John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Tuesdays 8-10PM Pacific - Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin

 

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OK, so Ozzy died. Is this a shock? I can't imagine it is. He had Parkinson's for for the last decade or so, and this was brought on by all of his drug use. Hate to see him go though. What a powerhouse he was. I never got to see Black Sabbath or Ozzy live, unfortunately, but Black Sabbath was an early influence on me, starting around 17 when I got the Paranoid album. I wore that thing out.

I tell a story at the beginning of this show about driving around late a night listening to Black Sabbath and how it truly fucked with me. 

In celebration of the man, I have what I feel is Black Sabbath and their prime, live from Asbury Park, New Jersey, August 05, 1975. Live, there was no band coming anywhere near them. They were scary and raw. This show is a testament to the power and the glory that is the original lineup before Ozzy left to lead his successful solo career. 

Lineage: Soundboard **Remastered** by thir13en

The Black Sabbath show runs 1 hour 40 minutes, so to fill the remainder of the time I'll throw you what may have been Sabbath's biggest rock competitor of the day: Led Zeppelin. Instead of giving you something from their legendary 1975 tour, let's go back to a great BBC broadcast from 1971. Led Zeppelin III had recently been released and the band wads looking to get the word out. I may have to play this entire show on my Bootleg Bonanza in the near future. 

Lineage: BBC Radio 1 Original AM Broadcast -> MP3

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jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio #578: Hell, Bloody Hell

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So Ozzy died last week. Did anyone think he would live as long as he did? Not that I had a bet going, but I would have lost, had I. I turned onto Black Sabbath in my teens, back in the 80s, as would be appropriate. They were the darkest band I had ever heard up to that point, and probably still are since I don't listen to any Norwegian Death Metal.

I never saw Ozzy of Black Sabbath in concert. I can only imagine the energy of the crowd. I'm sure I had plenty of opportunities, but I didn't want to see his solo shows. Only Black Sabbath would do, and they didn't come around that often. There was that show in San Jose a few years back I could have tried to get to. What's up with that? I'm quick to buy tickets to a good show. I guess I'll just have to enjoy the bootlegs, of which I have many. 

Speaking of Ozzy and Black Sabbath, Tuesday night I'm playing what has to be my all time favorite Black Sabbath show on my Live Bootleg Bonanza on Radio Valencia, starting at 8pm Pacific. August 06, 1975 from Asbury Park, New Jersey is Sabbath firing on all cylinders. What an incredible show! Tune in.

For tonight's show I pay tribute to Ozzy in the second hour, though I do give you a tease of the awesomeness of the live show right out of the block. The second hour is a lot of great Black Sabbath covers you may have never heard.

For the first hour it's a lot of drunken garage rock. I was at the Rock and Roll Flea Market at Faction Brewing on Saturday and I bought a lot of 7"s as well as the Estrus Records book, which inspired the first hour. 

I'm certain the rock tributes will continue considering the number of rockers who are 75+ years of age, and did plenty of excessive partying in their day. Who is on your bingo card?

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jh

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Embryo/Children of the Grave (Live 1975): Black Sabbath

Love Buzz: The Shocking Blue

Burning Bush: Mono Men

Hit That Bitch: The Monarchs

Mercy: The Marauders

A Girl Like You: Mummies

Time Tunnel: The Del Lagunas

Unknown Museum Stomp: Phantom Surfers

Big Shit: Jesus Christ Super Fly

Comanche: Jack O'Fire

Dirty Jack: The DTs

November 22, 1963: Destroy All Monsters

Diamonds in the Rough: Dead Moon

Morning in America: Mudhoney

Poisoning Pigeons in the Park: Tom Lehrer

Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (Country Angel Version): Talking Heads

Bloody Sabbath: Melvins with Al Cisneros

War Pigs: Faith No More

Electric Funeral: Brownout

Supernaut: Ministry (1000 Homo DJs)

Sabbath Jam: Eyehategod

Crazy Train: Ozzy Osbourne (Live with Randy Rhodes)

Fairies Wear Boots: Black Sabbath

Into The Void: Orange Goblin

Paranoid: Ty Segall

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Tuesdays 8-10PM Pacific - Dinosaur Jr and Moon Duo

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Remember the 90s? I sure do. I don't reminisce that often; I let the music do that for me. When I think of music from the 90s Dinosaur Jr rises near the top for me: out of tune singing, angular and distorted guitar. They encapsulated everything that wasn't mainstream. J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph may have had that ups and downs, but the music was always original and driving. 

Lou Barlow left in 1989 and Murph left a few short years later. I stopped listening to them for a few years, as the sound band drifted away from what I had fallen for. Luckily by 2005 the original lineup reunited, recorded and returned to touring. 

Tonight I feature a show from November 12, 2019, with the original lineup, capturing songs from throughout their career. This a great show in terms of performance and sound quality. If you're a fan of Dinosaur Jr, or you're trying them on for the first time, you are sure to dig this.

Lineage: AAC 128 Kbps 48.0 KHz stereo

Following this set is a short BBC session from Portland's Moon Duo. This is a side project from Wooden Shjips' Ripley Johnson. If you're a fan of Wooden Shjips then I know you are going to love this shoort set fron July 16, 2013. Same driving rhythms and spacey, swirly guitar and vocals. 

Lineage: BBC iPlayer archive stream (aac, 320kbps/48k) > get_iplayer (.ts) > ffmpeg

Enjoy this and go see live music. Support your local clubs and buy the music.

Tune in every Tuesday 8-10PM Pacific for another dive into my love bootleg vault.

Next week I'll be paying tribute to the recently departed Ozzy Osbourne. I have a tasty Black Sabbath show from 1974 you are not going to want to miss.

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jh

Hell's Kitchen Radio #577: Rock And Roll Itchy Poo

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I went to Mosswood Meltdown last Saturday, and it was as good as I expected it to be. Niis, Prison Affair,

OSees and DEVO were the real standouts. The sun cleared for a while and I found myself relaxing under the shade of a tree in the vendors area. I bought myself some 45s (my motorcycle bags aren't large enough to hold LPs. I probably saved some money there).

I eventually found myself directly in front of the soundboard hanging out with a few friends, including our Radio Valencia staff photographer Sean Haley, who brought a bunch of die-cut Radio Valencia stickers for us to pass out. Thanks Sean! 

I've seen the OSees many times, and never tire of them. What a brilliant set they brought. This was my first time seeing DEVO, and WOW is all I can say. There's actually a lot more I can say. I can talk about how both Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale are still on top of their game after 50+ years. I can talk about the stellar video graphics projected
throughout the show. I can talk about the setlist that we all sang along with. It was that good.

I can also talk about showing up on Sunday just to find out that I never did purchase a ticket for that day. D'oh! I went home and streamed the day. Shannon and the Clams put on a brilliant set as they always do. 

Early bird tickets for Mosswood Meltdown 2026 are now on sale. And they are going fast!!! I got mine!

Tune into my Tuesday night Live Bootleg Bonanza and I'm sure you'll be hearing some of the sets from this year.

For tonight's show I played a bunch of the 45s I bought at the Meltdown. It's safe to say this is a very punk-forward program. But it's not exclusive. See the setlist below for details.

And then in the middle of the show I come to find out that Jonathan Richman was performing next door at the Make Out Room!!!!! What the what!!!! So I did what any self respecting DJ would do: I found some never before released bootleg demos of Modern Lovers and I played a track as the show was exiting. I really should have grabbed Jonathan for an interview; the fan boy that I am. Alas, he slipped away before I had a chance to even steal a photo of him.

He was there in support of singer-songwriter Jesse DeNatale and the Dreamers, who are playing every Monday night in July. Go see this show!

I'm heading to the Rock and Roll Flea Market on Alameda at Faction Brewing this Saturday afternoon,
followed by the US Finals Air Guitar Championship at The Independent Saturday night. I'll see you at both.

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jh

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Dance, Dance, Dance To The Radio: M.O.T.O.
Right To Work: Chelsea
Selling Jeans for the USA: Thee Stash

Career Opportunities: The Clash

Hate The Police: The Dicks
9:11: The Outsideinside

No Corespondence: Cheater Slicks

The Fire of Love: The Gun Club

Maggie's Farm: Bob Dylan

When Fate Deals Its Mortal Blow: The Scientists

Ça Plane Pour Moi: Plastic Bertrand

Baby's On Fire: Ayres, Eno, Cale, Nico

Mangetout: Wet Leg
Just Got To Be: The Black Keyes

Show Me The Way: Dinosaur Jr.

I Shot All The Birds: The Blind Shake

Introduction/Frustrating Sound: Radio Moscow

I Don't Live Today: Jimi Hendrix Experience (LA Forum April 26, 1969)

Hard Drive: The Bell Rays

I Swallowed A Dragonfly: Heartless Bastards

No Homo: Lambrini Girls

Stunt Queen: Redd Kross

With Yo Heart Not Yo Hands: Melvins

Ride Down On The Highway (demo): Modern Lovers

Beef Bologna: Fear

Do It: Rollins Band

Petty Thief: Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments

Ha Ha Ha: Flipper
Fuck Donald Trump: YG (feat. Nipsey Hussle)

What A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong

Hell's Kitchen Radio #576: Mosswood Preview

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I believe we should never pay to see music performed in a public park. I refuse to pay to go to Outside Lands. And as much as I love the Grateful Dead, I will not be paying to see Dead and Company in Golden Gate Park at the end of the month. Pubic parks are for the people. Our tax dollars pay for them. If a band wants to get paid they should find a private venue and host the show there.

There are exceptions to every rule.

Mosswood Meltdown is this coming weekend, and I couldn't be more giddy about attending. The event, formerly known as "Burger Boogaloo", and hosted my trash-glam favorite John Waters, is the only music festival held in a public space that I have ever considered paying to attend. 

It's a punk rock dream. I can't think of a better way to spend a weekend.

I haven't been since Bikini Kill and Kim Gordon headlined a few years back, and this year's lineup is super exciting: DEVO, Bratmobile, OSees, Shannon and the Clams, along with many more. Though I have to admit L'Trimm's hit "Cars With The Boom" always bugged me when it was first released. But you know, live for the moment. 

I highlight many of this year's lineup in my second hour tonight. See the playlist below for details.

I also went record shopping last week (surprise!) and throw down some tasty fusion with a Les McCann track that'll have you floating. There's also a real crate-diggers find with an original pressing of Hawkwind's third record Doremi Fasol Latido (read that slowly), followed by covers of some Hawkwind tunes (one written by Lemmy and covered by Motorhead) to close out the show.

A fun show, all in all. Take a listen and let me know what you think.

See you in the park. Oh, and if you are looking to attend Mosswood Meltdown next year, they sell two day passes on the cheap a week or so after the event. Even though you don't know the lineup yet, it's always worth it.

“Some call it “The Warped Woodstock’ or ‘An Asshole-free Altamont’ while others holler ‘Coachella, Go-To Hella’. We’re Mosswood Meltdown and we’re going to lose our musical marbles again this year with a line up of lunatic acts that will make even the angriest punk- rocker pogo their way to paradise with a twisted smile on their dirty little faces.”

— John Waters

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jh

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Darkest Light: Lafayette Afro Rock Band
California Dreaming: Eddie Hazel

Come Together: George Benson

Beaux J. Poo Boo: Les McCann
Earth People: Dr. Octagon

Eternal Return: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Game Is My Middle Name: Betty Davis

Uncontrollable Urge: DEVO
Some Special: Bratmobile
Bean Fields: Shannon and the Clams

Think of You: Bleached
Strange World: La Luz
I Want Ya (In My Cell): Prison Affair

Fight Simulator: Osees
Termination Officer: Osees
Low Life: Niis
All I Need Tonight (Is You): Gentleman Jesse
Cars With The Boom: L'Trimm

Lord of Light: Hawkwind
The Watcher: Motorhead

Brainstorm: Monster Magnet

Hell's Kitchen Radio #575: Old Face New Hell

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Never one to turn away from a challenge, I once again find myself behind the console at Radio Valencia headquarters, just as I do every Monday night, tasked with providing the platters that will make your brain matter splatter! 

Here's a show where I don't put as much emphasis on new releases, though there is something new from Public Enemy and Chime Oblivion (John Dwyer of OCS fame) in there. Tonight is more about what's been moving me lately. And it's apparent some harder rocking sounds are what's moving me. 

Ozzy just played his final show over the weekend, so we'll get things started with him...kinda. We'll step back for some proto-punk, move our way towards an all-things-Ty-Segall-related set, and then sorta just throw throw everything else at the wall to close out the show.

It makes sense when you listen to it. And listen to it you should! We take a lot of pride in our little station, and we hope you're enjoying the many fabulous programs Radio Valencia has to share. 

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Electric Funeral: Brown Sabbath

Fairies Wear Boots: Black Sabbath
The Smokey God: Glitter Wizard

And Again: Chime Oblivion
Drug Train: The Cramps
Femme Fatale: Velvet Underground
1970: Iggy and the Stooges

Don't Make Me Explain: Sgt. Splendor
Evil Ways: Public Enemy

Glass Eye: Charles Mootheart
The Way Things Go: Mikal Cronin
Mountain: Meatbodies
Shotgun Shooter: Goggs
I'm A Man: Ty Segall

Time Collapse Pt. II/The 7th Terror: FUZZ
Outsider: Teri Genderbender

Hellfudge: Lard
Improv?: Liquorball
Back Door Man: The Doors (May 2, 1970)
Hornet's Heart: Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

One More Hour: Sleater-Kinney
Beat Fall: Lithics

New Face In Hell: The Fall
Sun Arise: Rolf Harris

John Hell's Live Bootleg Bonanza - Tuesdays 8-10PM Pacific - Destroy Boys & Sleater-Kinney

 

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It's been a while since I brought you some new live treats, so here's a bone for your chew on.

Check out the Stern Grove show from this past Sunday, June 29, 2025, featuring Destroy Boys and Sleater-Kinney. I took the audio from the official video stream, so it's high quality indeed!

Get your butts to Stern Grove and enjoy an annual summer treat.

This is the 88th year of free concerts in Stern Grove. Stern Grove is a recreational park in the Sunset district, with a natural amphitheatre. For the summer, there's a free weekly musical festival series with a diverse line-up. For Pride Weekend, Sleater-Kinney performed with Sacramento's Destroy Boys opening. 

First up is Destroy Boys, followed by our headliner: Sleater-Kinney

Lineage: Web > yt-dlp > MP4

Destroy Boys set list:

Shadow (I'm Breaking Down)
Crybaby
Drink
Plucked
Bad Guy
Should've Been Me
Muzzle
Boyfeel
Fences
You Hear Yes

Sleater-Kinney set list:

Price Tag
Bury Our Friends
Needlessly Wild
The End of You
Hunt You Down
The Future is Here
All Hands on the Bad One
Words and Guitar
Hell
A New Wave
One Beat
Turn It On
Don't Feel Right
Dig Me Out
Modern Girl
Untidy Creature
Far Away
>> Encore:
Judy Is a Punk [Ramones]
Holiday [Green Day]
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