Boston Groupie News

21/07/2025

Here’s the review of the punk news we have on www.bostongroupienews.com this week.
We begin with the sad news that Staffy of The Marvels died this week.
If you ever saw the group then you would remember Staffy. He often sang through a frequent beer spray from the devoted.

The Dropkick Murphys drew 10,000 to Quincy Center. Where they played was close to where they had their first rehearsals. Ken Casey is getting the Mass Storyteller of the Year Award in September for the subject matter in his lyrics.

You can catch a West Coast interview with Muck and the Mires as they play CA on KALX. We give you the details.

BOOKS: Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom has his book on the Cars now on presale. He is going to be interviewed at the Berklee Performance Center by Oedipus.

VIDEOS: Worm duck surveillance in their vid for “Eye In The Sky”….. Tiger Bomb get spacey in their out of this world vid of “Astro Girl”…….Spiller’s video is of the Guided by Voices song “Game of Pricks” and they add on “Hocus Pocus” by Focus….. Rum Bar Records The Laissez Fairs go full psych with “Soul Motion”…..we revisit the Del Fuego’s Miller High Life commercial. We were at the filming and maybe you were too!

RADIO: We scoop up two songs from Joanie’s WMBR's Late Risers Club show. One is a punker “I Don’t Want YOu To Fall In Love With Me” by The Taste Testors and one is garage with The Bitter Ends doing “I’m Gonna Stay”.

PODCAST: We run down the Radio Warfare with Tim Livingston show that is heavy with Boston music releases.

NEW MUSIC: The new The Dogmatics album titled Nowheresville is out! It’s full of great new songs and a big surprise at the end for long time Boston punk fans……Happy Little Clouds are one of our bright stars that are shinning a way forward with exciting new sounding music. Their new album is titled Embers…….. The Chelsea Curve have a new single “Kindawanna” and yes, you kindawanna hear it…..The local power pop group the’ Invisible Rays new tune is “I Don’t Dream of You” – oh ya, they’re dreaming of her!......The Flashcubes have a lot going on these days and they add to it by dropping a pop nugget titled “The Sweet Spot”…….Our faves Today Junior had a new single “If You Want To”. Don’t let this group get by you…… Rick Barton has a striking number out. “The Great Unknown” has memorable moments…..New metal act – The Casket Rats has an EP that metal heads should love. They are not nice because they sing, “Nice boys don’t play rock n’ roll”……SNL comedian/punker Fred Armisen has a Sound Effects record out!!!!.....UK group Menstrual Cramps likes soccer and the metaphors fly by in “Kiss on the Pitch”…. The Square Tugs from Australia simply say “F**k Them All” in their new song. Talk about direct messaging.

Not to forget the gig listings for maximum rockage every night.

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07/07/2025

The weather is hot and now for the hot punk news on the www.bostongroupienews.com
There’s a new band from Salem with some notable members. Check out the line up of Tension Scale. Lily Pad VIP has Swiss group Leopardo playing on July 17. You can
hear what they sound like.

VIDEOS: Actor|Observer have fun with a very intense song...... Mercy Music have sort of fun tune with a rough title “Big Fu***ng Mess”. We sang along with it.

RADIO: Skybar Lusardi (WMFO – Rising show) plays a Nervous Eaters cover by new group Bastard’s Leg. He plays another good song by Sprint that gets our attention....we post the Atlantic Thrills set on WFMU.

PODCASTS: Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico Podcast has Judy Grunwald and Beth Kaplan from Salem 66 who have a new compilation album out……Al Quint on Sonic Overload Radio plays local group General Foodz whose 1980 single now sells for hundreds of dollars. He also plays The Transplants that had Roger Tripp (La Peste) in it. In his 4th of July political hour he play new group Phagocyte and a string of politically critical hardcore songs.……the Elastic Glam show plays a new song by Hotel Saturn with Shel Pierce (of the Runes) as well as other musicians we know on it. The label for this is Rock Garden Records . Then plenty of glam.

NEW MUSIC: A new Jonathan Richman album Only Frozen Sky Anyway. 12 new tunes….. Satch Kerans Music new single is “Helen of Troy (NY)” Cover art by Adam Sherman, produced by David Minehan. ….One of our faves, Duck & Cover have a new EP, cleverly titled …EP with their all their signature moves and the drumming!!!..... The Stigmatics song “Your Dream Girl ‘s a Nightmare” has a NY Dolls sound and energy to it. And more good stuff on their “Life of the Party” EP….The Invisible Rays are a Power Pop band. Their album Sequin Dreams is stuffed with dream pop….Talk about Power Pop, the Flashcubes have been creating the best since 1977. Their brand new “Reminisce” is embedded on site for you to hear…. gets in on the pop with The Jive from PA. “Good Time Call” is classic stuff…..The Kowalskis from NYC have a big compilation from Rum Bar . They are a great live band and have the songs to back it up…..Pychotic Youth from Sweden have an album of garage rock, many of them covers of the Fuzztones, Sonic and Link Wray etc…….Hardcore group Comic Joke (on Triple B Records )have an EP where they tuck in a cover of “Psycho Killer”. It’s pretty cool…..A rerelease of a punk pop classic by Squirtgun contains “Social” which was in the Mallrats movie.
Show listings will give your mouse a workout!

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24/06/2025

We look at the Surf-Punk connection on www.bostongroupienews.com this week with the passing of Brian Wilson. Many punks played Brian Wilson songs: Ramones, Jesus and Mary Chain, Vandals, Psychic TV and Joan Jett. Even recently Brad Marino gave us a version of Shut Down. We embed Melt-Banana with their punk/post punk craziness on “Surfin’ USA”.

We pick out a song from O’Brien’s weekly Spotify playlist. Locals Meet You at Rogers get out attention with “Choked Up”.

VIDEOS: The Dogmatics , a Dogumentary is now on YouTube – you can view it…right NOW!..... Muck and the Mires are a “Mary Ann Man” and in the video they are stuck on Gilligan’s Isle for a three minute song…a three minute song…..We post a live in the studio session from Alien Boys from Vancouver. We saw them at the Hong Kong in 2019.

RADIO: Skybar has Already Dead on his Rising show. We embed that and their new EP in the site. ….We scoop up two songs from Joanie Lindstrom’s WMBR's Late Risers Club show. The Dirty Fences from NYC with “Running Again” and The Human Toys covering The Nerves “When You Find Out”.

PODCAST: We dish up some hardcore from Sonic Overload Radio with “Nuclear Tomorrow” by Direct Control” and “Change In My Head” by 7 Seconds. Then two throwbacks with “Papas Got A Brand New Pigbag” by Pigbag and “Tighten Up” by the Yellow Magic Orchestra.

NEW MUSIC: We review the new Dogmatics song “You Got What I Want”…. Actor|Observer double down on the intensity with “Found Wanting”……The Peppermint Kicks extol the ecstasies of sixties radio with “Radio Wan Bam Boom”….. Condition Baker rolled out their three song EP Dethroned…..Galaxy 500 have a new/old live album. The release is new the recording is old (1988)…Rum Bar Recordsr Records have scooped up another good one. All the Madmen is glamtastic (To quote Sethyspice)….The Fuzztones “I Never Knew” is fuzz heavy like we love it….Stay the Course are very hard and very melodic and then emotive….. The Len Price 3 have a new psych/Who/Mod single out titled “Emily’s Shop”/ “I’m a Fake”.

09/06/2025

Here’s the run down on Boston punk at www.bostongroupienews.com

We draw your attention to 91.5 WMFO and their Live Music Day this Saturday, June 14. All day, 12 acts.

Then we try to wrestle with Rum Bar Records release schedule . There’s new The Dogmatics single, show and upcoming album. …there’s The Peppermint Kicks song “Radio Wam Bam Boom” that celebrates WBCN and “Roadrunner”…..There’s The Chelsea Curve who have added three songs to their spectacular All the Things album.

Arthur Freedman remembers his life partner Patti Pelland who died from Covid five years ago on 6/18/20.

VIDEOS: Kid Gulliver is back with “24” a song very much in line with their punchy punk pop catalog. It comes with a graphic vid…..The Talking Heads get a video for “Phycho Killer” but we think the song is better than the vid. Vous me comprenez? ….Boston group Burn Kit have a vid for “When You Know, You Know”. Get to check them out and see them at Deep Cuts on 8/2……Hardcore group TOTAL CHAOS redo Ramones with “Selena Was A Punk Rocker” in memory of her murder 30 years ago.

RADIO: Skybar has in Rumble winners The Ghouls who play songs from their new album Handle With Care. We embed the interview.

PODCASTS: We get some nice songs from Sonic Overload Radio . Al Quint plays Stress Balls two weeks in a row. We think they are a find. We embed some of their tunes. And we include a Tuff Darts song Al played too…… Elastic Glam plays a new Billy Idol song with Avril Lavigne in it titled “77” and is about being inspired by the 1977 scene. Then more new glam ……There’s tons of good music on Wormtown Underground Radio Network show. Some local Boston, some local Worcester and then there’s Gabba who play Abba in the Ramones style.

NEW MUSIC: Boy is there new music out there! A tremendous EP called Cut & Run by ONE FALL . What an exciting, over the top rockfest this is…..Atlantic Thrills indeed thrill us with a garage and surf filled gem. Lots to love here….. Brad Marino is back with a new single. We talk you through “Reason or Rhyme”….. Condition Baker is back with “Nerve”. It’s got an ear catching guitar riff and awesome drumming…… The Ghouls didn’t win the Rumble and a Boston Music Award for nothing. Take in the new album Handle With Care to see what the buzz is….. Already Dead release “Time”. It’s an angry frustrated cry for less time…or more time…or…see? We’re frustrated…..Another cool split 45 with Rob Moss and Skin Tight Skin and Arthur Alexander. Boom Boom Billy Loosigian is raining licks on one side…….Loose Lips from Australia has Josh Hardy from the Chats in the group……The Wind Up have a pop nugget embedded in their bedroom recording…..Then we have some Punk Polka from Canada’s Dreadnaughts. Remember when Brave Combo did that? …….We get a dose of hardcore from Midnight Peg …..A new early collection from the Testors who played Max’s Kansas City and CBGB with Sonny Vincent at the helm…..We end with Jj Speedball from Australia and the song “Tough Titties”. We find out that the expression has a history in Australia.

That gig list we have….is it growing on its own? It’s like the Blob!

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26/05/2025

The latest punk news at www.bostongroupienews.com
Aimee Mann got the old band back together. Til Tuesday had a surprise reunion in Pasadena. We actually want the OLDER band to to get together, the Young Snakes, and do a show .
There’s a festival happening under the banner of CBGB’s in Brooklyn on September 27. Groups include Iggy, S*x Pistols, Jack White, Cro-Mags, The Damned and Linda Lindas.

The power of punk still makes the news. The Boston Globe Sunday magazine had an article on women getting inspiration from punk in dealing with menopause.

VIDEOS: The Spackles go cartoony with the vid for “Pistols At Dawn”……Evan Dando/Lemonheads have a new album coming. The current single “Deep End” comes with a neat video.

RADIO: Skybar Lusardi plays a current fave from Italy’s Heart Apart and has Lee Harrington of the Neighborhoods/ The Shang Hi Los in as a guest. ….We find a fine garage rock tune from the Deadly Spirits on Joanie Lindstrom’s WMBR's Late Risers Club Show this week.

PODCASTS: Sonic Overload Radio is always good to find some fine tuneage. We post a hardcore hit with a song from Spanish group E-150. We get the newsworthy song about the new Pope from Rudimentary Peni called “Pogo Pope” and one from locals The Nice Guys. ….. We get our dose of glam on Elastic Glam. Some old, some new and all glamazing. ….. Wormtown Underground Radio Network has LB Worm recreating the playlist of a 1980s show with a set of Boston punk in it.

NEW MUSIC: Tj Welch and the Wasted have a must listen to new album that is self titled. Great tunes, great heart and rocking all the way….. Crow Follow puts punk in their sultry swing with “Fold Like Money”…..France’s Les Lullies have a live album filled with garage tunes that give a nod to the Real Kids here and there….The Spark of Life from So Cal get serious with “Better Keep it Too Yourself” and it sinks into your mind…..We revisit Bad Beat’s LP2025 to wallow in the hardcore and we love it….Glitterfast from Japan have an EP of old school punk, right up our alley……Sick Fizz have an unruly garage rocker titled “OMG Not This Guy Again”…..Aussie group Private Function have a 19 cut album with all sorts of interesting things going on…..Now for something different – nu metal group covers new wave (nu wave?) It’s HED PE from CA covering “I Melt With You”….The Coolies have maybe the last recording with Clem Burke.
Our gig list!!! Longer than ever....

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14/05/2025

Here’s the roundup of the news on www.bostongrouipienews.com
The Boston Punk scene has been around for 50 years and we
have a new documentary coming out that celebrates the history of the Boston scene.
The name is Life on the Other Planet. The director is Vinny Straggas. We talk about it and you can see the video trailer.
The Ramones will have a documentary too…on Netflix in July.
A new single from The Chelsea Curve

The Nervous Eaters have a new line up on their way to their third album on Wicked Cool.
There’s a new sheet music book from Jonathan Richman….it’s the Jonathan Richman Songbook Volume 2.

VIDEOS: TJ Welch & The Wasted have a new video full of local color with the song “Dorchester Girl”.
…there’s a short video that relates the origins of Mission of Burma and reviews their catalog…..Mikke from South Shore’s Worm is on the Ghetto Booth Chronicles podcast talking about the groups new album…..The Ataris are back and have a video that riffs of Breaking Bad….. Signal Chords podcast has Kevin and Chris on to talk about the group’s Ground to Dust album.

PODCASTS: Chris Atwood from WATD’s 80s Alternative Underground Radio show has an interview with Vox from the Chameleons.

NEW MUSIC: Time to celebrate – or revolt…with Muck and the Mires new album Beat Revolution. The newest hit for us is “You Can Try It (Before You Buy It)”…. Atlantic Thrills from Providence have a new garage rocker that sounds like a sixties throwback…..A new group, Yes, Nanny gives us their first recording “The Other Ones”….We post an older song but a neat one. “Number One” by the Qu**rs which was co-written by JJ Rassler and redone by the Nervous Shakes….”Punk Rock Grandma” tells a story we can relate to very well. We get it on a remix but the original is by Mick Medew and Ursula….One Step Closer is an emo/punk band that has quality punk. Their latest is “Jinx”…..S*xagisma is punk/glam from 1981 and newly found and released…..we find a Jesus and Mary Chain style song by Movieland from Vancouver.

10/05/2025

A new film about the Boston Punk scene in the early days. Out this summer.

30/04/2025

We talk about David Thomas of Pere Ubu this week online at www.bostongroupienews.com
Thomas, who died this week, began with Rocket from the Tombs in 1975. The first Pere Ubu single came out in 1975.
He was doing weird before weird was a thing. We were amazed at how many times he was in Boston through the years. The BGN was there many times.

O'Brien's Pub has their 40 Anniversary coming up and they have a tee shirt made for it.
The Harvard Archives have a Spotify playlist of groups that are represented in Arthur Freedman’s audio/video collection. It makes for great listening.

VIDEOS: The New York Hardcore Chronicles have a three hour remembrance for Al Barile of SSD (The Official xclaim.com band site for SSD). You hear from Nancy Barile, his wife, SSD bandmembers Jaime Sciarappa and Chris Foley, not to mention Ian MacKaye. ……..Corin Ashley has a cool video for “Empathy Centre” …..New group alert – Static Friction includes OC45 member Derek. They are hardcore and very good……New glam star Gyasi has a video for the song “Snake City”, this is a perfect time to check out the band…… TELL's video for “Boiling the Ocean” was filmed by Rick Berlin!!.......S*x Scenes from Milwaukee have a video with two songs. They are hardcore……. Casual Hex from Seattle give us a dose of post punk they sounded fine to us.

RADIO: We scoop a song from Skybar Lusardi ’s Rising show. It’s a new song by Mark Lind and the Unloved.

PODCAST: Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico Podcast has two interviews this week. One with club booker and band manager Juli Kryslur. The other is with two members of Tell: David Wildman and Jim Foster…… Sonic Overload Radio with Al Quint started the show with “White Stains” from the Molls – that group included Peter Prescott of MOB and Tristram Lozaw of Someone and the Somebodies. They also had some Easter Hardcore songs! You can imagine. …… Wormtown Underground Radio Network with DJ LB Worm has tons of Boston music in it…….Elastic Glam show gives us our required dose of New Glam.

NEW MUSIC: We get another single from Condition Baker that prove they are a group to keep your ears attuned too……. The Downhauls new single “Crosshairs” come with extras. – like a tee shirt and magazine….. Happy Little Clouds continue to impress with a new single “Clear & Present Danger”. They are very interesting players…… The Spackles have a new album titled Clamaro that they describe as ‘odds and sods” collection. Some songs you will know and others are new…..Poor Impulse Control have an EP of blasting hardcore……Bad Beat are on Triple B Records. There’s anger imbedded in the material. ….Why Bother from Iowa have a new EP with a nice cover of “I’ve Got Your Number” by C**k Sparrer…… WYLDLIFE from NYC have a new song release. “Dizzy” is a pop rock with a NYC gloss.

We have a long list of gigs, check 'em out.

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15/04/2025

We have sad news to begin this week's roundup of Boston Punk news on www.bostongroupienews.com
The giant of hardcore Al Barile of SSD (The Official xclaim.com band site for SSD) died this week. He had some very hard times fighting his cancer. The outpouring of tributes has been inspiring to read. And inspiring is the word many used when talking about Al.

Clem Burke of Blondie died this week also. We look at some later groups that Clem played in that we reviewed through the years.
Rat Scabies of the Damned is on a TV show!!! We give you the goods.

The Dogmatics, a Dogumentary is now streaming for FREE on ROKU. We give you a link to the viewing page.

VIDEOS: We have the video of Clint Conley playing at the Crystal Ballroom with Ida and Tsunami…..a cool hardcore song “Skate to Annihilate” and a strong performance by GRIP BITE.
RADIO: Brian Young plays a long set of live Blondie cuts in tribute to Clem Burke on 💋☠ A CRASH COURSE FOR THE RAVERS! ☠💋 ….. Skybar Lusardi has Stop Calling Me Frank on his Rising Show and the group also shows up on Mike on the Mic show too.

PODCASTS: There’s four hours of rare Jonathan Richman songs on a rebroadcast Trash Flow Radio Podcast. I must for all Richman fans…. Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico Podcast has a major scoop with their Rick Harte interview. Rick is always frank and revealing….Blowing Smoke also has members of the Slamdinistas in to talk about their new Rum Bar Records album release……we give you some highlights from the Elastic Glam show from the last two weeks. We like “God Save the Queens” by Vienna Vienna and the new song “Snake River” by Gysai liberally quotes from the Nashville Teens’ “Tobacco Road”…… Sonic Overload Radio plays a set in tribute to Al Barile and they play “Four Point Restraints” by James – that had LaPeste as a back up band.

NEW MUSIC: Another dark take on life from SCREW CART with “Bag Worm”…..We get a hilarious tune “Good Enough” from Stop Calling Me Frank . It has some killer lines….Jon Macey adds to his career output with the new Hummingbird Syndicate album Poptimystic. It’s Sunshine psych with depth….South Shore group Worm release single “Eye in the Sky” and it sounds like the new album will show the group coming into it’s own…..The Northern Line brings more of their Brit soul to Boston with the new song “Throw A Fist”……more goodness from the Slamdinistas from Rum Bar with the album Wild and Restless. ….The s 20th Century Boys also deliver for Rum Bar with their self-titled album. There’s mighty riffs aplenty…..We’re eating up the raw riffage of The Slow Death , soon to come to town….Jackie and the Idiots sound like a punk band with an attitude because they are. “Creeper” is not the Unnatural Axe song but an old school punker it is……Australia’s Leatherman continue with their Thin Lizzy pop/metal and it’s so listenable…..finally we give you some LA paisley underground style rock with The Exploding Flowers and their album Watermelon Peacock.

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07/04/2025

We got a laugh from the video bit "Goth Kid On Vacation"
on Saturday Night Live last week. It's here https://youtu.be/cYQAFtkqH34?si=Rp9I4BMWeFFbJvXB We had that I've-seen-this-before feeling remembering the video for
"Goth Beach" by Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys .

https://youtu.be/og_bZlD1VQA?si=NTcPB58KS9Kh60qk

GOTH BEACHWalter Sickert & The Army of Broken ToysDirected byWalter Alice SickertAssistant DirectorWednesday Alice Director of Photography Sam KruegerEdited ...

06/04/2025

If you saw Al Barile's recent posts you know this day was imminent. Al has died. He was a hardcore giant, an inspiration to many. Early innovators like Al never have an easy time, especially at the beginning. Al fought those anti hardcore prejudices. Yet, he created a body of work that will last forever.

Later, it was rewarding to see him get attention and acceptance by Guitar World magazine and induction into the New England Music Hall of Fame.
He had a hard time at the end and even then used his platform to plead for better pain control for all patients. He was trying to change the system for better.

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01/04/2025

Where do you get the news with no advertisements? The punk news at www.bostongroupienews.com

We talked to Michael Bowen and maybe you want to too! He’s writing an oral history of GG Allin. If you have any GG stories we give you contact info.
They are having a Celebration of the Life for Andy Paley. It’s in LA and it’s wonderful to see the performers who are coming out for this. Jonathan Richman, Elliot Easton and Lenny Kaye among them.

A reminder that Soundscape Tours has a tour that highlights Boston rock. It started in 2020, but there were other things distracting people that year! But they are out there and are a good idea for fans and guests from out of town.
No porchfest has the crowds of the Somerville Porchfest. This year they are making sure safety vehicles can move around freely. Guster who played the Somerville Porchfest last year played the Kennedy Center this year.
Salem 66 has a new compilation album and we tell you why.
Trophy Lungs plays the 40th Anniversary of O’Brien’s in May…but it’s already sold out!
The Modern Day Idols have an new EP and line up future gigs. They also find a cool recording studio in Rockland with 37' Productions .
Also for South Shore people a new Punk Rock Marketplace in Seekonk.

Punk rock has taught us lots of live lessons. Now a new children’s book Gabba Gabba Hey, We Accept You teaches children punk lessons via Joey Ramones life story.

VIDEOS: Rat Tales gets a big scoop with a long interview with Steve Cataldo of the Nervous Eaters…… The Wynotts have a video for “Nobody Noticed” by Rudy Childs of Dogumentary fame…..A video for Cold Expectations’ “Out Hearts Need Electricity” is neon bright.….. Smitt E. Smitty & The Fezztones have a video for the song they released around Valentine's Day " #1 Most Likely". Where else will you see a toy piano solo? ...Redd Kross performs live on Jimmy Kimmel….Jeopardy has a fun New Wave band category……PBS will have a Remains documentary on April 8. It’s narrated by Peter Wolf.

Radio: Skybar Lusardi has Falsely Accused - Rock Band in for an interview.

PODCASTS: Blowing Smoke with Twisted Rico Podcast gets a much needed interview with Lilli Dennison. She has a long and winding career in Boston punk……we line up two weeks of Elastic Glam show. Your duty click the embedded link and listen….. Sonic Overload Radio, Al Quint’s dependable podcast is always throwing in surprises and of course the hardest of hardcore. We dive into the last two weeks of shows.

NEW MUSIC: Looking Glass War has a new song and with three other releases that make a stellar EP titled Saints of the Lost and Found. …. Rob Moss Skin Tight Skins plays The Amplifier Heads and The Amplifier Heads play Rob Moss Skin Tight Skins – and they both win….Sternman always go deep and that’s the case with the new self titled EP…..Happy Days, Corin Ashley is back and on Sound Cove Records – elaborate pop ensues….. Rum Bar Records doubles down on Swagger:Second Shot. You know it’s chock full of Rum Bar goodness with 28 cuts off their stable of acts…..Motorbike from Cincinnati are an unruly rocking delight….. Adam Sherman Band has a new EP with songs that deal with life in all its complexities….We give you a fast blast of punk from Glitterfast from Japan…..We love the song “Nothing” from S*x Scenes . You usually don’t get deep thoughts in a slamming punk song, but you do here…..”I’ll Be Fine” by The Long Wait is a hard hitting rocker. We can’t stop listing to it – we are as we type this…. Oh lord, how to talk about this? “Sh*t My Pants” is about – you know. Well, you do, right? Hey, The Pingers are from Austrilia. So, this is how they talk, not at the dinner table, I hope.
Then check out the show listings and head out to rock.

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