The Screaming Brendas – ‘Darren’s Night Out’ (Download)
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The Screaming Brendas hailed from Darwin and were around in the late 90s – early 2000s. The band sent me this cool 3-track demo on CDR for a DIY as fuck compilation I put out around that time called Punk? Rodeo. From memory, which is sketchy, the band broke up after a personnel change that didn’t work out. Rickos of The Screaming Brendas went on to form an alternative country band called The Duanes. The Brendas were a great band. If anyone wants the full demo just email me.
The Screaming Brendas Poo Bum Scallywag
1. Darren’s Night Out
2. Pink Sign
3. Cop Song
If it weren’t for sweets and presents then Xmas would simply be a load of bollocks to this grumpy ole atheist. But seeing as I do like sweets and presents, I’m happy to gate crash the party. So, in the spirit of giving, I give you the complete bootleg recording of the Rollins Band rockin’ the Corner Hotel in Richmond Australia, on July 22nd 2003 from the Rise Above tour. Earlier in the year I featured a song from this show on the blog and received heaps of requests for the full recording, so here it is. Enjoy, be merry, and Happy Holidays from Revenge Radio.
This is grindcore death metal band Hatebeak. Their lead singer is a parrot. Yes, you read that correctly, a parrot. His name is Waldo. www.myspace.com/beak666.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Paint Stripper is one of my favourite Australian bands from the mid 1990s. Today’s track Prozac 20 is from their 1996 LP, Strontium 90. Information on Paint Stripper is criminally absent from the web as far as I can tell. The Melbourne trio put out three releases between 1994 and 1996. Paint Stripper (1994), Rubbish Truck EP (1995) and Strontium 90 (1996). I’m sure there would be a few other compilations etc they appeared on during that time as well. I recently picked up a split 7 inch with Rapido label mates Pollen released in 1995 featuring Rose Coloured Glasses from Strontium 90.
Below is footage of the band on YouTube performing this track live, possibly on Melbourne community TV station Channel 31. Although both these tracks feature Tonya on vocals, vocal duties for the band were shared with guitarist Andrew Wills. On the first Paint Stripper release, Neil Thomason (who went on to form Ricaine), features in the line up on vocals as well.
If you like what you hear, check out the links at the end of this post. You can pick up a copy of Strontium 90 for just $1.95 at Rocking Horse Records.
Paint Stripper – Rose Coloured Glasses
Line Ups
1994
Neil Thomason – guitar/vocals (Ricaine)
Tonya Blizzard – bass/vocals
Andrew Wills – guitar
Martin Yeats – drums
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Today’s track ‘Punk Princess’ is a b-side to the 1978 release ‘Death to Disco’ on Mushroom Records by Dave and the Derros.
Dave, aka David Jones, wrote novelty songs for his radio show in Newcastle NSW, Australia. I presume this was one of them. While searching for some info on this release I came across quite a few want lists with this record on it. I also found a number of dealers selling it for anywhere between $25 and $60 USD.
I picked mine up at a thrift store in the outer suburbs of Melbourne for 50cents. See, if you have patience you can find gems amongst all the Kamahl and James Last records. I did not know this was somewhat of a collectors item when I picked it up. I just figured with a song titled ‘Punk Princess’ by a band called ‘Dave and the Derros’ I couldn’t possibly go wrong!
Rollins Band – Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment [MP3]
Recorded live at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne, Australia on July 22nd, 2003.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
This is the first bootleg recording to make an appearance on the Revenge Radio MP3 blog. There will be many more to come! We’re gonna kick things off with the Rollins Band from the Rise Above Tour in 2003. A tour that cemented Jason Mackenroth’s freakazoid status, if indeed he did not have it already. The song is a cover of the classic Ramones tune ‘Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment’.
Download Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment by the Rollins Band
Are you a bootleg collector? Wanna trade? Contact me and I’ll send you my list.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
There’s nothing rare or obscure about today’s track. It’s just a goodun. Snap, crackle and pop!
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
Note: The start of Crazed is real quiet for the first 28 secs.
Does anyone remember the Newcastle band Peyote? They seemed to disappear as quickly as they arrived on the scene back in 1995. I don’t know/remember much about them so would appreciate it if anyone could fill in the gaps. The one thing I do distinctly remember is the first time I heard them on Rage with the video for their single Crazed (or possibly Bean Curst?). From memory the video was simply live footage of the band. No Peyote love that I can find on the YouTubes thus far.
Peyote picked up the support slot on Faith No More’s Australian tour. They also played at the Alternative Nation festival. Their track Bean Curst appears on both the Alternative Nation CD and on Triple J’s Twelve compilation. Apparently a self-titled 4-track CD was released in the same year following on from Crazed but I haven’t been able to track that one down – if anyone can enlighten me about that please do! As far as I know they only had two releases and don’t appear to have survived beyond 1995. Band members were Justin King (vocals), Fin (guitar), Gavin (bass) and Sasha (drums).
Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
The Hook ‘n’ Pull Gang were part of the late 80s indie scene in Edinburgh, Scotland. Described as “a cross between the Sex Pistols and the Ronettes,” punters remember the band as a strong live act. They were known for singing about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and influenced other bands in the Edinburgh scene such as Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. The band also made an appearance on the Scottish BBC indie music series FSD.
I’m only aware of one release by the band, a 7inch single which is the feature of todays post. After some searching I finally picked up a copy on eBay. My interest in The Hook ‘n’ Pull Gang (not to be confused with the more recent ‘Hook and Pull Gang’) stems from two of the band members, Rita Blazyca and Sam Ireland, who went on to form Die Cheerleader.
The recording for this 7inch is apparently from a radio session recorded in London in 1987, prior to Sam Ireland joining the band. The line up on the record is Eileen McMullan (drums/vocals), Rita Blazyca (guitar/vocals), Alan McDade (bass). By 1988 Rita had assembled an entirely new line-up, with Stuart on drums, John on bass, and Sam Ireland on vocals. When Sam joined the band a song called Smothered emerged in the set, one assumes this is the same Smothered that was also performed by Die Cheerleader?
After ripping the track Gasoline from my vinyl (not great quality, sorry) I found this gem of a download linked at KittyRadio.com. It’s a zip file containing the two songs from the 7″, another track Janice Long, and a live track recorded on May 19, 1987. Download it here.
The Hook ‘n’ Pull Gang 7″
A – Gasoline
B – Pour It Down Yer Throat
Label: Bitch Hog Records
Cat #: Bitch1
I know it’s the intention of this blog to delve into past releases/material, but when you learn who is playing in this relatively new band you’ll understand why a post was deemed necessary. Princess of Mars features some mighty fine personnel from two amazing bands that demand your attention – we’re talkin’ the guitar prowess of Rita Blazyca and the drumming of one Rat Scabies – I’ll be damned! No doubt you’re familiar with the later, but perhaps the former name is not ringing any bells. Rita Blazyca is best known as the guitarist for Die Cheerleader, a UK band whose 1995 release Son of Filth was backed and produced by Henry Rollins. Since the band called it a day Rita is reported to have played in numerous bands, however it wasn’t until 2004 that she got in touch (via the Die Cheerleader website we’ve been running since 1999) to let us know what she was up to:
“I am now finally in a band that totally rocks my world we are called ‘PRINCESS OF MARS’. I can say with my hand firmly on my heart I am currently making the best music I have ever been involved with…. Now with Princess Of Mars I got the second best drummer in the world!, from probably the best punk rock band in the world (The Damned), and a new female singer to rival any one who ever picked up a microphone, the bass player is of another planet..!!”
At that time the line up consisted of:
Rae Black – Lead vocals
Rita Blazyca – Guitar + backing vocals
Rat Scabies – Drums
Adam – Bass
A demo (pictured above) promptly arrived in the mail featuring the following tracks:
1. His Masters Voice
2. Judgement Decay
3. Goodbye Glorious
I didn’t hear much from Rita after that and assumed the band had ended, however I was pleased to learn recently that the band have just set up a Myspace page where you can hear all three tracks from the demo (‘His Masters Voice’ has been retitled ‘Morning Star’) – which saves me from trying to track Rita down again to get permission to post the songs on this blog! Visit the myspace page to hear the tunes and download the track ‘Judgement Decay’.
This is Revenge Radio, home to a thirty something music nerd based in Melbourne, Australia. I created this site to share my music collection. It's also home to a fanzine I edit. Click here to learn more.
Disclaimer
All music files posted on this blog are for evaluation and educational purposes only. If you like what you hear, please leave a comment and support the artist by buying it. Artists not cool with your music being promoted just contact me
to have it removed.
