The Paranoid Squirrel ep 503

Please excuse me if on this week’s show I come across like I’m in a rush, if not a hurry. If I do it’s because as soon as I say “Thank you” and “Goodbye” even if I don’t, I’m jumping on a Bus then a train heading for Camden to try and catch the London SS up at the Dublin Castle at midday for the start of this year’s Camden Rocks.
Right onto what I’m playing on this week’s show; first up it’s the Biters with a track from “It’s All Chewed Up OK”, which is swiftly followed by Black Explosion who count former Dollhouse member Chris Winter in their ranks with a track taken from their new album “Atomic Zod War”. Wales is out next port of call for some Helen Love who Classic Rock describes as the “Welsh Ramones”. But are they right? Thanks to Billy Hopeless of The Black Halos who shared the link on FaceBook, Dee Dee Ramone is up next with his tribute to Metallica. I kid you not! Then Ratt Face come crashing in with a track taken from their new album “Motorpsycho” and yes when I first got it I thought Motorpsycho had released a new album called “Ratt Face”. Hot on the heels of last week’s outing of “Golden Black” by The Hip Priests I play the other track on the band’s latest and in my opinion greatest, just released 7”. Keeping it Glunk; The Razorbats from Norway have a track from their latest three track ep “This Is High” aired before I move over to Paris for some Iron Lizards and something from their “Red” ep. Sticking with animals I play another new track from The Monkees new album “Good Times”. In a Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show World Exclusive I play the first fruits from the Fiascos. “Who are The Fiascos?” I hear you cry. Well it’s what happens when four guys buy the cheapest, highest volume Wine know to budget supermarkets and after just one rehearsal go and support CJ Wildheart in Hoxton at the end of February playing all originals. The band members are nearly all familiar to this show in the form of Richie Hudson, Keef Gibbs and Robin Guy who can also be found in Brijitte West as her Desperate Hopefuls and previously Kitty Hudson, with Robin also playing drums for Sham 69, Rachel Stamp, Bernie Tormé and even Faith No More. New, as yet unmet, member is bassist Ben from Spizzenergi. The band claim to be like Motörhead let loose in a Sweetshop…..Michael Kane from The Cheap Cassettes has just released his second solo single with some help from fellow Cheap Cassette Kevin Parkhurst on drums, obviously I play it. Up next it’s Petter Baarli from The Backstreet Girls with a track from his just released his new solo album “Frankly My Dear, I Don’t Give A Damn!”. Joining Petter are some heavyweight helpers in the form of his brother and original drummer in The Backstreet Girls Bjorn along with Ed Tudorpole, Glen Matlock, Paul Rooney-Angel, Honest John Plain and Casino Steel. In a complete mix up, I miss read a band name, discovering the Belgium band The Backseat Angels in the process and their debut album “Saturday Night Shakes”. Information on The Backseat Angels is scarce but I have discovered that the band are into Sweet, Slade, The Boys, The Undertones and The Knack. On that basis I got the album and share a track with you. Winding up this week’s show is former Soundtrack of our Lives vocalist Ebbot Lundberg and the Indigo Children who are playing The Half Moon in Putney on the 25^th June and a track from their debut album “For The Ages To Come”.