The Paranoid Squirrel

Acweorna! The Guy Fawkes / Remembrance Sunday edition of The Paranoid Squirrel is now ready to stream and download! Expect sparks to fly as fresh discoveries rub shoulders with familiar favourites, punk attitude meets sleazy rock ’n’ roll, and big riffs wrestle with choruses that refuse to leave your head. There’s a trip back to New York’s gritty club scene, a little confusion over names, and proof that some reunions are well worth the wait. We’ll also revisit a memorable night at the 100 Club, with Griff joining me for a chat about a long-awaited return to the London stage. Alongside the mayhem, there’s time for reflection and remembrance, with a poignant close to the hour that gives both the speakers and the emotions a workout. Punk, Junk & Glunk from the Squirrel Dray—Where Melody Meets Mayhem. Turn it up, settle in, and thanks for listening! 01 Edwin Starr – War – War And Peace – Motown Records 02 The Damned – Generals – Strawberries – Bronze Records 03 The Damned – Sick Of Being Sick – Stretcher Case Baby 7” – Stiff Records 04 Cook & Jones – Silly Thing – The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle – Virgin 05 Brijitte West & The Greenowskis – My Lower East Side – Brijitte West & The Greenowskis – Run Bar Records 06 Michael Monroe – Ballad Of The Lower East Side – Horns And Halos – Universal 07 Tongue Action – Kill City Riot – Tongue Action – Heavy Medication Records 08 The Dogs – 7-25 – Trauma Junkie – Indie Records 09 The Feral Kids – Shine On Your Role – Digital Release – High Class Punks Records 10 The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs – Shane Says – Split Personalities – Label 51 Recordings 11 Screaming Bloody Marys – Englishman – Split Personalities – Label 51 Recordings 13 Twenty Flight Rockers – Punishment And Crime – Cool Baby – Cadiz Records 14 Motorhead – 1916 – 1916 – WTG Records

The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show — Episode 1096: Halloween Special Acweorna! Step inside the Squirrel Dray for a monstrous helping of Punk, Power Pop, Garage, Glam and Hard Rock. Mind the cobwebs—and don’t assume everything lying on the floor is a coat. The Damned and Misfits get suitably sinister, while Groovie Ghoulies, Zombina and the Skeletones, The Screaming Tribesmen and Redd Kross reveal the hazards of looking for love after dark. Roky Erickson & The Aliens provide some questionable walking companions, and The Cramps bring the laboratory fuzz and sleaze. Ramones and The Sonics disturb a few resting places, The Hellflowers investigate something lurking in the lagoon, and New York Dolls supply the platform-booted monster rock. Alice Cooper handles feeding time, The Lillingtons take us beyond Earth’s atmosphere, and Bobby “Boris” Pickett rounds things off with a proper Halloween knees-up. Along the way, expect film connections, band background, dreadful jokes and tunes far too catchy to leave buried. This episode was pre-recorded while I headed to the 100 Club to see The Twenty Flight Rockers. Thankfully, the creatures left behind knew which buttons to press. Lock the doors, turn it up—and if you hear scratching, check which side of the headphones it’s coming from. Loud, proud & Squirrel approved. Fangs for listening! 01 The Damned – Nasty – Sessions Of The Damned – Strange Fruit 02 The Misfits – Halloween – The Misfits [Box Set] – Caroline Records 03 Redd Kross – Draculas Daughter – Researching The Blues – Merge Records 04 The Groovie Ghoulies – Graveyard Girlfriend – Re-Animation Festival – Lookout! Records 05 Zombina and the Skeletones – Nobody Likes You (When You’re Dead) – Taste The Blood Of Zombina And The Skeletones – Ectoplastic Records 06 The Screaming Tribesmen – Date With A Vampyre – Date With A Vampyre – Citadel Records 07 Roky Erickson & The Aliens – I Walked A Zombie – Roky Erickson & The Aliens – CBS 08 The Cramps – Human Fly – Human Fly 7” – Vengeance Records 09 Ramones – Pet Semetary – Brain Drain – Sire 10 The Sonics – Witch – Here Are The Sonics – Etiquette Records 11 New York Dolls – Frankenstein – New York Dolls – Mercury 12 Alice Cooper – Feed My Frankenstein – Hey Stoopid – Epic 13 The Hellflowers – Creature – Haunted – Generation X-Ray Records 14 The Lillingtons – I Saw An Apeman – Death By Television – Red Scare 15 Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash – The Original Monster Mash – Garpax Records

Acweorna! Welcome to Episode 1095 of The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show—an hour of Punk, Power Pop, Garage and Rock ’n’ Roll, with fresh discoveries rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites. Faith No More kick things into gear before Backyard Babies and Twenty Flight Rockers bring the swagger. There’s a solo outing from Nicke Andersson, news of Blondie’s forthcoming album and some thoughts on the much-missed Clem Burke. Hurricanrana deliver Punk ’n’ Roll with pedigree, Plasticsoul keep the melodies flowing, and Mauro & The Mob arrive courtesy of a very welcome delivery to the Squirrel inbox. Märvel and Psychopunch take us into Covers Corner, while Nico Bones, featuring Javier Escovedo, and Guerrilla Teens supply more reasons to turn things up. The Dahlmanns round off proceedings with raw guitars and irresistible hooks. Along the way, there’s Dregen talk, gig plans, new releases and the usual unsolicited opinions from the Squirrel Dray. If something catches your ear, investigate further. Buy a record, grab a ticket, tell a mate—keep the racket going! Loud, Proud & Squirrel Approved! 01 Faith No More – From Out Of Nowhere – The Real Thing – Slash 02 Backyard Babies – Look At You – Total 13 – Coalition Records 03 Twenty Flight Rockers – Weekend Revolution – Tower Block Rock – Cherry Red Records 04 Nicke Andersson – Never Right – Burt Ward Law/Never Right 7” – No-Mango Records 05 Blondie – Spectral Eyes – High Noon – BMG 06 Tremendous – Bandages – Digital Release   07 Hurricanrana – Cuts Like A Knife – So Money – Boxer Face Records 08 Hyper Minds – Tesla – The Dog You Feed – DC-Jam Records 09 Mauro and the Mob – Cut And Run – Currently unreleased 10 Plasticsouls – She’s Got The Move – We Can Hear You, Clem Fandango – Big Stir Records 11 Märvel – He’s Back (The Man Beneath The Mask) – Sanctremonium – Leather Lake 12 Psychopunch – Satellite – Digital Release – Massacre Records 13 Nico Bones – Rock & Roll Trash – Digital Release – Beluga Records 14 Guerrilla Teens – Sympathy for the Decibel – Sympathy for the Decibel – Sonic Jet Records 15 The Dahlmanns – Dark Side With You – Life In Reverse – Beluga Records

Acweorna! Welcome to episode 1094 of The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show — another hour of the best in Punk, Junk & Glunk! This week, Covers Corner gets busy with a rock ’n’ roll centenary celebration, a synth-pop classic given a heavier treatment and a live cover that prompts a few thoughts on debut albums and what came afterwards. Elsewhere, there’s a remarkable tale of fan-powered independence, a heartfelt dedication, a long-overdue second album and a trip into Southern California’s mod and garage archives. Fresh discoveries rub shoulders with familiar favourites, with garage grit, sharp punk, British guitar-pop harmonies and hard-rock swagger all finding room in the Squirrel Dray. There’s also news of December punk gatherings, a little romance at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and a defiant finale for those of us who’ve never quite fitted in. Turn it up and get stuck in — Classic & New Music, Loud, Proud & Squirrel Approved! 01 The Hydromatics – Earthy – The Hydromatics – Easy Action Records 02 Molland, Solem & Miller – Roll Over Beethoven – A Centennial Tribute – Hygh Tension Records/Virgin Music Group 03 Mortemia ft Jane Odintsova – It’s A Sin – Veland Music 04 Manic Street Preachers – It’s So Easy (Live) – Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) – Epic Records 05 The Carringtons – Embers – The Reunion – Self-Released 06 The Dear Boys – Join The Queue – The Dear Boys Can’t Say No – Self Released 07 The Question – Distance Apart – Much! – Oglio Records 08 Class – Take Me With You – Scratching The Celling – Feel It Records 09 Ape Hangers – Miss You Girl – Ape Hangers II – Rum Bar Records 10 Heavy Weather – Kiss The Ground – Always Tired – Snappy Little Numbers Quality Audio Recordings 11 The Forty Fours – This Time – This Time 7” – Blow Up Records 12 Blacklist Union – Heavy Is The Crown – The Good, The Bad And The Notorious – BLU Records 13 Starcrawler – Kick Me! – Digital Release – Starcrawler Music

Acweorna! Episode 1093 of The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show is here—a birthday salute, five gigs in three days and plenty of noise from the Squirrel Dray! The Beatles get proceedings underway in celebration of what would have been John Lennon’s 86th birthday, followed by fresh music from 20th Century Boys and a solo outing from Rob Moss with a different musical flavour. Then we hit London’s gig circuit: Glitter Kick provide an unreleased treat, The DeRellas bring the glam-punk swagger, and Marc Valentine offers a taste of his forthcoming live album. There’s garage-punk from WitchDoktors, Mauro & The Mob’s debut gig, a packed room for The Sideshows and Lenny Kaye and Friends’ “Riot On Oxford Street”—including a soundcheck that stopped me in my tracks! Covers Corner welcomes Soraia and Palmyra Delran & The Doppel Gang, with witchcraft, ghostly goings-on and a Joey Ramone connection. Ramones keep the racket rolling before The TR5’s take us home, with one last dig at Griff along the way. New stuff, classic stuff, live recordings—loud, proud and Squirrel approved. Turn it up! 01 The Beatles – Everyone’s Got Something To Hide But Me And My Monkey [mono] – The Beatles (The White Album) – Apple 02 20th Century Boys – Anna Lee – Digital Release 03 Rob Moss – The More I Scroll – Bandcamp 04 Glitter Kick – See You Again (Unmastered Version) – Currently Unreleased 05 The DeRellas – Fake It ‘til You Make It – Trust Me, This Is Going To Hurt – Rockaway Records 06 Marc Valintine – Swiss Launderette (Live) – Digital Release – Wicked Cool Records 07 WitchDoktors – Before The War – IZZATSO? – Bomber Music 08 Mauro and the Mob – What Have I Got To Lose – What Have I Got To Lose 7” – Snap Records 09 The Sideshows – Our Love In The Shadows – The Sideshows – European Phonographic 10 Lenny Kaye and Friends – Riot On Oxford Street – In.2 Records 11 Soraia – The Witch – Digital Release – Wicked Cool Records 12 Palmyra Delran & The Doppel Gang – Spirit In My House – Digital Release -Wicked Cool Records 13 Ramones – I Don’t Want To Grow Up – ¡Adios Amigos! – Radioactive Records 14 The TR5’s – Done Me Wrong – Done Me Wrong/The Beehive (The Real Buzz Club) 7” – Detour Records

Acweorna! Episode 1092 of The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show is ready to stream and download. This week, Covers Corner takes us through acoustic surprises and unexpected interpretations, before we head to the Hope & Anchor for live recordings celebrating much-loved music, some Detroit attitude and a punk original armed with an acoustic guitar. Elsewhere, there’s music from Italy, Australian garage rock rescued from the archives, fresh releases and a new perspective on a forty-year-old favourite. We finish with a reminder that some albums deserve considerably more than one listen. The playlist is below. Turn it up and enjoy another helping of Punk, Junk & Glunk! 01 Mauro & The Mob – In The Doorway, Into My Heart – Bandcamp 02 Brijitte West & The Greenowskis – All This And More – Brijitte West & The Greenowskis – Rum Bar Records 03 Dead Star Boys – News At Ten – Bandcamp 04 Spizz – Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) – Vampypres of Soho 05 R.E.M. – Where’s Captain Kirk? – Fanclub Release 06 The Crybabys – Terminal Love (Live) – Hope and Anchor 25-09-26 07 Electrics – No Shit – Electrics – Bandcamp 08 Knox – London Girls (Live) – Hope and Anchor 25-09-26 09 Solo1981 – Saturday Night (Tonight) – V_WEIRD – Karma Field Records 10 The Crisps – Dragged Down – Four On The Floor – Creative mofo 11 Motörhead – Orgasmatron (Cameron Webb Mix) – Orgasmatron (40th Anniversary) – BMG 12 Hardcore Superstar – Halo – Digital Release – Frontiers Records 13 The Bellboys – Echoes Of Yesterday – Digital Release – The Esselle Beat Company 14 The Rolling Stones – Whole Wide World – Hackney Diamonds – Polydor Records    

This week’s rummage through the Squirrel Dray brings together fresh releases, classic punk, Aussie pub rock, power pop, Swedish rock ’n’ roll and a particularly busy Covers Corner. Along the way, two bands exchange each other’s songs, a Beatles classic receives an uncannily faithful makeover, friends come together to celebrate the music of Jesse Malin and one Northern Irish punk institution tackles an anthem by another. There’s also a heartfelt tribute to three much-missed underground songwriters, some sad news from Sweden and a report from an urgent, unpredictable night at the 100 Club. Add jangling guitars, boogie-woogie hooks, previously unreleased live material and the usual diversions down rock ’n’ roll’s less-travelled side streets, and you have another hour where melody meets mayhem. No Last Nut this week—but there’s plenty to get your teeth into before the closing credits. 01 Tubedriver – Hush Money - Hush Money – Digital Release 02 The Bellboys ft Steve Ellis – Brighton’s Calling – Self Released 03 The UK Subs – Stranglehold (Single Version) – GEM 04 The Damned – Wait For The Blackout – The Black Album – Chiswick Records 05 Brijitte West & The Greenowskis – Doin’ Alright – Brijitte West & The Greenowskis – Rum Bar Records 06 The Femurs – TA-80 (On The Radio) – The femurs & TA-80 split ep – Bandcamp 07 TA-80 – Allison – The femurs & TA-80 split ep – Bandcamp 08 The Speedways – She Loves You – Currently Unreleased 09 Mark Mulholland, Joe Armstrong and Stéphane Doucerain – Midget Submarines – Down Silver Streets – Ports Of Call Music 10 Stiff Little Fingers – Teenage Kicks (Live) – Nobody’s Heroes [Boxset] – Parlophone 11 Sami Yaffa – Black Haired Girl – Friends Of Jesse Malin – I Would Do It For You Vol. 1 – Wicked Cool Records 12 The Hellacopters – By The Grace Of God (Live) – Köln April 2019 13 XGenerationX – Ready Steady Go (Live) – 100 Club 18-09-26 14 Loose Lips – Tired Of Toein’ The Line – Love You – Dig! Records

Acweorna! Episode 1090 of The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show delivers another helping of Punk, Junk & Glunk—where melody meets mayhem and the volume control rarely gets a quiet night. This week we travel from surf-infused Californian punk to Scandinavian bar-room rock ’n’ roll, taking in sparkling power pop, politically charged riffs and high-octane North East noise along the way. Expect new singles, forthcoming-album tasters, a B-side with A+ credentials and a rehearsal-room recording too good to keep under wraps. We also put right last week’s accidental escape from Covers Corner, revisit the 100 Club for some gig-going observations and salute Cheetah Chrome with a blast of The Dead Boys. Elsewhere, there are musical connections involving Paul Collins and Brian James, silver-jubilee celebrations and an unexpected encounter with “Ant & Dec”. The episode was pre-recorded while Griff and I headed back to the 100 Club for another night of live music. No Last Nut this week—but there’s plenty of glorious racket before we run out of time. 01 Jonny Manak & The Depressives – Straightjacket Loose – Surf Rock – Bandcamp 02 Trash Kickers – What A Waste – Way Out, Somehow – Kino Records 03 Chevettes – Indigo Mind – Chevettes ep – Indigo Records 04 Perilous – Overwhelmed By Reality – Overwhelmed By Reality 7” – Sub-Culture 05 The Speedways – Angela Sincerely – All Bets Are Off – Beluga Records 06 Softjaw – Pleased With Me – Softjaw – Dream Machine Records 07 Diamond Dogs – I Took A Hard Turn – Similar Shakes Different Distortion – Wild Kingdom Records 08 TA-80 – TA-80 (On The Radio) – 25 – Allegedly Records 09 The Dead Boys – Sonic Reducer – Young Loud And Snotty – Sire Records 10 Electrics – You Don’t Know Me (Rehearsal) – Currently Unreleased 11 The Dirty Strangers – Shepherds Bush City Limits – Country ‘n’ West 10 – DS Records 12 LiVES – Burn – Ghosts – Sister 9 Records 13 The Almighty Zeros – Imitation Disease – Burn Out Baby – Smith & Miller Records 14 Pat Todd – We’re Outta Time – I’ll Dream Alone – Hound Gawd! Records

Acweorna! Episode 1089 comes rattling out of the Squirrel Dray with a non-LP punk classic from 1980 before heading into post-Stiv territory, Dead Boys connections and Covers Corner. There are songs swapping bands, a Metal vocalist tackling the Sex Pistols, a much-loved two-minute punk classic given a fresh coat of rock ’n’ roll paint, news from next April’s Savage Magic Records Euro Showcase in Cologne and a selection of new releases covering punk, power pop, garage rock and full-throttle guitar noise. The show was pre-recorded as Griff and I were up at London’s legendary 100 Club for a rather special album-launch gig—something you’ll undoubtedly hear much more about next week. And, lurking beyond the radio edition, this week’s Last Nut takes us back to another memorable night at the 100 Club nearly 19 years ago, courtesy of one of my own suitably enthusiastic audience recordings. Punk, Junk & Glunk—where melody meets mayhem! 01 The Damned – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause – There Ain’t No Sanity Clause 7” – Chiswick Records 02 The New Lords – Takes Dictations – Night Gallery – Digital Release 03 Demolition 23 – Ain’t Nothing To Do – Demolition 23 – Music For Pleasure 04 Generation X – Andy Warhol (Live) – 40 Years In The Rock ‘n’ Roll Wilderness – Pinkg 05 Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin – Black Glitter – Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - TA-80 - Split Single – Bandcamp 06 TA-80 – Two Slices of Bread (Radio Edit) – Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - TA-80 - Split Single – Bandcamp 07 Paul DiAnno – Holidays In The Sun – Live in Zagreb/At Bikers Beer Factory 21-05-22 – Cleopatra Records 07 Christina Jean & Her All Stars – Teenage Kicks – Rum Bar Records 08 Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldiers – The Shiny Side – Chris Masuak’s Dog Soldiers – I-94 Bar Records 09 The Dirty Strangers – Learning To Be Legal – Country ‘n’ West 10 – DS Records 10 Chevettes – Map Of The World – Chevettes ep – Indigo Records 11 Damien Maddison – I Don’t Want To Be Your Lover – Recorder – Self Released 12 Perilous – Rock ‘n’ Roll Runaway – Overwhelmed By Reality 7” – Bandcamp 13 The Hellflowers – Wild Ones – Haunted – Generation X-Ray Records 14 The Last Nut – Have a listen to find out

Acweorna! This is a slightly different edition of The Paranoid Squirrel. In place of the usual Sunday repeat, I’m handing the keys to the Squirrel Dray over to the artists featured on the ‘Locals 2026’ compilation LP, collated by Bob Kitcher. Showcasing original music from Beckenham, Penge, Bromley and Sydenham, the album was made possible with support from Southey Brewing Co and Three Hounds Beer Company. Before tackling the record itself, Status Quo ease us into proceedings with a nod to their Beckenham connections. We then hear both sides of ‘Locals 2026’ in full: 01 Status Quo – Down Down 02 Zoe Webster – Captain in the Sea 03 The Zorbs – Space Invader 04 Duncan Farmer – Shattered 05 Erika Steenkamp – Julietta 06 The Unready – Narrows 07 Adam Croft – I Can’t Deny 08 Dead Beat Poets – Monster Rat 09 Matt Donovan – Never Far 10 Bob Kitcher – Playing in the Sun 11 The Ferrets – BR3 12 David Bowie – Memory of a Free Festival Along the way, there’s local musical interconnectedness, a Ukrainian refugee’s story, intergalactic shenanigans, a murderous rat and a suitably postcode-friendly finale. David Bowie then brings our tour of the area to an appropriately Beckenham conclusion. The ‘Locals 2026’ LP and CD can be purchased in person from The Bricklayers Arms or Southey Brewing Co. If they’re slightly outside your orbit, contact Bob Kitcher through social media or email [email protected]. Local musicians, local businesses and entirely original material—this is what the locals sound like in 2026.