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Join Ben Jekyll for an adventure or a sonic tour, your choice through his personal favourite punk songs from 2025 Loaded with music from Twat Union - singer of the band The Surge - rich girl Sour Tongue - I thought you liked me! Bruise Control - gone to ground Lost Cherrees - not bothered Karen Dio - I hope you know The Phantim - ghost in my chucks Lolo - the devil wears converse Sublime - Ensenada Phwoar - pleasure island Feldspar - pasta day False Heads - loose The Lousekateers - fanny pack Upchuck - i`m tired Bob Vylan - dream bigger feat Amy Taylor Kathleen Turner Overdrive - sticks and stones Square Tugs - evacuate earth Zombie Killers - nuked Thrice - gnash Rifle - no king Spaced - cause and effect Drain - who`s having fun? False Reality - cost of spite Rise Against - I want it all Mouser - to hell with the new nazis Problem Patterns - i`m fine and i`m doing great Asthma Kids - our demands are non negotiable Cherym - sofabed Carsick - pub watch Chroma - lifehack The Empty Page - when we gonna run? Awkla

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian" . We are back to our virtual bag of Letters and it's the return of Letter B !!! Expect tunes from : Dan Byrne, Bad Company,The Black Crowes, Black Label Society and many more We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions" as well as a slice of NWOBHM too.  Hope you enjoy The Show Playlist Saviour - Dan Byrne Stand and Fight - Burnt Out Wreck Bad Seamstress Blues - Cinderella Broken and Blind - Black Label Society Run with the Pack - Blackberry Smoke / Paul Rodgers Wiser Time - The Black Crowes Bad Boys - Whitesnake Blue Jen Denim Jumpsuit - Danko Jones Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg Hot as a Docker's Armpit - Budgie Bomber - Motörhead Everybody Knows - Bywater Call Swallowed - Bush The Shining - Black Sabbath Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf Blue And Evil - Joe Bonamassa Big Life - Night Ranger  Riot - Blue Murder Big Generator - Yes   Rock On !!!! Matt and Brian. 

*** EXTRA LONG PODCAST = 3 1/2 hours of Losin It With Luscious *** DJ Jesse Luscious celebrates the music & history of Jimmy Cliff (RIP 24 November 2025) and dives into where punk met reggae- The Ruts, The Clash, Rancid, & Bad Brains. He plays 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Wave ska and a ton of related rocksteady and reggae tunes from Toots & The Maytals, The Selecter, John Holt, Fishbone, Roland Alphonso, Johnny Cash, African Head Charge, Operation Ivy, Scotch Bonnets, Chumbawumba, Aggrolites, The Specials, Marcia Griffiths, Lee Scratch Perry, Citizen Fish, Wayne Kramer, The Uptones, Alton Ellis, The Slackers, Derrick Morgan, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Dawn Penn, Joe Strummer, Ken Boothe, Phyllis Dillon, Jahbreaker, The Slits, and Desmond Dekker, plus many more punk, rocksteady, ska, & reggae faves! Clash- Police And Thieves Rancid- Up To No Good (Edit) Bad Brains- I And I Survive Ruts- Jah War Selecter- Too Much Pressure Selecter- Carry Go Bring Come Specials- Concrete Jungle Specials- Blam Blam Fever Oper

With our lady otherwise occupied, I'm afraid you have ME for the entire duration of this week's show - sorry about that ;-) ;-)  Even so, I have managed to squeeze ina plethora of new stuff along with some classic from the past, all tied up and ready to be unwrapped by your lucky people.... Have a great week - Steve (no Lou) :-)   Playlist   NMB – Fully Alive (Single Version) Frost* - Dear Dead Days Spooky Tooth  - The Mirror EBB – Take To The Stars Benjamin’s Kite – Proxima Airbag – Tyrants & Kings (Live) Earthside – Let The Truth Speak Big Big Train – The Sharpest Blade Thank You Scientist – Son Of A Serpent Gentle Giant – I Lost My Head Michael Quatro – In Collaboration With The Gods Canvas Of Silence – Wayfarer Psycho Yogi – Wonder Why Pink Floyd – Dogs Pendragon – This Green And Pleasant Land Nad Sylvan – The Quartermaster Syzygy - Dialectic

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music found on Tiktok We asked for bands to throw themselves into the mix, and this is the third and final batch of who we got for 2025 This show will return in 2026! This week featured.... Tom Collins - scars George and the Jungle - coffee cups Einsam - trigger`s broom Floodhounds - black & blue Break Division - satan Spooky Huge - far from somewhere Neuronspoiler - crimson tales Nikolas Cage - chopped up jesus Skanimals - koketoget pa interrail Ilmarinen - grandfather's tale April Again - my limit Hazy Waters - deep waters Rizen - chicken little Bright Black - close to the edge Tooth & Dagger - ego Harry Jxye - toxic The Mechanist - neon downpour Catalysts - sparks The High Life - where`d you go? General Waste - chance in hell Chasing Dolls - cobweb Hairdye - sick Stickerbook - grudges Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new music we

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music from Max Avoidance - alone Vera - ketchup Fishbone - all about us Beauty In Chaos - get down moses Chloe Slater - 24 hours snake eyes - i`m a daydream Dog At The Opera - end of the show Bloom - keep you feat Patrick Miranda Sick Joy - cinnamon burn Indigo - ghost of you Dubinski - back to basics The Molotovs - rhythm of yourself Emny - incomplete Unyoke - medusa Daytura - June The Gems - hot bait The Vantages - automata Kath & The Kicks - wild side The Stripp - if you want me Sabrina Kennedy - witch of the west Hamartia - synthetica Magnolia Park - chasing shadows Join Ben Jekyll every Saturday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, metal, punk, indie, industrial and more mmhradio.co.uk from 8pm UK time every Saturday night. Any suggestions/submissions/requests drop a mail to benjekyll@mmhradio.co.uk

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian" . As this show is broadcast close to St Andrew's Day , we have decided to host a Scottish special this week.  Expect tunes from : AC/DC, Eld Varg, Big Country, Biffy Clyro, Heavy Pettin and The Almighty.  We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions" as well as a slice of NWOBHM too.  Hope you enjoy The Show Playlist In a Big Country - Big Country Saturday Night's Alright ( for Fighting ) - Elton John Its a Long Way to the Top - AC/DC This Flight Tonight - Nazareth Stand in Line - Gun Destroyer - Eld Varg Inside - Ray Wilson Bubbles - Biffy Clyro  Love Times Love - Heavy Pettin Jailbird - Primal Scream A long History of Love - King King  Aint No Telling - The Temperance Movement  Goodbye ( Astrid , Goodbye ) - Cold Chisel Aint Got No Money - Brian Robertson Free N' Easy - The Almighty  Assassing -Marillion You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart Boston Tea Party - The

DJ Jesse Luscious spotlights guitarist & singer Sarah Kirsch 13 years after her death with tunes from Fuel & Pinhead Gunpowder, showcases 2 new Damaged Goods Records X-mas tunes from Thee Headcoatees & Indignation Meeting, plays new tunes from Spanish Love Songs, Triers, Rich Hope, God Bullies, Beta Void, & Pale Horse Ritual, spins classic tunes from Kremlin Korps, Slayer, Flipper, More Fiends, Billy No Mates (Snuff side band), The Pathogens, The Nuns, The Dead Milkmen, Snuff, MC5, Sweet Baby, Charger, Metallica, 偏執症者 (PARANOID), Motörhead, The Explosion, Flipper, Dayglo Abortions, & Fishbone, & reveals the Luscious Listener's Choice! Kremlin Korps- Holier Than Thou More Fiends- Time-Warp Bio-Feedback Amphetamine Nightmare Pinhead Gunpowder- Freedom Is… Fuel- The Name Is (Edit) Beta Void- M-O-T-H-E-R Billy No Mates- Slaptop Snuff- The Bells Of Hell Triers- Home Fishbone- Hellhounds On My Trail Explosion- Sick Of Modern Art Spanish Love Songs- Lifers Too (feat. Wonder Years) Sweet Baby-

OK, so a few weeks ago we had the opportunity to interview Ted Leonard from Spock's Beard. Well while we were at HRH Prog recently, we met up with keyboard wizard Ryo Okumoto and would you know it, we have that chat lined up for you this week along with the title track from the new album - all 21 minutes of it !!! Plus the usual mix of old and new, but be warned - Rita is back wtih a vengeance this week, so have your ear defenders ready and waiting LOL - Have a great week, Steve & Lou x Playlist District 97 – Shapeshifter (Live) ELP – Trilogy Phaeton – Neurogenesis Moron Police – Pachinko Part 1 Argonaut – The Space Between Us Toto – Better World (Pts1-3) Threshold – He Is I Am Threshold – Eat The Unicorn Threshold – The Ravages Of Time Dream Theater – Night Terror (Live) Tool – Invincible Porcupine Tree – Even Less The One – Paint It Red Ryo Okumoto interview Spock’s Beard – The Achaeoptimist Teramaze – Perfect World  

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music found on Tiktok We asked for bands to throw themselves into the mix, and this is the second batch of who we got Fail The Enemy - paper dreams Smiling Politely - decay The Villains Have Wings - liquid false Nomad Lizard - cosmic colossus Hammer - see it through Zen Juddhism - parasites in ties feat Sarah Twist @soundstruggles - in/out Dying Addiction - lacerate New Nerve - four leaf clover longtide - sleeping giant A Toto So - far enough Eagerman - just when you thought Day Of The Jackal - man of many lifetimes Shape Of Water - the silence of the lambs Elkapath - show me The Hunger - alley cats The Veltmans - mathematicsn Grool Engine - hoist Tobi Stubbs - something so wrong The King And I - coming undone Lost In Lilacs - boy racer Expired - still breathing Pizza Weasel - dome Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Roc

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music from Lucia Cifarelli - girls like me (alleykat remix) Killsignl - feed the crows Pink Panther Project - burn this deep Bill Leeb - neuromotive (Sehr Two) Rhys Fulber Mix Perturbator - lady moon feat Greta Link Mortal Realm - with a heavy heart Rotersand - higher ground Assemblage23 - tolerate Daedric - dark legacy Carbon Killer - better than death feat Averted Circle Of Dust - contagion (Sebastian Komor Remix) Aesthetic Perfection - we bring the beat Lost Signal - entropy (genCAB remix) SNVKEOIL x Confrontational - sin Skumlove - deeper underground Celldweller x SWARM - fakebreaker feaqt Reebz Nox Pulso - widow maker Cody Frost - chronic Eville - brt mbl Honey Revenge - poison apple baby 16 Volt - the worst of us Holy Wars - metamorphosis Health - shred envy Rob Zombie - heathen days Wargasm - small world syndrome Artio - seven suns feat Kahal Noisecide - runnin

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian"  We are featuring the Letter T this week !!!!! Expect tunes from : TOOL , Thin Lizzy, Those Damn Crows , Tank and Diamond Head  We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions" as well as a double slice of NWOBHM Hope you enjoy The Show Playlist Take It Easy - Skin Two Princes - Spin Doctors Glass Heart - Those Damn Crows Tattooed Millionaire - Bruce Dickinson Mind Eraser, No Chaser - Them Crooked Vultures Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp Take Me Alive - Chris Cornell The Trooper - Iron Maiden Warrior of the Rising Sun - Tokyo Blade Turn Your Head Around - Tank Ten Years Gone - Corey Taylor Live Wire - Andy Taylor It's Electric - Diamond Head Black Rose - Thin Lizzy Cut the Cord - Shinedown There and Back Again - Daughtry Schism - TOOL Little Suzi - Tesla Tease Me Please Me - Scorpions Trouble - Whitesnake  Tarot Woman - Rainbow    Rock On !!!! Matt and Brian. 

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music found on Tiktok We asked for bands to throw themselves into the mix, and this is the first batch of who we got Brazen UK - crusade The MEDZ - papercuts Rien UK - still we dream This Fallen City - still alive Awake Again - soil The Five Hundred - the death of all we know Tooth & Dagger - survive Royals - break me Preyers - wave of wisdom Versus - burning bridges Different State - brain dead Terraborn - hell on earth Jim Hudson - gilt The New Cut - and as always Weak13 - unpopular Rizla Silvers - disconnect One Last Day - echoes Doomherre - serpent shrine Lost Trends - takedown Void Pleasantries - tedious lie The Postres - everybody knows Miss Kitty - I feel so numb Beth Zero - symbiont Funeral Solution - a plague ship romance Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, metal, punk, indie, industrial and more mmhra

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music from Celavi - sorry Blackgold - wake up Profiler - illusion Cellgames - lets got to therapy Senser - ryot pump Twat Union - tiny shorts Art Brut X bis - opposites attract Rifle - no king Upchuck - plastic The Light Show - fran Asthma Kids - crumbs and morsels The Empty Page - when we gonna run? Bowandarrow91 - voices rising PHWOAR - pleasure island Gluecifer - armandas The Fever Kings - paralysed Square Tugs - evacuate earth Johnny Moses and the Electric Mother Fuckers - rivers of blood Weak13 - unpopular Vera - ketchup North Sea Fever - breathless Waterparks - any minute now Lolo - me with no shirt on As December Falls - flametide Triers - home Spanish Love Songs - berlin Bruise Control - gone to ground Killgurls - cake Four Year Strong - whiplash Join Ben Jekyll every Saturday night for two hours of the best new music we can find. Rock, metal, punk, indie, ind

DJ Jesse Luscious talks about seeing The Saints 73-78 in Leeds a few days ago and plays a LIVE track by the band with Mark Arm Mudhoney on lead vox! He spins new and classic power pop (Alex Little, NRBQ, Venus and the Razorblades) & new tracks from Inca Babies, Cyan Pools, No Murder No Moustache, Rowdy, The Lousekateers, Every Face Becomes A Skull, CTMF (Mr & Mrs Billy Childish), Alex Little, Zu, & Terrible Cake. He plays a bunch of punk classics from Ramones, Rubber City Rebels, Dropkick Murphys, The Undertones, Neurosis, Zex, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Cut-Rate Druggist, Severance Package, Radicts, Wayne Kramer, & D.O.A., and reveals the Luscious Listener's Choice!  Rowdy- Rollin' And Strollin' Rubber City Rebels- Paper Dolls No Murder No Moustache- A Demon In The Dark Dropkick Murphys- Road Of The Righteous Alex Little- Sounds Like A Deal Venus And The Razorblades- Alright You Guys NRBQ- Ridin' In My Car Undertones- Get Over You Lousekateers- The Dude With The Rose Tattoo Every Face Becomes

This week, we revisit last weekend's HRH Prog in Great Yarmouth with just a few of the incredible bands on offer plus the usual selection of new and old. Click away and enjoy your stay - Steve & Lou xx   Playlist   Electric Light Orchestra – 10538 Overture Ferkaad – A Different Kind Of Animosity Tale Cue – Vertigo Flaming Row – The Mesh District 97 – The Man Who Knows Your Name Tiger Moth Tales – A Visit To Chigwick (Live) EBB – Reason (Live) Headspace – Secular Soul Z Machine – Spacewalk Refestramas – DMK Yuval Ron – Rocket Science For Dummies Atomic Rooster – Black Snake Dominic Sanderson – Blazing Revelations Asia Featuring John Payne – Someday Kylver – Spirit Of The Hunt Neverbody – A Demonstration Triumvirat – Illusions On A Double Dimple

Hello there everyone and welcome to another episode of "The A to Z of Rock with Matt and Brian"  We are featuring the Letter Q this week !!!!! Expect tunes from : Queen, Quiet Riot, The Quireboys, Hawkwind , Saxon and Iron Maiden We have our usual features of "Double Live", "Shredder of the Week"  and "Song of Epic Proportions" as well as a double slice of NWOBHM Hope you enjoy The Show Playlist No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age Metal Health - Quiet Riot Queen Bitch - David Bowie Steel The Light - Q5  Question - The Moody Blues Quest for Fire - Iron Maiden I Don't Love you Anymore - The Quireboys Quark, Strangeness and Charm - Hawkwind Harden My Heart - Quarterflash Dust to Dust - The Warning  747 ( Strangers in the Night ) - Saxon Don't Waste My Time - Status Quo  Queen of Spades - Styx  5:15 - The Who Street Fighting Lady - Quartz Do I Stand Accused - Vardis Innuendo - Queen Queenie - LA Guns Quicksand -Incubus Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro Question! - System of a Down Best I Can - Queensryche Queen

This week we have a very special edish lined up for you guys. Had a chat with the rather excellent Ted Leonard (Enchant, Spock's Beard) recently and we have it for you in this week's show along with the usual selection of killer tuuneage. Sadly, our lady couldn't make it this week as we had to pre-record the show (spent the weekend in Great Yarmouth with HRH Prog !!). Peace, Steve & Lou x   Play list   Threshold – On The Edge Steve Morse Band – Tumeni Partz The Neal Morse Band – Draw The Line Spriggan Mist – When Stars Collide Jethro Tull – Aqualung (Live) – 2025 Remaster Spock’s Beard – Falling For Forever District 97 – Back And Forth Southern Empire – Cries For The Lonely Peter Gabriel – Shock The Monkey Focus – Eruption (Live) Ted Leonard interview Spock’s Beard - Flow

DJ Jesse Luscious debuts a new track from his Blatz bandmate Joey's Terrible Cake, spins some of the edgiest new bands [from Nottingham: Every Face Becomes A Skull and from the East Bay: The 1981 & Hex Pest], along with new tracks from Loud Graves, Shakti, Dead Bob (ex-Nomeansno), CTMF (aka Mr & Mrs Billy Childish), Twat Union, Moms With Bangs, Beauty In Chaos, Balboas, This Will Destroy Your Ears, Loose Articles And Nadir, and Boum Patat, classic punk from The Damned, Bratmobile, M(h)aol, The Members, Screamers, Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros, Circle Jerks, Jimmy Cliff, Naked Raygun, Green Jelly, God Bullies, The Clash, CIV, and The Buzzcocks, & the Luscious Listener's Choice! Loud Graves- Boxcutter Members- Sally Shakti- Atyachar Charcha Moms With Bangs- Madhouse Hex Pest- Storming Paradise 1981- Count On Me Terrible Cake- Ribs Screamers- Peer Pressure Beauty In Chaos- Get Down Moses Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros- Harder They Come (Live 28 July 2001 Ameoba Records, San Francisco CA) Clash-

When was the last time you listened to new music? This week? Last week? Last month? Last year? Join Ben Jekyll for two hours of fresh new heavy music from Lord Of The Lost - would you walk with me through hell? feat Infected Rain W`t`M - voices from the ashes Chena - clouds of sapphire Rage - cross the line Savage Master - devils child As Everything Unfolds - what you wanted Save Us - zero Future Static - there`s nowhere else to go Mallavora - waste Deadguy - the forever people Heriot - commander of pain Fates Messenger - master killer Consvmer - einsam Inhuman Nature - servants of annihilation Testament - seek & destroy Believe In Nothing - the children are cattle Baest - colossus WoR - the revenant Omnium Gatherum - the darkest city Vacuous - flesh parade Besta - assalto a 13 esquadra Monastery Dead - voracity of madness Stabbing - inhuman torture chamber Sister Murder - the bloody murder Cordyceps Corpse - decapitation Join Ben Jekyll every Friday night for two hours of the best new music we can find.