Every day at least one song - Week # 53 (January 26, 2026) - One Year anniversary week -
When I started Barstool Revolution I created a Facebook site and generated a daily thread where I would post at least one song a day. With social media sites increasingly useless for self-promotion to generate traffic to sites like this one - unless you are willing to shell out money - I decided to continue the “tradition” right here to add content and to hopefully generate more traffic to the site. Now in its second year I shall continue to post at least one song every day, old and new and of any genre. Stay tuned and check in daily!
Monday, January 26, 2026:
Today marks the one year anniversary of posting at least one song every day. Overall I like how things have progressed with this little project and as time went on I have started to reach a wider and more international audience out there in the world. With that I’d like to thank everyone who follows this page, checks in and enjoys reading about and listening to the tunes on a daily or weekly basis. To make this week a little different I reached out to people who follow Barstool Revolution on Facebook with songs they would like me to post. Today’s post is dedicated to Van Nuck (not the real name) in Western Canada and the guys in Virus X from Niagara Falls, NY from around the corner from us. Both parties requested songs from the Toronto/Hamilton area in Canada, very close to the US/Canadian border and only about 90 Minutes away from us here in Buffalo. I thought it’d be a neat idea to kick off this week with three songs from said area, cheers to Van Nuck and Virus X and thanks for your support! Happy Monday!
Interesting, I didn’t know this version of the Viletones song “Dirty Feeling” at all, as I am only familiar with the material the original line-up had recorded. The song originally appeared on the second EP ‘Look back in Anger’ from 1978 but Mr. Leckie must have decided to re-record it in 1997. It sounds great in my opinion, and since I couldn’t find the original version on Youtube, this will do. Needless to mention that the Viletones were one of the most important bands of the early Toronto punk scene. RIP Steven Leckie on vocals and Freddie Pompeii on guitar.
The Forgotten Rebels from Hamilton/Ontario are still going strong to this day, albeit of course with a different line-up compared to the one when this song was recorded. ‘In Love with the System’ is with certainty one of my favorite punk rock full lengths and when my good friend Alain and I organized a gig for them in Zurich/Switzerland back in 2000 we played the LP up and down to warm up for the gig, which was an absolute blast and a night I shall always remember. Cheers for these two choices, Van Nuck!
Just like the Forgotten Rebels, Teenage Head hailed from Hamilton as well. Both bands should really be regarded as Top punk rock acts on an international level while Teenage Head were a bigger act on Canadian soil, famously causing a riot at the Horseshoe Tavern back in ‘78. Unfortunately I have never seen them live, god knows why that is as I had spent nearly three years in Toronto during the ‘90s. Even more sad is that with vocalist Frankie Venom and guitarist Gord Lewis two original members are no longer with us, rest in peace. Cheers to Virus X for this choice, who themselves have established close relationships with bands and venues across the border dating back decades. That’s it for today, and please do yourselves a favor and dig deeper into the history of Canadian Punk Rock, there is a lot to discover. Pogo on!
Tuesday, January 27, 2026:
It’s freaking cold and windy as hell outside and I really look forward to the commute to work. Anyhow, let’s continue with this week’s song requests and turn to Surfbort. I have never heard of this band, but Andrew from the UK is a fan it seems. He is a gifted lo-fi punk illustrator and has contributed to this website with his take on the Misfits. I am sure there will be more of his illustrations forthcoming, so stay tuned. Anyway, back to Surfbort, a band that started out in Brooklyn/NY and is supposedly now located in Los Angeles. I looked up their releases on discogs and there is quite a bit. It seems that the old stuff is raw and up my alley while the newer stuff is more polished and more boring. This one is an old one released on the excellent Hozac Records and I dig it, thanks Andrew! Happy Tuesday!
Wednesday, January 28, 2026:
Alright, middle of the working week it is and yesterday after work it was the third day in a row I had to clean up the piles of snow, sick and tired of it. Let’s head back to Toronto though after said city was centre of attention with the followers’ requests on Monday. This time it’s a modern day song by Ducks Ltd., again a band I have not heard of. I reached out to Jerid of Out There Records here in Buffalo and he said there is no record he listened to more than the band’s last one released ‘Harm’s Way’. These Torontonians must have listened to many a ‘80s UK indie pop band, and I must say after a few listening the song grew on me. If in Buffalo or visiting make sure you visit Jerid’s excellent record store. Happy Wednesday!
