Summer of 1992: a year after my high school graduation, I visited Japan for the first time in 12 years. While there, I met this beautiful woman (my age) named Izumi, who I'm certain that she liked me! Hehehee! Anyways, one thing we talked about was our love of music, and I mentioned my favourite local volunteer-run radio station called CJSW. Izumi asked me if I ever thought of join them myself, and I replied: "Well, public speaking isn't really my thing", to which she replied: "Then why not use your theater background?", and that's when the bulb flashed in my head! After the tearful good-bye with everyone (especially Izumi! God, I wish she was mine!), it was back to Calgary, starting my University, and joining CJSW, which never would've happened if I hadn't met Izumi! Arigatou!

Playlist:

• Venom - Live Loud
• Venom - Metal Bloody Metal
• Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad
• Exciter - Shout It Out
• Thor - Start Raising Hell
• Anvil - Oooh Baby
• The Rods - Rock and Roll Fever
• Riot - Kick Down the Wall
• Hellrazer - Defenders of Metal
• PowerRage - Haunted Hell
• Saxon - Running Hot
• Warlock - All Night
• Gus G., featuring Doro Pesch - Nothing Can Break Me
• Firewind - I Am the Anger
• Dream Evil - In Flames You Burn
• Skid Row - Midnight Tornado
• Sebastian Bach - 24 Hours a Day
• Sebastian Bach - Rock 'N' Roll Machine
• Dorothy/Tyler Connolly, featuring Nita Strauss/Slash/Phil X - I Live For the Weekend
• Triumph - Ridin' High Again
• Triumph - Never Say Never
• Triumph - When the Lights Go Down
• Triumph - Street Fighter
• Triumph - Street Fighter (Reprise)
• Triumph - Fool For Your Love
• Triumph - Tears in the Rain
• Triumph - Spellbound/Follow Your Heart
• Kobra and the Lotus - Lay It On the Line (Triumph cover)
• Kobra and the Lotus - Sign of the Gypsy Queen (Lorence Hud cover)
• April Wine - Wanna Rock
• April Wine - I Like To Rock
• April Wine - Rock Myself To Sleep
• Myles Goodwyn, featuring Lee Aaron - Do You Know What I Mean (Lee Michaels cover)
• Lee Aaron - What Is and What Should Never Be (Led Zeppelin cover)
• The Firm - Radioactive
• AC/DC - Shot of Love
• Jackyl, featuring Brian Johnson - Locked and Loaded
• Halford - Locked and Loaded
• Fight - Little Crazy
• Fear Factory - Linchpin
• Fear Factory - What Will Become
• Fear Factory - No One
• Fear Factory - Full Metal Contact
• Fear Factory, featuring Gary Numan - Cars (Gary Numan cover)
• SUNN O))) - Glory Black

Nice to hear from some of my new fans, thanks for choosing the Cage as your radio destiny! Next week, I won't be here, but you'll still be hearing my voice in the form of a pre-recorded episode. Got a unique show prepared for you next week, a bit different, but nonetheless, enjoy. I'll talk to in 2 weeks when the Cage is once again brought to you LIVE. See ya!

Playlist:

• Intoxicated - War Club
• Obituary - War
• Andrew W.K. - Ready To Die
• Children Of Bodom - She Is Beautiful (Andrew W.K. cover)
• The Troops of Doom, featuring Chuck Billy, Andria Busic - God of Thunder (KISS cover)
• Debauchery - Detroit Rock City
• Acheron - War Machine
• KISS - I Love It Loud
• GRAVEMASS - Fallen
• West Of Hell - The Dark Turn
• Strapping Young Lad - Possessions
• Beyond Possession - I'll Never Rest in Peace
• Sodom - In War and Pieces
• Sodom - Body Parts
• Sodom - The Saw is the Law
• Grave - Putrefaction Remains
• Incantation - Impending Diabolical Conquest
• Immolation - Descent
• Inhumate - Ecotone I: The Tree
• Inhuman Condition - Gravebound
• Necrot - The Curse
• Haiduk - Necrifier
• Necrofier - Toward the Necrofier
• Necrophobic - Stormcrow
• Nukem - Into the Kill Zone
• Exodus, featuring Peter Tagtgren - The Changing Me
• Hypocrisy - New World
• Bloodbath - Brave New Hell
• Corrosion of Conformity - Gimme Some Moore
• Down - Eyes of the South
• Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
• Marilyn Manson - 1996
• Queensryche - Screaming In Digital
• Fates Warning - Chasing Time
• Arch/Matheos - Straight and Narrow
• Asterism - Blink of Ray
• Asterism - Homeship
• Hanabie - Pardon Me, I Have To Go Now
• Babysaster - Moonlight Densetsu ("Sailor Moon" theme)
• Babysaster - Moon Prism Power Make Up!
• Babysaster - Heart of Maiden
• Zilqy - Carry On

Lately, the vibes around this radio has been much more POWERFUL than usual. Of course, it's ALWAYS powerful around here, but maybe it's the realization that this community radio still matters, more than ever, and I'm honoured to still be part of it! I urge you to visit mycri.ca, and find out more about why radio like this one is still vital.

Playlist:

• Vomitory - Erased In Red
• Vomitory - For Gore and Country
• Vomitory - Rapture in Rupture
• Vomitory - Blood Rapture
• Stabbing - Rotting Eternal
• Guttural Slug - Hacksaw Surgery
• Visceral Disgorge - Ball Gagged and Gutted
• Carcass - Under the Scalpel Blade
• Krisiun - Slaughtering Void
• Rebaelliun - Red Spikes
• Avulsed - Mental Misery (Gorefest cover)
• Gorefest - The End of It All
• Anthrax - Be All, End All
• Overkill - I Hear Black
• Forbidden - Alpha Century/Forsaken At the Gates
• Metal Church - Feet to the Fire
• Metal Church - Start the Fire
• Metal Church - Badlands
• Crematorium - Breaking the Law
• Testament - Rapid Fire
• Fozzy - Metal Gods
• Kreator - Grinder
• Judas Priest - You Don't Have To Be Old To Be Wise
• Trivium - Iron Maiden
• New Eden - Phantom of the Opera
• Iced Earth - Transylvania
• Evoken - Evoken
• Iron Maiden - Charlotte the Harlot
• Saxon - Street Fighting Gang
• Saxon - Killing Ground
• Saxon - Let Me Feel Your Power
• Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle
• Rick Derringer - Real American
• Rick Derringer - Demolition
• Living Color - Cult of Personality
• Sid Vicious - Search & Destory
• Sid Vicous - My Way (Frank Sinatra cover)
• Sex Pistols - Satellite
• Deep Purple - Flight of the Rat
• Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
• Mean Gene - Tutti Frutti (Little Richard cover)

We may be headed for warmer days with beautiful flowers, but don't expect things to be all bright and cheery in the Cage world. We are dangerous for a reason, but always leave you smiling in the end!

Playlist:

• Corrosion of Conformity - Good God/Final Dawn
• Corrosion of Conformity - Baad Man
• Corrosion of Conformity - Forever Amplified
• Corrosion of Conformity - Wiseblood
• Nervosa - Beast of Burden
• Crypta - Starvation
• Torture Squad - Warrior
• White Zombie - The One
• Rob Zombie - Heathen Days
• Heathen - Heathen's Song
• Fueled By Fire - Obliteration
• Skeletal Remains - Relentless Appetite
• Exhumed - The Fumes
• Worm - The Night Has Fangs
• Hellripper - Coronach
• Cruel Force - Haneda
• Dimmu Borgir - Alt Lys Er Svennet Hen
• Dimmu Borgir - Broderskapets Ring
• Dimmu Borgir - King of Carnival Creation
• Spectre General (a.k.a. Kick Axe) - Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way
• Spectre General (a.k.a. Kick Axe) - Hunger
• Stan Bush - The Touch
• Stan Bush - Dare
• Lion - The Transformers
• Lion - Never Surrender
• Vinnie Moore - April Sky
• Vicious Rumors - Murder
• Gaskin - End of the World
• Holocaust - No Time Left
• Def Leppard - White Lightning
• Def Leppard - Now I'm Here (Queen cover, Live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Wembley, 1992)
• Chicago - Free Form Guitar
• Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
• Chicago - Hearts in Trouble
• Cryptic Shift - Hyperspace Topography

Took the more extreme route this week, on this Good Friday/Easter Long Weekend! Stay HEAVY!

Playlist:

• Deicide - Crucifixation
• Deicide - Once Upon the Cross
• Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix
• Deicide - Crucified For the Innocence
• Deicide - Trample the Cross
• Deicide - Fallen To Silence
• Deicide - Bury Your Cross ... With Your Christ
• Vital Remains - Hammer Down the Nails
• Vader - The Crucified Ones
• Incantation - Golgotha
• Incantation - Rotting With Your Christ
• Rotting Christ - Art of Sin
• Behemoth - Amen
• Hellripper - Blakk Satanik Fvkkstorm
• Urgehal - Satanic Black Metal In Hell
• Abigail - Satanik Metal Fucking Hell
• Decayed - Black Metal Onslaught
• Darkthrone - Unholy Black Metal
• Venom - Black Metal
• Venom - Metal Black
• Cruel Force - Savage Gods
• Hellhammer - Crucifixion
• Celtic Frost - Circle of the Tyrants
• Slayer - Cult
• Toxic Holocaust - Nuke the Cross
• Suicidal Angels - Vomit On The Cross
• Dark Funeral - Nail Them To The Cross
• Diabolic Force - Cross in Fire
• Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
• Black Sabbath - Cross Of Thorns
• Black Sabbath - The Sign of the Southern Cross
• Black Sabbath - TV Crimes
• Ozzy Osbourne - Miracle Man
• Black Label Society - Ozzy's Song
• Manowar - Secret of Steel
• Burning Witches, featuring Ross the Boss - Battle Hymn (Manowar cover)
• Ross the Boss - Death & Glory
• Manitoba's Wild Kingdom - The Party Starts Now
• Babylon A.D. - Hammer Swings Down
• UFO - Love To Love (live)
• Ironbunny - Lightning Speed
• W.A.S.P. - Golgotha

Well, it was my Birthday. Actually thought about taking a night off, but I've decided, what the heck: why not make it extra special, celebrating it with you all! Afterall, one of the greatest gifts (the ones that aren't wrapped up) is being able to do what we love, and The Cage is not just a radio, but each episode is a celebration of our lives: loud, proud, and BADASS!

Playlist:

• Axel Rudi Pell, featuring Udo Dirkschneider - Breaking Seals
• U.D.O. - Break the Rules
• Accept - Break the Ice
• Holy Grail - Fast As A Shark (Accept cover)
• Blue Medusa - Checkmate
• Nita Strauss, featuring Alissa White-Gluz - The Wolf You Feed
• Helloween - Savage
• Gamma Ray - Heaven Can Wait
• Whitesnake - Bad Boys
• Whitesnake - Saints and Sinners
• Exodus - The Dirtiest of the Dozen
• Overkill - Elimination
• Cavalera Conspiracy - Escape To The Void
• Sepultura - Altered State
• Master - Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy cover)
• Thin Lizzy - Warriors
• Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town (Live at the Tower Theatre, Philedelphia, 1977)
• Helix - Six Strings, Nine Lines
• Li-sa-x, featuring Paul Gilbert - Scarified (Racer X cover)
• Racer X - Sacrifice
• Mr. Big - Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy: The Electric Drill Song
• Van Halen - Poundcake
• Van Halen - Good Enough
• Van Halen - Why Can't This Be Love? (Live at New Havens, CT, Aug 27/1986)
• Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way To Rock
• David Lee Roth - It's Showtime!
• Extreme - Get the Funk Out
• Infectious Grooves - Funk'n With My Head
• Infectious Grooves - Violent and Funky
• Nuclear Assault - Funky Noise
• Nuclear Assault - When Freedom Dies
• S.O.D. - What's That Noise?
• Anthrax - A.D.I./Horror Of It All
• Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy
• Queen - Hammer To Fall: Headbanger's Remix
• Queen - Princes of the Universe
• Queen - Gimme the Prize
• Babymetal - Karate
• Iron Savior - All I Need is a Miracle (Mike and the Mechanics cover)
• Iron Savior - Against All Odds (Phil Collins cover)
• Genesis - Abacab (live)
• Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

This week, we took our adventure into the sea with a tribute to the Japan's legendary battleship, Yamato, as well as an anime series that inspired it. We also took our battle to the sky, before plunging into major darkness and oblivion! We also took some time remembering the recently fallen, Phil Campbell, who helped take Motorhead to another level. Lastly, hey, it's spring, so we cranked up some nice "springy" tunes as well!

Playlist:

• Sabaton - Yamato
• Loudness - Yamato
• Animetal - Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers theme)
• Wings of Steel - Wings of Steel
• Iron Maiden - Aces High
• Jag Panzer - Take To The Sky
• Girlschool - Bomber (Motorhead cover)
• Motorhead - Electricity
• Motorhead - Eat the Gun
• Motorhead - End of Time
• Motorhead - We Are Motorhead
• Motorhead - Keys to the Kingdom
• Motorhead - Burner
• Motorhead - Sucker
• Motorhead - The Game: Triple H
• Megadeth - I Am War
• Metal Church - F.A.F.O
• Darkthrone - Fuck Off and Die
• Satyricon - Forhekset
• Emperor - Thus Spake the Nightspirit
• Immortal - Against the Tide
• Monstrosity - Fortunes Engraved in Blood
• Monstrosity - Blood Works
• Cannibal Corpse - The Spine Splitter
• Exhumed - Red Asphalt
• Cryptopsy - Slit Your Guts
• Lamb of God - Blunt Force Blues
• Necrofier - Servants of Darkness, Guide My Way pt.1
• Necrofier - Servants of Darkness, Guide My Way pt.2
• Necrofier - Servants of Dark, Guide My Way pt.3
• Worm - Blackheart
• Nili Brosh - Roulette
• Nili Brosh - The Spring Tune
• Muses - Feel Like Something Good: Sparkle of Spring
• Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Sky
• Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Kingdom of the Sun
• Deep Purple - MTV
• Haywire - Bad Bad Boy
• Honeymoon Suite - What Does It Take
• Kim Mitchell - That's the Hold
• Max Webster - Let Go the Line

Good luck to all the participants from all over the world, for the first ever Sumo Fest in Calgary this weekend. You know, some of these guys are actually over 500 pounds! Geez, just what the hell do they EAT?!

Playlist:

• Rob Zombie - The Devilman
• White Zombie - Super Charger Heaven
• Powerman 5000 - Devil Inside (INXS cover)
• Falcotron - Dune Lord
• Falcotron - Intergalactic Starfighter: 101
• Falcotron - Sonic Ninjas of Fuzz
• Sebastian Bach, featuring Steve Stevens - F.U.
• Skid Row - Slave To The Grind
• Twisted Sister - Under the Blade
• Bullet - Kickstarter
• Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart
• Asterism - Helter Skelter (The Beatles instrumental cover)
• Accept - Carry the Weight
• Anvil - Blood On the Ice
• Raven - Battlezone
• Helix - Stuck in the 80s
• Iron Savior - Fame (Irene Cara cover)
• Avantasia, featuring Eric Martin - Maniac (Michael Sembello cover)
• Little V - Power Rangers Zeo Theme
• Satan's Fall - Go Go Power Rangers
• Sepultura - Ultraseven theme
• Voivod - Ultraman Opening theme
• Voivod - Ultraman Closing Theme
• Lazy - Ultra High (Ultraman Dyna closing theme)
• Loudness - Black Star Oblivion
• E.Z.O. - Mr. Midnight
• Vow Wow - Shock Waves
• Kyoji Yamamoto - Dog Fight
• Takayoshi Ohmura, featuring Tim "Ripper" Owens - Soldiers of the Fire
• Takayoshi Ohmura - Sadistic Ritual
• Babymetal - Babymetal Death
• Babymetal - Song 4
• Babymetal, featuring Alex Terrible (Slaughter To Prevail) - Song 3
• Babymetal - The One
• Testament - Electric Crown
• Burning Witches - Hall of the Mountain King (Savatage cover)
• Savatage - Legions
• Savatage - Sirens
• Hagane - Start Our Journey
• Rush - Distant Early Warning (2026 Terry Brown mix)
• Rush - Marathon (Live in Birmingham, 1988)
• Hellrazer - The Eye of the Sahara

* International Women's Day Edition * This week's episode is dedicated to women who rock ... and RAGE!

Playlist:

• Burning Witches - In For the Kill
• Burning Witches - Renegade
• Burning Witches - We Stand As One
• Burning Witches - The Sisters of Fate
• Burning Witches - Maiden of Steel
• Burning Witches - Shot in the Dark (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
• Cobra Spell - Addicted To The Night
• Cobra Spell - Bad Girl Crew
• Cobra Spell - Poison Bite
• Boneyard - Hanging Tree
• Boneyard - Before the Fall
• Boneyard - Compass Points To War
• Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
• Lita Ford - Dressed To Kill
• Lita Ford - Bad Love
• Lita Ford - The Ripper
• The Runaways - Dead End Justice
• Marta Gabriel - Metal Queen (Lee Aaron cover)
• Crystal Viper - Metal Nation
• Crystal Viper - Burn My Fire Burn
• Crystal Viper - You Will Die You Will Burn
• Crystal Viper - I am Leather Witch
• Leather - We Take Back Control
• Leather - The Outsider
• Chastain - The Wicked Are Restless
• Chastain - The Battle of Nevermore
• Huntress - Running Wild (Judas Priest cover)
• Huntress - Zenith
• Huntress - Sleep and Death
• Huntress - Sorrow
• Liv Moon - Like a Prayer (Madonna cover)
• Liv Moon - The Phantom of Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber cover)
• Liv Moon - Valhalla/Midsummer Eve
• Nightwish - Forever Yours
• Miyako - Master of Puppets (Metallica Piano cover)
• Miyako - Battery (Metallica piano cover)
• Hanabie - Girl's Talk
• Unleash the Archers - Tonight We Ride

Well, it was another memorable Winter Olympics indeed. Congrats on my Team Japan, thank you for another display of excellence, resilience, and good sportsmanship. Back here in Calgary last week, we witnessed another metal historic moment as Megadeth brought their final tour with Anthrax and Exodus. They thrashed us good! By the way, to those people at the concert who look for their seats DURING the opening band's performance: be more organized next time, you slackers!

Playlist:

• Falcotron - Dune Lord
• World War Waiting - Ceremonial Murder
• Operation Winter Mist - Forever Frost
• Once Human - Pick Your Poison
• The Agonist - Take a Bow
• Arch Enemy - The Great Darkness
• Exhumed - Shock Trauma
• Gruesome - Condemned Identity
• Deeds of Flesh - Invested Beneath the Earth
• Invictus - Frozen Tomb
• Sigh - Rex Tremendae/I Saw the World's End
• Anthem - Shed
• Overkill - Shred
• Pantera - The Art of Shredding
• Megadeth - Let There Be Shred
• Asterism, featuring Marty Friedman - Gyutto!!
• Asterism - Metal
• Asterism - Planet Metal
• Asterism - Metal Supreme
• Iron Savior - Take On Me (A-ha cover)
• Northern Kings - Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel cover)
• Northern Kings - In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins cover)
• CobraKill - Silent Running (Mike + the Mechanics cover)
• KISS - I Love It Loud
• KISS - God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You Too (Petra cover)
• Deep Purple - Highway Star (Live)
• Rainbow - Stone Cold
• Dio - Night Music
• Hizaki, featuring Jill - Moon Shard
• Unlucky Morpheus - Welcome To Valhalla
• Unholy Orpheus - Get Out of the Cage
• Lovebites - Phoenix Rises Again
• Zilqy - Bleeding Love
• Nemophila - Namas
• Ozzy Osbourne - Fool Like You
• Metallica - Anesthesia/Damage Inc. (live)
• The Cult - Wildflower
• Emerson, Lake & Powell - The Score (New Japan Pro Wrestling theme)