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This Show Totally Rocks 16 10th January

This Show Rocks · March 6, 2018

Alright folks, new week, new year, new show- just for Radioactive International- the best damn radio station going. This one is brand new and I was, still am and will always be up for the rock rock rock. Tune in for: Ministry Queens of the Stone Age Hot Snakes The Men Night Birds Absolutely Not …

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This Proto Punk Show Totally Rocks 11th August

This Show Rocks · August 11, 2016August 11, 2016

New week, new show, old tunes, let’s go!! There was a bit of talk over on the FB last week about Proto Punk which reminded me that punk didn’t start in 1977 (like last week’s show may have suggested.) So this week I’ve taken it right back to the source. Tune in for: Death Pink …

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This Flamin Groovies/Female Hercules Gig is Gonna Totally Rock

This Show Rocks · April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

New week, New Show, New Theme, Let’s Go!! This week’s show is all about the Flamin Groovies/Female Hercules gig this Tuesday (19th April) in Whelans. Tune in for The Groovies, Proto-Punk, old school Garage and loads more, including (in this particular order): Flamin Groovies Female Hercules The Dictators The Saints The Stooges New York Dolls …

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This Dickie Hammond Dedication Totally Rocks 5th November

This Show Rocks · November 5, 2015November 5, 2015

This week’s show is dedicated to Dickie Hammond of Leatherface, who sadly passed away this week. He was a great guitarist and seemingly universally loved personally. Tune in for: Leatherface Stomach Propaghandi Snuff Operation Ivy Toy Dolls The Rezillos Sham 69 Cockney Rejects Angelic Upstarts The Dictators The Saints Leatherface The Wipers DOA Poison …

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This Show Totally Rocks 22nd October

This Show Rocks · October 22, 2015October 22, 2015

This week’s show was done while I was dying with a cold and living for a bit of rock. I found a few new bands surfing around on bandcamp last weekend so there are a few brand new to me tunes here and a few classics. Tune in for: JEFF the Brotherhood Rozwell Kid FIDLAR …

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This Co-Host Totally Rocks 12th March

This Show Rocks · March 12, 2015March 12, 2015

This week I was joined by my should-be-more-regular guest DJ and musical collaborator Conzo. We kick things off by Kicking Out the Jams with a bit of The MC5 and then it’s a solid 1 hour and 17 minutes of rock with: The Prisoners Metal Urbain Le Shock The Hard Ons The Mummies The …

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This Show Totally Rocks 95 7th August

This Show Rocks · August 7, 2014August 7, 2014

No theme tonight, just tunes,tunes tunes. Tune in for: The Damned The Dictators M.O.T.O. Bad Brains The Vandals Suicidal Tendencies (video here) The Descendents The Dead Milkmen Dinosaur Jr. Leatherface Stomach Ministry Jeff the Brotherhood The Hellacopters Soundgarden Wolfmother Turbonegro Gout Dead Kennedys As always all links here will take you to sites where you can …

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This Show Totally Rocks 93 17th July

This Show Rocks · July 17, 2014July 17, 2014

This week’s show was supposed to be a tribute to the late Tommy Ramone and all of the Ramones really so it starts off with The Ramones and some of their contemporaries; The Dictators, New York Dolls and The Dead Boys. But then the speed of the Ramones knocked me into a more 80’s hardcore …

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These 50 Best American Punk Albums Totally Rock 75 6th March

This Show Rocks · March 6, 2014March 6, 2014

This week’s show is an exploration or someone else’s idea of punk. I found a website that listed the Uncut Magazine’s 50 greatest American punk LPs of all time and found it to be an interesting enough list that I have picked some of my favourite’s from it for tonights show. Tune in for …

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Monday’s Jogging in the Dark Lark Totally Rocked 69 23rd January

This Show Rocks · January 23, 2014January 23, 2014

On this week’s show I come out…as a jogger. At 6.20 Monday morning I set out on a 40 minute jog and stuck the phone on random. I was so impressed with the selections that tonight’s show is the set my phone played, song for song and in order. I kick things off with a …

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This Show TOTALLY Rocks 59 7th November

This Show Rocks · November 7, 2013November 7, 2013

This week’s show kicks off with a song which sums up the show’s ethos –Faster and Louder – from The Dictators. Next it’s a quick fire blast of short sharp punk tunes from Tongan Death Grip (free download), The Night Birds, 7 Seconds, Autistic Youth and Defect Defect. In the now prolonged run up to …