Podcast 86 - Still locked down, still need friends...

We still can't go out to gigs, to meet friends and enjoy music together. So as the last podcast was so popular, I thought we'd do something similar, although this time, Pete, Gaz and me offered up several songs each. We love you all.

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Playlist:
HACK JOB - Intro

KING OF PIGS - Keep The Last One For Me (Tony Suspect)
LAFFING GAS - Attitude (Tony Suspect)

OLDER THAN DIRT - Racist Bullshit (Mike Doe)
PIZZA TRAMP - 137995 (Stuart Armstrong)
ATTESTOR - No Choice (Ralf Opiate)
SEND MORE PARAMEDICS -  Zombie Crew (Neil Duncan)

THE VEE BEES - Park Bog (Pete Zonked)
PRIVATE FUNCTION - Duct Tape (Pete Zonked)

STOKOE - Mexican Standoff (Mackie)
THE STRIKE - Shots Heard Around The World (Lloyd Chambers)
GUERILL POUBELLE - La Casse Du Siccle (Wayne Elliot)
LIQUIDS - Crazy Brain (Bo King)

HACK JOB - Boris Johnson’s Head On A Spike

CRUCIFIX - Search For The Sun (Graham Slightholme)
FALLOUT - Aids Charade (Darren Bourne)
RIOT/CLONE - A Round & A Round & A Round (Andrew Smith)
BORN SHIT STIRRERS - Bored Of Education (Mick Fletcher)
AGENT ZERO - Frontline Britain (Andy Cactus)

ACTION PACT - People (Gaz Suspect)
WOODY & THE SPLINTERS - I Must Be Mad (Gaz Suspect)

K-LINE - Broken Holmes (Mike Fox)
FUEL - Some Gods (Rich Levene)
ZERO BOYS - Amphetamine Addiction (Paul Vary)
ABSOLUT - Straight to an Early Grave (Vaughn Roberts)

THE ONYAS - High Tide (Pete Zonked)
HELLMENN - Out Of Control (Pete Zonked)

STRIKE ANYWHERE - Instinct (Si Briggs)
SIAL - Taqlid (Angus Quinn)
LEATHERFACE Dead Industrial Atmosphere. (Geraldine Lawrence)
JADED EYES - Never Want To Die (Darren Pike)

HACK JOB - Moshpits Not Racists

SUBHUMANS - Thought is Free (Crispine Mumbles)
20 MINUTES OF CHAOS - Addicted (Nath Haywire)
NEW MODEL ARMY - The Price (Andy Field)
THE DROWNS - One More Pint (Mike Head)

DISAFFECT - Craven Image (Tony Suspect)
CAREER SUICIDE - Taking You With Me (Gaz Suspect)
THE SECT - A Free England (Tony Suspect)

THE ERGS! - Throttle Boy (Alan Marshall)

HACK JOB - Bonus Junk

Podcast 85 - Bumper Lockdown Special

As we are all confined to home I thought it would be a good thing to get some friends round, virtually, to play some records. So I ask for some suggestions for songs to play, and people seemed to be enthusiastic, so what we have this time is a two hour special. I kept the talking to a minimum, so just enjoy the different sounds, and maybe you'll discover something new.
Thanks to everyone for suggesting these songs.

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Playlist:
DISTANCE - 2 Metres (Tony Suspect)
PAINT IT BLACK - Past Tense, Future Perfect (Si Briggs)
FASTBACKS - Gone To The Moon (Michael & Cici)
THE DARK - Masque (Gaz Suspect)
NO PROBLEM - The Cure (Pete Zonked)
DEFEKT MUZGÓ - Maskarada (Darren Bourne)
FUCKED UP - Color Removal (Geraldine Lawrence)
JODIE FASTER - Punk Police (Nath Haywire)
LUCKY MALICE - Longest Finger (Alan Marshall)
FLUX OF PINK INDIANS - Neu Smell/Tube Disasters/Poem (Crispin Mumbles)
ROTTEN FOXES - Smokes Let’s Go (Jochen Such)
DANGER!MAN - Patience (Stuart Armstrong)
FALAUN - Night Witches (Dave Decision)
M.I.A. - Who Will Survive (Mike Doe)
EXIT-STANCE - Control (Gary Budd)
YOUTH AVOIDERS - Watch Me (Kev Cregan)
BRUTUS - March (Iain Ratcliffe)
LIFE…BUT HOW TO LIVE IT - Washington Bullets Part II (Brian Curran)
NATTERERS - Make Room! Make Room! (Marv Gadgie)
RASH DECISION - Glass Cannons (Dave Sloan)
SCREAM - Came Without Warning (Mike Fox)
INTRUSIVE THOUGHT - Berate The Boy (Breagha Cuinn)
SPECTRES - Years Of Lead (Lloyd Chambers)
CAREER SUICIDE - Recipe for Disaster (Rich Levene)
APOLOGIES I HAVE NONE - Joiners And Windmills (Mike Head)
HUSKER DU - Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill (Andy Nazer)
MEURVILLE - Like Police (Clém Braeckman)
RUDIMENTARY PENI - Doodlebug Baby (Ady Howarth)
SALEM RAGES - B.A.T.S. (Ian Glasper)
RISKEE AND RIDICULE - Banger (Andy Morris)
BOB VYLAN - We Live Here (Mick Fletcher)
RAT CAGE - Charge Them With Murder (Vaughan Roberts)
THE CRAVATS - Trees & Birds & Flowers & Sky (Wayne Elliott)
CHAOS - Tribal Warfare (Andrew Smith)
VERBAL ASSAULT - Anger Battery (Neil Cox)
CARTILAGE - Lung Butter (Onnagh Cuinn)
LOOSE NUKES - Cult Leaders (James Domestic)
TOXIC REASONS - We’re The Revolution (Paul Vary)
CHIAROSCURO - Lieu Commun (Mickaël François)
TORSO - Everyone Is Sick (Dave Morris)
NEWTS - Bells (Joe Watson)
ADOLESCENTS - Kids Of The Black Hole (Aston Stephens)
AVAIL - Scuffle Town (Paul Jay)
THE AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN - Grind On The Mind (Damo Mapson)
STIG C MILLER - The Hour Approacheth (Angus Quinn)
PIZZA TRAMP - There’s Been A Murder (Tony Suspect)

Podcast 84

If you're going to be stuck in the house, have some music. This is some of the stuff that has been keeping me sane over the last couple of weeks.

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Playlist:
YOUTH AVOIDERS - Cold Mines - from s/t LP - Destructure / Deranged
BETTER OFF DEAD - Pas Envie - from Sans Issues EP - Bandcamp
MONDE DE MERDE - No Means No - from The Mess LP - multi label

HACK JOB - Picking At Scars - from  - Split 7” - multi-label
ARMOURED FLU UNIT - Makar - from Crusading Nations - Grow Your Own
ATTESTOR - No Choice - from Demo - Bandcamp

DEAD ENDING - Bring On The Mob - from Shoot The Messenger LP - Alternative Tentacles 
PIZZA TRAMP - 137995 - from Grand Relapse LP - TNS
WERECATS - Apes From Space - from My Boyfriend’s A Werewolf 7” - Monster Zero

NIGHT BIRDS - Prognosis: Negative - from s/t 7” - Grave Mistake
SUBHUMANS - Germ - from Evolution 7” - Bluurg
CAREER SUICIDE - Quarantine - from SARS 7” - Deranged

NATTERERS - Germs & Creeps - from Head In Threatening Attitude LP - Boss Tuneage
HAGAR THE WOMB - Gaslighter - from Hagitate 10” - Grow Your Own
VIOLENT ARREST - Demons - from Tooth & Nail LP - Boss Tuneage/Tadpole

REJEX - Reject You - from Feel Nothing Demo - Richter Scale
COLD MEAT - Industry Sleaze - from Hot And Flustered LP - Static Shock
BRATAKUS - Real Men East Meat - from Bedroom Tapes - Bandcamp

TOMAR CONTROL - Soltar - Bandcamp
DRUNKEN MARKSMAN - Default - from Decline Of Mankind LP - multi label
ABRAZOS - Dying In Denial - from Angry All The Time - digital

Podcast 83

More glorious noise for you. Check these bands out, they all deserve to be loved.

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Playlist:
ATTESTOR - Misplaced Anger - from demo - Bandcamp

LUCKY MALICE - Longest Finger - from Misfit LP - Tonehjulet Kräftpest
DANGER!MAN - Crash & Burn - from Split LP - Multi Label
DEALING WITH DAMAGE - World Within A World - from Ask The Questions CD - Little Rocket
TARGET OF DEMAND - Mein - from A Collection Of Small Steps LP - Dirty Old Label

KING OF PIGS - Short Fuckin’ Memory - from Hunger: Filth: Fear: Death - Bandcamp
ROTTEN FOXES - Guessing You Don’t Know - from We’ve Got Nothing Left - Bandcamp
CHUBBY & THE GANG - Can’t Tell Me Nothing - from Speed Kills LP - Static Shock
CIRCLE NONE - Split Damage - from Thank Fuck! The Demos - Bandcamp

CUIR - La Flemme - from Single Single - Bandcamp 
CHAIN CULT - Witch Hunt - from Shallow Grave - Bandcamp
DESTINAZIONE FINALE - Nel Riflesso - from In Bilico Nel Reale - Bandcamp 
ROTTEN MIND - Burn For You - from Rat City Dog Boy - Lovely

JODIE FASTER - Tempus Fugit - from Blame Yourself LP - Multi Label

Podcast 82 - 2019 Round Up (plus 1)

With the help of Pete Zonked! Here are some of our favourite songs from 2019. The list I complied before putting this together was far too long, and we had to leave out more than we included, but I'm sure those bands will make it in over the coming months because they won't stop being great.

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Playlist:
VIRUS - Nasty - from Pathogens 10” - Grow Your Own
EPIC PROBLEM - Curse/Cure - from Grace 7” - Brassneck
TOMAR CONTROL - Aqui Sigo - from Nunca más callar LP - Amok
BOMBARDEMENT - Turned Away - from s/t LP - Destructure / Symphony Of Destruction

AUSTERITY - Capital - from Anarcho Punk Dance Party - Every Man His Own Football / Quiet Backwater
51st STATE - Plastic President - from State Plastic 10” - Grow Your Own
HORSEFLIES - Embers- from Lucidity - Bandcamp
HUMAN LEATHER - One Day I Hope You Realise That We're All The Same Species, Living in The Same Biosphere and That Focusing on Melanin Content of Skin is Pathetic - from Succulent LP - Bandcamp

HACK JOB - in It For Life - from split EP - Multi label release
ARMOURED FLU UNIT - Grenfell - from Crusading Nations 10” - Grow Your Own
LATCHSTRING - Breaker - from Until The Day Break - Bandcamp
KONTAKTA - Blood Junkies - from Life In A Cage 7” - Militant Tendencies

KOHTI TUHOA - Mita Se Maksaa - from Ihmisen Kasvot LP - La Vida Es Un Mus
CHAIN CULT - End Of Days - from Shallow Grave
SPERMBIRDS - A Lot Of Talk - from Go To Hell Then Turn Left LP - Boss Tuneage
LOS PEPES - Positive Negative - from Positive Negative
THE BRIEFS - Nazi Disco - from Platinum Rats - Damaged Goods

TORSO - Sick Of Fighting - from Build & Break - Revelation
PIZZA TRAMP - Stop Being A Racist Cunt - from Grand Relapse LP - TNS
SEDITION - TV Sickness - from First Demo 7” - Screaming Babies
SANCTION THIS - Messy - from S/T LP - Grow Your Own

SELF ABUSE - Under Attack - from Blowing A Fuse 10” - Abusive
SUBHUMANS - Punk Machine - from Crisis Point LP - Pirates Press

JODIE FASTER - Did Not Vote - from Blame Yourself LP - Multi label release

Podcast 81

Less talk, more rock. Being ill, and also working on getting two issues of the zine finished has meant that you're just getting music this time, no droning on and on from me. You may prefer this...

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Playlist:
HARD SKIN - Ding Dong Merrily Oi! Oi! - from Punks Fuckin’ Skins - Rudeness
ANDY NAZER - No Government - You Tube
KONTAKTA - Tory Scum - Bandcamp
AUSTERITY - The City Is Dead - from Anarcho Punk Dance Party - Every Man His Own Football / Quiet Backwater
ARMOURED FLU UNIT - Do You Really Care? - from Crusading Nations 10” - GYO
SUBHUMANS - Follow The Leader - from Crisis Point LP - Pirates Press
LOST CHERREES - Bigoted Nation - from Blank Pages LP - GYO
WERECATS - Astbury - from Destined For The Outside LP - Household Name
VIRUS - Fat Cats - from Pathogens 10” - GYO
BRAIN ANGUISH - Smells Like Middle-Aged Angst - from demo - Bandcamp
HAGAR THE WOMB - Hated - from Hagitate 10” - GYO
EPIC PROBLEM - Bleeding Out - from Grace 7” - Brassneck
SANCTION THIS - Messy - from s/t LP - GYO
VIOLENT ARREST - Domino Theory - from Distorted View LP - Boss Tuneage
NATTERERS - Dead Men Don’t Catcall - from Head In Threatening Attitude LP - Boss Tunease
JOHN HENRY HOLIDAY - Not In This Life - from Know The Ropes 7” - Livewire
THE MENSTRUAL CRAMPS - Boyz Will Be Boyz - from Free Bleedin’ LP - GYO
PROPAGANDHI - Nailing Descartes To The Wall/(Liquid) Meat Is Still Murder - from Less Talk More Rock LP - Fat Wreck
WAT TYLER - We Curse You A Wicked Satan - from Contemporary Farming Issues 7” - Rugger Bugger

Podcast 80

I wanted to start with four new songs that have been blasting out of this room over the last week or so, and we end with a song that sums up my views on the coming election. Between them we go on a Pete Zonked! led nostalgia fest to the years 1988 and 1989.

JOYCE McKINNEY EXPERIENCE and VISIONS OF CHANGE were two excellent bands from that late ‘80’s Hotbed of Hardcore activity Lemington Spa… there was definitely something in water there. Both bands stuck out some ace music and were always great live. Suspect Device favourites THE INSTIGATORS were really hitting their stride touring and recording in ’88, they were literally everywhere… in zines, on comp. tapes ‘n records, and ripping it up on a stage somewhere. The ‘Full Circle/Sleeper’ 7” was a real high point for me. I first saw SNUFF open for Heresy and Japan’s Rose Rose at The George Robey, London in October ’88. I’d no idea who these chirpy Londoners were but they were instantly memorable. Over the next 12 months I’d see them loads and saw their stock rise. A wild set by SNUFF at The Richmond, Brighton in October ’89, was the last gig I saw in the UK before I headed overseas a couple of days later (for a couple of years) As time marches on, the memories get a little hazier, but I do clearly remember a lively Saturday lunchtime set by HDQ at The Richmond, and it was whilst listening to their “Sinking’ album recently that I started pulling a few more ‘88/89 records off the shelf, setting this podcasts theme in motion. And Tony was willing to fire up the Flux Capacitor and send us back 30 years. What a Champ. Brighton’s own IMMOLATO TOMATOES used to put on a great show, but like so many bands back then never even got anything down on vinyl, so top job Aston at Boss Tuneage who compiled their demo’s on to a CD a few years back. Unusually for me I cannot recall where I saw FILLER, possibly a support slot at The George Robey? Who knows! Their first EP contained their first demo, the results were raw, but the quality of the songs cut thru, and ‘Hurt To Say’ is a killer track. Nottingham’s HERESY were a total fireball live, but rarely captured that energy on record, their album being a monumental let down. They bowed out in style though with the cracking “Whose Generation?” EP and “Everyday Madness Everyday” is a song that still sounds amazing to me… 2:26minutes of crazed ‘n furious precision. Total Powerhouse.
Pete Zonked! (November 2019)

It didn't take long for me to go with Pete's idea of choosing some songs from 1988/89, I have a lot of great memories from seeing these bands and buying their records. EXIT CONDITION sent me their 'Impact Time' demo and those songs still sound so urgent now. I traded letters with drummer Richard Stanier for quite a while after that, which is another thing that made the late '80s/early '90s such a memorable time. Friendships were formed through sharing music on cassette and writing letters. Each day the postman was eagerly awaited, and in those pre-privatisation days, the post came early. Meantime Records released a lot of great stuff, and the F.U.A.L album was one of the best, it has remained a favourite throughout the years. When Ian Armstrong, Meantime's head honcho, sent me the SOFA HEAD LP to review, the postman folded it to get it through the letter box. And it didn't snap! I returned after work to find it on the mat in a U shape. I tried my best to flatten it our under piles of books, but I could never get the opening track of each side to play. I bough myself another copy and gave the faulty one to Gaz, I think he still has it, it's such a great record. WAT TYLER were always fun, and Sean was, and remains, a friend. He helped us with the early SD Record releases, and to this day he will buy each issue of the zine. As the Southampton DIY punk scene came together, one of the first bands to come out of that burgeoning scene were Suicide Pact; they morphed into NOX MORTIS, who's demo is a thing of anarcho punk beauty. The tracks found their way on to two Meantime Records releases, the 'Shall We Dance' four band split 12", with one track on the 'Spleurk' compilation LP. Not Mortis were a great band.  I would later go on to be in Portiswood with guitarist Paul. I was a little late to Dan and had to buy their first two albums retrospectively, but they were a fine band who I still listen to periodically today. CULTURE SHOCK really stuck a chord. I'm not sure if it was because we all missed the Subhumans so much, and this was a way to still enjoy Dick's wonderful lyrics and delivery or if we all just wanted to dance! Gaz and me were big fans, and they played a couple of great gigs in Southampton. THE STUPIDS don't really need an introduction, and although the 'Jesus Meets The Stupids' album may not be as well remembered as their first two, but it does include some great songs.
Five of the bands that Pete chose would have been in my sets if he hadn't already nabbed them.
Tony Suspect

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Playlist:
BRATAKUS - The Hearse Song - from Ghouls Just Want To have Fun - Bandcamp
EAT MY FEAR - Fight Back - from Taking Back Space EP - Refuse
COSSED KEYS - True To You - from Saviors 12” - Hellminded
BOMBARDEMENT - Wheel Of Destruction - from s/t - Symphony Of Destruction

JOYCE MCKINNEY EXPERIENCE - Alone - From Boring Rock 7” - Heath Robinson
VISIONS OF CHANGE - Visions of Change - from s/t LP - Firefly
INSTIGATORS - Full Circle - from 7” - Double A
SNUFF - Not Listening - from 7” - Workers Playtime

HDQ - Falling - from Believe 7”- Looney Tunes
IMMOLATO TOMATOES - Split in Two - from third demo - self released
FILLER - Hurt to Say - from Goodbye To All That 7” - Fourth Dimension
HERESY - Everyday Madness Everyday - from Whose Generation 7” - In Your Face

EXIT CONDITION - Twisted Tracks - from Impact Time demo - self released
F.U.A.L - 20 Years On - from Fuck Up And Live LP - Meantime
SOFA HEAD - Greenhouse Days - from Pre Marital Yodelling LP - Meantime
WAT TYLER - No ID - from Contemporary Farming Issues 7” - Rugger Bugger

NOX MORTIS - In Memorium - from Spleurk! LP - Meantime
DAN - Blind Ignorance - from Mother With Child And Bunny! LP - Workers Playtime
CULTURE SHOCK - Pressure - from Onwards & Upwards LP - Bluurg
THE STUPIDS - Skid Row - from Jesus Meets The Stupids LP - Vinyl Solution

STRIKE ANYWHERE - I’m You’re Opposite Number - from Iron Front LP - Bridge Nine