Welcome to the webpage for Sonic
Overload. As my regular listeners know by now, I play punk, hardcore, garage
and other loud music, although there are surprises from time to time as well as
decidedly slanted commentary on the “issues of the day” and that’s also
presented through song selections and audio clips.
All of the shows from January 2009 to
the present are archived for download at sonicoverload.blogspot.com.
And check out the Facebook page.
Send any music (vinyl or CD) for
possible airplay to:
Sonic Overload
Al Quint
PO Box 43
Peabody, MA 01960
E-mail: subvox82@gmail.com
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
Someone
asked me the other day what I thought the best year for punk was. That’s pretty
much an impossible question to answer. For me, it would be just about any year
from 1977 to 1984 although I told him I’d probably pick 1978, because that’s
when I started to delve into buying punk records. I also said it could be 1981,
as I got exposed to the burgeoning hardcore punk scene and there were incredible
albums by the likes of TSOL, Killing Joke, Gang of Four, the Gun Club and many
others. It’s an impossible task.
But
1978 is on my mind because the 40th anniversary of landmark albums has been
occurring all year and this week is no exception—The Clash’s Give ‘Em Enough Rope and X-Ray Spex’s Germ Free
Adolescents passed the four decade mark over the weekend. And, while every
track isn’t a killer, they both still deserve their place in the legendary punk
canon.
Incidentally,
I get some of these dates from George Gimarc’s Punk Diary book, which covers the entire
70s era, detailing record releases, band formations and break-ups and key live
shows. An invaluable resource and a vital time capsule.
To stream or download, click on each link...
TRACK 1
FUCK YOU PAY ME-Ammosexual
(Tankcrimes)
ARTIFICIAL PEACE-Enlisted Man (Dischord)
YOUTH BRIGADE-Snow Job (Dischord)
FREE BEER-Premature Enlistment
(Alternative Tentacles)
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-Wasted Life (Rough
Trade)
DRONGOS FOR EUROPE-Death’s A Career
(Data)
SADIST-The Shadow Of
The Swastika (Regurgitated Semen)
L.O.T.I.O.N.-Ultimate Wound Kit (Toxic
State)
FESTIVAL OF DEAD DEER-Hunting (Three.One.G)
VALSE TRISTE-Kunika
Käy Kuolema (IfSociety)
PESD-Plastik
(Prank)
VIVISICK-Peter Pan Syndrome Melancholy
(Tankcrimes)
CLASH-Safe European Home (Epic)
X-RAY SPEX-Obsessed With You (EMI)
THE TROUBLE-We Are The
Blood (Flat)
SATAN’S RATS-You Make Me Sick (Overground)
TRACK 2
TERRORIST-Corruption and Lies (Toxic
State)
MENTIRA-Tus Demonios (Thrilling Living)
ROHT-Sama Un Dig (Iron Lung)
TALC-Inside Voice (Nopatience)
MUJERES PODRIDAS-Misterio
Planeta (demo)
TIRED OF EVERYTHING-Eyesore (To Live A Lie)
SUBURBAN HOMES-City Life (Neck Chop)
DEBBIE DOWNERS-Franklin Street (demo)
HELTA SKELTA-B88 (Deranged)
CELETOIDS-Water Makes Me Sick (Doomtown)
OWNER-Nothing To
Say (demo)
JON SPENCER-Do The
Trash Can (In The Red)
UPSET NOISE-Vuoti
(Threat From The Past)
VARUKERS-No Scapegoat (Anagram)
BLITZKRIEG-Lest We Forget (No Future)
4 SKINS-Low Life
(Secret)
DANGEROUS BIRDS-Alpha Romeo (Propeller)
TRACK 3
NIGHTFALL-No Surrender (Ryvvolte)
SYRINGE-No Cross (Ryvvolte)
EASY WEAPONS-Why Not (self-released)
BOOTLICKER-Dejection (Neon Taste)
CHILLER-False Flagellant
(self-released)
97A-The Republican Scam (Teamwork)
TEAR IT UP-What’s The Problem
(Deranged)
CHRONIC SUBMISSION-Four Points
(Schizophrenic)
COBRA COBRA-O Nascimento
Hellacio de Sirius No Céu
Oriental (More Power)
SCROUNGERS-Piss and Punks (self-released)
WRIGGLE-Small Town, Big Idiot (Sorry
State)
BEASTMAN-Heinous (demo)
INSERVIBLES-Trigueña
(Shogun)
TISSUES-Fire (self-released)
NO BLUES-So Far (Schizophrenic)
BANGS-Sweet Revenge (Kill Rock Stars)
ROOFIE & THE NIGHTSTALKER-GHB (Rich
Bitch)
USA BIG DOGS-Wicked Man (demo)
CIRCUS LUPUS-Pacifier (Dischord)
TRACK 4
ALIEN SEX FIEND-Bloody Reprisal (Cherry
Red)
COUTEAU LATEX-Démarche
Fauve (Waving Hands)
DVA DAMAS-Nightshade (Downward America)
CHRISMA-Black Silk Stocking (Armando Curcio Editore)
ANNEX-Modern Age (Adelante)
LURKERS-I’m On Heat (Beggars Banquet)
METAL URBAIN-Hysterie
Connective (Radar)
CHRISTIAN DEATH-Romeo’s Distress
(Frontier)
VANDALS-Urban Struggle (Epitaph)
LEMONHEADS-Ever (Taang)