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Saturday Jun 18, 2016
The Paranoid Squirrel ep 505
Saturday Jun 18, 2016
Saturday Jun 18, 2016
Once again I’m on the “Hurry Up” as I head towards The o2 for today’s Stonefree Festival. However, I still manage to deliver an hour’s worth of music that you should hear on the radio but don’t. Before I get into the music side of things I rant on about a “Playlist” that Team Rock Radio posted on Twitter and FaceBook prompting me to post my own. Starting things off this week on the musical front are the Role Models and a track from their just released pledge album “Forest Lawn”. Up next it’s The Breakdowns as a way of an apology for missing them and the Role Models supporting Duncan Reid and The Bigheads at Some Weird Sin #42 on the 25th which is swiftly followed by The Phobics as I will be missing their gig also on the 25th at the New Cross Inn as part of the 2nd HIV/Aids Charity Punk Festival. Danish Rockers Volbeat have just released the “Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie” album on Spinefarm Records, of course a track from it is played. We then go Country with The New Black 7’s new single “We’ve Got Tonight”. As I was mightily impressed with the London SS’s live shenanigans at Camden Rocks a couple of weeks ago I went ahead and bought their 40 years in the making “No Beards, No Beerguts, No Beginners” debut 4 track ep. Only founding member guitarist Brady survives from the 1975 line up with others going on to form The Damned, The Clash, Chelsea and The Boys. Still in 2016 the London SS are still relevant as you will hear. Former Howling Mad lead guitarist Paul Elphick posted on my FaceBook Timeline that I should play some Bend Sinister. I was hurt that he didn’t remember that I’d ready played them on Episode 409 and saw them live with Big Elf at The Garage in November 2014, actually come to think of it Paul was the Merch Guy on that tour. Anyway. Bend Sinister, who are Canadian, have a brand new follow up album to 2014’s “Animals” waiting in the wings and the point Paul was trying to make was a new tune from it was available which obviously I play. Following straight on after Bend Sinister is a new track from The Watts’ new album “The Black Heart of Rock ‘n’ Roll”. It’s been 8 years since The Hellacopters released any new material and 19 since the original line-up last put needle to vinyl. To coincide with the bands reformation to celebrate 20 years since “Supershitty To The Max” a two track 12”,on seven different coloured vinyl, was released earlier this month of new material that was written “at the time” but never officially released. As I’ve already played “My Mephistophelean Creed” I turn my attention to the b-side. Moving onto more new music and I play a track from Ulysses’ new album “Law And Order”, then as The WitchDoktors latest album “Voodoo Eye” came out yesterday it is only right and proper than I play something from it. As we head into the home straight The Members give us a new musical genre in the form of Deadpan Disco, but it’s Motörhead that finishes the hour off after I popped up to Hammersmith Odeon on Monday for the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards. As a tribute to Lemmy, Biff Byford and Nibbs Carter from Saxon were joined by Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee for a run though of “Ace of Spades”, “Born To Raise Hell” and “Overkill”. Credit to Nibbs for not trying to sound like Lemmy but playing the bass parts straight. I still don’t think we’ve had the fitting testimonial to an outstanding career from an outstanding gentleman yet. If we do I will be there.
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