Radio - Sunday, October 11th, 2020

Tonight's show starts out with a shot at Canadian Thanksgiving. Crate digging focuses on women in early punk. We play a band from Bali (The Boldness) for the first time on the show. Some great new material from down under (Gaffer), and home (TV Freaks and UIC). Reissues from Denmark (Kalashnikov) and Japan (Grave New World). And a feature interview with Al  Nolan about his new label (Cursed Blessings) which features a song from the first all First Nations band we have ever played No More Moments. And tonight's demo feature is Punitive Damages from Vancouver. Download the show here.

MDC - Real Food Real People Real Bullets (We Bite) 

X - Year 1 (Slash)
THE BAGS - We Don't Need the English (Dangerhouse)
THE AVENGERS - I Believe in Me (Dangerhouse)
INVADERS - Under Submission (Polyester)
B-GIRLS - Savage Fever (Bomp)

THE LURKERS - High Velocity (Damaged Goods)
THE BOLDNESS - Story of Bootboys (Self-Released) 
CLOSE AIR SUPPORT - Time For A Change (Pretty Shitty Town)
EAST END RADICALS - Border Disorder (Stomp)

KALASHNIKOV - Schlüters Kabinet (HUB / Adult Crash)
GAFFER - Stuck (Helta Skelta)
KAOS - Cone of Silence (Artifix)
TV FREAKS - Souvenir (Schizophrenic)
FOXYCONTIN - Little Willie (Sister Raygun)

INVALID FORMAT - I can see the future!... and its doom and gloom… (Secret)
UIC - Richard (Dead Dog) 
UIC are doing a live streaming event from the Horseshoe Tavern on Saturday October 24th.
PARANOID VISIONS - Ignostic Front (Louder Than War / FOAD)
G.U.N.N. - Brain on Gunn (Self-Released)
SKUNK - Corporate Death (Scull Crasher / Chronic Disease)
GRAVE NEW WORLD - God breathed his last in agony (Bitter Lake)

Interview with Al Nolan about Cursed Blessing Records

THE ALMIGHTY TRIGGER HAPPY - My brain won't leave me alone (Bad Taste)
CHOICES MADE - Don’t Turn Back (Self-Released)
SEIZED UP - Manic Decompression (Pirates Press)
DRAGGED IN - Hear Me Out (Cursed Blessing)
FULLY CRAZED - Vic Goof (Self-Released)
NO MORE MOMENTS - Burn It All (Transistor 66)
MALHAVOC - Masque of the Red Death (Epidemic)

Demo Feature
Punitive Damage are from the Pacific Northwest featuring folks from Seattle and Vancouver. They have just released an ep titled “We Don’t Forget”. In a recent review they were likened to No Justice, Life’s Blood and Limp Wrist. Here is a demo that came out a year earlier. You can find the demo on bandcamp.

PUNITIVE DAMAGE - Nothing (Self-Released)
PUNITIVE DAMAGE - No Compromise (Self-Released)
PUNITIVE DAMAGE - Enough (Self-Released)

Zine - Mute Elation

Mute Elation was a punk fanzine from Toronto. This issue looks like it came out at the end of 1986 based on some of the gigs that they covered and when those happened in Toronto. This was not the first issue as content alludes to continuing of features and written pieces in previous issues. There is a significant amount nof content dedicated to writing in the form of poetry and fiction writing and even an interview with a writer. But there is also lots of punk and post punk content. I really like that the issue starts out with a scene update on Toronto, which provides a snapshot of some things happening at the time. This report mentions the Forgotten Rebels, the Dundrells, The Daleks, The Purple Toads, Ameoba Quiche, and Bratty and the Babysitters.

There are extensive multi page reviews on gigs at the time starting out with Iggy Pop who played the Concert Hall on November 9th, 1986. The Rebels opened up that show and the reviewer is quite harsh on them. Iggy Pop's back up band doesn't fair much better, but Iggy gets credit. The review is followed by a review of the "Blah Blah Blah" LP.

DOA played at the RPM on October 2nd, 1986. I actually went to that show and took photos which I posted on the EXD blog. The review complains about the hardcore kids slam dancing and that wasn't such a big part of the show. The RPM was a huge place and there didn't seem to be the scale where kids could slam so it wasn't as bad as the reviewer makes it out to be. But the show was not the best DOA show I had ever seen either.

There is a glowing show review of a Shreikback show which sees a full page photo repeated on the back cover. This is also accompanied by a review of their Big Night Music" LP. Lou Reed played at Kingswood which was the outdoor venue at amusement park known as Wonderland out in Maple. There is also a show review of a Psychic TV show that took place at the Diamond Club (August 11th). The reviewer was disappointed by this show.

The main feature of this issue is an interview with Blair Martin of the Raving Mojos. It was after the Mojos had broken up and Blair had some great insight into a number of things. Blair writes about how the Brits re-interpreated the Ramones version of punk with a little too much theatre and as a result got the speed confused for wanting not to sing. Blair talks about being the original drummer for the Androids and filling on for Teenage Head for one tour on drums. It is an amazing piece. Blair had assembled a band with members of Youth Youth Youth, Living Proof, and Mick Slick, but I don't think they played out.

There is other local content that features a piece on Richard Carstens who I know as the guy who wrote most of the No Mind album. He was the guitarist in Funhouse, Afhaken, and Madhouse and at the time was playing in Sun Zoom Spark, which is the band that Alisdair from No Mind played in. Richard also writes some pieces in this issue. He wrote one of the only interviews I have read about Neon Rome. This is the band that John Borra of the Screwed started out in. The first half of this interview is a made up story by the singer about how the band met. The other interview I read in Nerve about Neon Rome had a similar fiction telling pattern. The interview does disclose that their album ad been recorded by the time and that Comfort Sounds had recorded it.

There is a piece on a new U.I.C. album titled "Our Garage", a review of Fifth Column's "To Sir with Hate", and a funny interview with Erica Ehm, who was a VJ on Much Music at the time. Great time capsule on Toronto.

This piece is courtesy of Dhaibid james archives. Dhaibid hosts Moondog's Ballroom on CIUT.