ROOTS of the Hardcore Punk Revolution of 1982 | on SiriusXM
Week of June 4, 2022

Sat 6/4, 6PM ET
Sun 6/5, 1PM ET
Mon 6/6, 9AM ET
Tues 6/7, 4PM ET
Thurs 6/9, 9PM ET

Forty years ago in 1982, the 1970s punk explosion fully coalesced into a tighter, faster, rawer global networks of DIY bands that defined hardcore punk as we know it today. Dive headfirst into the swarm of noise that influenced metal profoundly, on 1982 releases by Discharge, Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Misfits, Negative Approach, Die Kreuzen, SSD, Gang Green, G.B.H., and more. Know your Roots!

Witness hardcore punk as it formed in first-hand books including TOUCH AND GO, WE GOT POWER!, CITY BABY, I’M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT, TEXAS IS THE REASON and more at BAZILLION POINTS.

PLAYLIST

DISCHARGE – “Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing” from HEAR NOTHING SEE NOTHING SAY NOTHING
DISCHARGE – “Drunk With Power” from HEAR NOTHING SEE NOTHING SAY NOTHING
ANGRY SAMOANS – “Gas Chamber” from BACK FROM SAMOA
ANGRY SAMOANS – “Lights Out” from BACK FROM SAMOA
BAD BRAINS – “Sailin’ On” from BAD BRAINS
BAD BRAINS – “Banned in D.C.” from BAD BRAINS
CIRCLE JERKS – “Leave Me Alone” from WILD IN THE STREETS
CIRCLE JERKS – “Stars and Stripes” from WILD IN THE STREETS
ZERO BOYS – “Civilization’s Dying” from VICIOUS CIRCLE
ZERO BOYS – “Amphetamine Addiction” from VICIOUS CIRCLE
BLACK FLAG – “I’ve Got to Run” from TV PARTY 7″
DEAD KENNEDYS – “Bleed for Me” from PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS
MINOR THREAT – “Stand Up” from FLEX YOUR HEAD
DIE KREUZEN – “Think for Me” from COWS AND BEER
DIE KREUZEN – “In School” from COWS AND BEER
G.B.H. – “Sick Boy” from CITY BABY ATTACKED BY RATS
G.B.H. – “City Baby Attacked by Rats” from CITY BABY ATTACKED BY RATS
NEGATIVE APPROACH – “Can’t Tell No One” from NEGATIVE APPROACH EP
NEGATIVE APPROACH – “Nothing” from NEGATIVE APPROACH EP
JERRY’s KIDS – “Uncontrollable” from THIS IS BOSTON NOT L.A.
MISFITS – “20 Eyes” from WALK AMONG US
GANG GREEN – “Rabies” from THIS IS BOSTON NOT L.A.
DISORDER – “Stagnation” from PERDITION
VOID – “Ignorant People” from FAITH/VOID
DESCENDENTS – “Catalina” from MILO GOES TO COLLEGE
FEAR – “I Don’t Care About You” from THE RECORD
SSD – “Boiling Point” from THE KIDS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY
SKITLICKERS – “Warsystem” from THE SKITLICKERS
DISCHARGE – “The Possibility of Life’s Destruction” from HEAR NOTHING SEE NOTHING SAY NOTHING
DISCHARGE – “A Hell on Earth” from HEAR NOTHING SEE NOTHING SAY NOTHING
DISCHARGE – “The Possibility of Life’s Destruction” from HEAR NOTHING SEE NOTHING SAY NOTHING

Roots is Sound of the Beast author and Bazillion Points publisher Ian Christe’s heavy metal history show on Sirius XM Liquid Metal channel 40. Launched in June 2004, each weekly show has examined another subgenre, band, movement, country, or theme in metal, punk, and heavy rock. Past episodes are available on-demand online from SiriusXM.com.

1 COMMENT

  1. Exciting episode, it would be. Wish your episodes are available in SoundCloud, for some thrilling open streaming. Gravely miss the old Radio Fenriz days; awaiting for each slots and listening finally, was purely magical memory and exploration at its best. Fists up to you too, Ian for sharing.

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