS - Make it thru this Christmas (Self-released) 
THE ODORANTS - Just Like Heaven (Mom’s Basement) 
KONG KONG - Heroes Gone Were Never Heroes At All (TKO) 
PROTON PACKS - The Backrooms (Self-Released)
CHUCK COLES - On the right side of town (Self-released)

New Releases and Teasers (Christian)
LOW BLOW - Artificial (Neon Taste) 
NOISE AHOLIC - Inget Spelar Någon Roll (feat.Otto Kaalikoski), (Elitbolaget) 
BRUO - Traps (Total Supply) 
THE MURDER SQUAD T.O. - The Frozen Years (Self-released)
NO/MÁS - Manic (Redefining Darkness)

Community Fridges T.O. (Alex, Ana, and Sarde)
At the Never Going Away showcase I visited the Community Fridges T.O. table and realized that we should have them on the show. Alex, Ana and Sarde agreed to speak with us. But up first a song by a band out of Santa Rosa called Crisis Man.

CRISIS MAN - Peace (Erste Theke Tonträger) 
Interview with Alex, Ana and Sarde (CIUT)
BETON ARME - L’union fait la force (Primator Crew)
INVERTEBRATES - Sick to Survive (Beach Impediment)
G.U.N. - Sick Sad World (Sorry State)
MONEY - Ultra Capitalist State Of Mind (Ice Picks at Dawn)

Community fridges can be found at :

• 124 Brock Avenue
• 782 Adelaide Street
• 24 Cecil Street
• 176 Baldwin Street
• 188 Lowther Avenue
• 946 Queen street E
• 250 Westlake avenue 
• 260 Queen Street E - pantry only

To get involved with Community Fridges Toronto go to this volunteer page.

Acoustic Punk (Cactus)
Up next a primer on acoustic punk with Cactus Vella.
HUSKER DU - Never Talking to you again (SST)
Interview with Cactus (CIUT)
LEATHERFACE - Pale Moonlight (Roughneck Recording Company)
Interview with Cactus (CIUT)
VIOLENT FEMMES - Prove My Love (Slash / Rough Trade)
THE JAM - That's Entertainment (Polydor)
Interview with Cactus (CIUT)
BILLY BRAGG - A New England (Utility / Go Discs / Chrysalis)
Interview with Cactus (CIUT)
AGAINST ME! - Reinventing Axl Rose (No Idea)
Interview with Cactus (CIUT)
CACTUS VELLA - It’s not funny anymore (Self-Released)

REEL BIG FISH - Skank for Christmas (Rock Ridge Music)

Radio : EXD 1244 - Sunday March 19, 2023

 

On this episode, Chris digs into some new releases, Andre pulls together the sounds of the new oi movement, Chris digs into a rare English Dogs cassette, Stephen does a tribute to Spot and a set on the Japanese fastcore scene in the Y2K era. And our demo feature is a band from Montreal called Jock. But up first a belated St Patrick's Day celebration with some Celtic punk.

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THE MAHONES - Tin Soldiers (Divergent)

THE GRINNING BARRETTS - Star of the County Down (Self-Released) 

THE CLOVERHEARTS - Junky (Dead Ferret Productions)

SIR REG - Goodbye To All Your Freedom (Despotz) 

DROPKICK MURPHYS - Where Trouble Is At (Dummy Luck) 

GOGOL BORDELLO - Shot of Solidaritine (Cooking Vinyl) - The Singer Eugene Hutz did an awesome interview on the Sunday Magazine on CBC talking about this album. Eugene is of Ukranian origin and this album is to raise money for Ukraine. The Album is called “Solidaritine”

New Releases (Chris) 

VIDA MUERTA - Bloody Greed (Sistema Mortal)   

TERRORVÄLDE - Deus econômico (Self-released)   

VAROITUS - Sotatila (Phobia) 

DEATH CRUSADE - Wojna (Elitbolaget / Deviance / Throne Of Lies / Hidden Beauty / Helldog) 

XIAO - Fools (Quarantined HQ) 

Today’s Crop of New Skinhead/UK 82’ Hardcore Punk Fighting Music (André)

CONSERVATIVE MILITARY IMAGE - I’m Not Your Skinhead (Lionheart) 

SKINHEAD - Soft Boiled (Closed Casket Industries) 

THE CHISEL - Crocket (La Vidas Es Mus) 

THE FLEX - Inferno (Static Shock) 

VIOLENT WAY - You Are The Fool (Self-Released) 

SLUGGER - I’m Not A Sucker (Try And Stop Me) 

CONCRETE ELITE - Unbreakable Breed (Self Released) 

THE ROYAL HOUNDS - Baby I Hope They Remember Me (Oi! The Boat/Contra) 

New stuff (Rob)

PINK LEATHER JACKETS - Keep that Shit to Yourself (Self-Released) 

STATUES - Dead of Summer (Lovely) 

LUCIFER STAR MACHINE - Psychic Vampires (Feat. Sparky) (The Sign) 

SCHEDULE 1 - Paint it Red (Dirt Cult) 

THE BOBBY LEES - Dig Your Hips2 (Ipecac)

English Dogs Rarities (Chris) 

This next segment is for fans of English Dogs. A friend of mine named Daniel recently obtained a copy of an unreleased demo by English Dogs. He was nice enough to forward it to me. Many thanks to Daniel for this kind gesture. The interesting thing about the demo is that it was recorded during a massive sound and lineup change. English Dogs went from a UK82 style band to a crossover powerhouse in (what seems like) under a year. When writing for their new sound the dogs asked long time friend of rhythm guitarist Jon Murray, Trace Abbott to assist. Trace is the guitarist and founding member of the NWOBHM band Overdrive and also played with Witchfynde. Jon had played bass with overdrive prior to starting English Dogs. So, this demo is three songs. Two of which most English Dogs fans should be familiar with and one unreleased track. Let’s have a listen to some of the demo. This is the demo version, recorded August 22nd 1984, of Ambassador of Fear.   

ENGLISH DOGS - Ambassador of Fear (Unreleased demo) 

ENGLISH DOGS - Incisor (Unreleased demo) 

Those were demo versions of Ambassador of Fear and Incisor by English Dogs. The lineup that recorded these versions consisted of 3 members of the classic line up. Jon, Wattie and Pinch. With Trace on lead guitar and friend of the band Troy on Vocals. I was lucky enough to speak with Trace regarding this demo and he helped me fill in a few blanks. I should mention that this is not uncharted territory. Negative Insight did a brief but informative write up about this rarity. Check the live Facebook commentary or the equalizingXdistort blog for links. One thing that struck me besides the difference in lead guitar players was that the demo featured a vocalist that wasn’t part of either lineup of the band; UK82 or crossover. As Trace explained, he was a friend. However, this demo was used to recruit a new vocalist; Ade Bailey formerly of Ultra Violent. Wakey having departed the band, because of the new music style. Due to Trace’s involvement in Pendragon coupled with the loss of a loved one, he was not able to fill the role of permanent lead guitarist. But life long friend of Trace and former member of the (most excellent) Destructors, Gizz Butt was recruited. Coming up next are the album versions (with Gizz playing lead and Ade on vocals) of the same two songs we just heard!! Once again, this is Ambassador of Fear. 

ENGLISH DOGS - Ambassador of Fear (Rot Records) 

ENGLISH DOGS - Incisor (Rot Records) 

That was Ambassador of Fear and Incisor by English Dogs. This is the unreleased demo material from English Dogs. As well as album versions of the tracks; such as the last two songs we played. Kind of seeing how their sound evolved. Kind of nerding out. I spoke briefly with Trace Abbott of Overdrive (who played lead guitar on the demos) to help me fill in a few blanks. Trace paid to have the demos restored from 1/4” tape this year by Bart Gabriel. The tape itself was damp and covered in mold, but Bart was able to restore it and transfer it to a digital format. I asked Trace if he had done any other collaborations with members of English Dogs and the answer I got was yes; with a but. I mentioned that Jon was the bassist of early Overdrive. What I came to learn was Pinch teamed up with Trace for about a year in the band Metalstorm. However, the only recording was a live board recording that was stolen in 1989. Something that would definitely be nice to check out, unfortunately. In any case both the Dogs and Trace are still at it pursuing their own projects. Overdrive have a new LP ready and are currently looking for a well suited label. I can maybe drop that the album is called Resurrection and features riffs from the lost Metalstorm board mix. Hence resurrection. He’s also playing live with Witchfynde-X. We’re going to close out the set with an unreleased and mostly unknown English Dogs demo. Many thanks to Daniel, Trace, Gizz and Negative Insight for their contributions to this feature. As a lifelong fan this kind of material blows my mind. 

ENGLISH DOGS - Cut and Dry (Unreleased demo)

https://www.facebook.com/englishdogsmetal https://www.facebook.com/alldayinadream  

Tribute - Spot - Real Name: Glenn Michael Lockett 

Spot (born July 1, 1951 – died March 4, 2023) best known for being the house producer and engineer for SST Records. He briefly played bass for Panic and recorded all the bands in this set. 

PANIC - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie 

DESCENDENTS - Myage 

HUSKER DU - First of the Last Calls 

MINUTEMEN - One Chapter in the Book 

CRUCIFUCKS - Go Bankrupt and Die 

Japanese youth crew sound Y2K (Stephe) 

TOTAL FURY - Slam Chop

RAZORS EDGE - Razors Edge is Most Thrash!! (Groupsounds) 

EXCLAIM - No Skate No Thrash (Straight Up) 

REAL SHIT - R is for Real (2 Hard / Mickeyroom)

VIVISICK - Beautiful Shit in the Crowd (Dan-Doh) 

Demo Feature (Chris)

Jock is a Montréal hardcore band. The demo was released on March 14th.  

JOCK - Guilty (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Leech (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Coward (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Baymen (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Working Class (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - I Don't Trust Your Opinion (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Breaking Point (Mouth of Madness)

Radio : EXD 1221 - Sunday, October 9th, 2022

For this week's show, we have a few sets of new material featuring the likes of T.S. Warspite, Nosferatu, Spray Bullet, Pink Leather Jacket, R.A.M.B.O., East My Fear, and Brigada Flores Magon. We have a feature on early UK Crust with bands like DOOM, Sedition, ENT. A feature on garage core with bands like Busy Signals, The Uglies and Disco Volante. A feature on Mind Violence from the east coast. Some lesser known oldies – Sovjet War, Banned from Chicago, the Scam, R.I.P. and in our demo feature is a garage inspired hardcore band from Vancouver called Brain Bag. You can download the show here. 

T.S. WARSPITE - Slum Landlord (Quality Control HQ) 

New (Chris) 

NOSFERATU - No Flags Fly Here (B.L.A.P. / Unlawful Assembly / Roachleg / Sound Grotesca / P.M.T.) 

BAREBONES - 表裏 (KICK OUT) (Break the Records) 

HEADCHEESE - Big Plans (Slow Death)

HATEHUG - Nihilism Orgy (SubZine)  

STRAY BULLET - Factory (Adult Crash / Not For the Weak) 

PUCKER UP - Brink of Extinction (Self-Released) 

Garage core set (Stephe) 

GEL - Freak (Atomic Action / Crew Cuts) 

DISCO VOLANTE - Get Your Kicks (DVC)

THE UGLIES - Make Punk Great Again (No Patience) 

TEEN CRUD COMBO - Beaver County Population - Nick (Deranged)

THE BUSY SIGNALS - Love and Dust (Douchemaster) 

Rob 

PINK LEATHER JACKETS - Sixteen Forties (Self-Released)

OUTPATIENT - You’re So Cool (Dirt Cult/Dead Broke) 

CHEAP FREAKS - I’m Coming Home (Big Neck) 

THE DUMPIES - Commotion (Drunk Dial) 

HAMBONE SKINNY - Trash Can (Rum Bar) 

UK Crust (Chris) 

DOOM - Terminal Filth Wimpcore Killer (Vinyl Japan) 

PROPHECY OF DOOM - Rancid Oracle? (Deaf) 

SEDITION - Authority (Reel to Real / Flat Earth) 

EXTREME NOISE TERROR - Knee Deep in Shit (Vinyl Japan) 

EXTINCTION OF MANKIND - Brain Dead (Ruin Nation / Skuld)

H-BLOCK 101 - Aunty Pauline (Mad Butcher) 

GRADE 2 - Graveyard Island (Hellcat) 

THE OWEN GUNS - Rent (Riot / Golden Robot) 

CANI - Guai A Voi! (Dischi Storti) 

WHITE NOISE - BBC-UTV (Spit)

Mind Violence feature (André) 

Demo and s/t EP. Band was from St. John's. They released their demo in 2015 and the s/t EP in 2016 on Weak Link Records. 

MIND VIOLENCE - Let Them Take It/Control (Weak Link)

MIND VIOLENCE - Destiny (Weak Link) 

MIND VIOLENCE - Mind Violence (Weak Link) 

MIND VIOLENCE - Tragic Fiction (Weak Link) 

MIND VIOLENCE - Blinded By Belief (Weak Link) 

MIND VIOLENCE - Bloodpact (Weak Link) 

MIND VIOLENCE - Smoke Screen (Weak Link) 

MIND VIOLENCE - Scratch The Surface (Weak Link) 

MIND VIOLENCE - Dominoes Fall (Weak Link) 

New releases (Stephe) 

R.A.M.B.O. - Defy Extinction (Relapse) 

ABRASION - Politiks (Shitresist) 

EAT MY FEAR - All Oppression is Connected (Refuse) 

BRIGADA FLORES MAGON - Eux Contre Nous (Rebel Time) 

A.K.O.B. - Pogo Blues 

Oldies (Stephe) 

THE SCAM - All By Myself (Ax/ction) 

SOVJET WAR - It Became A Problem (Anything But)

BANNED FROM CHICAGO - Enema (Alona’s Dream) 

R.I.P. - Policia NO (Basati Diskak) 

CIRCLE ONE - Destroy Exxon (Smoke Seven) 

Demo Feature

BRAIN BAG is a garage inspired punk band from Vancouver and their demo was just released on Slow Death. 

BRAIN BAG - Old Dog (Slow Death) 

BRAIN BAG - Punching Bag Brain (Slow Death) 

BRAIN BAG - Shoot From The Hip (Slow Death) 

BRAIN BAG - Don’t Get Along (Slow Death) 

BRAIN BAG - Death Van (Slow Death) 

BRAIN BAG - Banking On Instinct (Slow Death) 

HENRY FIAT'S OPEN SORE - Don Wanna Meets The FBI (Push Button)

SHORTFUZE - Burn the Streets (Self-Released)

DROPKICK MURPHYS - Ten Times More (Dummy Luck Music) 

Radio - Sunday, January 16th, 2022

Tonight we look more at 2021 looking at best cassettes (PAPRIKA, MILITARY MIND, VALTATYHJIÖ, and DEATH GASP), best Canadian releases (CHAIN WHIP, PINK LEATHER JACKETS, FILTHY RADICALS, and ANXIOUS PLEASERS) and best re-issues (BAD BRAINS, NEOs, ZOUO, and VISUAL DISCRIMINATION). Think of tonight’s show like another mixed tape collecting some of the best releases from 2021. And in tonight’s demo feature is a band from Meaford from 1986 called FLECKS of DROOL – “We’re not the Meatmen…and they Suck”. Download the show here.

OUT COLD - This Virus Kills Time (Acme) 

 

Stephe’s Top 10 cassettes 

10. REAL PEOPLE - Augmented (Slovenly)

9. ASBESTOS - Le Fardeau Des Années (Rebel Time / Kale Borroka / Dure Realite)

8. ILUSION - La Sangre en Tus Manos (A World Divided Tapes)

7. DIRECT THREAT - Blood Pact (Iron Lung / Quality Control HQ) 

6. PAPRIKA - Insane Machine (Iron Lung) 

5. YUGO - Corrupción (Polze de la Mort / Calle Lubchenko)

4. SEMTEX 87 - Robbed You (Self-Released) 

3. ANXIOUS PLEASERS - Suck (Neon Taste)

2. DMT - Into Emptiness (Self-Released)

1. MILITARY MIND - Order (Self-Released)

Chris Top 10 cassettes 

BACARA - 盲と愛 (Break the Records) 

DEATH GASP - Executioner (Audacious Madness) 

OGRO - Caverna (Mendeku Diskak) 

PERVITIN - Kuoleman Juhla (Self-Released) 

RAMPAGE - The 80s Made Me Do It (Extreme Earslaughter) 

ROCKY AND THE SWEDEN - Up In Smoke (Self-Released) 

BORIS/ 形骸化イマジネーション - Ghostly Imagination (Self-Released) 

TERMINAL ADDICTION - Trauma of Generation (Headnoise / Enrage / Makima) 

VALTATYHJIÖ - Lukka (Self-Released) 

X2000 - Centro Demoniaco (Oscuridad En Mi Vida / Ruido Total Discos) 

DAUÐYFLIN - Munnræpa (Oscuridad En Mi Vida / Ruido Total Discos) 

YAKUZA極道 - ΑΦΕΝΤΗΣ (Extreme Earslaughter) 

Rob’s Top 10 Canadian releases 

10. BAD WAITRESS - Yeah Yeah Yeah (Royal Mountain) 

9. REAL SICKIES - Jeepster (Stomp) 

8. DRAGGED IN - The Great Divide (Cursed Blessings) 

7. STRANGE COLOURS - The Phantom (Slovenly) 

6. THE FILTHY RADICALS - Freedom 45 (Cursed Blessings) 

5. WINE LIPS - Choke (Stomp) 

4. ANXIOUS PLEASERS - You Talk Too Much (Neon Taste) 

3. CHAIN WHIP - Two Step To Hell (Neon Taste) 

2. IMPLODERS - Rip Em Off (Neon Taste) 

1. PINK LEATHER JACKETS - Downtown Livin' (Self-Released) 

Dave Stephenson's Reissues
VISUAL DISCRIMINATION - Crawling (It's Alive / Nemesis)
PILLSBURY HARDCORE - I Love Pomona (Black Claw)
NEOs - Fascist Rule (Supreme Echo)
ASSAULT & BATTERY - Danger U.X.B. (Alona's Dream)
BAD BRAINS - Sailin' On (ORG Music / Bad Brains)
REST IN PIECES - My Rage (Pipebomb Music)
NEOs - Opposition To All Violence, Even If Committed In Self Defense (Supreme Echo)
NEGATIVE APPROACH - Your Mistake (Taang!) 

KRIEG KOPF - Nuclear Test (Radio Raheem)
ZOUO - No Power (Relapse)

Demo Feature
Tonight's demo feature is a band from Meaford called Flecks of Drool. In 1986 they released a demo called "We're not the Meatmen and they suck". They released a split with BSL in which they were described by Walter Glaser in MRR as "suffering from a rather noisy sound quality, but their thrash (with good words) is pretty good. Overall not bad."

FLECKS OF DROOL - Anti-Drunk Propaganda (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - Spreading the Disease (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - I Wanted to See Him Die (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - Waste of Breath (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - Means One Thing (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - F.O.D. Rap (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - End It, Now!! (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - What Goes Around Comes Back Again (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - Why (Self-Released) 

FLECKS OF DROOL - The Others (Self-Released)