#326 with Tim Brooks

Summary: Been a minute, but I'm baaaaack. No real method to the madness today… some old, some new—I've tried to make some connection between the songs I played today. The main connection is that every track is a fucking jaaaaaam. -Tim Brooks To download the file to your computer, right click the link below and select "save target as..." It's a hefty file, so it may take some time to download to your computer. To play the file without downloading (it depends on your computer's configuration for playing music files), just click it. Your media player should recognize what to do with an mp3. (If it doesn't, you're on your own.) RAZORCAKE PODCAST #326 If you have any problems or helpful suggestions you can contact us through the website here. In the subject put “Podcast.” Hope you enjoy listening. Tracklisting: Bill Hicks, “Just a Ride” Battle Ruins, “Regain and Conquer” (Rocknroll Disgrace) --- Giuda, “Wild Tiger Woman” (Fungo) Agony Bag, “Rabies Is a Killer” (Monza, 1980) Trainspotters, “High Rise” (Arista, 1979) Hoax, “This Is My Life” (Hollogramme, 1981) --- Ripcord, “Single Ticket to Hell” (Boss Tuneage) Frenzy, “SS Control” (Distort Reality) The Flex, “The Herd” (Milk Run) Die, “Life Is Hate” Fatigue, “Dog Bodies” (demo) Crown Court, “Trouble from London” --- Radioactivity, “What You Want” (Dirtnap) Video, “Red Pills” (Playing Pinball) NCM, “Ultimate Orgasm” (VVV, 1979) Terminal Mind, “I Wanna Die Young” (No) (1979) Inserts, “Doctors Wives” (Classified, 1980) --- Dust, “Suicide” (Karma Sutra, 1971) Bill Hicks – “Just a Ride” The most important standup comedian ever, in my opinion. Died prematurely at thirty-three in 1994. Everything this guy did still stands the test of time twenty years on. A comedic prophet. Battle Ruins – “Regain and Conquer” The Boston kids do it again. As good a skinhead record as ever made, up there with All Skrewed Up and Good The Bad & The 4-Skins. Good luck finding it. Giuda – “Wild Tiger Woman” Currently the soundtrack to our car rides to school. My daughter Lu loves this shit, as well as Chicago drill/trap hiphop, Madball, and the Old Firm Casuals. On-the-button glam rock with more hooks than a fisherman's tackle bag. I loved their earlier incarnation Taxi, too. Bless them Italians. Agony Bag – “Rabies Is a Killer” Never heard this ‘til this obscure New Wave Of British Heavy Metal comp came out a couple of years back. A lot of this stuff straddles the rock and punk camps equally. Taxi covered this. Jam. Ripcord – “Single Ticket to Hell” One of my all time favorite bands and one of the ones that shaped me as a youth. Started writing to Baz the guitarist (who later also played in Heresy) when I was fourteen, and not only was my head blown off by the early demos by Ripcord, he also sent me stuff like Mob 47 and Crude SS. Boss Tuneage has reissued everything by this band, and the most recent LP is all their early demos. I love this shit. Raw as fuck, fast as fuck, and crazy to think this was nearly thirty years ago. Frenzy – “SS Control” New Portland band who sound like an old English band. Sounds like the Chaos UK side of the Earslaughter split with Extreme Noise Terror. The Flex – “The Herd” New era of U.K. bands absolutely smashing it. The Flex play ugly hardcore not unlike SS Decontrol or DYS. Along with bands like Violent Reaction, they are bring the bootboy back to hardcore. They just toured and crushed the USA, too. Die – “Life Is Hate” A