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InObscuria Podcast
Hosted by Kevin Williams, Tareq · EN
An Exhumation of Obscure ROCK n' PUNK n' METAL! A Podcast where we discuss the Forgotten, the Lost, & the Should Have Beens. If it's left-of-center and it rocks; we cover it!
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Ep. 316: Diggin’ Up Sum PUNX! –Sk8 Rock
Jan 901:35:43Tap to summarizeThis week, journey back to the years 1986 and 87. When a young Kevin scraped and bruised his knees, elbows, shins, and wrists constantly. Yes, the years of skateboarding and the discovery of a particular brand of punk and hardcore called: Skate Rock! Discover the sounds that inspired him to start a band and the alternative counterculture movement that would shape the rest of his life. It’s all about blazing wheels, barking trucks, and being possessed to skate!What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show, Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection: an artist, album, or grouping of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week, we look back at the very beginning of his discovery of the power of music and the distortion-fueled sounds with a lasting impact. Hope you enjoy and that we turn you on to something new!Songs this week include:Agent Orange - “Bloodstains” from Living In Darkness (1981)The Faction - “Friends And Enemies” from The Faction: Collection 1982-1985 (1996)Youth Brigade - “Fight To Unite” from Sound & Fury (1982)Murphy’s Law - “Murphy’s Law” from Murphy’s Law (1986)Los Pukes - “One, Two, Three, Four” from Bones Brigade Video Tunes (2005)Liam Lynch - “United States Of Whatever” from Fake Songs (2003)Drunk Injuns - “For Real” from From Where The Sun Now Stands I Will Fight No More, Forever (1985)Los Olvidados - “Something New” from Listen To This!!! (2001)Gang Green - “19th Hole” from Another Wasted Night (1986)Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it: InObscuria StoreIf you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/
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Ep. 315: Best Of Aussie Pub Rock with Craig Elvin
Jan 202:03:36Tap to summarizeWe figured we should start off the new year on a strong note, so we once again say G’Day to our number 1 guest from Down Under, CRAIG ELVIN! The CEO of Pub Rock is back in this “Best Of…” episode to revisit highlights from his sonic journey across the continent to hear where that meat and two veg rock originated. Grab a pint and get ready to rock - - - Aussie-style!What is it we do here at InObscuria? On most shows, Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection: an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This go-round we turn the microphone over to Craig Elvin to give us all a schooling on lost, forgotten, and should have beens selections of Aussie Pub Rock. Our hope is always that we turn you on to something new, or in this case, remind you of it!Songs this week include:Stevie Wright - “Evie (Part 1)” from Hard Road (1974)Australian Crawl - “Things Don’t Seem” from Sirocco (1981)Midnight Oil - “Run By Night” from Midnight Oil (1978) Sunnyboys - “Happy Man” from Sunnyboys (1981)Cold Chisel - “My Turn To Cry” from East (1990) The Angels - “Fashion & Fame” from Night Attack (1982)The Radiators - “Comin’ Home” from Feel The Heat (1980)Electric Mary - “Gimme Love” from Mother (2019)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it: InObscuria StoreCheck out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/
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Ep. 262: Shallow Graves: Diggin' 2024
Dec 27, 202401:23:54Tap to summarizeThis week, part 2 of our celebration of 2024 releases! It’s been another amazing year for new music from legacy, current, and new artists. Join Kevin as he’s on his own once again for our end-of-year celebration and recognition of all of the amazing, recorded output in rock n’ punk n’ metal for 2024! What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or grouping of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week we look back on another amazing year for the world of rock n’ punk n’ metal. In celebration of the New Year, we wanted to find some nuggets of joy from the last 12 months. We hope everyone enjoyed the holidays, and that you can take some time to kick back and rock with us! Happy New Year everyone!Songs this week include:Greenleaf - “Different Horses” from The Head & The Habit (2024)The Nöw - “Wind Up” from Too Hot To Handle (2024)Cactus - “One Way… Or Another (ft. Dug Pinnick & Ted Nugent)” from Temple Of The Blues – Influences And Friends (2024)Hot Water Music - “Fences” from VOWS (2024)Lips Speak Louder - “Hype” from Hype - single (2024)The Watchers - “Haunt You When I’m Dead” from Nyctophilia (2024)Seven Year Witch - “Weaponize Your Love” from Vampire Calamity (2024)Vision Video - “Modern Horror” from Modern Horror (2024)J. Robbins - “Exquisite Corpse” from Basilisk (2024)Melvins - “Smiler” from Tarantula Heart (2024)Girlschool - “Auld Lang Sine” from We Wish You a Metal Xmas and a Headbanging New Year (2008)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uIf you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/
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Ep. 261: Shallow Graves: Captain's Digs '24
Dec 20, 202401:30:01Tap to summarizeHappy Holidays to all of our ‘Scurians out there. Due to the abundance of amazing new releases in the world of rock n’ punk n’ metal, we will forego our annual Christmas episode for a 2-parter Shallow Graves 2024! At the end of every year, Kevin does a solo episode celebrating top releases of the year, but there are too many artists that Captain Content heard this year where he said, “…I’d like a little more of that”! So, Kevin’s Christmas present to the Captain is songs from artists he said he dug… Hope you dig these 2024 tunes also!What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection; an artist, album, or grouping of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. This week we look back on bands that released new rock n’ punk n’ metal in the year 2024 that piqued the Captain’s interest. Hopefully, you get turned onto something new!Songs this week include:Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts - “Little Renegade” from Rogue To Redemption (2024)Now After Nothing - “Criminal Feature” from Artificial Ambivalence (2024)Skraeckoedlan - “Meteorb” from Vermillion Sky (2024)The Damn Truth - “The Willow” from The Willow - single (2024)Riot V - “Love Beyond The Grave” from Mean Streets (2024)Shellac - “WSOD” from To All Trains (2024)Nestor - “We Come Alive” from Teenage Rebel (2024)UltraBomb - “Who Knows” from Dying To Smile (2024)Meanstreak - “Rubberneck” from Blood Moon - Ep (2024)Black Country Communion - “You’re Not Alone” from V (2024)Type O Negative - “Red Water (Christmas Mourning)” from October Rust (1996)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://x.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uIf you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/
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Ep. 260: Captain Content’s Birthday Bash Extravaganza featuring Mighty K!!!
Dec 13, 202401:30:09Tap to summarizeThis week is a very special episode as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Captain Content’s 30th Birthday! If that wasn’t enough, we have the pleasure of welcoming the amazing MIGHTY K to the party! She takes us on a trip through her own personal selections of obscure rock n’ punk n’ metal painstakingly curated for Robert. Cheers to Captain Content; let’s light this joint up! What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This week Mighty K brings us all 3. We hope she turns you onto something new!Songs this week include:Law And Order - “Whiskey” from Guilty Of Innocence (1989)T-Ride - “Zombies From Hell” from T-Ride (1992)SouthGang - “Fire In Your Body” from Group Therapy (1992)The Temperance Movement - “Beast Nation” from A Deeper Cut (2018)Nudeswirl - “Ringworm” from Nudeswirl (1993)Cry Of Love - “Too Cold In The Winter” from Brother (1993)Quicksand - “Dine Alone” from Slip (1993)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://x.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/
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Ep. 259: Grave Mistake: HÜSKER DÜ Shoulda Been Huge? - featuring BAKKO from Cobras & Fire!!!
Dec 6, 202402:07:17Tap to summarizeIt’s been a long time coming and finally this week we deliver! It's another Shoulda Been Huge episode that has been promised since the show's first year. We had to go big with this one, so please welcome to the show, Mr. “Perfectly Rated” himself, BAKKO from the Cobras & Fire Podcast to discuss a classic punk & alternative band from his town: HÜSKER DÜ. Join us as we take you on their journey from hardcore punk to alternative rock. If you're new to this band open your mind and prepare for a zen-like experience! Like Bakko says, they Shoulda Been Huge!!!This episode is rooted in our Should Have Been category. This is a band that we mentioned before on the show and one that both hosts are very familiar with. We wanted to talk in-depth with another fellow podcaster who’s a fan and intimately aware of the Twin City scene that came from, so enter Bakko! Do yourself a favor and check them out! We Hüsker, Dü Ü?Songs this week include:Hüsker Dü - “Everything Falls Apart” from Everything Falls Apart (1983)Hüsker Dü - “Pink Turns To Blue” from Zen Arcade (1984)Hüsker Dü - “New Day Rising” from New Day Rising (1985)Hüsker Dü - “Every Everything” from Flip Your Wig (1985)Hüsker Dü - “Hardly Getting Over It” from Candy Apple Grey (1986)Hüsker Dü - “Don’t Want To Know If You Are Lonely” from Candy Apple Grey (1986)Hüsker Dü - “Ice Cold Ice” from Warehouse: Songs And Stories (1987)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://x.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/
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Ep. 258: Threading The Needle - 90s Alternative Metal
Nov 29, 202401:19:10Tap to summarizeThis week: a sister-cast episode to a series we have called the Inbetweeners where we on the bands straddling the 80s and 90s in rock n' punk n' metal. This is more specific to metal in the 90s after feeling the impact of the overwhelming shifting of sounds during the decade. Metal became a dirty word by the mid-90s as grunge and alternative took over the rock world, but a new movement in the metal genre blended all of these influences with the heavy. Thus, we give you - 90s Alternative Metal!What’s this InObscuria thing? Our podcast exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. This week we cover mostly bands that have been forgotten including some bands that we played early on in the podcast. The transition from the heavy metal 80s to the punk-edged alternative of the 90s was a time like no other, and metal bands that began during this time put it all in an industrial-strength metal blender. Hope ya dig! Songs this week include:Quicksand – “Thorn In My Side” from Manic Compression (1995)Fragile Porcelain Mice – “Brown Nickel” from Frostbiddin (1996)Therapy? – “Nasuea” from Nurse (1992)Corrosion Of Conformity – “Clean My Wounds” from Deliverance (1994)Prong – “Unconditional” from Prove You Wrong (1991)Fight – “I Am Alive” from A Small Deadly Space (1995)Life Of Agony – “This Time” from River Runs Red (1993)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/
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Ep. 257: Grave Mistake: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Should Be Huge!!! featuring Mad Brad Rusthoven
Nov 22, 202401:54:58Tap to summarizeThis week we respectfully welcome back to the show Slamfest Podcast host: Mad Brad Rusthoven. He has called us out on a grave mistake of not having played Black Country Communion on any of our recent New Wave Of Classic Rock episodes. Therefore, we give you “Grave Mistakes: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION Shoulda Been Huge”… scratch that: Should BE Huge!!! Celebrate this amazing supergroup with us. Apologies for a little hiss and background noise in the episode (our crack staff must have been smoking crack again).This episode is rooted in our Should Have Been category. This is a band that we mentioned before on the show and played an offshoot band from them. They contain some household names in classic blues and rock and have a hell of a pedigree, but unfortunately, their brilliance has yet to be recognized to the degree that it truly deserves. This is the bastard child of Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin for the love of Lemmy! We think they SHOULD BE HUGE… Songs this week include:Black Country Communion - “Beggarman” from Black Country Communion (2010)Black Country Communion - “The Outsider” from 2 (2011)Black Country Communion - “The Great Divide” from Live Over Europe (2012)Black Country Communion - “Midnight Sun” from Afterglow (2012)Black Country Communion - “Sway” from BCCIV (2017)Black Country Communion - “Stay Free” from V (2024)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uCheck out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/
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Ep. 256: The Mystery of SCOLDWELL's Vaults
Nov 15, 202401:39:02Tap to summarizeThe scoundrel known as Scoldwell sent us a sealed package and no one knows what’s in it. Some say records, some say sea monkeys, some say it’s booby-trapped… Listen in as we open it. What secrets lie inside? Join us recorded live as we reveal the mystery of the notorious Scoldwell’s Vaults!!!What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection: an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. Our listeners are so awesome that sometimes they share their own amazing obscure finds! We hope that Scoldwell turns you on to something new.Songs this week include:All Sinners - “The Hunted” from All Sinners (2022)A Wilhelm Scream - “The Enigma” from Lose Your Delusion (2022)Seven Spires - “Almosttown” from A Fortress Called Home (2024)DragonForce - “Prelude To Darkness / The Killer Queen” from Warp Speed Warriors (2024)Nikki Stringfield - “Where The Demons Lie” from Apocrypha (2023)TMG - “Guitar Hero” from TMG II (2024)NanowaR Of Steel - “Valhalleluja” from Valhalleluja – Single (2019)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uIf you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/
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Ep. 255: Retro Relapse Regurgitated Revival Redemption
Nov 8, 202401:16:15Tap to summarizeThis week we are once again exorcising some demons and testifying to the New Wave Of Classic Rock! This is another round of 8 shots of bourbon… Listen in as we pour it on with classic, blues-influenced hard rock that reminds us of the days when FM radio rocked! Indeed, rock n’ roll is not dead and is in the very capable hands of these killer younger bands!What is it we do here at InObscuria? Every show Kevin opens the crypt to exhume and dissect from his personal collection: an artist, album, or collection of tunes from the broad spectrum of rock, punk, and metal. The younger generation are picking up guitars and playing that classic blues inspired hard rock again! It’s Our hope is that we turn you on to something new.Songs this week include:The Georgia Thunderbolts – Whiskey Talkin’” from Rise Above It All (2024)Thee Rock ‘N’ Roll Residency - “I Think He Is Playing Guitar” from Thee Rock ‘N’ Roll Residency(2020)The Damn Truth - “The Fire” from Now Or Nowhere (2021)20 Watt Tombstone - “Magnolia” from The Chosen Few (2023)The London Souls - “Steady” from Here Come The Girls (2015)FUZZRIDER - “Slumdogs” from FUZZRIDER (2023)JAYLER - “A Piece In Our Time” from A Piece In Our Time – EP (2023)Please subscribe everywhere that you listen to podcasts!Visit us: https://inobscuria.com/https://www.facebook.com/InObscuriahttps://twitter.com/inobscuriahttps://www.instagram.com/inobscuria/Buy cool stuff with our logo on it!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/InObscuria?asc=uIf you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/Check out Robert’s amazing fire sculptures and metal workings here: http://flamewerx.com/
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