Trash Radio Manila Episode 9 Part 1 (IT'S STILL ALL ROCK N ROLL)

Welcome Monday, Welcome Episode 9!

The playlist:

1. THE LIVING END - "Monday"
2. GAZA STRIPPERS - "Catfight"
3. NEW BOMB TURKS - "Rat Feelings"
4. HELLBILLYS - "Rockabilly Rumble"
5. THE CANNIBALS - "Garbage Man"
6. ELVIS HITLER - "Flat Head Boogie"
7. BRIAN SETZER - "Stray Cat Strut" (Live)

This week's first segment is a mish-mash of tunes traversing the Atlantic Ocean and beyond. It's a rattling kettle of rockabilly, psychobilly, full-bore rock n roll, trash rock (hahahah, sounds like trash radio), what-have-you.

The Australian band The Living End kicks off with "Monday", followed by the Midwesterners Gaza Strippers and New Bomb Turks. From the Bay area come the psychobilly stalwarts Hellbillys (they've been around since 1989!) with "Rockabilly Rumble", as well as The Cannibals with "Garbage Man".

Elvis Hitler, the band with the delightful monicker, does "Flat Head Boogie" from the album with an equally delightful name, Supersadomasochisticexpialidocious, released in 1992. Capping everything off is Brian Setzer, a supremely excellent guitarist and musician, playing "Stray Cat Strut" live in front of a predominantly Japanese crowd off the Rockin By Myself DVD.

Photo Credits: Hellbillys logo comes from their website, http://www.hellbillys.com. Elvis picture is from http://www.worth1000.com. Check them out!

Download high bitrate version of this playlist here.

Trash Radio Manila Episode 3 Part 1: It's A Psychobilly Freakout!

Before we go to our spanking new episode, let me give you a little quiz on psychology.

1. If I smash your head with a bottle of Empoy and then tell you "I'm sorry, I know I have really bad violent tendencies but I could not resist the urge to break heads" while you lie down exsanguinating to death, does that make me a neurotic or psychotic?

2. Does playing with the emotions of my mate and holding said mate in emotional blackmail (because I derive immeasurable pleasure from it) make me a psychopath?

3. True or False: Psychosis, translated literally, means "sick soul."

Okies.

While you ruminate on the answers (as well as on the troubles of the universe), let us give you Part I of Episode 3 which we call "It's a Psychobilly Freakout!" for you to listen to. (Yeah, we nicked the title off the Mighty Reverend.)

The playlist:

1. PHANTOM ROCKERS - "Brand New Cadillac"
2. ELVIS HITLER - "Berlin to Memphis"
3. THE BEATLE CRUSHER - "Little Girl"
4. THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT - "It's Martini Time"
5. BATMOBILE - "Slapping Suspenders"
6. NEKROMANTIX - "Horny in a Hearse"
7. HETTEN DES - "Ace of Spades"

Special thanks to our friends at Drunkabilly Records (cheers, Christian!). You can check out the Drunkabilly Records website here.

Also, check out the Japanese group The Beatle Crusher. If you fancy their Rock Candy cd, you can get one at 29.99 euros at Amazon.

Finally, get a load of Hetten Des' moonshine cover of a Motorhead classic. Got your horses and lasso ready?

So, there you have it. And oh, did you guys do well in the quiz?