Radio - Sunday, March 27th, 2022

On Tonight’s show Andre picks up on the Merch shirt theme with part two. Chris has a set of bands he recorded at the Rehearsal Factory(R.I.P.). I’ve got a Motorhead inspired in a set - M-Beat. We have a few sets of new and about to be released material. And in tonight’s demo feature as a band from Pickering called Missing Link and their cassette - “Murder Music” which came out in 1987. Download the show here. 

DR. SURE’S UNUSUAL PRACTICE - Super Speedy Zipper Whipper (ETT)  

Chris - Teaser Tracks and Demos 

EXIL - Suffer (Adult Crash) 

ÖVASEN FRONTERA KOLLAPS - Who Needs This Hell? (Sistema Mortal)  

SECT MARK - No Worth (Sistema Mortal) 

GAOLED - Camouflage (Iron Lung) 

FLOWER - Rapture (Self-Released)

CRUNK - Rebuild (Break the Records)  

Like Discharge, Motorhead is an inspiration to many punk bands. So instead of a D-Beat set we have put together an M-Beat set.

CHARGER - Will To Survive (Pirates Press) 

HARD CHARGER - Apocalypse Destiny (Amber / Counteract)

INEPSY - Antisystem (Unreleased)

CITY KINGS - WWIII (Self-Released) 

GO LIKE HELL - Hell Bent Rock 'N' Roll (Buttermilk)

MOTORCHARGE - Motorcharge (RTR) 

CARTTADA - Beer Thirty (RTR)

 

The Merch I Know and The Bands That Provide Them (Part II) 

FINAL WORD - Something to Prove (Indecision / Walk All Night)

RUINATION - Giblets (No Idea)

ANCIENT HEADS - No Time For You (Moshers Delight)

NUCLEAR AGE - Fight Back and Win (React!)

TØRSÖ - Home Wrecked (Revelation)

New releases

CHUBBY AND THE GANG - Twice Shy (Self-Released) 

GUITAR GANGSTERS - Fifty Dangerous Things (Breakout Promotions) 

REAL SICKIES - Scammy (Stomp)  

BUSTER SHUFFLE - Wipe Your Nose 

VICE SQUAD - Born in a War (Last Rockers)

Stuff Chris Recorded at Rehearsal Factory (Richmond and Bathurst) 

FLQ - Calling All Cars (Bad Vibrations)  

MAKE NO GAINS - Death Knell (Self-Released)  

KATATONIX - No Tomorrow (Self-Released)  

CROTCHMUTT - Dive Bomber (Self-Released)  

ABSOLUT - Sadist Lust (Konton Crasher / Phobia) 

Demo Feature 

Cursed Blessings released an unreleased recording by MISSING LINK  a few months ago called “Monolith”. The band was from Pickering and had two other releases. An ep called “Metalibut Torque Bastard” and a cassette called “Murder Music”. We’re going to hear the cassette which came out originally in 1987. 

 

MISSING LINK - Murder Music (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Dead to the World (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Cutting Edge (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Fortune’s Wheel (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Barba-Death (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - One Man Parade (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Man to Man (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Nosebleed (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Looking Ahead (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - My Big Chance (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Punker Than Thou (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - Stupid Morons (Self-Released) 

MISSING LINK - It Is As I Planned (Self-Released) 

BETON - Kyiv Calling 

ANGELIC UPSTARTS - Solidarity (Anagram)

Radio - Sunday March 20th, 2022

DOGMA - Witch Hunt (The Mob) (PILS) 

On tonight’s show we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Celtic punk from around the Globe. Chris interviews Dizz, the Co-owner of PILS SESSIONS/PILS RECORDS (Gatineau, QC). Grant Coates programs a set from Hamilton’s first wave. Andre Zadorzny programs a set around punk merch and some of his favourite shirt designs. More new releases on the way from Bombardement, Destripados, Kial, Sweat, Peace Decay, and Necro Heads. And tonight’s abbreviated demo feature is Eléctrika from Mexico City. Download the show here. 

New Punk 

BOMBARDEMENT - L’Oeil Electrique (Symphony of Destruction / Destructure)  

KARA - Glod (Iron Man)  

DESTRIPADOS - Eat ‘N Shut Up (Symphony of Destruction)  

HOPE? - Impending Doom (Symphony of Destruction)  

KIAL ? - Gen de Violencia (Anack Distribution / Ruido Total Discos / Dirty Slap / Tutti Pazzi / Missing the Point / Coolax) 

St Patrick’s Day fete

THE CLOVERHEARTS - Drinking Songs (Self-Released) 

THE MAHONES - Medley - a) The Connaught Man's Ramble's b) Christmas Eve Reels c) Johnny's On Fire (True North / Whiskey Devil) 

THE FEELGOOD MCLOUDS - Last Hurray (Wolverine)

FINEGAN’S HELL - Work is the Curse of the Drinking Class (Self-Released)

BLACK WATER COUNTY - Comedies and Tragedies (BWC) 

 

Scene Report - Grant Coates Hamilton Classics 

SIMPLY SAUCER - Here Come the Cyborgs, Part 1 (Mole Sound / Sonic Unyon)

TEENAGE HEAD - Top Down (Epic)

DREAM DATES - Heart Attack Rhythm (Ugly Pop / Zurich Chainsaw Massacre) 

SLANDER - It's Over (North Shore)

FORGOTTEN REBELS - Hello Hello (I'm Back Again) (Star)

The Merch I Know and The Bands That Provide Them 

GORILLA BISCUITS - Sittin Round at Home (Revelation)

INTEGRITY - Systems Overload (Victory)

FLOORPUNCH - Always (Six Feet Under)

INSTEP - Regret (Self-Released)

BOOTLICKER - Hunting (Neon Waste / Static Shock)

Another set of New releases

SWEAT - Hard Grudge (Pirates Press) 

CHAIN WHIP - Fresh Paint and Philanthropy (Neon Taste)

EXTINCT GOVERNMENT - Self Interest (Street Influence) 

PEACE DECAY - Snake (Beach Impediment) 

NECRO HEADS - Mindless (Kill Enemy)

Interview with Dizz Hupé from PILS about the how these sessions work. Check out PILS.... 

 

COLLAPSED - Recurrent Saga (PILS)

AD VITAM - La Peste (PILS)

FRACTURED - In Gods Name (PILS)

CIGGIE & THE DARTS - The Moon is High (PILS)

SOLITUDE - Nations Under Dust (PILS)

DYSRUPTIVE - Hit Rock Bottom (PILS)

UNWANTED NOISE - Warriors (PILS)

DOGMA - Question Their Power (PILS)

CIGGIE TARBOX - I’m Fucked (PILS)

Demo Feature 

Eléctrika are a new band from Mexico City and their demo can be found on bandcamp.

 

ELÉCTRIKA - Agonía (Discos Enfermos) 

ELÉCTRIKA - No Hay Final (Discos Enfermos)

Flyer - Saturday March 19th, 2022

 

Radio - Sunday, March 13th, 2022

In tonight’s show we are going to feature a set of Ukranian punk. Graeme MacKinnon is going to be doing the first of a many part scene report on Edmonton. Andre Zadorzny will be in doing a set which has a focus on Hamilton. Lots of new material. Some of the DOGMA PILS session in our demo feature. You can download the show here. 

THE BITS - War Pigs (Self-Released) 

New Punk 

暴力装置 - Lethal Ash (Self-released)  

SQUANDER - Warchild (Self-released)  

MALDITA - Activismo (Cured Blessings)  

THE MURDER SQUAD T.O. - Remains in Embers (Self-Released) 

KLONNS - Crow (Iron Lung) 

ZXRX COMMUNITY - Siah tu był (Refuse)  

DISPLEASE - Dead Justice (Trismus)

BORN WRONG - Highway of Heroes (Schizophrenic)

BOOTLICKER - Partisan (Warthog Speak / Televised Suicide) 

BODY CAM - I'm A Cop (Violent Pest) 

 

Andre Zadorozny 

Sad Places in Southern Ontario Set 

LEFT FOR DEAD - Who Do You Know? (A389 Recordings) 

CHOKEHOLD - Content With Dying (A389 Recordings) 

HAYMAKER - City That Always Burns (Deranged) 

NEO NEOS - It’s Just That Easy (Neck Chop) 

NOSFERATU - Under the Sun (La Vidas Es Un Mus) 

 

Ukranian punk 

It is heartbreaking witnessing the devastation that is going on in Ukraine. As Russia lays waste to their neighbour we’re gonna feature some Ukranian punk because there might not be a country by this name next week.  

CIOS - War (aorta / Miravoice / Street Influence / No Justice) 

TEORIYA GVALTU - 12 Shepherds (Self-Released)

THE SYMBIOZ - Присмак старої олії (Self-Released)

DAN STARK - Get the Stick (Gutsfree) 

SUBSCUM - Toxic Stress (Rotovaporojnina)

DEATH PILL - Расцарапаю Ебало (Self-Released) 

SCRUNCHIES - No Home Planet (Dirtnap) 

TINA AND THE TOTAL BABES - Why Do I Like You (Rum Bar) 

THE FLYTRAPS - Kitten With A Whip (Outro)

BLITZKRIEG BOP - Let’s Go (Lightning) 

NASTY FACTS - Get To You (Jimboco) 

 

UPCOMING / TEASERS 

NEUTRALS - Gary Borthwick Says (Static Shock)  

STRAW MAN ARMY - Faces in the Dark (D4MT Labs Inc / La Vida Es Un Mus) 

CRISIS MAN - No Standing Ovation (Erste Theke Tonträger) 

NO FUTURE - Pig Fiend (Iron Lung / Televised Suicide) 

LASSO - Nêmesis (Static Shock / Sorry State) 

Scene Report 

Graeme MacKinnon (Part 1 - on E-Town) 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT HEROES - Open Fire (BYO) 

STRANGLED - Body Bag (Crude City) 

NO PROBLEM - Circling the Drain (Deranged / Taken by Surprise)   

MASTERLESS DOGS - War at Home (Longshot / Contra) 

HOME FRONT - Flaw in the Design (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Demo Feature

DOGMA are an awesome peace punk band from Ottawa. They just partook in a PILS Session recording that we are going to feature some of in tonight's demo feature. Session #08 which you can find on bandcamp. 

DOGMA - The World A Peace 

DOGMA - Indoctrination 

DOGMA - Stolen

Radio - Sunday, March 6, 2022

Tonight on EXD we get back to the music. We feature new material by UK Subs, ex-Husker Du – ULTRABOMB. We have a few themes like an anti-war set and punk inspired by soul set. Oodles of new releases (Erupt, Heart and Lung, Rules). We feature covers, do some crate digging, and just some off the beaten path kind of punk releases. Tonight’s demo feature is a band from Vancouver called Fuck Me Dead. Download the show here. 

UKRAINA - Pokolenie (Jimmy Jazz) 

LUNATIC SOCIETY - Stranglehold  
UK SUBS - Sensei (Cleopatra)
DEVOTCHKAS - Sorry (Punkcore) 
TENSION - Organised Religion (Silverbirch / The Headroom Canada) 
LES ORDURES IONIQUES - Soir et… (Self-Released)  

Anti War / Anti Terror/ Anti Government
CRASS - They’ve Got A Bomb (Small Wonder / Crass)
DISCHARGE - Two Monstrous Nuclear Stockpiles (Clay)
DISCLOSE - Once The War Started (Overthrow)
DISCHANGE - Victims of Madness (Nuclear Blast)
RECHARGE - Furicht, Angst, Panik, Hass (Epistrophy)

ULTRABOMB - Stickman vs Hangman (Self-Released)
ANN BERETTA - Get Up, Let’s Go (Self-Released)
THE CLAMS - Crazy Boys (Rumbar)
HEART AND LUNG - You Wanna Know the Truth (Self-Released)
LOS PEPES - The Trap (Snap)

THE VERMINES - Lulu's Bollocks Circus (Self-Released)
PHONE JERKS - Get Jerked (Alien Snatch)
SKEEZICKS - Livin' on the Country (X-Mist / Refuse)
RADIO CHIP PAN - Fuck Bono (Self-Released) 
MUNG - Shut Yer Mouth (Self-Released)

ARSON CLASS - The Degradation of Saturday Night (Self-Released) 
VERDIX - Media (Aura) 
NO FUN - Now I Ain't Got No Face (Werewolf T-Shirts)
HERBAL SCREAM - Tims Song (Self-Released)
THE SPORES - Shopping Binge (Sudden Death)

New Punk 
DA GROINS - Pub(l)ic Execution (Amok / Kibou)
UNWANTED NOISE - Overthrow and Conquor (PILS)
ERUPT - Shinin’ Claymore (Static Shock)
BRAIN TOURNIQUET - Machine Gun (Iron Lung)
PUFFER - Prisoner of Your Love (Roachleg) 
DECADE - It Seems To Be (Phobia / Rotting Head / Audacious Madness / Black Against Night)

Punk with soul
BLONDIE - Detroit 442 (Chrysalis)
THE BELLRAYS - Soul Girl (U and Media)
REDSKINS - Lean On Me (CNT Singles) 
DUFFY'S CAT - Keep It Moving

NIGHTFEEDER - 1491 (Black Water)
VULGAR DELI - Bombs Not Food (Indica)
THE LANCASTERS - Why Don't You (Longshot / Rebellion)
1867 - Tribes & Tribulations (Self-Released)

Demo Feature
A band from Vancouver called FUCK ME DEAD. They were around between 2002 and 2005. They had two eps and a cassette. The guitarist Scotty Colin would go on to play in B-LINES, which have five or six releases out...

FUCK ME DEAD - Coming Down (Self-Released)
FUCK ME DEAD - Anesthetic (Self-Released)
FUCK ME DEAD - Closer To The End (Self-Released)
FUCK ME DEAD - Temporary Relief (Self-Released)
FUCK ME DEAD - Hijacked Train (Self-Released)

RULES - Thoughts and Prayers (Cursed Blessings)
SNUFF - Blue Gravy Phase 9 (10 Past 12)

Radio - Sunday February 27th, 2022

Tonight on EXD we pay tribute to Dallas Good as a member of Career Suicide. Chris does a feature on Jean Beauvoir (Plasmatics, Ramones) as part of Black History Month celebrations. We start a new feature called Scene Report in which we ask a tastemaker to program some sets that tell stories. We start things off with Freddy Alva of Wardance Records. Freddy takes us to ABC No Rio, Rock Subterraneo (Peru), the oi black book, and some of his favourites from last year. You can download the show here.

THE VILE - God Save the Queen (Punk) 

Tribute to Dallas Good
Dallas Good was a well known musician in Toronto's music scene. He played with a number of big name bands and he secretly loved Career Suicide. Martin Farkas tells us how Dallas came to join Career Suicide. 
CAREER SUICIDE - Taking you with Me (Deranged) 

Jean Beauvoir Feature 

Jean Beauvoir was a long time producer, engineer and a song writer for the Plasmatics and the Ramones. Chris brings us a brief look at Jean's contribution to punk. 

THE PLASMATICS - The Doom Song (Stiff America / PVC)

THE PLASMATICS - Butcher Baby (Vice Squad)

THE PLASMATICS - Living Dead (Stiff America)

THE RAMONES - Bonzo Goes to Bitburg (Beggars Banquet)

JOEY RAMONE - There’s Gotta Be More To Life 

THE RAMONES - Pet Semetary (Chrysalis / Sire)

 

Scene Report - Freddy Alva 

Scene report is a new feature where a guest host programs music and tell us about these songs. In Freddy's early days he put together the "New Breed" comp. Check out the movie on the making of this comp. 

 

NYHC - ABC No Rio Generation 

CITIZENS ARREST - Serve and Protect (Wardance) 

ANIMAL CRACKERS - Farting is a spiritual disease (Wardance / Artcore) 

HUASIPUNGO - Stupid Ambition (Wardance / Artcore) 

 

Rock Subterraneo 

Freddy was from Lima originally and took trips back to Peru every summer. This set was about Freddy's relationship to the Peruvian punk scene. Freddy wrote a great tribute to his Cachorro who was in the first two bands. 

ATAQUE FRONTAL - Sobrevevire (New Wave)

NARCOSIS - Sucio Policia (Narcosis)

FUTURO INCIERTO - Nuevo Vision (Wardance) 

Oi - The Black Book

Freddy has published a number of books and zines about grafitti and this art form's relationship to music and places. This set is inspired by the Oi - The Black book which was one of Freddy's most recent publications.

THE CHISEL - Enough Said (Wardance)

NABAT - Lunga Vita Ai Rebelli Oi! (C.A.S.)

THE TEMPLARS - New York (Dim)

Here's a link to Freddy's article on Italian oi.

 

Contemporary set 

Freddy came up with a top 20 of punk playlist for 2021 on spotify. Here are some highlights.

DOLLHOUSE - This is Heaven (Toxic State)

THE TRADE - All Grown Up (Rebellion)

NAKED RAYGUN - Living In The Good Times (Wax Trax)

 

SCHOOL DAMAGE - Critical Excess (Cat's Claw / Mom’s Basement) 

PACK RAT - Lost Cause (Drunken Sailor) 

OUTTACONTROLLER - Parts Unknown (Self-Released) 

Radio - Sunday February 20, 2022

Tonight more celebrations of Black History Month with a tribute to Rocky George (guitarist in Suicidal Tendencies, Cro-Mags, and Fishbone) and a second feature on Black artists in early punk bands. We also have the second installment of Speed Kills interviewing Robert Williams about the legendary band Siege. Tonight’s demo feature is a band from Victoria called Mass Distraction who have a crossover influence. Download the show here.

SIEGE - Life of Hate (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

Rocky George Feature 

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - Look Up..... (The Boys Are Back) (Suicidal)

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - Cyco (Caroline / Virgin / Fringe Product) 

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES - The Feeling’s Back (Epic / Virgin) 

CRO-MAGS - Pressure Drop (Cro-Mag Recording / Cargo) 

FISHBONE - Faceplant Scorpion Backpinch (Sound In Color / Ter A Terre / Discograph / 3 Wise / Pony Canyon Inc.) 

CRO-MAGS - No One’s Coming (Mission Two Entertainment / Arising Empire) 

Speed Kills - Siege 

This is the next installment of “Speed Kills” a series started by Dave Stevenson on power violence. On Monday February 7th I got a chance to talk with Robert Williams about his band Siege and their influence on this genre. Siege were a second generation Boston hardcore band that improved on the speed of early GANG GREEN and JERRY’s KIDS. And although they released only a cassette and some comp tracks the songs were so good that many bands would make tributes to them and they would become legendary. I started out by showing Robert my copy of the “Drop Dead” ep which Robert was explaining was a bootleg. We pick up with that conversation.

SIEGE - Starvation (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

SIEGE - Grim Reaper (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

GANG GREEN - Narrow Mind (Modern Method) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

SIEGE - Armageddon (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

SIEGE - Drop Dead (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

SIEGE - Walls (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

SIEGE - Cold War (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

SIEGE - Two-Faced (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

SIEGE - Interview (CIUT) 

SIEGE - Conform (Armageddon / Deep Six) 

THE FREEZE - Broken Bones (Modern Method)

Early Punk Bands Featuring Black Artists 

DEATH SENTENCE - Victims of War (Beat The System!! / Lightbeat) 

PURE HELL - Noise Addiction (Welfare) 

HAGAR THE WOMB - Cardboard Theatre (Mortarhate) 

DEATH - Freakin Out (Drag City) 

THE PLASMATICS - Pig is a Pig (Stiff America / Stiff Canada / Passport) 

CAMPFIRE SHITKICKERS - Cockatoo Quill (Batcave)

FULL THROTTLE - Friday Night (Self-Released)

Tonight’s demo feature is a band out of Victoria with called MASS DISTRACTION. In 2019 they released something called “Inclusion not exclusion. And it sounds a little something like this. You can download this on bandcamp.

MASS DISTRACTION - Follow in Line (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - Massacre (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - Two Party System (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - War in your Livingroom (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - The Reality (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - Orphan Crust (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - No Better than the Rest (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - Biting the hand that feeds (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - War Remains (Self-Released) 

MASS DISTRACTION - Mental Anguish (Self-Released)