A blog combining all FOE's musical endeavors
Friday, January 6, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Up To No Good Radio January 1, 2012 Playlist
(Angry Samoans)
Johnny Generic's Playlist (click to listen):
Rancid "Up To No Good"
Johnny Thunders "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory"
Black Tie Bombers "I Don't Wanna Work"
The Nobodys "I Like Young Girls"
The Chumps "13 Rocks"
Angry Samoans "I'm A Pig"
Dr. Know "Watch It Burn"
Lemmy "Thirsty and Miserable" (Black Flag)
Weaklings "You Blow Me Away"
Weaklings "All The Way, Every Night, All Day"
Duane Peters Gunfight "War With You"
Die Hunns "Back in Black" (AC/DC)
Street Dogs "Drink Tonight"
Slamhounds "Rain"
Ramones "Blitzkrieg Bop"
Gang Green "Alcohol"
Gang Green "Skate To Hell"
Germs "Media Blitz"
D.I. "Johnny's Got A Problem"
Vindictives "Pinhead" (Ramones)
Ramones "Time Has Come Today" (Chambers Brothers)
Suicidal Tendencies "War Inside My Head"
Suicidal Tendencies "Possessed"
Neckbones "Cardiac Suture"
Oblivians "Pill Poppers Part I & II"
Clash "Know Your Rights"
(Dr. Know)
Frank FOE's Playlist (click to listen):
Rancid "Time Bomb"
Offenders "Face Down In The Dirt"
Cro Mags "Show You No Mercy"
Cock Sparrer "Riot Squad"
Raw Power "Destroy"
Kraut "Sell Out"
Radio Birdman "Non Stop Girls"
Battalion of Saints "Witch World"
Government Issue "Wishing"
Replacements "Otto"
Clorox Girls "The One"
Rudimentary Peni "Mercy of Slumber"
Crumbsuckers "Shot Down"
Queens of the Stone Age "If Only"
Freeze "We Make Sanity"
Specials "Gangsters"
SOA "Gonna Hafta Fight"
Discharge "Fight Back"
Black Flag "What I See"
Joey Ramone "What A Wonderful World"
Kylesa "Bottom Line"
GBH "Sick Boy"
Jesus and Mary Chain "Upside Down"
Stupids "Melt Me"
Misfits "Earth A.D."
Lime Spiders "Slave Girl"
Warzone "Free At Last"
Napalm Death "Silence is Deafening"
Marked Men "Don't Lose It"
Feederz "Avon Lady"
Naked Raygun "Metastasis"
Joy Division "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Hairy Phlegmball "Cheap Beer"
Jim Carroll Band "People Who Died"
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Up To No Good Radio December 18, 2011 Playlist
Rancid “Up To No Good”
The Clap “Silver Bells”
Void “Who Are You?”
Dead Kennedys “Kepone Factory”
Dead Kennedys “Kepone Factory”
D.I. “Mr. Grinch”
Black Flag “Depression”
JFA “Cokes and Snickers”
JFA “Blatant Localism”
Sloppy Seconds “Lonely Christmas”
Misfits “Rat Fink”
Black Flag “Spray Paint the Walls”
Jerry’s Kids “Pressure”
T.S.O.L. “Happy”
TvTv$ “Daddy Drank Our Christmas Money”
The Reds “Whatcha Doing To Me”
Biters “Otherside”
Ramones “Loudmouth”
Devil Dogs “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday”
JFA (photo by Murray Bowles)
Canal Terror “Abschuss”
Lemmy “Run Rudolph Run”
New Bomb Turks “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
UK
Bad Brains “Pay To Cum”
Angry Samoans “My Old Mans A Fatso”
Anthrax “I Am The Law”
Henry Rollins “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Poison Idea “Sant Claus Is Back In Town”
Buzzcocks “I Don’t Know What To Do With My Life”
Billy Idol “Yelling at the Christmas Tree”
Tuff Darts “Here Comes Trouble”
Angry Samoans “STP Not LSD”
Dead End Cruisers “Father Christmas” (Kinks)
Dead End Cruisers “Father Christmas” (Kinks)
Money Dogs “Count Your Friends”
Descendents “Christmas Vacation”
Showcase Showdown “Ho Ho Ho Chimihn”
Battalion of Saints “My Minds Diseased”
Vibrators “We Vibrate”
Vibrators “London
Government Issue “Puppet on a String”
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers “Get off the Phone”
Motorhead “Going To Brazil
Damned Dirty Apes “The Devil and Sammy Davis”
Die Hunns “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love” (Van Halen)
Duane Peters Gun Fight “Hell Mary”
Blondie “Rip Her To Shreds”
Suicide “Thank You”
Dead Boys “I Need Lunch”
Generation X “Kiss Me Deadly”
Murder Junkies “Once a Whore”
F.U.’s “Father Christmas” (Kinks)
Hairy Phlegmball “Cheap Beer”
Blondie
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Adolescents "The Fastest Kid Alive" LP Review
There are no clunkers on this record. Considering the Adolescents first LP was released in 1981 (30 years ago) this is quite an amazing achievement, especially when you take into account the Adolescents many career interruptions.
Recognize that the Adolescents debut LP is the standard that all other punk and hardcore bands must be compared to. That said, “Inspiration”, “Wars Aren’t Won, Wars Are Fought”, “Can’t Change the World With A Song”, “No Child Left Behind”, “Serf City” and “Peace Don’t Cost a Thing” prove that the Adolescents measure up on “The Fastest Kid Alive”. They retain the ability to combine hostility, melody and hooks to make a point and do so with some down right enjoyable, skillful, punk music.
Still, if you do not own the Adolescents debut self titled LP you should add “purchase the vinyl version of Adolescents LP” to the “to do list” on whatever app you use to keep track of your modern life. The Adolescents LP is a record you are undoubtedly obligated to own. Once you own that, you are obligated to get this one. I had to drop import priced cash on this, but it was worth it. There is a bit of nostalgia tugging at my heart, proof that the old folks can still hold their own, that we are not alone in growing up decades removed from our adolescent hardcore roots of the 1980s.
Tony Reflex (aka Anthony Brandenburg, Tony Cadena, Tony Montana & Tony Adolescent) still has a great way with words. The tracks on “The Fastest Kid Alive” reflect the world chaos that greets us every morning as we awake from the night’s rest. I treasure this great record.
Iron Lamb "The Original Sin" CD Review
Bassist Daniel Ekeroth wrote the book Swedish Death Metal (published in 2008), which apparently looks like I need to add to my collection of books.
Other pluses here include a cover of Motorhead’s “Poison” and the song “I Don’t Like You” starts off with a sample from the Warriors movie, which is always a great frame of reference!
MOTORHEAD "Poison" lyrics from the LP "Bomber"
People tell me you didn't know better,
Give me sermons 'bout the things I do,
Come to love 'em, even wrote letters,
You know I even asked it of you, I said,
I've been doing Poison,
I guess I poisoned my life,
I've been doing Poison,
it's better than marrying your wife
On the road, the pace is getting frantic,
Specially when your poisoned out your mind,
A flight of stairs is like swimming the Atlantic ,
When you're poisoned, deaf, dumb and blind,
I take my poison,
I guess I poisoned my life,
Been doing Poison,
I wish I'd Poisoned my wife
My Father, he used to be a Preacher,
Never taught me nothing but scorn,
If I ever catch him on the street, yeah,
I'll make him wish he'd never been born,
He was Poison,
Guess he poisoned my life
He was Poison,
I wish my mother wasn't his wife, no!
Friday, December 16, 2011
FOE ZINE #1 1984
(Click cover to go to FOE #1)
I take a deep breath and repeat, 1984 was 27 years ago. There was a time that I thought I wouldn't live to see 24 years of age and I am now 21 years past 24.
In 1984 I was 18 and had printed the first issue of FOE zine.
I had already been a hardcore DJ since 1982. That would be 29 years ago. Which means I will be celebrating my 30th year in 2012. Back in 1982 we prided ourselves as being "hardcore" not "punk".
In 2009, my long time friend, SS, completed a project I did not want to take on myself. He painstakingly took every issue of FOE and made them into PDFs. They were distributed on a DVD "1984-2009: A 25 Year Retrospective". The limited press run was 50 copies.
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I plan on rolling out each issue's PDF here and on www.frankfoe.com over time.
I want to do this one at a time, so that I can put together an introduction and reflect on each issue rather than just providing a dispassionate file transfer.
To put this all in some sort of context, FOE was literally completed using a typewriter, glue, scissors and access to a copy machine and a stapler. We took pictures and took them to the photo developer and got them back a few days later. I remember buying a stencil template to create the F.O.E. on the cover.
Reflections on FOE #1
- Scott "Wad" Andrews wanted FOE to be "Angry Young Produce Workers" as most of the Northampton crew not only were DJs at WLVR but also worked in the Produce departments of local supermarkets such as Weis and Food Lane. We were like a revolutionary army of produce workers. Angry Young Produce Workers of America Unite! was our slogan. My produce career ended in 1988, as did most of our produce careers, so I am glad I convinced Wad that FOE was a better name.
- The Money Dogs and the punk rock show at the Northampton Band Shell on September 2, 1984 are the focus of issue #1. As I prepared to upload FOE #1, I was finally downloading the Money Dogs "Salute to America" demo. This is a pretty amazing transition when thought about. Completes the circle as I never had the demo prior to today.
- My dad printed FOE #1. My dad now proudly takes credit for introducing me to punk rock via the Dead Kennedys and Pork Dukes around 1980-81. Other great influences on my early punk years were WMUH DJ Bob Massey, Mike Mickley (who made me one of my first punk/new wave mix tapes) and Joe Hanna @ Play It Again records. This N That Records (I think that was the name) in Northampton was also a great provider of my punk rock needs.
- Johnny Generic stopped a fight at the Northampton show. He was also a DJ on WLVR back then with us Northamptonites. Johnny and I still DJ together as 2/3rds of Up To No Good Radio.
- 1984 may seem like old school, but realize that CH3 was about to release "Airbourne" and Black Flag was already on "Slip It In" and Flipside was on issue #43.
- Some of the people in this issue of FOE #1 are still among my best friends. Paul and Johnny are still in my day to day life.
- Great records reviewed in the issue:
- Anti "God Can't Bounce" LP
- MIA "Murder In A Foreign Place" LP
- Mental Decay 7"
- Avengers LP
- Verbal Abuse "Just An American Band" LP
- MDC "Chicken Squawk" 7"
- Conflict "Last Hour' LP
- Minor Threat "7"s on a 12" LP
- DYS "Brotherhood" LP
- YYY "Sin" LP
- Aggression "Don't Be Mistaken" LP
Enjoy the read! This is FOE's infancy!
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Up To No Good Radio Playlist 12/11/11
Up To No Good Radio Playlist 12/11/11
(Ill Repute)
Rancid “Up To No Good”
Buttocks “Hate Your Neighbor”
Buttocks “Feel Alright”
Black Flag “I Love You”
The Ravers “A Punk Rock Christmas This Year”
Appliances “Bob Hope”
MDC “Thanks For Giving What I Didn’t Want”
The Clash “Junco Partner”
SVDB “Your Friendly Local Police”
Sin 34 “Not No Fun”
Ill Repute “Book and It’s Cover”
Stiff Little Fingers “White Christmas”
Sid Vicious “C’mon Everybody”
Lars Frederickson and the Bastards “Mainlining Murder”
Jerky Boys “Drinking Problem”
Dickies “Silent Night”
Peter and the Test Tube Babies “Chasing Shadows”
Al and the Black Cats “Step Into Christmas”
Red Alert “Having A Drunken Christmas”
Fear “F Christmas”
Whiskey Business “A Whiskey Christmas”
The Ick “Christmas 1984”
Pork Dukes “Mother Gave Me a Gun For Christmas”
Descendents “Christmas Vacation”
Sloppy Seconds “Hooray For Santa Claus”
Didjits “Under the Christmas Fish”
Missile Toads “Reindeer in the Night”
Evacuate “Holidays With You”
Stiff Little Fingers “White Christmas”
Fisticuffs “Santa Smells Like Whiskey”
MDC “Black Christmas”
Burl Ives “We’re A Couple Of Misfits”
Thee Headcoatees “Santa Claus”
Limecell “Christmas”
Cramps “Can’t Find My Mind”
Jim Jones Revue “Rock n Roll Psychosis”
GBH “I Am The Hunted”
The Joneses “Ms. 714”
The Briefs “Sylvia”
The Briefs “So Stupid”
Ruts “In A Rut”
Iggy and the Stooges “I Want to Be Your Dog”
HIM “Right Here in My Arms”
Ramones “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight)”
Eater “Thinking of the USA
Ultra Kings “She Never Says No”
Stray Cats “Something Is Wrong With My Radio”
CH3 “You Make Me Feel Cheap”
Gwar “School’s Out” (Alice Cooper)
Deadbeats “Kill The Hippies”
MIA “All I Know”
Fear “Another Christmas Beer”
Circle Jerks “Group Sex”
Hairy Phlegmball “Cheap Beer”
Thank you for listening!!!
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