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.
Recent shows can be streamed or
downloaded from the archive 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
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MARCH 16 2026—26th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Here it is—the
anniversary show—I’ve been doing this since March 13, 2000, when I premiered on
Allston-Brighton Free Radio, a low power AM signal that eventually became, for
all intents and purposes, a pirate station. My show was originally called Inflammable
Material, named after the Stiff Little Fingers album but I changed it to Sonic
Overload a few months later since I have difficulty pronouncing some words and
inflammable is one of them.
Last year,
for the 25th, I did two three hour shows on back to back weeks—and it’s still
up there on the archive if you want to check it out, or any other show. This
year, I play a selection of songs for each decade from the 2020s back to the
1970s and try to find songs that represent that decade. There’s a mix although
it definitely skews towards hardcore. I also do some miscellaneous sets based
on songs played during the opening weeks of the show. I also pay tribute
to the Demi-Monde, a radio show on the MIT station WTBS (later WMBR) that was a
cornerstone of my punk experience where I heard so many bands for the first
time, both well-known and more obscure.
The
motivation remains the same—imposing my musical taste on everyone for two hours
a week, sometimes longer. This week’s is nearly 2 ½ hours.
So, as I
always say, thanks for listening…
PART 1
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS-Suspect Device
(Rough Trade)
M(H)AOL-Asking For It (Tulle)
DAYDREAM-Baptized & Blessed (Dirt
Cult)
PHAGOCYTE-Weaponized Incompetence
(self-released)
LOTHARIO-Hogtied (Under The Gun)
SCIENCE MAN-Poach The Mind’s Eye (Feral
Kid/Swimming Faith)
LAFFING GAS-The Gulch (Beach
Impediment)
CEREMONY-Into the Wayside Part 1/Sick
(Bridge Nine)
UBIK-Andrew Bolt’s Twitter Account
(demo)
LITHICS-Dancing Guy (Kill Rock Stars)
BETA BOYS-Red Devil (Feel It)
HANK WOOD AND THE HAMMERHEADS-It’s
Murder (Toxic State)
MOTÖRHEAD-Eat The Rich (GWR) in
memory of Phil Campbell
MOTÖRHEAD-Doctor Rock (GWR)
PART 2
CAUSTIC CHRIST-Burned (Havoc)
DIRECT CONTROL-Direct Control
(Kangaroo)
NERVE AGENTS-War Against! (Hellcat)
AMDI PETERSENS ARMÉ-Alt ER Ved Det
Samme (Kick ‘n’ Punch)
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING-You Let
Me Be Honest With You (Goner)
IKARA COLT-Rudd (Fantastic Plastic)
9 SHOCKS TERROR-Not A Fucking Anthem
(Devour)
TALK IS POISON-Right To Die (Prank)
JESUS LIZARD-Mouth Breather (Touch and
Go)
FAILURE-Princess (Slash)
NEW BOMB TURKS-Professional Againster
(Wallabies)
DILLINGER FOUR-Holy Shit (No Idea)
SS DECONTROL-Fight Them (X-Claim)
DOA-DOA (Friends)
NEGATIVE APPROACH-Whatever I Do (Touch
and Go)
SORRY-My Word (from “Bands That Could
Be God,” Conflict)
HAYWIRE-Pain (New Beginning)
PUBLIC ENEMY-Prophets Of Rage (Def Jam)
PART 3
DROPKICK MURPHYS-Citizen I.C.E. (Dummy
Luck)
VIGILANTES-Enough (ADD)
THE UNSEEN-Stand Up and Fight
(ADD/Rodent Popsicle)
DARKBUSTER-I Hate The Unseen (Dump
Trumpster)
SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN-Fuck You, Norway
(Pogostick)
CRUDE SS-Forced Values (Uproar)
CHEETAH CHROME MOTHERFUCKERS-Easy
Targets (Belfagor)
RIISTETYT-Ala Luota Systeemlin (from
“Russia Bombs Finland,” Propaganda)
DEPRESSION-Money Chain (Reactor)
BANNLYST-40 000 Døde Barn (X-Port)
STUPIDS-What Happens Next? (Children of
the Revolution)
URBAN WASTE-Public Opinion (Mob-Style)
LIFE SENTENCE-Problems (Walkthrufyre)
STAINS-Sick and Crazy (SST)
DR. KNOW-Watch It Burn (Mystic)
ACCÜSED-Slow Death (Subcore)
PART 4
SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS-Cranked Up
Really High (Rabid)
LURKERS-Freak Show (Beggars Banquet)
DOGS-No Way (Melodies Massacre)
TRACKS-Brakes On You (Blue Door)
SHAM 69-Borstal Breakout (Polydor)
MAGAZINE-Shot By Both Sides (Virgin)
PERE UBU-Final Solution (Twin/Tone)
RUNAWAYS-Cherry Bomb (Mercury)
THIN LIZZY-The Boys Are Back In Town
(Mercury)
EFFIGIES-We’ll Be Here Tomorrow
(Ruthless)