Radio : EXD 1247 - Sunday, April 16, 2023

On this episode of Equalizing-X-Distort – a feature interview with some of the authors of a new book on Anti Racist Action called We Go Where They Go. We speak with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay about ARA’s origin story. We focused on the Toronto chapter and how they took on various racist organization’s in the city which led to stories of shady autocrats and an attempt to turn a Caribbean island into a drug state to finance these racist countries a la Iran-Contra style. We talk about how resourceful ARA became as a grassroots organization. We talked about ARA’s legacy. All this in anticipation for their book launch on Thursday (April 20th). And there are a lot of anti-racist punk anthems mixed in with the interview. 

Download the show here.

MDC - Born to Die (R Radical)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

MARILYNS VITAMINS - Ernst Zundel, Voltaire and Me (Ugly Pop)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

7 SECONDS - Colourblind (Positive Force) 

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

BFG - Exploding Gluebags (Back Alley)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT) 

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Killing in the Name of (Epic)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

OI POLLOI - Hands Off Nicaragua (Campary)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

ARSENALS - Hypocrite (Moon Ska)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

AVAIL - Mid-Town West (Lookout)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES - Let's Face It  (Big Rig / Mercury)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

SCARE TACTIC - Our Voice. Pro Choice (CIUT)

Interview with Kristin Schwartz and Shannon Clay (CIUT)

M.I.N.D. - Fire (Self-Released)

University of Regina Press put together a spotify playlist of anti racist jams and so we are going to sample from that list to show you how great it is.  

ANTI FLAG - This Machine Kills Fascists (Fat Wreck)

PROPAGANDHI - The Only Good Fascist is a Very Dead Fascist (Fat Wreck)

DEAD KENNEDYS - Nazi Punks Fuck Off! (Subterranean)

LOS CRUDOS - Asesinos (Lengua Armada)

The book launch party for We Go Where They Go is on Thursday April 20th at Sneaky Dee's. You can get tickets through eventbrite. 

Radio - Sunday, September 20th, 2020

Tonight’s show includes covers of Zeppelin, Iggy Pop, the Beatles, and the Equators. We have a lot of bands from around the world including punk bands from China, Argentina, Malaysia, and Slovenia. We have lots of Canadian bands tonight which includes tonight’s demo from Halifax, a band called BPS which stands for Brain Pollution Syndrome. You can download the show here.

DOA - Communication Breakdown (Sudden Death)

But we are going to start things off with a tribute to Frederick Nathanial Hibbert, better known as Toots Hibbert, singer for Toots and the Maytals. “Toots” passed away last Saturday which is a week ago from air time but only a few days when we started producing this show. And tributes galore have been aired on radio shows for this soulful ball of energy of a singer that started out in the ska era and coined the next incarnation with his song “Do the Reggae”. Why are we eulogizing a reggae artist on a Punk show? Because Toots had an impact on the early punk artists like the Clash. I got to see Toots at the Concert Hall and it was insane as the 60 year old he jumped from start to finish in rude boy style. And he was still performing at the time of his sudden illness. I am going to start out with a song that everyone has been playing. This is Pressure Drop as covered by the Clash on “Black Market Clash”. 

THE CLASH - Pressure Drop (CBS)

ARRESTED DENIAL - Pressure Drop (Self-Released)

TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS - Louie Louie (Trojan)

THE SPECIALS - Monkey Man (2Tone)

RUDE PRIDE - Just Tell Me (Insurgence)

SNUFF - Rivers of Babylon (Fat Wreck)

HAIRCUT - Cake (11PM) 

REACHING OUT - Prototype (Self-Released) 

SOCIAL CRISIS - Granite (Bisonours / Missing the Point / Death Trap / Day One / Abnegat / ABACK / Ganamala / Stradoom / Up the Punx / D.I.Y. Koło / Underground Department / F.E.R.A.L / Going Postal)

ORTIKA - Ira (Bisonours / Missing the Point / Death Trap / Day One / Abnegat / ABACK / Ganamala / Stradoom / Up the Punx / D.I.Y. Koło / Underground Department / F.E.R.A.L / Going Postal)

SOBERANIA PERSONAL - Los Politicos - Benditos Sean Muñecos Que Pegan. (Educación Cínica)

PANSY DIVISION - Loose (Royalty)

VISIONS OF CHANGE - Day Tripper (Boss Tuneage)

ITCHYSELF - B What You B (Self-Released)

THE SLUGS - I Feel Sick (Related)

B-SIDES - Underground Radio Stars (Friends)

SKROT - Slaughter (Not Enough)  

DEAD LUCK - Incendia Tu Visu (Doomsday)

BLIND IDOL - Town And City (New Morality Zine)

HUMANOID - We All Are Immigrants (Self-Released) 

Documentary for The Silent Riot by Nadira Ilana

 

POROK - Mozda (BS)

UNITED X BOMBS - Westworld Crisis (Demons Runamok)

THE USURPERS - Defector (Self-Released)

OXYMORONS - Armageddon Now (Knock Out)

THE BOXHEADS - Personality Changes

SURGERY WITHOUT RESEARCH - Poverty Trap (Self-Released)

BORN SHIT STIRRERS - Bored of Education (Serial Bowl)

THE FITS - Bored of Education (Stage Fright / 1977 / Ugly Pop)

BORED OF EDUCATION - Name of Love (Self-Released)

CAREER SUICIDE - Doom Ryder (Self-Released)

SCARE TACTIC - Broken (CIUT)

MURDER THE DISTURBED - D.N.A. (Small Wonder)

THE GIRLS - Decoy (Dirtnap)

STEALERS - Piece of the Action (Rebellion / Stolen Stereo)

DAIEI SPRAY - Distorted from Tokyo (Serial Bowl) 

SCREAM - Cry Wolf (Dischord) 

HELL CITY - Chaos PRC (Dying Legion)

THE PERSECUTED - Brussels Bombs (Rabbit Rabbit)

LOS FASTIDIOS - S.H.A.R.P. (KOB / Mad Butcher / Rock 'n' Roller)

GUZVA U BAJT - Sedemnajst (Self-Released)

DONKEY JAW - Break Back Make Humble (Self-Released)

BETRAYED - Caught in the Crossfire (Twisted Red Cross / UARM)

THE RIOT PEDDLERS - Bollywood Songs (Self-Released)

REJECTED SCUMS - Punx Attack (Self-Released)

STEPMOTHERS - Push Comes to Shove (Posh Boy / Re-Force)

Demo Feature 

Tonight's demo feature is a band from Halifax called B.P.S. which stands for Brain Pollution Standard. We are featuring their most recent demo titled "Mentally Chained".   This came out on Pig Master Tapes. You can find this on bandcamp.

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Government Art (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Unfortunate (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Distorted Views (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - False Solutions (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - No Conscience (Pig Master Tapes)

BRAIN POLLUTION SYNDROME - Mentally Chained (Pig Master Tapes)

Radio - Sunday, August 24th, 2014

Tonight's broadcast featured lots of music. Here is the playlist. You can download the show here or listen on the player above. 

TRAGEDY - The Grim Infinite (Feral Ward)

PLATIUNM BLONDE - No Regrets (Other Folks Punk Rock)
EBBA GRON - Turist I Tillvaron (Mistlur)
KILLING JOKE - Complications (E.G.)
EX-PISTOLS - Schools are Prisons (S.T.P.)
PAGANS - Dead End America (Drome)

P.F. COMMANDO - Get Fucked (Ugly Pop)
THE WIPERS - Nome Noma (Meanbeam)
GANG OF FOUR - Damaged Goods (EMI)
PIGZ - Bloody Belgium (Ugly Pop)
STIV BATORS - A million miles awa (Bomp)

BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Why The Beard (P. Trash)
TV FREAKS - Think (Schizophrenic)
NAUGHTY GIRLS - Cheap Leather (Self-Released)
TEENANGER - SLW (Telephone Explosion)
BLUE DEMON - TV Eye (CIUT)

VICTIM PARTY - An evening with Colin (Self-Released)
MURACLE WORKERS - Already Gone (Bomp)
PANDORAS - Melvyn (Voxx)
DMZ - You're gonna miss me (Voxx)
CIRCLE JERKS - Wasted (Frontier)

LOS MONJO - Mexicanos al grito de mierda (Solo Para Punks)
DANGEROUS RHYTHM - The Bar (Self-Released)
PUTAS MIERDA - Autodestrcion (Todo Destruccio)
La URSS - Sangre Joven (Bowery)
LOS CARRENEROS - Unidad Lucha Y Equidad (Punk Salvaje)

IDLE MINDS - Bleed (Self-Released)
RUNNING FOR COVER - Shit (Painkiller)
S.H.I.T. - Generation Shit (Lengua Armada)
SORE THROAT - Born Again Christian (Acid Rain)
SPAZZTIC BLURR - ABC's (Self-Released)
ADRENALIN O.D. - Scare Tactics (Grand Theft Audio)
SCARE TACTIC - Step Right up (Solomon Method)

DEAD MECHANICAL - Watchpost (Toxic Pop)
MISSELIJK - To All My Friends (Broel Utt)
THE CAPITALIST KIDS - What have you got to hide (Toxic Pop)
HOSTAGE LIFE - This song was written by committee (Underground Operations)
BLAKE - No Vote (Blue Skies Turn Black)
FUGAZI - Sieve Fisted Find (Dischord)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Bloody Sunday (Rough Trade)

Tonight's demo feature is a new Toronto group called Hangin' Tuff. You can download this demo at bandcamp. 

HANGIN' TUFF - Hit the Ice (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Rage Cage (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Pony Ride (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Club Rat (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Crystal Ball (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Ghost Moms (Self-Released)
HANGIN' TUFF - Hit the Ice (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, September 17, 2006

SUDDEN IMPACT - Gonzo (Marquee)

BOB BURNS AND THE BREAKUPS - Hydrostatic Heart (Plastic Idol)
DEAN DIRG - Never Adds Up (Hate)
MARGARET THRASHER - Anti-Reverence Anthem (Clarence Thomas)
LOS INVASORES - Te Estoy Penetrando (Lengua Armada)
RUM RUNNERS - Discourse on the Canadian Interpretation of the Irish Pub (Stumble)
THE MAHONES - Whiskey in the Jar (Stumble)
THE OUTBRED INLAWS - Sweet Country Girls (Self-Released)

SCARE TACTIC - Gun Control (Schizophrenic)
THEY LIVE - Scapegoat in a Trenchcoat (Ugly Pop)
PINKEYE - In Praise of School Shooters (Slasher)
DIRECT CONTROL - Fake (No Way)
GOVERNMENT WARNING - No Moderation (Feral Ward)
CAREER SUICIDE - Recipe for Disaster (Deranged)

THE GRUDGES - Be Alive (Delta Pop)
MUKEKA DI RATO - Moldar (Schandmaul)
VOLENDAM DISEASE - Abolition (Kangaroo)
RIGHT ON - Reality Vacation (Malfunction)
SHEGLANK'D SHOULDERS - Flatspot Hell (Hit the Deck)
SUDDEN IMPACT - Drunk Driving (Marquee)

DEAD KENNEDYS - We've got a Bigger Problem Now (Alternative Tentacles)
DISCOCKS - Disgusting Snob (MCR Company)
HAT TRICKERS - The terror (The Conscription) (MCR Company)
BLITZ - New Age (Captain Oi!)
CHELSEA - Don't Get Me Wrong (Captain Oi!)
THE BRIGGS - Wasting Time (Side One Dummy)
THE BRISTLES - We're Not in It to Lose (Rodent Popsicle)

SUDDEN IMPACT - No Rest for the Wicked (Diabolic Force)
SUBHUMANS - Firing Squad (CD Presents)
REAL KIDS - Make It Go Away (TKO)
KIDNAPPERS - Talk To You (Rip Off)
MARKED MEN - It's Not a Crime (Swami)

ASSERT - Cultural Trespass (Hideous Eye)
GREX - Zase Stojis (Self-Released)
CRIPPLE BASTARDS - Bonds of Enmity (Crimes Against Humanity)
RABIES - Pribeh Maleho Kovboje (Self-Released)
F.P.O. - Hatred is the Product of Your Fear (Schandmaul)
ECO TERROR - Are You Really That…. (Self-Released)
LEBENDEN TOTEN - Ugly Money (Feral Ward)

DOA - Fucked Up Ronnie (Sudden Death)
4-SKINS - Evil (Captain Oi!)
ONE WAY SYSTEM - Spokesmen for the Teenagers (Captain Oi!)
ACTION PACT - Sixties Flix (Captain Oi!)

Demo Feature
JUDGE DREAD - Isolation Sickness (Self-Released)
JUDGE DREAD - Ever Feel ? (Self-Released)
JUDGE DREAD - Death Rattle, Part 1 (Self-Released)
JUDGE DREAD - Race Traitor (Self-Released)
JUDGE DREAD - Judge Dread (Self-Released)
JUDGE DREAD - Death Rattle, Part 2 (Self-Released)
JUDGE DREAD - Insincere (Self-Released)
JUDGE DREAD - Intro/Logickill (Self-Released)

Various Artists "Toronto City Omnibus" LP

CLASS ASSASSINS - Uprise

HAYMAKER - Let God Sort them Out

HAYMAKER - Could You Be So Stupid

HAYMAKER - They Breed so Fast

HAYMAKER - Misery For a Living

HAYMAKER - Commodity 182

HAYMAKER - Reagan Youth

LEGION 666 - Free Speech

LEGION 666 - Perils of Freedom

LEGION 666 - Dear Cops

SCARE TACTIC - Bullets For Breakfast

SCARE TACTIC - Gun Control

SCARE TACTIC - Sick of Fun

MURDERSQUAD T.O. - Newly Dead

MURDERSQUAD T.O. - How Can there Be Christmas If There is No Peace

CAREER SUICIDE - Dicta Flag

CAREER SUICIDE - Shut Up

CAREER SUICIDE - Metal Threat

CAREER SUICIDE - Doom Ryder

CAREER SUICIDE - Spleengenerate

CAREER SUICIDE - That Other Song

CAREER SUICIDE - Todd Killings

CAREER SUICIDE - Left Over Bonus Crap

THE BLUE DEMONS - Atomos Cajones

THE BLUE DEMONS - Hot and Heavy

RIOT99 - Decade on the Dole

RIOT99 - Destroy the City

FUCKED UP - Generation / Last Man Standing

Flyer - Friday July 5, 2002

Scare Tactic in MRR

Scare Tactic were a new hardcore band to the city at the time. The band featured Jesse and Jonah who would go on to play in Career Suicide initially and then a bunch of other bands. I did an interview with them on Sunday November 4, 2001 at CIUT and MRR published the transcript. Copies of this issue are still available at http://maximumrocknroll.com/back-issues/.

Sunday, November 3, 2001

SCARE TACTIC - Intro (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - This City Smells Like Garbage (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - P.S. I Love You (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - I Never (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - Step Right Up (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - Broken (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - Shut It Off (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - First to Fall (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - Scare Tactic Take a Vacation (CIUT)
SCARE TACTIC - Sick of Fun (CIUT)

SCARE TACTIC - Whatever's Left (CIUT)

SCARE TACTIC - Pretty Occupied (CIUT)

SCARE TACTIC - My Dad Met Black Sabbath And Didn't Know Who They Were (CIUT)

SCARE TACTIC - Our Voice, Pro Choice (CIUT)

SCARE TACTIC - Jimmy Swaggart Stuck His Pee Pee In My Poo Poo (CIUT)

SCARE TACTIC - Killed My Grandparents (CIUT)

Zine - EXD, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2

This was the second issue and came out in November 2001. This issue featured an interview with Scare Tactic who were a band with a short life span. They totally had an early New York sound and featured Jesse who would go on to be one of Career Suicide's drummers and Jonah who would be Career Suicide's guitarist and Fucked Up's drummer. Scare Tactic was the genesis of it all. Theren was also a feature on the Saucy 70's film fest which was a one of film fest put together by Conflict Archives and was paying homage to some of the B movies of the 70's with a sex theme.

As One "No Less an Authority" CD

As One was a four piece from the west end of downtown Toronto. The band featured Jesse Parker on vocals, his younger brother Robert who played bass, and James Morten who played drums. The band was originally called BSE. BSE were originally a pop punk type of band. Jonah joined after they played a set at their high school which consisted of punk covers. They started listening to bands like Warzone, Strife, and Hatebreed and changed their name to As One.

The band started in late 1998 and the CD came out around then. The CD was titled “No Less an Authority” and the songs on the CD were:


1. Tolerance not indulgence
2. It’s Time
3. Caught in the crosshairs
4. United worldwide (Warzone)


As One were 3/4s straight edge but they didn’t promote that.

As One recorded a second time in the Winter of 1999 which initially was put out as a demo titled “So What if I’m a Fucking demo”. This demo was put out as the Scare Tactic 7” that came out on Solomon Method Records. So the band changed their name once again.