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MRR Radio #1278 • 1/8/12 • The Best of 2011!

Dan — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:17:16 +0000

MRR Radio is a weekly radio show featuring the best DIY punk, garage rock and hardcore from the astounding, ever-growing Maximum Rocknroll record collection. You can find the MRR Radio podcast, as well as specials, archives, and more info at radio.maximumrocknroll.com. Thanks for listening, and stay tuned!

THIS WEEK: Dan and friends bring you the best records of 2011! Last one before the end of the world.

Intro songs:
NO TOLERANCE – No Remorse, No Tolerance / Empty Words

Silla Eléctrica

Langford from his top ten!
SHOPPERS – B.Viii
COUSIN BRIAN – Do Stay Over
HYGIENE – Things to Do
SILLA ELÉCTRICA – Trabajo

Matt’s Top Ten
BELLICOSE MINDS – Walk Into Fire
SJU SVÅRA ÅR – Jag Skiter Väl i Mitt Dåligg Rytke / Okad Säkerhet
ARCTIC FLOWERS – Vexed

Mariam
NECRO MONJO – Vamos
SPEED KILLS – Como O Fogo
GOBIERNO MILITAR – Destino
ALUMINUM KNOT EYE – Still Cleaning That Same Old Grease Trap

Dan
RANK/XEROX – Sterile Regions
MUCH WORSE – Tarred Lung
BIG CRUX – Big Funk
BIG EYES – Your Lies
VACCUUM – Living a Lie(?)
ACID REFLUX – So Confused

Mariam, Part 2
LOBOTOMIA – Nada é Como Parece
MAXIMO VOLUMEN – Seguriad Socia
NARCOSIS – Repression

Outro song:
RAZORXFADE – Friend

Kevin Mahoney of SIEGE: 1965-2011

Dan — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:35:34 +0000

Kevin J. Mahoney, the former vocalist of Siege, passed away on Friday October 14^th. The official cause of death has not been reported, but it is believed to have been sudden.

Mahoney was born on September 6^th, 1965, and played saxophone in a ska band before joining Kurt Habelt, Henry McNamee and Rob Williams to complete the line-up of Siege. The band’s first official show was at a “Battle of the Bands” in the spring of 1984 at their Weymouth, MA high school, where they were disqualified when McNamee smashed his bass onstage.

Although the band’s members lived in and near Braintree, MA (near Boston and also home to Jerry’s Kids and Gang Green), the band was never fully accepted by the XClaim-dominated Boston hardcore scene. They were definitely not lacking sonically, however, playing furious music at breakneck speed and pioneering a new style of brutal and nihilistic hardcore.

In 1984, Siege went into Radiobeat studios to record a demo with Lou Giordano. The tape made its way through the hardcore punk underground, and clearly made an impression on Pushead for one, who included Siege on his seminal 1985 compilation Cleanse the Bacteria. The band split up the same year, and the three songs on Cleanse the Bacteria were to be the only “official” release by the band, until Relapse and Deep Six reissued the demo on CD and vinyl in 1994 and 2006, respectively.

At the time of his passing, Kevin was working in the IT department at Children’s Hospital Boston, where he had served in many capacities in his several years there. Prior to Children’s, Kevin worked for many years – beginning in 1992 – in the IT department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.

MRR Radio #1264 • 10/2/11

Dan — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:48:35 +0000

THIS WEEK: Dan is joined by no one, and plays almost all new stuff.

Rank/Xerox

Intro song:
RANK/XEROX – Sterile Regions

New:
LEATHER – Hunger Artist
KRÖMOSOM – Fallout
NOOSE – The War of All Against All
SOUL SWALLOWER – Devoured
WASTE MANAGEMENT – No Way Out

More new:
BIG EYES – Your Lies
CRIMINAL CODE – Red Lights
DISCHARGE – I Don’t Care
BIG CRUX – Protocore
HAMMER DAMAGE – Laugh

Even more new:
SOKEA PISTE – Ajatus Karkaa
DOUBLE VISION – Phony
YEAR ONE – Colony Collapse Disorder
NO BABIES – Ring Ring
BLEACHED – You Take Time

Born twenty years too late:
F – Attack
7 SECONDS – No Authority
CONTORTIONS – Dish It Out
RIPCORD – Empty Faces
SIN 34 – Not

And back to the present:
GRIN AND BEAR IT – Deserve
GET DESTROYED – Shut In
ORGANIZED SPORTS – Entertain Me
THE GIFT – Suffer, Baby

Outro song:
FACE THE RAIL – Wearing Thin

Record of the Week: RazorXFade LP

Dan — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 22:59:42 +0000

The Chicago straightedge nails it again. I missed out on their demo so I can’t make a comparison, but RAZORXFADE sounds like they’ve simply listened to all subgenres of top-shelf hardcore for years, and applied this to their songwriting and musical aesthetic with expertise. When I can hear identifiable elements of Boston Not L.A.-era GANG GREEN, INFEST, SSD, and YOUTH OF TODAY flawlessly worked into a number of songs that still sounds like the band’s own creations, I know that they’re on to something that’s more than enough to forgive their stupid name. Most of these songs go in unpredictable directions and will speed up or go into a mosh breakdown on a dime, yet the band is good enough at writing good songs and original riffs that there’s no forced or herky-jerky anything to get in the way. All of this is backed by vocals that are, um, boiling over with spite and possibly spit, and in the red of the already abrasive recording that makes it fitting that this was put out by a member of RAW NERVE. Along with DURESS, POISON PLANET, NOOSE, and A SORRY EXCUSE, this band can be added to the list of Midwest bands that are redefining straight edge hardcore to mean something raw, raging, and with substance, no pun intended. (Not Normal)

MRR Radio #1256 • 8/7/11

Dan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:40:48 +0000

WHITE WARDS and DREAM DECAY drop in and play some jams, while Dan attempts to keep up.

White Wards and friends

Intro song:
DOPECHARGE – Decisions in Stone

Miles:
SEPTIC DEATH – Quit
COWS – Yellowbelly
DEEP WOUND – Lou’s Anxiety Song

Justin – Renu is the Human Centipede
SONIC YOUTH w/IGGY POP – I Wanna Be Your Dog
NU SENSAE – Passing the Word
COLD SWEAT – Abortion Is Dinner

Ian – Feelin’ on your Booty
MECHT MENSCH – Land of the Brave
THE SCAM – Off Track
VIOLENT TUMOR – 99 Floors

Colin is Mel Gibson
DNA – Shrinking Thing
TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS – Baby Doll
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY – Big Jesus Trash Can

Alek – Ahhh here we go
MIHOEN – Migration/Vi Rustar
MELVINS – Symptom of the Universe
MOB 47 – Vi Rustam Dom Dor.

Joey Sez: Jake Dudley is Perfect
UNITED MUTATION – Infinite Regression
ANTI CIMEX – Cries of Pain
BIG BLACK – L Dopa
YADOKAI – Vows
CRUCIFIX – Annihilation

Almost out of time:
NU SENSAE – Waste My Time
THE JESUS LIZARD – Then Comes Dudley

Outro songs:
SIEGE – Armageddon/Walls

Record of the Week: BROWN SUGAR/ MAYDAY! split EP

Dan — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:04:19 +0000

Two of Buffalo’s best-kept secrets on one record? Color me stoked. BROWN SUGAR’s first song kicks things off at a lazy tempo, and a feeling that’s somewhere between early ’70s urban decay and early ’80s sun-drenched suburban boredom, with vocals that are equally lethargic, snotty, and aggro. For the rest of their side, the feeling remains, but the speed increases to a hardcore pace, and has them gratuitously/blatantly lifting a riff from BLACK SABBATH’s “The Wizard” at one point. On this record, they have a loose, unpolished sound with a slightly jangly guitar tone and a bass that sounds like it’s being run through a shitty, overdriven solid state amp. I get the impression that this band is comprised of avid record collectors that are just as influenced by ’60s and ’70s rock, garage, psych, and maybe even soul records as they are classic hardcore records. On the other side is MAYDAY!, whose ALLEY CATS-meets-B-52′S dystopian beach party stylings instantly won me over when I heard their 7” from last year, and these two songs are even more captivating. Their sound here is darker and more pissed (especially in the vocals), but without having lost any of the sass and melody of their earlier stuff. Both bands are doing their own unique things, and I highly recommend this record. (Feral Kid Records)

Record of the Week: MUCH WORSE Absolute Nightmare EP

Dan — Sat, 28 May 2011 00:28:32 +0000

Best record of 2011 so far. Imagine GOVERNMENT WARNING and ATROCIOUS MADNESS joining forces, and you might get something resembling the fusion of catchy song/riff writing and raging abrasion that is this record. MUCH WORSE puts forth fist-clenching riffs that are melodic and intricate, yet twisted and evoking of sadistic thoughts, all backed by someone who sounds like he’s laughing while telling a sorrowful tale. If this wasn’t enough, they clearly know how to write memorable songs that go somewhere, and the production is burly and raw without being unnecessarily noisy, which gives it this killer sound that’s loud and abrasive but also clear. Please do a West Coast tour so that I can rage at your Bay Area show and then follow you north and/or south. (No Way Records)

[Reviewed in MRR #337 — out now!]

MRR Radio #1238 • 4/3/11

Dan — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:20:13 +0000

THIS WEEK: Dan pulls/slops together an 11th hour show, with some help from Langford.

Intro songs:
LIVID – Bright Lights, Pubic Hair / Dead to Me

Weird TV

Dan starts off with a new set
CHALK CIRCLE – The Slap
NEON BLUD – Untitled 1
WEIRD TV – Sufrir
RAS – Vill Ha Mer
GG KING – Drug Induced State

And now Langford does a new set
NASA SPACE UNIVERSE – Sean Rodman
WOOLF – Sandilands
SPIDER FEVER- Whatcha Gonna Do?
3 TOED SLOTH – Hangin’/…
WHOA HUNX – Lazy Days
RAPE REVENGE – I’m So Gay

And back to Dan
YADOKAI – Vows
GETTING EVEN – End Credits
CHAOS DESTROY – Punks Are Vinyl Poisoning
HPP – Sludge Love
SORRY EXCUSE – Traitor

Western Michigan Comp-Hell-ation
SHATTERED BADGE – ?
JESUS CRISIS – Chain Reaction
POSITIVE NOISE – You’re the Problem
PROTOCULTURE – ?
HEGEMONICIDE – ?
SCABBURGER – ?

Dan recites the alphabet backwards again
ZÓNA A – Mam Vela Dôvodov
YDI – Not Shit
X-RAY SPEX – Artificial
WAR SQUAD – In My Rage
VEGETATIVE STATE – Cracker

Outro song:
TYRADES – Vicious Rumors

MRR Radio #1236 • 3/20/11

Dan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:11:34 +0000

THIS WEEK: Xs, broken Xs, time travel, and a geography lesson…

Intro song:
THE PROLETARIAT – Options

Deranged Diction

Dan takes a trip around Maryland:
LOTUS FUCKER – Wino/The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail/Deep Inside, I Hear a Voice Call Out to Me
DEEP SLEEP – Live Forever
GAMEWINNER – Philadelphia Lights
THE LEFT – Youngster on the Force
ONE LAST WISH – Break to Broken

Dan – Before They Were Grunge
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – Dead You Fool
MR. EPP AND THE CALCULATIONS – Mohawk Man
TAR BABIES – The Word
600 SCHOOL – Social Decay
FECAL MATTER – Laminated Effect
DERANGED DICTION – Aspirin

Layla – X-Rated Jamz
XS ENERGY – Imaginary
X_X – 1980
XTRAVERTS – Speed
X (Australia) – Halfway Around the World

Dan – Comp-Hell-Ation Part 2
YDI – Enemy for Life
AGGRESSION – Calling for You
NO THANKS – Fuck Everything
ABSENTEES – Tryin’ to Mess With Me

Dan – The List Is Thousands Long…
OUR WAR – 50 Years
BOLD – Wise Up
COUNT ME OUT – South Street
CARRY ON – X’s Always Win
OUR TURN – Search It Out

Outro song:
DRESS UP AS NATIVES – Grover

MRR Radio #1229 • 1/29/11

Dan — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:13:04 +0000

THIS WEEK: Dan and Brad dig through the new release bin, take two.

Rape Revenge (photo by Andy Nichols)

Intro song:
UNDERDOG – True Blue

Brad’s picks
TOO MANY DAVES – Dudes Like Us
TOTSUAEKI SENSYA – Chain
PHAROAH – Two Thousand Seasons
KONTATTO – Guerre Tra Poveri
POISON IDEA – Another Place

Dan’s picks
FEJLFIX – Langsom Død
VACCUUM – Frustration
PORCODIO – Nessun Posto Per Me
RAPE REVENGE – Car Ride With a Vivisection Intern
CIRCLE X – Albeit Living
XTRA VOMIT – No Turning Back

More of Brad’s picks
ESKAPO – Just the Interest
SLANG – Life Made Me Hardcore
HIP COPS – In the Shadow of a Grinding Death
LOW THREAT PROFILE – Back to Basics
DEEP SHIT – Intro/Roid Rage

Dan again, with previously-unreleased-on-vinyl stuff!
STIMULATORS – Crazy House Rock (live)
GOVERNMENT ISSUE – Religious Ripoff (Boycott Stabb sessions)
HELLSHOCK – Ghosts of the Past (demo)
DIRECT CONTROL – Bucktown Hardcore (demo)
BORN AGAINST – Resist Control (live)
GO! – The Dead Ones (live)

A couple of songs Dan has had stuck in his head today
N.O.T.A. – Sick Society
SIDE BY SIDE – Dead Serious

Outro song:
ZEROS – Main Street Brat