Playboy Manbaby - Criminals

    

  Just a quick update for the last day of 2025. Happy New Year everyone...

  Playboy Manbaby (https://www.facebook.com/PlayboyManbaby) it seems are not a band. They're a corporation. They're from Phoenix, Arizona. Despite releasing music for well over a decade, I don't think I've listened to them till now. But I'm liking what I hear.

  They've a new album coming out on January 6th. It'll be titled Violence. From the evidence presented by the already available tracks it'll be a creative mash up of genres. It sounds like it'll be a lively affair. You can find out more here :  https://playboymanbaby.bandcamp.com/album/violence

  I think this is my favourite track so far. It's called Criminals... 

Spent 7 thousand dollars on this self-defense class
So you can protect the 7 dollars in your wallet
They’re here to break into your house
They wanna steal your family photographs,
that’s a fact!

Criminals Criminals
Criminals Criminals

When the burglars come to Gilbert
They’re in for a big surprise
My assault rifles are ready
To literally blow their minds

Criminals Criminals
Criminals Criminals

Let me ask you, ask you honestly,
do you know your enemy?
Are the people who make less money than you,
are they your enemy?
Are the people who worship a different god,
are they your enemy?
Or is it those who make a profit off,
of human suffering?
Criminals

Criminals Criminals
Criminals Criminals

Just Some Punk Songs Top 100 Songs of 2025 : 50-1

 

50)  THE DISSIDENTS - Endless War

https://thedissidents.bandcamp.com/album/endless-war

49)  ACTIVE MINDS - Shamima

https://activeminds1.bandcamp.com/track/shamima

48)  BOVVER BAILEY - Round The Back Of The Azad

https://bovverbailey.bandcamp.com/track/round-the-back-of-the-azad

47)  DIRTY CHEETAH - Wake Me Up

https://dirtycheetah.bandcamp.com/track/wake-me-up-2

46)  PLEASER - Hey Girl

https://pleasercph.bandcamp.com/track/hey-girl-2

45)  HUNCH POWER - All I Do Is Survive

https://hunchpower.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-do-is-survive

44)  4FT FINGERS - Better Days

https://disconnectdisconnectrecords.bandcamp.com/album/better-days

43) RUDIMENTARY PASTE - That's Why She Lost Her Job As A Blue Peter Presenter

https://rudimentarypaste.bandcamp.com/track/thats-why-she-lost-her-job-as-a-blue-peter-presenter-2

42)  GRIT - Shoulder High

https://auvinyles.bandcamp.com/track/shoulder-high

41)  LEATHERMAN - Cigarettes Will Thrill U

https://leathermanridesfree.bandcamp.com/track/cigarettes-will-thrill-u-2

40)  COOTIE CUTIES - Red Flag

https://cootiecuties.bandcamp.com/track/red-flag

39)  GAS STATION BONER PILLS - Is Your Mother Single (Can Your Father Fight)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FqSYII5YEE&list=RD9FqSYII5YEE

38)  THE BAT CREEPS - Stay Puft

https://thebatcreeps.bandcamp.com/track/stay-puft

37)  THE LOCAL OFFENDERS - Our Local

https://thelocaloffenders.bandcamp.com/track/our-local

36)  ARMOURED FLU UNIT - Nothing Sticks

https://armouredfluunit.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-sticks

35)  DEAD PIONEERS - Mythical Cowboys

https://deadpioneers.bandcamp.com/track/mythical-cowboys

34)  DARK THOUGHTS - Slept Til 2

https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/track/slept-till-two

33)  DIAZ BROTHERS - The Great British Fake Fake Toff

https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-great-british-fake-fake-toff

32)  XRAY XEROXX - Johnny Rotten Is A Fascist Pig

https://richterscaleoxford.bandcamp.com/track/johnny-rotten-is-a-fascist-pig

31)  BACK TEETH - Time For The Forever Box

https://btlrr.bandcamp.com/track/time-for-the-forever-box

30)  PUBLIC FIGURES - Onto Something

https://publicfigures4eva.bandcamp.com/track/onto-something

29)  HAYWIRE - Summer Nights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnYhKHDMPwQ

28)  THE PRICEDUIFKES - Misty Step

https://thepriceduifkes.bandcamp.com/track/misty-step

27)  SPLIT SYSTEM - No Cops In Heaven

https://splitsystem.bandcamp.com/track/no-cops-in-heaven

26)  PARDON US - The (Deep) State Of Us 

https://pardonus.bandcamp.com/track/the-deep-state-of-us

25)  ABI OOZE - B Wif Me

https://abiooze.bandcamp.com/track/b-wif-me

24)  BLOWERS - Tony's In Hospital Again

https://blowersband.bandcamp.com/track/tonys-in-hospital-again

23)  LAMBRINI GIRLS - No Homo

https://lambrinigirlsband.bandcamp.com/track/no-homo

22)  BELLUM - Keroseno

https://mendekudiskak.bandcamp.com/track/092-bellum-keroseno

21)  THE PRIZE - From The Night

https://theprizemelbourne.bandcamp.com/track/from-the-night

20)  PRIVATE FUNCTION - Sucked In Fuckhead

https://privatefunction.bandcamp.com/track/sucked-in-fuckhead

19)  CHEAP PERFUME - Anytown USA

https://cheapperfume.bandcamp.com/track/anytown-usa

18)  NiiS - New Pig

https://niisla.bandcamp.com/track/new-pig

17)  YUNK - Housing Game

https://polzedelamort.bandcamp.com/track/housing-game

16)  SPLIT DOGS - Lafayette

https://splitdogs.bandcamp.com/track/lafayette

15)  SKINHEAD - Kill Yourself

https://skinhead.bandcamp.com/track/kill-yourself

14)  MK ULTRAS - Pray For Us

https://mkultras.bandcamp.com/track/pray-for-us

13)  SLAUGHTERHOUSE - Sick And Tired

https://sslaughterrhouse.bandcamp.com/track/sick-and-tired

12)  UNICORN DOGS - Boys Who Rape (Should Be Destroyed)

https://unicorndogs.bandcamp.com/track/boys-who-rape-should-all-be-destroyed-raveonettes

11)  THE UNKNOWNS - All Grown Up

https://theunknowns4.bandcamp.com/track/all-grown-up

10)  THE RIPTIDES - End Of The World

https://theriptides.bandcamp.com/track/end-of-the-world

9)   LOOSE LIPS - Don't Mess Me 'Round

https://staylooselips2.bandcamp.com/track/dont-mess-me-round 

8)   CRUELSTER - Jerks

https://convulserecords.bandcamp.com/track/jerks

7)   THE SCUTS - Miss Information

https://thescuts.bandcamp.com/track/miss-information

6)   GOLD CUP - The Piss Has Been Taken

https://goldcup.bandcamp.com/track/the-piss-has-been-taken

5)   ROXIE & THE RAZORBLADES - No More War No More Genocide

https://roxietherazorblades.bandcamp.com/track/no-more-war-no-more-genocide

4)  BIRD FIST - Mobbed Up And On The Piss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS6UHjxGjxU

3)  HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT - Jack's Been To The National

https://open.spotify.com/track/2nrYYWDdiyoffLgrlQW2r7  

2)   BLVCKHELICOPTERS - Unite Or Die

https://blvckhelicopters.bandcamp.com/track/unite-or-die

1)   HOME FRONT - Light Sleeper

https://arewenothomefront.bandcamp.com/track/light-sleeper

Just Some Punk Songs Top 100 Songs of 2025 : 100-51

 

It's that time of the year. Here's the Just Some Punk Songs annual chart. 100 songs, 100 bands, sorry to everyone who missed out (that's the hardest part of compiling these lists). 

  Don't worry too much about the positions. I thought number 1 was better than number 100 (I'm sure others will disagree) but on another day many of the placings could easily be different. It's just a case of me saying "Here's 100 great songs from 2025, check out what you haven't yet heard."

100) SODA POPS - Wish You Were Here

https://sodapopsgogo.bandcamp.com/track/wish-you-were-here

99)  VISTA BLUE - Can't Lose

https://wearevistablue.bandcamp.com/track/cant-lose-2

98)  ANTI-EVERYTHING - Crime Factory Model 

https://antieverything.bandcamp.com/track/crime-factory-model

97)  THE CORDS - Fabulist 

https://thecordsband.bandcamp.com/track/fabulist-2

96)  THE REMOTE CONTROLS - Jail For The Holidays 

https://theremotecontrols.bandcamp.com/track/jail-for-the-holidays

95)  DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE - No Pigs

https://drsuresunusualpractice.bandcamp.com/track/no-pigs

94)  TOMMY - Totally Obsessed

https://tommympls.bandcamp.com/track/totally-obsessed

93)  YOUR HETEROSEXUAL VIOLENCE - House Outside The World

https://yourhv.bandcamp.com/track/house-outside-the-world-2

92)  KLOBBER - London 

https://takethecityrecords.bandcamp.com/track/london

91)  PUNTER - Bone To Pick

https://drunkensailorrecords.bandcamp.com/track/bone-to-pick

90)   TWO TONNE MACHETE - Home

https://twotonnemachete.bandcamp.com/album/home

89)  IRKED - Fuck Friday 

https://irked1.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-friday

88)  BRITISH BIRDS - Drunk Dancing To The Ramones 

https://britishbirds.bandcamp.com/track/drunk-dancing-to-the-ramones

87)  DEATHCAT - Your Stupid City 

https://sockhead.bandcamp.com/track/your-stupid-city

86)  THE SNAGS - White Russians In Kreuzberg

https://takethecityrecords.bandcamp.com/track/white-russians-in-kreuzberg

85)  RIFLE - No King 

https://rifleldn.bandcamp.com/track/no-king

84)  THE OXYS - The Idiot Box

https://theoxysatx.bandcamp.com/track/idiot-box

83)  THE SLEEVEENS - Downtown

https://thesleeveens.bandcamp.com/track/downtown

82)  FIRST ATTACK - On The Other Side

https://mendekudiskak.bandcamp.com/track/087-first-attack-on-the-other-side

81)  MILLER LOWLIFES - Learn My Worth

https://millerlowlifes.bandcamp.com/track/learn-my-worth-3

80)  THE BUSH DOOFS - Train Replacement

https://thebushdoofs.bandcamp.com/track/train-replacement

79)  MINI SKIRT - Squeeze Down

https://miniskirt666.bandcamp.com/track/squeeze-down

78)  SYMPOS - Boots & Ballads

https://sympos.bandcamp.com/track/boots-ballads

77)  AUTOMATIC LOVERS - Boston Brats

https://wapshoowaprecords.bandcamp.com/track/boston-brats

76)  FOXY - Already Gone

https://rumbarrecords.bandcamp.com/track/already-gone

75)  LAUNDRY BATS - Nightmare

https://hozacrecords.bandcamp.com/track/nightmare

74)  TEE VEE REPAIRMANN - Bad News

https://teeveerepairman.bandcamp.com/track/bad-news

73)  BUREAU DE CHANGE - Office Chair

https://bureaudechange.bandcamp.com/track/office-chair

72)  TAKERS & USERS - Trouble In Bubbles

https://takersusers.bandcamp.com/track/trouble-in-bubbles

71)  THE DOLLHEADS - Burger  King Is Hiring

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTA8F3PG4hE

 70)  DICK MOVE - Scared Old Man

https://dickmove2.bandcamp.com/track/scared-old-men

69)  THEE HEADCOATEES - He's Gonna Kill That Girl

https://damagedgoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hes-gonna-kill-that-girl

68)  THE OIDZ - Jackin Off In The UFO

https://theoidz69.bandcamp.com/track/jackin-off-in-the-u-f-o

67)  PEGGING MITCHELL - International Men's Day

https://peggingmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/international-mens-day

66)  TWAT UNION - Singer Of The Band

https://twatunion.bandcamp.com/track/singer-of-the-band

65)  SICK THOUGHTS - Me And My Guitar

https://sick-thoughts.bandcamp.com/track/me-and-my-guitar

64)  CONTROL FREAKS - Don't Bug Me

https://sweettime.bandcamp.com/track/dont-bug-me

63)  PANIC SHACK - Tit School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oz026k2fck

62)  SLEAFORD MODS Ft. GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE & BIG SPECIAL - The Good Life

https://sleafordmods.bandcamp.com/track/the-good-life-feat-gwendoline-christie-big-special

61)  THE PINGERS - One More Beer

https://thepingers.bandcamp.com/track/one-more-beer-2

60)  BRATAKUS - Final Girls

https://bratakus.bandcamp.com/track/final-girls-2

59)  BIG MESS - Terry

https://bigmessdk.bandcamp.com/track/terry

58)  GIMP FIST - History Repeats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4P0A-Sulvc

57)  SCOWL - B.A.B.E.

https://scowl831.bandcamp.com/track/b-a-b-e

56)  SCENE KILLERS - Church And Hate

https://brassneckrecords.bandcamp.com/track/church-and-hate

55)  COLD MEAT - Artificial Energy

https://staticshockrecords.bandcamp.com/track/artifical-energy

54)  END IT - Could You Love Me?

https://flatspotrecords.bandcamp.com/track/could-you-love-me

53)  LOS PEPES - New Christians

https://wandarecords.bandcamp.com/track/new-christians

52)  CONFLICT AND BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH - Cut The Crap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMjaFgs6PZs

51)  PROBLEM PATTERNS - I'm Fine And I'm Doing Great

https://problempatterns.bandcamp.com/track/im-fine-and-im-doing-great-2

BLVCKHELICOPTERS - All I Want for Xmas

  

  Happy Christmas everybody. 

  Here's a festive tune from one of the shining lights of 2025.

  There may be AI heavily involved in Michael Maus' Blvckhelicopters project but I guess the genie's out of the box now and there ain't no putting it back. So if you're going to use it, use it to create something that little bit special. 

https://blvckhelicopters.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-want-for-xmas

  This is All I Want For Xmas... 

I don't want a lot for Christmas
My list only includes one thing
An armed rebellion against the state
Dancing around the guillotine

All I want for Christmas
Is a world without the state
Raise the black flag high
When tyrants die we celebrate
All I want for Christmas
Is a world without the state
Raise the black flag high
When anarchy wins we celebrate

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
Every politician on a cross
And police dying in the street

We'll have rebellion on Christmas night
Unified people armed in the moonlight
March down to Washington DC
And drag politicians out into the street

The Control Freaks - Don't Bug Me

  

  I've not added too many updates this last week or two as I've been busy looking back over the year to sort out two "Best Of" shows and a Top 100 chart. Always a time consuming task (and always frustrating as no matter how long I spend on it I always seem to miss something out). 

  One band that won't be overlooked are The Control Freaks (https://www.facebook.com/ControlFreaksSF). The San Francisco garage punkers are fronted by the legendary Greg Lowery (Supercharger, The Rip Offs, The Infections, Zodiac Killers and Rip Off Records). 

  They've just ensured that 2025 finishes off in fine style by releasing a new album (their 4th). It's out now (vinyl & digital) on Sweet Time Records and it's titled TV Generation.  https://sweettime.bandcamp.com/album/tv-generation

  If you're already familiar with the band you'll pretty much know what to expect. Garage punk royalty doing what they do best. A dozen songs; catchy and fun and not a duff one amongst them. 

  The band have released a few promo videos so I'll highlight one of those songs today. Duel vocals from Greg and rhythm guitarist Amy Munoz and a nagging riff, this is Don't Bug Me... 

Hard Skin - You Won't Get Better Than This

  

  Today's song originally came out in 2024 but I'm posting it today as it's on a great new compilation album. 

  Hard Skin were founded in 1996. They're unfortunately now calling it a day. But they leave us with 30 years worth of anthemic oi! gold. 

  They first featured on this blog in 2014 https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2014/02/hard-skin-make-my-tea.html

  They bow out today with a track from the 69 song compilation titled Ceasefire? There Ain't No Fucking Ceasefire!

  It's a comp that features a great line up of bands. It's available as a name your price download and all proceeds go to a very good cause (which you can read about on Bandcamp).

https://activeslaughter.bandcamp.com/album/ceasefire-there-aint-no-fucking-ceasefire

  This is You Won't Get Better Than This...

Yunk - Housing Game

  

  Here's a great song I've just stumbled across from a band that's new to me. 

  Yunk are from Bilbao and their bio says; "A new punk and noise band from Bilbao with vibrant guitars and catchy pop melodies. An EP full of epic anthems that will make any skinhead's hair grow, sound like a cross between JJ & the A's and The Men"

  They've just released a Self Titled ep on Symphony Of Destruction Records and it's a blast. 4 tracks of melodic punk from a band I hope we'll hear much more from. 

http://www.symphonyofdestruction.org/shop/index.php?id_product=2557&controller=product&id_lang=1

https://symphonyofdestruction.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-9

https://yunk.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

  I think this is my favourite song, it's called Housing Game...

I woke up this morning
The rent is through the roof
And i can't find a place while banks are laughing
and housing IS a game

We are left in the dirt
We are left in the dirt

They build their wealth on despair while we struggle just to breath the air

I want my own
You don't need It
I want my own
You don't need It

They are the suits and vultures
The ones buying the streets
Leaving people on their own and flipping our lives for hotel suites

We are left in the dirt
We are left in the dirt

They build their wealth on despair while we struggle just to breath the air

I want my own
You don't need It
I want my own
You don't need It

Empty buildings
Boarded Doors
While the rich keep screwimg for more (X2)

4ft Fingers - Better Days

    

  Welcome back guys, it's been a while. 

  Cheltenham melodic punk quartet 4ft Fingers have long been one of my favourite bands. Great music and equally as good live shows. But it's been 17 years since their last release (2008's New Beginnings Of Old Stories album) and it's been 11 years since they featured on here :  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2014/04/4ft-fingers-emergency-manoeuvre.html

  Happily they've announced a new album that'll be out next year on Disconnect Disconnect Records. 

  It can be a worry when a band has been away for so long. Are they going to be as good? Happily the answer seems to be a resounding yes. 

  Here's the first single from the album. The sound of a band that's matured but have kept their edge. This is Better Days...  

Pegging Mitchell - International Men's Day

  

  Imagine if the BBC's Riot Women wrote a song about men moaning about how hard done by they are. It might sound something like this. 

  Pegging Mitchell (https://www.facebook.com/pegging.mitchell) are a new band from Worcester. They've just released a debut single. It's proof that bands can be angry but still have fun. They still want to take aim at the typical targets but they're going to have a laugh whilst they do so. 

  And it's pretty obvious they can write a catchy tune to go with their well thought out lyrics. 

  You can find the single here : https://peggingmitchell.bandcamp.com/track/international-mens-day

  This is for all those hard done by blokes, it's called International Men's Day... 

The Local Offenders - You Weren't There In '82

  

  There's a new gang in town. 

  Supposedly it's London town but I'm not sure I'd take that as gospel? 

  They're a mystery band called The Local Offenders. 

   All they admit to for a line up is this; 

 Vocals: whoever’s sober

 Guitar: someone’s cousin

 Bass: the only reliable one

 Drums: banned from three pubs

  They play oi! music with very much tongue in cheek. They claim they're taking the piss out of the scene but they're treating it with fond respect to my ears. They bring to mind favourites such as Hard Skin and City Miles. They sing about Doc Martens, pubs, working class heroes and girls. 

  They've just released a debut album called Oi! The Satire and it's left me all warm and fuzzy. Check it out : https://thelocaloffenders.bandcamp.com/album/oi-the-satire

  Here's a blast of nostalgia about back in the day. It's called You Weren't There In '82... 

I saw Sham at the Bridge House

Before they ever made it big
I was there when it all kicked off
You were still in your crib
Got the first seven-inch
Bought it right from the band
Got the badges, got the patches
This is real Oi, man!

Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Don’t talk to me about the scene
When you don’t know what it means
You weren’t there in ’82!

I remember every show
Every band, every fight
Kings Cross on a Friday
Tottenham Saturday night
You can read about it online
But you’ll never understand
I’ve got the scars and stories
This is real Oi, man!

Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Don’t talk to me about the scene
When you don’t know what it means
You weren’t there in ’82!

I’ve earned my place, paid my dues
These boots have forty years on you
You’re a culture vulture, you ain’t real
You don’t know how it used to feel

I was causing bovver with my droogs
While you were sucking from your bottle
Running wild through the streets
You were still learning how to toddle
Now I’m fifty-three and grey
But I was there back in the day
And I’m still more authentic
This is real Oi, man!

Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!
Not you! Not you!
You weren’t there in ‘82!

Well mate, I wasn’t born ’til ’84
But you keep fighting that old war

You weren’t there in ’82!
You weren’t there in ’82!
You weren’t there in ’82!
None of you were there in ’82!

Public Figures - Onto Something

    

  Public Figures are a new punk infused power pop quartet from Melbourne who boast a line up of Evie Vlah, Gigi Argiro, Lakota Vella and Mary-Lou Hylands. 

  They've released 3 singles over the course of the last 18 months and these will feature on their upcoming debut ep alongside 3 more tracks. The ep will be titled Figure It Out! It's released on Feb 18th on 12" vinyl and you can find out more here : https://publicfigures4eva.bandcamp.com/album/figure-it-out-ep

  One gig saw them wow a 10,000 strong Melbourne crowd as support for Amyl And The Sniffers. Their star is definitely in the ascendancy. 

  This is my pick of the available tracks, it's called Onto Something...  

Dr Sure's Unusual Practice - No Pigs

    

  Dr Sure's Unusual Practice (https://www.instagram.com/drsuresunusualpractice/) are a now-wave music band from Melbourne featuring a line up of Dougal Shaw, Jake Suriano, Miranda Holt, Mathias Dowle and Asher Bates. 

  They're "7 years, 3 European tours, 3 LP's and a hoard of EP's and mixtapes into the project." I've played them on the show before but haven't yet introduced them on here so let's rectify that. 

  They've a new single out on the 10th of this month. One of the songs is already available. It's a love song with a difference of which the band say; “Pigs is an Animal Farm reference - it’s nothin’ new for art to hold a mirror to society. Sing “10 year old kids locked up in your prison” and you pretty quickly recognize the absurdity. Music can have a role in making that shit plain as day, bringing people together.” "It's about a farm with a pig problem," quips Shaw, describing the song's Orwellian portrayal of a coercive ruling class, "Animal Farm style, but the other animals are clued on to it, they're getting fired up."

  It'll be available on 7" coloured vinyl and as a digital download 

https://drsuresunusualpractice.bandcamp.com/album/no-pigs-desksitter-7

  This is No Pigs... 

The Bush Doofs - Train Replacement

    

  The Bush Doofs (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556081252617) are a punk band from Sydney who featured on here almost exactly a year ago with a song from their debut ep, Scum Of The Streets (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-bush-doofs-georges-river.html). 

  They've just released a debut album, it's titled On Strike and it's available as a name your price download  https://thebushdoofs.bandcamp.com/album/on-strike

  It's an album that's very definitely from the prolific Aussie punk rock conveyor belt (always a good thing). 

  Here's a taster, it's called Train Replacement... 

Tape It Shut - Parasites Inc

    

  I've been checking out a debut album by a band who's introductory promo reads like this; "A strange brand of lighting fast political punk rock entertainment! Mixing the styles of bands like Frenzal Rhomb, Sonic Boom Six and Random Hand!"

   The band are called Tape It Shut (https://www.facebook.com/TapeItShut) and they have members hailing from Reading and Manchester (Dan Tape - Guitar and Lead Vox, Kane Preston - Bass and Vox & Andrew Owens - Drums and Vox). 

  The album's titled Suspicious Package and to be fair to them, it's pretty much what I expected and what I was hoping for. It's a familiar sound done well and it's well worth checking out. 16 tracks, it's available physically from Cats Claw Records (UK) and Punk Rock Radar (US) https://linktr.ee/TapeItShut. 

  It's available Digitally on Bandcamp : https://tapeitshut.bandcamp.com/album/suspicious-package

  I like how they give a brief summing up of the songs on Bandcamp. So here's what they say about the song I'm highlighting today;  

  We are witnessing a scary increase in people hoarding wealth and assets in order to charge people extortionate rates for access to everything from concert tickets to housing to drug patents. In countries like the USA, healthcare is commodified to such a level that many people can't afford even the most basic levels of medication and treatment, while profits are funnelled into the pockets of CEOs and directors and the rich get richer. These systems are parasitic and unethical, taking advantage of the desperation of the many to benefit the interests of the few.

  This is Parasites Inc...

It's not investment you're a parasite
It's just a mark up keep the prices high
You're just a scalper hoarding supplies
We sing the rich stay rich for life

Landlords are charging arms and legs
They'll start with eyeballs next
For the roofs over our heads
Floorboards collapse with every step
Regulations ain't met
It couldn't even house the dead
It's what we've have come to expect
There's no quality left
Just greed and returns instead
Why not exploit others to death
As you raise the rent
You blood sucking insects

Strangle supply
Until you deny
Access to medicine that saves lives
We know why
Price is sky high
Choice is buy it or we die

It's not investment you're a parasite
It's just a mark up keep the prices high
You're just a scalper hoarding supplies
We sing the rich stay rich for life
It's not just investment while others have none
Your just hoarding shit just because
You'll make money on the long term
Oh the monsters you've become

The skin and the bone is being ripped from the flesh
We're bleeding out slow under the churn of business
Another conman with more money than sense
He'll buy out the blood banks without consequence
Treat drugs like assets not life saving cures
Treat property like cash not a place your secure
Create scarcity for profit we cannot ignore
Their worth is their money and nothing ever more

It's not investment you're a parasite
It's just a mark up keep the prices high
You're just a scalper hoarding supplies
We sing the rich stay rich for life
It's not just investment while others have none
Your just hoarding shit just because
You'll make money on the long term
Oh the monsters you've become

It's not investment
Your a parasite
It's not business
Your a parasite
It's not a hustle
Your a parasite
Oh the monsters you've become
Your not a landlord
Your a parasite
Your not a genius
Your a parasite
Your not human
Your a parasite
Oh the monsters you've become

The Galaxy Has Eyes - Nuclear Detergent

  

  The Galaxy Has Eyes (https://www.facebook.com/GalaxyhasEyes) are from Telford, Pennsylvania and last featured on here in 2022 (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-galaxy-has-eyes-lookin-at-tiddies.html).

  They've just released a fiery new album titled To Die Among The Stars. It features a line up of Kyra Wagler (vocals), Nicholas Carbo (guitar), Cody Heebner (bass), Jared Spry (saxophone) & Charles Raffaele (Drums and Percussion). Sadly it's Kyra's last recordings with the band as she's decided to step away but she's going out on a high.

  You can find the album as a name your price download here :  https://thegalaxyhaseyes.bandcamp.com/album/to-die-among-the-stars

  This song's called Nuclear Detergent... 

Suckerpunch - Unite To Survive

  

  Suckerpunch (https://www.facebook.com/punchbags77) are from Birmingham and feature a line up of Neil (Guitar/Vocals), Craig (Bass), Joe (Guitar) & Jay Jay (Drums). 

  I noticed it's been 7 years since their last Just Some Punk Songs appearance (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2018/06/suckerpunch-blue-pill-red-pill.html) so it's about time I revisited them.

  They've just released a new, politically charged single and you can find it here as a name your price download : https://suckerpunch4.bandcamp.com/track/unite-to-survive

  It's also featuring on this week's show https://gpr.mixlr.com/

  It's called Unite To Survive...

We have weapons grade narcissism
church of self is a new religion
treat yourself to the demolition
broadcast pain is premonition
every day you think you’re right but no one really wants the fight
Broken down is the new obsession
Someone answer the fucking question

What does a liar do when he’s dead? He lies still with a hole in his head.
defend corporate greed for free, carry the cost of inequality
Deny the rights of the working man
Depose the few that stand with blood on their hands

unite to survive as they have profits to feed
unite to survive as we can't eat greed
unite to survive
unite to survive
unite to survive


What does a liar do when he’s dead? He lies still with a hole in his head.
defend corporate greed for free, carry the cost of inequality
Deny the rights of the working man
Depose the few that stand with blood on their hands

B.O.O.T. - End Of The Line

  

  Thanks to Ralph J Rivera for alerting me to the band I'm shouting about today. 

  B.O.O.T. are a (presumably) new street punk/oi! band from Ottawa. 

  And there ends my knowledge of them! 

  But on the evidence of their recent 5 track demo they won't be unknown for long.

  You can get the demo free of charge here : https://bootonourthroat.bandcamp.com/album/demo

  Catchy, female fronted and hard hitting, you're gonna love it.

  This is the opening song, it's called End Of The Line... 

Thee Headcoatees - The KKK Took My Baby Away

  

  Thee Headcoatees are back with their first new music this century. It's already been given a sparkling review by Ged Babey over at Louder Than War (so normally I wouldn't bother posting anything on here but I'll make an exception today) so go read what he thinks about it as he's spot on  https://louderthanwar.com/thee-headcoatees-man-trap-album-review/

  Titled Man-Trap, it's a 14 track garage rock delight. It's available via Damaged Goods Records on vinyl, cd and digital download https://damagedgoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/man-trap

  There's also a couple of  new eps to check out 

https://damagedgoods.co.uk/discography/thee-headcoatees-the-man-trap-sessions-ep-vol-1/

https://damagedgoods.co.uk/discography/thee-headcoatees-the-man-trap-sessions-ep-vol-2/

  Millions of bands have covered The Ramones, not many as successfully as this. The KKK Took My Baby Away... 

Home Front - For The Children (F*ck All)

 

  The older you get the faster time seems to fly by. Hard to believe we're already half way through November. I guess I better start thinking about the 100 songs that are going to feature in the Just Some Punk Songs end of year chart. There's going to be plenty to choose from. 

  One band that will definitely bother the upper reaches are Home Front (https://www.facebook.com/arewenothomefront). The Canadian synth punk outfit feature Graeme Mackinnon on vocal & guitars (he's been on here a decade ago with two of of his previous bands, Wednesday Night Heroes & No Problem https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2016/01/wednesday-night-heroes-all-on-outside.html & https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2015/06/no-problem-killing-game.html) and Clint Frazier on drums & synths. They featured on here a couple of years ago with a track from their excellent Games Of Power album (https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2023/03/home-front-nation.html). 

  Their new album, Watch It Die, is every bit as good. I've already played a couple of the singles from it on the show (Light Sleeper in particular being a firm favourite). I'm noticing plenty of glowing reviews popping up online. I don't really write reviews, I'd rather just recommend you listen for yourselves...  https://lavidaesunmus.bandcamp.com/album/watch-it-die

  I do however highlight a song. You will hopefully already be familiar with Light Sleeper so I'm going with a different one today. This is For The Children (F*ck All)... 

The Scuts - Miss Information

  

   "Forget the news
    Tommy told us otherwise..."  

  The Scuts are a punk band from London who formed in 2013 and are influenced by the American punk scene of the 80's & 90's (NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Lagwagon, No Use For A Name etc...). 

  A few months ago they released a split ep with fellow Londoners Scrotum Clamp and one of the songs in particular caught my ear. It's an all to topical look at life through the eyes of an easily led bigot. Someone who wants to smash up Greggs to protect our streets. All in the name of St George. I couldn't find the song on Youtube so I thought I'd rectify the situation. It's also available on Bandcamp : 

https://thescuts.bandcamp.com/album/scrotum-clamp-the-scuts-split-single

Taking back r country! This is Miss Information... 

Active Minds - Terrorvision

  

  Active Minds (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063591065475) are a punk band from Scarborough who've been around since since 1986. They're no strangers to this blog having featured twice previously. 

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2019/02/active-minds-trial-by-social-media.html

https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2020/05/active-minds-another-peasant-valley.html

  One thing that stands out about them for me is their carefully thought out lyrics. Their new album, Things that Cannot Be Unseen, bears ample testament to this. Just one example being closing track, Shamima, in which they tackle a divisive subject and put forward a compelling case about how maybe we shouldn't be too harshly judged by the mistakes we made when we were still a child. Agree or disagree with them, they tackle a thorny topic eruditely. 

  (The song is an album highlight and I was going to feature it here but the free version of the Youtube movie maker I use won't let me convert songs over 5 minutes long. Happily there's plenty more great songs on the album so I've chosen another and I'll settle for playing Shamima on this week's show). 

  The album's available on vinyl and digital download here :  https://activeminds1.bandcamp.com/album/things-that-cannot-be-unseen  

  This song is summed up by the band thus; 

The early days of the internet were hailed by many, who talked about the democratisation of news; that we'd no longer just be able to hear the words of governments or corporations – everyone would have an outlet to be able to share their thoughts to the world.
These days, the reality is more of a dystopian nightmare, rather than the utopia many had imagined. In this new online world, it has become difficult to even be able to differentiate facts from lies. When everybody has access to everything anybody says, and it can all look equally legitimate, how are you supposed to know the motivation of those who are behind the stories that are spread? It has created a platform for psychopaths and fanatics which is far more effective and wide-reaching than any which has ever existed before.
A great many people now rely on social media as their primary source of news about the world. This is an environment in which deliberate disinformation is rife, and hate speech is normalised. Self-appointed sleuths, who are primarily interested in maximising an income stream for themselves, can undermine criminal investigations and make fictitious online accusations about people which some struggle to ever throw off. And for those with an extremist rage against innocent sections of the population, the internet provides access to a network of like-minded lunatics to make themselves feel both vindicated and supported.
The live-streaming of the Christchurch Mosque shootings in March 2019 was a grim wake-up call for the world as to where all this can lead. A right-wing fanatical maniac murdered 51 people while his social media followers cheered him on. Many of those who had watched the live-stream had recorded it and then tried to upload it elsewhere on social media – there were well over a million upload attempts made on Facebook alone.
Violent extremists look to post even the most gruesome of content because they realise that there are people in the world who are looking for something to believe in, and yet who are completely desensitised to violence – often due to the games they've played since infancy. It is a potent and appalling combination. 

 Not only great lyrics but also a nod musically to Stiff Little Fingers, this is Terrorvision...

So, now maniacs can live-stream their atrocities,
And upload essays of their twisted philosophies
Straight to your homes or to your phones with such consummate ease –
Thanks to the miracle of modern technologies.

The most sickening future acts will all be televised –
Twisted minds playing out their fantasies before our eyes.
Pandora’s box is not just opened – it’s been pulverised.
Is this what global tech-giants once visualised?

To facilitate the sharing of everyone’s thoughts may seem a great idea,
But there are those who’ll want to use it to spread vile hatred and fear.
They screen the close-up details of the latest crazed attack.
The genie’s out of the bottle – can it ever be put back?

Is this what we think freedom of expression means –
That ISIS can broadcast war crimes to computer screens?
And is the horror of the image still all that it seems
When decontextualised and reformatted into memes?

And so this desensitised online culture that’s been building up for years
Leads to mass murder sprees accompanied by the sound of online cheers,
Where all the victims look like targets that you are supposed to slay
To get extra bonus points in all the games you’ve learned to play.

The horrors that appear on the screen
Are things that cannot be unseen.
The cruelty, the terror, and the screams
May always haunt you in your dreams.

National Razor - Ungovernable

  

  Hopefully by now you're all well aware of Blvckhelicopters, the prolific outlet for the thoughts and frustrations of anarchist and digital creator Michael Maus https://blvckhelicopters.bandcamp.com/music

  I seem to have played something most weeks on the show since stumbling across this track back in August https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2025/08/blvckhelicopters-unite-or-die.html

  Despite the high number of releases, the quality has remained consistently high. I've no idea how the guy manages to keep up those standards. 

  I've also no idea how he's also found the time for a side project. 

  National Razor hits even harder than Blvckhelicopters. It's still in the same ballfield lyrically, the goal is to spread the idea of a better world without governments, but the music takes more of a hardcore path. Happily it remains very catchy. There's also a very pleasing mix of female & male vocals. 

  We're up to ep number 3 now. You can find it here :  https://nationalrazormusic.bandcamp.com/album/ungovernable

  Is it as good as what we've come to expect from Blvckhelicopters? I honestly think it is! This is the title track, it's called Ungovernable...

What I do with my body Is none of your business What I do with my mind Is none of your business What I do with my voice Is none of your business What I do with my rights Is none of your business No kings, no state, no master’s law I won’t submit, I won’t withdraw My body, mind, and soul I am ungovernable What I do with my body Is none of your business What I do with my mind Is none of your business What I do with my voice Is none of your business What I do with my life Is none of your business My rights are not subject to your feelings Human rights are non-negotiable My rights are not subject to your beliefs Human rights are ungovernable My rights are not subject to your lifestyle Human rights are non-negotiable My rights are not subject to your morals Human rights are ungovernable

YAKKIE - Kill The Cop Inside Your Head

    

  YAKKIE are a punk supergroup from London who are fronted by Janey Starling who you may remember was the vocalist for Dream Nails and who guested on a few tracks on the Petrol Girls album, Baby. Also in the band are Robin Gatt (Personal Best & Petrol Girls) on guitar & vocals, Laura Ankles (Colour Me Wednesday) on bass & vocals and Maeve Westall (Itoldyouiwouldeatyou) on drums. 

  They've a debut album pencilled in for next February and to give us a taste of what to expect they've just released the title track. https://yakkie.bandcamp.com/track/kill-the-cop-inside-your-head

  It's a song about breaking out of the prison that is your mind and striving for a better future. It's called Kill The Cop Inside Your Head...

KILL THE COP INSIDE YOUR HEAD!
DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID!

BURN DOWN THE PANOPTICON
YOUR MIND IS A PRISON
ARM THE DREAMERS
TEAR APART THE SEAMS AND
RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN

YOUR IMAGINATION IS THE DOOR TO YOUR LIBERATION
YOUR MIND IS NOT A COMMODITY
REJECT ‘SCARCITY’ / REJECT ‘PRACTICAL’ / REJECT ‘REASONABLE’

OUR HOPE IS A MUSCLE. IS AN AXE. IS A TONIC.
THAT WE HAVE TO USE EVERY SINGLE DAY

AS WIDEMAN WARNED US:
“DO NOT FALL ASLEEP
IN YOUR ENEMY’S DREAM”

GOLD CUP - The Piss Has Been Taken

    

  I feel I should know more about GOLD CUP (https://www.instagram.com/gimmiegoldcup/). They're from Manchester, they introduced themselves a couple of years ago with debut single 8 Ball but I don't think I played anything on the show till recent single Zero Percent. 

  So let's make amends today.

  Their new 6 track ep is titled The Piss Has Been Taken and it's available on cassette via Sour Grapes Records. 

  It's also available digitally here : https://goldcup.bandcamp.com/album/the-piss-has-been-taken

  Here's the infectious title track, The Piss Has Been Taken... 

School Drugs - Funeral Arrangements (Guest Review By Ralph J Rivera)

    

  It's no secret that I was one of the biggest supporters of "Night Birds". From their early opening gigs to their farewell 2 night spot at Asbury Park's "House Of Independents". I was literally crushed when they announced their break-up.

  But luckily for us here at "The Jersey Shore" we have no shortage of bands that were willing to take their place. Enter - "School Drugs" (https://www.facebook.com/schooldrugs). A band I've been friends with before they even existed.

  Their lead singer Josh Jurk is a "Lifer". He lives and breathes Punk Rock history & culture. We became friends upon our first meeting. Along with bass player Edgar I've known these guys since they were "Punk Pups". So I've gotten to see "School Drugs" evolve the same way I watched "Night Birds". Starting out as a 80's "inspired" Thrash/Hardcore band they transformed with each new release. Adding a second guitarist & acquiring the drum skills of Chris Pierce the plan was put in motion. Release a series of 7" EP's that would eventually culminate into a full length. Well my friends that mission has been accomplished with the release of "Funeral Arrangements".

 https://schooldrugs.bandcamp.com/album/funeral-arrangements

  All 4 EP's combined to form one of the best examples of Modern Punk Rock you'll ever hear. Without being biased this is easily my pick for "Modern Punk Rock Album Of The Year". 12 songs that reach their apex in the final title track. I LOVE my "Jersey Shore" music scene and I'm so proud of all these guys have accomplished. Do yourself a favor and wrap your head around the NEW best Punk Band in New Jersey! 

  Here's "Funeral Arrangements" LISTEN! ENJOY!

The Threats - Digital People

  

  It's been pretty much exactly a year since I previously featured East Midlands band The Threats (https://www.instagram.com/thethreatsuk/). That time around I was posting their 3rd single, Time Waits For No Man  https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-threats-time-waits-for-no-man.html

  Today they return with an equally raucous single. (https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thethreats1/digital-people).

  As I've still not unearthed too much info on the band I'll pad things out a little by posting both the live version of the song and the studio version. This is digital people...