Welcome to the webpage for Sonic
Overload. As my regular listeners know by now, I play punk, hardcore, garage
and other loud music, although there are surprises from time to time as well as
decidedly slanted commentary on the “issues of the day” and that’s also
presented through song selections and audio clips.
All of the shows from January 2009 to
the present are archived for download at sonicoverload.blogspot.com.
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Sonic Overload
Al Quint
PO Box 43
Peabody, MA 01960
NEW E-mail: al@sonicoverload.net
MAY 14, 2012
The
Offenders are one of the most underrated US hardcore bands of all time. A
wrecking machine of unstoppable power fueled by incredible musicianship and I
was very fortunate to get to see them play twice in 1985. They seem to finally
be getting their due, to an extent, but nowhere near the level they still deserve.
I’m sad to report that their guitar player Anthony Johnson, also known as Tony
Offender, passed away over the weekend after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Their bass-player Mikey Donaldson (one of the greatest players I’ve ever seen)
died in 2007. Both of them gone well before their time. This week’s show goes
out in memory and pays tribute to Tony and the Offenders...
To listen, left click for streaming, right click to
download the files
TRACK 1
A tribute to Tony Offender (songs from releases on
Rabid Cat, R Radical and Kangaroo)
Fight Back
Face Down In The Dirt (from
P.E.A.C.E./WAR”)
Never Cared
Victory
On The Crooked Edge
We Must Rebel
I Hate Myself
BAD AMERICAN-Dirty Waters (Bad
Recordings)
SLICES-Slices Is Dirts (Iron Lung)
JOINT D≠-(I’m) Haunted (Sorry State)
BROWN SUGAR-Black & White Panther
Party (Feeble Minds/Feral Kid)
KICKER-Walking Headache (Inimical)
BIG EYES-Back From The Moon (Grave
Mistake)
TRACK 2
BAD NOIDS-Ticket To Mars
(self-released)
OMEGAS-Fevered Freedom (Painkiller)
LOSE THE TUDE-Keep Nike Out Of Hardcore
(Sacred Plague)
EXECUTIONER-Why War? (Patac)
CRAZY SPIRIT-In The Thick (Quality
Control HC)
G.I.S.M.-ABC Weapons (Dogma/City Rocker)
SONNY VINCENT-Resistor (NDN)
DUM DUM BOYS-Let There Be Noise (from
“Hate Your Neighbours,” Pussy Muncher)
SICK THINGS-Bondage Boy (from “Raw
Deal,” Raw)
VILETONES-Rebel (Other People’s Music)
RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS-Love
Comes In Spurts (Sire)
NO SIR I WON’T-No More Poetry (demo)
TOKYO STORM WARNING-Spy Hunter (Mind/No
Mind)
RANK/XEROX-Turn To Stone (Make A Mess)
THE VERGE-Understand (No Crust)
TRACK 3
CRIATURAS-Criaturas (Trabuc)
FIX MY HEAD-Mission: Hipster (Inimical)
URBAN UNREST-No Answers (United
Shoebrothers)
SECTARIAN VIOLENCE-Misplaced Trust
(Grave Mistake)
COLD SHOULDER-Not For Sale (Cowabunga)
IMPALERS-Return To Eden (Beach
Impediment)
ALCOHOL FUNNYCAR-Last Night (C/Z)
FITZ OF DEPRESSION-Before It’s True (K)
THE URCHIN-I Can’t Drink Your Tear With
My Beer (Broken)
TOUCH MY RASH-Sexless Existence
(Bittersick)
SOVIETTES-Together (Fat)
CRO-MAGS-World Peace (Profile)
SNFU-Broken Toy (BYO)
76% UNCERTAIN-I Hate The Radio
(Schmegma)
WHITE PIGS-Victims Of Society (Swinch
Kwilsen)
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY-Kiss Of Death
(from “Cleanse The Bacteria,” Pusmort)
TRACK 4
TOXIC REASONS-Killer (Risky)
LAW AND ORDER-Power (Fetal)
COURT MARTIAL-Young Offender (Riot
City)
ADOLESCENTS-Losing Battle (Frontier)
CHAOS UK-Kill Your Baby (Anagram)
GERMS-No God (Slash)
JESUS LIZARD-Bloody Mary (Touch &
Go)
SHELLAC-Spoke (Touch & Go)
TRACTOR SEX FATALITY-Prosthesis Rising
(Big Neck)
SNITCHES GET STITCHES-Let It Stack
(Empty)
HONOR ROLE-Lives Of The Saints #135
(Merge)
FAILURE-Princess (Slash)
BOOKER T & THE MG’S-Time Is Tight
(Stax) in memory of Donald “Duck” Dunn