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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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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Michael Pinto from Indifference and Rocket Taylor stops by to talk about music school, cartoons and to test his knowledge on one of his favorite bands!
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Behold, The Conqueror, a band who has been mulling around in Halifax’s metal circuit for the past few years, will certainly have a stronghold on it’s patrons with the unleashing of their first full length release. The self-titled album will find a comfortable seat in the ears of any listener across the genre’s spectrum. The
And so we return for another week, bringing you some much-needed requests overdue from last week, as well as staying somehow current. Don’t worry! Plenty of tracks come your way, and I can give you vague promises of brand new stuff coming out as of next week, too. Throw more requests at me for next
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Chris Waddell joins us to talk about his band Wasteland Zombies, the film industry and aliens!
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This was an ALL Request Crazy Train episode, so I played what YOU all wanted to hear! Great show! Great picks by you all for requests. I couldn’t play them all, but I’ll have another all request episode in a month of so, so keep it around in yer brain and we’ll get it on next
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Hello metal fans from the east coast and onward! This is the very first episode of General Distortion, a podcast/radio show where myself and my longtime metal brethren Sean Carroll talk about our experiences with the east coast metal scene, talk to the various artists that we’ve come to know and talk about any topic
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We’ve escaped from Valentine’s Day to bring you a bunch of catchy tunes from my secret stash of fun tracks. Also, there’s plenty of albums on the rise, I say inane things, and probably tell you to pop by the Facebook page or email me at RunForYourLifeCHSR[at]gmail.com to make song requests. You do know this
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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
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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
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There are some true gems in this playlist, so download the podcast, do something you need quick music for, and you’ll be set!
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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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First show of 2017! This show was only an hour long because of the hockey game at 7PM. I put together what I call ‘Then & Now’, what will be a series of shows (probably on hockey game nights) that will highlight a Metal band that’s been around a long time with a library spanning
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Grab the podcast, and wait, there’s more! The Barry Awards are open again, so go vote for your favourite shows / hosts so they can win awards and give awkward speeches. You know you want it to happen.
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Hey Folks! Come grab the last episode of 2016! I randomly tout nonsense as usual and have music playing in the background. Guest 1 couldn’t make it in so I had to do something, right? All the tracks I wanted to play for the holiday episode but just couldn’t fit them in make an appearance here.
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I’m taking next week off! So just listen to this episode over and over and over again!
It has a lot of great music in it. So it’ll be fine!
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Johnny James ‘Dio’ joined me for this special episode of the Crazy Train, as we played out our ‘best of’ 2016 album picks. In the first Hour we played our favorite picks from Indie Metal from across Canada and in Hour 2, the best of global Metal for 2016! Now, just because we didn’t play
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Your carol-free radio is here! December is a great month for RFYL because all of you are probably sick of hearing the same annoying songs over and over again. Don’t worry! We only have great tunes for you to listen to today. On this heavy-request episode, we revisit old favourites, new tracks, punk, metal, rock, and everything in between!
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So this weekend’s Crazy Train was actually supposed to be an earlier episode that I missed because of illness. The episode was supposed to be a “preview” show which included bands that were playing the Panic Room in Saint John on Saturday November 19th. And, just before the live show aired CHSR had their annual
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Another 1 hour episode of the Crazy Train. A lot of new material in this episode, including the Canadian radio debut of Vancouver’s ‘My Cathartic Mind’! This brand new outfit based out of Burnaby, B.C. is made up of members from ‘Beverly Soul Crusher’ and ‘Scorched Earth Policy’, the track ‘Fight From Inside’ was only
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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 HALLOWEEN EPISODE!
It’s full of goodies. No tricks, promises!
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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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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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