Radio : EXD 1392 - Sunday June 14, 2026

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This is episode 1392 of EXD and was put together by Andre Zadorozny, Bee Traverse, Christian Overall, Rob Ferraz, and Stephen Perry. On this episode :

• New releases by Search Warrant, Problem, Genetic Angry, Hogtied, Desperta, Cherry Cheeks, Fixations, System Shock, Luckless 
• Classics by the Adicts, Instigators, One Way System, Heartbreakers, Samhain, The Stranglers, Ramones 
• A slovenly records feature of new releases by J.C. Thomaz and the Missing Slipper, Gentlesky, Twenty One Children (Soweto) 
• An interview with Andrew Crosbie from Ready Records about the label’s origin story and the Demics
• Demo feature by a 2 piece out of Prince Rupert named Gas-tro-pod. 

NO NO NO - Can’t Live In The Past (KiliKiliVilla) 

Mixed Bag (Andre) 
INFERNAL DIATRIBE - A Yearning Serenade (Self-Released) 
SEARCH WARRANT - J.O.T.G (War Records)  
PROBLEM - Dance With My Boots On (1753) 
FIRST ATTACK - On The Other Side (Self-Released) 
NO ESCAPE - Bed Of Nails (Revelation Records) 
WORLD PEACE - Land Of Plenty/Lesser Miracles (Self-Released) 

New releases (Bee)
GENETIC ANGRY - Not Yet (self released) 
SHAVED APE - Worm Food (Sorry State) 
HOGTIED - Loose Talk (Broken Skull)
ACID CASUALTIES - Programmed to Kill (Hardcore Headache)
DEAF DUMB & BLIND - Born to Kill (Hardcore Headache)

New Releases (Chris)
DESPERTÁ - Decí La Verdad (Self-released)  
CHERRY CHEEKS - Reapers (Total Punk) 
FIXATIONS - Frankenstein’s Girlfriend (Noise Merchant) 
SOLÄ - No Pidas Nada (Noise Merchant)  
OMTZIGT KOMMANDO - Ministerraad (11PM) 

Slovenly Records feature (Rob)
J.C.THOMAZ AND THE MISSING SLIPPERS - Unchained Insanity (Slovenly) 
GENTLESKY - One Way Out (Slovenly)
TWENTY ONE CHILDREN - 5.99 (Slovenly)
HEARTBREAKERS - I wanna be loved (Track Record)
SAMHAIN - Black Dream (Plan 9)

Show Listings segment (Stephen) 

Mixed Bag mostly new mostly Canadian (Stephen)
SYSTEM SHOCK - Hardcore Mania (Self-Released) 
CONSTRICTOR - Burn Out (Self-Released)
PURA MANIA - Teatro Grotesco (Roachleg / Discos Peligrosos . CVRecs) 
PUSSY RIOT - Disobey 
LUCKLESS - Red Alert (Self-Released) 
ZERO BARS - Prove It (And / Ugly Pop) 

Ready Records feature (Stephen) 
THE DEMICS - New York City (Ready)
Interview with Andy (CIUT)
THE STRANGLERS - Burning Up Time (United Artists)
Interview with Andy (CIUT)
RAMONES - Blitzkrieg Bop (Sire)
Interview with Andy (CIUT)
REGULATORS - What’s in the City (Ready)
Interview with Andy (CIUT)
BATTERED WIVES - Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll (Ready)

Ready Records is now Sparks Music.

UK Classics (Chris)
THE ADICTS - Easy Way Out (Razor)
DEADMANS SHADOW - Another Hiroshima (Rondelet Music)
THE XPOZEZ - Skitzofrenia (Retaliation)
INSTIGATORS - Ignorance Is Bliss (Bluurg Tapes)
ONE WAY SYSTEM - No Return (Anagram)

Demo Feature (Stephen)
GAS-TRO-POD are a 2 piece out of Prince Rupert. This 4 song cassette was released earlier this year. 

GAS-TRO-POD - Nepo Baby Grab Bag (Slow Death)
GAS-TRO-POD - Rich College Kids (Slow Death)
GAS-TRO-POD - Snail Trail (Slow Death)
GAS-TRO-POD - Microscope Blues (Slow Death)

Ska outro
TERRORISTS - Fade Away (Roir) 
THE OFFS - Everyone’s a Bigot (Self-released)

Radio - Sunday, July 25th, 2021

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FUGAZI - In Defense of Humans (Dischord)

We are producing the show on Wednesday night. Today was the most recent attack on homeless communities by the city. The Alexandra Park community was criminalized today. Trinity-Bellwoods three weeks ago. Moss Park two weeks ago. Lamport stadium yesterday. Alexandra Park today. Criminalizing a vulnerable population seems cruel. 

We have a lot of interesting things on the show tonight including an early PERSONALITY CRISIS demo in our demo feature. But first we are going to start out with some tributes to recently departed members of the scene starting out with Jimmy Weatherstone who drummed for the DEMICS. 

THE DEMICS - You Tell Me (Ready) 

EXISTERS - Telex Love (Self-Released)

George Higton passed away recently. This was off a CD released in 2010 called “Depreciation” which featured newly recorded versions of songs written between 1978 and 1980. Here's a link to the interview with the band. George also was a big part of Shades Magazine which was one of the important first zines covering punk in Toronto. I have seen five issues and they covered a lot. 

THE GIRLS - Dope Disguised As Nuns (Dirtnap)

THE EVAPORATORS - I Feel Like A Fat Frustrated Fuck (Alternative Tentacles / Mint / Nardwuar)

G.L.O.S.S. - We Live (Self-Released)

MINOR THREAT - 12XU (Dischord) 

KANSAN UUTISET - Koti Uskonto Ja Isänmaa (Propaganda)

KOHU-63 - Synti (Poko)

THIRD WORLD CHAOS - You (Tower) 

THE DOLLYROTS - Punk Rock Girls (Arrested Youth)

THE DISHRAGS - Past is Past (Modern)

CIKATRIS - Je Suis C (Sax)

CHAIN GANG - Gary Gilmore and The Island of Dr. Moreau (Kapitalist)

LESTER BANGS - Let It Blurt (Spy)

KING SIZED BRACES - Stand As One (Squigtone / Working Class)

BAKERS DOZEN - What Lies Ahead (Blind Beggar)

WASTED - Family Life (Combat Rock / Trujaca Fala)

THE BRIEFS - Bad Vibrations (Burger / Damaged Goods)

BLUNDERMEN - 309 and Beyond (Self-Released)
CRIMINAL DAMAGE - The Power of Fools (Feral Ward)

CALL THE POLICE - War Power (Feral Ward)

TRAUMA - Fall in Line (Feral Ward)

THE DIRTIEST - Serial Killer (Slovenly) 

BOMBSHELL ROCKS - Radio Control (Stereodrive!)

SUBHUMANS - Death to the Sickoids (Self-Released)

DISORDER - Air Raid (Ace)

DOGGY STYLE - Be Strong (Mystic)

UNWARRANTED TRUST - Honour's Calling (R Radical)

DAISY CHAIN - No More People (Attack / Back to the Boots)
SPAZMZ - Spazmz (F.C.S.)
THE LOWLIFES - Lowlifes (Self-Released)

PLASMATICS - Test Tube Babies (Stiff)

PYHAKOULU - Harha (Self-Released)

ULTRA SECT - Violent Acquisition (Contra)

CLUB 27 - 10.000 Channels (Oto)

THE STUPID STUPID HENCHMEN - DTI (No Time)

THOSE NAUGHTY LUMPS - Iggy Pop's Jacket (Zoo)

DEATHSKULLS - Bully Boy (Never Healed / Rejected / Then and Now)

WACKO - Cruelty. Manipulation. Meaninglessness. (No Time / Destruktomuzik)

SLANT - Modern Addictions (Iron Lung) 

RANDOM KILLING - Guns (Eh C.A.B.) 

RV-4 - Nasrat 

Demo Feature 

Tonight’s demo feature is by a band named PERSONALITY CRISIS. Originally from Winnipeg they would move around and make different places their home (Edmonton, Los Angeles, Vancouver). They formed in 1979 and disbanded by 1984. In 2017 a label named Sounds Escaping would release the band’s recorded material which included this second demo recorded in 1981. 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Losing Time (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Empty Sky (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Waiting (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Wonder What They’re Thinking (Sounds Escaping) 

PERSONALITY CRISIS - Shotgun (Sounds Escaping)

Radio - Sunday, May 9th, 2021

Tonight's broadcast starts out with a celebration of the beginning of May (May the Forth / May Day). The show also includes the i) original west coast east coast throw down, ii) punk rock back masking, iii) a head start on next week's cover show, and iv) another Covid 19 themed band in our demo feature. Download the show here.

HUSKER DU - I Don't Know What You're Talking About (SST)

May Day / May the forth
HOLOCRON - Cop Comes Knockin’ (Winter)
BOLDLY GO! - Nightmare (Twist of Khan) (Self-Released)
THE PROWLERS - Fury of Glory (Insurgence / Aggrobeat / Longshot)
SKIDS - Of One Skin (Virgin)

THE BORDERGUARDS - One Way Street (Self-Released)
ANGELIC UPSTARTS - Two Million Voices (Captain Oi! / EMI / Dojo)

GHOULIES - Petey Jones' Locker (Goodbye Boozy)
MAINFRAME - RIP (Goodbye Boozy / Blowblood)
HERZEGOVINA - Ego Arcade (Mandinga / Wave)
PARASYTES - Out on the Street (Self-Released)
SLUMLORD - Turn Myself to Stone (Self-Released)

DEMICS! - Talk's Cheap (Other People’s Music)
THE HATES - No Talk in the Eighties (Faceless)
ENCHANTERS - Torture Chamber (Transistor 66)
DEAD BLOW HAMMER - Caught Me a Virus (Catarina / Patient Zero)
ANTI-STATE CONTROL - Nuclear Aftermath (Self-Released)

SUZI MOON - Nuthin’ To Me (Pirates Press)
THE MANDATES - Katie Katie Katie (Hosehead / Shake! / Taken by Surprise / Teenage Rampage)
ASEXUALS - Where Were You (Psyche Industries)
DINOSAUR JR. - The Lung (SST)
RAMONES - I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement (Sire)

NEGATIVE GAIN - Rust (Self-Released)
JESTERS OF CHAOS - Violent States of America (Horton / Reflex)
CAPABLE - Bleu, vert, jaune, orange (Hell for Breakfast)
POK GAI - Pogo City (Self-Released)
BUG CENTRAL - The Champagne Socialist meets the Barcode Anarchist (Stop Thief!)

FEAR - New York's All Right If You Like Saxophones (Unreleased)
ARTLESS - New York's Allright (Starving Missile)
DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Black Sabbath (God / Sharp / Unrest)
WHITE FLAG - Black Sabbath (Jungle Hop)
HUSKER DU - The Tooth Fairy and the Princess (SST)

REBELS RULE - Good Girls Don't
USELESS ID - State is Burning (Fat Wreck)
SHIP THIEVES - Race to Oblivion (Chunksaah)
THE FRANKS - Saigon'75 (Disco Nightmare / Pretty Shitty Town)
VIAGARA BOYS - Secret Canine Agent (Year0001)

Tonight’s demo feature is a band called COVID SS, a project band that Jose played and features a guitarist from Mexico, a drummer from Chile, and a singer from Mexico. So a pan Latin American project that you can find on bandcamp.

COVID SS - Maldicion (Self-Released)
COVID SS - Mundo Corrosivo (Self-Released)
COVID SS - Masacre Sutil (Self-Released)
COVID SS - Eutanasia (Self-Released)

REAKSI - Tidak Menyerah (La Vida Es Un Mus)
RAT CAGE - Emotional Blackmail (La Vida Es Un Mus)
MURDER MAIDS - Child Protective Services (Fucking North Pole)

Flyer - Sunday, February 5th, 2017

Radio - Sunday, October 2nd, 2016

Listen to the show on the player above or download the MP3 here. 

GAUNT – Spine (Datapanik)

DISASTERBATORS – Searchin' (Shake!)
THE FALL-OUTS – About You (Super Electro Sound)
THE CARBONAS – Journey to the End (Goner)
THE RIP OFFS – Hooked on Phonics (Pure Filth)
MIRACLE WORKERS – Already Gone (Voxx)

DEMICS – I Wanna Know (Ready)
GRAVEDIGGERS V – Spooky (Voxx)
GANG OF FOUR – I Found that Essence Rare (EMI)
PERE UBU – Final Solution (Hearthan)

Zoom were super important for the Toronto punk scene. Self-Releasing one of the first punk singles in Toronto called “Sweet Desperation” and opening the doors for punk bands to play the Colonial Underground which is where the first wave of punk bands cut their teeth, Zoom paved the way. Forty years later an LP of unreleased material has just been released by Ugly Pop and Chris Haight and John Hamilton have reformed the band to play a record release show. They came in yesterday to tell us about Zoom, their gigs, their songs, their recordings and stories from around that time.

ZOOM – Sweet Desperation (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Massacre at Central High (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Hollywood Babylon (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Where Have All the Good Times Gone (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Nowheresville (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
BB GABOR – Nyet Nyet Soviet (Anthem)
ZOOM – Young and Alive (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – Schoolgirl Hitchhker (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – My Baby’s Got No Brains (Ugly Pop)
ZOOM – Interview (CIUT)
ZOOM – I Hate You (Ugly Pop)

Radio – Sunday, September 4, 2016

We started off tonight's show with the Nip Drivers cover of the Duran Duran song "Rio" because the Brazilian senate impeached the Prime Minister of Brazil, Dilma Rouseff, at a time when the Para Olympics is about to start. You can hear the show on the player above or download an MP3 file here.

NIP DRIVERS - Rio (Enigma / Bamisbrain)

DROP OUT - Drop Out
REPERCUSSIONS - Comforts of Home (540)
LOW CHARGE - Cold War (Mandible)
SLOW DEATH - Cop Out
UNREAL THOUGHTS - The Look, The Talk (Self-released)
THE SCALLY CAP BRATS - You Never Know (

TOE TAG - El Clipo (Conundrum Media)
CRYSTAL MESS - Armchair Revolution (Self-Released)
RZL DZL - Tell Me I Won't (Lockin’ Out)
WATCHDOG - Watchdog (Self-Released)
WORSHIT - Vain Youth (Self-Released) (Moscow)
ESPERMANZ - You Know (Guatemala)

FLQ Studio 3 session
FLQ recorded a session on Tuesday June 28th. The band features Luke who sang in SCHOOL JERKS and Erik from HASSLER and formerly of the REPROBATES. Jeff plays bass and Brice plays drums. They originally started out as a VILETONES cover band taking the FLQ reference from the song “Rebel”. Eventually as the band evolved they also evolved into writing their own songs. We have bothered them for years about doing a session so to finally see this come together felt awesome. Check out the photo album on our Facebook page. We start out by talking about their song “Perverse”.

FLQ - Perverse (CIUT)
FLQ - Interview (CIUT)
FLQ - Untitled (CIUT)
FLQ - Interview (CIUT)
FLQ - Bleed Out (CIUT)
FLQ - Interview (CIUT)
FLQ - Rat (CIUT)
FLQ - Interview (CIUT)
FLQ - Conditions (CIUT)
FLQ - Interview (CIUT)
FLQ - Turn It (CIUT)
HYGIENE - National Front Tea Party (La Vida Es Un Mus)
THE DEMICS - Talk’s Cheap (Ready)
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS - I’m Gonna Move To New York (Lumpy)
ASILE - Nulle Part (Chaos Rurale)
AK-47 - The Badge Means You Suck (Pineapple) (Austin, 1980)
ANTI-STATE CONTROL – M.U.S.E. (ASC)

Demo Feature is form Winnipeg. They are a band called Indignari. You can find the demo at bandcamp

INDIGNARI - Hollow Man (Self-Released)
INDIGNARI - High Horse (Self-Released)
INDIGNARI - Fall and Chain (Self-Released)
INDIGNARI - Money Taste (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, July 19, 2015

Listen to tonight's show on the player above or download the file here.

BRUTAL KNIGHTS – Communication Breakdown (Perpetrator)
BURNING LOVE – Pig City 1 (Southern Lord)
CAREER SUICIDE – Cherry Beach (Sewercide)
GENTLEMEN OF HORROR – God Knows You By Name (Bacchus Archives)
DOA – Communication Breakdown (Sudden Death)

DEMICS – New York City (Ready)
COLD WARPS – Dip Tipper (Bruised Tongue)
THE FITS – Bored of Education (No Exit)
FERAL TRASH – P.A.R.A.N.O.I.D. (P Trash / Mammoth Cave)
KING KHAN AND BBQ – Invisible Girl (In the Red)

EMERGENCY - Media Control (Longshot)
THE PAGANS OF NORTHUMBERLAND – 20 Years (Self-Released)
BISHOPS GREEN - Vacant State(Rebellion / Longshot)
GENERATION HEXED - Tongue In Cheek (Self-Released)
STRANGLED - Cost of Living (Self-Released)
THE FRAGS – Social War (Self-Released)
GAZM - Face Down (Self-Released)


Here is the Triage studio 3 sssion from a few weeks ago.

TRIAGE – White Eyes (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Interview (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Retaliatory Strike (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Interview (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Triage Theme (Self-Released)
TRIAGE – Interview (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Society’s Victim (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Interview (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Everyday in Hell (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Interview (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Power Beat (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Interview (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Dystopic Scene (CIUT)
TRIAGE – Interview (CIUT)

Radio - Sunday, October 20th, 2013

Tonight's show featured Colin Brunton and Kire Paputts who are about to theatrically release their new film "The Last Pogo Jumps Again". The new film fills in the back story to the original film, The Last Pogo and tells in a more a comprehensive manner some of the stories stories of the early Toronto punk scene. Treat Me Like Dirt should be required reading before seeing this film, but you will still get a lot out of the film. The film will be screening at Toronto's oldest cinema, the Big Picture (1035 Gerard Street), on Friday November 1st for a week. Colin and Kire re-live the experience of putting the film together and tell us some of the stories behind this labour of love. Upon seeing the film in the theatre my reaction was this is a complete telling of the Toronto punk scene, this is an accurate telling as it captures some of the hard stories to tell and damn is there a lot of great music from this city. You should see it and you can hear the interview above or download an MP3 file here.

DEMICS - New York City (Ready)

Interview with Colin Brunton and Kire Paputts (CIUT)

FORGOTTEN REBELS - In Love with the System (Star)

Interview with Colin Brunton and Kire Paputts (CIUT)

THE DIODES - China Doll (CBS)

Interview with Colin Brunton and Kire Paputts (CIUT)

TEENAGE HEAD - Tearin' me Apart (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, July 28th, 2013

The show starts out with a great new band from Brazil called Massive Divine. We played new Snuff, Hard Skin, Restarts and a amess of classics. Crazy Steve was in to tell us about the cross Canada tour for BFG that leaves Tuesday and will see the Dayglos as the backing line. It is truly coast to coast. You can listen to the show above or download it. Here is what was played....

MASSIVE DIVINE - I don't believe in their lies (Nuclear Fear / Blindead Productions)

DESCENDENTS - Mass Nerder (Fat Wrechords)
SNUFF - Rat Run (Fat Wrechords)
HARD SKIN - Council Estates (JT Classics)
PROXY - Wasted Days (Imminent Destruction/Inflammable Material)
RESTARTS - Bullycide (No Label)

BFG - Total Breakdown (Back Alley)
DEATH - Keep on Knockin' (Drag City)
MUMMIES - You must fight to live on the planet of the Apes (Sympathy for the record industry)
THEE MIGHTY CEASARS - She's Fine She's Mine (Get Hip)
DEMICS - New York City (Ready)
VAPIDS - Ain't got no sense (Double Hell)

WHITE FLAG - Middle Class Hell (Gastanka)
NORMALS - Almost Ready (Redrum)
SPITS - Black Kar (Slovenly)
RAYDIOS - I call you back (Dirtnap)
REGISTRATORS - Normal (Rip Off)

ERIC'S TRIP - It happens all the time (Sub Pop)
NOT FUNNY ANYMORE - College Park (Ow)
FALLOUT - The Tin Canners (Menace)
CLOSET MONSTER - Smells like revolutionary Spirit
RIPTIDES - Reefer Madness (Goblin)

BRADY'S PROBLEM - Miss Hell (Crusty Ass / Absolute Underground)
THE ROTTEN - Human Disaster (Rebel Time)
SAINTE CATHERINES - You smell loike greed dirty bastards (Eyeball)
SISSY HAVOC - Spectator Sport (Self-Released)
WEST PORT MURDERS - Time Wasted (Harvest King)

PROPAGANDHI - Haillie Sallasse, up your ass (Fat Wreck)
OYE! - Chan Chan (Harvest King)
63 MONROE - Hijack Victim (Rave On)
EJECTOR SEAT - The Weathergirl (Collision Course)
JIMMY VAPID - Haunted Man / Early Grave (Surfin' Ki)

Radio - Sunday, January 13th, 2013

Down in Baltimore next weekend there is a a389 Records Anniversary bash that LEFT FOR DEAD are playing. There is all this talk of a warm up show taking place somewhere in the city on Wednesday or Thursday so keep your ear to the ground. So we started out the show with a set that showcases bands at that fest. There is also a tribute to the film on the Boston scene called "All Ages". And the demo feature is a new local band called Valley Boys. Click the player above or download the MP3 file here.

LEFT FOR DEAD - Who d'you know? (No Idea)

a389 fest
INTEGRITY - No One (Victory)
VILIPEND - The last stand of the Hopeless Romantic (a389)
GEHENNA - Swarm (a389)
WEEKEND NACHOS - The fine art of bullshit (Deep Six)
SICK FIX - The Toll (a389)
DESPISE YOU - Tired of Trying (Theologian)
LACK OF INTEREST - What's Wrong (Slap-a-Ham)
PICK YOUR SIDE - This is not a Test (Regurgitated Semen)

THE FIX - Cos the Elite (Touch and Go)
EXECUTE - Japanese song title
ROCK 'N ROLL BITCHES - Broad Daylight (Ugly Pop)
TEENAGE HEAD -Little Boxes (IGM)
DEMICS - I wanna know (ready)
TESTORS -Time is mie (Windi-an)

BLOTTER - All dogs go to war (Self-Released)
BLOODKROW BUTCHER - Anti-You (Self-Released)
SELF ABUSE - Senseless Violence (Self-Released)
DIRTY WORK - Dirty Air (Self-Released)
PISSHEADS - Kill Hippie System (Self-Released)
SWINGBACK - On my way out (Self-Released)

CONDITION - Smouldering Wreckage (Man Decisive)
EFFLUXS - Final Injustice (Rust and Machine)
VITAMIN X - Burn em down (Havoc)
ASILE - Choisie demourir (Rust and Machine)

ESKOBURTO - Maldito Pais (Munster)
UGLY PARTS - Waste (MMR)
SCHOOL JERKS - Outcast (Grave Mistake / Bad Vibrations)
NERVOSAS - Incinerator (Meth Mouth)
DEAD KENNEDYS - Triumph of the Swill (Alternative Tentacles)

FLUX OF PINK INDIANS - Background Noise (CRASS)
PAGANS - Don't leave me alone (Crypyt)
MINUTEMEN - Sell or be sold (SST)
GORILLA ANGREB - DeKommer ud om natten (Kick 'n Punch)
DICKS - Young Boys Feet (Alternative tentacles)
REAGAN YOUTH - New Aryans (New Red Archives)
GASRAG - Chernobyl (Self-Released)

KONTRA ATTAQUE - Respeto (Self-Released)
GUILTY BYSTANDERS - Hardcore Alphabet / It's Okay with my mom (Self-Released)
TRAGETELO - Tragelelo (Lengua Armada)

Tribute to All Ages
THE FREEZE - Boston not L.A. (Modern Method)
DYS - More than Fashion (X-Claim)
SSD - The Kids will have their say (X-Claim)
JERRY'S KIDS - I Don't Belong (Taang)
THE F.U.s - Green Beret (Lost and Found)
GANG GREEN - Have some Fun (Modern Method)
LAST RITES - Wasted Time (Taang)
ANTIDOTE - Something Must be Done (Hellbent)

JIMMY VAPID - Superman-Garbageman / Big in Toronto / Dollar Store Microphones (Surfin' Ki)
THE CAPITALIST KIDS - We are each ultimately along in the universe (Toxic pop)
TRANZMITORS - Concrete Deprtession (La Ti Da)

Demo Feature
VALLEY BOYS - Modern World (Self-Released)
VALLEY BOYS - Eyes on Fire (Self-Released)
VALLEY BOYS - Feeding Time (Self-Released)
VALLEY BOYS - Feel like shit (Self-Released)
VALLEY BOYS - Pills (Self-Released)
VALLEY BOYS - Rich Kids (Self-Released)
VALLEY BOYS - Side Effects (Self-Released)
VALLEY BOYS - Auto Pilot (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

July 22nd's edition of Equalizing-X-Distort. We started tonight's show with a Top 10 audio playlist for the month of June in the world of hardcore punk. D'Arcy programmed sets around punks who had died in July. Rob programmed sets around Canadian bands with one set from the early scene. The demo feature is a band from Athens, Georgia that has definite C.O.C. and Bad Brains influences. Listen to the show here.


OSK – Crush Your Canadian Idol (To live a lie)

Top 10 - June 2012NO MORE ART – The young king (Kink)

GUITAR GANGSTERS – Never be fooled (Ril Rec)
SHIPWRECKED – Your flag (Crucial Response)
WEAK LINK – Can’t Let it go (Self-Released)
STEP ASIDE – Nothing’s gotta give (Life to Live)
BOSTON STRANGLER – Disconnect Me (Fun with Smack)
FACE UP TO IT – Nuclear accidents for dummies (Stonehenge)
SICKOIDS – Dive (Hardware / Residue)
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE – Dig your grave (Grave Mistake)
MANLIFTINGBANNER – I dream a world (Crucial Response)


RED SQUARES - Ottawa Today (No Exit)
ROCK AND ROLL BITCHES - Wild West (Ugly Pop)
BUREAUCRATS Grown up age (No Exit)
THE SPYS - Machine Shop (Ugly Pop)
POINTED STICKS - Apologies (Bomb)


THE EXPLODING HEARTS - Thorn and Roses (Dirtnap)
THE SLITS - Boring Life (Y)
JOHNNY THUNDERS - born to Lose (Fack)
DISFEAR - Dead Weight (Relapse)
EXPLODING HEARTS - Pretender (Dirtnap)
PAPER BAGS – See you fucks at the bar (No Front Teeth)


HAUTE COUTURE – Serious Shame (Shogun)
MINEFIELD Demo 2012 – Track 6 (Self-Released)
NOOSE - Regulate
HUNTING PARTY – Pleasure Island (Hesitation Wound)
KONTAMINAT demo – Costume (Self-Released)


SNFU - Seeing life through the bottom of a bottle (BYO)
MINUTEMEN - Shit you hear at parties (New underground)
OCTOBER CRISIS - Every Day (Psyche)
MENTORS - Police Hotel (Mystic)
WHITE FLAG - Cleocin (Gastanka)


EXTREME NOISE TERROR - Murder (Head eruption)
REAGAN YOUTH - Degenerated (R Radical)
GITS - While you're twisting, I'm still breathing (CZ)
DEMICS - New York City (Ready)
EXPLODING HEARTS - Your shadow


OILTANKER – The end of the rope (Profane Existence)
DRESDEN – Shallow Grave (Profane Existence)
GOURIDE - La finka has been destroyed (Self-Released)


Demo Feature
SHAVED CHRIST – Ages of man (Self-Released)
SHAVED CHRIST – Bury it (Self-Released)
SHAVED CHRIST – No crux (Self-Released)
SHAVED CHRIST – React (Self-Released)

Review - Treat Me Like Dirt

Saira Chhibber is a DJ for an open format show up at CHRY with a heavy punk slant. She wrote this review of Liz Worth's Treat Me Like Dirt for MRR, which appeared in the April 2012 issue (#347).

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, January 22nd, 2012

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U.X. VILEHEADS - Catch 22 (Law and Order / Green Menace)

BROTTSKOD 11 - Forstor oss (Turist I Tillvaron)
URSUT - Kampen mot tiden (La Familial)
VICTIMS - Trapped (De Nihil)
ANATOMI-71 - Griseriets historia (Halfabrikat)
MISAR - Inget Liv (Halvfabrikat)

P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. - Assault (Doomtown Sounds)
GANG GREEN - Alcohol (Taang!)
RULETA RUSA - Destruye la television (Solo Para Punks)
DESTRUCT - The Red (Voltage)

ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT - Hairball Alley (Headhunter cargo)
TV FREAKS - Real Pain (Schizophrenic)
SLOBS - No escape (Machette)
SUPERSUCKERS - High Yah! (Sub Pop)
THE DAMNED - Burglar (Big Beat)

WYMYNS PRYSYN - Cat Pills (Scavenger of Death)
PROCESSION OF VULTURES - Black, White, and red all over (Inimical)
SUDOR - Viejos con bocas de desague (Beat Generation / Solo para punks)
KAUNEAS AND TERVEYS - Paikallinen Legenda (Self-Released)
UNDER AL KRITIK - Aldrig Mere! (Darlige har liv)

DOA - The Prisoner (Sudden Death)
THE WIPERS - Romeo (Zeno)
MEATMEN - Meatmen Stomp (Touch and Go)
VERBAL ABUSE - Boredom (Beer City)
M.I.A. - Murder in a foreign place (Alternative Tentacles)

BANDANOS - Stay Cyco II (Offside / Thrashbastard)
MINDSNARE - Gather to decompose... (A389)
FRUSTRATION - Nightstealer (Inimical)
CONFINES - Bait and Switch (Labour of Love / Side Two)
POISON PLANET - Intro / the Victim (Offspring)

THE DEMICS - New York City (Ready)
NIRVANA - Molly's Lips (Geffin)
POISON IDEA - Punish Me (Taang!)
GERMS - Richie Dagger's Crime (Rhino)

DON'T - Killing Me (Doomtown Sounds)
SJU SVARA AR - Pappa (Not Enough / Trujaca Fala)
VICE SQUAD - Out of Reach (Anagram)
A BIRTHDAY PARTY BAND - Broken Cups (Nikt Nic Nie Wie)
FAMILY MAN - The Turning of the key (Nikt Nic Nie Wie)

Demo Feature
GAG REFLEX - Chugging Bleach (Self-Released)
GAG REFLEX - Sucker (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, July 24, 2011

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MOTORHEAD - Overkill
SACRIFICE - Re-Animator (Fringe)
NEGATIVE GAIN - Back from the Dead (Pusmort)
BEYOND POSSESSIONS - Beyons Possession (Metal Blade)
FUCKFACE - Welcome to Hell (PROBE)


WHITE WIRES - Lets go to the Beach (Dirtnap)
MEAN JEANS - Throwin Stones (Dirtnap)
JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS - Summertime Blues (Baordwalk)
5 6 7 8's - Bomb the Twist (SFTRI)
NOBUNNY - Not that Good (1234GO)


VILETONES - Screamin' Fist (Other People's Music)
CHILD MOLESTERS - Hillside Strangler (Redrum)
THE USERS - Sick of you (Redrum)
DEMICS - You Tell Me (Ready)


MAD MEN - Too Hot (Self-Released)
URBAN BLIGHT - Toxic City (Static Shock)
BRUTAL KNIGHTS - Bikini Diet / Life Problem (Deranged)
LIGHTS OUT - Illusions and Summertime
WICCANS - Educational Films
VILE GASH - Every Day
NINPULATORS - Ghost Costume
DRONES - Be My Baby (Get Back)
WASPS - Jjjenny (Rave Up)
GENERATION X - Triumph (Chrsyalis)
TEENAGE X - Chelsea Hotel Horror (Self-Released)
EXPLODING HEARTS - Still Crazy (Screaming Apple)


FATAL RAGE - Die Lady Di
THE SLEAZE - Splotch
GOVERNMENT FLU - Next Door Secrets (Refuse)
FY FAN - Kirsten Rensing
THE SWARM - Smooth Running Order
THE ABUSED - Just Another Fool
PICKED CLEAN - Untitled


DEATH SENTANCE - RCMP (Fringe)
DEMOB - No room for you (Anagram)
DIRECT ACTION - International Blacklist (Irate Faction)
ILL REPUTE - Cherry Cherry
WASTE MANAGEMENT - Parasites
FUCKED UP - I hate summer (Matador)

Radio - Sunday, May 15th, 2011

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SWINDLED – Soldier of Fortune (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – David’s (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
THE DEMICS – New York City (Ready)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Possession (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED - Room for Two (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Who Wants Guns (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Hymn #84 (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Anti-Thatcher (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Combat Zone (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Nazi Dog (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Call to Arms (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
BATTERED WIVES – Wake Me When It’s Over (Bomb)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Meantime (CIUT)
Interview with SWINDLED
SWINDLED – Apathy (CIUT)


GUNNAR HANSEN – Hammered (Schizophrenic)
HAZARDOUS WASTE – Destroy (Schizophrenic)
U.T.I. – Dumb Then Dead (Schizophrenic)
SHEGLANK’D SHOULDERS – Skate Pit (Handsome Dan)
NO PROBLEM – Paranoid Times (Handsome Dan)
NO SYSTEM – Holy Vision (No Way)
GENETIC CONTROL – Suburban Life (Psyche Industry)
DISABLE – Enola (Charged //Distorted)
BOMB BLAST MEN – Dad (Vex)
WARVICTIMS – Take Control (Charged //Distorted)

“Trouble in the Camera Club” by Don Pyle, 8-1/2 x 11”, 300 pages

This is an incredible coffee table book on the Toronto punk scene through the excitement of the eyes of a fourteen year old first going to shows. Shot originally as keep sakes or momentos, these photos capture a new time in music for Toronto, which was Toronto’s first wave of punk. The book begins with some photos of the RAMONES first show in Toronto on September 24th, 1976 at the New Yorker. A botched attempt at filming the RAMONES leads to Don saving up to buy a 35 mm camera. Don also joins the yearbook club at Runnymede Collegiate, which gives him access to a darkroom, chemicals for developing film and the how to on DIY photographs. At one part of the book Don recalls that he bought “black and white film by the foot and he would wind his own canisters so that he could squeeze in more shots per roll. At times this would cause the sprockets to disengage.” This description captures the frugal nature of punk in describing the lack of resources but the determination to make these keepsakes nonetheless. The DIY practises as applied to photography out of necessity are captured. This kind of insight goes a long way and in some ways captures the essence of punk. That and the stories about the context behind the photos of these shows that took place in Toronto between 1976 and 1980. Don recounts these stories with incredible detail as only a music fan could.

“One afternoon I was flipping through the delete bins in the back of a Yonge Street record shop when this music came on over the stereo. In a wave of goose bump rush I hurried to the front to confirm what I already instinctively knew – it was the first Ramones album.”

Don also captures what it is like as an underage teen when going to shows.

"The first “bar” show I went to was the Crash ‘n Burn where my worries about being asked for ID disappeared as the door person took my money without question or a second notice.”

Nobody I know captures that nervousness, but most of us experienced it. This also describes the difference between bar show and those bigger concert hall shows that were all ages.

The story of the Toronto punk scene begins with some old movie houses, namely the Roxy and then the New Yorker, which housed the first shows when not screening John Waters or Alejandro Jodowsky films.

Don also adds to the punk rock archeology going on about the Toronto punk scene with a band called the HATE.

“The Hate performed one of the most memorable gigs I witnessed at the Turning Point as the singer Angie Ignorant stormed the stage with his cock impaling a photo of Pierre Trudeau, urine spraying the audience from what looked like Pierre’s mouth.”

Trouble in the Camera Club has some of the most accurate descrptions of the early Toronto punk scene releases. Here is Don’s review of the first VILETONES ep.

“Screamin’ Fist”, the first song on the first single by the Viletones is perfection in it’s goose bump inducing heaviness – the bass playing sixteenths on one note, then one big chord, a furious drum roll and then the whole band pounding one dirty chord. The record’s dynamic production and intensity were never matched again.

Don goes on to write about TEENAGE HEAD, the CURSE, the UGLY, the CARDBOARD BRAINS, the POLES, and the DEMICS with critical ear as only a music fan could. The accuracy of the description makes me think that Don missed his calling as a music reviewer, but this would just be one of his many talents.

“So many people have a desire to be given a finite defintion of punk, but so much is left out of the true story. Imagine a thousand embers sparking at once but all separate from each other, it became a movement, the thing that got called punk.”

Some of the early punk bands that Don got to see included XTC, the SLITS, the UNDERTONES, GANG OF FOUR, and BILLY FURY. Some photos that made it in the book include the CLASH, the RAMONES, BLONDIE, IGGY POP, and the DEAD BOYS.

Don also pays tribute to the flyer.

“Posters stapled to wooden telephone poles and handbills put up in the couple of used clothing shops were coded transmissions that could only be comprehended by those tuned to the same frequency. Cheap photocopies were the new thing.”

There are a lot of flyers used in the layout. Lots I have never seen before giving another added layer of historical relevance to this book. Photos, flyers and ticket stubs along with the stories make for the best scrapbook I have ever seen on the Toronto punk scene. In this Don’s reflections are more than mere artifact. He provides analysis. Sometimes it is favourable as in the VILETONES review already expressed and other times critical.

“In retrospect, I see aspects of how conservative punk was. Long hair and wide pants were not allowed, women were rarely equal and “faggots” were often reviled even though the origins of the scene were in gay discos and with homo art cliques. In so many cases, the new gestures and poses playing out were still firmly rooted in traditional images of rock stardom and bad seed mythology, despite the cleansing effect we dreamed punk would have on the old vision.”

Don pulls no punches making this a trusted account of the times. It is one of the most accurate records I have read of the period and it is easy to read because Don is so excited by his discoveries in music, which happened to coincide with punk. I couldn’t put it down and although the photos are spectacular don’t cheat yourself out of the insight provided by Don’s recounting of the times. This appealed to the historical musicologist in me.

I also noticed that the price is the same in Canadian as it is in American prices reflecting the strength of the Canadian dollar. We are on par with the Americans. Subtle but reflective of the unintended case made about our punk scene. (www.ecwpress.com)