Radio - Sunday, August 24th, 2014

Tonight's broadcast featured lots of music. Here is the playlist. You can download the show here or listen on the player above. 

TRAGEDY - The Grim Infinite (Feral Ward)

PLATIUNM BLONDE - No Regrets (Other Folks Punk Rock)
EBBA GRON - Turist I Tillvaron (Mistlur)
KILLING JOKE - Complications (E.G.)
EX-PISTOLS - Schools are Prisons (S.T.P.)
PAGANS - Dead End America (Drome)

P.F. COMMANDO - Get Fucked (Ugly Pop)
THE WIPERS - Nome Noma (Meanbeam)
GANG OF FOUR - Damaged Goods (EMI)
PIGZ - Bloody Belgium (Ugly Pop)
STIV BATORS - A million miles awa (Bomp)

BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Why The Beard (P. Trash)
TV FREAKS - Think (Schizophrenic)
NAUGHTY GIRLS - Cheap Leather (Self-Released)
TEENANGER - SLW (Telephone Explosion)
BLUE DEMON - TV Eye (CIUT)

VICTIM PARTY - An evening with Colin (Self-Released)
MURACLE WORKERS - Already Gone (Bomp)
PANDORAS - Melvyn (Voxx)
DMZ - You're gonna miss me (Voxx)
CIRCLE JERKS - Wasted (Frontier)

LOS MONJO - Mexicanos al grito de mierda (Solo Para Punks)
DANGEROUS RHYTHM - The Bar (Self-Released)
PUTAS MIERDA - Autodestrcion (Todo Destruccio)
La URSS - Sangre Joven (Bowery)
LOS CARRENEROS - Unidad Lucha Y Equidad (Punk Salvaje)

IDLE MINDS - Bleed (Self-Released)
RUNNING FOR COVER - Shit (Painkiller)
S.H.I.T. - Generation Shit (Lengua Armada)
SORE THROAT - Born Again Christian (Acid Rain)
SPAZZTIC BLURR - ABC's (Self-Released)
ADRENALIN O.D. - Scare Tactics (Grand Theft Audio)
SCARE TACTIC - Step Right up (Solomon Method)

DEAD MECHANICAL - Watchpost (Toxic Pop)
MISSELIJK - To All My Friends (Broel Utt)
THE CAPITALIST KIDS - What have you got to hide (Toxic Pop)
HOSTAGE LIFE - This song was written by committee (Underground Operations)
BLAKE - No Vote (Blue Skies Turn Black)
FUGAZI - Sieve Fisted Find (Dischord)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Bloody Sunday (Rough Trade)

Tonight's demo feature is a new Toronto group called Hangin' Tuff. You can download this demo at bandcamp. 

HANGIN' TUFF - Hit the Ice (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Rage Cage (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Pony Ride (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Club Rat (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Crystal Ball (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Ghost Moms (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Hit the Ice (Self-Released)

Platinum Blonde "Hey Hey You / No Regrets" ep

When I first heard Platinum Blonde they were getting lots of airplay for "Standing in the Dark". It was awful and I found it hard to believe that the band had punk roots. People used to compare them to the Police, but they had no reggae back beat. It was bad synth rock. I can still hear it now being played in warehouses on AM radio with Lionel Ritchie and the Def Leppard. It was all pretty laughable. People playing up to dress up new wave. And there was a girl on my street who had a cousin who played in this band. I met him but he didn't know the first thing about punk. This single is a re-issue. The cover is different for the bootleg, but the songs came out in 1982 or prior to their 1983 signing to Columbia. Mark Holmes, the singer and guitarist for the band who remained the constant in the band's line up runs the Mod Club in Little Italy. These two songs ae much better than any of the other dribble the band produced. I do wish there was more information about whether there is other songs recorded and where they recorded, but the band mostly remains an enigma to me.  Music Ruined My Life has more information about this release. There is some added information at Punk Rock Business Manager.

 

Flyer - Saturday April 4th, 1981

Flyer - Tuesday February 26, 1980

Flyer - Wednesday, January 16th, 1980

Flyer - Monday October 1 - Saturday October 6, 1979

Here is a flyer for shows at larry's Hideaway for the first week of october back in 1979. It is amazing to me that you could see punk bands every night of the week. Platinum Blonde played the weekend.