The Paranoid Squirrel ep 509

Welcome to (almost) the 9th Anniversary of The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show. As with the last 508 shows this one is going to be no different as I’ll still be playing you music that you should hear on the Radio but don’t. Brian James in solo mode get the show started this week but not before I talk about watching the US version of The Damned’s “Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead” DVD. What I have to say might surprise you……News of The Hellacopters announcing a Festival date in Belgium for next July had me doing a “Happy Dance” whilst filling in a Passport Application form. Hopefully I won’t need to use it as they’ll be playing a date over here! (Yes that is a hint) It goes without saying, but I will anyway, that I play a Hellacopters track to celebrate. Following straight on after are The Beatles with an out-take that was only available for five minutes on an iTunes download Beatles official Bootleg album. One of my three all-time favourite drummers, in this instance Mr Simon Edwards, has just joined The Duel. Unfortunately, not in time to be on their soon the be released new album. Even so I play the band’s latest single as after all he is in the video. Former Howling Mad band mate Paul posted a link on Facebook to Asomvel who remind me of Classic era Motörhead. They have a brand new single form their soon to be released second album out at the moment which I play. Up next it’s those Power Pop Punksters The Dahlmanns and their new single. After last week’s vague e-mail from a Guy regarding the band he was in Michael Kane from Michael Kane and The Morning Afters came up trumps with a Biography along with another track from the soon to be released “Adding Insult to Industry” ep for me to play. Which I do. Håkan Göstas bassist with Swedish Garage Rockers The Curse sent me a message via FaceBook that I needed new music. Attached was an unmixed track from the band’s follow up to 2014 “World Domination”. I enjoyed it so much that Håkan sent me four demos, one of which had me humming all day. So instead of playing the unmixed track as I intended, I play the rough and ready demo. You will thank me. Talking of unmixed tracks, I play the “Blink & You Missed It” new Adam Bomb song that was leaked for all of five minutes, twice. Fortunately, the second time I was by my Computer so managed to download it for your listening pleasure. A few weeks ago I mentioned that the US, primarily Southern California, does Glam better than us Brits. Saying it was far more enjoyable driving down Sunset Boulevard listening to Classic Guns ‘n’ Roses than in the pissing British Summer rain listening to Tigertailz. Having said that though; nothing beats cheering you up when driving in pissy weather than Tigertailz. Hence a track from their “Blast” album gets an airing. Former Screeching Weasel and The Methadones man Dan Vapid, along with his “Cheats”, have their third album “All Wound Up” released on 9th September. A track from it has already officially made it out onto the InterWebs, so it would seem rude not to play it for your listening pleasure. Sad news interrupted me Tuesday whilst I was watching BBC 4’s “Trainspotting LIVE” that the Sick Livers had spit up. Beyond gutted. Bunch of Fucktards. It seems only fitting that I play my favourite track by them as I’m never going to hear it live again. To cheer me and most likely you up I hit the play button on the Role Models latest album “Forest Lawn” I then rant on about Classic Rocks failure to spot the difference between Sean Lennon and Julian Lennon but they manage to redeem themselves to a degree by giving a, quite rightly, glowing review to the Johnny Thunders Remarquable Records double “So Alone” LP. It is Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, featuring Richard Hell, that ends this week’s show.