Radio : EXD 1244 - Sunday March 19, 2023

 

On this episode, Chris digs into some new releases, Andre pulls together the sounds of the new oi movement, Chris digs into a rare English Dogs cassette, Stephen does a tribute to Spot and a set on the Japanese fastcore scene in the Y2K era. And our demo feature is a band from Montreal called Jock. But up first a belated St Patrick's Day celebration with some Celtic punk.

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THE MAHONES - Tin Soldiers (Divergent)

THE GRINNING BARRETTS - Star of the County Down (Self-Released) 

THE CLOVERHEARTS - Junky (Dead Ferret Productions)

SIR REG - Goodbye To All Your Freedom (Despotz) 

DROPKICK MURPHYS - Where Trouble Is At (Dummy Luck) 

GOGOL BORDELLO - Shot of Solidaritine (Cooking Vinyl) - The Singer Eugene Hutz did an awesome interview on the Sunday Magazine on CBC talking about this album. Eugene is of Ukranian origin and this album is to raise money for Ukraine. The Album is called “Solidaritine”

New Releases (Chris) 

VIDA MUERTA - Bloody Greed (Sistema Mortal)   

TERRORVÄLDE - Deus econômico (Self-released)   

VAROITUS - Sotatila (Phobia) 

DEATH CRUSADE - Wojna (Elitbolaget / Deviance / Throne Of Lies / Hidden Beauty / Helldog) 

XIAO - Fools (Quarantined HQ) 

Today’s Crop of New Skinhead/UK 82’ Hardcore Punk Fighting Music (André)

CONSERVATIVE MILITARY IMAGE - I’m Not Your Skinhead (Lionheart) 

SKINHEAD - Soft Boiled (Closed Casket Industries) 

THE CHISEL - Crocket (La Vidas Es Mus) 

THE FLEX - Inferno (Static Shock) 

VIOLENT WAY - You Are The Fool (Self-Released) 

SLUGGER - I’m Not A Sucker (Try And Stop Me) 

CONCRETE ELITE - Unbreakable Breed (Self Released) 

THE ROYAL HOUNDS - Baby I Hope They Remember Me (Oi! The Boat/Contra) 

New stuff (Rob)

PINK LEATHER JACKETS - Keep that Shit to Yourself (Self-Released) 

STATUES - Dead of Summer (Lovely) 

LUCIFER STAR MACHINE - Psychic Vampires (Feat. Sparky) (The Sign) 

SCHEDULE 1 - Paint it Red (Dirt Cult) 

THE BOBBY LEES - Dig Your Hips2 (Ipecac)

English Dogs Rarities (Chris) 

This next segment is for fans of English Dogs. A friend of mine named Daniel recently obtained a copy of an unreleased demo by English Dogs. He was nice enough to forward it to me. Many thanks to Daniel for this kind gesture. The interesting thing about the demo is that it was recorded during a massive sound and lineup change. English Dogs went from a UK82 style band to a crossover powerhouse in (what seems like) under a year. When writing for their new sound the dogs asked long time friend of rhythm guitarist Jon Murray, Trace Abbott to assist. Trace is the guitarist and founding member of the NWOBHM band Overdrive and also played with Witchfynde. Jon had played bass with overdrive prior to starting English Dogs. So, this demo is three songs. Two of which most English Dogs fans should be familiar with and one unreleased track. Let’s have a listen to some of the demo. This is the demo version, recorded August 22nd 1984, of Ambassador of Fear.   

ENGLISH DOGS - Ambassador of Fear (Unreleased demo) 

ENGLISH DOGS - Incisor (Unreleased demo) 

Those were demo versions of Ambassador of Fear and Incisor by English Dogs. The lineup that recorded these versions consisted of 3 members of the classic line up. Jon, Wattie and Pinch. With Trace on lead guitar and friend of the band Troy on Vocals. I was lucky enough to speak with Trace regarding this demo and he helped me fill in a few blanks. I should mention that this is not uncharted territory. Negative Insight did a brief but informative write up about this rarity. Check the live Facebook commentary or the equalizingXdistort blog for links. One thing that struck me besides the difference in lead guitar players was that the demo featured a vocalist that wasn’t part of either lineup of the band; UK82 or crossover. As Trace explained, he was a friend. However, this demo was used to recruit a new vocalist; Ade Bailey formerly of Ultra Violent. Wakey having departed the band, because of the new music style. Due to Trace’s involvement in Pendragon coupled with the loss of a loved one, he was not able to fill the role of permanent lead guitarist. But life long friend of Trace and former member of the (most excellent) Destructors, Gizz Butt was recruited. Coming up next are the album versions (with Gizz playing lead and Ade on vocals) of the same two songs we just heard!! Once again, this is Ambassador of Fear. 

ENGLISH DOGS - Ambassador of Fear (Rot Records) 

ENGLISH DOGS - Incisor (Rot Records) 

That was Ambassador of Fear and Incisor by English Dogs. This is the unreleased demo material from English Dogs. As well as album versions of the tracks; such as the last two songs we played. Kind of seeing how their sound evolved. Kind of nerding out. I spoke briefly with Trace Abbott of Overdrive (who played lead guitar on the demos) to help me fill in a few blanks. Trace paid to have the demos restored from 1/4” tape this year by Bart Gabriel. The tape itself was damp and covered in mold, but Bart was able to restore it and transfer it to a digital format. I asked Trace if he had done any other collaborations with members of English Dogs and the answer I got was yes; with a but. I mentioned that Jon was the bassist of early Overdrive. What I came to learn was Pinch teamed up with Trace for about a year in the band Metalstorm. However, the only recording was a live board recording that was stolen in 1989. Something that would definitely be nice to check out, unfortunately. In any case both the Dogs and Trace are still at it pursuing their own projects. Overdrive have a new LP ready and are currently looking for a well suited label. I can maybe drop that the album is called Resurrection and features riffs from the lost Metalstorm board mix. Hence resurrection. He’s also playing live with Witchfynde-X. We’re going to close out the set with an unreleased and mostly unknown English Dogs demo. Many thanks to Daniel, Trace, Gizz and Negative Insight for their contributions to this feature. As a lifelong fan this kind of material blows my mind. 

ENGLISH DOGS - Cut and Dry (Unreleased demo)

https://www.facebook.com/englishdogsmetal https://www.facebook.com/alldayinadream  

Tribute - Spot - Real Name: Glenn Michael Lockett 

Spot (born July 1, 1951 – died March 4, 2023) best known for being the house producer and engineer for SST Records. He briefly played bass for Panic and recorded all the bands in this set. 

PANIC - Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie 

DESCENDENTS - Myage 

HUSKER DU - First of the Last Calls 

MINUTEMEN - One Chapter in the Book 

CRUCIFUCKS - Go Bankrupt and Die 

Japanese youth crew sound Y2K (Stephe) 

TOTAL FURY - Slam Chop

RAZORS EDGE - Razors Edge is Most Thrash!! (Groupsounds) 

EXCLAIM - No Skate No Thrash (Straight Up) 

REAL SHIT - R is for Real (2 Hard / Mickeyroom)

VIVISICK - Beautiful Shit in the Crowd (Dan-Doh) 

Demo Feature (Chris)

Jock is a Montréal hardcore band. The demo was released on March 14th.  

JOCK - Guilty (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Leech (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Coward (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Baymen (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Working Class (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - I Don't Trust Your Opinion (Mouth of Madness)

JOCK - Breaking Point (Mouth of Madness)

Radio - Sunday, March 8th, 2020

Tonight's show is two features. The first is a look at the evolution of punk is Estonia. This part of the show is hosted by Andres Kasekamp, the Chair of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto. Andres was a punk growing up in Toronto and moved to Estonia when Estonia declared independence to become a Professor at University in Tartu. Andres also does a weekly piece on Estonian radio named after the "Voice of America" show called "Kanada hääl". The show features international commentary from a Canadian perspective, a fun fact and then a song by a Canadian artist. 

The second part of tonight's show will feature bands with women in contemporary punk bands to honour International Women's Day. 

You can download the show here.

NOTES FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN - ESTONIA 

We start out with the most well known band from Estonia called J.M.K.E. (Jeesus Maria! Karjatas Eit which translates to mean Jesus Mary! Exclaimed the Hag). They started out in 1986 and feature members from earlier punk bands in Estonia.

J.M.K.E. - Tere Perestroika (Stupido Twins)

PROPELLER formed in 1979 and were a bunch of music pros (Estonian art-rock/jazz-rock) who were mostly influenced by Finnish punk/new wave (like Eppu Normaali). Due to innocent lyrics (some official Estonian poetry, some humourous songs, some just nonsense) they were accepted by officials. The photo on the right is a gig that Propeller played at a soccer stadium in Tallinn at half time. The photo below is the singer being driven away in a police van. Propeller was banned by Soviet authorities after this gig was cancelled. The kids attending the show were pissed off and rioted leading to the biggest riot in Soviet Estonia. As of October 1, 1980, the band's very name was forbidden, and all recordings that Estonian Radio had been destroyed.

PROPELLER – Punker (Unknown label)
GENERATOR M - Disko lugu (Bulldozer)
PARA TRUST – Voidumees (Punk Fu) (MFM)

PARA TRUST were a punk band from 1979 – 1983. They would become a band called “Turist” after that and would get in trouble from the Soviet Estonian Ministry of Culture for the name so they they got around that by changing it to SINGER VINGER and the mainstay in the band was the singer Hardi Volmer.

GENERATOR-M were a band from Tallinn that started up in 1980 and existed until 1982. They were inspired by seeing the SEX PISTOLS on Finnish TV and their biggest show was a gig with PARA TRUST and PUNK T. They had a song called “Disko lugu” which appeared on a posthumous collection of Estonian punk called “Disko Pole Oluline, Punk On Põhiline (Eesti Pungi Varajased Aastad)”. The song title translated to mean "Punk is important".

Andres talks about a movie called "Disco and the Atomic War" that talked about the subversive influence that Finnish TV had on Estonia morals giving Estonians a window to the west during the Iron Curtain era. 

PUNK T were around in the early 80’s and Punk on Lahe was recorded in 1981 and means "Punk is Cool" which fits into this theme.

PUNK T - Punk on lahe! (Bulldozer)
VERINE PUHAPAEV – Põrguline (Bulldozer)
VELIKIJE LUKI - Tallinn Põleb (Hyper)

"Tallinn Põleb" translates to mean Tallinn's Burning" which is borrowed from the Clash's "London's Burning". VELIKIJE LUKI were a band that got their start in 1982, but really started in 1984 which is when this is recording is from. The name of the band takes it's name from a battle where the Estonians fought on the side of the Red Army, but they latched onto these historical themes to make ridicule them. The band featured Tõnu Trubetsky.

VERINE PUHAPAEV means "Bloody Sunday" in reference to the failed revolution in 1905. They were a band I found out about through a compilation called “Soviet Punk Rock Anthology 1980 – 1991, Volume 2”. But this song was taken from one of the best collection of early Estonian punk called “Disko Pole Oluline, Punk on Pohline (Eesti Pungi Varajased Aastad). It’s a 3 CD collection of the earliest punk bands from Estonia.

VENNASKOND is Estonian for Brotherhood" and harkens to Tõnu's interest in French anarchism. In 2003 Tõnu would publish a book on anarchism and two books on Estonian punk a few years later:

• Anarhistid. Anarhia agendid. Maailmarevolutsiooni prelüüd. Anarhistliku liikumise ajalugu (The Anarchists: Agents of Anarchy. Prelude of World Revolution: A History of Anarchist Movement)
• Eesti punk 1976–1990. Anarhia ENSV-s (Estonian punk 1976–1990. Anarchy in The ESSR);
• Eesti punk 1972–1990. Haaknõela külm helk

VENNASKOND started in 1984 and they had a number one hit in Estonia in 1993 with another song. This song translates to mean "Tired and Sleepy". 

VENNASKOND - Uimane ja väsinud (Self-Released / Mumm)
ABS - Õpetaja Kiusab 
AVE LUNA - Tule Lahme Ara 
OSAKOND 79 - Mütsid viltu

OSAKOND 79 were a band from Tallinn around between 1985 and 1987. Oskond means "Department and "Mutsid Viltu" means "Tilted Hats". 

ABS from 1985. "Õpetaja Kiusab" is a song about a "teacher teasing a student. The person is a national conservative in parliament currently

AVE LUNA were an all girl band that started up in 1988, but there was another all girl band called ANTI in 1986 that I could not find anything by.

UUESTISÜND were a band around in 1988 and this is their theme song. 

UUESTISÜND – Uuestisünd 
PAHAD PAEVAD – Head ja halvad
ALICE TISLER - TV Starr
PMV - Käed (ShitSounds Co)

PMV are from Parnu, which is known as the summer town best known for their beaches. This was recorded in 1988 and the song means "Hands".

PAHAD PAEVAD means "Bad Days" and is slang for the period. PAHAD PAEVAD were a band from Tartu active between 1986 and 1989. 

Using historical references, ALICE TISLER was another example of using irony to twist the Russian meaning behind these historical benchmarks. Alice Tisler was a fighter for the Tallinn Red Army. The band is from Kohtla Jarve which is in the North east-industrial area known for oil shale mining. 

The Singing Revolution was the first revolution to take place in the former Soviet Republics. The Singing Revolution was a spontaneous call for the hard line leaders in the ESSR to deliver the promise of "Perestroika". Heinz Valk said about the singing revolution that "most revolutions are known for their blood and violence. Ours is known for a song and a smile." The singing revolution lead the way for a number of succession movements throughout the former U.S.S.R. 

As is mentioned in the broadcast Estonians are known for their singing. The first ever Punk song festival took place in 2008 in a place called Rakvere. Here is a clip of everyone singing "Anarchy in the UK". 



So this is the next wave of punk from Estonia. PAHA VARK appeared on an Estonian compilation put out by a Swedish label  called Delrium Tremens and this appeared on “Delerium Tremens, Volume 25” compilation which was an all Estonia compilation released by a Swedish label in the mid 90’s. They were from Tallinn. 

PAHA VARK - Gorbatsovin Maffia (Delirium Tremens)
PSYCHOTERROR - Ära Maksa Maksu (Fucking Cunt)
Ü.R.O. - Militsionääri (Matta Fond)

"Militsionääri" is a made up word and U.R.O. is Estonian for the U.N.

In 1991 in Tallinn, Psychoterror start up but they wouldn’t release anything until 1995. PSYCHOTERROR are probably the face of punk today. The singer takes his name from Freddy Kreuger and is the subject of a new movie called "Enam Kui Elu / More Than Life". The song we heard translates to mean "Don't Pay Your Taxes". Here's the film:



WINNY PUHH referred to as the weirdest band in the world had a chance to represent Estonia in a Eurovision contest, but the country chickened out. They were a favourite among the local population and the country probably regrets it now so here is a song by them.

WINNY PUHH - Korsakov (Clockwork)

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
International Women's Day started out in 1909 as part of a garment workers strike and it was called National Woman's Day. The goals of equal pay, the vote, and equal opportunity may not have been completely met but the goals of the day continue to evolve with this year's theme "I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women's Rights". In honour of International Women's Day here are some punk bands that feature women in them. These are bands from the last few years. 

LUX – Manâna (La Vida es Un Mus) 
SOGA – Fiambre (Iron Lung) 
MALDITA – Abajo (Self-Released) 
BLIX - Computer World (No Just Cause) 
ESTORBO – El Corte (Self-Released) 
EAT MY FEAR - Sick Of (Emancypunx / Refuse) 
JOCK – Everyone, Everywhere (Walk a Mile) 

WORDPLAY – High (Self-Released)
DEATHSTICKS - (Something) I Don't Know (Self-Released)
BUG BITES - Fake Ally (Self-Released) 
BRANDY AND THE BUTCHER - Pretty Girls (River Monster) 
PHONE JERKS – U-Turn to Janes (Alien Snatch)
SOAKIE – Boys on Stage (La Vida Es Un Mus) 
CONTENDERS - The Heat (Self-Released)
RED MASS – Life is a Cabaret (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, August 11th, 2019

Tonight's show we start off with a set about a show calendar for Toronto featuring bands playing Toronto in the next little bit. This includes an interview with Muro that we did last October. This airs with a new unreleased song. The SUBHUMANS UK song is brand new as well. A few debut features. We also feature a new band from London, Ontario called JOCK in our demo feature. Download the show here.

VAASKA - Poder Absoluto (Beach Impediment)

KREIGSHOG – Temptation (La Vida Es Un Mus / HG Fact) – playing August 16th at the  Velvet Underground
THE ADICTS – Straight Jacket (Dining Out) – playing August 18th at Mod Club
SOCIAL DISTORTION – 1945 (13th Floor) – playing September 3rd at Echo Beach
SUBHUMANS UK – Thought is Free (Pirates Press) – playing September 5th at Lee's
RANCID - Where I'm Going (Epitaph) - playing September 17th at Lee's

MURO Interview

Jose and I interviewed MURO in the back alley of Faith/Void when they were in town last, which was October 28th, 2018. They are going to be back in town for the Our Latin Thing Punk fest on Saturday August 31st at the baby G. We are going to start off the interview with the song “El Futuro”.
MURO – El Futuro (Byllepest / Beach Impediment / Junko / Pissed Off / Chain)
MURO – Interview
MURO – La Verdad (Byllepest / Beach Impediment / Junko / Pissed Off / Chain)
MURO – Interview
MURO – No Hay Lugar (Unreleased)
FINAL - Que Hago Aqui (Discos MMM)
ATRASO – Acumula (Byllepest)
AMENAZAS - Parque Nacional (Byllepest)
COMMEMIERDAS - El negocio musical (Byllepest)
VICTIMAS – No Puedes Dejar el Punk (Self-Released) - playing August 31st at Baby G

WARCYCLE - Frenzied Media (Televised Suicide / Skull Crasher)
CIVIC - Selling Sucking Blackmail Bribes (Total Punk)
ASID - Riastrad (La Vida Es Un Mus)
PEEDOH - Calladita no estas mas guapa (Overdose)
GAME – Oczarowanie (Beach Impediment) – playing August 16th at Velvet Underground
BYSTANDER - Where Did We Go Wrong (Goodwill / Safe Inside)

RECKONING FORCE - Focus (Not for the Weak)
CONDOR – Condor (Beach Impediment)
PROTRUDERS – Tax 101 (Feel It)
CURLEY'S – Bragging (Total Punk)
KNOWSO - Like a Buzz (Total Punk)
TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET - Anti-Social Media (Fat Wreck)
RAMOMS – Boogie Not Snot (Pirates Press)

Tonight's demo feature is a band that Andre played a couple of weeks ago. They are from London, Ontario and you can find their demo on bandcamp. 

JOCK – Everyone Everywhere (Self-Released)
JOCK – Do Something (Self-Released)
JOCK – Games (Self-Released)
JOCK – Underfoot (Self-Released)
JOCK – Mind (Self-Released)

THE RE-VOLTS – Leeches
MILLENCOLIN - Trumpets and Poutine
STRATOCASTORS – Charles

Radio - Sunday, July 28th, 2019

Tonight's show starts out with a French street punk inspired set featuring bands from Old and New France. There is a a show report on the Pig Destroyer show. Lots of new releases. Digging into variations of emo. And a demo feature by Ottawa's Torpor. You can download the show here.

CHARM - U Don't Talk (Self-Released) 

DERNIER FUTUR - Que Faire? (General Strike / Cool Marriage / Tranzophobia / Loses and the Caves / Colilla / Anadalucia Uber Alles / Super Cocktail)
RIXE - Nuit Rasoir (La Vida Es Un Mus)
CHARGE 69 – Propaganda (Combat Rock)
HAPPY KOLO - Votez Pour Moi (Autonomy)
PROXY – Parasites (Discos MMM)
FORCE MAJEURE - Guerre Civile (LCS)

REGIONAL JUSTICE CENTER - Control (To Live a Lie)
SPINE - Grip (Bad Teeth)
PIG DESTROYER - Mt. Skull (Relapse)
TOMB MOLD - Planetary Clairvoyance (They Grow Inside II) (Self-Released)
SECT - Crocodile Prayers (Southern Lord)

GLIB - Pipebomb the house show (Self-Released) 
DECISIONS - Rich Punx on Coke (Self-Released) 
U.X.A. - No Time + U.X.A. (Posh Boy / Get Back)
BETTY MACHETE AND THE ANGRY COUGARS - Who Dies First (H-Bomb Records and Cylinders)
XENU AND THE THETANS - Morir de Amor (Slovenly / Muica Para Locos)
ABORTED TORTOISE - Do Not Resuscitate (Televised Suicide)

THE SCARE - Get Out (Life of Dreams)
SVFFER - Arrows (Per Koro / Vendetta)
NEGATIVE PRESS - Pastor's Son (Inimical)
AMYYGDALA - It May Be Those who do most, , dream the most
FRAIL - Inquisition (Make Your Own Noise)

GEN POP - Waxing State (Feel It)
ISS - Armchair Aryan (Richard Spencer's Gifts) (Sorry State)
KALEIDOSCOPE - Development Crisis (La Vida Es Un Mus)
MONGREL - Target In Sight (Self-Released)
DESLIZ – Idolo (Self-Released) 
SLUMP - Peace Freaks (Self-Released) 

OVERO - Constellations (Self-Released) 
COLD SHOWERS - I Don't Mind (Dais) 
INFEST - Cold inside (Deep Six / Draw Blanks)
DARK CIRCLES - The Coldest Year / Le Drapeau Noir (
JOCK - Do Something (Self-Released)

VICTIMAS - No Puedes Dejar el Punk (Self-Released)
DOTS - Spinal Tap (Dirt Cult)
GUFF - Guns at the Border (Self-Released)
QUE LASTIMA – Enfermo (Self-Released)
CEMENT SHOES - Satanic Soul Picnic 

Demo Feature
TORPOR from Ottawa have two recordings together. This is their first one that was released as a cassette and is called “Culture Sanglante”. This can be found on bandcamp.

TORPOR – Intro (Self-Released)
TORPOR – Le Neant (Self-Released)
TORPOR – Culture Sanglante (Self-Released)
TORPOR – Traitors (Self-Released)
TORPOR – Final Judgement (Self-Released)
TORPOR – Terre Mére (Self-Released)
TORPOR – Blissful Ignorance (Self-Released)

RATIONS NOISE - Screams of the Wounded and Dying