Flyer - Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Radio - Sunday February 12, 2012

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0:30 SECOND FLASH - Another Time (Re-Run)


TRANZMITORS - Just the Other Day (Deranged)
THE EVAPORATORS - Bunk (Mint Records)
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY - Patience Loser (Dirt Cult)
TV FREAKS - Four Wheels (Schizophrenic)
STRANGE ATTRACTOR - Beer (Red Lounge)
AVERSIONS – Clara Militch (Die in Style)


BIG BOYS - Mutant Rock (Touch&Go)
NOTFUNNYANYMORE - Don't Look Up (OW)
DEMICS - Talk's Cheap (Ready)
AGAINST ME - Baby, I'm An Anarchist (No Idea)
THE CLASH - Spanish Bombs (Epic)


HAZARDOUS WASTE - Preteen Junkies (Schizophrenic)
THE STUPIDS - This is the Norm? (Manic Ears)
FRATRICIDE - Poison Control (Heart First)
DIN SKEVF - Balla Ur (Gaphais)
RAPID LOSS - Complete Wreck (Self-Released)
AMEACA CIGANA - Stains Cota (Raw Records)


THE LAST - Bombing of London (Bomp)
DEVIL DOG - Get In Line (Crypt)
DIDJITS - Headless (Touch & Go)
NEW WAVE HOOKERS - Action Satisfaction (Junk)
HICKEY - 40oz of Bad Karma (1234GO)


BOLLOCKS - All Rock Stars Should Be Drafted (Fetal)
SAVAGE CIRCLE - Kill Yourself
ZERO DEFEX - Drop The Bomb On Me (Radical)
SUICIDAL YOUTH - Punks, Skins and Anarchy
VICIOUS CIRCLE - Strike Out (MRR)


THE CROWD - Trix Are For Kids (Poshboy)
CAUSTIC CAUSE - Look To The Left (Mystic)
ANARCHY 6 - Slam, Spit, Cut Your Hair, Kill Your Mom (Giant)
KILLING CHILDREN - Killing Children (Gravelvoice)
DEATH PIGGY - Nympho (DSI)
YOUTH GONE MAD - Ode To Darby (Smoke Seven)
SQUIRM - Fuck You, Brooke Sheilds! (S.I.N.)
AUTHORITIES - I Hate Cops (Mystic)
IDIOT SAVANTS - School's Prison (Affirmation)
NO MERCY - I've Got Brain Damage (Fartblossom)
CLITBOYS -I Hate The Ku Klux Klan (B.C. Tapes)
WHITE PIGS - Kill Kop (Swinch Kwilson)
ARTIFICAL PEACE - Outside Looking In (Dischord)
CHILD ABUSE - Live Too Fast (Mutha)
NO THANKS - Are You Ready? (Big City)
BORN WRONG - Enjoy The Show (Self-Released)

SNAKE CHARMER - Corrosive Tensions (Self-Released)

SNAKE CHARMER - Code (Self-Released)
SHOT NERVES - Radios are Music Graves (Self-Released)
SHOT NERVES - Peace Tower (Self-Released)

DISOBEY - Making That Funny Smile (Self-Released)

DIRECT APPROACH - What Did We Do? (Self-Released)

GAG REFLEX - Social Control (Self-Released)
CRIPPLE BASTARDS - Allergie de contatio (Deep Six)
OXBAKER - Mountain of Wealth (Schizophrenic)
WOLBACHIA – After No Dawn (IFB Records)
EXTREME NOISE TERROR - Rat Hell (Deep Six)
PSUDOKU – Blackhole3 (625 Thrash / Crucificados)
DEMOLITION - Intro (Self-Released)
DEMOLITION - Here to Stay (Self-Released)

DEMOLITION - Don't Need Your Help (Self-Released)

DEMOLITION - Us Against You (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, February 5th, 2012

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DEMOLITION - United We Stand (Self-Released)


IT’S NOW – Es ahora (Commitment)
KAUNEUS JA TERVEYS – Paikallinen Legenda (Ointi Timmien)
LEGION666 – Inherent flaws (Schizophrenic)
ANATOMI-71 – for Sverige ur tiden (Halvfabrikat)
VIIMEINEN KOLONNA – Sormit Irti (Roku / Gasmask / Psychedelica)
RAPID LOSS – Kill you dead (Self-Released)
KVORTERINGEN – Forintelsemaskineriet (De Nihil)
UNRULED – Forced Mistake (Schizophrenic)
UNLEARN – Ritual Humiliation (Deranged)
LAUTSTURMER – Out of Mind, out of luck (Not Enough)


BGK - Jonestown Aloha! (Alternative Tentacles)
LOS OLVIDADOS - So Dull (Alternative Tentacles)
EXCEL - Never cook away (Caroline)
BEYOND POSSESSION - I'll never rest in peace (Death / Metal Blade)
BORN AGAINST - Well fed fuck (Kill Rock Stars)


RAMONES - Baby I love you (Sire)
MEAN JEANS - Throwin' Stones (Dirtnap)
MONKS - Love in Stereo (Capitol)
MYSTERION AND THE DEMONS - Monster Girls (rule the world) (Self-Released)
FIFI AND THE MACH III - Cherry Boy Cutie Boy (Get Hip)


ROACH MOTEL - Burger King is Dead (Florida's Dead)
BLACK FLAG - Fix Me (SST)
SCHOOL JERKS - Ugly MInds, Ugly Faces (Cowabunga)
NEO CONS - Hardcore Elite (Abscess)
GENERATION HEXED - Doin' the World a Favour (Taint Pretty)


SABOTAGE - Our World (Self-Released)
ASILE - Soldat (Self-Released)
IRON CAGES - Desparation (Self-Released)
SKINFATHER - Dead Diety (Self-Released)


JAWBREAKER - Kiss the Bottle (Blackball)
CHOKING VICTIM - Born to Die (Tent City)
DOWNBELOWS - Ciccone (October 32)
PEZZ - Never Enough (BYO)


SCHOOL SHOOTINGS - Song for future generations (Self-Released)
STRESS CASE - Lean X Cuisine (Self-Released)
HOAX - Dead Weight (Kat works)
FORLDARD - TV Lies (Sound Action)
FUNGY GONE WEST - SJ shaves my mohawk (Sound Action)
FRIDGE MAGNET - Police Stupidity (Sound Action)
NO SIDE - Rock star (Self-Released)

The Class Assassins "Treason / Start Again" ep

The Class Assassins don't get such a great review from the new MRR (#346).

Rehashed "Code Black" CD

Saskatoon's Rehashed get reviewed in the February issue of MRR (#345).

Schizophasia "3000" LP

Schizophasia gets reviewed in February's issue of MRR (#326).

Zine - Das Bande #1

Gena Meldazy, who used to be a DJ on EXD, has pulled together a zine on inspirational women in the punk scene. Das Bande contains profiles and interviews of these women who got into punk, what they think of the male over representation in the scene, what they think about the advances in technology and whatnot. It is funny because I just read this in depth interview with Alice Bag that Martin Sorrendeguy did in MRR and I was still left wanting to know more about the background of the times. Das Bande has even shorter interviews often being the equivalent of one page each. And although we live in a time were brevity is preferred I somehow feel cheated on not getting more of their story. It is like we get a teaser from Jill Bain (a.k.a. Jade Blade) about the DISHRAGS in Victoria. The DISHRAGS were one of the first all female punk bands in Canada and yet I know very little about them. I did learn that her cousin started Vancouver’s first band the FURIES around the same time, which made it easier for her to take the steps in starting up a RAMONES inspired band. However I wish I knew about who they played with and crazy show stories or scene stories about the early Victoria scene. I know that Jason Flowers attempted at capturing some of those stories with his comp “All Your Ears Can Hear”, but this too suffers from being restricted by space and so you only get one or two stories. I feel there is so much more to be said about the DISHRAGS and maybe that is the purpose of this zine. To give you a teaser that you will take and research more of. One of the profiles that I enjoyed was of Janick Varning who does the Varning fests in Montreal. Janick used to sing in an awesome band called HELLBOUND and sadly nothing is said about that in her piece. But her greater contributions of starting up the Katakombes which is a punk run space that shapes itself off the squat system in Europe does get mentioned. That is significant. And her background was interesting to learn growing up in foster homes and being inspired by Chris Boarts-Larson of Slug and Lettuce fame. Reading Sandy Miranda’s profile saddened me a bunch because she sounded down on punk. I knew Sandy as someone who was super enthusiastic about the scene and wrote a great zine that doesn’t get mentioned in here. Anyway, Sandy’s piece was very different from what I expected. Juls Generic’s piece was very good. Juls sang in MARGARET THRASHER before moving to Newfoundland where she has been in a couple of bands since. She is also a regular columnist in MRR so there have been a lot of updates on Juls regularly. But this piece is Juls’ back story. Zoe Dodd has a portrait of her in the zine and I wish someone had taken the time to get Zoe’s story to paper given she grew up in the north and moved to Toronto and sang for the BAYONETTES and did shows here. And there are a bunch of other women from the past and present that could have been included in this issue. I guess the door is wide open to continue on telling the herstories of the scene. Hopefully this is not a one off project. Tara Bursey did sketches and is responsble for the SCHOOL JERKS record covers. She also did an amazing re-make of the “Warriors” movie film poster for an EXD benefit show. Tara is a talent and I would have loved to know more about her back story. But you do get Liz Worth, the author of “Treat Me Like Dirt” and you get Megan Speers of Wanderlust who also did the cover artwork for this issue. Catherine Roussel of STRIVER is in here. And Emily Kendy of Absolute Underground. My last pet peave is the wasted pages. The zine is done on legal sheets folded in half. The inside pages are not copied on making for a full page that has not been cut out. It doubles the size of the zine and makes it difficult to flip pages. I wish that technical thing had been figured out but the size is a unique size making the zine stand out. (Gena Meldazy – gmeldazy@gmail.com)