The Paranoid Squirrel

The Paranoid Squirrel

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  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 390

    For

    me, this week’s live show features 4 of the best unsigned DIY bands I’ve come
    across. Literally. Making their first foray into Central London it is
    Whitstable based band Flame Pilots, featuring friend of the show and Squirrel
    Associate Arkwright. Then it’s a live welcome return to The Paranoid Squirrel
    in the form of Cars Like Sharks. Up next is The Drej who regular listeners need
    no introduction to. Headlining the whole shindig is Top Buzzer warming
    themselves up for their Rebellion slot. A great evening with four great bands.
    Enjoy.


    2 hr 21 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 389

    Off

    the back of last week’s show we have an acoustic Captain Sensible song starting
    things going which is swiftly followed by a new track from the up and coming
    Murder City Devils album “The White Ghost Has Blood On Its Hands Again”. Sad
    news reached the Squirrel dray on Monday regarding the health of former
    Heartbreaker bassist Billy Rath. As a tribute to him I play you a track from
    the Heartbreakers one and only studio album “L.A.M.F.” (cassette version). In
    the live department it’s Jettblack at The Macbeth, Hoxton in a one-off party
    gig to test out some of the songs from album number 3.


    1 hr 6 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 388

    As Motörhead have just announced three

    Arena show for November with The Damned as special guests I play tracks from
    both with the addition of The Sensible Gray Cells (Captain, Paul Gray & Ant
    Thickett) as they are also playing a London date in November. Up next is
    another new track from The Mutants “Rhythm and Punk Review” album. For the next
    few tracks I seem to be in “Classic Rock” territory with The Dagger, Judas Priest,
    Uriah Heep and Bullet. The reformed Last Great Dreamers have the first single
    taken from their soon to be released “Crash Landing In Teenage Heaven” album aired. Gig of the Summer has to be The Drej, Top Buzzer, Cars Like Sharks and
    Flame Pilots at The Rhythm Factory on the 6th August. All my
    favourite unsigned bands in one place all for free! So rounding this week’s
    show off is a track from each.


    58 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 387

    This week’s show starts of with a

    tribute to Tommy Ramone who sadly passed away on the 11th July. Apart
    from the obvious Ramones tunes aired I also play a track from the Lords of
    Altamont cover album “Lords Take Altamont” followed by The Crazy Squeeze whilst
    discussing Downloads vs Real life Records. The best band name of the year so
    far goes to Spliff Witchard whose new album “Next Stop…Never”
    has a track aired. From now on in, or until the end of the show, I hit you with
    some of the finest Nordic Rock I have lying around in my hard-drive; Märvel,
    The Hellacopters, Bloodlights, Smoke Mohawk, Gluecifer, The Michael Monroe
    Band, The Flaming Sideburns, Waltari, The Nomads and Sator.



    1 hr
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 386

    Not many bands will get me staying out

    late one of the exceptions to the rule will always be The Yo-Yo’s as club gigs
    seem to be only once a year. As a Sonisphere warm-up the band played Chris
    McCormack’s Jubilee Club on the 4th July. Only Tom Spencer and Danny
    McCormack remain from the band that produced the classic “Uppers & Downers”
    for Subpop but Simon Maxwell drummer from the Loyalties and Role Models along with
    guitarist Nick Hughes bassist with New Device fit in like a worn out boxing
    glove. The Yo-Yo’s were supported by The (Willie) Dowling (Random Jon) Poole
    who had stayed on after their PledgeMusic Pledgers only gig. A very satisfying
    evening even if I did get in at twenty to two.  



    1 hr 23 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 385

    So

    the run of studio episodes lasted one whole week but I think you will agree
    with me that 50 odd minutes of Honest John Plain who was aided and abetted by Robbie
    Rushton on drums, Gary Pearce on guitar and Nick Medlin on bass, recorded at
    The Water Rats in London is a fair exchange. Frustratingly HJP isn’t able to
    promote his latest solo album that sees him working with Glen
    Matlock, Martin Chambers, Michael Monroe, Casino Steel, Darrell Bath and Verden
    Allen as the only track that has seen the light of day, so far, has been
    “Never Listen To Rumours”. But what we do get a great cross section of Honest
    John Plain’s recording career. Obviously The Boys are represented along with The
    Crybabys, Landslide Ladies and even a collaboration with Pete Stride gets an
    airing.

    Enjoy.

    52 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 384

    After

    a six week break I return you to an all studio show. Kicking things off are The
    Ramones who are followed by a track from the new Nazareth album “Rock ‘n’ Roll
    Telephone”. From there on in it’s pretty much all new material from; Carnival
    Sun, Jackson Firebird, The New Christs, The Royal Cream, 5 Seconds Of Summer,
    Peter Pan Speedrock, The Mutants featuring Wilko Johnson, Wayne Kramer, Rat
    Scabies, Jake Burns, TV Smith, Charlie Harper, Jucy
    Nylon, Neville Staple, Norman Watt-Roy, Chris Constantinou
    and Paul Frazer. The Boys, The Bermondsey Joyriders, St Evel, Cars Like Sharks,
    The Buzzcocks, The Hip Priests, The Quireboys and The Backstreet Girls. I also
    managed to slip in a “Compare and Contrast”; The Damned Vs The Wildhearts.


    1 hr 26 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 383

    Once

    again this week we go live with sets from the recently reactivated Role Models,
    The Hip Priests who are all set to release album number three “Black Denim
    Blitz” on August 11th and making their UK debut promoting their brand new album
    “Right Between The Eyes” from Sweden the Chuck Norris Experiment. Recorded at
    The Pipeline, London 13th June.


    1 hr 43 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 382

    Even with a super

    backlog of CDs & mp3 I’m taking you on a trip down memory lane in the form
    of Adam West. For those of you who think Adam West was the actor who played
    Batman in the 1960’s US Television show and have no access to Wikipedia here is
    the lowdown. Adam West was formed in the early 1990s, when vocalist Jake Starr
    decided to form a garage band with a 1960s Rock n' Roll sound. They released
    their first single, "I Get a Sensation", on Fandango Records in 1993.
    Their discography consists of 35 7-inch singles, one 10-inch EP, five
    full-length studio albums, three outtakes/B-sides albums, and 40 appearances on
    compilation albums. In 2008, Adam West released their final album ESP: Extra Sexual
    Perception, and played their farewell tour in Europe. They concluded an
    almost 17-year career at a sold-out show in their hometown of Washington, DC on
    November 8, 2008. I only managed to see the band twice. The 1st in
    2005 at Debaser and the final time a year later on 31st October at
    Club Sheriff, both in Stockholm, Sweden. Enjoy.


    46 min
  • The Paranoid Squirrel ep 381


    “Camden Rocks….The Squirrel Shakes”

    This week’s show is dedicated to The

    Camden Rocks Festival that was held on the 31st May. 200 bands
    playing at 20 venues strewn across the Borough. I only managed to take in 6½
    bands whilst The Squirrel faired better with 8½. Bands featured are New Device,
    The Peckham Cowboys, Chris Catalyst, The Eureka Machines, Star Scream and
    Ginger Wildheart.


    1 hr 2 min

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