This fourth installment of MRR Remote Radio comes from Vincent Troplain, a veteran of the Rouen, France scene and all-round oracle of the last 30 years of French punk, hardcore and Oi! Vincent runs the label/distro Emergence Records and hosts his own show, Des Lendemains Qui Déchantent (Desperate Tomorrows), on Radio Campus Rouen. Tune in as he takes our collective hand and guides us through French punk, from the early ’80s to the present day.

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Intro song:
DOGS – Algomania

Early ’80s (I got infected)
AUSWEIS – Suralimenté
HAINE BRIGADE – Vivre et Pas Survivre
VERDUN – Pourriture
HEIMAT LOS – Varsovie

Late ’80s (Still infected)
FINAL BLAST – Quelque Chose à Dire
SCRAPS – Apartheid
RAPT – Trash War
FLITOX – Envers et Contre Tous

Early ’90s (Punk rock saved my life)
GONOKOX – Le Retour de la Dezaï
BURNING HEADS – Hey You
LES THUGS – Stop the War
RAWNESS – Small King

Mid/late ’90s (Noise grinding violence vs emo)
VOMIT FOR BREAKFAST – Punk Rock Song
ÖPSTAND – Prejudice
COCHE BOMBA – Try to Say Hello
BODA – Kill Rock Stars
AMANDA WOODWARD – A l’Assaut

Early 2000s (Steal these records)
BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN – Love (As We Know It) Hurts With or Without You
TEKKEN – Back to the Roots
YOUSSOUF TODAY – I’m So Punk
THRASHINGTON DC – I Hate You Punk Rock
STRONG AS TEN – Zombies Don’t Run

Late 2000s/early 2010s (Long time running)
LA FRACTION – Sirènes
GASMASK TERROR – Mise au Pas
SEAL OF QUALITY – Power Failure

2016/2017 releases (Oi!, punk and more)
SYNDROME 81 – Seul Contre Tous
YOUTH AVOIDERS – Face up to It
SHORT DAYS – Suicide City

Outro song:
URAKEN – Perfection

On this week’s MRR Radio, Greg is joined by Gina, one of the organizer’s of Near Dark Fest, happening on Aug 5-6th in Oakland, CA. Fun is had. Punk is heard.

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Intro song:
DADAR – Brain

Greg’s got the hits
SYNDROME 81 – N’oublie Jamais
PMS 84 – Last Laugh
KALEIDOSCOPE – Activation
RATAS NEGRA – Ratas
JUDY AND THE JERKS – Sweet Treat (For Me)

Near Dark Preview 1
OMEGA TRIBE – Is This a Future?
FALSE FIGURE – Cardinal Cross
CRUZ DE NAVAJAS – Esclavas
KURRAKA – Otra Dimension
TERMINAL A – Satellite

Near Dark Preview 2
RIKK AGNEW – OC Life
PAWNS – The Cross
REMNANTS – Get Back Here
SCREATURE – Laws of Intrigue
ÖTZI – Magpie

Greg’s got more hits
DAUÐYFLIN – Útlendingastofnun
PURA MANIA – El Ultimo Punk Del Planeta Tierra
FUTURE VIRGINS – Cheapen It
NATURE BOYS – Into the Waste

Outro song:
VEXX – The Rule

Dan digs for choice new tracks, as Paul tries new ways to record.

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Intro song:
THE DOGS – Fed Up

First Dig
FEMME KRAWALL – Uhuras Discos
MACHO BOYS – Pig Sweat
TROPICAL TRASH – Early Wish
C.H.E.W. – Narcoleptics/Half Pint
BETA BOYS – High on Drugs

Paul gets violent!
SCREAMING SNEAKERS – Violent Days
YOUTH BRIGADE – Violence
BLACK REBELS – It’s Time of Violence
ZOUNDS – War
NEWTOWN NEUROTICS – Mindless Violence

Second Dig
EXIT ORDER – Mass Panic
FYPM – Dumbed Down
XYLITOL – It’ll Slip
COKE BUST – Community Abuser
S.H.I.T. Individuation (Twenty Nothing)

Third Dig
APOGEE SOUND CLUB – Hungover Again
SUNBATHER – My Dreams
AYE NAKO – Half Dome
WHOOPERUPS – Karaoke

Outro song:
ROHT – Strákarnir Okkar

Substitute teacher Sam steps in when the scheduled DJ goes AWOL and plays some of his favourite tunes featured on the past 100 episodes of MRR Radio!

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Intro song:
KALOU – Loosie

Catchier than a cold
THE #1S – Sharon Shouldn’t
KLEENEX – Hitchhike
THE YOUNGER LOVERS – Get Up Get Up
THE WORLD – In Pieces

Better than a Q-Tip
QUANGO – Fatality
TOZIBABE – Dezuje
IN SCHOOL – Cement Fucker
LIL BUNNIES – Carrot Juice Stomp
LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS – Flush ‘em
HYGIENE – Hygiene

Zone out, forget about it
UVTV – Only Matters When
HELEN – Violett
KREMLYN – The Girl Is Mine
WATERY LOVE – Ned’s Dreamcatcher

Infectious cleansing
PLASTIC EP & THE RECORDS – So You Want To Make a Record
TERRY – Talk About Terry
MARK WYNN – Baby Baby
DOGMATICS – Thayer St

Outro song:
CHRON GEN – Living Next Door To Alice