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The Beginning: In the summer of 2004, music director Ian Cooke asked Stephen Martin if he'd like to start a "hardcore show" at the CHUO radio station. After some time and a little Jim Rome-related inspiration Steve accepted Ian's offer with the foundation of classic bands like Uranus, Shotmaker, and Overcast in mind and the Melvins' track "Over From Underground" as a title.
The Partnership: Initially a solo endeavour, Steve turned to brother-in-arms Dave Williams for support and proposed that Dave add his insatiable love of d-beat hardcore and all things punk rock to the mix. After their first show together it was clear that Dave and Steve were quite a team, as the two coalesced their vast knowledge of different ends of the punk/hardcore spectrum and bantered like no other radio team in history.
Today's Empire: After some time and the coming and going of co-hosts Matty McGovern and the ever-elusive Andrew Tweedy, the boys recruited Emmanuel "Lips" Sayer as a permanent co-host; a man whose unbridled enthusiasm for sincere punk rock knows no bounds. With Steve now busying himself in the world of guitar repairs the show centers around Dave and Emmanuel's chemistry of punk and hilarity. That and a lot of old punk and new-punk-that-sounds-like-old-punk. And a shit-load of d-beats.
It's fucking MIDNIGHT man!: Heed the immortal words of Vic Bondi, dinks. After what we'd thought was a crushing blow dealt by shitty work and school schedules, OFU is back with a killer new timeslot. Mondays at midnight you can now hear our two hour onslaught of punk rock from all over the spectrum. There are no cushy prep-guy or guitar-fixer jobs at midnight! There are no boring-ass musicology seminars at midnight! It's not morning in Canada, it's fucking midnight! So we're back, all three of us. Stay up late and listen up.
Seriously, though, if you like sincere, underground punk rock from whatever era, probably you're gonna dig this show. So just listen.
