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 Anti-Flag
- Underground Network
Propaghandi-style punk rock that's pretty radio friendly as well.
The title track to this album
is a clarion call to fight the corporate media by any means necessary.
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 Best
of Free Radio Berkeley (Direct from
FRB)
Free Radio Berkeley has released a 'best of' CD, compiling highlights
of some of the programming that once graced the airwaves on this historic
microradio station. The disc isn't completely made up of tape taken
from actual broadcasts, although you'll find plenty of them among
the 19 tracks included - complete with the static and hiss from the
bare-bones setup once backpacked up those hills every night.
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 Carol
Denney - Failure to Disperse (Direct
from Carol Denney)
Carol Denney is "Berkeley's foremost terrorist songwriter."
Mixing music and politics like few seldom do, Denney's idea of a receptive
crowd is a demonstration or picket line. She was also a member
of the original Free Radio Berkeley crew (circa 1993). That's when
she penned the folksy "Set Your
Radio Free."
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 Cheap
Sex - Headed for a Breakdown (Direct
from Punktopia.com)
San Diego-based Cheap Sex is no stranger to the hardcore; while punk
rock more often suffeers the slings and arrows of being labeled "indecent,"
Cheap Sex turns that notion on its head by singing about indecency,
in the form of "Raped By the
FCC."
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 The
Clash - The Singles
A collection of previously-released single songs by these punk rock
icons, all on one convenient CD. Includes their paean to media freedom,
"This Is Radio Clash."
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 David
Rovics - Hang a Flag in the Window (Direct
from David Rovics)
A troubador for all people, David Rovics sings songs of social significance
heavily tingend with sentiments of radical change. This album includes
his great "Pirate Radio Song."
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 The
Gods Hate Kansas - For Snakes
(Direct from New Disorder)
It's an enhanced EP (with more than music) and represents the last
release before breakup. It includes the lamentation of the state
of the media and corporate culture, "Never
Start a Sentence With 'My Old Rap Metal Band.'"
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 Gunnar
Madsen - Ants in My Pants
Kids music on its surface, accomplished musician Gunnar Madsen writes
music which allows for a deeper enjoyment by listeners of any age.
Contains the featured track, "Don't
Shake Hands With a One-Eyed Pirate."
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 Gun
Street Radio - Pirate Radio (EP) (Direct from
CDBaby)
Brooklyn-based polished rock contains an homage to the heydays of
offshore radio, in the form of "Radio
Caroline."
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 John
Hiatt - Anthology
Master singer-songwriter John Hiatt is most prolific; this double-CD
set captures a good cross-section of his work. Includes the tribute
to "Pirate Radio."
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 Molotov
Cocktail - United Colors of Poverty and Shame (Direct
from Molotov Cocktail)
Doin' it DIY-style since I was in high school, Molotov Cocktail
released "FCC" on
this album in 1999.
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 Radio
CPR: Begin Live Transmission (Direct
from Dischord)
Benefit record for D.C. community microradio station, featuring
several musical genres expressing solidarity for microradio. Interspersed
with clips from station programming.
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 Radio
Free: Live Instudio Performances from Radio Free Brattleboro
(Direct from CDBaby)
Compilation CD with proceeds to support the station's fight with the
FCC.
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 Rage
Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
Rage knocked this one out in less than a month, and the energy drives
the album. And the Rage flows on several fronts; our favorite,
obviously, is "Guerrilla Radio."
Enjoy the catharsis.
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 The
Ramones - Pleasant Dreams
Released back in 1981, Pleasant Dreams contains an anthem for free
radio - "We Want the Airwaves."
While consolidation in the radio industry didn't break into the consciousness
of the mainstream until the mid-1990s, these shaggy visionaries were
lamenting the loss of diversity on the dial a decade and a half before
that. Classic punk from one of the seminal bands of the genre.
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 Ray
Gradys - We Don't Need Your Labels (Direct
from Grady Core Records)
Philly punks rock out with a tight expanded set
which includes our featured song, "Pirate
Radio."
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 Refused
- The Shape of Punk to Come
What was supposed to be the third full-length album of Refused's meteoric
career in the hardcore scene became their swan song, when the band
broke up a month before the album's official release. They went
out on a high note, though; these 12 tracks not only showcase the
musical and political intensity of the band, but also provide some
interesting diversions into musical genres you won't expect.
Even better, this release contains your Guide's favorite pro-pirate
song of all time: "Liberation
Frequency."
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 Shabba
Ranks - Holding On
Released in 1991 during the pinnacle of Ranks' prolific period, this
album from the undisputed king of dancehall reggae contains the fitting
tribute "Pirates Anthem."
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 The
Smugglers - Mutiny In Stereo
Energetic punk rawk from Vancouver; this album gets kicked off with
"Pirate Ships," an
homage to the offshore days gone by.
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 Spearhead
- Stay Human
This album draws on a pirate radio theme; each track is placed in
the context of a mythical pirate radio station who's broadcasting
continuing coverage of a wrongfully-convicted activists' execution.
These "voice breaks" between songs provide a separate story,
with its own message. It's a beautiful blend of the power of words
and music. Contains the seminal anthem "Listener
Supported."
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 The
Toasters - Enemy of the System
Ska mainstays reminisce on the wonders of "Pirate
Radio." Skank away!
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 Y2WTKO
- Five Days Over Seattle
(Direct from Cascadia Media Collective)
An audio document of free radio station Y2WTKO - broadcasting messages
of resistance during the Battle of Seattle '99.
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 ZZ
Top - Fandango!
Released in 1975 as a follow-up to their first hit album, ZZ Top blues-rocked
themselves further into history with Fandango! Half of
the album is killer live material; the other half is new studio songs,
which include the pirate radio tribute tune "Heard It on the X." |
