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This Year In Music…According To Johnny James: The Top 20 Songs Of 2018

20. Sun Ought To Shine – Hillsburn Kicking off this list is Hillsburn out of Halifax, NS, a band who has taken their latest record “The Wilder Beyond” as far as a you could expect in a calendar year. “Sun Ought To Shine” comes in with the passionate vocals of Rosanna Burrill which are joined

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Crazy Train #CXXVI

This week we went back in the east coast metal archives with tracks from Oceans Will Rise, Anthesis, A Sight For Sewn Eyes and Fifty Feet of Earth. We also played a track off the new Graves EP by Sydney, Nova Scotia punks Keith Doom and the Wrecking Crew! Check it out here: Graves (EP)

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Crazy Train CXXV – Rock For Donnie

On this episode I’m joined by Chris Waddell, Larry Hall and Ian Noble to talk about the upcoming benefit show for the late Donnie Robichaud and all the ways you can help support the memorial trust fund for his children. One of which is by purchasing a “Rock For Donnie” t-shirt which my guests are

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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 #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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General Distortion – Episode 4 – ECMA Loud Preview

Rejoice! ECMA Week is here and to celebrate we did our first ever LIVE episode!   On this edition, we previewed all 5 nominees for the Loud category, played some of their tunes as well as some interviews!   Check it out and listen to the rest of these amazing albums through the links below!

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NEW EPISODE NEXT MONDAY!

Been quiet lately because exams are a thing!   But……General Distortion back with a new episode this coming Monday!   I will be doing an ECMA preview of the Loud Category and will be playing music and interviews from all 5 nominees! By the way, the nominees are….. -Abysseral Throne – Storming The Black Gate

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The Crazy Train – Best of 2016 Episode!

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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The Crazy Train – Play Box Special

On this one hour episode of the Crazy Train I delved into our play box to give these bands who send physical copies of their albums to the station some love. This is why it is important/helpful to send a physical copy of your album to as many of the college/community radio stations as you

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The Crazy Train Episode #XCV

Fredericton’s ‘Winter’s Howl’ joined me for a chat on this weekends 95th episode of the Crazy Train. ‘Ruckus’, ‘CuJo’ and ‘Winter’s’ talked about the origins of this new Cross-Over Punk band that’s been on the scene only about a year but has garnered a great following after playing a stint of shows throughout the year.

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