The Crazy Train Episode #CIV

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On this episode I spoke on the phone with Mike Bernard from ‘District Avenue’ about the bands name change (formerly known as ‘Kickin’ Krotch’), about the recording of the bands debut album under their new name and what’s coming up for them (BTW, the band is in need of a bass player, please get a hold of the band on the ‘District Avenue’ Facebook page). I debuted a couple of new tracks from their album ‘Epoch’.

Also on the episode we had new music from Edmonton’s ‘Striker’, Vancouver’s ’88 Mile Trip’ and the brand new single from Fredericton’s ‘The Wasteland Zombies’.

Here’s the playlist for Episode #104:

Hour I: Crazy Train – Ozzy| Revival – District Avenue| Interview with ‘District Avenue’s’ Mike Bernard| From The War – District Avenue| Haunting Hours – District Avenue| Former Glory – Striker| Kill Scene – Zombie Nation – The Wasteland Zombies| Tomcat Prowl – 88 Mile Trip| Think – The Reckless Hero’s| Dawn Brings Death – Beyond Eternal

Hour II: Brackish – Kittie| Bullet To The Brain – Megadeth| Atlas Rise – Metallica| Show Yourself – Mastodon| We Wept – Bereft| Mr. Superstar – Marilyn Manson| She Is Beautiful – Andrew W.K.| Back In The Village – Iron Maiden| The Cell – Gojira| Communion – Revocation

 

Next weekends Crazy Train is ‘All Request’! YOU program the show! So either on the Ctrain FB page or at my email address let me know what you want to hear! crazytrainchsr@gmail.com

And remember, if you have a new band, a new single, a new album, a show coming up, a show coming up that I missed, let me know at that email address! And we’ll get ‘er done!

Upcoming Shows:

Saturday February 25th at the Panic Room in SJ – Needs your help at the studio to keep the doors open and to provide a venue for Saint John, New Brunswick’s underground music scene.
$10 donation at the door
19+ BYOB!
All proceeds will go directly to our studio for Rent, bills and gear.
Come out and support music locally.
Donating time and music for this event:
KillDevils
Beyond Eternal
Hiding Jones
Years on Repeat
500 Pounder
Sound Drown

Thursday March 2nd at the Maniac Manson on Montgomery st. Decade of Alcohol Abuse with Halifax’s SPEW and Fredericton’s Hard Charger with support from Scumlord “King of the Wasteland” Cassette release!!
19+ – $5-$10 cover – BYOB
Saturday March 11th At The Capital – Run for your lives will be taking the Capital stage on March 11th to play some classic Iron Maiden. Up the Irons.
$10 at the door.

Monday March 13th at the Capital:
The Capital – a web series will be filming a special Metal Monday featuring some of the best punk and metal acts from Fredericton, NB! Hero’s Last Rite, SpineSplitter, Hard Charger, Neighbourhood Watch , MOMENT OF INERTIA, DEEP FRYER, Scumlord, Brother- -“band”, The Wasteland Zombies, The Green Lung Grinders and MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

Join us to support the bands and be a part of this web series showcasing local talent! To offset additional production costs, there will be a $7 cover at the door.

PLEASE NOTE: This show is being held specifically for the production of “The Capital – a webseries.” The footage caputured is intended to be used in the series. Since this will not be like a typical show, we want to make sure you, the audience, knows what to expect:

– We will have camera and sound crews present to record the performances. We may need to restrict areas directly infront and beside the stage as “crew-only” to ensure they can do their work.

– Sets will be short. Each band will only play three songs with 20-30 minute change-overs in between each band.

– Everyone in attendance will have to sign a simple image release form to consent to being filmed and possibly appearing in the series.

– Organizers also reserve the right to limit the audience size.

We hope to see you there! We want energetic and enthusiastic fans out to enjoy the live experience! The bands will be giving great performances, and if we are all mindful of the production, everyone should have a great time!

ABOUT THE SERIES
Urban myths and local stories come alive at The Capital, a documentary web series inspired by the amazing music scene in Fredericton, New Brunswick!

Stay tuned for more details and for more information please check us out at The Capital – a web series and RayneMaker Productions!

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Horizion Zero Dawn Review

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Horizon: Zero Dawn Review

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From Guerrilla Games comes a new PlayStation exclusive: Horizon Zero Dawn, which mixes the past with the future. This is one of the most anticipated games of the year, generation, and for the PlayStation platform. Will this PlayStation exclusive be remembered in the future as a success or be forgotten in the past?

Story: Horizon Zero Dawn takes place in the prehistoric era with future elements mixed in, with robotic dinosaurs and ruins. You play as a girl named Aloy who was born in Mother All, a mountain that is looked upon as a god; the Nora tribe asks an outsider by the name of Rost to raise Aloy making her an outsider as well. As Aloy ages her guardian (Rost) trains her how to hunt and fight. One day Aloy gets sick of being an outsider and decides to enter a challenge within the tribe called the proving; during this challenge disaster strikes and Aloy goes on a life-changing journey looking for answers as to what happened during the proving as she reconciles with her tribe and various characters throughout the land. 

Gameplay: Guerrilla Games does something innovative; they have created an open word action adventure game with RPG elements. Playing as Aloy, you uncover the world that is very much alive and in no way dull in the slightest sense; if you are not sneaking around taking down robotic Dinosaurs you are collecting metal shards, gathering resources, and hunting to craft weapons and items. The weaponry in Horizon Zero Dawn is like no other, ranging from your average hunting bow, to weapons like the trip caster with electricity running through it which shocks the enemy and trips them. There are various items like this with various effects. Most of the gameplay is based around stealth, which works very well here; if you get spotted it’s very difficult to take on the enemies head on. When you are not in stealth mode you are climbing up mountainsides and sliding down zip lines. 

Conclusion: Horizon Zero Dawn is an addictive game, one that you cannot stop playing once you pick up the controller; when you do put it down it’s all you can think about, and it’s all you want to talk about. Guerilla Games and PlayStation have captured lightning in a bottle with this title. This is a game that you do not want to miss out on and is a must buy. 

Horizon Zero Dawn: 10/10

Good Job Guerilla Games and PlayStation

Fuzztone Mania 3

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Hi, this week on Fuzztone Mania  we hear from classics like Styx, Led Zepplin, Queen, Rush, and more. Also hear This Day In Music History. Tune in Fridays from 6pm to 8pm for more classic rock and metal.

1.Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here

2. Budgie – Whiskey River

3. Rush – Workingman

4.Deep Purple – Strange Kind of Woman

5. Blue Oyster Cult – Transmaniacon mc

6.Fist – Undercover Lover

7.Thin Lizzy- Hey You

8. Jefferson Starship – White Rabbit

9.Teenage Head – Tornado

10. America – Horse With No Name

11. Doors – People Are Strange

12. BTO- Blowin’

13. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Gimmie 3 Steps

14. Aerosmith – Train Keeps a Rolling

15. Uriah Heep – Rolling the Rocks

16 Rolling Stones – Gimmie Shelter

17 Styx – To Much Time on my Hands

18.Triumph – When the Lights Go Down

19. Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper

20. Procol Harum – Whiter Shade of Gray

21. Heart – Alone

22. Boston – Smokin

23. Led Zepplin – Immigrant Song

24. Lighthouse – Pretty Lady

25. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesday Gone

26.Van Halen – Big Bad Bill

27. Queen – Somebody to Love

 

 

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CHSR 97.9FM Now Charting with NACC!

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February 20, 2017 – CHSR has been submitting their Top 30 played albums to Canada’s campus/community based !earshot Chart,  (printed monthly in !earshot magazine) for a couple years, and now we’re excited to announce that we have begun also submitting our charts with NACC, the North American College and Community Chart that tabulates weekly airplay from college and non-commercial radio stations in both the United Stated and Canada. In doing so CHSR hopes to expose our local charting artists to a much broader audience!

 

Look for our Top 30 Chart every week! 

Her Turn 2017-02-21

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Track Listing: 

1.) Miss Kittin & The Hacker – 1982

2.) Repartee – All Lit Up

3.) Ida Long – Perhaps (Was Too Proud To Love You)

4.) Nervo – In Your Arms

5.) Church Of Trees – Crumbs (There’s Only Now)

6.) Any diFranco – Fierce Flawless

7.) Neko Case – Alone and Forsaken

8.) Kandle – Control Me

9.) Becka deHaan – Don’t Worry About Tomorrow

10.) The Ault Sisters – Moon Dance

11.) Tilley Road Affair – Bird’s Eye View

12.) Lyrica Ling – Time

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Anything Goes 2017-02-18

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) The Darcys – Studio City

2.) Groenland – Distractions

3.) The Luyas – Dream Of Love

4.) Loveland – Chill For You

5.) Jane’s Party – Old Friends

6.) No Aloha – Greenout

7.) Rose Cousins – White Flag

8.) Josh Radin – Falling

9.) Jessica Rhaye – Sun Will Shine For You

10.) Lindy Vopnfjörð – After The Surveillance State

11.) The Dead South – Miss Mary

12.) Yorks – Friday Night Views

13.) Striker – Former Glory

The Lunchbox Interview: Craig Norris (Tideland DocFest)

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There’s an amazing world out there, but sometimes it takes people with great skill to point out the obvious.

My guest is Craig Norris, a documentary filmmaker from Moncton. He’s on tour with four documentaries produced by his company with evenings called the Tideland DocFest. He joins me to talk about his journey from outdoor enthusiast to documentary filmmaker, and shares his passion for great stories.

The Tideland DocFest is in Fredericton at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre at 7pm on February 15, and in Saint John at the Kent Theatre on February 16. See the Facebook page for more details.

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The Crazy Train Episode #CVIII

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Finally back! Should be commanding the train with no interruptions until late March/April! I tells ya, we’re sitting on something big. As I said on this last episode, there are so many bands recording or on the verge of recording that the Summers going to be a mega tsunami of new local Metal!

On this episode, I debuted some brand new Green Lung Grinders (thanks to Tom Purvis for the awesome “Debut” banner!)

The other radio debuts included, new music from Quispamsis’ ‘Anthesis’, as well as Toronto’s ‘Where Giants Once Stood’.

On next weekends show, we’re finally back to a two hour program. In the first hour, I’ll be joined on the phone with Mike Bernard of ‘District Avenue’ (formerly known as Kickin’ Krotch’). It will be great to chat with Mike about the name change and the bands somewhat new direction.

Due to the UNB V Reds LAST hockey match of the regular season, this episode was only 1 hour, here’s the playlist!:

Crazy Train Intro – Ozzy| A few songs they are very short – Anthesis | Damn The New Machine –  Spinesplitter | Feast Or Famine – Tactus |This Pack Will Roam & Total F’N Blackout – Hard Charger |Into Nothingness – Where Giants Once Stood |Halloween Massacre – Rifium | Crazy Train NEW album Debut Carcinogenitalia |Green Lung Grinders | Illegal Aliens Vs Sexual Predators – NEW GLG |Blind Eye Compromise – Hero’s Last Rite

Upcoming Shows:

Thursday night March 2nd at the Maniac Mansion on Montgomery St:
Decade of Alcohol Abuse with Halifax’s SPEW and Fredericton’s Hard Charger with support from Scumlord “King of the Wasteland” Cassette release!!
19+
$5-$10 cover
BYOB

Monday, March 13th! 7PM-12 Midnight- $7.00 !!!!
The Capital – a web series presents a special Metal Monday featuring some of the best punk and metal acts from Fredericton, NB! Hero’s Last Rite, SpineSplitter, Hard Charger, Neighbourhood Watch , MOMENT OF INERTIA, DEEP FRYER, Scumlord, Brother- -“band”, The Wasteland Zombies, The Green Lung Grinders and MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

Please join us on this special night to show your support for our local underground music community! This FREE show is open to the public so come one, come all! Everyone in attendance will have to sign a simple image release form. Bring your friends and enjoy a night of great entertainment which is sure to be an unforgettable experience as we showcase local talent both past & present! All will be caught on camera by director Tim Rayne and the RayneMaker Productions crew!

ABOUT THE SERIES
Urban myths and local stories come alive at The Capital, a documentary web series inspired by the amazing music scene in Fredericton, New Brunswick!

also check out Kats Metal Litter Box: Vote for local band Beyond Eternal and Aaron Scotts Earthquake: http://katsmetallitterbox.com/band-of-the-month/
If you’re in a band, know of a band, got a show coming up, releasing an album, something I should be playing but I’m not.

Well please let me know email me today at crazytrainchsr@gmail.com!!

See you next weekend!

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From the Margins Feb 12 – Sexual Assault Climate

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Rape mythsThis episode features conversations centered around the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Sexual Assault Climate Survey, the general social conditions in which sexual assaults take place, and sexual assault law.

The show features interviews with:

St. Thomas University Criminology and Criminal Justice professor and feminist scholar, Karla O’Regan; Fredericton Sexual Assault Centre program and volunteer coordinator, Jennifer Gorham and University of New Brunswick Sexual Assault Support Advocate, Maggie Forsythe.

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Review

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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Review
ICE, Gamers of the Round Table

Capcom is back with another installment of the Resident Evil franchise, taking the series back to its roots of survival horror. Does this installment live up to its origins or does it feel more like an action game?

Story: In Resident Evil 7: Biohazard you play a character named Ethan who goes searching for his missing wife Mia; she has been missing for three years in Louisiana. Upon your arrival in Louisiana, you encounter a psychotic family named the Bakers, but there is a dark secret behind their driven madness. Your goal is to save Mia and escape the Baker mansion.

Gameplay: Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is a first person psychological survival horror game. You go around exploring the Baker mansion and the grounds, collecting items like antique coins, keys for certain doors, exploring puzzles, and fighting off the molded (enemy type) with weapons from handguns to grenade launchers. This is the only the beginning of the game; you never know what is going to be around the corner. Filled with many jump scares and psychological horror, you will beg for the game to be over. Each baker family member is a boss fight but they are not too difficult which is nice, and as you get farther into the game you dig deeper into finding out what is behind their madness, discovering that things are not always what they seem.

Conclusion:  Resident Evil 7: Biohazard delivers a punch when it comes to the horror; from the classic feel of a messed up house, things moving around and hearing sounds, the puzzles, finding hidden rooms where someone may be kept prisoner, in no way does this game fall short. It is worth the eight hours of your time.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard: 9/10
Good Job Capcom.
To rent or buy Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, go to gameaccess.ca

RFYL Episode: AllAboutLoveEP06

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Run For Your Life! – the psychobilly rock show of zombie sharks
It’s the Valentine’s Day show! I don’t know why I put so much effort into Valentine’s Day. Maybe it’s because I really don’t put effort into it. Arguably, though, it’s the most “celebrated” holiday on the show simply because there’s so many great songs to take out of context for the day.

Enjoy some “Classic” RFYL songs about love, beer, and never coming back with some favourites of mine! You’ll never be alone again once you get some of these tunes.

Damn, that was cheesy.

RFYL Episode: AllAboutLoveEP06

Playlist:
Fit For Rivals – Freak Machine
Die So Fluid – Hearts Are Hollow
THE BALCONIES – Zombie Love
Dorothy – Gun In My Hand
miesha & the spanks – Stranger
Rockyard – Don’t Come Back
Vanity Riots – I Love You (Almost As Much As I Love Me)
Phil X – I Wish My Beer Was As Cold As Your Heart
HighKicks – Not Enough People
Napalmpom – Feint Of Heart
SPINNERETTE – Ghetto Love
The Creepshow – Demon Lover
Martina Topley-Bird – Poison

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Her Turn 2017-02-14

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Track Listing: Her Turn

1.) The Luyas – Dream In Time

2.) The Luyas – All Of Everything

3.) Jenn Grant – Galaxies

4.) Beyries – Wondering

5.) Twin Rains – A Swim

6.) The Galpines – Drunk Tank

7.) Cassie and Maggie MacDonald – Hangman

8.) Kara Golemba – Ghost Highway

9.) Jessica Rhaye – My World

10.) Rose Cousins – Freedom

11.) Nuages – Weary, Tired

12.) Wicked Vices – Microchip

 

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Anything Goes 2017-02-11

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Track Listing: Anything Goes with Bondo – there is so much great new music out there

1.) Bill & Joel Plasket – The Next Blue Sky

2.) Carly Reirson – Michigan Man

3.) Donovan Woods – What They Mean

4.) Joey Landreth – Still Feel Gone

5.) Joey Landreth – Whisky

6.) Alejandra Ribera – Will Not Drown

7.) Royal Canoe – Holidays

8.) Justin Rutledge – Heaven Help Us

9.) Lonely Parade – Brp

10.) Of Gentlemen & Cowards – Now That The Love Is Gone

11.) Century Palm – Then You’re Gone

12.) Japandroids – Midnight to Morning

13.) Whence Came Pestilence – An Example Of Memory

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fuzztone mania episode 2

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16463821_10154185287065009_4118725986516947975_oHello and welcome to this weeks episode of fuzztone mania this week we heard from band like pink Floyd, foghat, deep purple.thin Lizzy and more… Tune in next friday at 6pm to 8pm for more great classic rock.

Fuzztone Mania for feb /10/17

1.Led Zepplin-communication breakdown

2.Thin Lizzy- Angel of death

3.Rush – Fly by Night

4.Pink Floyd-Astronomy Domino

5.Steppen wolf – Snow Bline Friend

6. April Wine – Roller

7. Jimmie Hendrix – Manic Depression

8. Slade – Born to be wild

9. Light house – Love of a woman

10.Styx- Blue Coller Man

11.Elo- Turning to Stone

12.Trooper- All Day and all the night

13.Doors- Wild child

14 Doors – Unknown soldier

15.Mountian – Mississippi Queen

16.Foghat- Highway(killing me)

17.Blue oyster cult-Transmaniacon

18. Jimmie Hendrix- crosstown traffic

19. Skid Row _ I remember you

20. Van Halen – Running with the devil

21.Deep Purple – Lazy

22. Heart – Dream Boat Annie

23.Black foot – Train  Train

24. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Simple Man

25. Nazareth – Hair of the Dog

26.Blue Oyster cult- Godzilla

27.Neil Young – Old Man

28. Cream – White room

 

 

 

 

 

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