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The Crazy Train Episode #CXXI

Been a while my friends! Episode #121 was a pre-recorded episode, but it wont be the last! I WILL however be doing my first live show in a month THIS upcoming Saturday, Sept. 2nd. Episode #121 kicked off with two brand new tracks from Montreal’s ‘Requiomend’ from their album ‘Tide breaker’. Hoping to see the

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXVIII – MM&HR Feature #2

Yes, my friends only a couple weeks to go before I see you all in Windsor, Nova Scotia for the 5th year bash of the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock festival! I decided to do another feature just to give a little more exposure to the bands and to you the listeners, so if there

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The Crazy Train Episode #117

All Crazy Train Festival passes have now been won! All contests now closed! Thanks so much for those of you who participated. Unlike “MAJOR” broadcasting radio stations, college/community radio can be hard for contests. In the past we’ve almost had to literally just give prizes away, so it means a lot to me when I

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXVI

On Episode #116, I finished off the second part of the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock festival showcase of bands and also dropped the question for the last ‘weekend pass’ that you can still win! On the Crazy Train Facebook page, the first person to name TWO bands playing this years MM&HR fest will win

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXIV

Had the show to myself this 114th Episode, no guests, just me, you and the Metal music! BOOBIES!!! – Do I have your attention now? OK, this upcoming Saturday (June 24th) I will begin a contest in which one of you, yes YOU, the listener (erm reader) can win one of two ALL weekend passes to

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXII

Soulstice’s Ezra Seamone joined me at the start of the show to talk about the bands final show happening June 30th at the Panda Bee Catastrophe jam house. Soulstice is a local band that played a great slew of shows in their short life. Winning a Battle of the Bands at Leo Hayes High School,

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The Crazy Train Episode #CXI

Em and Tom from Fredericton’s very own ‘The Green Lung Grinders’ popped on air to join me at the start of episode #111. Albeit their 5th release ‘Toke Signals’ came out a few months ago, it was time to have the gang back on and to get the scoop on the album and what they’ve

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THE CRAZY TRAIN EPISODE #CIX

Sam Odeh from Montreal West’s ‘Special Op’s joined me from the phone as we opened this 109th episode of the Crazy Train. Special Ops was supposed to come to Fredericton for a show at the Centre Communautaire Sainte Anne in April, then May, but due to scheduling conflicts this show has been pushed to September

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The Crazy Train Episode #CVIII

On Episode #108 starts off with a thundering brand new track from Fredericton’s ‘Hero’s Last Rite’ – ‘Nothing Left’ is the single released on their bandcamp page. It’s been a good wait for new material from the Hero’s crew and as they say, ‘Good things come to those who wait’. But ‘Nothing Left’ is the

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The Crazy Train Episode #CVII

This episode dipped into new Metal from Coast to Coast! From Vancouver with my good bud’s ’88 Mile Trip’ over to Calgary with some brand new ‘Napalmpom’, OK I skipped the prairie provinces AND Ontario but the next province was Quebec with ‘Special Ops’ who will be coming to Fredericton in May. Also from Quebec

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The Crazy Train Episode #CVI

Ezra from the local Metal outfit ‘Soulstice’ joined me on this episode to talk about the band and sadly it’s imminent demise. The band will be playing a farewell show in June, so keep your ears tuned to CHSR & The Crazy Train for full details on this last show for ‘Soulstice’, and fear not!

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The Crazy Train Episode #CII

Cable Crusher invaded the studio for a spell on this the 102nd episode of the Crazy Train. The bands been making their mark for about 3 years and are evolving into a tight unit willing to throw down their Punk flavored loudness whenever and wherever they are hailed. I’ll be away for the next two

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RFYL Episode: LetThemKnowEP45

In today’s episode, I feature a bunch of songs that recently got some new music videos! Also, Anyone’s Guess released a brand new song just today that you can get on apple media. Go pick it up – it’s solid!

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Crazy Train Episode #XCIX

All request 1 Hour episode of the Crazy Train. Got in most of your requests. Thanks to everyone who made one! So, we’re sitting at episode #99 of the Crazy Train. My hope was for Episode 100 was to have on the creator of the Crazy Train, the honorable Mr. Andre Faust. But, due to

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The Crazy Train Episode #XCVIII

All Punk Rock/Hard-Core Crossover Crazy Train edition! Yes! Another wonderful full out Hardcore episode! Lots of angst! Lots of crashing, moshing, beer bottle throwing fun! Next week’s Crazy Train will be an ALL REQUEST episode! Yes, yes my friends, YOU get to program the show! So for Hour I, you need to throw at me

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The Crazy Train Episode #XCVII

On Episode #97 of the Crazy Train we had locals ‘Tactus’ in to debut their entire album ‘Bending Light’. Adrian, Alec, Steve and Ben joined me and we went through the album track by track and got into some talk about the bands gear, their touring and plans for the future. The album is now

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The Crazy Train Episode #XCVI

On this weekends The Crazy Train, I welcomed on Fredericton’s ‘Dead City Angels’ for a chat about the band, where they came from, what they’ve been up to and where they are going. DCA had just released a three song EP and is planning on going into the studio in the next few months to

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The Crazy Train Episode #XCIV?

Aloha Amigos! On this weeks Crazy Train we brought in some new music from Fredericton’s ‘Dead City Angels’ and a brand new track from Punk-ish-kinda Metally ‘Cable Crusher’.

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RFYL Episode: BrainOutThereEP32

Gee whiz! You’re reading a random statement hand-crafted by me, Matt, to tell you to check out the podcast!
You clearly need more awesome music in your diet, so just click the link and check out some great tunes to run to. Honestly, it’s not called “Run For Your Life” because I like Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

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The Crazy Train Episode #XCIII

First off, you’re never supposed to apologize, but hell I’m going to, This episode is really half assed and my apologies for that, next weeks will be better. Fredericton’s, nay, New Brunswick’s hardest working band joined me on the beginning of Episode #93 of the Crazy Train. Guitarist Dave Cook and Bassist Shawn Smith talked

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Rosie Morning with guest Chris Waddell – Maritime Metal & Hard Rock ‘fest IV

This morning we were joined by Crazy Train/The Wasteland Zombies singer Chris Waddell. Chris was in to talk about this weekends 4th annual Maritime Metal & Hard Rock festival happening in Windsor, Nova Scotia at the Hant’s County Fair Grounds. The festival runs from Friday July 22 to Sunday July 23 (The early hours of

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The Crazy Train Episode #XC

On this weekends edition of the Crazy Train Steve ‘The Buzz Man’ was back in the coop! No guests this weekend, so we continued on with dishing out more METAL from bands playing the Maritime Metal & Hard Rock Festival #IV and The East Coast Awakening festivals. There’s a lot of bands, so there’s going

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The Crazy Train Episode #LXXXVI

On Episode #86 of The Crazy Train, Steve ‘The Buzz Man’ and I welcomed on Miramichi Rock up and comers ‘Lionsault’, who were playing a show Saturday night with ‘Chaos Theory’ and ‘Kilmore’, both bands from Halifax. Lionsault’s album came out in 2015 and was a chart topper here at CHSR for many months!! It’s

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