Radio What Wave Playlist July 19/2021 London Music Club Special

This show is about the recently closed down, London Music Club. In its 17 or so years existence, this club hosted literally a ton of bands/artists from around the world. Today on Radio WW, we’re going to play some of the many that we saw there over the years. And we talk a little about the club in between sets.

1. Gruesomes….What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood 1989 OG Records.
2. Spit Jr…..Emotional Suitcase….brand new single from Spit Jr. Spit played solo and with several bands, including Dashboard Rattle at the London Music Club (LMC).
3. Edgar Breau….from his recent Flag Of The World release and Edgar, along with Simply Saucer bassists Kevin Christoff put on an amazing set at LMC many years ago.
4. CJ Lee….Blaxland City Line….from his recent Hitchcock Sequel release and he’s an Australian living in the Exeter Ontario area now.  CJ’s live shows are rumoured to be fantastic!
5. Ginger St James…. Hair Of The Blackdog…from her 2016 One For The Money and we got to see Ginger for a memborable show at the LMC.
6. Chuckee Zehr….Shake Like Elvis…. From her recent Laugh Lines Crows Feet release and Chuckee played LMC many times over the years.
7. Wanda Jackson….Funnel Of Love…from the 2003 Heart Trouble release featuring Lux and Ivy of The Cramps. It was mind bogling to see Wanda in such an intimate performance with The Rizdales backing her up.
8. Tom Wilson….I’m In Love With The System….from his 2006 Dog Years release and it was a packed show when we saw Tom at the LMC.
9. Frank Ridsdale and Slugfest….The Water Road….from their 2006 release, The Port. Frank has played LMC countless times, even hosting Christmas and New Years parties there.
10. Dashboard Rattle….1979….from their self titled release and we’ve only seen Dashboard once, and it was at the LMC.
11. Bloodshot Bill….Love Me Twice….from his 2016 Guitar Boy on Norton Records. The first time we brought Bill into town, this is where we had the show. The Dropouts and Black Holes were also on the bill and the show rocked out and introduced a lot of people to Bill. Next time we brought Bill into town was at the Victoria Tavern, as part of our Rockabilly Massacre series of shows.
12. Black Holes….Miss Pearl….recorded live at the Brunswick.  Black Holes were from London and my fave local rockabilly band to go see.
13. Jason & The Nomads….Earthquake….from his 2006 Warpspeed Ahead release and from London. Jason performed at the LMC as part of the rockabilly shows that Shakin’ Kats (heard Wednesday evenings here on radiowestern) used to put on. They brought many fine bands to the LMC.
14. Paul James….Good Old Rock’n’Roll…from his 1984 Almost Crazy release. Only saw Paul at the LMC once, but man oh man that was one wild and crazy show!! One of my all time fave shows at the LMC!
15. Pink Cadillac Scat Cats…Halfway To Memphis….from their Rip It Up release and from London Ontario. Heard a rumour that they might be doing some new recording in the near future.
16. Royal Crowns…Greasy Corpse…from their 32 Miles From Memphis release and feature Teddy Fury on the tubs.  We’ve seen these guys live a few times, every show is nothing short of fantastic! So precise, so clean, so perfect!!
17. 24^th Street Wailers…. Spitfire….from their 2015 Where Evil Grows release. Another shitkicker of a show and we were hoping they would come back, but never happened.
18. Twin Fin…Let’s Get Drinkin’…from their 2015 Whiskey Wine & Venom Blood release and from London.
19. Andre Bisson….How Many Times….from his 2017 Break release. Took a chance on this show as we weren’t familiar with the band, but they had horns so we went. We were very pleasantly surprised as the horns sounded so clear and loud at the LMC.
20. Galea….Come On In My Kitchen….from her 2005 Diary Of A Bad Housewife release. Galea has played LMC many times, as part of her Galvanizers and in Slugfest.
21. Pack AD…. Snow….from their 2007 debut, Tintype. Pack AD played here a couple times until they had enough of a fanbase to pack Call The Office.
22. TVD…I’m Not In Love….from their recent Avec release and TVD played as part of a bash put on my Larry and Cathy to celebrate their anniversary a couple years ago. This was a really fun show as most everyone knew everyone else and I even got to DJ between sets.
23. Dropouts….Sucker Punch….from their 2005 After School Specials release and from London. They did their last London show here, prior to moving to Vancouver.
24. Evil Farm Children….Border Blaster….from their Evilling release from 2008 and they played LMC as part of Rena’s birthday bash a few years back.
25. The Speaking Tongues….Run To My Door….from their 2008 self titled debut and they played with Evil Farm Children at Rena’s LMC bash.
26. White Cowbell Oklahoma….Take Me Down To Mexico….from their soon to be released Textos Raros Volume 1 2001 to 2021. One of only 2 bands we’re playing today that didn’t play the LMC.
27. Dany Laj & The Looks….Pick It Up….from their brand new Ten Easy Pieces and the second and last band we’re playing today that didn’t play the LMC.
28. Young Rival….T Shirt and Shorts….from their 2010 self titled release and from Hamilton.  Young Rival played with Pack AD at one of their LMC shows.
29. Johnny Terrien & the Bad Lieutenants….The Grey and the Black….from their 2017 Half Wits release and a Demic cover. RIP to JD Weatherstone, Demics drummer who passed away yesterday.
30. 63 Monroe…Dear John…from their 2006 Last Exit To Rawk’n’Roll release and from London Ontario.
31. Black Frame Spectacle….Bust Out The Boogie…from their 2012 Grady Sessions II release and they played with Pack AD at LMC.
32. Mountain Of Wolves….Call My Name….from their 2017 self titled release and from London Ontario.
33. Comos….One Step Back….from their 2006 Bandwidth release. Comos held their record release party here and it was packed to the rafters!   LMC was great about having record/CD release parties.
34. Cordcalling….When I Scream….from their 2010 Obsessed By The Light release and from London Ontario.
35. Rizdales…High Heeled Homewrecker….from their 2007 Radio Country release and they played LMC many times.
36. Frank Ridsdale…..Mod Mod World….from his 2003 Mod World Old World release and Frank played LMC countless times over the years.

Big Thanx to all that took time to listen, read the above, send texts, messages, emails, phone calls etc….

And Thanx to Pete Denomme and his crew at the London Music Club for playing host to so many great artists/bands over the years!

Back again next week and we’ll do a trib to Jimmy Weatherstone, Demics drummer, who passed away yesterday.

Radio What Wave Playlist June 28/2021.  Canada Day Special

All Canadian acts on this one, as Canada Day is just a couple days away. This is barely scratching the surface as there is so much great talent in Canada.

1. Nomeansno…..Oh Canaduh…..from a 1991 7” and a cover of a Subhumans song. 
2. Deja Voodoo…..Blast Off…from their 1986 Swamp Of Love release and from Montreal.  Tony and Gerard of Deja Voodoo were OG Records back then and they put out loads of cool releases,  many of which topped the college radio charts across Canada back in the mid to late 80’s. Check out any of their legendary It Came From Canada series for a look at great Canadian music in the 80’s.
3. K.V. Raucous & The Cavedwellers….  It Came from the Swamp….from his recent Beach Party At Drac’s and this is a one man band from Calgary.
4. UIC….Green Lady…from their Wiseman Sessions, recorded in the late 80’s and properly released in 2016 on Yeah Right Records. Personally I think if this was released when it was originally recorded, things would have gone much different for UIC and they would have been playing much larger gigs.
5. TVD…C’mon And Tell Me Off….from their recent Avec release and from right here in London Ontario. 3 vets of the late 70’s punk scene that have still got it and have a great time playing.
6. Enchanters….Torture Chamber….from their latest 7” and it’s on Transistor 66 Records out of Winnipeg. Enchanters home base is Toronto and have played London at least once.
7. Lowdown Dirty Mojos….Mystic Highway 6….from the brand new Stone Cold Groovers release and from Hamilton Ontario. Singer/guitarist Paul Wootton got his start in The Sinners, one of the first combos to release vinyl in the London Ontario punk scene.
8. Chuckee Zehr….Finish What We Started…..from her recent Laugh Lines Crow’s Feet release and from London Ontario.
9. Nash The Slash….Fever Dream….from his 1978 Bedside Companion release and from Toronto.
10. Roger Zuraw….Fine Weather Blues….from his 2019 Remembering The Lakeshore release and from Etobicoke.
11. Stompin’ Tom Connors…..The Hockey Song….from the 1972 Hockey Song release and a timely song. You can’t get any more Canadian than The Stomper!
12. Bloodshot Bill…..High & Dry…..from a 7” on Norton Records from 2007. 
13. Dany Laj & The Looks….Till Jockey’s Lament….from their brand new 10 Easy Pieces release. Once things get back somewhat to normal, hopefully Dany Laj will come back to London to play again as it’s been way too long!!
14. Cluttered….The Toll….from a brand new release called Accidents and from Halifax.
15. Joey Shithead Keithley & His Band Of Rebels….When Power Came To Canada….2007 release and from Burnaby BC where Joey is a city councillor.
16. The Supreme Bagg Team….Flip Flip Flip….from a 1988 7” and from Toronto. Future UIC guitarist Dave Dysart was in this combo.
17. Chris Houston….Einstein’s Brain’s In Hamilton….from a 2013 7” and supposedly a true story.
18. Blackie & The Rodeo Kings….Leen On Your Peers….from their 1999 Kings Of Love release and Congrats to Tom Wilson on his 2012 City Of Hamilton Award for Life Time Achievement Honoree for his work over the years as an author, musician and painter.
19. Tom Wilson…Super Sun Natural…from his 2006 Dog Years release.
20. Florida Razors….New York’s Screamin’…from their Half A Rock’n’Roll Record mid 80’s and this was the first of many bands we’ve met Tom Wilson in over the years.
21. Teenage Head….Top Down….from a 1978 7” and sometimes referred to as the Beach Boys version due to the great harmony vocals.
22. The Poles….CN Tower….from a 1977 7” and from Toronto.
23. Edgar Breau…..Flag Of The World….from his recent Shadows Of ecstasy release and from Hamilton. Edgar is the guitarist/vocalist and long time member of Simply Saucer.
24. Bob Bryden and Long Day Journey….Flower Balm….from their recent Love In The Atomic Age that Bob is hand delivering to record stores across the region. Check your fave record store for this one.
25. Ugly Ducklings….That’s Just A Thought That I Had In My Mind…..from a 1966 7” and the first record I ever bought by this band. And on their Somewhere Outside long player.
26. Evaporators…..Winnipeg ’64….from a 1993 7” from this Vancouver combo that features Nardwuar the Human Serviette on vocals and attitude.
27. Deverons….She’s Your Lover….from a compilation called Wyld Canada and is one of the bands that Nardwuar mentions, as is…..
28. The Quid….Crazy Things…..from a 1965 7”
29. Painted Ship…..And She Said Yes…..from a compilation called Wyld Canada and from Vancouver. Led by Captain William Hay, this combo released only 2 singles, both double sided monsters!
30. Haunted….1 2 5…..from a 1966 7” and from Montreal.
31. A Passing Fancy…..I’m Losing Tonight….from 1968 Toronto and re-ished on Ugly Pop Records a few years ago. The single has way more wallop than the album version of this song.
32. Gruesomes….What’s Your Problem….from their debut longplayer, Tyrants Of Teen Trash on OG Records from 1986 and available via Ricochet Sound on CD.
33. Drums Along The Gardiner…..Fish….from their only 7” and from Toronto 1988.
34. Stolen Minks…..Boys On The Floor…..from their debut release from 2005 and from Halifax.
35. Smugglers…..Canadian Ambassadors….from their 1992 Atlanta Whiskey Flats release and this band was indeed filled with Canadian Ambassadors.
36. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet….Our Weapons Are Useless….from their debut single from 1985 and from Toronto.

Big Thanx to all that took some time to listen, send an email, message, text, shoutout, hey etc!! Back again next week in the same timeslot.

Radio What Wave June 14^th 2021 Playlist

1. Gruesomes…..What Wave…..from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood, OG Records 1989
2. Edgar Breau…Flag Of The World….from the brand new Shadows Of ecstasy release. Edgar was/is lead guitarist vocalist for Simply Saucer and this was the first project he did when SS ended originally. It’s taken almost 30 years, but this is finally out!
3. Luckies….Lover’s Curse….download from this Montreal rock’n’roll/rockabilly outfit. Had the pleasure of seeing them at The Wheel via the internet a couple weeks back and really enjoyed them!
4. Nathaniel Mayer….Village Of Love….1962 release on Fortune Records out of Detroit and a great mixture of doowop and soul.
5. Dany Laj and the Looks….You and Me….from their brand new Ten Easy Pieces release that just came out on vinyl and CD. Copies are going fast and really looking forward to Dany Laj coming back to London to play some of these songs.
6. Miesha & The Spanks….SOS…..from their recent Singles EP and from Calgary.
7. Tuns….Keeping Options Open….from the recent Duly Noted release. Features Mike O’Neil from the Inbreds, Chris Murphy from Sloan and Matt Murphy from Super Friends. Kind of a super power pop type combo!  Saw them a couple years ago at Call The Office and they sound as good live as on record.
8. Spy’s….Underground…..originally came out on a 1980 7” and the band has remastered this for the online market. Spy’s were from Windsor Ontario and used to play the Cedar Lounge here in London fairly often, before renaming themselves The Nelsons.
9. Satanic Togas….Strange Attraction….recent single on Goodbye Boozy Records and from Australia.
10. Space Slave….Yeah….from the Spacement Tapes and from London Ontario. One of the many Shawn MacDonald bands in this town and all are really good!
11. Ultra 5….Mystery Track….from their 1991 Reincarnation release and from NYC.  They played London once, back in late 1992 at the Electric Banana.
12. Bob Bryden & Long Day Journey….Happenin’ Street….from the brand new Love In The Atomic Age which is now hitting record stores thanks to Bob driving all over the place.
13. Mononegatives….Neighbots….from the brand new Apparatus Division release and from London Ontario. First press of the record sold out immediately and second pressing is in the works.  I’ve seen a couple of great reviews of this one and it certainly lives up to them.
14. Petroleum Byproduct….Mad About Plaid…from the 2009 Superficial Artificial release and from Vancouver.
15. JJ Burnel….Do The European….from his 1979 solo Euroman Cometh release. JJ is the longtime bass player for the Stranglers.
16. Kevin Dunn….Nadine….from the compilation Declaration Of Independents that came out in 1979. A totally different take on the Chuck Berry standard with the electronics in the forefront. Kevin was the guy who engineered the very first version of Rock Lobster, prior to the B52’s going big time.
17. Autogramm….Bad Day…from the recent No Rules release and from Vancouver.
18. The Perks….McPig….from their only 7” that came out in 1978 and from London Ontario. A bunch of highschool kids decide to make a record and this is what came out.                                           This is the beginning of a set that looked at Awes Recording Studio (and label) which was based in downtown London and was the first studio in this area to record punk/new wave.
19. Friendly Fire….Junior Senility….from their 1979 4 song EP that was on the Awes label. Looking for any kind of info on this band as no one I’ve talked to knows anything about this mystery band.
20. Uranus…..53 Buick….from their 1978 4 song EP on Awes Records. Uranus went on to the Trilogy label where they had a top 10 hit with You’re So Square 2 years later.
21. Demics….Factories….from the NYC CD on OPM Records.  Recorded in Feb 1978, 2 months after the band’s very first show and gives you an idea of how fast the Demics were evolving back then.
22. Demics….Talk’s Cheap….as above and this is a different version than what is on their Talk’s Cheap EP.
23. Boy From Nowhere….Sometimes Good Guys Don’t Wear White….recorded live at St Stephans Hall here in London 6/15/1985.  This is from our wedding bash as are the next 2 bands.
24. UIC….Nowhere To Run…..recorded live at St Stephan’s Hall as above.
25. 3D Invisibles…..5 Year Mission….from a 1984 7” and this Detroit combo were the headliners at the above bash.
26. Ultra 5…My Only Desire….from their 1992 House O’Fun release and features Tara on the lead vocals.
27. Amy Rigby….Dancing With Joey Ramone….from her 2005 Little Fugitive release and covered by many since as it’s such a great tune!
28. Government….Only Drive My Car…..from the 1979 Electric Eye release and from Toronto.  One of the few late 70’s new wave/punk combos from Toronto that didn’t play London.
29. Gary US Bonds….I Wanta Holler….from the compilation  Songs We Taught The Detroit Cobras.
30. King Khan….King Of The Jungle…..from his 3 Hairs and You’re Mine release from 2001.  Right around the time of this release, King Khan and His Shrines played Call The Office here in London and there were as many people in the band as in the crowd! The band still put on a stellar show and have never come back since…
31. Cramps…. Get Off The Road….from the 12” of the same name and came out in 1986.
32. Cramps….Kizmiaz….from the 12” of the same name and came out in 1986
33. Melissa McClelland….Passenger 24….from the 2006 Thumbelina’s One Night Stand release. First heard this on the excellent Renny’s Riot that happens every Wednesday at 1:30 on CKCU.
34. Tom Wilson….I’m In Love With The System….from his 2006 Dog Years release and from Hamilton Ontario.
35. Jerry Jerry & The Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra…..Bad Idea….from their 1985 Road Gore release on OG Records and from Edmonton.
36. Flamin’ Groovies….Comin’ After Me…..from their 1970 Flamingo release.
37. Gene Vincent….Race With The Devil….from a Greatest Hits release.
38. Randall Pee Coltrane…..Vaxanation Blues…..recent single and a timely one!

 Heard every Monday at 6PM on radiowestern CHRW 94.9FM out of London Ontario Canada

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Thanx to all that took the time to listen to the show, and/or send an email, text, message, Hey, mail, smoke signals etc!

Next week our theme is summer as we’ll be airing on June 21.

Radio What Wave Playlist June 7/2021 

This is an all London Ontario show, as it’s Music Week here in London Ontario. Just a sample of some of the great artists that come from here.

1. Jim Ashby….Speed City….from a 7” that originally came out in 1970, and was re-ished on the Speed City Records label in 2007.
2. Demics….Heart Of The City….recorded live at the Cedar Lounge 1978.  This is probably the first song I ever heard the Demics do live and it always reminds me of those times.
3. Uranus….Secret Agent Man….the flip side of their top 10 single, You’re So Square and from 1980.
4. Grant Smith & The Power….Keep On Runnin’…from their 1968 hit single.
5. Doug Varty Band….Kickin’ Ass….from their 2012 Feel Free release and sounding a lot like AC DC.
6. Thundermug….Africa….from their 1972 Strikes release and this was a hit single. Sometimes called the loudest band in the world, these guys are still around doing various musical projects.
7. Sheep Look Up….Jumper….recorded live at Key West by Reid Smith (RIP) brother of guitarist Gilbert Smith and major cheerleader for the band.
8. Thunder Queens….And Then We Go….from their 7” that came out just over a year ago and nominated in the punk category at the Forest City London Music Awards.
9. Mononegatives….Sure Shock….from their first single and nominated in the punk category at the Forest City London Music Awards. They have a brand new album out and we’ll be playing a track from that on next week’s edition.
10. Dave Rocket & The Jobbers….Hey Yo….from a brand new 7” and nominated in the punk category at the Forest City London Music Awards.
11. Full Throttle….Lockdown….from their very first demo and they are in the High School Battle Of The Bands this week. Most likely the only band in the battle that has recorded a demo that’s been given radio airplay.
12. Chuckee Zehr….Lie To Me Baby….from the recent Laugh Lines and Crow’s Feet release and nominated in the blues category at the Forest City London Music Awards.
13. Rizdales….Honky Tonk Honeymoon…from their 2018 Lucky Enough release and mentions London and the Richmond Hotel in the lyrics. Nominated in the country category in the Forest City London Music Awards.
14. Johnny & The Canadians….Say Yeah!...from their 1965 Columbia single and inducted into the Forest City London Hall Of Fame.
15. Johnny & The Hurricanes….A Million Tears Ago…..as above, the flip side of the 7”
16. Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons….Are You Really Gone….from Four Whom The Bell Tolls 7” that came with What Wave zine 16 from 1988. Drummer Andrew Lewis is a world renowned graphic artist and he designed the cover of our program guide and the postcard.
17. He Said She Said….Time Well Spent….brand new and features Shane Sawyer, who is also in….
18. Coaching For Sara….Come Down….brand new demo from this London pop/rock combo.
19. The Kards….. Peach Taco….brand new home recorded demo from this band that normally does 60’s covers at the Legions/Halls around the London area.
20. Spit Jr….Put Down Make Love….recent demo from this mystery player who could be a member of Dashboard Rattle.
21. 63 Monroe….2 Minutes 38….from their 2006 Last Exit To Rawk’n’Roll and are in the Forest City London Music Hall Of Fame.
22. Social Distance….Wasted Time….from their recent Stay Away release and one of the few London bands who released an actual CD last year!
23. TVD… Clean My Plate….from their Avec release. T is for Mike Timmins, V is for Paul Veno and D is for Pete Dekoker, all veterans of many bands from London over the years.
24. Hiroshima Hearts…Spend Your Money….from their 2016 Bone Music EP and now go under the name Jenn Marino and the Hearts.
25. Cordcalling….When I Scream….from their 2008 When I Scream EP.
26. Sinners….No Brains….from their 1980 7” and singer Paul has a new release coming out next week with his latest combo, Lowdown Dirty Mojos.
27. Regulators….That’s Right Nothing’s Left….from their 1979 7”
28. Stoves….Just My Style….from a live recording at the Cedar Lounge 1979.
29. Zellots….Blades….from their 1981 demo recorded at EMAC studio.
30. Shaky Jack Whiteside….I Won’t See You No More….from the Demics Covers release that came out in 1998. Jack was in Uranus, who alternated weeks with the Demics at the Cedar Lounge when they first started having punk bands there in 1978.
31. Arco Di Scarico….Miss Pearl…demo from 1995 and this band became Viv Sun and the Black Holes and finally the Black Holes.  Easily my fave rockabilly combo that came from London.
32. Lonesome Ghost….Haunted By God….from their 2011 cassette and recorded live to air for a Radio WW show back in 2011.
33. Fine Print….Nobody Loves You….from their 2011 cassette that came out on record store day.
34. Flying Squad….Health Food….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood from 1989. A fave around WW HQ’s.
35. Pink Cadillac Scat Cats….New York City…..acoustic version and a great way to close this show. This is from the Demics Covers release from 1998.

Thanx to all that took the time to tune in and give a listen. London has a TON of talent which gets overlooked by mainstream media, and hopefully this gave you a little sample of what’s out there for your listening pleasure. And once this lockdown is over, get out there and support your local talent. If you don’t do it, nobody else will.

And Thanx for all the emails, mail, messages, texts, phone calls, morse code, smoke signals etc. Back again next week, same time, same channel.

Radio What Wave Playlist May 31/2021

1. Gruesomes…..What Wave…..from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood, OG Records 1989.
2. Danny Kidd….Floridian Dreaming….latest from this local whiz kid.
3. Tell It TO Sweeney….The Countess….latest from another local combo.
4. White Collar Grunge…Top Pusher…..brand new and probably first time played on the radio, these guys are from Oshawa Ontario, former home of Star Records.
5. Irmans…I Wanna See You….brand new, on the Dirty Water label and from the UK. There’s a former member of Lucy and the Rats in this one.
6. Christopher Peifer…Something To Believe In….from NYC and on a soon to be released long  player.
7. Gonn….Doin’ Me In….brand new and on the Oktay Records label from Nelson BC. Gonn were a 60’s garage band from Iowa and this track was made from an unreleased acetate cut with a high end mono cartridge.
8. Gonn….Blackout Of Gretely…..from the VOXX collection from 1985 and the song that Gonn will always be remembered for. Covered by many 80’s garage combos, including….
9. Outta Place….Hang Up….from the recently released Prehistoric Recordings on Area Pirata Records. Outta Place were a mid 80’s teen garage band based in NYC.
10. Routes….Broken Goods….from the recently released Mesmerized on Groovie Records. 3 piece from Japan that keeps pumping out releases like crazy!
11. Bob Bryden and Long Day Journey….We Can’t Ask Alice…from the brand new Love In The Atomic Age. Bob is a legend in the late 60’s/early 70’s Canadian psych scene with Christmas and Reign Ghost. LDJ is a one man band from Hamilton that keeps pumping out great music.
12. Staple Singers….I’ll Take You There…from the Stax 50^th Anniversary release and goes out to Roger Hawkins, drummer on this one, who recently passed. The rest of this set is for Roger.
13. Etta James…..Tell Mama…from 1968 and on her Gold release, again with Roger on drums.
14. Wilson Pickett…. Born To Be Wild…from the 2^nd Volume of Duane Allman collection. Again with Roger on drums and probably my fave version of Born To Be Wild.
15. Aretha Franklin….I Never Loved A Man…..from 1967 and on her 30 Greatest Hits, again with Roger on the drums.
16. Neal Ford & The Ramadas….Life Is So Tough….from the comp Acid Visions on Voxx. This goes out to Neal who passed very recently.
17. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners….High Voltage….recorded live at Key West, London Ontario 4/7/1988. Someone requested some live Ray Condo, so here you go! Judging by the comments at the beginning of the show, there couldn’t have been many people there. I honestly can’t remember as the band had me hypnotized and I sure wasn’t looking anywhere but at the ‘stage’.
18. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners…Willing And Ready… as above.  Ray and the boys played London at least 3 times as we’ve got the pics and live tapes to prove it.
19. Stingin’ Hornets….Hornet Hive Jump….from It Came From Canada Volume 3 and from Vancouver. This came out in 1987.
20. Rockin’ Edsels….Verbal Warning…..from Rock Five Screamin’ Alive from 1984 and from Vancouver.
21. Herald Nix….Take A Drive….from his 1997 Open Up The Sky release. Canada’s cosmic cowboy and this track was recorded by Peter Hudson in Toronto.
22. Buzz Deluxe….Blue Special….from their 2007 Blue Special release. This duo used to play a lot around London and always put on fun shows.
23. Jerry Jerry…..Rockstar…..from his 1997 The Sound and The Jerry release and the start of our rock star set.
24. Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra….Mistaken….from their 1987 Battle Hymn of The Apartment. They were from Edmonton and used to play London fairly regularly, always putting on great entertaining shows.  There’s pics of a couple of the shows on the Radio What Wave FB page.
25. Chris Houston….Rock Star Baby….from his 1997 Evil Twang release and recorded by Peter Hudson.
26. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper….King Of The Couch….from their 1985 self titled release.
27. Ramones….I Wanna Be Sedated…..from their 1978 Road To Ruin release and the end of our rock star set.
28. Sadies…..The Horseshoe…from their Tales Of The Rat Fink release from 2006.
29. LeRoi Brothers….Check This Action….from their 1983 Check This Action release and this set is composed of bands that are off shoots of the LeRois.
30. Tail Gators….Yard Dog…from their 1988 Mumbo Jumbo release and feature former LeRois Don Leady and Keith Ferguson.
31. Evan Johns….Vacation Time…from his 1986 Rollin’ Through The Night release. Many years ago I asked Evan about being in the LeRois and he said it was tough as none of those guys could drive, especially if there was snow and Evan ended up doing way too much driving.
32. Hand Of Glory…..Bloody Red Sun….from their 1989 Far From Kith And Kin and features former LeRoi Joe Doerr.
33. Ted and The Tall Tops….Lose Your Money….from a 1987 EP and features LeRoi Mike Buck, who has drummed for tons of other artists.
34. Autogramm….No Rules….from the brand new No Rules release and from Vancouver. Thanx to Chadwick for bringing this one to my attention.
35. Gary Numan….That’s Too Bad….from a Beggar’s Banquet release called 1978.
36. B-Sides…..Underground Radio Star….from the Vancouver Independence compilation from about 1980 and sums up most of the artists that get played on Radio WW.

Thanx to all that listened to this one, read the above, sent a message, email, text, phonecall, mail, morse code, smoke signals etc….Much appreciated.

Next week it’s an all London show as it’s Music Week here in London. All the details are at the Forest City London Music Awards page: https://fclma.ca/

Radio What Wave Playlist May 17/2021

1. Gruesomes….What Wave…..from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood on OG Records 1989.
2. Ted Axe….Heaven….from his recent Sex Horror Violence release. Ted was in one of the first punk bands in Ottawa, The Action.
3. Creatures Of Condition….What Goes On In Here…latest single from this Windsor based combo.
4. Humble Pie…Black Coffee….from the 1973 Eat It release.  Steve Marriott sure could sing!!
5. Black Joe Lewis….Boogie….Tell ‘em What Your Name Is…..from his 2008 Incomparable release.
6. Simon Chardiet….One Way Ticket….from his recent split EP with the Ball Breakin’ Pricks.
7. Bob Bryden & LDJ…Destroyer Of Worlds….from the brand new Love In The Atomic Age release that you can get direct from the band or stores in the Hamilton Ontario area.
8. Bob Bryden & LDJ….Attack Of The Strawberry Catapault Men….as above.
9. Bob Bryden & LDJ….Eternity Skies…..as above and had to fade this into announcements.
10. LDJ….I’m Giving You The Warning….from his The Count Bonniwell Electric release from 2018.
11. Flamingo-gos….Want…from the compilation 20 Full Moon Hits.  Katie Iarocci sang and played on the Atomic Age release and this was one of her previous bands, based in Brantford Ontario.
12. Forgotten Rebels…. The Me Generation….from their 1982 This Ain’t Hollywood release, produced by Bob Bryden.
13. Clamm….Cardiac Ablation…..from their recent Beseech Me release and from Melbourne Australia.
14. Eddy Current Suppression Ring….Memory….from their 2008 Primary Colours release and also from Melbourne. To me, these 2 bands have a similar sound, maybe the Melbourne sound.,
15. Suzi Moon….I’m Not A Man….from her recent Call The Shots release.
16. Poison Suckers….You Like Me…..from a brand new 7” on Transistor 66 Records and from Winnipeg.
17. Gorgons….Girlgang… from the Gorgons Present Corpse Whale from 2007 and from Winnipeg.
18. Lloyd Price….Lawdy Miss Clawdy….1952 single and on the compilation New Orleans- Take Me To The Mardis Gras.   Lloyd passed away last weekend.
19. Lloyd Price….Such A Mess…..from 1958 and on the compilation Ace Story Volume 1.
20. Lloyd Price…..Poppa Shun….from his 1959 Mr Personality release.
21. Larry Lee….Odd Man Out….from his self titled release from 1963 and from London Ontario.
22. Rockin’ Bobby Harris….Yup Yup Boogie….from a CDR he released with The Bad Penny’s and from just east of London Ontario.  Bobby used to play the Victoria Tavern here in London, and he would use his walker to get to the stage, and a bit of tape on his fingers to help him play his guitar and then go wild once the music started.
23. The Greasemarks….The Watcher….from their 2009 demo and another band that played the Victoria at least a couple times.
24. Lyres….How Do You Know…..from a 1987 7” on the New Rose labe.
25. Lyres….Not Looking Back…..from their second long player from 1986.
26. Customs….Long Gone….from Long Gone, released in 2009 on Get Hip Records and contains the 2 singles along with some demo and live tracks.  Customs were a late 70’s/early 80’s combo out of Cincinnati and featured Peter Greenberg on guitar.
27. Customs…..Let’s Get It On…. As above.
28. DMZ….Lift Up Your Hood….from their 1981 Relics release on BOMP Records and Peter Greenberg plays guitar on this.
29. Barrence Whitfield & The Savages….The Corner Man…..from their 2013 Dig Thy Savage Soul release. And Peter Greenberg plays guitar on this one too.
30. Barrence Whitfield & The Savages….Mama Get The Hammer….from their 1984 debut and again, Peter Greenberg plays guitar on this one.
31. Raunch Hands….Thunderbird….from their 1986 Learn To Whap-A-Dang and from NYC.
32. A Bones….Go Betty Bo….from their 1991 Life Of Riley release and goes out to Betty, whom I used to work with and sadly passed away last year.
33. Dragsters….Nitro Jungle Woodie….from their 1989 Stoked release and from NYC.
34. Mac Rebennack….Storm Warning…..from 1959 and on the compilation Ace Story Volume 1
35. The Zantees…..Blonde Bombshell….from their 1980 Out For Kicks release and fore runners of the A Bones.
36. The Zantess….Tic Tac Toe….from their 1983 Rhythm Bound release.
37. Bopcats….Bop A Lena….from a 1980 7” and from Toronto. These guys used to play London a fair bit, at the Cedar Lounge and later Fryfogles and always a great time!
38. Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners…..Lonely Wolf….from their 1986 Hot’n’Cold release. Ray passed away in 2004 and yesterday would have been his birthday. Just posted some pics of the band playing at Call The Office in London Ontario.

Thanx to all that took the time to listen to the show, add comments, send messages, emails, texts, threats, phone calls, morse code, smoke signals and everything else!!

Next week it’s an all Canadian show as it will be Victoria Day next Monday.

Radio What Wave Playlist May 10/2021 

1. Gruesomes…..What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood 1989 OG Records.
2. Dany Laj and the Looks….Smile…from their soon to be released 10 Easy Pieces release which is now in  pre-order status. Get it before it’s sold out.
3. Shannon and the Clams….Onion….from their 2018 Onion release and the latest of theirs. Shannon has done a country release since this.
4. Knoxville Girls…. Sophisticated Boom Boom….from their recent In A Ripped Dress release that has Kid Congo on it.
5. Miesha and the Spanks….SOS….from their recent Singles release and from Calgary.
6. Stephen Schijns….Map….latest single from this Kelowna BC resident and as always is in the power pop genre.
7. Routes….Kapow….from their brand new Intstrumentals II on Groovie Records and is at least their 3^rd release since this pandemic started! They’re a trio from Japan.
8. Wasagas….Scuba School….from their recent Dance Party A Go Go release and from Toronto.
9. Poison Suckers….Stick Up….brand new and from Winnipeg. JRod is in this one, she of American Flamewhip, Vagiants, Angry Dragons and the…..
10. Sorels….Spring Break….from their recent 7” and from Winnipeg.
11. Wasagas…..Dance Party A Go Go…..title track from their latest.
12. Enchanters….Torture Chamber….from their brand new 7” on Transistor 66 Records out of Winnipeg and this trio is from Toronto.
13. Delbert McClinton….Heartbreak Radio….from his 1981 Plain From The Heart release. We got news that Delbert is retiring after decades in the industry as no one knows what touring and playing live will be like once the pandemic is over.
14. Chip Kinman and Mack MacKenzie….It’s Not Worth It….from their 2018 Cua Tro De Los Angeles EP.
15. Three O’Clock Train….Train Of Dreams…..from their 1985 Wig Wam Beach release and from Montreal. This was Mack’s country rock band from the 80’s.
16. Rizdales…. Honky Tonk Honeymoon…..from their 2018 Lucky Enough release and from London Ontario.
17. Porter Wagoner….Rubber Room….from his 1972  What Ain’t To Be Just Might Happen.
18. Birthday Party….Dead Joe….from their 1982 Junkyard release and for song co-writer Anita Lane who passed very recently. She was also involved in the Bad Seeds as a song co-writer.
19. Ultravox….Satday Night In The City Of The Dead….from their debut release from 1977. This, and the rest of this set is a bit of a continuation of our last few shows, looking at the beginnings of punk/new wave using the book Another Tuneless Racket by Steven H Gardner as reference.
20. Magazine….Shot By Both Sides….from their 1982 After The Fact release.
21. Wire….Feeling Called Love….from their 1977 Pink Flag release.
22. Rubber City Rebels….Rubber City Rebels….from the 1977 From Akron release. This goes out to John.
23. Roger Zuraw….Freight Train Through My Head Blues….from his 2007 Feels Like Blues To Me release and Roger is from the Etobicoke area where he played regularly prior to the pandemic.
24. Lost Patrol….You’re Gone….from their 1988 debut long player that came out in France, yet the band is from Windsor Ontario. They played London many times, always putting on great shows!
25. Jr Gone Wild….Cosmos….from their 1986 Less Art More Pop release. There’s a documentary still under progress about these guys, as once they started, the makers realized there was a lot more to this band than originally thought.
26. TVD…Mole….from their brand new Avec release, which is now available from the usual download places, soon on vinyl and CD. And from right here in London Ontario.
27. Playboy Manbaby…. Bored Broke and Sober….from their 2018 Don’t Let It Be release.
28. Bootsey X….Dwarf Bunny Nation…from his 2013 Women’s Rites release and from Detroit.
29. Jeremy Porter and the Tucos….Put You On Hold…from their recent Candy Coated Cannonball release and from Detroit.  For some reason, I can’t get enough of this song, my fave so far in 2021!
30. The Facts….Love/Hate….from their 1983 Anxiety release and from Detroit.
31. Vertical Pillows…. Jump Back….from their 1985 7” and Rob Tyner was involved helping out this band prior to his passing.
32. Evan Johns….Boomerang….from the 4 Big Guitars From Texas release from 1985. This goes out to Denny Freeman, guitarist on this track, who passed away very recently.  Denny was one of this shit hot guitarists who played on many records/releases.
33. Bad Seeds….Taste Of The Same….from the Eva album and goes out to drummer Bobby Donamo who passed away very recently.
34. Pylon….Weather Radio….from their 1980 Gyrate release.
35. Penetration…..Don’t Dictate…from the Guillotine compilation of early UK punk/new wave bands.
36. Gossip…. Arkansas Heat…from the Arkansas Heat 10” release.
37. Peter Zaremba’s Love Delegation….Hey Disco…from the 1988 Delegation Time release and Peter is vocalist for The Fleshtones.

Thanx for all the comments, emails, messages, texts, morse code and smoke signals (Hey Mack)!!

Back again next week with more noise. Stay safe!

Radio What Wave Playlist May 3/2021

1. Gruesomes….What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood, OG Records 1989.
2. Mourning After…Just Walk Away….brand new 7” on the Lost In Tyme label from Greece, and the band is from the UK.
3. Grassy Knoll & The Magic Bullit….Sunman….from their Hollandays release, recorded in 2003 and is now available on bandcamp. GK & t MB are from London Ontario.
4. Blue Marinos….Nose Riding….brand new release from this Spanish band on the KOTJ labe.
5. Fleshtones….Violet Crumble Cherry Ripe….from the recent Face Of The Screaming Werewolf release on Yep Roc records.
6. Merinuks….King Merinuk….from their latest EP and from Hamilton Ontario.
7. Matt Ellis….All By Myself….from his recent Full Moon Fever release and from Hamilton Ontario.
8. Social Distance….Run and Hide….from their recent Stay Away release and from London Ontario.
9. Creatures Of Condition….Martin….from their recent  Rough & Ready release and from Windsor Ontario.
10. Holy Microphone….Beatle Bob….form their Goodbye Television Girl release and from Toronto. Fred from UIC was in this combo.
11. Randall Pee Coltrane….Vaxanation Blues…..brand new single from RPC.
12. Alien Mustangs…The World As I Am….Greek psychedelic combo who just released this 7” on Lost In Tyme Records.   Lost in Tyme started as a garage fanzine that came with a CD and they have since become a legit record label specializing in garage/beat and psych.
13. Black Angels….Bloodhounds On My Trail….from their 2006 Passover release and from Houston. This goes out to Tim in North Carolina.
14. Tami Neilson….Call Your Mama….from her recent Chicka Boom release and she’s a Canuck in New Zealand.
15. Hiroshima Hearts (now known as Jenn Marino & The Hearts)….14 Floors….demo from 2014.
16. Blackie & The Rodeo Kings….Made Of Love….from their 2011 Kings & Queens release and features Exene on vocals. This is the start of our tribute to Bob Lanois, Hamilton engineer, producer, performer, photographer, etc who passed away recently.
17. Dave Rave Conspiracy….Weight Of The World…from a cassette called A One Act Play With V8 Engines and Bob recorded this.
18. Simply Saucer…Instant Pleasure…from their 1989 Cyborgs Revisited that Bob recorded in the mid 70’s. Bob also helped the Mole financing the release of Cyborgs Revisited.
19. Simply Saucer…. Electro Rock…. As above.
20. Simply Saucer….Nazi Apocalypse….as above and gets cut off for a promo.
21. Eddie & The Hot Rods…Horseplay….from a 1976 7” and this version is different than the version on their first LP. Lew Lewis (we did a tribute to him last week as he just passed) was a full time member of the band and played harp on this one. This is the start (for this show, but 3^rd total) of our look at the series of books Another Tuneless Racket by Steven H. Gardener that covers the beginnings of punk/new wave. Each of the bands we play has a chapter about them in the book. This week we look at the early UK scene.
22. Eddie & The Hot Rods… Teenage Depression…..from the 1976 Teenage Depression release. Eddie and the Hot Rods were the first of the punk/new wave combos from the UK to play in London, November 1977 at Fryfogles.
23. Hollywood Brats….Tumble With Me….from their self titled album that was recorded in 1974 but wasn’t released until 1979. Surprisingly, there was a Canadian version of this.
24. The Boys….Sick On You….from their debut longplayer from 1977 and 2 members came from the Hollywood Brats.
25. Boomtown Rats…. Lookin’ After Number One….from their self titled debut album. And yes, they are responsible for spawning Sir Bob Geldoff.
26. Sex Pistols….  Pretty Vacant….from a July 1976 demo and features Glen Matlock on bass.
27. Sex Pistols…Suburban Kids….as above.   Did you know that 3 of the 4 original Sex Pistols have played here in London?
28. Buzzcocks….Can’t Control Myself….from the Time’s Up bootleg with original vocalist Howard Devoto. Howard went on to form Magazine whom we’ll hear next week.
29. Clash….I’m So Bored With The USA….from their North American debut long player that came out in 1979. In Canada, there was a 1977 pressing that came and disappeared fairly quickly.
30. Despair….Sweet Sweet Heart….from the compilation called Glitterbest. This is a 1973 recording featuring future Vibrator Knox.
31. Chris Spedding & The Vibrators….Pogo Dancing….1976 recording also on the Glitterbest compilation.
32. Vibrators…London Girls….from their Pure Mania release from 1977. Vibrators have been to London at least 2 times, probably more.
33. The Clash….Capitol Radio….1977 single and had to play a second Clash tune.
34. The Jam….The Modern World…..from their This Is The Modern World release from 1977. Couldn’t find their first album in my collection, it has to be misfiled somewhere…
35. Elvis Costello….Radio…..from his Stiff demo from 1977 and you can hear the big changes that were made in this song prior to release on Stiff.
36. Elvis Costello….The Beat….from the Live At The El Mocambo release from 3/6/1978. This was aired by CHUM FM as a live to air.   Elvis came to London in October 1978 and played at Alumni Hall with the Battered Wives opening.
37. Stranglers….Something Better Change….from their No More Heroes release from 1977. Stranglers made it to London in June of 1981 at Fryfogles.

Thanx to all that took time to message, email, text, phone, mail, smoke signal (Hey Mack) etc.   And thanx to all that took the time to listen to the show.   Back again next week.

Radio What Wave Playlist April 26/2021

1 Gruesomes…..What Wave…..from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood LP on OG Records from 1989.

2. Spit Jr…. Put Down That Phone….latest single from this Dashboard Rattler.

3. Simon Chardiet….My Last Dance With You….from his Rockabilly From Rockaway Volume 2. Simon has been through London when he played bass in Heavy Trash.  Really dig the doo wop stylings/vocals on this one. Thanx for providing all the songs Simon!

4. Long Day Journey and Bob Bryden…..We Can’t Ask Alice….from their about to be released double album of psych.  Double vinyl and CD coming real soon!

5. Long Day Journey…. Main Title Theme….from Mini Themes For Motion Pictures Featuring The Exciting Sounds Of Fuzz Unlimited.  A current fave, this one is available via bandcamp.

6. Wasagas….Bluffers Park….from the recent Dance Party A Go Go and from Toronto.

7. Enchanters….Back Stabbers UK…..from the brand new Enchanters 7” and their second single. This one is on Transistor 66 Records out of Winnipeg.

8.TVD….All Day I Dream….from their soon to be released Avec CD and from right here in London. TVD= Timmins + Venno + Dekoker, 3 veterans of the local scene still making great music!

9. Scarlet Drops….Early In The Morning….from the 1990 cassette Moose Power A Go Go and from Ottawa. Love the tension in the male/female vocals that many of the Scarlet Drops tunes has. They were on a couple What Wave compilation cassettes.

10. Good2Go….Boots…..from their Bar-B-Que release and from Ottawa.  The bass player, Reg, was the drummer for Scarlet Drops. Played a snippet of Frankie Teardrop by Suicide right after this.

11. Outta Place….Things Are Different Now….from their recent Prehistoric Recordings on Area Pirata.  OP were a mid 80’s garage punk combo out of NYC that members, who were teens at the time, went on to other combos….Raunch Hands, Maneaters, Fuzztones, Optic Nerve, Lone Wolves and many others.

12. Hasil Adkins….Punchy Wunchy Wicky Wacky Woo…..recorded live at Chuggies, Hamilton 6/18/1986. This was Hasil’s first time up in Canada and the only time we ever got to see/meet him. Today also marks the anniversary of Hasil passing in 2005.

13 Hasil Adkins….Shake That Thing…. As above.  We got to interview Hasil that night, and that would have appeared in What Wave zine back then.  And we found out that he really was a hillbilly.

14. Bloodshot Bill….I’ll Know….from his 2006 Trashy Greasy Rockin’ Billy release.  Bill was supposed to go on tour with Hasil at the time of his passing.

15. Simon Chardiet….Death Comes Creeping In….from his Whey You Ain’t Got Money You Gotta Work Fast EP.

16. Lew Lewis Reformer….Just Dow What You Want….from the 1979 Save The Wail release. Lew passed away very recently and was an original member of Eddie And the Hot Rods (he left prior to the first LP, but is on a couple of the early singles), played with/did sessions for; Stranglers, Clash Wilko Johnson and many others. He was a harp player in the style of Little Walter.

17. Lew Lewis….1-3- 2-30 3-35…..from a 1980 single on Stiff Records.

18. Rocket From The Tombs….I’m Never Gonna Kill Myself Again….1975 recording from WMMS Cleveland and the start of our look at the beginnings of punk/new wave using the books (there will be 4 or 5 in the series) Another Tuneless Racket by Steven H. Gardener. Each of the bands we play has a chapter in the book.  Rocket were the Cleveland starting point for both Pere Ubu and The Dead Boys. Right around here Peter Laughner talks a bit about the recording and emphasizes that anyone can do it.

19. Pere Ubu….Modern Dance…..recorded live at The Edge, Toronto 1/5/1979 and was the last date of a tour.

20. Pere Ubu….Heart Of Darkness…..from Datapanik In The Year Zero and recorded in 1975.

21. Dead Boys…Sonic Reducer….from the Young Loud & Snotty release from 1977.

22. Dead Boys….Ain’t It Fun…..from their  We Have Come For Your Children from 1978 and originally a Rocket From The Tombs song.

23. Bizarros….It Hurts Janey…..from their 2^nd single on Clone Records, a label they created to release their own and other Cleveland area bands.

24. Bizarros…Laser Boys….as above.

25. Diodes….Rebel Without A Pause….from probably their second ever gig, at Ontario College Of Art from February 1977. This was the original 5 piece lineup with 2 guitar players.

26. Diodes….Behind Those Eyes….1977 demo recorded at Toronto Sounds.

27. Diodes….Child Star….from their debut longplayer from 1977. The Diodes were the first Canadian punk/new wave combo to get signed to a major label and release an album. They are also the only Canadian band in Another Tuneless Racket.

28. Radio Birdman…..live….not sure of the song name but recorded live from 2JJJ Radio March 1976.

29. Radio Birdman….. What Gives….from their 1978 Radios Appear Canadian edition as this song doesn’t appear on the Australian release of the same name.

30. Saints….I’m Stranded….recorded live June 1977 and from a bootleg called Cabaret At The Roundhouse. This show is mentioned in Another Tuneless Racket.

31. Saints….No Time….from their 1977 Stranded release.

32. Little Bob Story…..I Need Money….from a 1976 Chiswick single and LBS are from France. They played the UK many times during the early years of punk/new wave.

33. Little Bob Story….Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood…..from a 1975 7”.

34. Damned….New Rose…..from their 1977 Stiff single.

35. Damned….Neat Neat Neat……another 1977 Stiff single.

36. The Boys….First Time….from a 1977 7” and had to cut this off as regulation time ran out.

Thanx for everyone who took the time to listen, sent an email, message, text, yelled, letter and the smoke signals from Mack!

Next week we play more early UK punk/new wave releases and again try to avoid the obvious and play the tracks you may not have heard.

Radio What Wave Playlist April 19/2021

1. Gruesomes…..What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood 1989 on OG Records.
2. Ted Axe….Heaven….from his brand  new Sex, Horror Violence release and from the Toronto area. Ted was in one of Canada’s first punk band, The Action from Ottawa Ontario who we hear later in this set.
3. Dave Rave & The 2^nd Responders…Eye To Eye….Dave’s latest single and as you probably know, Dave is lead singer for Teenage Head amongst the many bands he’s involved with.
4. Danny Kidd….Floridian Dreaming….latest single from this London Ontario resident.
5. Andy Butler & The Isolators….Movin’ To The City….from their only release from late last year.
6. Action….Downtown Boys….from the Permanent New Wave compilation that came out in the late 70’s and features Ted Axe who you just heard.
7. Indonesian Junk….Policeman….from their recent Living In A Nightmare release on Rumbar Records and from Milwaukee.
8. UIC….Mystery Train….from their latest, FM Hill.
9. Sorels…. Springbreak….from their brand new 7” and from Winnipeg.
10. Wasagas….Wrong Path…from their very recent Dance Party A Go Go and from Toronto.  These guys started in the late 80’s, took a coupla decades off and came back stronger than ever! Thanx to Mark Malibu for supplying this for your ear pleasure.
11. Gruesomes…. The Deal….Cave In….from the recent vinyl release on Alien Snatch Records and is now available through Ricochet Sound, the  home of the Gruesomes.
12. Blue Peter….Get It On….live recording from Fryfogles here in London from 5/16/1981 and the second night of a 2 day engagement.  This set goes out to Paul Humphrey, lead vocalist of Blue Peter who passed very recently. Blue Peter started in this area playing at the Schooner in St Thomas, then the Cedar Lounge, Fryfogles, Bullwinkles, Western University and finally 2 shows at Victoria Park (large park with a bandshell here in London). They were one of those bands that always put on top notch shows and were able to build an audience quite quickly.
13. Blue Peter….Out With The Boys…from the Test Patterns For Living release from 1979. This was recorded right here in London with Londoner Kevin Doyle as engineer (he also engineered the first Demics release). We had Kevin on this show a couple years back and we talked about this and many other projects Kevin has worked on. How often do you get a JUNO winner to come on the radio to talk about their early career?
14. Blue Peter….Living In The 80’s…..as above.  The first time we saw Blue Peter was their first show at the Cedar. Had no idea who they were as they hadn’t released anything at the time, but we always went there to catch the bands.  When we arrived, Blue Pete was still sound checking and Paul had the mic in his hand and was dancing like a maniac on the dance floor singing along trying to get the sound right.  That and the great tunes had me up and dancing like a fool that night!
15. Blue Peter….Factory Living…. As above.  Also got to see Blue Peter at the Concert Hall in Toronto opening up for the Jam in May 1981.
16. Blue Peter….Neon Girls….from the Radio Silence release from 1980.
17. Suicide…..Rocket USA….from the New York New Wave Max’s Kansas City compilation from 1976. This is the start of our beginnings of punk/new wave in North America portion of the show. We based the research on Another Tuneless Racket (a soon to be 4 volume set) book by Steven H. Gardner that came out recently. These are 400 plus page books covering the early years of punk; no pictures, no posters, just Tons of information and opinion. Each of the bands we played in this portion of the show has a chapter in one of the first 2 volumes. I tried to play the earliest recordings of each of the band, hence some cuts are live or demo.
18. NYDolls….Bad Girl….from the Personality Crisis EP and this features original drummer Billy and was recorded in 1972 in the UK.  Jerry Nolan who joined after Billy’s passing, has a much bigger whallop on the drums and really adds to the Dolls sound.
19. Heartbreakers….Pirate Love….from What Goes Around on Bomp Records. This is a live recording at Mothers from 11/16/1975 and features Richard Hell on the bass.
20. Heartbreakers…. Get Off The Phone….from the LAMF release from 1977.  A number of people complain about the sound quality of this release, but to me it sounds pretty good as the songs/musicianship overcome any aural issues.  Apparently this has been re-ished again and supposedly it comes from the long lost original tapes.
21. Syl Sylvain….14^th Street….from the 78 Criminals release and recorded in 1977.
22. David Johansen….Girls….from his 1978 debut release.  Often Syl would go along with David on his tours, playing guitar and/or organ.
23. Patti Smith….Piss Factory…..her first single from 1974 and is on the ROIR compilation called The Great NY Singles scene.
24. Ramones….I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend….early demo that has been released on Norton Records as a single.
25. Neon Boys…..That’s All I Know….from 1973 and came out as a single on Shake Records several years later.
26. Television….Prove It….from their Island Demos that Brian Eno produced.  Other than the sound quality, this is pretty much the same as what appears on their first longplayer.
27. Richard Hell….Blank Generation….from a Stiff single and recorded in 1976. In the book, it mentions Richard Hell meeting Malcolm McLaren when he was ‘managing’ the NYDolls. And obviously this is where Malcolm got the idea for the clothing style of his later band.
28. Modern Lovers….. Roadrunner…..from the 1972 Kim Fowley produced sessions. 3 members of this band went on to other very influential bands; John Felice to the Kids/Real Kids, Jerry Harrison to Talking Heads and David Robinson to the Cars.
29. The Kids (who became The Real Kids)…Reggae Reggae….11/10/1974 demo that you can get on the Crypt Records imprint. Crypt has 3 Real Kids compilations that have a Ton of Killer early demos/live recordings etc. Recommended if you dig The Real Kids like I do!
30. Talking Heads….  Psycho Killer….from their self titled debut longplayer from 1977.
31. Blondie….Rip Her To Shreds….from the outtakes/rehearsals of the first album that came out in 1976.
32. Dictators…. Backseat Boogie…..1973 demo from Every Day Is Saturday released on Norton Records.
33. Rocket From The Tombs….   30 Seconds Over Tokyo…..from their Life Stinks compilation that was recorded in 1975. They aired most of this over the airwaves on WMMS in Cleveland back then and I vaguely remember listening to it and wondered what the fuck did I just hear!!! So radically different than anything else that I had ever heard up to that point. And why was I listening to WMMS? Because there was fuckall to listen to in London….no CHRW, no CIXX, no nothing! With your tuner hooked up to cable back then, you could get a few half decent FM stations like CHUM FM and WMMS in Cleveland, but no Detroit stations where I was living at the time.

Next week we continue with the beginnings of punk/new wave in North America using Another Tuneless Racket as reference. We’ll start in the Cleveland area, cover the one Canadian band in the book, then try and fit the Australian beginnings in the show.  Dug up some pretty cool early recordings by the Canadian group as well as some from one of the Australian bands.  And a trib to Lew Lewis and next week marks the anniversary of the passing of Hasil Adkins.

Big Thanx to all who took the time to listen, comment, like, message, email, phone, yell and send smoke signals (Thanx Mack!).   See ya next week.

Playlist 07-10-21

Devil Dogs - Back in the City
Ramones - I Just Wanna Have Something To Do
D Generation - No Way Out
Dictators - Stay With Me
Suzi Moon - Special Place In Hell
Mel Machete - Ruff Cut Diamond
Dity Denims - Rock N Roll All Night
Sorels - She's In The Gang
Dean Landew - David's Ford
Peppermint Kicks - Hey Fanzine
Idolizers - (Whatever Happened to the) Radio
Shakin' Nightmares - Riding Away
Velvet Starlings - No Regrets
Beatersband - Love I Can Be With You
Manuals - When The Tanks Roll Over Poland (Again)
Slow Faction - Bubble Gum For Josh
Adam Wilcox (Feat. Alan Murphy) - Cradle
Last Carousel - Seven Days Too Long
R.U. Handies - Leave My Kitten Alone
Velvet Attack - Human Doll
Neighborhood Brats - Signs and Semantics
Irmans - Hermano
Von Erichs - Neidhart
Cheats - Cussin Crying Carrying On
Rollin Machine - Rattlesnake
Nathan and the Outpatients - Flesh From The Bone
Automatics - Shine Everlasting
Wipes - Can't Stop
Geoff Palmer - This Monkey
Anton Barbeau - Salt Lick
Smoggers - Shame On You
Routes - Fashion Victim
French Girls - Aerobicise
Les Becasses - Drifting Away
Dents - Mistreatment
Stupidity - Stupid Like Me
Motörhead - Iron Fist
MC5 - Poison
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be hitting the airwaves and the web on Saturday July 10th from Noon to 2:00PM EST. You can listen by tuning your radio dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 06/26/21

Baby Woodrose - Never Coming Back
Velvet Starlings - She Said (She Said)
Shakin' Nightmares - Riding Away
Cheats - Rock and Roll Love Letter
Peppermint Kicks - Hey Fanzine
Idolizers - Action
Dirty Denims - Better Believe
Sorels - She's In The Gang
Noise Detectors Inc. - Faith
Undertones - His Good Looking Girlfriend
Stiff Little Fingers - Sad-Eyed People
Saints - Simple Love
Speed of Sound - No Kicks
Dany Laj and the Looks - Wanted To Be Loved
Irmans - I Wanna See You
Old Town Crier - You
Pale Lips - Don't Take Your Switchblade to New York
Les Becasses - Bloody Winter
Beatersband - Love I Can Be With You
Cobra & The Daggers - Heatwave
R. U. Handies - Raining Teardrops
Velvet Attack - Human Doll
Smoggers - Because I Love You
Routes - Trapped Inside
Wipes - One Thing
Nathan and the Outpatients - Goodbye Miss World
Slow Faction - Bubble Gum For Josh
Stupidity - Stupid Like Me
Mel Machete - Machete Gang
Stacy Crowne - Dead of Night
Black Sheriff - Love Exorcist
Suzi Moon - Nuthin To Me
Last Carousel - Seven Days Too Long
Automatics - Black Velvet Elvis
Geoff Palmer - This Monkey
Avem - Across The Water
Neighborhood Brats - FFBF
Von Erichs - Elizabeth
Mcrackins - Days of the Week
Incurables - Muskrat Love
Dan Swanö - Lucretia My Reflection
Godfathers - Gone to Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air from Noon-2:15PM EST on Saturday June 26th. Tune your radio dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 06-12-21

Sporting Bachelors - In The Garage
Andy Shernoff - My Imaginary Friend
Backyard Babies - U.F.O. Romeo
Ism - I Think I Love You
Neighborhood Brats - Transitional Housing
Suck - (I'm A) Secret Agent
Irmans - Hermano
Avem - Flying Back To You
Wipes - Precious Time
Les Becasses - Bloody Winter
Lucky Dangerous - Let It Roll
Dents - Want It Back
Dickies - Manny, Moe & Jack
Geoff Palmer - Many More Drugs
Beatersband - Love I Can Be With You
Cobra & The Daggers - Crutches
Friendly Hopefuls - The Punks of 76
Black Rooster - 74-75
Slow Faction - Bubblegum For Josh
Nathan and the Outpatients - Eye of the Storm
Suzi Moon - I'm Not A Man
Black Sheriff - No No No
Cheats - Cussin Crying Carrying On
Deadlock - Temple of Love
Velvet Starlings - Back of the Train
Routes - Fashion Victim
Smoggers - Fuzz Me In The Cave
Last Carousel - Eight Miles High
Stupidity - Stupid Like Me
Banana Men - The Crusher
Curt Florczak - Take Me to Lost Cities
Mal Thursday Quintet - Don't Want You Either
Noise Detectors Inc - Faith
Velvet Attack - Human Doll
Beatnik Termites - Teardrops & Lollipops
Los Chicos - I Don't Wanna Learn Anymore
Stacy Crown - Radar Love
Beware The Wolves - Wherever You Play
Mcrackins - We Like To Make Records
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday June 12th from Noon-2:00 PM EST. Tune your radio dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu

Playlist 05-29-21

Leaving Trains - Bob Hope
Suck - Fantasy Beer League
Black Sheriff - Drinkin Out Loud
Geoff Palmer - Many More Drugs
Suzi Moon - Special Place In Hell
Avengers - Teenage Rebel
Neighborhood Brats - Bombay Beach Party Death Camp
Morbs - Nothing Nothing Nothing
Curt Florczak - Take Me To Lost Cities
Noise Detectors, Inc. - Faith
Beatnik Termites - Summer Summer
99ers - Rochester Girl
Wipes - Frightened
Professionals - White Light/White Heat
Godfathers - If I Only Had Time
Blue Hearts - Be Nice
Daeonia - Alice
Healthy Junkies - May Day
Cheap Trick - Light Up The Fire
Black Rooster - Maladjusted
Smoggers - A Day With You
Mal Thursday Quintet - I Gotta Be Me
Routes - Hello I Shove You
Velvet Starlings - Cause A Commotion
Briefs - She's The Rat
Les Becasses - Drifting Away
Private Function - Sleep Paralysis
Beware The Wolves - Still Here
Irmans - I Wanna See You
Lucky Dangerous - Damned If I Do Damned If You Don't
Forty Nineteens - It's For Fun (That's All We're Living For)
Dollyrots - Make Me Hot
French Girls - Soda Pop
Los Chicos - The Price
Kewpid - Star Crossed Love
Idolizers - Riot Radio
Dictators - Let's Get The Band Back Together
Dents - Homeless
Sellwoods - Down In The Alley
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Show will be hitting the airwaves on Saturday May 29th from Noon-2:00PM EST. Tune your radio to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 05-15-21

Barrence Whitfield and the Savages - Corner Man
Krayolas - Aw Tonight
Dents - Want It Back
Pale Lips - Hiding From The Moon
Black Rooster - Smashing Windows
Beware The Wolves - Wherever You Play
Atomic Zeros - Target Earth
No Breakfast Goodbye - No Dice
Greenhornes - Can't Stand It
Billionaire Boys Club - Good Girls
Red Planet - Get Back At You
Strike - Call of the Wild
Wipes - Messed Up
Les Becasses - Drifting Away
Healthy Junkies - Mayday
My Latest Failure - It's Complicated
Dictators - God Damn New York
Cheap Trick - Light Up The Fire
Dollyrots - Make Me Hot
Idolizers - (Whatever Happened to the) Radio
Susan Surftone - The Lonely Bull
Last Carousel - Guitar Sweet-Sour
Routes - Sophisticated Sasquatch
Les Freres Tyran - KrachMan vs la Femme Mouche
Smoggers - It's My Time
Velvet Starlings - All About You
Southern Culture On The Skids - Run Baby Run
Noise Detectors, Inc. - Faith
Black Sheriff - Supersonic
Suck - Jug Jackets
Los Chicos - I Don't Wanna Learn Anymore
False Positives - Do It Wrong All Over Again
Inskirts - Skating
Smalltown Tigers - Five Things
Beatnik Termites - Rubber City Roller Girl
Hot Laundry - Shake
Lucky Dangerous - Let It Roll
Forty Nineteens - We're Ging To Las Vegas
Duncan Reid and the Big Heads - Kelly's Gone Insane
Brad Marino - Taililghts Fade
French Girls - Summertime
Irmans - Hermano
Sellwoods - Volcano Girl
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday May 15th . I have more songs than time to play, so I decided some overtime will be necessary today. Tune your radio dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY from Noon-2:15PM EST or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 05-01-21

Cheap Trick - Light Up the Fire
Nuclears - Slash Run/Strutter
Heartdrops - Thanks For Nothing
Healthy Junkies - Mayday
Wipes - Leave Me Alone
Dictators - Let's Get The Band Back Together
Duncan Reid and the Big Heads - Wasting Time
False Positives - Do It Wrong all Over Again
Accelerators - Public Enemy NO. 1
Sand In The Face - I Wanna Know
Bad Religion - Latch Key Kids
Shattered Faith - Reagan in '81
Brad Marino - Something For Nothing
Tommy and the Rockets - Some Kinda Fun
Suck - No Bingo! All Nerds!
Midnight Callers - 41 Miles To Roscoe
Velvet Starlings - Cause A Commotion
Persian Leaps - Chamberlain
Last Carousel - Bad Little Woman
Routes - Blink of An Eye
Mal Thursday & The Cheetahs - Get Outta Dallas
Unband - You're No Boy Wonder/Nothing You Can Do
Forty Nineteens - You're The Kind of Girl
Eater - Death Awaits Me Round The Corner
Hans-A-Plast - Rock'n Roll Freitag
Cherrypops - Versteck dich
Liliput - DC-10
Smalltown Tigers - Just Friends
Beware The Wolves - Still Here
Black Sheriff - Supersonic
Atomic Zeros - Target Earth
My Latest Failure - It's Complicated
Outta Place - Dirty Old Man
Mummies - Land of 1000 Dances
Krayolas - Cry Cry, Laugh Laugh
Psychotic Youth - Living By Numbers
Pale Lips - I'm A Witch
Hot Laundry - Glitter and Gold
Dree Leer - You Too
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday May 1st from Noon-2:00PM EST. Turn your radio dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 04-17-21

Velvet Starlings - Amazon Prime
Th' Losin Streaks - Hate
Routes - Broken Goods
Smalltown Tigers - Find Myself Another Name
Dictators - Let's Get The Band Back Together
Heartdrops - What The Girl's About
Freeloader - Gimme What's Left Of Your Love
Automatics - Shine Everlasting
Persian Leaps - PRN
Krayolas - You're Not My Girl
Duncan Reid and the Big Heads - Let's Skip To The Good Bit
Armoires - Senses Working Overtime
Atomic Zeros - Target Earth
Beware The Wolves - Wherever You Play
Guillotines - BoJo The Clown
Mad Mulligans - Boop Boop Dittum Dattum Wattum Choo
False Positives - Do It Wrong All Over Again
Hot Laundry - What Would I Do
Veronica Cartwrights - Frog
Guided By Voices - Trust Them Now
Last Carousel - Good Times
Tommy and the Rockets - Listen To The Heartbeat
Psychotic Youth - Action
Jack Penetrator Lipton - It's My Life
Forty Nineteens - We Can't Change
Vipers - Pretty Lies
Victors - Taking You Down
Outta Place - We're Outta Place
Suck - (I'm A) Secret Agent
Ink Bomb - Mutilation Boy
Philth Shack - I Like My Life
Brothers Steve - Beat Generation Poet Turned Assassin
Stilleto Farm - State of Stagnation
My Latest Failure - Demons
TBFDCAP - Insomnia
No Breakfast Goodbye - The Losers Club
Susan Surftone - The Lonely Bull
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday April 17th from Noon-2:00PM. Tune your radio dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Here are some recent episodes of Revolution Rock.  The most recent episode featured a set of music from Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pale Lips, Neil Young, Richard Hell and Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers album.  My website also featured an interview with Matt Ellis from Hamilton who recently released Full Moon Fever, an album of all Ramones inspired tracks.  There was also an episode from April that featured an interview with CHris Murdoch, Halfiax drummer/author who plays in the band Souvenir.  Links and playlists below.  

Show 880 (Originally Aired On May 1st, 2021)(:

1. Rolling Stones - Bitch (Live)
2. Rolling Stones - Dead Flowers
3. Iggy Pop - Glow in the Dark 
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 40 LB Block of Cheese
5. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Calvin 
6. Alex Chilton and Hi Rhythm Section - Boogie Shoes (Live)
7. Art Bergmann - Your Second Amendment 
8. Neil Young - Monday Morning 
9. Willie Dunn - Wounded Lake 
10. Bob Dylan - Hard Times In New York Town (1961 Home Tape Demo)
11. Bob Dylan - No More Auction Block (Live at Gaslight Cafe, Greenwich Village 1962)
12. Bob Dylan - Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
13. Bob Dylan - Song To Woody 
14. Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Whitmark Demo)
15. Bob Dylan - Oxford Town 
16. Bob Dylan - Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind (Another Side of Bob Dylan Outtake)
17. Guided by Voices - Trust Them Now 
18. White Lung – Blow it South 
19. Dumb – Artfact 
20. Teenanger – Straight to Computer
21. Girlfriends & Boyfriends - Stephaney 
22. Paul Jacobs - Half Rich Loner 
23. Daniel Romano - Don’t Turn Around Janet
24. Teenage Art Scene - Rocket
25. Dinosaur Jr. - And Me 
26. Dean Marino - Footnotes 
27. Property! - The Isolator 
28. Pale Lips - (You Make Me) Wanna Be Bad
29. Matt Ellis - Stay Home 
30. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Crack of Dawn (Demo)

Download/listen to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20210501-1900-t1619892000.mp3

Read my post featuring an interview with Matt Ellis here:  https://revrock.blogspot.com/2021/05/matt-ellis-full-moon-fever-interview.html

1.  Destroyer - Savage Night At The Opera
2.  The Weather Station - Atlanta
3.  Ian Daniel Kehoe - Time Through Faith 
4.  Ryley Walker - Axis Bent Course in Fable
5.  Teenanger - Blinds Drawn 
6.  Viagra Boys - Best In Show II 
7.  Viagra Boys - Secret Canine Agent 
8.  Souvenir - Blood From A Stone 
9.  Souvenir - Ransom

Download/listen to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20210410-1900-t1618077601.mp3

Read about Souvenir's new album Collapse here:  https://revrock.blogspot.com/2021/04/souvenir-chris-murdoch-interview.html