SONIC OVERLOAD

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. Also check out Sonic Overload on MySpace and Facebook

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Sonic Overload

Al Quint

PO Box 43

Peabody, MA 01960

E-mail: sonicoverload@earthlink.net

JANUARY 23, 2012

A long show today, over 2 hours and 15 minutes. And I probably could have gone longer since I have more records already put aside for next week. No complaints there. I often wonder if I should make the show longer, go an extra set but I kind of like the flow of the four set format and not every show will go as long as this one.

I get the political content out of the way right at the top. Mitt Romney, a man who gives plutocrats a bad name, expounds on the politics of class envy or something like that. What a pompous asshole. He lost to Newt Gingrich in the South Carolina primary. Gingrich has his own flaws. Plenty of them. But he has broad-based party appeal—the racists love him, the religious fanatics love him and those who believe in the cruelest sort of social Darwinism love him. I imagine people who cheat on their wives or husbands love him, as well.

But let’s move on and listen to some punk rock...

To listen, left click for streaming, right click to download the files

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Track 4

TRACK 1

THE PIST-Your America (Havoc)

CASUALTIES-For The Punx (Punk-Core)

MUNDO MUERTO-Pierde El Kontrol (Charged//Distorted)

AVON LADIES-Hang ‘Em High (Katorga Works)

DISORDERLY CONDUCT-All Talk (Dirge)

HELL CITY KINGS-Hell City Holocaust (Cutthroat)

CHRIS EVIL AND THE TAINTS-Fuckhead (demo)

HOLLYWOOD-Fire & Grits (Big Neck)

ARRIVALS-Analee (Thick)

AMERICAN STEEL-Graveyards (Lookout)

FRONT LINE-Screwed Up (Beach Impediment)

UNSEEN FORCE-Misguided Aggression (Grave Mistake)

UNITED MUTATION-I Know A Place (DSI)

CAUSE FOR ALARM-True Colors (self-released)

ARTICLES OF FAITH-What We Want Is Free (Version Sound)

KRAUT-Don’t Believe (Faulty)

TRACK 2

NEIGHBORHOOD BRATS-Lurking The Loin (Modern Action)

NO-TALENTS-J’Suis Punk (Broken)

MONOSHOCK-Change That Riff (S-S)

THE HUSSY-I’m Me (Slow Fizz)

DISHRAGS-I Don’t Love You (from “Vancouver Complication,” Sudden Death)

ELVIS MCMAN-Bite Me (Asbestos)

VAGINORS-A.D.D. (Hardcore Victim)

LEPROSY-Atomic Age (Hardcore Victim)

FLIPOUT AA-Flipout Song (625)

MERDOSO-Shook Ones Part III (Prank)

FRAMTID-The Total Arse (Black Water)

VAASKA-Los Inocentes (Hardware)

FARTZ-Buried Alive (Alternative Tentacles)

BLACK FLAG-My War (SST)

CIRCLE JERKS-Under The Gun (LAX)

HÜSKER DÜ-Real World (SST)

COCK SPARRER-Take ‘Em All (Taang)

TRACK 3

JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH-Troglodyte (Cave Man) (RCA) in memory of Jimmy Castor

FAMILY CURSE-Last Days (Drawing Room)

CENOBITES-Donation (Discorporate)

MIKA MIKO-The Dress (Kill Rock Stars)

IMPERIAL LEATHER-Hell Is Other People (Profane Existence)

SEVEN FEET FOUR-Auto Emotion (Coalition)

IKARA COLT-Rudd (Fantastic Plastic)

MUDHONEY-Touch Me I’m Sick (Sub Pop)

SWELL MAPS-Real Shocks (Alive)

GUILTY RAZORS-I Don’t Wanna Be A Rich (Seventeen)

EDITH NYLON-Tank (CBS)

RUDE KIDS-Absolute Ruler (Distortion)

PACK-Riots (Vinyl)

TRACK 4

LOOK BACK AND LAUGH-Midwest Train Wreck (Lengua Armada)

TALK IS POISON-Floor (Prank)

VISION/DECAY-Insomnia (from “Barricaded Suspects,” Dr. Strange)

KIM PHUC-Equinox (Iron Lung)

MALE BONDING-All Things This Way (Sub Pop)

REPTILE HOUSE-Mrs. Rain (Druid Hill)

STRANGLERS-Five Minutes (A&M)

THAT PETROL EMOTION-Can’t Stop (Demon)

NEO-Tran-Sister (Jet)

ROBERT JOHNSON-Wreck My Mind (Ensign)

ELVIS COSTELLO-(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding (Columbia)

BIKINI KILL-Rebel Girl (Kill Rock Stars)