Full disclosure here, and it’s sort of controversial. I’ve never been a Beach Boys fan. It’s just never really worked for me. As a kid, it just seemed to be a parent’s version of what rock and roll is supposed to be. The fact they had a song called “Be True To Your School” was enough evidence for me to not buy that Endless Summer collection that came out around the same time as I was discovering The Ramones and Sex Pistols.

That’s not to say that I don’t have respect for the band, especially Brian Wilson, who passed away on June 11. The fact that so many of my favorite bands revered Wilson (including the Ramones) gave me some new insight. In fact, I always have said that I love the bands influenced by The Beach Boys more than the actual band.

Plus, I have developed an appreciation for Pet Sunds, although I’m still not prepared to call it the greatest album ever. But I pulled it out after hearing the news of Brian’s death, and I also played the version of Smile that came out in 2011. That may be my favorite album by them, but is it because of the legends behind the creation?

So tonight’s show consists primarily of Beach Boys covers. Yes, the first track is not a cover. It’s Pavid Vermin’s wonderful (and truthful) track “The Beach Boys Never Surfed”. And, yes, I do include Redd Kross’s cover of Charles Manson’s “Cease to Exist”, which was recorded by the band (with rewritten lyrics) as “Never Learn Not To Love”. Not to mention that the Melvins’ NSFW rewrite of “I Get Around” is probably mroe parody than tribute. It’s still a fun version, though!

For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com

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June 18th, 2025. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #632 – Tonight we took a little preview at the bands you’ll see at the Oh Bondage, Up Yours festival this weekend at Our Wicked Lady in Brooklyn, NY. Brought to you by Fear City Fun Fest! Female and female fronted bands Friday AND Saturday! DETAILS HERE! Turn it up! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!

https://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive632.mp3

X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage Up Yours!

The Flytraps – Wild Card
Civil Rats – H-E Double Hockey Sticks
Designer – Ugly in the Streets
Total Whine – 1234
Hasty – Did You Know?

Edging – Trash City
BUSHFIRE – FUCK
Adult Human Females – Tuck Tuck Goose
Galice Cooper – Cunt Express

Whyte Lipstick – Hate Me
Genre is Death – Hot Rats
The Lookout Honeys – JUVENILE CITY
The Roulettes – Batter Up

The Dents – Better Off
Joan Jett – Bad Reputation
Thee Headcoatees – I Want Candy
L7 – American Society

Amyl and the Sniffers – Hertz

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Believe it or not, there are rules when it comes to what you hear on The Ledge. One of my main rules is that when the new release show is split into two separate shows there is a cutoff date for the material. That deadline is showtime of the first episode. Any material that is sent my way after that is set aside for the next month’s series.

But there’s no real rules in rock and roll, as proven when I got an email from Rum Bar head honcho Malibu Lou just a fwe hours before this broadcast. Attached to the correspondance was the upcoming new single by The Dogmatics! Hold the presses, kids, as this is a track that has to be fast-tracked. And what a backstory.

The new song, “You’ve Got What I Want”, is the opening blast from a new full-length coming out on July 18. But it’s 96 seconds of fury that dates back to the band’s earliest rehearsals. Leader Jerry Lehane had attended a show by 80s Boston legends The Outlets, and rushed to the infamous Thayer Street rehearsal loft to write this ferocious rocker. Why they waited almost 45 years to record this classic makes no sense to me, but better late than ever!

Of course, there’s plenty of other Rum Bar new releases aired this week, along with new material from Rum Bar associates Beebe Gallini and Brad Marino. There’s a wonderful new single by The New Barbarians, and I’m always happy when fellow Real Punk Radio DJ Greg Lonesome has a new Intrusive Thoughts track. 

There’s plenty of other highlights this week, and as always I want to know what your favorites are. What records are you looking at adding to your collection?

For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com

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June 11th, 2025. Tommy Unit LIVE!! #631 – Turn it up! We go LIVE!! every Wednesday night at 10pm ET / 7:00pm PT on REAL PUNK RADIO – Radio Done Right!

https://realpunkradio.com/podcast/tommyunitlive/tommyunitlive631.mp3

The Chris Rolling Squad – Bad Motherfucker

CAM GIRL – I Want Your Rock!
CAM GIRL – Plastic Princess
Green Day – 1981
Geoff Palmer – Teenage Memories

PUBLIC HOUSE – Twist the Knife
Mad Rockets – Tears are Falling
Liptards – D.O.G.
Intrusive Thoughts – More Of Us Than Them

The Clash – Guns on the Roof
The Clash – Clampdown
The Clash – This Is Radio Clash(1981)
The Clash – Know Your Rights

The Drowns – Them Rats
The Drowns – Live Like Yer Dyin
New Bomb Turks – Born Toulouse-Lautrec
New Bomb Turks – Chip Away at the Stone

RAVAGERS – RAZOR LOVE

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 Originally Published 5/12/19

Operation Ivy
Energy

The Class
Chubby Checker
School Days 

Gender Studies
Lazertits
Free Bandcamp Single

Daddy Should Have Stayed In High School
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick

Graduation Day
Chris Isaak
Forever Blue

Back To School
Cheap Time
Cheap Time

High School Sweethearts
Black Knights
Yonder Comes A Sucker

The Teacher
Big Country
The Seer

Campaign Of Hate
The Libertines
The Libertines
Suggested by Kate

We're Finished With Finishing School
Upper Crust
Cream of the Crust - A Collection of Timeless Hits

U.D.I. (Demo)
Slow Faction
Bandcamp Single

Just Like You
Ausmuteants .
..Present the World in Handcuffs

Hey Buddy
The Coathangers
The Devil You Know

The Conversation
Mono In Stereo
Can't Stop the Bleeding
Thanks Lou!

In Death
Steve Adamyk Band
Paradise

Chase Away the Darkness
Dan Vapid and the Cheats
Three

Kids Laugh at You
The Briefs
Platinum Rats

Fairweather Friends
The Get Up Kids
Problems

Movie About Your Life
AM Taxi
Shiver by Me

Poet Laureate
Breakout
Say Hello

Aim High
The Planet Smashers
Too Much Information

Disobey
POW!
Shift

School's Out
Alice Cooper
American Pie 7"

Factories
Middle Class Rut
Bright Antenna 7"

Birth, School, Work, Death
The Godfathers
Epic 7"

School Days
The Runaways
UK Mercury 7"

Teach Your Children Hell
Tiltwheel
Drunken Sailor Records 7"

School Days
Chuck Berry
Chess 7"

Pump It Up
Mudhoney
Fox Specialty 7"

Our School Days 
The Monitors
Specialty 7"

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TJ Radio´s Tschebesta got a hold of Turbonegro´s Rune Rebellion. They talk Turbo´s comeback on stage, the summer of 2025, the perils of aging and also have a big surprise up their Denim sleves!

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The first half of the monthly new release series is always dominated by “friends of the show”, and this month it’s no different. Tonight’s episode features are good friends Numb Surprise, the latest Rob Moss split 7″ cover collaboration (this time with Arthur Alexander), the return of Swansea Sound, and many others. Take note of the wonderful comeback tune by Handsome Dick Manitoba, as it features our pals Torpedohead as his band!. 

The concluding half hour or so of tonight’s broadcast features double shots of some great new albums. Alien Nosejob, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, and Wyldlife are represnted with their new records, and we have a sneak peak at what should be a future favorite album from Superchunk!

For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com

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 Originally posted 5/4/19

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