DJ Scoundrel

19/06/2024

So, PSYCHO! - MetAlternaRock Chaos - Art Club - Saturday June 15th 2024 happened and now the dust has settled, the smoke has cleared and the hangovers have (hopefully) all dissipated.

Thanks so much to every single one of you who came to party, and also to those who couldn't make it but wished us well. We truly hope those who did come had a good night. If anybody has any feedback of any kind (good, bad or anywhere in-between) then we're all ears.

Also a vast array of thanks to Art Club who were the best hosts any night could ever hope for. Absolute legends in every sense.

And so we ask: how do we all feel about another one? Or even making it a regular event on (perhaps) a monthly basis?

Await all of your thoughts x

10/06/2024

The week is here! The launch of PSYCHO! - MetAlternaRock Chaos - Art Club - Saturday June 15th 2024 lands this Saturday and we are very, very excited to see if there's enough demand to warrant this becoming a monthly affair (deliberate challenge set - doing a trial run on Download festival Saturday, on the same weekend as PHUCT - Bristol's Rock & Metal Alternative - Friday June 14th 2024 is the ultimate way to see if a clubnight has potential or not), but I am very much looking forward to DJing with DJ Nutzie again at Psycho, not to mention Missy Malice and Haggis on Friday at Phuct

Advance tickets available for both via https://linktr.ee/djscoundrel

As a reminder - the Art Club venue is a downstairs venue so it's not fully accessible for all at present. It's still a relatively new location so it is being worked on constantly so that may not stay the same.

Right, back to counting down the minutes I go.....

25/05/2024

Real life flyers!

I mean, these are digital, but these are what the real ones are going to look like (but they'll be in three dimensions)

24/05/2024

Random musing about music, brace yourself, this is an incoherent train of thought kind of post.

I honestly think we're in the middle of a defining era in music right now, as so much new music which is landing seems to be breaking new ground and smushing genres together (or even creating new ones) in ways we haven't seen for a pretty long time.

With a lot of the previous times when this has happened there has been an underlying social/societal cause behind it, but this time I actually think there may be multiple happening at once which is why the music is turning out to be so uniquely interesting (and why there is so much in the way of polarising opinion about some of it).

On one side we've got an almost Rage Against the Machine movement, writing genre-breaking music designed to question and smash the system. A side where human rights and the concept that anybody can be whatever they want to be, without fear of oppression or persecution should be the way of life - and it's creating some spectacular tunes from some incredible artists.

Then on the other side you've almost got a contradictory side to that. A side of very angry music which is raging against many of the things which are changing in society due to the above group. A side which is almost saying 'you're doing this at the expense of others who were previously marginalised and we're mad as hell about it'. This side seem to like to use controversy a little more in their musical creativity, and there's a hell of a lot of 'in your face' about the music being created. It's still pretty bloody banging and I suspect the lyrical content either attracts people, or pushes them away.

I guess this has stemmed from a generation raised on a polarised internet, with a polarised media who have all now grown up to be creative, but it feels like musically at least, it's making for some really groundbreaking stuff.

As an old guy who is often so far on the fence he gets splinters in his dangly bits: I like it.

(This entire post has stemmed from listening to some AMAZING new music today)

25/04/2024

I've not streamed on Twitch in quite some time, mostly due to life related reasons but also due to a few tech matters that I've not had the time to fix.

That might change down the line, but it'll be a while if so - but that's not the point of this update.

I've just been informed by Twitch that I still somehow have a paid subscriber left, that rolls over each month.

Whilst that's incredibly nice (and the small portion of that money which isn't taken by Twitch will of course go to charity as always) I am hoping whomever this lovely person is will see this post and it'll jog their memory to cancel said subscription as you're giving money for no content at present.

Super sweet gesture but please, save your £4.99 a month. Give it to charity directly if you'd prefer as that way the charity gets all of it.

Sets will remain mostly in real life at least for a little longer, so PHUCT - Bristol's Rock & Metal Alternative - Friday May 10th - Bloodstock ticket giveaway and PSYCHO! - MetAlternaRock Chaos - Art Club - Saturday June 15th 2024 are the next two clubs on the horizon.

31/03/2024

A bit of news to read whilst opening your eggs:

We lost the Keller but always stayed Psycho, so please join myself and DJ Nutzie on Saturday June 15th (which may or may not double as a birthday celebration) for a blast of alternative rock and metal fun at a venue never touched by the alt scene.

This is a bit of a trial run. Art Club has an earlier licence than a lot of venues so this is somewhat of an experiment to see if a 9pm-1am rock out can work. If it does then expect this to be a regular thing.

I'm personally a big fan of this venue. It's got a great layout, a good capacity to create a good atmosphere without being cramped and the people in charge of it really do like things a bit quirky, so I'm a bit pleased to be putting at least one event on in it.

A proper event will go up soon, and tickets will be on sale at the same time.

"We're putting the band back together, we're on a mission from God"

28/03/2024

19/03/2024

Hypothetical question (only really suitable for those who don't go to Download in view of how it clashes every damn year):

If I were to put on a one-off/tester clubnight in the middle of June (most likely June 15th, which is the night after Phuct) in a very, very different venue within the centre of Bristol in order to celebrate my own birthday (yep, I know, narcissism in full effect, but I haven't celebrated it properly in years), would people be interested?

If it helps sweeten the deal I may well invite a certain DJ Nutzie to come smash tunes out with me......

17/12/2023

These photos absolutely fill me with all the joy.

That has got to be one of our most feelgood, party-filled festive nights ever.

Phuct has been an absolute pleasure to play over the course of this year. It genuinely feels like the hard work (from promotion, to artwork, to getting the right musical balance amongst other things) has really started to show results.

And it's absolutely thanks in every way to all the lovely folk who come along and dance with us each month. Each and every one of you is appreciated.

Roll on January 12th when we get to land at The Lanes once more!

10/11/2023

Some hours to go before doors open again at Phuct. Unless you're reading this in some hours, in which case doors are already open or have opened and are now closed again.

I'm very tired, which probably means I'm going to drink far too much whiskey.

But don't let that sway your decision whether to come in any way, shape or form.

17/10/2023

Friday night was oodles of chaotic fun. Beyond busy and the party vibe was off the chain!

10/10/2023

Doing a thing in real life which isn't Phuct

Rarer than a copy of Castlevania for the Tiger Game .com

Maybe.....

22/09/2023

Brace, Brace, Brace!

It is indeed that time again. It’s the tail-end of September 2023 which means that a new crop of bright eyed, bushy-tailed young adults are leaving home for the first time and spreading themselves all over the country (and world), embarking on an educational journey which will likely involve more pints than prose, more shots than singularities and more parties than Panspermia theories (yes, I picked the last one because “sperm” was mentioned in it – I am unspeakably juvenile – we all know this).

And, as is tradition during each freshers week, I go ahead and publish a list of albums which came out in the 12 months preceding when each of these 18 year old freshers were born – just to make you (and I) feel really old.

Why do I do this? Well it used to be because I was going slightly mad hearing rock and metal clubnights playing PURELY songs which pre-dated the students they were designed to entertain and I wanted to point out how much nights were shooting themselves in the foot. Though these days it seems that most of these nights have (unsurprisingly) died a death and those that are left pretty much understand the need for some balance between old and new (and a lot of the now-deceased nights seem to have morphed into theme/gimmick nights which are designed just to attract the older crowd pining for their glory days – nothing wrong with that but it was inevitable that it would happen). Those nights which survived: I salute you.

So, onwards and upwards we go, LET’S DO THE LIST:
System of a Down – Mezmerize
System of a Down – Hypnotize
Avenged Sevenfold – City of Evil
Fall Out Boy – From Under the Cork Tree (Sugar, we’re goin down, but we might not get back up if our backs give out….)
Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
Rammstein – Reise, Reise
Linkin Park & Jay Z – Collision Course
Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
Static-X – Start a War
Panic! At The Disco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
The All American Rejects – Move Along
Jimmy Eat World – Futures
Disturbed – Ten Thousand Fists
Limp Bizkit – The Unquestionable Truth (part 1)
A Perfect Circle – eMOTIVe
Weezer – Make Believe
Thirty Seconds to Mars – A Beautiful Lie (there’s a joke I want to make about the freshers being 18 but….. I’ll be good)
Trivium – Ascendancy
VNV Nation – Matter & Form
Gogol Bo****lo – Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike (we have been wearing Purple for longer than the freshers have been alive it seems)
The Dropkick Murphys – The Warrior’s Code
Children of Bodom – Are You Dead Yet?
Parkway Drive – Killing with a Smile
Queens of the Stone Age – Lullabies to Paralyze
Mudvayne – Lost & Found
Gwen Stefani – Love. Angel. Music. Baby (This Sh*t IS Bananas it seems)
Simple Plan – Still Not Getting Any
Evanescence – Anywhere But Home
Good Charlotte – The Chronicles of Life & Death
Gojira – From Mars to Sirius
Therapy? – Never Apologise, Never Explain
Clutch – Robot Hive/Exodus
The Bloodhound Gang – Hefty Fine (I kid you not, “Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss Uhn Tiss” just came on my random playlist as I typed this – spooky!)
KMFDM – Hau Ruck
Strapping Young Lad – Alien
Amon Amarth – Fate of Norns
Devildriver – The Fury of our Maker’s Hand
HIM – Dark Light
Lordi – The Monster Show
Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree
Black Label Society -Mafia
Against Me! – Searching for a Former Clarity
Chiodos – All’s Well That Ends Well
Fear Factory – Transgression
Protest the Hero – Kezia
Editors – The Back Room
Opeth – Ghost Reveries
Bon Jovi – Have a Nice Day
REM – Around the Sun
Helmet – Size Matters
Pennywise – Home Movies
Sum 41 – Chuck
Arch Enemy – Doomsday Machine
The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll is Dead
Infected Mushroom – I’m the Supervisor
Pitchshifter – P.S.I.entology
A – Teen Dance Ordinance
The Haunted – Revolver
Powerman 5000 – The Good, The Bad and the Ugly vol 1
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, LA’s Desert Origins
Flyleaf – Flyleaf
Dope – American Apathy
Silverstein – Discovering the Waterfront
Billy Corgan - TheFutureEmbrace
Manic Street Preachers – Lifeblood
Madball - Legacy
Dark Tranquillity – Lost to Apathy
The White Stripes – Get Behind me Satan
Kreator – Enemy of God
Fozzy – All That Remains
Garbage – Bleed Like Me
Apocalyptica – Self titled
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead – Worlds Apart
Low – The Great Destroyer
Feeder – Pushing the Senses
Karnivool – Themata
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute
American Hi-Fi – Hearts on Parade
Electric Six – Senor Smoke
The National - Alligator
American Head Charge – The Feeding
Comeback Kid – Wake the Dead
Judas Priest – Angel of Retribution
Hammerfall – Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
The Bravery – The Bravery
Dir En Grey – Withering Death
Paradise Lost – Self Titled
The Decemberists – Picaresque (which now has me listening to ‘The Mariners Revenge Song” as it remains WONDERFUL)
Billy Idol – Devil’s Playground (a great, great Billy album – hugely recommend)
Ozzy Osbourne – Prince of Darkness
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Theory of a Deadman – Gasoline
Adema – Planets
Reel Big Fish – We’re Not Happy ‘til You’re Not Happy
Yortcodenameis:milo – Ignoto
Na**lm Death – The Code is Red…. Long Live the Code

And for the obligatory “not rock/metal but of interest” list:
Kanye West – Late Registration
LCD Soundsystem – Self titled
Eminem – Encore
Chemical Brothers – Push the Button
Goldfrapp – Supernature
McFly - Wonderland

In case anybody wants a list of previous years' then the 2022 list can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/pfbid0Jq7iZizRDiveTN8nqNNaK6skZWnm5oVd3RfLLUUJe2yvQA3HKzQdGatj42FVsbB1l
2021 resides here:
https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/pfbid02z9KvasxPgLHEreLzT4B3mcmC5QDbgSQH48g5PkVkZPd1BDzFY1y7kfbUSgsxTAVbl
2020 loiters with intent here: https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/2653880834829497
2019 hangs out here: https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/2352586731625577
2018 spends all of its time here: https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/2142814092602843
2017 chills out here: https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/1923038657913722
2016 looks good in high heels here: https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/1754667891417467
and 2015 has a dirty look in its eye here: https://www.facebook.com/ScoundrelDJ/posts/1644458549105069
2014 has, frustratingly, been eaten by time so I don’t have that for you anymore, sorry.
So, there we have it for another year. A big, long list of albums which were released BEFORE the current crop of uni freshers were released. I have particularly enjoyed this one as not only are there some absolutely brilliant albums in it, but that a lot of them will (I suspect) hit the mark with a generation of people which previous lists haven’t (as yet) hit. Roll on next year when we can do it all again.
As for me, I shall be getting my head back 'into the game' in a few weeks as Phuct will be opening it's doors once more for PHUCT - Bristol's Rock & Metal Alternative - Friday October 13th - when I hope to play music from the above era, since the above era, and before the above era in a relatively well-balanced manner. You absolutely should come along and meet some of the freshers for yourselves.

I await your abuse in T-minus 3, 2, 1.....

17/09/2023

This week

You have been warned

07/06/2023

I think I should probably clarify something as a post of mine has resurfaced where I announced I was ceasing to DJ and hanging up the headphones and I've had a number of messages about it asking when my final night is and what's happening with Phuct etc.

The post in question is actually 7 years old and has resurfaced due to it suddenly getting a comment on it all these years later, so please rest assured that I'm not currently undergoing a retirement cycle (I've done that a lot over the years, the post in question was my third and most recent retirement I think) and as such I'm not giving up by any stretch.

Whilst I've got your eyes here of course I will remind you that PHUCT - Bristol's Rock & Metal Alternative is at The Lanes this Friday and anybody who isn't hanging around a racetrack near Castle Donington would be more than welcome to come party with us.

There we go, clarity complete. Hopefully.

21/03/2023

I was really hoping I could stream this weekend however a broken foot has kinda put paid to that.

Hoping I'll be functional enough in three weeks to play at PHUCT - Bristol's Rock & Metal Alternative: Official Bloodstock promo night - Ticket giveaway - which you should probably go to whether I am or not because it'll be great.

In the meantime I'll not be licking my wounds (licking my own feet? Not a chance) but will be feeling sorry for myself as two days in and I'm already bored.

Feel free to send arcade machines to keep me sane-ish.

14/03/2023

Apparently I'm now a Facebook "rising creator"

This will lead to all the innuendo imaginable.

No further news to report at present, though this might change if a recent enquiry turns into reality.

05/03/2023

As promised, here follows what was played at FIENDISH - February

I desperately wanted to add to the night without treading on the toes of the other DJs who do a truly amazing job without guests needed.

So, the plan was simple: Low-down, dirty, a little funny and GRINDY AS F**K

Malice 1
Jennifer Touch - Chemistry
Gang of Four - I Love an man in Uniform
Patenbrigade:Wolff - Gefahrstoffe
Global Citizen - Early Morn Star
Blood Red Shoes - Morbid Fascination
Acid Horse - No Name No Slogan
Necrotek - Black Light Magick
Welle Erdball - Drogenexzess

Ant 1
Javelynn - Skip a Hearbeat
Ashbury Heights - Shades of Black (Chariere Remix)
Ayria - Horrible Dream (Glis Mix)
Chrom - Start of Something New
Covenant - Speed (Club Mix)
Lab 4 - Hell Boy

Scoundrel 1
Infected Mushroom - Deeply Disturbed (Infected Rem
Fisherspooner - Emerge (Dave Clark Mix)
Editors - Papillon
Hurts - Better Than Love
Ghost - Dance Macabre (Carpenter Brut Remix)
Tiga and Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night
samantha fu - Theme from discotheque

Malice 2
Vorteq - Lick Down
Nightclub - Show it to Me
Snake River Conspiracy - Vulcan (loadblower Mix)
ESA - Eat Their Young
Repo - Zydrate Anatomy
Shiv-R - Pharmaceutical Grade
CKUP - Reality

Ant 2
Combichrist - Intruder Alert
MSI - Mastermind
X-Rx - Drugs and Violence
Ultraviolence - Adultary
Wayne G & Stuart Who - Twisted
Eco - Electron
Delerium - Heavens Earth

Scoundrel 2
VNV Nation - Control
The Prodigy - Baby's Got A Temper
WARGASM - Lapdance [Explicit]
Sam Smith - Unholy (feat. Kim Petras) [Nova Twins Remix]
Ashnikko - Slumber Party (feat. Princess Nokia)
Consolidated Ft Yeastie Girls - You Suck
Revolting C***s - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
3TEETH - PUMPED UP KICKS

Malice 3
Glitch Factor - Obsession
Rabbit Junk - The Metro
Ghost Data - Projekt Melody (Alice)
Eisenfunk - Super Space Invaders
Celldweller - ?
Growth - STARS (ultraviolence mix)
Sara Noxx - E###tasy
Tracii Lords - Control
And One - Techno Man

Scoundrel 3
Faderhead - Dirtygrrrls Dirtybois
Whigfield - Saturday Night (Sample)
Lords Of Acid - I Must Increase My Bust
David Bowie - Hallo Spaceboy (PSB remix)
Rammstein - Stripped
Depeche Mode - It's No Good
Nine Inch Nails - Discipline/Reptile
Type O Negative - My Girlfriend's Girlfriend [Cheese Organ Mix]
The Cure - Close To Me [Closet Remix]
Rocky Horror and Electric Six - Sweet Gay Barvestite
Jace Everett - Bad Things (Club Mix)
Patrón - Who do you dance for

Malice 4
Depeche Mode - World in my Eyes
?? - Mad World
Bigod20 - Like a Prayer
Prodigy - Their Law
NIN - Happiness in Slavery
Pendulum - Blood Sugar
Front 242 - Welcome to Paradise (Remix)

Scoundrel 4
Apoptygma Berzerk - Starsign
Eisenfunk - Pong
Covenant - Dead Stars
Billie Eilish - Bad guy (Sample)
VNV Nation - Cold [Mig29-X-Rated]
Grendel - Hate This
Blutengel - Nachtbringer
Revolting C***s - Me So H***y

Ant 3
Magnus & Maya - Evil Queen
Hatari - hatrið mun sigra (Vindimode Mix)
Ultraviolence - Hardcore Mo********er
Combichrist - This S**t will f**k you Up
Covenant - Ritual Noise

03/03/2023

Oooh, I have been far too quiet on this here page for a little too long.

I'd say sorry but if anybody has missed me then chances are you need some variety of psychiatric help (or better music taste maybe).

Anyway, I wanted to publicly thank Missy Malice and Antony Pepler for being so ultra kind as to book me for Fiendish Bristol Alternative Fe**sh Event the weekend before last. Despite carrying a bag of nerves so huge it had me bouncing around the venue before opening, a swift administration of alcohol and some of the most lovely people ever showing up (and a heck of a lot of them) I really did enjoy every moment playing there and my hazy memories seem to recall my sets going down quite well.

I believe the setlist is due to be published at some point and as soon as it is I will share it here too. If you like you music pounding and dark, and your nights a little bit pervy then I strongly, strongly recommend you make a future event.

Next up for me is the return of Phuct on Friday March 10th at The Lanes - very much looking forward to getting back on that stage and making an ass of myself.

Since Fiendish went so well I continue to hunt for new and interesting places to play, so if you've an event that's a little different and comes with a fun challenge musically then please do throw me a message - happy to travel and very much enjoying some of the off-the-wall bookings I've taken lately (I'd say it keeps me off the streets, but the number of times I've found myself wandering the streets at 4-5am post a set has been pretty substantial lately so that would be a lie).

Aware I'm very behind in terms of doing streams lately. Truth be told life has been pretty hectic so no such plans have occurred, I will try to fix that soon though.

Hope you all have an awesome weekend anyway, and hopefully see some of you at Phuct next week.

18/02/2023

This might be a new record.

Packed and ready to go for tonight nine hours before I need to leave the house.

FIENDISH - February

24/01/2023

This looks like the kind of thing I could get on board with.

Oh, wait, I'm already on board?

That was quick.....

Reading it is then!

(playing the second one, rather than the first)

Joystix: Dawn Of The First Day - Pre-Release Party Bag Tickets On Sale!

Welcome to JOYSTIX - Part club night, part arcade, part funfair and part village fete gone rogue.

This is the sugar-rush you remember from your childhood, propelled into the future where you're allowed, nay encouraged to see what happens when you add top-shelf liquor to blue slushies.

Join us for the opening night of Joystix as we combine banging alternative tunes with video games and shenanigans that abandon credibility in favour of a damn good time.

JOYSTIX LAUNCH NIGHT LINE-UP:
01 Jul, 21:00 – 02 Jul, 03:00
Facebar, Reading
6 Genre-Fluid DJ's from the finest/silliest corners of the UK alternative scene...
Games - Video, board, card, party! Oh, there's tournaments with prizes too!
Sweets & Snacks - Come get sticky at the Candyfloss Machine or complete our Sour Warhead challenges...
Squish Corner - Sometimes, we just need a bit of a soft landing too.
Cereal Bar - Because kebabs are a 10 minute walk away and you're hungry now.
Toys & Inflatables - Though we're not telling you which. It could be flamingos. It could be giant squeaky hammers. (If you don't leave with at least one stray NERF dart hidden on your person, we'll be surprised.)
Projector & Screen - Because what's a nostalgic trip without the animation of our youth?

DJ ROSTER: Pixel Rabbit, Lee Chaos, Deadsignal, Endtransmission, The Soundshark, DJ [Source:E]

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS/PARTY BAGS: The first 20 people to book tickets get £5 entry and a free Party Bag, stuffed with things to keep you entertained... For a very limited time only!

TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE AT: https://www.joystix.club/event-details/joystix-dawn-of-the-first-day-launch-night

Website: https://www.joystix.club
Facebook Event: https://fb.me/e/3hwSrfP79

22/01/2023

Remember I said I was actually going to take more bookings this year and try to spread styles and genres a little more widely?

Well, that's probably not all I'm going to spread.

https://youtu.be/ErdF18LfwHY

(Playing on a Saturday night as well! That probably means something to somebody somewhere)

Fiendish - Goth/Industrial/EBM Fe**sh Dance Party 2023Dare 2 () 1, Alfred St, Bristol BS1 0RF

20/01/2023

Due to technical hitches I had forgotten about I'm afraid there won't be a stream this evening.

Sorry to those who were looking forward to it.

20/01/2023

Lightly pondering maybe doing a stream tonight - would anybody be interested in such nonsense?

(Literally only just realised it is Friday - it's been that kind of week)

16/01/2023

That frustrating moment when you manage to get a mix so absolutely perfect and just want to share it with the internet but know you shouldn't as it absolutely should get it's first live airing as a surprise at a real club.

Where, no doubt, I'll get the mix horribly wrong anyway....

09/01/2023

Four posts on this page in a day. Please don't unfollow me for posting too much!

Fun little impromtu stream tonight where I set myself a target in terms of a bit of mixing practice - to beatmatch from 110bpm throgh to 135bpm in a two hour period with as many genre-hops as I could muster.

It was achieved and whilst it wasn't as smooth as I would have liked for every single transition, it was still a good little workout and many thanks to any/all who dropped by to say hello.

Here's what was played:

Rob Zombie - Foxy Foxy
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Focus - Hocus Pocus (U.S. Single Version)
Hayley Williams - Simmer [Clean]
Good Charlotte - Like It's Her Birthday
Hollywood Undead - Everywhere I Go (sample)
Korn - Twisted Transistor
Nothing More - Don't Stop
Gary Numan - Splinter
Placebo - Protege Moi
Rico - Psycho Killer
Nine Inch Nails - Only
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
Type O Negative - My Girlfriend's Girlfriend [Cheese Organ Mix][ #]
Gravity Kills - Last
Linkin Park - A Light That Never Comes
NoJahoda - Nojahoda
Garbage - Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)
Faderhead - Sexyback
Korn - A.D.I.D.A.S. (Sample)
The Black Queen - Secret Scream
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
YUNGBLUD - Like a virgin
PVRIS - Dead Weight
AWOLNATION - People
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words
Ayron Jones - Filthy
The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Ghost B.C - Dance Macabre (Carpenter Brut Remix)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Cyr
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You
In This Moment - As Above, So Below
Powerman 5000 - Black Lipstick
Carpenter Brut - Day Stalker
Carpenter Brut - Night Prowler
Pendulum - Fasten Your Seltbelt Feat. The Freestylers
Devin Townsend - Celestial Signals

There will no doubt be more of these over the coming weeks. Next time I will probably have a go at some really low-tempo stuff just to keep things interesting. I expect that one will get grindy.....

09/01/2023

One of those impromptu streams, starting circa 6pm ish.

09/01/2023

Follow-up to previous post.

www.twitch.tv/DJScoundrel is likely to get more use over the coming weeks though the streams in question will be a little different to standard CAT*ALT*CLYSM streams in that I'm going to be doing extra streams just as practice in terms of mixing and improving smoothness of sets etc.

So if you do get a "has gone live" notification at any point for a non-advertised stream then be warned that it's likely to be a lot of trial and error/practice to hopefully help me improve in terms of technical skills/abilities.

Of course all are welcome to tune in, chat and listen - just don't be too disappointed if it's more of a technical workout than an entertainment stream (of course you may find the techy stuff to be entertaining - if so, all power to you).

Just trying to be better as a DJ, and Twitch seems a perfect place to practice that.

Rock, Metal & Alternative DJ. The idiot behind the Scoundrel Club. Collector and player of retro games. Streams all of the above in no particular order.

09/01/2023

Bookings!

There's a word I don't use very often, but I feel it's time to throw my name into the hat (or hat into venues at least).

I've recently taken a booking for something a bit outside of my usual comfort zone (info to follow) and I'm very much looking forward to it.

Which has got me thinking that maybe it's time I started accepting a few more bookings than I previously have (at least in recent times).

So, if you have need for a rock/alt/metal/weird DJ at a club or event and fancy booking me for it then please do get in touch. Ideally looking for things that might throw a bit of a challenge (be it a challenging audience, or something a little different musically/vibe-wise) in my general direction.

Happy to travel for the right gig. Please do drop me a message if you fancy this old idiot playing music in your venue.

01/01/2023

The dust begins to settle, the smoke fades, the hangovers should be subsiding by now I would hope.

HUGE thanks and all the love in the world to every single glorious one of you who joined the New Year stream last night. It was an absolute honour to spin music in your direction and natter away the night. For a guy who was absolutely sure he would hate streaming when it was suggested to me during lockdown's darkest days I have certainly been proven wrong.

Absolutely eternal thanks to DJ Velocitractor for coming to celebrate on the stream as well. Her sets truly were epic beyond belief and it was a genuine pleasure to rock out with you.

I won't go on some mushy diatribe about making 2023 an amazing year for anybody - I will just say that I hope each and every one of your lives in general are as amazing as they could be, with the whole range of experiences and emotions being lived and appreciated as time goes on - no matter what the year is.

Here's a big old list of music which was played last night:

Ghost - Kaisarion
Andrew W. K. - I Get Wet
Shinedown - The Human Radio
Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home
Disturbed - The Light (Clean)
Bring Me The Horizon - Nihilist blues (Feat. Grimes)
Enter Shikari - The Last Garrison
Kontrust - Monkey Boy
The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows
Kidney Thieves - Zerospace
In This Moment - We Will Rock You (feat. Maria Brink, Lzzy Hale & Taylor Momsen)
Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
Faith No More - Ashes To Ashes
Therapy? - Die Laughing
Clutch - Electric Worry
Aerosmith - Rag Doll
John Diva & the Rockets of Love - American Amadeus
Monster Truck - Young City Hearts
Queens Of The Stone Age - Never Say Never
Primal Scream - Jailbird
Thumpasaurus - Struttin'
The BossHoss - Dos Bros
The Cult - Rain
The Mission - Deliverance
The Sisters of Mercy - Alice
London After Midnight - Kiss (Club Mix)
Covenant - Dead Stars
Nine Inch Nails - Discipline
Rammstein - Dicke Ti**en
Cubanate - Oxyacetylene
O**y - Fiction (dreams in digital)
Unit:187 - Nobody [Explicit]
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - After the Flesh
Tool - Parabola
Placebo - Scene of the Crime
††† (Crosses) - Goodbye Horses
AWOLNATION - Sail
Green Day - Hitchin' A Ride
Kids In Glass Houses - Peace
Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman
Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)
Electric Callboy - Pump It
Nothing More - Tired Of Winning/Ships in the Night
Halestorm - Love Bites [So Do I]
Metallica - Lux Æterna
Megadeth - Sweating Bullets
The B-69s - WAP
Skameleon - What Is Love
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - I Will Survive
Russkaja - Get Lucky
Buckcherry - Say F**k It [Explicit]
Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix
You Me At Six - Beautiful Way
Deaf Havana - Sinner
Bryan Adams - The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
INXS - Elegantly Wasted
Hollywood Undead - Everywhere I Go
Blink-182 - I Miss You
Linkin Park - Numb
Reef - Place Your Hands
Ash - Girl From Mars
Mindless Self Indulgence - Shut Me Up
Galactic Skyfather - Ja Ja Ding D**g
Die Toten Hosen - Auld Lang Syne
The Sisters Of Mercy/The Vengaboys - We like to Lucretia party with my Reflection on the Vengabus
Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Prince & The New Power Generation - Gett Off ( LP Version)
Smash Mouth - All Star
The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Fisherspooner - Emerge (Dave Clark Mix)
Faderhead - Dirtygrrrls Dirtybois
Tiga and Zyntherius - Sunglasses At Night
O**y - Blue Monday
Stabbing Westward - Cold
Hell Boulevard - Satan in Wonderland
Lord Of The Lost - Priest
Rob Zombie - Dragula
Kontrust - Ladies
Nova Twins - Antagonist [Explicit]
Marmozets - Major System Error
BONES UK - Filthy Freaks [Explicit]
Poppy - BLOODMONEY
Emigrate - Get Down [feat. Peaches]
YUNGBLUD - Cotton Candy (Clean)
Royal & the Serpent - PHUCKBOI REJECTS [Explicit]
RedHook - Bad Decisions
King Missile - Detachable P***s
Infected Mushroom - Deeply Disturbed (Infected Remix)
The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)
Cassyette - Sad Girl Summer
Diamante - Ghost Myself
Falling In Reverse - Zombified [Explicit]
Papa Roach - Swerve (feat. FEVER 333 & Sueco)
Ice Nine Kills - Rainy Day
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
Eminem - Without Me
Weird Al Yankovic - White & Nerdy
Limp Bizkit - Dad Vibes
Kid Rock - Cowboy
Foo Fighters - Monkeywrench
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer [Clean]
Thunder - Dirty Love
Romeo's Daughter - Attracted To The Animal
Mötley Crüe - Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)
I Am The Avalanche - Young Kerouacs
The Wonder Years - Sister Cities
A Day To Remember - Sometimes You're The Hammer, Sometimes You're The Nail
A - Nothing
The Interrupters - She Got Arrested
Reel Big Fish - Beer
Queens Of The Stone Age - The Way You Used To Do
Patrón - Who do you dance for
Architects - Animals
Ghost - Watcher In The Sky
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock & Roll
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Runnin' Down A Dream
Nickelback - High Time
Devin Townsend - Spirits Will Collide