The Proper Gander

Rotten and festy number two

Tue, 12 May 2026 22:00:00 +1000

Part two of lovingly playing the type of music *and* some more of the actual music you'll hear at Rotten Fest, which is the absolute premier showcase for bands in the burgeoning and powerful Sunshine Coast punk scene.

Part one available at https://4zzz.org.au/program/the-proper-gander, hear it instantly by hitting the show dated 28/04/26

Songs played
Supersuckers - Born With A Tail
The Vandals - I've got an ape drape
'Wierd' Al Yankovic - Livin' in the fridge
Private Function - Music Sucks Fuck You
Rancid - Radio
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Sunday morning comin' down
Fun With Explosives - Going to war
Fun With Explosives - Good Mourning
Fun With Explosives - Rhyme or Reason
The Wolston Butchers - Live Dead Die Fast
The Wolston Butchers - Last Dance
The Wolston Butchers - Play these Games
Rufusbatón - Dirty Punk Shorts
Rufusbatón - 10ft tall and bulletproof
One More Billy - Open Ocean
One More Billy - Spin man
Bob Marley - Judge Not

For the working class(es)

Tue, 5 May 2026 22:00:00 +1000

Without trucks it's been alleged that Australia stops. Without any workers there's nothing to put on them in the first place and no money to buy the non-existant stuff to begin with. Shouts-out to the workers in this month of May.

Songs played
Booker T and the MGs - Time is tight
CAKE - Opera Singer
Frenzal Rhomb - There's your dad
Bill Hicks - The elite
'Wierd' Al Yankovic - Mission Statement
Private Function - MUSIC SUCKS (FUCK YOU)
Green Day - Working Class Hero
The Dog Trackers - Electric toilet
The Wolston Butchers - cuz we're high
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - The Road Safety Song
The Casualties - Rocker's Reggae (working man's dub mix)
Chrome Division - Sharp dressed man
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - City of New Orleans
Bob Marley - Judge Not

Rotten and Festy

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +1000

This week we're talking about Rotten Fest, a great event in the cultural wasteland north of Brisbane and playing *some* the bands featured for all of our pleasure. Check The Proper Gander on facebook for more details.

Songs played
Bland - Current Affairs
Bland - Tough Love
Bland - Is it enough
Vandalism Angel - Eeyore Amore
Fun with explosives - Asphyxia
Fun with explosives - Going to war
Fun with explosives - I'll bring you grief
Rufusbatón - 10ft tall and bulletproof
Rufusbatón - Losing my religion
Rufusbatón - I.T.S
One More Billy - I'm alright
One More Billy - Rotten New World
One More Billy - RUBY
Bob Marley - Judge Not

Hips or lips?

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +1000

We’ve got one motive this week, smiling or getting down to the old school shimmy. Hips or lips. Or both, no shame in your game because it’s all for you. Keep it kind, curious and weird x

Songs played
Mr. B. The Gentleman Rhymer - Straight out of Surrey
Tom Jones - Lodi
T.I.S.M - Defecate on my face (country version)
The Baseballs - I don't feel like dancing
The Tornadoes - Bustin' Surfboards
Lazy Grey Feat. Len One - 50 Papers
Young MC - Know How
Everlast - Folsom Prison Blues
Northern Lights - Dope Fiend (Chuck D Remix)
Faith No More - Edge of the world
Wit of Sound - Guile's Theme
The Chips - Rubber Biscuit
Roy Brown - Butcher Pete
Sid Philips - Boogie Man
Volbeat - Sad Man's Tongue
Bob Marley - Judge Not

Loud Locals

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +1000

Do you like local music? Do you like it loud, cheeky and with a message?? Well have we got a deal for you.

An hour of it free gratis, but only for six weeks.

Songs played
Mouthguard - Say Something
The Disgruntled Taxpayers - Party pies, cocaine, paddy wagons and lawyers
The Leftards - Cult of ziontology
Kombi Killers - Haters
T.I.S.M - Jung Talent Time
Flangipanis - Good little taxpayer
Alchemist - Nature on a leash
Wolf Whistle Wounds - Inposter sindrone
Rufusbaton - 10 ft tall and bulletproof
Private Function - Duct Tape
One More Billy - Loose Lips
Gudgeon - 2 shits givin
Lazy Grey - The City
Victims of Noah - John Howard
Arabella & The Heist - Electric
Bob Marley - Judge not

Sacrelicious

Tue, 7 Apr 2026 22:00:00 +1000

'tis a season to be jolly. A different one. What, Christmas gets all the frivolity? Do you think Santa walks around saying "HO HO HO, what a jolly occasion! It would be a shame if something happened to it, HO HO HO!" No he doesn't so we can be jolly whenever we jolly well feel like it. Gather around and partake in some sacrelicious offerings to the season with The Distained , Being Jane Lane , Toe To Toe SHC and Spiderbait. Those that doubt us break easter eggs by choice.
9pm Tuesday nights weakly on ZED Digital presented by 4ZZZ. Replay available for six weeks at https://4zzz.org.au/program/the-proper-gander

Songs played
Isaac Hayes - Chocolate Salty Balls
Gravel Samwidge - Drinking with a dead man
Slayer - Circle of beliefs
Temple of The Dog - Wooden Jesus
Slipknot - Spit it out (overcaffeinated hyper mix)
System Of A Down - Toxicity
Dusty Springfield - Son of a preacher man
Spiderbait - Jesus
Toe to Toe - Steady diet of hate
The Distained - Exalt
Monty Python - Big nose
RUN-DMC - Mary, Mary
Lazy Grey - Copious amounts
Being Jane Lane - Savage Sunday
'Wierd' Al Yannkovic - Pretty fly for a Rabbi
Bob Marley - Judge Not

31st of March

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +1000

This one is strictly for grown-ups. Enjoy it safely and consensually.

Songs played
Limp Bizkit - Nookie
Puscifer - Cuntry Boner (V is for Viagra remix)
T.I.S.M - Everyone else has had more sex than me
Ministry - Psalm 69
Isaac Hayes - Close to you
The Darkness - Knockers
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - That bug bit me
Wolf Whistle Wounds - Inposter sindrone
Flangipanis - My period is late
Bill Hicks - Gays in the military
'Wierd' Al Yankovic - Good enough for now
Faith No More - Mouth to Mouth
Less Than Jake - Summer Nights
Bob Marley - Judge Not

Local Produce

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +1000

Fuel isn't getting more affordable but our jokes are still dirt cheap. Maybe nobody will be driving anywhere soon, who knows? Even if that's the case we're girt by talent here in South-East Queensland so you don't have to go far to hear the good stuff. Here's some timely reminders old and new including exciting new stuff from Wolf Whistle Wounds, some Dreamkillers from Brisbane Australia. , Osaka Punch , Radium Dolls , The Dog Trackers , Regurgitator , Mouthguard , The Piss Shivers , Flangipanis , Being Jane Lane plus some old school surprises.

9pm Tuesday nights weakly on ZED Digital presented by 4ZZZ.

Songs played
Regurgitator - Kong Foo Sing
Osaka Punch - Served with mustard
Dreamkillers - Reset Broom
Killengod - Believe in divination
Against - Quit while you're ahead
Blowhard - Friday night public bar
Animal - Being Jane Lane
Radium Dolls - Daddy
Wolf Whistle Wounds - Imposter Sindrone
Lazy Grey - Corrupted smoke
Provoke - Street Justice
Mouthguard - Ritalin
The Piss Shivers - Red Stripe
The Dog Trackers - 7 foot 7
Flangipanis - My period is late
Bob Marley - Judge not

Fool Crisis

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +1000

Fuel prices are going up, so is everything else including global tensions. Stop doom-scrolling for an hour and kick back with a hand-picked batch of weirdness, heavy music and humour that's on topic, in the house and on the list.

Songs played
Sly and The Family Stone - Underdog
Faith No More - Everything's ruined
Less Than Jake - Lightening
LARD - War Pimp Rennaisance
Bowling For Soup - I ran (so far away)
Lazy Grey - New World
House of Pain - One for the road
T.I.S.M - Rebel without a paunch
Blowhard - Pirate Song
Death Grips - Hunger Games
Bill Hicks - Politics in America
Melvins and Napalm Death - Death rip the God
Cake - Long line of cars
White Zombie - Supercharger Heaven
'Wierd' Al Yankovic - The biggest ball of twine in Minnesota
Beastie Boys - Believe me
Bob Marley - Judge Not

Props to the ladies

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +1000

This week we celebrated International Women's Day by giving love to talented women everywhere. Be they fierce, funny or gentle they deserve props EVERY day but this week they get it all.

Songs played
Flangipanis - I wanna fuck you in the mouth
Lily Allen - Alfie
Carrie Dahlby - Don't talk about size
itchy and The Nits - Smelly boys
The Tuts - Let go of the past
Alison - Ugly Fish
The Doubleclicks - Ode to a summer job
The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle - Well I guess I told you off
Dizzy - Badassmutha
Walls of Jericho - Reign Supreme
Archenemy - To the last breath
Peachy - Her Bones
Victims of Noah - Barbie Syndrome
Bob Marley - Judge Not

Planted

Tue, 3 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +1000

Plants and flowers are wonderful. They give us oxygen, food, aesthetics and other pleasures. This week we're celebrating stuff what comes out of the ground on The Proper Gander.

Songs played
Outkast - Roses
Twin Jewels - Every rose has it's thorn
Me Fiirst and The Gimme Gimmes - Blowin' in the wind
Mastodon - Colony of birchmen
Flowers for Jayne - Dangerous Woman
One More Billy - Mad Government Weed
TOMOHUNG - Alien
The Square Tugs - Yippi Yi Ya Motherfucker
Dreamkillers - Self Raising Flour
System Of A Down - Forest
Less Than Jake - Whatever the weather
'Weird' Al Yankovic - Spatula City
The Statler Brothers - Flowers on the wall
Primus - Del Davis tree farm
BUDD - Chopsumfuckinwood
Monty Python - Stoning
Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue - Where the wild roses grow
Bob Marley - Judge Not