Radio What Wave November 23/2020 UIC Special
This was a special on the band UIC and its various offshoot bands. UIC was supposed to be doing a live show at the Horseshoe the Saturday after this show aired, but it was postponed until January due to covid. The show is arranged chronologically and there many more songs I wanted to include but due to time constraints this is what you get.
This show is pre-recorded about a week prior to airing as we don’t have access to the CHRW studios, again due to covid. Everything you hear on these shows is tossed together in my makeshift home ‘studio’ and all material comes from my collection.
- Gruesomes….What Wave…from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood release from 1989 on OG Records. UIC was also on this release.
- UIC….Superstar….from the recent FM Hill release and what better way to get things rolling.
- UIC…Telephone….recorded live 3/16/1985 at Call The Office, London Ontario. There might be video of this one as well as the next tune.
- UIC…. Instrumental….as above.
- UIC….When I’m Crazy….recorded live at St Stephens Hall 6/15/1985. This was our wedding bash and also playing that night were 3D Invisibles from Detroit and London’s Boy From Nowhere.
- UIC….I Got Nerve…from a cassette labelled First Demo 1986
- UIC….Cheap Generation….as above. This cassette was given to us by one of the members of UIC back then.
- UIC…Who’ll Start The End….from a cassette labelled Accusonic December 1985, and again given to us by the band. This song was also on Garunge, the cassette that came with What Wave zine #14 and released December 1987.
- UIC….Honest Can’t Survive…from the same cassette as above.
- Crop Dustin’….from the Our Garage release from 1986.
- UIC….You’re Gonna Miss Me….recorded live at Bullwinkles, London Ontario 2/14/1986. Also on the bill that night were the Purple Toads and making their London debut, Shark Graffiti (with their original singer and the only time we saw the band with him).
- UIC….Neat Neat Neat….recorded at Lee’s Palace, Toronto 6/28/1986
- UIC…Struck By An Once Of Madness…. recorded live at Les Fou Fonnes (sp?) in Montreal and probably on the same bill as The Gruesomes.
- UIC…. Cracked Actor….recorded live at Key West, London Ontario 11/6/1987
- UIC….Livin’ In The Past….from the Live Like 90 release and recorded live at Lee’s Palace 11/4/1988
- UIC….Outta Hand….from The Wiseman Session, released in 2016 but should have come out in 1989. If this had been released as planned, things might have been a bit different for UIC.
- UIC….Outta Hand….as above. Wiseman Sessions is easily my fave UIC release!
- UIC….The Grey and the Black….recorded live at CTO 7/14/1990.
- UIC….400 Blows… as above.
- UIC…Is It My Body….recorded live at CTO 2/16/1991
- UIC…. Poor Boy….from the Witches In Credible release from 1993 and the only UIC full length to not come out on vinyl, or be re-issued.
- UIC….It’s Alright….as above
- UIC….Do You Wanna Go?...from the Johnny Hanson Presents Puck Rock Volume 1 from 1994.
- Positively Stompin’…Little Bit Longer….from the 1994 Junk Drawer release. This was Teddy (RIP) and Murray’s combo that started as Possibly Stompin’, doing all Stompin’ Tom covers and evolved into a real band. PS is one of those bands that coulda and shoulda, but for some reason it didn’t happen. They had real management, a unique sound/style, appeared on television a number of times, got radio play and did showcase live shows.
- El Speedo….Rock’n’Roll Explosion…..probably from the El Speedo cassette (this might be a different version than is on the cassette) and features Dave on lead vocals.
- El Speedo…Speed… as above.
- Chickens…. White Squirrel Town….from the 2000 release Prepare To Plug In. Another of those bands that coulda and shoulda but it just didn’t happen. They made the trek to Cleveland to battle it out for Little Steven’s Garage Band awards and came in second.
- Chickens….Heart That Bleeds…from the 2003 Bring It On release.
- Smokestack Lightning….Volcano….from a 2003 demo and features Murray on the tubs, Roger Toad on bass, Paul Toad on bass and vocals on one other member.
- UIC….Mystery Train….from the recent FM Hill release and a long time UIC tune written by Richard Carstens. The Chickens used to do a really long drawn out version of this one, but there wasn’t time on the show to include it.
- UIC….Honest Can’t Survive….as above, from FM Hill
- UIC…Thunder From The Left…. As above….RIP Danny
- UIC…..Richard May…..as above and RIP to Dick. Dick was one of the constants at the Cedar Lounge but never actually met him until we ran into each other at a Demics show in Toronto in early 1981.
Had a blast putting this one together, digging through all the live and demo cassettes and actually being able to find them! And this show goes out to Danny, Teddy and Dick!!
Thanx to all that took the time to listen. And Huge Thanx for all the comments, messages, emails, and Heys!!!
Back again next Monday at 6PM with another edition of Radio What Wave.