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The Radishes

About Me

The Radishes are a San Francisco/Los Angeles based band with a sound that has been described as Nirvana meets Motorhead. Other influences include such high-energy units as The White Stripes, The Stooges, Ministry, The Hives, Artic Monkeys, Scratch Acid, and NIN, with hooky, angular guitar lines, ferocious vocals, relentless drumming, and a unique, darkly ironic approach to songwriting.

Most recently, The Radishes teamed up with legendary underground bassist Paul Barker (Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Lard, etc.) and drummer Rey Washam (Ministry, Scratch Acid, Rapeman) and Wayne Kramer of the MC5 on 2008's Strychnine EP. Yeow!

For more info:

Standoffish Productions
3063 Pine St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
[email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/08/2005
Band Website: www.theradishes.com
Band Members: Paul Stinson - vox, guitar
Scrote - guitar, bass

and rotating on various shows/recordings:

Paul Barker - bass, noise
(Ministry, Revolting Cocks)

Rey Washam - drums
(Steve Albini, Scratch Acid)

Ryan Brown - drums
(The Fuxedos, Ultraviolet)

Earl Harvin - drums
(The The, The Art Of Noise)

Steve Calhoon - drums
(Skeleton Key, Yoko Ono)

special guest:
Wayne Kramer - guitar (MC5)
Influences: Alcohol, psychotropic medications, Satan, pretty little flowers
Sounds Like: “Snotty heavy punk. Dead Boys, Gorilla Biscuits. Good for picking up slutty Jersey girls.” – Hybrid Magazine

"If Kurt Cobain lived to become a member of Motorhead, it might prove reminiscent of The Radishes" - East Bay Express (Oakland, CA)

"A cocktail of rock, punk, metal and psych-pop." - Performer Magazine

"I've always been a sucker for dirty garage rock with a punk rock twist, the kind of muddy rock 'n' roll that goes perfect with an afternoon beer and a sweaty roll-around...The Radishes are one such band." - Ink19

"A good rock band has to rock, and The Radishes can rock!" - I Rock Cleveland

"...rocking our eardrums' nuts off!" - The Tripwire

"(I) was ready for a quick mental cleanse of the kind that The Radishes are fond of administering...simple riffs repeated fast and loud, driving bass and drums...acidic vocals that scream alienation, anger, and irony." - 3hive

"It's certainly more of a sludgey garage rock vibe more so than anything else we can place. Think Fun House-era Stooges or the entire catalog from The Hellacopters." - The Culture Of Me

Record Label: Standoffish

My Blog

new track up boys and girls

Just posted a rough mix of a new song called Percocet Sunset.  Recorded this one as a demo at my friend John's studio about a year ago or something but it took forever to rework it into half-listenabl...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 19:13:00 GMT

New (old) tracks uploaded to playlist!!!

Not sure where our heads were but it turns out that none of the tracks from the 2008 Strychnine EP were ever added to the myspace playlist. Doh!So we now put up there the title track, featuring Wayne...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:44:00 GMT

Yeah, so Paul's been cheating on us

with some other projects in 08 and 09. If you're really interested you can check out one of 'em at www.myspace.com/sugarknives. Otherwise just give him the finger next time you see him.But new Radis...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:16:00 GMT

"Good Machine" Featured In New Disney Action Sports Game "PURE"

Check out the title track from The Radishes' full-length CD Good Machine on the new Disney Interactive action sports game PURE, just released this month for Xbox and Playstation.Tracks include:The Ans...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 02:52:00 GMT

PopMatters review for Strychnine EP

By Jason MacNeilThe Radishes feature Wayne Kramer on a song here. It's always a good thing to have a member of the MC5 around if you want to consider yourself a true rock and roll band. But The Radish...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:45:00 GMT

The Radishes too nice and funny for the U.K.

They'll be hearing from Scrote's parents' lawyers! Strychnine Review
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:06:00 GMT

New video for "Strychnine"

Holy crap, those Radishes are just ON FIRE . . . with their new, seizure-inducing video for "Strychnine," the title track from the new EP featuring Wayne Kramer on lead f*ckn guitar. You can get a di...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 21:10:00 GMT

Check out The Radishes on QuickTime

Get all the tracks from the new EP, view all 3 Radishes videos, and download the whole Radishes catalog from iTunes right here
Posted by on Wed, 14 May 2008 20:01:00 GMT

I-94 Bar Review of "Strychnine" EP

STRYCHNINE EP - The Radishes (Standoffish Productions) Having no knowledge of this band, I stumbled across this EP on the great CD distribution website cdbaby.com. After listening to some killer track...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:44:00 GMT

New Radishes EP "Strychnine" Now Available!!!!!!!!!

The new EP "Strychnine" by The Radishes is officially released today, April 15, 2008!!! See our Toolshed site for details and a preview, and buy the disc at CD Baby or right here through our snocap s...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:53:00 GMT