Radio : EXD 1377 - Sunday March 1, 2026

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This is episode 1377 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this episode: 

• A feature length interview with Matt Dangerfield from the Boys, the band from the ‘77 punk scene in England. They are playing shows here on March 13th and 14th at the Horseshoe and Corktown. We wanted to talk to them before the arrived to get some insight into their first Toronto appearance. 
• Japanese set featuring Nightmare and Mut 
• New releases by Live Munition, Fatal Peace, Morbo, Solution A, and Unarmed 
• Some musings on war 
• Human form, a band out of Toronto, in our demo feature

SIYAHKAL - Freedom (Static Shock) 

Japan set (Andre) 

NIGHTMARE - Find Your Way (MCR Company) 

CREEPOUT - 8 Second Bite (Dead Sky)  

PAYBACK BOYS - Changes (Self-Released) 

GUT EXPLOSION - Crazy Diahhrea (Self-Released) 

KLONNS - Horde (Discipline Productions) 

MUT - Can Kicker (Self-Released) 

(Bee) 

LIVE MUNITION - Ritual (self released)

FATAL PEACE - Head on a Swivel (self released)  

SKITKRIMES - Noise Speed Aggression (Razored Raw)  

UNIDAD IDEOLOGICA - Posthumanista (LVEUM) 

SYNAPTIC ISOLATION SYNDROME - Catastrophic Violence (self-released) 

New Releases and a teaser (Chris) 

MØRBØ - Sucio Cabrón (Cintas Pepe) 

SOLUTION A - Perm

UNARMED - Den Sista Fåken (Phobia)  

SEQUERA - Paraules Buides (Plastic Wound) 

FAUNA - Corda Fluixa (Plastic Wound) 

War 

As America makes their recent imperialist flex in Iran, I started thinking about what Canadian punks think about war 

YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Fire In The Rain (Fringe) 

DIRECT ACTION - Fire in the sky (Irate Faction) 

TRENCHRAID - Endless War (Self-Released)

FRACTURED - Morality of War (Phobia)

BOOTLICKER - False Power (Neon Taste) 

OLD - War (Not Dead Yet) 

STRETCH MARKS - Foreign Policy (BYO / Sound Escaping)

STAND AGAINST FEAR - Sky Is Falling (Self-Released)

ASEXUALS - Iraq - Iran (Psyche)

S.C.U.M. - Go to war (Psyche)

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The Boys interview (Stephen) 

We had a chance to speak with Matt Dangerfield a few weeks back. Matt is the singer from the Boys. The Boys were around in 1977 and were the first punk band with an album deal with a major label. The Boys also did that x-mas band the Yobs which was Boys spelled backwards. We talk to Matt about all these things and their upcoming show at the Horseshoe on the 13th of March. But we start with the band’s first single - I Don’t Care.

THE BOYS - I Don’t Care (NEMS)

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

THE BOYS - I Need You (Wolverine / Action)

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

HOLLYWOOD BRATS - Chez Maxines 

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

THE BOYS - Cop Cars (NEMS)

THE BOYS - Keep Running (NEMS)

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

THE BOYS - Contract Hustle (NEMS)

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

THE YOBS - Worm Song (NEMS)

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT)  

THE YOBS - Run Rudolph (NEMS)

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

THE YOBS - Silent Night (NEMS)

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

THE BOYS - First Time (Bitter Fruit) 

Interview with Matt Dangerfield of the Boys (CIUT) 

THE BOYS - Tenement Kids (NEMS)

Tickets for Toronto (March 13th) show available at showclix

Demo Feature 

HUMAN FORM are from Toronto and are playing a show in Hamilton on April 3rd at Doors Pub with Senseless Strife, Inhumane and Weakness. Here is a demo from 2023 

HUMAN FORM - Lose everything (Self-Released) 

HUMAN FORM - Society is fucking yucky (Self-Released) 

HUMAN FORM - Restful (Self-Released) 

HUMAN FORM - Massacre girl (Self-Released) 

HUMAN FORM - Buried (Self-Released) 

HUMAN FORM - Judge Judy and Executioner (Self-Released) 

HUMAN FORM - Shitty script (Self-Released) 

HUMAN FORM - We are happy people (Self-Released) 

SKATHARINES - Under the sink (Self-Released) 

Radio : EXD 1368 - Sunday December 28, 2025

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SUNDOWNER - I've Seen It Happen (Self-released)

That was the song “I’ve Seen It Happen” played as a tribute to the passing of Nick Gergesha. Nick played in many bands. I had recently reconnected with Nick in his latest band Workers Comp. He reminded me of a studio 3 session we recorded with his old band Brauer back on February 10, 2015. So we immediately started talking about recording a session with Workers Comp. The first session was postponed but we re-scheduled largely due to Nick’s enthusiasm for these kind of sessions. Workers Comp were supposed to record the weekend that Nick passed but he had taken ill. I didn’t know the situation and started thinking maybe the band was telling me they didn’t want to do the session without telling me. I feel terrible now knowing what had transpired. I had many conversations with Nick in the last year and they were all so motivating. We were also hoping to have Workers Comp play a benefit for Ukraine. Nick’s passing saddens me in ways. I feel like I was developing this friendship with a past acquaintance and then that opportunity disappeared overnight. It’s a sense of loss I don’t often feel. If you knew Nick and want to pay your last respects there will be a visitation on Monday December 29 from 4:00pm-8:00pm at the Highland Funeral Home. There will be a funeral service for Nick on Tuesday December 30th from 11:00am-12:00pm. 

This is episode 1368 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Christian Overall, and Stephen Perry. On this edition :

• A feature length interview with Lisa Bat. Who is Lisa Bat? Lisa is a behind the scenes kind of person who I have heard about for decades. She left Toronto to become part of the biggest hardcore scenes in the early days and her stories have this Forest Gump like curiosity that lead from one adventure to the next. 
• New releases by No More Moments, Black Budget, Verdict, and Night Feeder Here is one of those new release features 

New Stuff (Andre) 

GETTING STABBED - Concrete Future (Damien) 

NO MORE MOMENTS - Cat Got Your Tongue (Self-Released)

BLACK BUDGET - Stanger (Self-Released) 

NO PRESSURE - Good Enough (Triple B) 

ENERVATE - Pass Me By (Self-Released)

SCUM COP - Fuck Being Positive (Loner Cult) 

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Lisa Bat interview 

Lisa Bat is a person that has been referenced a few times on the show. Pete Jones first mentioned Lisa to me about a Crucifix show he did that LIsa had helped arrange in the background. Lisa was kind of this larger than life person to me that I didn’t realize was living in the city. I was speaking with Derek Emerson about Lisa when he told me how to reach her. Lisa roadied for MDC, did promotion work for the Rock Against Reagan tour. Lisa did artwork for bands like Verbal Abuse, Cause for Alarm, and SCUM. Lisa helped money manage SCUM so that they could record their album. And she went to Europe to experience Chaos Days. We did this interview months ago and I have been editing it for weeks and the other day I was reflecting on how Lisa lived these punk adventures the way Forest Gump’s character is portrayed. She found herself in the midst of every interesting punk scene that existed in the second wave and she figured out how to play a part in them. 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

VERBAL ABUSE - Verbal Abuse 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

CAUSE FOR ALARM - United Races 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

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

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

D.R.I. - Who Am I (R Radical) 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

CRUCIFIX - Annihilation (Corpus Christi) 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

BAD BRAINS - Attitude (Roir) 

WARZONE - Fuck Your Attitude (Caroline / Fist / Revelation) 

AGNOSTIC FRONT - Last Warning (Rat Cage) 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

SCUM - Pyramid Mall Blues (Psyche) 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

SCUM - American Mould (Psyche) 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

JINGO DE LUNCH - Perpetuum Mobile (We Bite / Radiation) 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

VORKRIEGSJUGEND - Schöne Neue Welt 

Interview with Lisa Bat (CIUT)

NEGAZIONI - Lo Spirito Continua (Konkurrel)

New Releases (Chris) 

TERMINAL - Φράξε Το Πηγάδι (Terminal) 

MEM//BRANE - What You’ve Smeared On The World (District06 / Phobia) 

GRUDGEPACKER - La Presión Aumenta (Self-released)

VERDICT - Narcissistic Piece of Shit (Phobia) 

NIGHTFEEDER - Shit Filled Paddock (Phobia) 

Thank you for tuning into another episode of EXD. For a player or download of tonight’s show or a complete playlist with links to bands and labels please visit our blog at equalizingxdistort.blogspot.com I hope you found some ways to take a break during this winter season. I went to S.H.I.T.mas last night and want to play some bands that played that starting off with the band the event is named after and a song called KTF.

S.H.I.T. - Kill the Fuckers (Iron Lung / LVEUM) 

FAZE - Celebration (11PM) 

FRICTION - The Physical (Total Supply)

Radio : EXD 1242 - Sunday March 5, 2023

On tonight’s show, we have a feature length interview with S.C.U.M. from Montreal who are important for a number of reasons. They were a very politically minded band taken on issues of policing, religion, war, and multi-national corporations. They were part of developing a Canadian version of crossover along with peers (Sudden Impact, Micro Edge and Fair Warning). Their singer is Black and one of the few prominent persons of colour within the early punk scene. He was also an amazing skater in his own right. I was able to speak with guitarist George Pearson (thanks to Erick Roy) about the significance of S.C.U.M. From being the band that fed the Montreal punk scene with members leaving to start Unruled and No Policy to brazenly speaking truth to power to a Montreal police force bent on criminalizing kids. 

Also on tonight’s show a demo feature by a little known Toronto diamond in the rough from 2004 called Brinks of Madness. 

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S.C.U.M. - Home Away from Home (Psyche / Porterhouse)

New Releases (Chris) 

NEGATIVE PRAYER - Morbid (Carbonized)

INYECCIÓN - Fuck Hipster (Discos Enfermos / A-Z)  

DESTRUCT - Children In Rubble (Skrammel / Grave Mistake)  

WARKRUSHER - Silence (Audacious Madness) 

OBEDIENT - Repulsed (Self-Released / Slow Death) 

SCUM has always been one of my favourite bands all time bands. Never thought I would ever get to talk to them. Never say never. Thanks to Erick Roy we got to speak to George Pearson who plays guitar and reluctantly bass as we learn. As I mentioned at the top their album “Born Too Soon” has just been re-issued but that is not the only surprise they have in store. We are going to start off with “So MUCH Hate”, which originally appeared on the PEACE comp and was one of SCUM’s first unveilings to an international hardcore scene. 

S.C.U.M. Interview (Stephe) 

S.C.U.M. - So M.U.C.H. Hate (Psyche / Porterhouse)

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)

S.C.U.M. - Exit Death (Psyche / Porterhouse)

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)

MOTHERFUCKERS - Exit Death (En Guard)

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)

S.C.U.M. - Pool Hunt (Psyche / Porterhouse)

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)

S.C.U.M. - No Hope Religion (Psyche / Porterhouse)

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)

S.C.U.M. - Double Cross (Psyche / Porterhouse) 

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)

S.C.U.M. - Go To War (Psyche / Porterhouse) 

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT)

S.C.U.M. - Bunker Life (Psyche / Porterhouse) 

S.C.U.M. - Interview (CIUT) 

S.C.U.M. - Pyramid Mall Blues (Psyche / Porterhouse) 

Demo Feature - Brinks of Madness - Demo (2004) 

Brinks of Madness was a local band in the early 2000s that I was asked to join after a lineup change. The lineup that recorded this demo was Pat (Saigon Distress Signal) on vocals, Vassil (Absolut) on drums, Richard (Absolut) on bass; with myself and our friend Jeremy on guitar. We were heavily influenced by Disclose, Scandinavian hardcore (Skitsystem, Crude SS, etc.) and stenchcore (which at the time we were calling “shit metal”). We played a number of shows around the Queen and Bathurst area at venues like Q Bar and Anias International Caffe that were unbelievably chaotic with damage happening to venues, band members, the audience… it was exciting and frightening at the same time. We eventually recorded a demo with our friend Doug (who would also go on to form Saigon Distress Signal) in his parents’ basement in Scarborough. While I was touring with my other band at the time, I played the demo for a couple of people from Profane Existence and they liked it so much, they wanted us to do a release with them. However, when I returned from that tour the band disbanded. I didn’t have a copy of the demo at that point. I think I left it with the good people at Profane Existence, however alcoholism makes those years pretty blurry, with scattered memories at best. But, I always thought what we had tracked was pretty sweet. After looking for any trace of this demo for 19 years, Richard found a copy in his email; that Vassil had sent him years ago. And, he sent it my way. I did a quick remaster and tonight, for your listening pleasure, we’re going to showcase it. 

BRINKS OF MADNESS - The Ambitious Plot (Self-Released)

BRINKS OF MADNESS - Its Gotten Worse (Self-Released)

BRINKS OF MADNESS - Time (Self-Released)

BRINKS OF MADNESS - Dead Alive (Self-Released)

BRINKS OF MADNESS - Hopeless (Self-Released)

Sunday, September 5th, 2021

On tonight's show, we feature new GAUZE, new THE SLIME, new STRONG BOYS, new CONTROL FREAKS, new JIMMY VAPID, and new REAL SICKIES. We pull out classics by NO EXIT, EBBA GRON, G.S.M.F., and ASTA KASK. We have features on Canadian Crossover, Women singers, and SENILE DECAY. Download the show here. 

NO EXIT - Decisions (Self-Released) 

NAZI DOGS - Down in Afghanistan (Wanda)
JIMMY VAPID - Total Commitment (Self-Released)
PORNO PATROL - Insane Asylum (Destiny)
UNSANITARY NAPKIN - Speak Up For Women, You Don't Speak For Me (Self-Released)
GAUZE - 言いたかねえけど目糞鼻糞 (XXX)

RESISTANCE 77 - Advance Factory Units (Rot / New Face)
THE DRONES - City Drones (Valer / Energy / Cherry Red)
KLEENEX - Hedi's Head (Rough Trade)
THE REZILLOS - I Can't Stand My Baby (Sensible)
EBBA GRÖN - Till Havs (Mistlur)

THE SLIME - We Shine (Self-Released)
GORDON SOLIE MOTHERFUCKERS - More Than Just Alive (River on Fire)
LIFE'S HALT - Get in the Pit (Youngblood)
R.A.M.B.O. - No Circle Pits in Heaven (625 Thrashcore)
NEGATIVE GAIN - When The Pounding Stops (Pusmort)
STRONG BOYS - Bad Blood (Self-Released)

SISTER SUZIE - Claws (Reta / Surfin' Ki)
THE BEATERSBAND - C’mon Let’s Go (Out Loud)
CONTROL FREAKS - FBI (Dirty Water)
SO WHAT - Razor Blade (Just Add Water)
GAUNT - Jim Motherfucker (Anyway / Datapanik)

Canadian crossover
S.C.U.M. - Exit Death (Psyche Industries)
FAIR WARNING - Do You Know What You Do (Self-Released)
SUDDEN IMPACT - Caught Up (Fringe / Marquee)
BEYOND POSSESSION - Never Nothing New (Death)
FRATRICIDE - Poison Control (Heart First)

ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Witch Hunt (Seminal)
JINGO DE LUNCH - Fuck You (Megalomania / Boss Tuneage)
KAMIKATZE - No Dogs No Masters (Drachenwerkstratt Krachpunk / Contimination)
BEYOND PINK - Det Har Ar Punk (Emancypunx)
SLOA KNIVAR - Hjärtat Stannar (Skrammel)
DEAD HERO - Falsas Promesas (Discos Peligrosos)
VICE SQUAD - How The Other Half Lives (Last Rockers)

THE DEAD MILKMEN - Labor Day (Restless)
F.Y.P. - Patridiot (Recess)
RENDER USELESS - Cranked (Self-Released)
REAL SICKIES - Love Is For Lovers (Stomp)
ASTA KASK - Varför (Skvaller)

Demo Feature
SENILE DECAY - from Mississauga had a crossover feel to them. Put out this cassette called “Comatose Until I Croak” which came out in 1986. The band played a few shows, the most memorable was at the University of Guelph for the Peace Festival. Greg Saffert (guitarist) and Colin O’Shea (Vocalist) have passed on. Nick Popovic (bassist) continues to play in a number of tribute bands which include MOTORHEADACHE, SONS OF SABBATH, and CRAZY BABIES. Ian Pettigrew drew the artwork for the cover.

SENILE DECAY - 3 Ring Government (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - Brutes Enforce Ignorance (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - Confusion (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - It’s Not Important (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - No Morality for Me (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - Poverty Kills (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - Senile Decay (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - Sunday Driver (Self-Released)
SENILE DECAY - Why (Self-Released)

CANCEROUS GROWTH - Late For The Grave (Ax/ction)
PSYCHO - Done Nothing (Ax/ction / Manic Ears)
DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Germ Attack (Sharpe / God / Unrest)
RED TIDE - Incubator Slide (MRR)
THE FREEZE - Nazi Fun (Modern Method / Taang! / Schizophrenic)

Radio - Sunday, June 7th, 2020

The ripple effect of Mein Trumpf's hockey dad response to the real threats by the boys in blue on People of Colour spread out world wide this weekend. The push back happened and although we are hopeful that something will come of it, the problem is a decades old problem. Looking back over forty years of punk the one theme the comes up generation after generation is how badly the cops suck. Thanks to everyone who contributed on facebook with their suggestions. We weren't able to fit all of them in and it is clear that we could probably do a second show. Sadly we probably will have to because if you are a Person of Colour or a Punk George Floyd's experience is going to happen again. Hope this can become a soundtrack for resistance. Download the show here.

MDC - I Remember (R Radical)

BLACK FLAG - Police Story (SST)
DEAD KENNEDYS - Police Truck (Cherry Red)
YOUTH BRIGADE - Men in Blue (Part 1) (BYO)
WHITE FLAG - Shattered Badge (Mystic)
AUTHORITIES - I Hate Cops (Selecta / Get Hip)
ARYAN DISGRACE - L.A.P.D. (Mystic)
AFFLICTED - Here Come the Cops (R Radical / New Red Archives)

URBAN WASTE - Police Brutality (Mob Style / Big City)
CITIZENS ARREST - Serve and Protect (Wardance)
CAUSE FOR ALARM - United Races (Victory)
AGNOSTIC FRONT - United and Strong (Rat Cage)

SOA - Public Defender (Dischord)
GOVERNMENT ISSUES - No Rights (Dischord)
SCREAM - Fight - American Justice (Dischord)
ARTICLES OF FAITH - Up Against the Wall (Bitzcore)
OPPOSITION RISING - Tell 'em Nothing (Opposition / Pirates Press)

YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Blue Stain (Self-Released)
CHRONIC SUBMISSION - Cops Ain't Tops (Schizophrenic)
YOUNG LIONS - Law Breaker (Schizophrenic)
SUBHUMANS - Breaking Point (SST)
DOA - The Prisoner (Quintessence / Sudden Death)
SONS OF ISHMAEL - Internal Investigation (Over the Top)
ONE BLOOD - Speedy 'Just Us' (Lobotomy Exchange)

HAYMAKER - A.M.M.D.C. (Deranged)
LEFT FOR DEAD - Cop Trap (Murder Contest)
S.C.U.M. - So M.U.C.H. Hate (Psyche Industry)
PROXY - Police Car (Discos MMM)
ARTIFICIAL DISSEMINATION - Politix of Violence (Seminal)
PLASTIC HEADS - Human Pigs (Ugly Pop)
AK47 - From Ferguson to Gaza (Self-Released)

DISCHARGE - Pigs (Unreleased)
ANGELIC UPSTARTS - Police Oppression (Small Wonder / Rough Trade)
ABRASIVE WHEELS - Burn 'Em Down (Riot City)
FINAL CONFLICT - Abolish Police (Pusmort / Tankcrimes)

All Cops Are Bastards covers
THE ROWDIES - A.C.A.B. (Birds Nest)
4-SKINS - A.C.A.B. (Secret / Captain Oi!)
A.C.A.B. - A.C.A.B. (Beaver Brigade)
HARD SKIN - A.C.A.C. (JT Classics)
BUDDHA BULLDOZER - A.C.A.B. (Self-Released)
AFTERBOLTXEBIKE - A.C.A.B. (Rebel Time)

THE EX - Warning-Shot (Ex)
B.G.K. - Police Crimes (R Radical / Vogelspin / Alternative Tentacles)
LARM - Police Threats (Kaal / Left Wing)
SLIME - Polizei (Slime Tonträger)
FISKALES AD HOK - Est pidos PolicÌas (Self-Released)
RAW POWER - Police Police (Meccano / Soulforce / F.O.A.D.)
VICIOUS CIRCLE - Police Brutality (R Radical / New Red Archives)

Hate the Police covers
DICKS - Hate the Police (R Radical / 1-2-3-4- Go!)
C.C.S.S. - C.C.S.S. Hate the Police (Radio 81)
THE OFFENDERS - Dicks Hate the Police (Grackle Butter)
LIFE BUT HOW TO LIVE IT - Dicks Hate Police (X-Port Plater / Boss Tuneage)

DEATH RIDGE BOYS - Tamir Rice (Black Water)
M-80 - Law and Order (Self-Released)
MASS ARREST - Stand My Ground (Iron Lung)

Radio - Sunday, February 17th, 2019

Black History Month and punk : Black Dots - 1985-1995

The continuing look at the impact that Black punks have had on the scene. Listen above or download a copy of the show here.

BAD BRAINS - Black Dots (Caroline)

DC Scene continued
Revolution Summer begins in DC in the summer of 1985 in which the original kids from the hardcore scene re-engaged with the punk scene by starting bands and working on a cultural revolution within that took a hard stance on violence especially at shows, a hard stance against sexism, and a re-engagment with political activism in the form of the punk percussions events. Musically they created the basis for Emo,  but it started with a broad experimentation in sound.

There was no broader inspired band then BEEFEATER, who borrowed liberally from funk, soul, reggae and metal. Of course they layered everything over a punk bed. the band started in 1984 and didn’t start releasing records until 1985. They had a black guitarist named Fred Smith who brought the metal. He was a metalhead with leather jacket and studded shin guards. I saw him play at Ildiko’s where he put his foot through the wall. This is BEEFEATER with a song that Fred wrote called “Fred’s Song”.

BEEFEATER - Fred’s song (Dischord)
BEEFEATER - Satyagraha (Dischord)
BEEFEATER – Wars in Space (WGNS)
BEEFEATER – Apartheid (Olive Tree)
BEEFEATER – Freditude (Dischord)
BEEFEATER – Blind Leads Blind (No Master’s Voice)

BEEFEATER recorded three records and broke up in 1986. Fred Smith had the nickname “Freak” and would go on to play in a band called STRANGE BOUTIQUE in the 90’s. Sadly, Fred Smith was stabbed to death in San Fernando, last year on August 8th at the age of 55 s reported by MRR. In that last set comprised songs from everyone of their releases : i) Plays for Lovers, ii) Alive and kicking, iii) Need a Job, iv) House Burning Down, and v) The ALF is Watching and There is No Place to Hide.

FIRE PARTY were an all women punk band that also came out of the Revolution Summer. Tomas Squip, the singer for Beefeater, credits Amy Pickering, the vocalist for FIRE PARTY, for setting Revolution Summer in motion. FIRE PARTY’s drummer, Nicky Thomas, was black and experienced discrimination on another level. On a European tour, while FIRE PARTY were being dismissed as BANGLES wannabes, Nicky Thomas was being asked what was she doing at the punk show? The band defended her but the story demonstrated how racism was still an issue in a movement that was trying to bring this to light in the mainstream. 

FIRE PARTY – Only Nine Mottos (Dischord)
DAG NASTY – Never Go Back (Dischord)
SWIZ - Sunstroke / Pet Tricks / Tylenol (Sammich)

Shawn Brown, was originally known for singing in DAG NASTY with a bunch of scene vets. In some liner notes to the Selfless Recording, Don Zientara, the sound engineer, said that Shawn brought the edginess to the band whereas the other members were starting to fall back on pop hooks which is evidenced in their next release “Wig Out at Denko’s”. DAG NASTY kicked out Shawn before releasing “Can I Say” and re-record it with Dave Smalley, which is still a monster release, but Dischord had the foresight to keep the recording and after much pressure release the Shawn Brown recordings in 2010.

Shawn was inspired by Bubba Dupree from VOID. Shawn was not deterred and starts a band called SWIZ in 1987. SWIZ strived to be a non-political band so even though DC is hugely political place like DC that had Positive Force and Revolution Summer. Shawn still wrote songs like “Sunstroke” and “Pet Tricks” comparison between black men and animals., and “Tylenol” about getting a headache from continually having to explain your presence in the scene.

NYC scene continued
1986 - UNDERDOG formed when Richie left YOUTH OF TODAY to start a dub mosh blended hardcore band. It was truly unique at the time. They would go on to release a number of eps and LPs and Chuck Treece from McRad would later join the band which seems like a natural fit in terms of sound and direction.

1986 - ABSOLUTION featured Djinji Brown on vocals. Djinji was from brooklyn and was the son of Marion Brown who was in the jazz scene. “Blogged and Quartered” described ABSOLUTION as “in a league of their own. They played some of the most creative, energetic, and powerful hardcore with some of the most thought provoking and intelligent lyrics the 80’s NYHC scene had to offer. They didn’t release much and there was a wealth of bands which has kept them in relative obscurity. They were part of the second wave of NYHC existing between 1986 and 1989. Known for song “Never Ending Game”, which is a song directed at other black folks who called him a freak because they didn’t understand where he was coming from. When Absolution break up Gavin and John formed BURN.

1987 - Chris Fist was the guitarist in CLENCHED FIST, who were a second wave supergroup for the NYHC scene. Chris Fist was in MENTAL ABUSE when joining CLENCHED FIST he would go on to start BREAKDOWN and jam with CITIZENS ARREST. He currently has a hardcore band named the WILDING INCIDENT.

ENUF were a New Jersey band that introduce Hip Hop into the hardcore sound.

1987 - TRUE COLOURS - were in a hardcore band formed out of members form OUR GANG and would go on to start CITIZENS AREEST. The contribute a song to the “New Breed” compilation titled “No Way to Live”.

UNDERDOG – True Blue (Revelation)
ABSOLUTION - Not This Time (Temperance)
CLENCHED FIST - Inner Strength (Self-Released)
ENUF - Fantasy World (Self-Released)
TRUE COLORS - No Way to Live

1985 – S.C.U.M. were a crossover band from Montreal. They appeared on the P.E.A.C.E. comp put out by R Radical Records. The singer’s name was Anthony and he was a black punk. He was known for break dancing on the stage. The band’s name is a ingenious slight on the Montreal police who were known as C.U.M. There were signs everywhere that they just spray painted an S in front of to re-name them cum – Society Controlled Under Murderers. That help explains why they had so many songs about police harassment.

S.C.U.M. - So M.U.C.H. Hate (Psyche Industries)
AFGHAN WHIGS – Doughball (Ultrasuede)
ANGRY RED PLANET – Mediocrity (Angry Red)
TRENCHMOUTH - Here Come the Automata (East/West)

1986 - AFGHAN WHIGS - a soul influenced punk band from Cincinnati, Ohio
Steve Myers – AFGHAN WHIGS

1988 - TRENCHMOUTH - post punk band from Chicago. Damon Locks was the vocalist. They did most of their recording between 1991 and 1995.

BURN would feature Chaka Malik on vocals. Members would go on to form ORANGE 9mm, DIE 116, and QUICKSAND. ORANGE 9mm formed by Ckaka Malik

ORANGE 9MM – Driver (Revelation)
BURN – Drown (Revelation)
ANASARCA -Stationary People (Planaria / Second Nature)
DUB WAR - Mad Zone (Earache)
CANDIRIA – Tribes (Rising Pulse)

1992 - CANDIRIA - progressive metal / hardcore band from Brooklyn calling their blend of metal, hardcore, hip hop and jazz “Urban Fusion”. Carley Coma was their singer.

DUB WAR – from South Wales, described as ragga rap punk. The singer Clive Webbe would go on to play in LOS HOOLIGANS and SKINDRED.

1994 - ANASARCA were a six piece demo band from Cockeysville, Maryland. They formed in 1994 and broke up in 1997. They recorded a demo and an ep and a split. The band pushed the screamo sound from the fury and intensity side of things. Jonathon Wilson was a black punk

1980 - POISON GIRLS an anarchist punk band from the UK that featured Vi Subversa on vocals, a middle aged mother of colour who wrote songs that explored sexuality and gender roles from an anarchist perspective. They are an important omission from last week which we will feature a few songs from different releases.

POISON GIRLS – Crisis (Small Wonder / Xntrix)
POISON GIRLS – Underbitch (CRASS)
POISON GIRLS - Dirty Work (CRASS)
POISON GIRLS – Take the Toys (Xntrix)
RUBELLA BALLET - Money Talks (Ubiquitous)
RUBY KARINTO – Chikotan (Self-Released)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS – Bloody Dub (Chrysalis)

Vi Subversa passed away on February 19th, 2016. Her kids would go on to play in Rubella Ballet.

LANDFILL CREW - Youth Revolt (Pirates Press)

Radio - Sunday November 11th, 2018

You can download the show here.

The first hour of the show is punk dealing with issues of war and peace to add to the discussion on Remembrance Day.....

CREATIVE ZERO - White Crosses (Unreleased)

DIRECT ACTION – Fire in the Sky (Bitzcore)
YOUTH YOUTH YOUTH - Fire in the Rain (Fringe)
NEGATIVE GAIN - No Life At All (Pusmort)
SUDDEN IMPACT - To Our Glorious Dead (Diabolic Force)
MSI - Army Mentality (B.Y.O.B. / Schizophrenic)

UNRULED - Time is Running Out (Schizophrenic)
S.C.U.M. - Go To War (Psyche Industries)
BORN DEAD ICONS – Monuments (Deranged)
INEPSY - Conspiracy WWIII (Feral Ward)
PROXY - Nurenburg Nightmare (Inflammable Material / Imminent Destruction)

CRASS - Fight War Not Wars - They've Got A Bomb (Crass)
CRISIS – Holocaust (Action Group / Ardkor)
KILLING JOKE – Wardance (Malicious Damage)
CHRON GEN - Puppets of War (Gargoyle / Fresh) 
DISCHARGE - Realities of War (Clay)
ABRASIVE WHEELS - Army Song (Abrasive)

UPRIGHT CITIZENS - Bombs of Peace (H’art Musik)
INFERNO - Life at War (Mulleimer)
TOXOPLASMA - Bunker Party (Weird System)
KGB – Napalm (Hard Way)
BURIAL - Abyss of Hate (Deranged)

The rest of the show programs a ton of new punk to check out. 

U-NIX – Landlord (Feel It)
AMENACA – Uniformització (Discos Enfermos)
BLOOD PRESSURE – Expectations (Beach Impediment)
MASS ARREST - White World (Self-Released)
BULLSHIT HARDCORE BAND - Let Them Eat Credit Default Swaps (Self-Released)

MURO – Desahuciados (Fuerza Ingobernable / Byllepest Distro)
TASHME - Where You Fall (Self-Released)
APOCALYPSE TRIBE - The Detention Camps (Self-Released)
CEMENT SHOES - Vile Facist Future (Loki Label)
OI POLLOI – Soil Yourself (Beluga Music)

PUPPY AND THE HANDJOBS - Fuck the World (Slovenly)
INTENT OPPGJOR - Turn Off E-Z Listen (Byllepest Distro)
ULTIMO IMPERIO – 1940 (Discos Enfermos / Oscuridad en mi Vida)
STIFF LOVE – Attitudes (Feel It)
ROTTEN COLUMN - Watching the Wall (Self-Released)

CRUMB - Future Leash (Self-Released)
STIGMATISM - End Is Near (Beach Impediment)
CLITERATI - Hard Times (Self-Released)
OVERSIGHT - Into the Void (Running in Place)
PAYDAY - Dead on your Feet (Quality Control HQ)
xSERVITUDEx – Stained (Life Liar Regret / Bound by Modern Age / Rage)
ANTAGONIZE - Land of Dreams (Triple B)
BRASSKNUCKLE - Another Tory

Tonight's demo feature is this oi band from Calgary called the Enforcers who have a four song recording available on bandcamp. 

THE ENFORCERS – Anti-Social (Self-Released)
THE ENFORCERS – Alt-Right Nightmare (Self-Released)
THE ENFORCERS – Chaos (Self-Released)
THE ENFORCERS – Ultraviolence (Self-Released)