The Paranoid Squirrel ep 1096

The Paranoid Squirrel Rock Show — Episode 1096: Halloween Special

Acweorna! Step inside the Squirrel Dray for a monstrous helping of Punk, Power Pop, Garage, Glam and Hard Rock. Mind the cobwebs—and don’t assume everything lying on the floor is a coat.

The Damned and Misfits get suitably sinister, while Groovie Ghoulies, Zombina and the Skeletones, The Screaming Tribesmen and Redd Kross reveal the hazards of looking for love after dark. Roky Erickson & The Aliens provide some questionable walking companions, and The Cramps bring the laboratory fuzz and sleaze.

Ramones and The Sonics disturb a few resting places, The Hellflowers investigate something lurking in the lagoon, and New York Dolls supply the platform-booted monster rock. Alice Cooper handles feeding time, The Lillingtons take us beyond Earth’s atmosphere, and Bobby “Boris” Pickett rounds things off with a proper Halloween knees-up.

Along the way, expect film connections, band background, dreadful jokes and tunes far too catchy to leave buried.

This episode was pre-recorded while I headed to the 100 Club to see The Twenty Flight Rockers. Thankfully, the creatures left behind knew which buttons to press.

Lock the doors, turn it up—and if you hear scratching, check which side of the headphones it’s coming from.

Loud, proud & Squirrel approved. Fangs for listening!

01 The Damned – Nasty – Sessions Of The Damned – Strange Fruit02 The Misfits – Halloween – The Misfits [Box Set] – Caroline Records03 Redd Kross – Draculas Daughter – Researching The Blues – Merge Records04 The Groovie Ghoulies – Graveyard Girlfriend – Re-Animation Festival – Lookout! Records05 Zombina and the Skeletones – Nobody Likes You (When You’re Dead) – Taste The Blood Of Zombina And The Skeletones – Ectoplastic Records06 The Screaming Tribesmen – Date With A Vampyre – Date With A Vampyre – Citadel Records07 Roky Erickson & The Aliens – I Walked A Zombie – Roky Erickson & The Aliens – CBS08 The Cramps – Human Fly – Human Fly 7” – Vengeance Records09 Ramones – Pet Semetary – Brain Drain – Sire10 The Sonics – Witch – Here Are The Sonics – Etiquette Records11 New York Dolls – Frankenstein – New York Dolls – Mercury12 Alice Cooper – Feed My Frankenstein – Hey Stoopid – Epic13 The Hellflowers – Creature – Haunted – Generation X-Ray Records14 The Lillingtons – I Saw An Apeman – Death By Television – Red Scare15 Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash – The Original Monster Mash – Garpax Records