Friday Night Record Club

 Download the Songs From Glen Grefe When I first heard Godflesh (Slavestate EP, 1991) it was like a beautiful kick in the face from my speakers, hurling me down a catharsis mountain of hammering spikes... I had found a new impossibly extreme genre:  beautiful extreme crushing metallic, electronica - a moment akin to Indiana Jones finding the Raiders of the Lost Ark golden idol. The second time I experienced this was completely by accident. I had moved to California and flew to visit fam and friend I believe in May or July of1992; I went to First Avenue and wandered into the 7th St. Entry and was hit with a wailing wall of sound.. Godflesh was playing.  No barriers - Justin playing right in front of me, melting my head off.  I was addicted. I know what you're thinking - "but I don't like loud headache inducing music!".  Well... you're in luck.   Don't be afraid of this 17! There's some gorgeously lush sweeping environments and tapestries of mysteri...

  Stream the Show Download the Songs With your host, Shlep. 1 Bo Diddley - 1963 - Road Runner (live) : You might not associate Bo Diddley with garage rock, but listen to that guitar. Not only that, this song was covered by the likes of The Pretty Things, The Zombies, The Animals and The Who. 2 The Kingsmen - 1963 - Louie Louie: Not many bands were investigated by the FBI for obscenity, but this Seattle band was.. And that’s about as punk as can be. The FBI didn’t catch it, but there is a “fuck” faintly yelled in the recording 3 The Surfaris - 1963 - Wipe Out: This was actually a b-side. Surf and garage weren’t just musically the forefathers of punk, but the lifestyle as well. A true don’t give a fuck attitude. I hope I come back in the next life as a surfer. 4 Link Wray and His Ray Men - 1963 - The Black Widow: Another b-side instrumental. Mark E. Smith of The Fall said “The only people I really looked up to were Link Wray and Iggy Pop.” Wray’s earlier hit “Rumble” holds the distin...