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CULT OF THE UNDERDOG Podcast : Episode 22 Now Available!

I'm a few days early with this, but as it was ready in time for the weekend...

CULT OF THE UNDERDOG - The Honorable Profession
Episode 22 : (Apr 2025)





“What a strange thing it is to recognize a sound like the shriek of a wounded animal, when you've never heard the shriek of a wounded animal.” John L'Heureux, from 'An Honorable Profession'

If you missed any of the previous episodes you can catch up here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/bigfootkit/

Cheers, 'kit. Already into 28th minute.

EDIT: Got through to the end. Know NOTHING.

Noisenik wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 9:00 pm Cheers, 'kit. Already into 28th minute.

Blimey, you were quick off the mark.

doomedplanet wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:22 pm

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Laydeez & gennelmen, we have a winner!

I'm looking forward to finding out who that band is that sounds like Saxon but isn't

Ahh, this is seriously one of the things that gets me through these days. Will tune in later this evening.

At about the 42th minute we have the amazing I DRIVE!

Second song is RANDY HANSEN - Champagne And Cocaine

Nice work fellas. Like always the songs that got ID'ed first weren't the ones i'd expected, impressive. Here's what you've sussed so far (with the library tunes flung in too)
+EDIT+ Now amended to also invlude Khnud's contributions below.:

01. NORRIE PARAMOUR - New Scotland Yard Ad-Break Vamp (from the 'New Scotland Yard' TV OST (1972)
02. BALTIK - Leslie Briggs (aka 'Cult Of The Underdog' Theme) (from the 'Baltik' LP (1973))
03.
04.
05. RANDY HANSEN - Champagne And Cocaine (from the 'Randy Hansen' LP (1980))
06.
07. FRISKY ARCHER - Patterns Of The Nighttime (from the 'Patterns Of The Nighttime' 7" (1980))
08. FIX - It Makes Me Breathe (from the 'Fixation' LP (1978))
09.
10. THE BOYZ - Falling Star (from the 'Bustin' Out' EP (1981))
11.
12.
13. SILVERTHORNE - Tear The Sky Wide Open (from the 'Tear The Sky Wide Open' EP (2020))
14. JUSTIN - Rock My Soul (from the 'Rock My Soul' Promo 7" (1982))
15. I DRIVE - Before The Devil (from the 'I Drive' LP (1972))
16. PHIL CAMPBELL (feat. ROB HALFORD) - Straight Up (from the 'Old Lions Still Roar' LP (2019))
17. GEORGE RIEDEL - Snake Dance (from the 'Nana' OST (1970))
18.
19.
20.

Finally had time to listen through the whole episode. Added a few:

08. FIX - It Makes Me Breathe (from the 'Fixation' LP (1978))
10. THE BOYZ - Falling Star (from the 'Bustin' Out' 7" EP (1981))
13. SILVERTHORNE - Tear the Sky Wide Open (from the 'Tear The Sky Wide Open' EP (2019))
14. JUSTIN - Rock My Soul (from the 'Rock My Soul' 7" (year unknown)
16. PHIL CAMPBELL (& Rob Halford!) - Straight Up (from the 'Old Lions Still Roar' LP (2019))

That "Fortune Teller" track is really good, nice Dio vibe to it. Don't know the artist though.

Nicely ID'ed sir (as always), tracklist updated accordingly.
I had the Justin promo 45 being from 1982, but don't take that as gospel.

Khnud wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 3:54 pm That "Fortune Teller" track is really good, nice Dio vibe to it.

I hadn't thought of Dio, but that's a rather good comparison. They were a demo only band, and if that song's Dio-like then one of their others is more Rough Cutt perhaps. That wasn't a clue BTW, just trying to temper your expectations a little for the demo overall.

Thanks, as always, to everyone who takes the time to support COTU.
The current episode is in the top ten of both mixcloud's 'Hard Rock' & 'Heavy Metal' charts (yet again) thanks to your patronage.

Is it time for me to reveal the remaining unidentified songs yet?

bigfootkit wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 2:30 pm Is it time for me to reveal the remaining unidentified songs yet?

Please do!