Glory Is Noise on iTunes

The seven most recent episodes of my online radio show Glory Is Noise are currently available for free on iTunes. Guests include Penny Rimbaud (Crass), Brendan Canty (Fugazi/Rites of Spring), legendary photographer Edward Colver, Martika, Al Jourgensen (Ministry), Paul Roessler (Screamers/45 Grave) and Joe Lally (Fugazi).

Go Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcasts/rfs-glory-is-noise/id574321556

Glory Is Noise was a show on RADIO FREE SATAN (http://www.radiofreesatan.com/blog/category/gloryisnoise/) that ran from 2010 to 2012. Each episode, I presented an eclectic mix of music and exclusive interviews with mainstream and underground recording artists.

PAST GUESTS

Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)

Al Jourgensen (Ministry/Revolting Cocks/Buck Satan & The 666 Shooters)

Steve Zing (Danzig/Samhain)

Martika

Bobby Steele (Misfits/Undead)

Duckie Rodriguez (Siren Productions)

Gitane DeMone (Christian Death/The Crystelles)

Zara Kand (The Crystelles/Shark Egg Blues)

Martin Atkins (PiL/NiN/Ministry/Pigface/Killing Joke)

Troy Gregory (Prong/Flotsam And Jetsam/Swans/Killing Joke/The Witches)

Richard Lloyd (Television/Rocket From The Tombs)

Carl Begai (Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles/ Metallus Maximus) 

Bob Daisley (Blizzard of Ozz/ Black Sabbath/ Rainbow)

Steve Ignorant (Crass)

Penny Rimbaud (Crass)

Alan Tecchio (Hades/Non-Fiction/Watchtower/Seven Witches)

Dan Lorenzo (Hades/Non-Fiction/The Cursed)

Shannon Gausten (Effectionhate)

Sal Canzonieri (Electric Frankenstein/The Thing/Maggott SS/Kung Fu Killers)

Lee Popa (soundman/producer/remixer for Rolling Stones, Queen, Cheap Trick, 

Prong, Ministry, Killing Joke, KMFDM, Pigface and many more)

Mike Coles (Malicious Damage Records)

Dave Ingram (Benediction/Bolt Thrower)

Paul Roessler (The Screamers/45 Grave/Twisted Roots)

David O. Jones (Magnolia Thunderpussy/The Deadbeats)

Dim Wanker (F-Word/Thrasher Cadillac)

Loren Molinare (The Dogs/Little Caesar)

Dave Travis (Carnage Asada/filmmaker, "A History Lesson")

Joe Lally (Fugazi)

Edward Colver (Legendary LA photographer)

Brendan Canty (Fugazi/Rites of Spring)

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Bill Ward & Joel Gausten Discuss "Straws" (Audio)

A very Happy 65th Birthday to the kindest man in Heavy Metal, MR. BILL WARD! Here is a six-minute excerpt from my most recent interview with Bill, conducted in 2011 for my Glory Is Noise radio show:




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Jeff Hanneman RIP

How many people can you say truly helped to build and personify a genre of music? Slayer is to Thrash what The Ramones are to Punk. For many of us, they were the starting point to the heaviest style of music in the world and the standard by which all other Thrash is measured. Jeff Hanneman - as brutally intense and influential as they come. Damn, that guy will be missed.

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Gitane DeMone Discusses "Ashes" (Audio)

Something from the archives to note the 15th anniversary  of Rozz Williams' passing: An 8-minute audio clip of former Christian Death member Gitane DeMone discussing the recording of the band's 1985 album, Ashes. Taken from the November 15, 2010 episode of my radio show, Glory Is Noise: 

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Brendan Mullen on F-Word! (Audio)

Here's some audio of Brendan Mullen talking with me about F-Word! and the early days of the Masque, taken from a lengthy interview I conducted with him in the spring of 2005. This snippet was also included in the BM memorial episode of Glory is Noise that I aired in 2010 on the first anniversary of his passing. Really miss the guy.



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Ex Bolt Thrower, Benediction, Pigface Members Cover Ultravox Classic

EFFECTIONHATE, the experimental music project led by multi-instrumentalist Shannon Gausten, has unleashed a cover version of ULTRAVOX’s early ’80s New Wave classic, “Hymn.”

EFFECTIONHATE’s interpretation of “Hymn” features guest vocals by Dave Ingram (ex BOLT THROWER/ex BENEDICTION) and Juliana Novo (CRUCIFIXION BR, NOCTIS NOTUS, ex-DREMORA/ex-LAMENTED DESPONDENCY), with Shannon’s husband Joel (ex THE UNDEAD/ ex PIGFACE/ ex ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN), Matt Ingram (DOKTOR) and producer/mixer Ryan Reminisce contributing to the music.

The song can currently be heard in the latest episodes of Deep Six Radio (http://www.radiofreesatan.com/blog/deep-six-radio-episode-115/) and the 9sense Podcast (http://www.radiofreesatan.com/blog/9sense-19-august-xlvii-a-s/), both on Radio Free Satan (www.radiofreesatan.com). Deep Six’s segment on the song (featuring commentary by Dave and Matt Ingram) begins at the 50:45 mark, while the 9sense Podcast features a segment on Effectionhate (including an interview with Shannon and Joel Gausten) beginning at the 37-minute mark. In addition, the track will be posted on the official Ultravox website (www.ultravox.org.uk) in the near future. An EP of various remixes of Effectionhate's "Hymn" track is slated for release later this fall.

Created by Shannon Gausten in 2007, Effectionhate is experimental in nature and creates music ranging from Techno to Classical and atonal Industrial noise, with the project's evolving list of contributors ensuring that no two compositions are alike. Past contributors to the project include Troy Gregory (ex-PRONG, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, SWANS, KILLING JOKE), Pete Jones (ex-PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED), Keith LeBlanc (TACKHEAD, MINISTRY) and Sonny Bellavance (THE DEVIL'S GUITAR). Effectionhate's debut full-length album, Music Is Dead, is in the final stages of completion and will feature contributions from guitarist Sonny Bellavance and drummers Martin Atkins (PIGFACE, NINE INCH NAILS, MINISTRY, PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED) and Joel Gausten. The album is slated for an early 2014 release.

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The DoGs: hypersensitive

Without a doubt, The DoGs have enjoyed one of Rock’s richest histories. 

Formed in Lansing, Michigan in the late ’60s, the group was born from the same dirty Detroit music world that spawned The MC5 and The Stooges, sharing bills with both bands as well as a young guitarist by the name of Ted Nugent. By the early ’70s, the trio found themselves in New York, sharing the stage with the likes of Television, The Stilettos (featuring a young Debbie Harry) and a pre-stardom KISS. They even got kicked out of the then-new CBGB for playing too loud! 

Fast-forward a few more years, and The DoGs turned up in sunny California, joining forces with The Motels and The Pop to create the legendary “Radio Free Hollywood” scene. In the ’80s, the trio played alongside people like Steve Marriott and Robin Trower before singer/guitarist Loren Molinare landed a deal with Geffen Records with his other band, Little Caesar. Oh, there's also a London era of The DoGs in there somewhere,and that one time Sid Vicious sang with them at the Whiskey in LA…but you get the idea. 

Starting with 2000’s Fed Up compilation on Dionysus Records, The DoGs have continued to experience a well-deserved surge in international interest. The reformed band’s second proper full-length album, hypersensitive, showcases a group still ready and able to burn after 43(!) years in the game. Tracks like “I Got Nothing” and “Punk Rock Holiday” pummel the listener with the same intensity as anything produced during the ‘90s Garage Punk Revival (Hellacopters, Candy Snatchers), while “In On The Out” and a blistering cover of The Pagans’ “Her Name Was Jane” are two of the finest Punk songs to leave an American recording studio in years. On hypersensitive, The DoGs remind us of how magical American Punk Rock ‘N’ Roll can be. 

This is as real as it gets, folks. In fact, I’ll go as far as to say this is the best American Punk album released in a decade. 


The DoGs Official Website: www.thedetroitdogs.com

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