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Twenty songs on a split 7”!? Sick! Ten of the songs are contributed by でぶコーネリアスEX, who are certainly the more eclectic of the two bands. Genre-hopping madness with interspersed sound…
…the obsession with noise and sick riffs, and playing as fucking hard as you can, and when you think something is brutal, then pushing it a bit further to be…
…played and they were all fucking sick. The murder room made everything feel otherworldly and evil. CHOCOCRUSTIES’ drummer, Andromeda, set up the show and was our host. He is an…
…I’m sure the group is sick of hearing often evoke a more automaton Paul Banks (that’s not a dig, I swear). The ultra-obscure cover of “Mo” by the PARASITES OF…
…LP (Discos Enfermos) This interesting LP comes from a decade-long band that’s been defining their sound through the years, and it can be appreciated in their work Panamaniacs. Sick and…
…and Swedish punk combined. You might be sick of hearing these two styles combined in recent years, but this one is totally worth the listen. Like KURO and SHITLICKERS sharing…
I never get sick of this stuff. Power pop is a broad umbrella, and frankly a lot of what falls under it is just a drip. Luckily we have groups…
…the first listen. These dark song subjects made me feel as if I had GYM TONIC pinned, then they slip in egg-punk tracks like “Car Sick” and “B12 Injection.” And…
…are affirming, genuine, and writhe under society’s general control, as in “I’m sick of keeping up / Just to stay down” from “Now.” “Radio” kicks along consistently at a mid-tempo…
…of new wave, punk rock, and synth punk that really works. Energetic with a sick punch and a very well-achieved sound, heavily recommended for synth punk lovers. Favorite tracks: “Comfortable”…
After last year’s hit full-length, the new EP from Drew Owen (a.k.a. SICK THOUGHTS) feels like a victory lap, showcasing four strong tunes from a guy who’s been on a…
…some S.H.I.T., NO TREND, and SCAVENGER OF DEATH cocktail all full of syrup and venom. Their opening title track and “Lip Service” are pretty nice, but it’s all really sick…
…to sick breakdowns, and demonic echoed vocals. This one is pure fire, blast the speakers and let the demons do the rest ‘til the trance hits. Seven tracks and eleven…
…cool riffs and then it’s over band, but this six-minute EP has eleven songs with only one above a minute, and they do mess up their sick riffs with meticulously…
HYPER TENSIONS have some of the rougher, ominous qualities of contemporary garage. This gives them a slightly darker sound than simple ’60s revivalists. Still, this record sounds like it was…
…sick riffs inspires you to get down to the rehearsal room and blast such primitive jams at high volume. The intensity is maintained even with the longer tracks that fill…
…“doon-kah-doonka-dah” we never get sick of). The mournful lead guitar in tracks like “Våldsmonopol” lends much to the overall effect of cathartic hardcore, as only feels fit coming from the…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Jennifer plays tons of newbies that are also goodies!
Intro OPEN CITY – Bobby Divine BRAIN DRILLER – War Victims VIRVON VARVON – Voices BESTA QUADRADA – Getting Hurt on Purpose ARMIN – Memories GUT HEALTH – Uh Oh […]
…some hardcore thrashers having a good time playing the soundtrack to sick ramp sessions. It’s fast, metal-ish, and gauche in the spirit of early SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, except it’s 2023 and…
…come in around two minutes, so there is ample time for some interesting changes. A song titled “Sick of It All” continues to remind me of hardcore when it was…
…ultimately hooks up with the band RUSH! Gino gets a job managing the now-famous Great Frog jewelry shop, where he meets plenty of musicians looking to get some sick skull…
…got a little punker in his next project and continued on through many more decades. Overall, I would call this an easy listen but in no way easy listening. Sick….
…really emphasize the tape’s title No Way Out But Death. There are some really sick double kick blasts on “No Justice, No Peace.” I love every song title here: very…
…combine beautifully. We have before our eyes an extreme form of egg-punk, where sick rawness in the vocals makes it much more interesting compared to DEVO-infused patients. Honorable mention to…
…All tracks are rippers in their own way. Sick artwork on the cover from these sick metal punkers. Good riffage, good blastbeating, and the vocals ain’t a cut-and-paste in any…
Egg-punk fries on, are you sick of it yet? Me neither! Especially when done well, as it is with this project from Spanish musician Gabriel Dolce. The drums are preprogrammed…
On this week’s MRR Radio, we rebroadcast Pete’s show #1873 from 4/19/20.
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Keep Your Distance UNIVERSAL ORDER OF ARMAGEDDON – Visible Distance Party Time (responsibly) MINUTEMEN — Party with me Punker PUS 1 — Peer Party BLACK FLAG – TV Party The […]
…violence of our “Sick, Sad World.” If it all gets a little too thick, you can zoom out and disregard the particulars of the content, and it’s still some freakishly…
Here and Now, Thrash Tapes, and Vanilla Thunder compiled this four-way split EP (with MAXXPOWER, BASTARD COLLECTIVE, SICK BURN, and NO COMPLY), assuring that crust powerviolence is alive and well….
…the same time, then you’d get close to how this record sounds. I love it. The record includes a huge poster with a demon that looks super sick. Get this!…
…cut short, which creates a final presentation that uses the sounds from the past with little respect or regard. Kinda punk rock. “Haunted Beach” is a really sick surf track….
…in the intention and style of vocals. “Clock Me Out” is the choice track, creating the right amount of progression—sick bass line and tasty clocking guitars. Give ‘em a listen….
…a reference to such? Can’t choose the better song here ‘cuz they’re both sick as fuck. It’s already sold out, so break into your neighbor’s house and get one. Bonzer!…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Rob plays some of the finest in hardcore and punk and pulls together a few punk sets of classic punk as a homage to Pushead’s top 100 punk records of the 1980s!
Intro GLUE – Hammered Down Frantic and Fearless EXIT ORDER – Seed of Hysteria BODY PRESSURE – Body Pressure C.H.E.W. – Violation NEKRA – Art School EXOTICA – Leech Selections […]
…I think of an all-female SICK THOUGHTS, and fans of JUDY AND THE JERKS would definitely enjoy this. Dirty and grimy sounds covered up in bright makeup—what’s not to like?…
Melodic hardcore punk that kinda runs the gamut of sounds. There’s elements of a little bit of everything here. The singer sounds like a mash-up of SICK OF IT ALL’s…
Sick Italian hardcore here from SILENT DRAMA. On this ten-song tape, the band mixes Japanese and USHC influences into their stripped-down approach, and the whacked-out vocals cement it as a…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Rob tears through some of the finest in punk rock. He goes deep into the bins to put together another stellar show of everything from CORROSION OF CONFORMITY to SICK THOUGHTS! Tune in and rock out!
Intro SPY – Big Man Old School Is the New School GRAVEN IMAGE – Child Abuse HEART ATTACK – From What I See THE FIX – Cos the Elite CORROSION […]
Sick. The BRATS’ once-obscure ’70s single (since reissued and sold out by Hozac Records) now graces us again thanks to this fine Italian label’s money. In case you’re not an…
From Houston, Texas, we are delivered this graceful debut of metallic crust punk. Five tracks in under sixteen minutes of stench metal punk, filled with sludgy cadences, sick guitars with…
…better late than never—they turned out to be another sick group of the early Mexican scene that had an amazing variety of great bands. This discography release contains two of…
…HEAVY METAL throws all popular music and sick modern culture into a blender, and we are fortunate to drink from its nectar. Get into it—Total Punk is only doing one…
Stench death metal from Velký Osek, Czech Republic, achieving infernal inferno guitars and sludge cadences with notable grindcore nods, and a sick, steady, deadly voice that gives ritualistic feels that…
And now, the conclusion of 2022 Year End Top Tens! Parts one and two. BEN PERKINS Ben Perkins publishes Another Subculture, a gig listings calendar zine, and edits Alternative Strategies,…
…death-beaten cacophonous droning grind. Sick guitar tones and killer splattering drumming. Being from Melbourne, I am sure they played with neighbors BLOOD DUSTER in the later part of their tenure….
…obviously and undeniably punk rock. This is SMIRK and I love SMIRK. SICK THOUGHTS – Heaven is No Fun LP (Total Punk) It’s been four years since SICK THOUGHTS released…
…our YouTube channel as the only way to make themselves known to the world. A sick sophomore album that definitely confirms their insane skill. ATAQUE SUBLIMINAL – Demo cassette (Toxic…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Jennifer plays songs from her top ten releases from 2022.
INTRO WITCH PISS – Wanna be a Slug WITCH PISS – Hamburglar I LILLY AND THE LOVEBITES – Girl Shit LILLY AND THE LOVEBITES – Cocoloconuts JUDY AND THE JERKS […]
…Colombia) has some sick lyrics full of hatred and aggression and a sense of revenge and justice, touching on topics such as feminist struggles and resistance, and Latin American issues…
…my suggested tracks, the first one for its crazy drums and “predator hunt experience” sound, and for the sick bass lines in the latter. Helsinki’s metalpunk is alive and well….
…post-gig punks-versus-police street fights, and something referred to as the “Odeon Pizza Battle of 1988.” Sick! Despite appearances on a handful of comps, they were unable to release any records…
…sick. The slow, mosh-y dirge of “Fool” doesn’t appeal to me, but it is the shortest of the five songs at least. All around, this is a solid release. Well…
…such as the ABUSED came in with slower, trudging guitar sections that we would all come to know as “mosh parts,” so it’s sick to see bands in Long Island…
…of SACCHARINE TRUST’s Paganicons, while dragging it into the horrible pre-apocalypse we currently live in. I always thought of SICK THOUGHTS’ self-titled record as the gold standard of sneering, evil…
…the skronky breakdowns found in “21 Gun Salute” and “Sick City,” but if you have a soft spot for bands from the ’90s that played in the style of bands…
…came to pass, with fleshed-out, full-band takes on the non-DEVO demo material and two raging new tracks (“Milk Sick” and “Split Merengue”) that hit more of a Yes L.A./Dangerhouse target…
Hard, tight crossover leaning more on the hardcore than the thrash side of the scale. The cover art, songs about beer, and sick riffs all spell “thrash,” but the aggressive…
This record, originally coming at the tail end of the ’80s revival of garage (you know, before the ’90s and then ’00s revivals, etc.) doesn’t necessarily live up to the…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Jennifer plays a lot of what she has recently been listening to and welcomes a special guest, Pat, who takes over the first half of the episode and plays a lot of stuff from Pittsburgh and beyond.
INTRO SLANT – Enemy QUESTIONING MY SANITY CAUSTIC CHRIST – Destructive and Desperate PEACE TALKS – A Lasting Peace YAMBAG – Capture The Flag INVALID – What Goes Around Comes […]
…HATE is what those initials stand for, but it could easily be SICK OF HUMANS from the amount of carnage left in this band’s wake. Featuring a member of the…
Man, what the fuck is it with Denver? What have they got in the water there to make their HC so sick? PROWLER is another addition to Denver’s hardcore domination….
…reference? Stay tuned.) The hit ratio over the course of these 34 songs is shockingly high, with almost nothing dipping below “fairly sick.” Who knew France’s punk bench was so…
…But I’ll be damned if Fuck Music City doesn’t manage to blow that record out the water somehow. It’s odd that the addition of Drew Owen a.k.a. SICK THOUGHTS (he’s…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Michael from the North Bay works on recovering from the past week’s harsh struggles with mental health with a very bipolar mix of the best Hardcore, Indie Rock, and Slowcore from the past decade.
Ups and Ups and Ups and Downs BOOM BOOM KID – Grind Your Depression BIPOLAR – Depression Ripped in Either Direction BODY FARM – 20/20 STERILE – Worthless OVVN – […]
…responsible for this excellent 7″ are Nick Name, Phil Serious and Kid Sick. Great names and great songs. If you have not heard this, don’t wait a minute longer. Fantastic….
…attitude, wicked humor, and freeform circus-prog musicianship. CARBONAS and BEAT BEAT BEAT crossed with early RANCID VAT and ZOOGZ RIFT. “Didn’t See Shit” is killer. Touch me please. I’m sick….
…from most of the powerviolence and grindcore bands these days. “You’ll Pay the Bill to the Styx” almost veers toward New York-style hardcore terroritory (SICK OF IT ALL, GORILLA BISCUITS)…
…cassette hit the one-minute mark, so you can feel the sense of urgency. The production just adds up to the intensity that Sick and Bloody Madness achieves, and the whole…
…OH. It’s just as noisy and disgusting as you’d imagine. Completely devoid of morals and a blemish on decent society. Like SICK THINGS and EASTER MONKEYS but way more fucked….
On this week’s MRR Radio, guest DJs Tomas and Adam (from the podcast Chaosfera) bring you insight into Slovak and Czech underground scene.
Bratislava WARGAME – Uniforms BETON – Zombie Mustang Safari(demo) 2 MANKY HOOKERS AND A RACIST DWARF – Rozky Southern Slovakia KALIMERO – Nesom Studijny Typ FYASCO – Gloryhoul VILE JUSTICE […]
…paranoid-sounding “Izolacija”), driving deep-set bass, frenetic drumming, and intently shouted femme vocals, warbled with blown-out echo as if captured via a clandestine tape recording from under the floorboards. Very sick….
…also catchy as hell, reminding me of some of Drew from SICK THOUGHTS’ best efforts of the last decade. “Alright folks, that was Need To Know’ by DOJA CAT, and…
…by faves NAG and their coldwave offshoot HOSPICE. These busybodies have been crafting sick punk music while the rest of the world was on hold. TARAKA – Welcome to Paradise…
…and played on releases like the sick new GAME 12″, Maxime Smadja has, well, also recorded a stack of bands, even if there’s no sign of a new RIXE record…
…Four tracks of punk-edged metal riffage that lives up to the sick cover art. VIRVON VARVON – Mind Cancer 12″ (Girlsville) Released on tape a few years ago and finally…
…and sick post-punk groove. SPY – Habitual Offender 12″ (To Live a Lie Records) Come on with the Cali hardcore. This is chock full of bangers. Songs to burn shit…
Another dive into the recently released with Dan
Intro SPLEEN – Hide Five REJEX — Don’t Talk to Me DESORDEN PÁšBLICO — NiÁ±os Muertos SLOGAN BOY — Worms DEODORANT — Top FUTURAT — Горизонт Five more MUSTAT KALSARIT […]
…“damn, this is sick” and kinda forgets that they’re listening to the band that wrote “Fuck Your Shit” in 1984. And that’s where my mind was when I was blasting…
…in the vocals. They also do a sick cover of “P-E-R-V-E-R-T” by St. Louis first-wave unknowns the WELDERS. It’s a really cool cassette—wish we’d gotten to hear more from them!…
…with sinister instrumental panache that adds some awesome and unexpected depth to their identity (check out that sick rendition of “Deadly Rain”). None of the bonus stuff has ever been…
…with such an impressive bleakness that it stands on its own ground. The black metal cold really sets in on standout track “Sick,” which is the perfect collision of Deathcrush-era…
…they all certainly sound like band names! Anyway, the CUSTODY side starts off promising enough—the first fifteen seconds sound like the band is gearing up to launch into a sick…
Good rock n’ roll is like pie—even if I’m already full, I can always fit in one slice. Even if I’ve spent all day listening to the stuff, glutting myself…
…what to expect and the band delivers it: sick blastbeats, incessant and heavy riffing, and low-pitched growls. The sound is personal though, and you can tell the creative potential of…
Lads, I dunno about you lot, but I’m absolutely sick to bastard death of having to think. Leave that to the boffins in the white coats, send your brain on…
This is a nice little piece of history. CHAOS was one of Austria’s first punk bands and this is their half of a long-ago split with Swiss band the SICK….
…FRANKENSTEIN and CHRONIC SICK and the other in classic ’70s garage punk like DMZ and LYRES. There’s a lot of material here, but with great songs like “Piss!,” “Vomit-Pig,” and…
…really sick guitar riff, a dirty bass tone, and a synth bringing out of space and drone-y effects into the mix. Side B means “You Were Born To Die.” The…
…mayhem. Songs are fast, hooks are catchy, riffs are sick, guitar solos are quick and frantic, with a vital impulse to push things to the extreme which is very alluring…
…experienced in the sweaty, smelly flesh, and few local bands exemplified that more than Sacramento’s SICK BURN and San Francisco’s THESE BASTARDS. This split was in the works before shit…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Brandi play new jams and classic hits from the around the world.
Intro KITTEN FOREVER — Get Loud Saints & Sinners SNEAKS — True Killer KATIE ALICE GREER — Virgin Mary Fan Fic DOLLAR BAND — Too Sensitive PUBLIC PRACTICE — Compromised […]
On this week’s MRR Radio, Rob highlights Youth Attack Records, pulls some of his favorites from his old MRR Top Tens from 1998-2000 and throws down a crushing set of hardcore punk! A bona fide brain-melter, so tune in!
Intro TAQBIR – Sma3 Youth Attack Records! THE CONSEQUENCE – H.T.S.A.M. VEIL II – Memory Vault MANGLED STATE – Parasites GOODBYE WORLD – Blood and Bone VILE GASH – Languish […]
…Mexico City, but they learned their Japanese hardcore well. The name is Japanese, they sound Japanese, and even have a sick GUDON cover at their Bandcamp. Un Nuevo Poder is…
…a sick echo. GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS are working in dangerous territory for a UK band owing a debt to GANG OF FOUR. So much of that sound was run into…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Rob heads over to Japan for a few garage rockers and then he goes in deep with lots of Killed By Death hits! Oh wait, did somebody mention the SCREAMERS! Unlock your rock this week with MRR Radio!
Intro HAT TRICKERS – Ultra Punk Droogs Japan + Garage Punk = Scorching Tunes! GUITAR WOLF – Love & Jett THE FADEAWAYS – (This Has Gotta Be) A Joke THAT’S A […]
…complied 26 tracks on vinyl including local Nashville bands like SCHIZOS, MODERN CONVENIENCE, and SNOOPER, with outside standout tracks from PERSONALITY CULT, MIDNITE SNAXXX, ZOIDS, SICK BAGS, FRESH GRAVES, a…
…EP) comes lumbering into sight and then they back it up with “Eruit” into “Sick In Your Mind.” DE BRASSERS’ take on post-punk is really its own form of deathrock,…
…snotty hardcore akin to SICK PLEASURE or the GERMS. By no means do they sound like a retro band but rather like a younger version of the aforementioned bands, just…
On this week’s MRR Radio, some immediate and punchy new punk from Eliot (HEADCLEANER, Glasgow), including INTRUSIVE THOUGHT, FEEDERZ, MORON & NSA!
Intro MORON – Light Bulbs Set 1 GRIPE – Matar REACCION VIOLENTA – Dios y Patria DESGRACIADOS – Pérdida Гланды – KаллиграфичеÑкий Pазбойник Set 2 THE WRECKS – I Love […]
…credentials alone had me feeling a bit nervous and a bit queasy, to be honest. Sick from hardcore? And maybe that’s the point and best way to go into this….
…sick riffs, so vicious, almost atonal. The violent intro of “Professional Arrogance,” well, the whole damn song, gets me immediately into a frenzy. I also really like how they mix…
…What’s for Dinner? LP are definitely my faves here, with a harder sound almost like a less offensive CHRONIC SICK with the humor and speed of ADRENALIN OD. They cover…
…pain. “Meat” finds space for a mosh break even as it stays on the move, cycling through one compelling part after another. “God” is all sick breakdowns and gnarly riffs,…
…some seriously bad news over an intercom in a retro-dystopian sci-fi nightmare, and on top of that, the sustained, overlapping guitar bits add to the urgency. It sounds sick. The…
…not only not terrible, but actually are fucking sick! Absolutely brutal, total fucking noise madness with an actual drummer and actual song structures, and no funny stuff. Almost sounds like…
…are a bunch of sick ones from the late ’90s/early ’00s that took me back. It’s amazing how many ways you can draw someone’s head exploding. The flexi part is…
SICK THOUGHTS are one of those bands, or projects or whatever, that people constantly talk about in terms of how prolific they are on the release front, but this two-song…
…sick guitar tone that paints a picture of a world in pain. TUMBAS make you think, make you scream, and most importantly, make you dance your misery away. There’s a…
This is sick. SPY wastes absolutely no time kicking off, a squeal of distortion followed by some seriously fucked-off stomping hardcore. I’m stumbling for comparisons to make but it sounds…
…on it. No one (except maybe Ghas from the fully sick A World Divided label) seems to know anything about MARA’A BORKAN—they have a Bandcamp page that says the two…
…Total End of Existence comes to us from December 2019 but I regrettably have not picked up a release since their Putrid Sick Society LP. This is thirteen tracks of…
…Justin and Candy have been in some of my favorite bands, and ERA BLEAK is urgent and angry and spastic and fucking sick of all your shit, you stupid fucking…
Canadian hardcore along the ways of SICK OF IT ALL and AGNOSTIC FRONT. Not as iconic as those bands, but these guys do crank out the negative vibe in short…
I don’t really know where to begin. I expected great things from this band, but Make Me Sick has knocked me out. Why? Because it is the perfect punk record….
Join Victoria, Jeremy, and Niles in their quest to put Harrisburg, PA, on the punk map in this episode of MRR Remote Radio!
Past CRIME – San Francisco’s Doomed STUMP WIZARDS – Firemine THE PROSTITUTES – Get Me Sick ARD – Laboratory NIGHTTIME DEALERS – Against the World HARBOR GENTLEMAN – Live at […]
…all the more. ALL MY FRIENDS AND ME — First Time CD (self-released) Catchy post-punk minimalist fun. Features the great personal anthem “Nasty”. I’m also sick of white male senior…
…lack of a “sick riff,” “Being Told You’re Wrong” is closer in spirit to MINOR THREAT than a thousand generic straightedge bands. LANDOWNER utilizes clean tones, repetition, and interlocking guitar/bass…
…guitar hooks that smooth out some of the sharper edges, especially on the comparatively pop-leaning “Story Slab” and “Sick Slab.” Limited to 65 copies, get those slabs while they’re fresh….
WHITE STAINS is one of the best things 2020 brought along. Their new LP is simply sick, and this was a great preview. I didn’t pay too much attention when…
…and are covers in name only. Favorites here are the two THIN LIZZY covers by SICK THOUGHTS and SPODEE BOY, SNOOPER doing ELO’s “Don’t Bring Me Down,” ERIK NERVOUS’ gut-busting…
…are abrupt, the bass is chunky, the songs are short. Plus, there are funny samples. It reminds me of a lot of things (COACHWHIPS? The SICK LIPSTICK?), but not enough…
This is a hard-rocking power trio from Campobasso, Italy. There’s a nice primitive lo-fi sound to this that makes it all work and brings out the heaviness and energy that…
…“Punk Outside” was sick! One of my favourite shows we’ve played. NASHO and ALLISTICS were on some other level that day. Very hard to say about the dream line-up! DIÄT…
…to solve that while listening to this record. Their songs are poppy, and catchy as hell. Between the rhythm guitar riffs, sick leads, and three-part vocal harmonies, there’s so much…
…out of Vienna, Austria isn’t fucking with any bourgeoisie. What they are doing is long-winded crust dirges that, while incorporating some sick riffs, don’t really ever go anywhere. They kind…
…shift languages; between English, French, and German; between singer, and attack; spoken, sung in tune, sung out of tune, overlapping, and in once instance, erupting in sick laughter. They use…
Hands down the winner for “Most Adorable Punk Record of the Year.” The ZITS are well (or not) known for their Killed by Death masterpiece, the “Sick on You /…
…A packs three songs into three minutes, and “Slacker” distills an innate universal truth into its brief chorus: “I’m so sick of this shit / I just can’t wait to…
…what somebody else handed to me. It was, I don’t know, middle school? When I heard Good Charlotte for the first time. [laughter] I was like, “This is sick.” I…
…delinquent-like feeling and that fuzz is just lovely and the lysergic beeps and squawks are all timed just right. “Look a Bit Sick,” “Dracula Sam,” “Haunted”…so tired right? But no!…
…doctor. That is to say: fully sick in-the-red guitar tone, basslines that are sinister but groovy in the same way, say, Kira’s were in BLACK FLAG, foaming provoked-animal vox from…
…young, it’s bratty, and it’s annoying as all fuckall. I love them. I hate them. I want to be them. SICK THOUGHTS, early OBLIVIANS…blah, blah. Buy it. Take it to…
…how colorful the subculture is. Maybe I will not remember one single riff soon, but while playing the tape I think punk is fucking sick and sometimes this is enough….
…BILLY JACK AND THE HIPPY TEMPTATIONS. This is a dive bar cruncher. Gritty, reminiscent of US punk circa 1984. Hearing STOOGES, SICK PLEASURE, and DWARVES in the mix. Thumbs up….
I don’t know about you lot, but I, for one, am sick to bastard death of this trend of anaemic pop punk dressed in a cheapo relco button-down, creases from…
…“Catbird” and “She (Was About That Life)” are bolstered by sick headnodder funk backbeats, and there’s even a NEIL YOUNG homage in the form of “Young Neezy,” not that you’d…
…fence and the other shaking his head looking at my piece on the bridge. That feeling of triumph, danger and excitement is how I feel when I spin a sick…
Sick hardcore with metallic touches outta Sweden that blends several notable influences including the ACCUSED, AGNOSTIC FRONT and countrymen DS-13 into an agreeably violent whole. Cool mosh parts and divebombs…
…of the music. Most likely if you do not listen to this record for hours straight, you will just think: it is ugly and destructive; how sick punk records are….
…something that clicks with you. For me they are too compliant. But I will be first in line if their singer starts a DIE KREUZEN-inspired band, her vocals are sick!…
…enough people start dying? If that button brings a delivery person with no sick pay to your door, do you still press it? What exactly is it you miss right…
…I imagine many readers may also know these songs by heart, but for anyone needing a quick summary: SICK PLEASURE was the earlier band of the two, with a fun,…
This week on MRR Radio, Pete has time. So much time that he considers the nature of Langford’s time consumption then figures he’ll just double down on some hot new rock.
Keep Your Distance UNIVERSAL ORDER OF ARMAGEDDON – Visible Distance Party Time (responsibly) MINUTEMEN — Party with me Punker PUS 1 — Peer Party BLACK FLAG – TV Party The […]
RANK/XEROX were my fave local band when they still lived in SF, making super sick PROLETARIAT-meets-Leeds post-punk sounds for desolate minds… I think they live on different continents nowadays, so…
…I think this is a Fullerton-based brother/sister band, both vocalists have killer voices in a JOSIE COTTON/TONI BASIL/DEBBIE manner, and the farfisa and guitar sound are super sick. “Boys Will…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Greg reminds you that everything is awful. but we have to get through this together… distantly. Please stay safe, my friends.
Intro CAREER SUICIDE – Quarantined Crisis, Panic, Isolation POISON GIRLS – Crisis ARTIMUS PYLE – You’ll Never Have to Leave Home Again IRON LUNG – Non Contact Visit TALK IS […]
Super sick scrappy punk that sounds like an outtake from one of those killer early ’80s Dutch comps, but also sorta like KLEENEX meets the RATS!? Katie B’s vocals are…
Fucking huge sounding, super energetic D-beat-based hardcore, what the fuck is not to like here? Hard to decide what to highlight first, the sick vocals or the crazed drumming or…
…raging. Speaking of: shout out to The Leper by PUBLIC TRUST, which didn’t make the cut. 10. MALE NURSES Wanna Play Doctor? / GI Jock 7″ (Cowabunga Sick Club series,…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Rob plays songs that are all 30 seconds or less! A mind-warping set of 150 songs by 150 different bands in less than an hour! Tune in to hear everything from LOS CRUDOS to CROSSED OUT all jammed into one show!
Intro CROSSED OUT – Practiced Hatred Short Fast Loud! CAPITALIST CASUALTIES – A Borrowed Latter VOORHEES – Tornado of Knives NEGATIVE APPROACH – Pressure SPAZZ – Doo Doo Man PHOBIA […]
…in music and listening to non-US, radical hardcore bands. The conclusion is that even though this decade was sick, that the regional sounds, the personal angst, and the boldness of…
…urgent, powerful, and the tracks are light years beyond sick. Everything sounds weird, sounds off; in other words, it all sounds perfect. This is the second offering from SONIC WARHEAD—guitarist…
…as powerful as their live set! Recommended with a side of I’m sick of writing these jokes. TV CRIME — Metal Town LP (Alien Snatch) One of my favorite contemporary…
…successful at cross-blending various punk shadings, including goth, anarcho, tuneful US West Coast and even full-on thrash for the closing song “You Make Me Sick.” A sense of urgency and…
Wow!! Super sick Afro-futurist scrappy hardcore punk that reminds me of the MONORCHID or maybe CIRCUS LUPUS?! The guitar sound and those vocals take me straight back to my teenage…
…realities. A full-sounding recording courtesy of Atomic Garden, sick basslines, crushing breakdowns—this is a blaster that demands maximum volume!!!! Though most of the artwork here is really of a basic…
…My Time Vol. 1 EP (Toxic State) Sick vocals and theatrical performance from the singer of CC DUST. Ex members of CRAZY SPIRIT, ANASAZI. Love the clap beats. SHEER MAG…
…protest we have scheduled in the afternoon. Many of our members have gotten sick. Let’s be real clear. The City Of Chicago has mismanaged finances for decades, and black and…
Sick Canadian hardcore with a D-beat backbone, but a fair dollop of GBH and UK82 in the mix alongside the obligatory nods to DISCHARGE. The recording is very well done,…
…a little too chaotic and disjointed? Well, that’s pretty much the point of extremity. Choice cut: “Inter-Dimensional Game of Suffering,” if only because that guitar break is so unbelievably sick….
…Their chaotic, high energy live shows present an unintended thus flippant experiment to widen the soundscape of hardcore that results in effortlessly played sick riffs accompanied by the comic scene…
…learned that flanger is sick. And phaser. Did we use phaser or flanger? MRR: We used both. Flanger was my necessary one, though. Mattie: That shit’s crazy. And it records…
…know that tough punk garage savagery with style and rigor can’t be beat! “Didn’t Wanna Come Here Alone” is so sick: sounds like a group the BAGS woulda played with….
…(also reissued by Schizophrenic) captured the CHRON SUBS in tighter, proto-crossover form, its predecessor Sick of Reality is pure early-’80s HC—25 blasts crammed into a 45 RPM 12″. High intensity,…
It’s hard to go wrong opening an LP with a sick instrumental. WALL BREAKER’s debut LP delivers a dozen tightly wound, politically charged HC blasts, pulling a range of ’80s…
…Living) and this LP, which is a compilation of songs from the cassettes, so even if your walkman doesn’t work anymore, you can listen to their sick SIN 34-style attack…
Dan starts sifting through the last decade’s records (part 1 of 2?)
Intro NO STATIK – The Owl i SICK FIX – Phoenix G.L.O.S.S. – Give Violence a Chance Q – Terrqr SORROWS – The Violent Bear It Away ABSURDO – Vacio […]
Not that DOGS, but the best 1980s record not from the ’80s that I’ve heard in a minute. This OC band existed for four too-short years in the ’90s, most…
…SCHOOL DAMAGE (and a PARSNIP! I guess as with every other sick Australian group each member must play in fifty-nine other equally cool bands). Neat and witty pop constructions that…
…adolescent tribute. “Freedom,” “Home Sweet Home” and “Acid Song” have whimsical piano parts, but most songs are snotty RAMONES/SEX PISTOLS hybrids, which of course sound sick in Russian with a…
MRR Remote Radio is in New Zealand with Benny Mathews of Hairy Palm Records, who treats us to the sounds of their fair island from the past 10 years!
Intro ROGERNOMIX — Anonymous Dragged through Wellington to Hamilton UNSANITARY NAPKIN — Peter Thiel (Literal Fucking Vampire) SPITEFUL URINATOR — Bore You To Leave DOGCOCK — Anthropophagite WASTELAND — Stabbed […]
…unreleased songs, including a super sick cover of the Nintendo classic “Paper Boy!” This is truly the sound of my youth, a mixtape in my walkman skating round town, reading…
…you, busted out some sick metal licks, and then galloped off to annihilation. They also sound like many other bands doing this kind of thing. That being said, this EP…
The meaty chugs of mid-’80s NYHC clashes with melodic gruff vocals and wailing leads, while the heart of Sick Century is high energy catchy ’core along the lines of SNFU…
…my ass.” He moved off the mic and took on a new persona, “Try this on for size, Well, Hi everybody. Ain’t it groovy. Ain’t you sick of hearing that…
…comps, but in a dream not a drab reenactment broscape. This is a sick hardcore 45: it sounds like the Hardcore California book in a cool and refreshing way, like…
…of a D BOON paint coat than those groups, and more of an UNDERTONES 45s and cheap charity shop parka glow. Comes with a super sick lyric booklet, which is…
On this week’s MRR Radio Rob highlights the label La Vida Es Un Mus, plays some sick metal and highlights some of his favorite local bands! Tune in and turn up!
Intro SHIT COFFINS – Termination The finest punk on La Vida Es Un Mus Records! ENZYME – Addiction EXOTICA – Desesperacion ASID – Paranoia Pure Mania SIAL – Hura-Hara ULTRA […]
This is somehow both super polished and shambling DIY-style RUNAWAYS worship from Finland…. The B-Side is a “Cherry Bomb” cover in Finnish, and has a sick falling apart REMO VOOR…
…disc contains some choice dollar store guitar ’n’ keyboard punk, with nods to KBD klassics. Sneering Danish synth punk that errs on the side of the sick with songs about…
…Vague Absolutes excavated a few years ago, here’s a bright fuckin’ light on a band that’s far too sick to ignore. So fucking good! Probably a goner by the time…
…OK, but it’s more like a buildup / intro song. Then the second song is fucking sick as shit, but it’s only like twenty seconds long, and that’s the end…
…Blood on Your Boots 7″ (La Vida Es Un Mus) Ripping, raw and energetic hardcore. Not breaking any new ground, but it’s totally sick in your face spite filled hardcore….
These St. Louis vets have crafted quite a ripping debut, with a gnarly ’80s USHC vibe and more than a touch of early punk’s crash-and-burn recklessness. CHRONIC SICK, RKL and…
…many killers. “You Like Your Job” is a huge wind-up, poking a safety pin in illusions via a sick guitar schmearing, “Thrust of History” is gutter glam from Galaxy Z,…
Sharp, focused, distorted modern hardcore. Overbearing buzzsaw guitars, lightning fast with a sick snarl. Think about the SKEMÄTA school of attack, but way less nuanced. Ferocity in six movements.
…moments, but don’t worry kids, the driving D-beat that we all love is always king here. It’s as if IMPALERS got really into BRAINOIL and EYEHATEGOD. Throw in the sick…
…two extra tracks, and anyone who would begrudge a super sick twelveyear-old girl circa 1981 fronting a no wave art punk downtown NYC group a deluxe reissue is a brain-free…
…Paris for fuck’s sake. Even better, this CD, brought to you by the trifecta of labels Sick My Duck, Sheekiz,and General Strike, is available for free from any of the…
This is so good! Hardcore with tough and growly female vocals sung in Portuguese, sick riffs, and sludgy breakdowns. There’s something old school about the vibe, with slower parts that…
On this week’s MRR Radio, Greg plays the past, present and future of queer punk
Intro DICKS – Rich Daddy Set 1 WASP WOMEN – Kill Me BIG BOYS – Which Way to Go TEAM DRESCH – Uncle Phranc SCREAMERS – Peer Pressure KICKING GIANT […]
This week on MRR Radio, Rob tears through 41 songs of classic crust and grindcore in just under an hour! Tune in to hear bands like ANTI CIMEX, DOOM and SIEGE crush your eardrums into oblivion! Noise not music!
Intro DISCHARGE — Here Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhh! ANTI CIMEX – – When The Innocent Die MOB 47 — Karnvapen Attack DISKONTO — United States of Almost Anything […]
Dan plays newly reviewed records and previews Near Dark Fest.
Near Dark Fest happens September 13th-15th in Oakland. For more info and tickets, visit neardarkmusic.com.
Intro DIRTY AND HIS FISTS – L Pill Reviewed in #424 (except one) LYSOL – Chemical Reaction S.H.I.T. – Algorithm DIANETICS – Midlife Edge LIQUIDS – Dead Necks INSINUATIONS – […]
…that’s not enough for you, check out some sick photos from DC’s Damaged City festival, our new DIY recording tips section, and all the columns and reviews that you love…
…a sick photo spread from Everything Is Not OK IV. Those seeking international punk coverage should be pleased. We have a long interview with Finland’s KOHTI TUHOA discussing the Helsinki…
Dan’s usual New Bin Dive b/w Joan’s Inaugural MRR DJ set
Into song: LOWLIFE – Leaders What’s New? NO NEGATIVE – Cellophane BEYOND PEACE – Old Crop HEAVY LIDS – Bleed DIANETICS – Thee Evolutionary Level Beyond Humans AMERICAN HATE – […]
Shell makes her MRR DJ debut, and Dan looks back on 2017
Intro song: MR. AIRPLANE MAN — Do You Wanna (Hang Out) Dan’s 2017(ish) faves LIQUIDS — I Killed Donald Trump MOZART — Miserable Adult XYLITOL — Atrocity Man NAKED LIGHTS […]
Dan plays his usual new and mold stuff.
Intro song: ANGST — Some Things Recently Reviewed COMPOSITE — Paper Fantasties GRIT — Push on Through SUBVERSIVE RITE — Religious Oppression/Losing Game DAGGER — It Makes Me Sick JOINT […]
Matt is joined by Ben and Claudia for just another hour of the best new punk and hardcore worldwide!
Matt raids the new releases ANDY HUMAN & THE REPTOIDS — Refrigerator DAGGER — It Makes ME Sick BO! ROCK 1 — æ¤ãƒŽå´Žãƒ‹ãƒ† PROM NITE — Prize Pig Ben’s been […]
…but more radical and more in your face—”We are sick of this shit world, and we are now here to fucking change it whether you fucking like it or not”…
This week on MRR radio, Pete and Langford thrash their way through sick riffage and sweet licks to bring you the hottest new tracks from the world of punk rock….
…No, Manganzoids, Demencia, Sick Terror, Tocatta y Bulla, NTN, Argies, Reconcile, Anti-Korpus, Ruido De Odio, Los Pepiniyos, Rebelion Disidente, Brazil Scum , Kim Bae Photo Essay. Out of print. MRR…
…in the occasional one off show. Links and contact info: totalxreality@gmail.com totalxreality.bandcamp.com Band name: OMERTA Date & location formed: July 2016, Ottawa. Reason for forming: Sick and tired…
…play Sick Weekend. Links and contact info: thebolos.bandcamp.com facebook.com/TheBolosTX Band name: SLOPERS Date & location formed: Amy: Some time in 2016; someplace in Chicago. Luke: Chicago in 2016….
…may know Chris from one of his many killer bands such as COKE BUST, REPULSION, DOC, SICK FIX, GUILT PARADE, and THE REMEMBERABLES. So you know he’s a man of…
…are your lyrics about? My lyrics are about mistreatment and oppression of people of color, racism, and police brutality. Well, it’s about being sick of all that shit. How would…
Fuckin’ Drumpf Pisses Us All OFF!
Intro K9-67 – Sick Rotten Ron is “sick” as sick as Sick! FOLLETO – Ann AUSENCIA – Cuantas Vidas KARBONITE – Denial PATSY – Nazis Are So Plain SSYNDROM – […]
…couldn’t help but notice the lack of unity and the unnecessary violence, and we were sick of it. We formed Mentality to help be a part of the positive and…
…CA. Reason for forming: We wanted to start a band to tour and distract us from our normal lives. The Fresno scene is sick but it’s small so we wanted…
…’77 Shit THE NOW – Into the 80s KILLJOYS – Johnny Won’t Get to Heaven SOME CHICKEN – New Religion LOCKJAW – Radio Call Sign THE USERS – Sick of…
…forming: We had another band but moved away and 2 of us wanted to start a new band. wanted to start playing musick; sick of the “old songs”, found a…
…have to be too reliant on bars or other places that get sick of punk shows happening after a couple of times or whatever. This year we’re using four different…
…Slayer met in 2015 and connected through music. Members from La Noia (Mandy Coxx) and Chasma (Lilian and Edie) joined forces. Some of us we sick of playing with boys…
…Ooh, I know this one!… Y2K Date & location formed: SICK, Another easy question! We’re gonna ace this test. December 2k15 at 1905 Adeline St., Oakland CA 94608 Reason for…
…and sick punk. What’s in the future for this band? Preparing surprises for the future. Daggas (photo by Joaquin Matias) Links and contact info: daggas.bandcamp.com Band name: SPICE BOYS…
…NEW HAVEN, CT @ Thee House w/ Big Man and Sick Head 8/7 – BROOKLYN, NY @ Aviv LATINO PUNK FEST 2016 (no Klout) 8/8 – WASHINGTON D.C. @ Smash!…
…83.4MB) Intro song: SICK THOUGHTS – 18 and Free Community The new things that wonderful punks send to us. SPRAY PAINT – Heavy Loiter COMMUNITY – Community BULLNETTLE – Waiting…
…played two shows. Our next show is with PATSY in July in Austin. It’s goin’ be sick. Links and contact info: bondagetx.bandcamp.com Band name: FINAL Date & location…
…singles last week: SICK THOUGHTS — “18 & Free” and GINO & THE GOONS — “Love & Hate.” Next up is the debut single from New Orleans’ LSDOGS and a…
…| Download (Duration: 59:51 — 82.3MB) Backwards hat, Sunglasses Intro song: SICK OF IT ALL – Friends Like You, Part II Oh Yes, It’s New HOT SNAKES – Stay in…
…we recorded our demo. It was great because we trusted each other enough to know that whatever we wrote, it was fun and it was going to sound sick regardless….
Brendan, Eli, and Grace (your Maximum Rocknroll coordinators in order from tallest to shortest) play sick garbage for you from their personal stashes and the ever-growing MRR collection http://media.blubrry.com/mrrradio/radio.maximumrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/mrrradio1499.mp3 Podcast:…
…Dave Creaney) What’s in the future for this band? We released our demo and played our first show in October of 2015 with G.L.O.S.S (which was so sick!) and have…
…from her other band, Mean Girls. We wanted to start a band that was totally DIY. We didn’t wanna play at bars because we were real sick of a lot…
…Ivy League Asshole BABY SHAKES – She’s a Star WIMPS – Vampire CATHOLIC SPIT – Sick Sick Sex RIPPERS – I Wanna Know Sometime About PAMPERS – Right Tonight THE…
…far as current bands we think are making sick shit right now. What are your lyrics about? Bratty stressed out rants about things that get under our skin. How would…
…RHIZOME – World Stop Turning I hate cheese! REPLICA – Strings MACE – Society’s Sick FIREWALKER – Don’t Cross Me Coldstamp SPINE – Cry Wolf 86 GEMINI – Creeping Void…
…– Greed LITOVSK – Brest RED-TAPE TRASH SURVEY – Freedom SYNDROME 81 – Desert Urbain Hot new tapes I got CULT VALUES – Prepare For Cold SICK WARD – Into…
…Visit the Show (photo HiD) Intro song: MOTORHEAD – Motorhead Rotten Ron misses Philthy Phil IGNORANTES – Mexico Lindo SICK THOUGHTS – Aborted World THE DARK – Badge and Gun…
…more time hanging out in a tiny room together. sick jams, tax breaks, resume building. What are your lyrics about? How time is a blob. Pale Red (photo by Cody…
…opens up “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning” is just sick; it’s raw, it’s classic. One thing really ties it together here: Rebecca Valeriano-Flores is an utterly devastating lyricist with a…
…hardcore scene when Coke Bust and [Chris and Jeremy’s other band] Sick Fix started, as far as straightedge stuff is concerned. I feel like once we were playing out, more…
On this week’s Monday Photo Blog we have some sick evidence of a summer well spent from Alex Kress. You can check out more of her work on her Flickr…
…sick selections from the Maximum archive and visions of the future from the tape freak underground. http://media.blubrry.com/mrrradio/radio.maximumrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/mrrradio1469-5.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:29 — 45.7MB) Intro: UROCHROMES…
…as well be lumped in with JOY DIVISION and wanna just get back to losing your mind to sick ass punk bands, you’ll wanna track down this LP. No weak…
Incoming: Maximum Rocknroll #389, the October 2015 issue! On the cover we’ve got SICK THOUGHTS, teen punk and the man behind the most prolific one-man-band du jour. Robert Collins…
…1979 New Wave/punk collision, but it’s from now, and is fresh yet eternal. The sputtering drums and stumbling bass with that sick dollar store guitar sound, while the coolest vocalist…
…MILLION – Sleepover THE TWINKEYZ – ESP Punk Runs in the Family RUTH ANN JONESTOWN AND THE SICK RATS – You’re a Sick Rat Outro song: VACATION – Decaying Maximum…
…the unique challenges? I know you all live in separate places… Scott: At one point I got sick of my job so I quit. I’d been coming to San Francisco…
…is Screaming Vomit??? Two members of MUTANT ITCH that got sick of the lack of punks gigs here and starting booking some! Also a Screaming Vomit zine is in the…
BROKEN TALENT — “Rules No One” LP Fuckin’ sick! Most KBD fans I know have a real soft spot for Florida’s BROKEN TALENT, even tho their classic Blood Slut 7″…
…“Oyoy” on tape through our own label Sick Slice Records and doing a small weekend tour in August. We’re looking at doing an East Coast tour in early November. But…
…that footage of Fucked Up on MTV. It was sick. Ridiculous, but sick. I reckon it is rad when really underground cultural stuff like punk and hardcore gets exposed in…
…Nazis at the same time. Totally fucked up! Mexico has a sick history of weird flags. Rafael: Hector Suarez is a cool comedian. He does a very cruel/fun impression of…
…both sick and/or raging. MRR: When you write songs, are you thinking about playing them live or how they’re going to sound recorded? Matt: Most of the time, I…
…the best band! Jeez. I don’t know what “banannaties” are though. I’m not gonna fuckin’ do it “banal” with you, you sick fuck. I barely know you and I have…
…was sick! I couldn’t really sing that well at all. I was sick as fuck, and my voice was a lot more nasally and, there’s—it is different. Chris: So back…
…Sick Shit TRAUMA HARNESS – Paranoid Missiles IMMORTAL MICE MEN – Useless Chatter New Stuff That Made Me Wanna Run Out in the Street and Punch Someone SLUGGA – Parasite…
…you just need to crank the volume up. Super ill fold-out photo/history booklet tops it off. Sick!! (Graham Booth) (Death Vault) (technically sold out at the label but check distros!)…
AQUARIAN BLOOD — “Savage Mind” EP Super sick falling apart lo-fi destruction! Punk as fuck doomed cult sounds for those looking for something new to devote their lives and wallets…
…LOWER BERTH Date & location formed: Lower Berth is from Montopolis, TX, an outskirt of Austin, TX. Originated in the winter of 2014. Other ensembles include Sick Van, Massagenist, Injuries,…
…sick. We are a music magazine. These records still get reviewed. They get their fair sonic shake. As coordinator, I do not send emails around to shitworkers that say, “The…
…the LOWEST FORM, and WHITE WARDS will find a lot to like here. Complete with some great cover artwork, another tremendously sick package from Sorry State. (Sorry State) —Eli Wald…
…RED RED KROVVY — Real Life YOUNG TRYNAS — $ INFLATABLE BOY CLAMS — Marin Layla’s Set of Sick Loss Leaders MIDNIGHT SNAXX — Don’t Wake Me Up SUSAN —…
…— and will make you wanna change your style immediately. The all-neon-pink sleeve (including the inside) is such a sick touch! This includes all the available PINK SECTION tracks, including…
…in Ukraine — the war unleashed by Russian imperialism. Thanks to some stupid Stalinists in the scene and other sick folks with USSR-nostalgia many European left-wing people support anti-Ukrainian sentiments….
…Chains ELECTROCUTIONER – Demonizer PARANOID – 1st Song Side 1 SICK THOUGHTS – Beat On Beat ISOTOPE – Phoenix Ashes Horrible Halitosis – Breath Busters MANATEES – Obsession AUSMUTEANTS –…
…before? I don’t kiss and tell. APPENDIX has never been to the states before and we’re real excited to have them and it’s always sick to have a great band…
…we are. What are your lyrics about? Our songs are about sick thoughts, urges, anger, depression, stress, anxiety, ADHD, and all the fucked up shit that we all ignore on…
…to be weird, we are just actual outcasts of society — queers, trans women, women of color, gender queer femmes, feminists, etc., and we love hardcore and are sick of…
…corporate fascism, alienation, the earth being ravaged by mad sick butchers. Angry songs and bitter words, yet they still ignore! How would you describe your sound? Like the crumbling of…
…appropriate to close out the weekend. It’s gonna be a hot sticky mess. Any after shows? Yes there is going to be an after party Friday night with Sick Thoughts,…
…sick music, all we needed was a new guitarist. Alan met Mateo and said he was down to jam so out of the ashes of Decrepit Existence and out of…
…totally sick, blown-out guitars, commandeering vocals, and rumbling, threatening rhythm section all conspire to sound like they’re gonna fall apart, but really, they know exactly what they are doing and…
…get to discovering some killer new shit… Band name: RIDE OR DIE Date & location formed: Youngstown, Ohio, April 2014. Reason for forming: We were all sick of not being…
For anyone not familiar with HOUNDS OF HATE (smell the coffee, what’s with you?), they play masterful NYHC akin to BREAKDOWN, SICK OF IT ALL, WARZONE, and similar acts, and…
…Conduct LP is some Japanese punk intensity. S.H.I. (STRUGGLING HARSH IMMORTALS) — both 7″s, also Japanese, kinda like MINISTRY meets DISCHARGE? New BAD DOCTORS LP for some sick new wave…
…sick as fuck. If you like guitar-heavy, super-pop FASTBACKS-worship, you’ll wanna snatch this up if you see it. First pressing is gone, second is rumored to be on the way….
…Change Your Mind STERILE MIND – Hate Sick BAD BLOOD – Catch a Bad One MYSTERIOUS SKIN – Give Up NARCOLEPTICS – Intro/Programmed Rachel’s cute songs that make her happy…
…split of 2014, this is nothing short of mandatory for all you metalpunx. (Active Rebellion / Into the Abyss / Neanderthal Stench / What Is Making Us Sick) —Will Blomquist…
…under the moldy table LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS – Gnats in the Pisser FARANG – Woggle SICK THOUGHTS – I Got Hands FUTURE VIRGINS – Centre VACATION CLUB – Oh,…
…Montreal (besides SEX FACE)? PROXY, METALIAN (metal but fucking awesome!!), ABYSSED (they are a bit more metal Á la VENOM), DEKODER, COMPLICATIONS, MALOKIO, SEPTIMO CONTINENTE, TALK SICK, DETHFOX, KONFRONT, BLUDGEONED,…
I got a hold of Chuck from The Cast to interview him about his sick shop in New York’s Lower East Side. I had passed it many times while volunteering…
…your enjoyment(?) http://media.blubrry.com/mrrradio/radio.maximumrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/mrrradio1401.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:55 — 40.5MB) Intro song: FUNERAL CONE – Stomach Sick Funeral Cone somewhere in the USA Greg plays some…
…same conforming to the norm made me sick. Reagan was the leader and people were following like sheep. Wars all over; not Vietnam but non-ending small wars everywhere. Nobody gave…
…“ink” is actually writing a sick book which I’m looking forward to, called Wicked Woman about women in the subculture which will also feature some of my photos. And in…
…issues have artwork from Collin Claire from HEATHEN, which is a sick band, a creature feature by J.C. of Gelahmt zine which is sick and you guys gotta check out….
…get-togethers, dinners, parties, music, spoken word, meetings and more… Stevie got sick with that awful Agent Orange cancer as he was a Vietnam vet. He was sick for a while…
…intriguing. We have a lot of sick bands that play out often like CULO, ANAMOLY, GASRAG, BIG ZIT (NWI), RECTAL HYGIENICS, DISTRACT, NARCOLEPTICS, SPLIT FEET, CRACKED VESSEL, MANIPULATION, SIN ORDEN,…
…little outside of what Vinyl Rites usually does, but they are punks playing loud music, which is all I care about. Sick bands, great people, incredible record. How can we…
…and was really sick of all the songs on my MP3 player. But I had zero money, no computer of my own, and no one to trade MP3s with anyhow….
…are printing a sick poster to go with it featuring most of our girl gang looking hard, so keep an eye out for that. What else have you been creating…
…I started painting on them one day because I ran out of boards to paint on, and was getting sick of all of this junk lying around. I painted on…
…it will help you. There is a new book that was just recently published and yes, I am the author. I have lived the life of a horrendously sick person…
Amelia Anok hosts the airwaves with Rotten Ron and Paul, bringing you a lethal dose of Punk. Tune in or get bent!
Intro song: SARCOFAGO – Satanic Lust Rotten Ron is always Ready STAINS – Sick & Crazy THOSE UNKNOWN – Darker Hours DRUNKS WITH GUNS – Punched in the Head VICIOUS […]
…– Besk Oblat INFEST – Sick Machine/Upright Mass INEPSY – Street City Kids THE PORK DUKES – Telephone Masturbator Outro song: FRENZY – Nightmare Convulsions http://media.blubrry.com/mrrradio/radio.maximumrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/mrrradio1367-5.mp3 Podcast: Play in new…
…for the punks. I got a sick UK SUBS “Stranglehold” large-sized button and exchanged pleasantries with the cashier who talked to me about street punk and days gone by. I…
Amelia & Bay Area local, Paul, take over your airwaves and play you some sick tunes for real live punx.
Intro song: VERRÁ„TERISCH – Gib Nicht Auf Amelia Organizes & Smashes the State STALAG 17 – Society’s Fairytale CRASS – Big A Little A ZOUO – No Power CRASS – […]
…Miles THE BAGS – Babylonian Gorgon AGRESSION – Intense Energy VACANT STATE – What Right Ryan S. DAWN OF HUMANS – Head Process/EID FLUX OF PINK INDIANS – Sick Butchers…
…shows too, right? That BOLT THROWER show was sick, by the way! Thanks for that! I got into fitness a year ago and now spend hours a week running or…
…known and public face of Ray McKelvey, passed away at home, on March 24, 2013 in Jacksonville, Florida. He had been sick with cancer. On the surface of it, Stevie’s…
…comes first, I’m not too picky. What do you have to say about the future? There’s too much future. North Korea had better get their act together, I’m getting sick…
…UNNATURAL AXE – Brain Damage SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS – You’re a Bore REMO VOOR – Frogrammer Paco PIN OFFS – Rats SICK THINGS – Committed to Suicide OTAN –…
…was the Repo Man soundtrack, and my college girlfriend made me a cassette at that time that had YOUTH OF TODAY “Break Down the Walls,” SICK OF IT ALL “Blood,…
…Sick and Crazy RAW POWER – No Card ANTI – I Don’t Want to Die in Your War Mike Desert – Feel Good Hits of the Bummer ADRENALIN O.D. –…
…Me Alive COMMON VISIONS — Ice Queen DEFECT DEFECT — Post Apocolypse ADOLESCENTS — Kids of the Black Hole Outro song: SICK SICK BIRDS – Conversation http://media.blubrry.com/mrrradio/radio.maximumrocknroll.com/wp-content/uploads/mrrradio1325.mp3 Podcast: Play in…
…Violence REACHAROUNDS – Take to the Streets SICK FIX – Phoenix MUNCHAUSEN – Couch Rot SCHOOL JERKS – Intro/Why Ask Why? The New Bin SNAKE RUN – Christcore on Parade…
…SICK/TIRED tell us about their latest LP and the intricacies of their name. We talk with Bay Area hardcore punx EFFLUXUS about regional punk activity, and discuss being punks with…
…Choice REST IN PIECES – Old Grey Mare Stomp/Stark Raving Nude BREAKDOWN – Sick People KRAKDOWN – Disappointment Attila’s top picks from hours spent in the MRR record collection KILL…
…I first heard their Blot Out the Worthless Sun LP and saw them live. These songs are fast and brutal with some truly sick growled mean vokills—the lyrics are not…
…– War Hero REAGAN YOUTH – Reagan Youth NAUSEA – TechNoLogiKill Chad – Kick The Sick CHAINSAW – Police and Politicians SHATTERED FAITH – Reagan Youth CEREMONY – Sick CLASSICS…
…did one full week where I posted only bands with only women in them because I was sick of so many music blogs (and punk and society and everything) that…
You’ve waited long enough — MRR #345, the February 2012 issue, is finally here! With sick cover art by Mr. Alex Ratcharge, it’s the always epic year-end top ten issue,…
“There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious—makes you so sick at heart—that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got…
First, we’ve got to come together, so fuck the differences It doesn’t matter if its noise or music, to them we all talk piss To them we’re the sick farce,…
Yeah, this is another bloody noisy punk comp, including acts from all around the globe, the standouts being SICK OF IT ALL, DROWNING ROSES, and the INSTIGATORS. Good….
They’ve had it up to here and they’re not gonna take it anymore. So, they’re gonna bitch ‘n moan and strike out in anger. No solutions offered or recommended. The…
Noisy Australian guitar-oriented pop, kind of like a punchier JESUS AND MARY CHAIN. What saves this 12” from predictability is the unexpected sick humor in the midst of the pop…
…replacing the naive “unity for unity’s sake” approach. Bands include YOUTH OF TODAY, SICK OF IT ALL, SIDE BY SIDE, BOLD, WARZONE, SUPERTOUCH, and GORILLA BISCUITS. Pick it up, and…
One of the better garage bands, the SICK ROSE had a single out a while back and like this LP, they’ve got the ’60s sound down but they also manage…
Current garage sleaze from both the U.S. and Europe featuring LES THUGS, CANNIBALS, LEGENDARY GOLDEN VAMPIRES, SICK ROSE and much more. One of the best neo-60s series going.
Forceful hardcore, but not as metallic as other recent NY acts, instead relying on powerthrash and grinding most breaks. Hot.
Four ripping early blasts by the DAMNED are featured here, versions formerly only available on bootleg tapes and records. Several of the tracks, like “Sick of Being Sick,” are actually…
Three more quite VELVET-y songs , with only one “hit,” having any bite. I think I’m sick of this band’s current mellowing. Liven up, guys….
Here’s a basic angry punk attack similar to S.F.’s SICK PLEASURE, with fed-up, hateful lyrics. Sounds great if you’re totally pissed off.
…Includes “Help” and “New Rose” from the first 45, “Stretcher Case” and “Sick of Being Sick” from their ultra-rare freebie 7″, as well as “Neal Neat Neat.” Get this fucker….
The EXPLOITED of Japan, believe it or not. The music has a simple marching, pounding beat and the vocals have a nice gravely flavor to them. Some of the song…
The primitive compositions on this EP reminded me of the late, great CHILD MOLESTERS, a similarity which even extends to the sick lyrics. Unfortunately, the songs lack that essential catchiness…
…jocks, MTV, work, and the sick absurdities of bourgeois life. Most of the tunes are mid-tempo punk this time, with a couple of thrashers interspersed. But there’s a more “psychedelic”…
A very limited posthumous release, this garage production features a 1981 recording of two wonderfully noisy, trashed, raw-as-hell punk rock classics. Find it at all costs.
Although sometimes of garage production standards, there’s more than enough hot material to warrant this Annapolis-area comp. SPASTIC RATS, FIT OF RAGE, STRICTLY PROHIBITED, CHRIST ON A CRUTCH, SICK CHILDREN,…
This re-release of the FRAT-GIRLS’ garaged-out, raunched-out, ultra-sick classic contains all the tracks on the original EP plus “The Egg Man Don’t Cometh,” a sort of poem. This is SHAGGS-rock…
Imagine, if you will, a bass guitar, drums, and sax fighting with sick vocals in a messy thrash format. Imagine 19 songs, some as short as ten seconds, delivered in…
…so, and bizarrely, one US band (KILLROY). We get some mid-tempo tracks from ANIMAL FARM, SICK VICARS, ENEMY, RESISTANCE 77, THOSE OBNOXIOUS TYPES, and PARANOIA. Not earth-shaking, but solid Brit-punk….
A shitload of German bands (HAWAII 5-O, ENOLA GAY, SICK PLEASURE, INFERNO, the NEUROTIC ARSEHOLES, PORNO PATROL, the UPRIGHT CITIZENS, BLUTTAT, and others), along with Italy’s WRETCHED, recorded at the…
A new German compilation out independently by the former singer in SICK PLEASURE (now in PORNO PATROL), and it’s one of the BRD’s best so far. It shifts from high-powered…
…from those groups is the presence of ex-SICK PLEASURE vocalist Nicki Sicki, who expresses hostility and nihilism rather than political concerns in his lyrics. A hot-sounding release with a hilarious…
An enigma. The band is English, and all we know is that this EP was recorded in ’77 and has just now been released. It’s not half-bad either, sort of…
…starting to seem more and more pretentious and self-indulgent, especially in the hands of their many imitators. Both parts of “Sexism’s Sick” have enough drive to hold my interest, though….
West Berlin’s SICK PLEASURE produces a raw style of punk with cynical lyrics about desperation and street life. They combine gruff vocals, heavy guitars, and distinctive song structures which steadily…
There are some rippers on this tape, but CHRONIC SUBMISSION mainly produces mid-tempo punk. The high-quality recording highlights the guitarist’s fine licks.
Two clever funnypunk songs from a brand new outfit. The themes can be clearly discerned from the song titles, and the music is in the raucous mid-tempo vein. Good offensive…
I can’t tell what the hell they’re singing about, but it’s probably better that way (judging from their picture on the cover). Musically, it’s pretty good, whether they’re playing punk…
…approach (as in “Video Prick”). “Sick of Fun” and “Deep Wound” have strong recognizable choruses, but some of the thrashers kind of get lost in the shuffle during initial listenings….
…and X-ILES. SICK PLEASURE’s vocalist is now in VERBAL ABUSE. The music here is metallic thrash punk that sings the praises of shooting speed, killing parents, and mental breakdowns; the…
…even though they employ older stylistic devices. But the lyrics—yecchh! I’m getting real sick of all this sexist and homophobic shit coming out now. Just because you guys are insecure…
…when they aren’t totally fast, but, uh… the lyrics will make you understand their name, because they’re sick sick sick of all this pressure pressure pressure or something something something….
Wisconsin thrash punk with more structural complexity than usual. Choppy rhythms, fluid guitarwork, and spastic vocals are the distinguishing characteristics here. DIE KREUZEN (formerly the STELLAS) provide further proof that…
…the rather hilarious “Sick Boy,” as well as the more serious compositions on the flip, grab your emotions by virtue of their sheer vigor and enthusiasm. While by no means…
Glad SICK PLEASURE bit the dust, this being a posthumous release—too heavy metal for my taste, with lyrics of equal mentality. CODE OF HONOR side is much better—still traces of…
