The Paranoid Squirrel ep 1086

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This week we discover that sometimes I’ve heard a song before without actually realising it, which sends us from 20/20 to Professor and The Madman and onwards to Sweden’s Skallbank, one of the bands I’ll hopefully be seeing at next year’s Savage Magic Showcase in Cologne.

There’s “100 Years of Punk Rock” courtesy of Cock Sparrer and Die Toten Hosen, with the latter opening the doors to Covers Corner. Punk veterans Andy Blade and Derwood join forces, before Cats become Rats and then Sugar Rats, as Willie Dowling’s latest somehow provides another excuse for some Squirrel musical interconnectedness.

Elsewhere there’s brand-new music from The Speedways, Glitter Kick and 2Sevens, Richie Ramone gets dusted off for another spin, Vince Lightning and the Thunderboltz provide some local Rock ’n’ Roll, Kurt Baker goes rummaging through both his own and Slade’s past, and Hard-Ons team up with Poison Idea’s Jerry A.

And when the Radio Edition finishes, don’t go anywhere...

“The Last Nut” this week is something genuinely special: a rehearsal recording, aired with permission, that you’re extremely unlikely to hear anywhere else.

Another hour of Punk, Junk & Glunk — new stuff, classic stuff, forgotten gems and a few musical detours along the way.

01 The Lifetakers – Giftshop – The Lifetakers ep – Self Released02 20/20 – Nuclear Boy - 03 Skallbank – Vakna Upp – Digital Release04 Cock Sparrer – Frontline Heroes – True To The Bone – JKP Records05 Die Toten Hosen – I’m So Bored With The USA – True To The Bone – JKP Records06 Kurt Baker – When Fantasy Calls – Wonder Woman – Wick Cool Records07 Andy Blade & Derwood – Cat In The Bag – Cat In The Bag/Junk Shop Saddle – Cherry Red Records08 Willie Dowling – Rats In The Maze – 369 Music09 Sugar Rats – King Kong – I Fucked Up – Sugar Ratcords10 The Speedways – All Bets Are Off – All Bets Are Off 7” – Stardumb/Beluga Records11 Glitter Kicks – Single – Make The Rainbow Sing – TBC12 Richie Ramone – I Fix This – Cellophane – DC-Jam Records13 Vince Lightning and the Thunderboltz – Jealousy – Veni, Vendi, Vincey – Bandcamp14 2Sevens – Shut Down The World – Shut Down The World – Self Released15 Hard-Ons/Jerry A – Radio Blah – Hard Ons/Jerry A – American Leather Records16 The Last Nut – Stream or Download to find out