Another gem from the big old box o’ tapes in the closet…

DOWNLOAD MRR Radio from 1983

Intro song:
DIE KREUZEN – Think for Me [truncated]

Ron(?) – Finnish punk
RIISTETYT – Rajoitukset
THE BASTARDS – Huominen Tulee, Painajainen Alkaa
APPENDIX – Kuitenkin Kuolemme
VARAUS – Rastat Rastat

Ruth – English punk
XTRACT – Aftermath
RABID – Glory of War
MAU MAUS – Breakdown
THE LURKERS – One Man’s Meat

Tim – East Coast
RAMONES – Psychotherapy
THE OUTPATIENTS – Balloonhead
THE F.U.’s – Peer Police
PSYCHO – Elimination Process

-tape stop and restart-

Guest DJ Joseph
FIRING SQUAD – Hierarchy
THE ACCUSED – Reagan’s War Puppets

Jello – Germany
VIETKONG – Mondscheinserenade
IX TOC-1 – Tote Den Geist
BLUTTAT – Kreiswehrersatzamt Mettmann
M A F – Punk Forever

Tim – No. Cal. (mostly tapes)
BAD INFLUENCE – Bad Influence
EXECUTIONER – Bible Bangers
THE UNAWARE – Shred

Tim
RADICAL LEFT (OH) – BG Sucks
-calendar-
NO LABELS – Ego

Tim – Holland
RIOT – Children
[end of tape]

Mr. Jalopy and Mark Frauenfelder, the nice fellows at Dinosaurs and Robots, sent us a selection of old MRR Radio tapes from the ’80s. Here is one, in two parts, which is probably from July of 1981. (Listen to part 2’ here.)

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Intro song:
MINOR THREAT – Screaming at a Wall

Tim – San Francisco
B-TEAM – Eyes Bleeding
SOCIETY DOG – Metropolitan Rush
COSMETICS – Twinkie Madness

Ruth – “Esoteric” England
RED ZEBRA – I’m Falling Apart
KILLING JOKE – Follow the Leaders
ART OBJECTS – Batpoem

Ray – Around the World
ABWÄRTS – Komputerstadt Computerstaat
MARIE ET LES GARÇONS – A Bout de Souffle
AU PAIRS – Armagh
FANG – Enjoy the View [on the wrong speed]

Tim – Mod set
START – Invisible Man
PURPLE HEARTS – Millions Like Us
THE JOLT – I Can’t Wait

[Tim – Mabuhay ticket giveaway, reference to “new” move to Tues. 9pm—11pm time slot]

Johnny Meyers
999 – Obsessed
[tape ends]

Listen to part’ 2’ here.

Part 2 of an old MRR Radio tape, probably from July of 1981 (part 1 is here). Thanks to Mr. Jalopy and Mark Frauenfelder of Dinosaurs and Robots for the tape!

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SCARS – All About You
DAF – Alle Gegen Alle

Jello — DC
GOVERNMENT ISSUE — Rock and Roll Bullshit
BLACK MARKET BABY — Youth Crimes
VOID — Condensed Flesh (demo)

Tim — DOA
DOA — MCTFD
DOA — The Enemy
[back announce cut off – maybe there was an interview here?]

Jeff — Cowboy Fascism
BET LYNCH’S LEGS — Riders in the Sky
MINUTEMEN — Joe McCarthy’s Ghost
THE DARK — John Wayne
THE STAINS (later MDC) — John Wayne Was a Nazi

Jello — Ohio
TOXIC REASONS — Somebody Help Me
SHEER SMEGMA — I Owe It to the Girls [actually from West Palm Beach, FL – later TEDDY AND THE FRAT GIRLS]
CUSTOMS — Long Gone
[no back announce – cut off]

Ruth — England
THE FALL — Fit and Working Again
ZOUNDS — Subvert
TREATMENT — Doncha Know

Tim — LA
45 GRAVE — Party Time
STEPMOTHERS – If I Were You
CASTRATION SQUAD’ — Are You Blind? (?)

As part of fundraising drive, KPFA sponsored themed programming days, including this Maximum Rock & Roll “Punk Day” on March 7, 1981

Part 1 DOWNLOAD

Ruth Schwartz
Interview: Club Violence [incomplete]
Matchheads – Pearl Harbor
Mass Media – Dit Problem (?)
Fallout – Conscription

Tim Yohannan
Ebba Gron – Hang Gud
Vacum – Pa Kredit

Johnny Meyers
Misfits – Hollywood Babylon
Birthday Party – Hats On Wrong
Monitor – Beak

Johnny Meyers
Restricted Code – First Night On
TV21 – Who’s Gonna Get Me First?
Dave Weckermann – Out of Baby’s Reach

Tim Yohannan
Really Red – Starvation Dance
Breakouts – Waiting for the Change
(Impatient) Youth – This Is the Front Line

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Part 2 DOWNLOAD

(Impatient) Youth – This Is the Front Line (cont.)

Ruth Schwartz
Comsat Angels – Eye of the Lens
Bauhaus – Kick in the Eye
Tenants – Noise in My Head

Tim Yohannan
Bow Wow Wow – Work
Tenpole Tudor – Swords of a Thousand Men
The Cure – Primary

Tim Yohannan
The Middle Class – Situations
Black Flag – No Values

Jeff Bale
Basement 5 – Last White Christmas
Outsiders – One to Infinity
Fleshtones – Critical List
Users – Sick of You

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Part 3 DOWNLOAD

Leyton Buzzards – Through with You
I’m So Hollow – Dreams to Fill the Vacuum
Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown
Barracudas – I Can’t Pretend
Flesheaters – Radio Dies Screaming
Discharge – You Take Part in Creating the System
Crass – Rival Tribal Rebel Revel
Crisis – Holocaust
Germs – Manimal
Circle Jerks – Don’t Care / Live Fast Die Young
Teen Idles – Teen Idles