Radio : EXD 1304 - Sunday October 6, 2024

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On this edition of EXD, 

• Girl group feature with Fifth Column, Dolly Mixture, and Dishrags 
• All Toronto set with Death of God, Visible Minority, Pests and Drift Current 
• What Are You Listening To? post mortem with Spectres, After the Bombs, Industry, and Rotary Beginners 
• New releases by Scared of Chaka, No Sunshine Collective, Closetalkers, Traume, Atomic Prey, Shafra, Paint Fumes, Fan Club, Prim, Candy, Greber, and Chubby and the Gang 

DISCHARGE - City of Fear (Clay) 

Girl groups (Bee) 

FIFTH COLUMN - Bad Madelaine (Hide) 

CHIN CHIN - Why Am I So Lonely (Farmer) 

ALVILDA - Chomage (Static Shock)  

DOLLY MIXTURE - Side Street Walker (Self-released) 

THE DISHRAGS - Double Checkin’ Woman (Supreme Echo) 

New Stuff (Rob) 

THE FLESHEATERS - Police Gun Jitters 

SCARED OF CHAKA - Nobody (Slovenly) 

CPC GANGBANGS - Rock n Roll Enemy No.1 

THE DEVILS SONS - Devil's don't disco (Wasted Wax) 

NO SUNSHINE COLLECTIVE - Something With You 

New Releases (Chris) 

CLOSETALKERS - Inferno (Neon Taste) - E/N/CC 

狗日的 - 成功? (Pils) 

TRÄUME - Wrzask (Quality Control HQ)  

ATOMIC PREY - Human Expression (Iron Lung)   

SHAFRA - خراء عليك Khara Aleek (Saalepower 2)  

Brand New Punk (Andre) 

PAINT FUMES - Crime of Love (Slovenly)  

FAULTY COGNITIONS - Las Cruces (Cercle Social)  

ALIEN NOSEJOB - Gone To Gowings (Total Punk) 

PET MOSQUITO - K (Slovenly) 

FAN CLUB - Ain’t No Saint (Self-Released)

PRIM - Hot Enough (Sunday Drive) 

WET SPECIMENS - Curtain Call (Brain Slash)  

Locals only (Stephen) 

PESTS - Swarm (Unreleased)

DEATH OF GODS - Reflections (FOAD) 

YOA - Where's the Mike (Self-Released)

VISIBLE MINORITY - Don't Make Fun Of Me (FOAD) 

DRIFT CURRENT - Dangerous Place (Unreleased) 

WAYLT 83 

WARKRUSHER - Armistice (Agipunk / Desolate)  

SPECTRES - Pictures from Occupied Europe (Artoffact) 

AFTER THE BOMBS - Condemned (The Total End / Vex / Runstate)  

INDUSTRY - Apathy is Violence (Static Age)  

ROTARY BEGINNERS - Moon Light Magic (Juke Boxxx)  

Brand New Hardcore (Andre)

NO WAY OUT - Falling Man (Triple B) 

CANDY - Football (Triple B) 

ONE TRACK MIND - Can I Say (Collective Memory) 

PUNITIVE DAMAGE - Baptism of Fire (Convulse) 

GREBER - New Losers (No Funeral) 

CHUBBY AND THE GANG - Anticop (Flatspot) 

STATEMENT OF PRIDE - Into The Flames (Youngblood)  

SQUARE - Friday Fight (Fucking North Pole) 

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, April 4th, 2021

Back in the summer of 2018, Quatro reached out to see if we would be interested in their book on the Clash. The Clash were one of my gateway bands into punk so I responded. A few days later this beautiful hard cover book on the Clash showed up and I started leafing through it. Beautiful photos. So then I set out to start reading it. But I was so into the subject matter that I wanted to read everything and not just the skim reading that most of us have resorted to in a social media era. A year later, Nick Smash was releasing his book on the Clash in Toronto so I thought it would be a good way to reach out to the author, Martin Popoff. He agreed and we met at the Rivoli. At the event I asked Martin if he would be interested in doing an interview and the book had already sold out so he thought it would be misleading to talk about a book that people couldn't get. A year later I thought, this book is so good and people should know that an author from Toronto wrote it and so I reached out again. He agreed after some convincing. So a few weeks back I spoke with Martin with a list of questions that I wrote up over the year of reading his book. I was lucky to get to ask them. To listen to this episode of Clash appreciation download here.

THE CLASH – If Music Could Talk (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Janie Jones (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Remote Control (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS – Watching the Detectives (Warner Bros.)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Police & Thieves (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Stay Free (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Train in Vain (CBS / Epic)
 MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Police on My Back (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Somebody Got Murdered (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – The Sound of Sinners (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Lose this Skin (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Rebel Waltz (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Should I Stay or Should I Go (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Atom Tan (CBS / Epic)
THE CLASH – Know Your Rights (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE CLASH – Dirty Punk (CBS / Epic)
MARTIN POPOFF – Interview
THE DISHRAGS – London’s Burning (Supreme Echo)
DIRECT ACTION – Should I Stay or Should I Go (Schizophrenic)
SINISTERS – Clampdown (Dwell)
AKA – Career Opportunities
DEAD ENDING – Complete Control (Alternative Tentacles)

Please check out Martin's available writings at his website, like his new book on SWEET that he talked about in the interview. 

Radio - Sunday, December 8th, 2019

Tonight's show was in honour of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. To commemorate this day we pulled together a show of women in punk bands and we noticed that there were some strong feminist ideas by punk bands, there was some bands with women in the band, and there were some all women band. Tonight's show is made up of a mix of all and mostly from the early scene. We put years when the song was recorded. You can download the show here. 

1976 - THE RUNAWAYS – Cherry Bomb (Mercury)

Los Angeles scene
1977 - AVENGERS - I Believe in Me (Dangerhouse / Superior Viaduct) 
1978 - THE BAGS – Survive (Dangerhouse / Artifix)
1980 - THE BRAT – Attitudes (Fatima)
1981 - X - We're Desperate (Dangerhouse / Superior Viaduct / Fat Possum)
1994 - GO-GO's - The Whole World Lost Its Head (I.R.S.)

NYC scene
1974 - PATTI SMITH - Piss Factory (Mer / Sire)
1976 - BLONDIE - In the Sun (Private Stock)
1977 - TALKING HEADS - Psycho Killer (Sire / Phillips)
1978 - PLASMATICS - Butcher Baby (Stiff)
1980 - THE STIMULATORS - Loud Fast Rules (Frontier)

UK scene
1977 - THE SLITS – Shoplifting (Strange Fruit)
1977 - ADVERTS - Bored Teenagers (Anchor)
1977 - XRAY SPEX - Oh Bondage, Up Yours! (Virgin / Missing link)
1979 - AU PAIRS - Domestic Departure (021)
1979 – CRASS – Shaved Women (CRASS)

1979 - HONEY BANE - Girl on the Run (CRASS)
1980 - POISON GIRLS - Political Love (Small Wonder / CRASS / Xntrix / Water Wing)
1980 - VICE SQUAD - Latex Love (Riot City)
1982 - THE VIOLATORS – Fugitive (No Future / Visionary Vinyl)
1982 - ACTION PACT - Times Must Change (Fallout)

Toronto scene
1977 - THE CURSE - Somethin' Ya Can't Tell Your Mother (Other Peoples Music)
1977 - B-GIRLS - Jealousy (Bomp!)
1979 - TYRANNA - Back Off Baby (Chameleon / Boppa Do Down / Rave Up)
1980 - MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS - Monotone (Virgin / Dindisc)
1981 - ZRO4 – Poor Poor Girl (Unreleased)

Canadian scene
1979 - THE DISHRAGS - Just Another Girl (Zulu / Supreme Echo)
1980 - MODERNETTES - Little Girls (Quintessence / Sudden Death)
1985 - RUGGEDY ANNES - Dead and Gone (Tabb) 
1992 - FIFTH COLUMN - All Women Are Bitches (K)
2005 - THE LORRAINAS - Kiss My Ass (Self-Released)

Around the World
1979 - B52s - 6060-842 (Warner Bros / Island) 
1980 – NEO BOYS - Between Borders (K)
1980 - SARAH COFFMAN – Retro (Konkurens)
1982 – SCREAMING SNEAKERS - I Can't Help It (Self-Released / Revoltation / Generation) 
1982 – TAPPI TIKARRASS – London (Spor)

Spain scene
1982 - ULTIMO RESORTE - Bareclona es Differente (Flor Y Nata)
1983 – LAS VULPESS – Me Gusta Ser una Zorra (Dos Rombos Discos / Munster)

Radio - Sunday, August 5th 2018

Tonight's show is guest hosted by longtime punk DJ Chris Iler, who co-hosted Fast 'n Bulbous (CHRY), Imperfection Hours (CFRC) and did a label called "Fans of Bad Productions". Chris had the idea to do a label profile on Supreme Echo, this great label in Victoria doing some incredible archival work starting out with a Polish compilation called "Victim of a Safety Pin". Jason Flower, of MPA is the person behind this label and some other great projects that started out as a tape label known as Break Even. Chris and I talk glowingly about Jason and his many projects. You can download the show here. 

DEADLOCK – Victim of a Safety Pin (Supreme Echo)

RETSEPTI - Nu Matyueb (Supreme Echo)
NORTHERN HAZE – Qailaurt / Quviasuk (Supreme Echo)
TWITCH – I am the Wizard (Supreme Echo)
THE NEOS – Ripped Off (All Your Ears Can Hear)
JERK WARD – UFO (Supreme Echo)
MEXICAN POWER AUTHORITY – Everyone is Guilty (Supreme Echo)

SPHEX – Leaving this Crazy City (Supreme Echo)
THE DISHRAGS – London’s Burning (Supreme Echo)
TRITON WARRIOR – Satan’s Train (Supreme Echo)
RONNIE AND NATALIE WITH STUMPWATER – 6 Times (Supreme Echo)
ZELLOTS -Vampire Love (Supreme Echo)

VENDETTA – Modern Rockers (Supreme Echo)
THE STIFFS – Dad’s a Pig (Supreme Echo)
WASTED LIVES – Allegiance (Supreme Echo)
PLAN NINE – I Ain’t No Robot (Supreme Echo)
KARRION – Necro Nightmare (Supreme Echo)
MISSION OF CHRIST – To Oblivion (Supreme Echo)

BAD BRAINS - Send You No Flowers (Caroline)
THE CLASH - Pressure Drop (Epic)
ELVIS COSTELLO - Watching the Detectives (CBS)
GUTFULL – My Culture is not a Costume (Self-Released)
THE TUTS – Wannabe (Self-Released)


Gutfull and the Tuts I found out about on a remote broadcast by MRR for Decolonize Fest which you should check out. 

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Halifax called Zygome. You can find their demo on bandcamp.

ZYGOME – Walking through a Dream (Self-Released)
ZYGOME – 6th Extinction (Self-Released)
ZYGOME – Mental Murder (Self-Released)
ZYGOME – The Power Shifts (Self-Released)

Radio - Sunday, May 7th, 2017

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KICK IT! - Refugees Welcome (Self-Released)

LIMP BLITZKRIEG - Nowa Wojna (Trujaca Fala)
SOTATILA - Vittupäiden Valtakunta - Näpit Irti (Kamaset Levyt / Plague Bearer)
DEAD RANCH - False Negative (Self-Released)
EXHAUSTION - Another Wreckage (Destructure)
WARSICK - Fight To Break Control (Self-Released)
MOBLISH - Feed on the Flesh (Self-Released)
OMERTA - Fight or Flight (Self-Released)
DEAD GAKKAHS - Summer Never Comes Again (Family Values)

THE HENTCHMEN – Plumbline Stomp (Norton)
GRAVEDIGGER V – Stoneage Stomp (Voxx)
LEMONHEADS – Fed Up (Taang)
THE LOCOMOTIONS – Tell Her (Savage)
AGENT ORANGE – Pipeline (Posh Boy)

FIRING SQUAD - Waiting for Death (Agitate)
PRESSING ON - Blocked by A Wall (Self-Released)
SELKASAUNA – Haistavittu (Self-Released)
ESTADO - En el nombre de dios (Self-Released)
SCUMRAID – Addiction (Self-Released)
TIGHTLIP - Don't Care (Self-Released)
ATAXXIA – 03 (Self-Released)
OUTCRY – Walking (Self-Released)

A3 DANS LE WC – Photo Coleur (Soul Jazz)
THE RANDOMS – ABCD (Soul Jazz)
THE JIM CARROLL BAND – Jealous Twin (ATCO)
IGGY AND THE STOOGES – Gimme Some Skin (Bomp)

OBEDIENCE - Wiped Clean (Self-Released)
ACRYLICS – Reassurance (Iron Lung)
BLOODY HAMMER - Collector Scum (Self-Released)
LYSOL – Wired (Total Punk)
MALE PATTERNS – Depression (Unreleased)
SHORT ORDER – Shackled (Self-Released)
FRIED EGG - Side By Side (Self-Released)
ORNITORRINCOS - La Distancia (Crapoluet / Annoying / No Glory)
THE DISHRAGS - Carry On (Other People's Music)
POLICE CONTROL – Ejection (Self-Released)

KING CANS – Outcast (Self-Released)
PETITE - Gang Warfare (The Strike) (Self-Released)
DUFFY'S CUT - Keep It Moving (Oi! The Boat)
RADIO DELETE - 70’s Kids (Self-Released)

Tonight's demo feature is a new band from Montreal in the vein of Proxy with that Blitz worship, which can be downloaded from bandcamp.

ULTRA RAZZIA – A La Derive (Self-Released)
ULTRA RAZZIA – De Profondis (Self-Released)
ULTRA RAZZIA – Dans le Gueule de Loup (Self-Released)
ULTRA RAZZIA – Croire (Self-Released)
ULTRA RAZZIA – A La Derive (Self-Released)
ULTRA RAZZIA – A La Derive (Self-Released)