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Testing For Echo – Episode 74 – Music and Mayhem – Orig. Air Date April 26, 2025

Posted on 2025-04-26 by Tim Scammell

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Hello there everyone. I trust that all is well and that you’re in the mood for an amazing hour of musical mayhem. This is episode 74 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell. Before we begin I just want to mention

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Homemade Jams 2019-01-02

Posted on 2019-01-02 by Bondo

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The first live show of 2019! We play some amazing tracks that come out over the holiday break, plus of course some favourites too. 100% New Brunswick today!

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

Posted on 2018-12-25 by Johnny James

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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

Paradigm Shift – Episode 1 – Instrumentals

Posted on 2018-02-16 by Johnny James

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This is the first episode of Paradigm Shift, where every Tuesday from 10pm-12am me (Johnny James) and my co-host Jake Hollis conform the show to a different paradigm of music and pull the best tracks we can out of it. For episode 1 we picked out our best instrumentals, which includes the likes of YES,

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THE CRAZY TRAIN EPISODE #CXXIII

Posted on 2018-02-16 by Johnny James

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Passengers of The Crazy Train! Welcome back! This is your new conductor Johnny James! Many thanks to outgoing host Chris Waddell for passing the torch on to me and letting me keep this show going! I hope I do it justice! Here is the first podcasted episode of a new era, the first of many!

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General Distortion – Episode 19 – Tactus

Posted on 2018-02-06 by Johnny James

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On this episode, Adrian Barnes and Steve Parish from Fredericton’s favourite prog-metalers Tactus join me to talk about being nominated for an ECMA, their new single Glass Atlas and their thoughts on the late Chester Bennington. Listen to Glass Atlas here: https://tactusband.bandcamp.com/album/glass-atlas Tune in every Monday from 10-11:30pm from new episodes on CHSR-FM.

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New General Distortion tonight w/ Adrian Barnes and Steve Parish from Tactus

Posted on 2018-02-05 by Johnny James

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Tonight on General Distortion, Adrian Barnes and Steve Parish from Tactus join me to talk about their ECMA nomination for their album “Bending Light”, their new single Glass Atlas and their thoughts and reflections on the passing of Chester Bennington. Tune in tonight from 10-11:30pm on CHSR 97.9 FM or online at chsrfm.ca. Johnny

Homemade Jams 2017-12-04

Posted on 2017-12-04 by Bondo

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A great mix of local jams, including a double-shot from The Stogies!

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The Crazy Train Episode #CVII

Posted on 2017-03-29 by Chris Waddell

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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 #CVIII

Posted on 2017-02-15 by Chris Waddell

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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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The Crazy Train Episode #CII

Posted on 2017-01-16 by Chris Waddell

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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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The Crazy Train Episode #XCVII

Posted on 2016-10-11 by Chris Waddell

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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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The Crazy Train Episode #XCVI

Posted on 2016-09-19 by Chris Waddell

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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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Homemade Jams 2014-06-16 – Tactus

Posted on 2014-06-17 by Bondo

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On June 16, 2014 3 members of Tactus stopped by Homemade Jams to talk about their tour with Protest The Hero, their new EP that is released TODAY, and their show at The Capital that you can stream LIVE online. Plus we get a sneak peek of a track that has never been heard before.

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Homemade Jams – 2014-03-25 with Tactus

Posted on 2014-04-03 by Bondo

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On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Alec Dobbelsteyn and Adrian Barnes of Fredericton prog metal band Tactus hung out on Homemade Jams to talk about upcoming things including Battle To Protest, which they won! Tactus will open for Protest The Hero on 4 Maritime dates! Congratulations Tactus! Listen in to the hour interview plus hear the Tactus tracks of

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