Here's our bandcamp site, have a go

https://motownfiredepartment.bandcamp.com/

IS it alright to just blow in here and start promoting ourselves with music links? 

cheers!

Radio What Wave Playlist January 21/2016

1. The Mongrels....All Systems Go....demo from 2013 that's been re-mastered and they might be playing somewhere this weekend. Thought i saw a poster, but can't find it now.

2. Stone Soul....Fire In My Veins....brand new demo from the combo formerly known as Vintage Experience. Our pal Ryan In The Red (used to do In The Red on CHRW and now does the Rock City Madness podcast) plays guitar and sings in this band.

3. Split Squad....Now Hear This....brand new and features members of The Plimsouls, Fleshtones and drummer for just about everyone, Clem Burke!!!

4.  Flamin' Groovies....Shake Some Action....live recording from NPR Radio 1/6/2016. There's 3 or 4 other songs they recorded as well and sound just as good!

5. Rolling Stones....Diddly Daddy....very first recordings from 1963. This is the beginning of our Georgio Gomelsky special as he passed away very recently. Georgio started the Crawdaddy Club which is where the Rolling Stones first played and got their most known lineup together. When they first started, Georgio had to bribe people with free meals to get them out to see the Stones. After a short time, the Stones were selling the place out and were too big to play here. He also managed the band prior to Andrew Loog Oldham taking over the reins.

6. Rolling Stones...Roadrunner....as above, both songs are on a bootleg called Bright Lights Big City.

7. The Yardbirds....Smokestack Lightning.....recorded live at The Crawdaddy Club 1963. The Yardbirds took over residency of The Crawdaddy Club and Georgio Gomelsky proceeded to manage them and produce their albums. He also gave Eric Clapton the Slowhand nickname that has stuck with him for life!

8. The Animals....Boom Boom....1964 Decca Audition Recordings. Georgio Gomelsky invited The Animals down to London to play his club and arranged for The Yardbirds to play Newcastle, which was the home of The Animals, getting both bands much needed exposure.

9. Steampacket...Can I Get A Witness....from the Steampacket LP. UK supergroup arranged by Long John Baldry that featured Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll, a very young Rod Stewart and others, produced by Georgio Gomelsky.

10. Julie Driscoll....Tramp....from the Open LP that also featured Brian Auger and was on Georgio Gomelsky's label, Marmalade Records and of course, he produced it. From here, he started to work with more progressive, experimental and jazz oriented combos that aren't really in the vein of this show. Once a band became popular and started to attract a lot of attention Georgio Gomelsky lost interest as he was more into the small club type of band. He later moved to NYC which is where he resided until passing and worked with many upcoming bands. His eccentricities often worked against him.

11. Mott The Hoople.....All The Young Dudes....from All The Young Dudes from 1972. This goes out to Buffin, (Dale Griffin) longtime and original drummer for Mott who passed away earlier this week. And we'll also send it out to Bowie as he wrote this song for Mott and it saved their career!

12. Mott The Hoople....All The Way From Memphis....from Mott 1973. Mott The Hoople also featured vocalist Ian Hunter who went on to a successful solo career after his Mott days.

13. Ralph...I'll Remember....from the Sophisticated Boom Boom CD 1997. Ralph is a long time music industry guy that's done just about everything (except have a hit record) and presently has an art/music gallery in Montreal called BBAM Gallery that host cool events.

14. Little Games....Muswell Hill Ray....from the Guitar Damage CD and obviously dedicated to Ray Davies from The Kinks. Vancouver based 60's influenced combo that features Tom Harrison on vocals, who coincidentally sang on the previous song.

15. The Hypnotics....Isn't It Fun....from the Modern Art Entertainment CD. Windsor based combo who are about to release this on vinyl very soon. And you can hear bassist David Konstantino on CJAM (Windsor Ontario University Radio) every Saturday night at 7PM with his Revolution Rock radio show!

16. Don't Touch The Dancers....Don't Be Shy.....download from a local combo who have since broken up unfortunatly. Some nice glam and powerpop influences in some of their stuff!

17. Sir John A MacDonalds.....Quit School....from the Quit School CD....Ottawa based garagepunkers who are all named after Canada's first Prime Minister.

18. The Minstrels....It Isn't True....from the Come Out To Play EP on What Wave Records. Quebec City based garage pop combo who moved around a lot after releasing this, their first record back in 1989.

19. Whipping Wind....Don't Get Into It....from a 7" and is local powerpop from a couple of years back. This is also available on a 4 track CD.

20. The Finks...Can't Say No....from a 7" and more local powerpop, this time from the late 80's and these guys did quite well on local AM radio here in town.

21. Second Thoughts....Wound Up....from a 7" and even more local powerpop, this time from the very early 80's. Remember seeing this band at the Cedar Lounge, maybe The Firehall and maybe Fryfogles way back then.....had to fade this out as we ran out of time but not tunes.

Thanx for all the phone calls, facebook messages, emails and Heys!!!  Back again next week with more noise to annoy!

And here's a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist January 14/2016  David Bowie RIP

This is a short David Bowie special with a quick look at the late 60's mod years and then a quick overview of the 70's glam years as we had a short show due to a sporting event.

1. David Bowie....I Dig Everything....from a compilation called This Is Mod. Back in David's 1966 mod days and definitely sums up his musical taste.

2. David Bowie and The Lower Third....Can't Help Thinking About Me....from a compilation called We Love The Pirates. More 1966 mod sounds!

3. Davy Jones and The Lower Third....You've Got A Habit Of Leaving Me....1965 Parlaphone 7" produced by Shel Talmy. You can hear some Who influences on this one!

4. Davy Jones and The Lower Third...Baby Loves That Way....flip side of the above, again with some Who sounds coming through at the very end.

5. David Bowie....Black Country Rock....from The Man Who Sold The World LP

6. David Bowie....The Man Who Sold The World.....as above.

7. David Bowie....Changes....from Hunky Dory LP.

8. David Bowie....Friday On My Mind....from the Pinups LP.  This also goes out to Stevie Wright, vocalist for The Easybeats, who originally recorded this song, as Stevie passed away about 3 weeks ago. Pinups was Bowie's LP of 60's covers and he was probably the first artist to do something like this in the 70's, to actually pay homage to his influences and fave tunes!

9. David Bowie....Queen Bitch....from Hunky Dory LP...The Demics used to cover this live back in the Cedar Lounge days here in London Ontario.

10. David Bowie....Suffragette City....from the Ziggy Stardust LP.

11. David Bowie....Panic In Detroit....from the Alladin Sane LP

12. David Bowie...Cracked Actor....from the Alladin Sane LP

13. David Bowie....Rebel Rebel...from the Diamond Dogs LP

14. David Bowie....Diamond Dogs....from the Diamond Dogs LP

15. David Bowie....Sorrow....from the Pinups LP and this is probably my fave Bowie tune!

16. David Bowie....Rock'n'Roll With Me....from the Diamond Dogs LP

Hope you enjoyed our short tribute to David Bowie, a huge influence on just about every musical scene!  Thanks for the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!
Back again next week with a full length show and we'll do a short special on Giorgio Gomelsky, founder of the Crawdaddy Club where The Rolling Stones, Yardbirds and many others first got their start.

Here's a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist December 31st

Happy New Year!!! This show was a look back at some of our fave music from 2015 and paying our respects to the departed, this time; Carson Van Osten (bass for Nazz), John Bradbury (drummer for The Specials), Stevie Wright (vocals for The Easybeats) and Lemmy of Motorhead infamy. We also ran right through till 8:30 so this is an extra long 2.5 hour show and we still ran outta time well before tunes....

1. The Mongrels....Do It....from their 2013 demo and they are playing sunday at the Richmond Hotel from 4 till 7 as part of the Rock'n'Roll Rent Party.

2. Sloan...Good In Everyone....from their One Chord To Another CD from 1996. Sloan were playing Victoria Park as part of London's New Year's activities.  Don't let this power pop sound fool you, these guys are real tough as one of them was just wearing a short sleeve tee shirt outside while playing....it's winter here in London!!!

3. Sloan....Penpals....from their Twice Removed Cd from 1994.

4. Sloan...Underwhelmed....from their Smeared CD from 1992, this is the song that people remember.  Jack Rabid's Big Takeover Zine had an in depth interview w/Sloan in the last couple of issues.

5. The Nazz....Open My Eyes....from the Best Of Lp on Rhino....a vehicle to bring Todd Rundgren to mass exposure and this was the last band that Carson Van Osten was involved in. From here, he went on to work for Disney and Todd went on to international stardom.

6. The Easybeats....Gonna Have A Good Time....from the Best Of LP on Rhino Records....a song covered by many, here's the original written by the team of Vanda/Young who went on to produce the first LP's of AC DC and brought them to stardom. The Easybeats featuring Stevie Wright on vocals, were the first of the super groups to emerge from Australia in the mid 60's.

7. The Easybeats...For My Woman....from the Easy As Can Be Lp on Fan Club Records....killer tune!!!

8. The Easybeats....Wedding Ring.... as above.

9. The Easybeats....Friday On My Mind....from the Best Of Lp on Rhino....absolute killer tune that we can all identify with and still stands to this day almost 50 years after it's release! RIP Stevie Wright!!!

10. Motorhead.....Overkill....from the Take No Prisoners CD.  By now, everyone should know that Lemmy passed away earlier this week. I can't top any of the tributes you can find on the internet....just do a search and there are literally TONS of glowing tributes. We'll stick to playing the tunes at Radio WW.

11. Motorhead....Dead Men Tell No Tales....as above.

12. Wendy and Lemmy....Stand By Your Man.....from a 7" on Bronze Records. Wendy is Wendy from The Plasmatics, a band similar to Motorhead in that they were like by punks and metalheads for their destructive behaviour and do it their own way approach to the music. RIP to Wendy, Lemmy and Phil who were all involved in this recording.

13. Motorhead....Leaving Here....from a Stiff 7" from 1978. This song was  done by The Birds (UK combo that Ronnie Wood was in from 1965).

14. Motorhead.....Motorhead.....from the LP of the same name....talk about marketing!!RIP Lemmy!

15. The Specials....Rude Boy....recorded live at Hurrahs New York 2/1980. This is for drummer John Bradbury who passed away earlier this week. He was involved in the band right at the beginning, left after a few years, then rejoined and was involved right to the end.

From here on, we play some of our fave tunes/bands from 2015...

16. Hiroshima Hearts....14 Floors.... from their self titled CD. Local combo who we had live to air earlier this year and put on a great performance!! They've got a show coming up later this month and we'll give you details when the time is closer!

17. Newport Electric....One Of A Million....from the So It Goes CD. Local combo who played a Rock'n'Roll Rent Party earlier this year and they have a show this saturday night at the APK with our good pal Fireball Grant!

18. 63 Monroe....She's Electric....from their Punk Rock Soldier CD. Local combo that has been around longer than most of the people involved in CHRW!

19. Red Arms....Chorus Of Life....from their recent CD, Welcome To The New Cold War. This has been available as a download for awhile, but was made a physical product for a recent show at Grooves Records. Caught the show and the band was super tight and sounded almost exactly like the recorded product!! Check them out if you get a chance!

20. Red Arms....Quiet Resolution... as above.

21. The 905s....What Are We We Receiving....from the Shake Down CD. Our fave band from Brampton Ontario and this CD got a lot of airplay this year on Radio WW and deserved it all!!

22. The Hypnotics....Modern Art Entertainment....from the Modern Art Entertainment CD. Windsor Ontario based rock'n'roll combo that features David Konstantino of our sister radio show, Revolution Rock, heard saturday eve from CJAM on the University Of Windsor radio station. A really cool CD that you'll be hearing lots of in the new year!!   And it'll be out on vinyl shortly!!!

23. Mere Humans...Ain't All Gone....from their download and they are from Ottawa. Former members of The Evil Farm Children and they hope to have this out on vinyl in the near future.

24. Dave Rave and the Governors....Sweet American Music.....from the CD of the same name. We had Dave Rave live on Radio WW this past fall and as always, he had loads of great rock'n'roll stories and songs for us. Dave also got to open  for The Flamin' Groovies when they played Hamilton recently, a life long dream of his!!!!

25. Noble Savages.....Fire In The World....from the Four Off The Floor 7" EP on Transistor 66 Records. Hamilton's oldest teen punks finally get a proper vinyl release!!

26. Noble Savages....She's So Serious....from Noise Pollution 7" EP on It's Trash Records, a 4 song EP of Hamilton bands. It's Trash is also a radio show heard alternate fridays at 6PM right here on CHRW.

27. The Sir John A MacDonalds....Beer And Ignorance....from the Quit School CD. Brand new and from Ottawa this features our good pal Patrick on vocals and guitar. This is as Canadian as can be as the band is named for our first Prime Minister....and for some weird reason, all the band members are named Sir John A......

28. Dynamite Pussy Club....Power....from their most recent CD and they are from Bath UK. They were featured on our first ever Radio WW Session a couple of years back.

29. Sons Of Mod....Hamburg Stomp....from their brand new self titled release and they are from Australia.

30. The Reprobettes.....Danger....all female combo from Australia who have released a 7" on Boppa Do Down Records from Toronto. On shiny purple vinyl.

31. Alex Maiorano and The Black Tales....Black Snake....from the Everything Boom CD on the Off Label from Germany. Cool R&B influenced sounds.

32. Barrence Whitfield and the Savages.....Willow....from the Under The Savage Sky LP on Bloodshot Records. Barrence and company came through London this past summer and were absolutely KILLER on stage!!! Easily one of the best shows of the year that we saw!!

33. Dany Laj and the Looks.....Mr Rebound....from the Word On The Street Lp....one of my faves from this year and it's finally out on vinyl. The band came through to a really small crowd this past spring and are due back April 1st opening up for Paul Collins at Call The Office here in London. Don't miss this band that plays powerpop that way it was played in the late 70's!!!

34. The Routes.... It's My Time....from the Skeletons CD.....another of my faves of this year and this trio is from Japan. Recently did a tour of Europe where they went down really well!!

35. Archie and The Bunkers....Sally Lou....self titled on Dirty Water Records....another of my faves of the year, this is 2 teenage brothers from Cleveland who are mature way beyond their years and understand rock'n'roll. Drums, keyboards and vocals is all it takes as these kids have the chops to actually open up for the likes of The Sonics and others in their home town!! Would Love to see these guys live!!

36. The Ballantynes....Argent....from the Dark Drives Life Signs LP on La Ti Da Records out of Vancouver. Another of my faves of the year and this LP has to be played all at once to really appreciate it. It's got a great late night soul vibe that goes down really really nice!!!

37. The Scenics....Do The Wait....from the In The Summer CD on Dream Tower that just came out. Re-masterings of recordings done in the late 70's of this Toronto combo that was lumped in with the punk scene, but had more in common with bands like The Talking Heads and XTC for their quirky pop sounds.

38. Bloodshot Bill.....Man In Love....recorded right here at Radio WW when Bill dropped by prior to a show at Call The Office that evening. Bill played some of his fave tunes and told some rock'n'roll stories during that show.

39. Twin Fin.....Jungle Room....from their brand new CD Whiskey Wine and Venom Love. Local combo that has a late 50's R&B influence to its sound. Some of the members were in the local rockabilly combo Duke Sedan and the Hi-Tones and few years back.

40. The Vagoos.....I Guess You're My Girl.....from their brand new release on Off Label from Germany.

As always, we ran out of time well before we ran out of tunes. Big thanx for the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!!  
Back again next week with more Rock'n'roll action here on Radio What Wave.....
Happy New Year!!!!

Here's a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist December 17/2015    Xmas Special!

1. Marshmallow Overcoat....Santa Fuzz...from the 2008 CD The Light Show.  Recorded in Garageadelic 360 Stereo!  From Tucson Arizona.

2. Bitchlove.....All I Want For Christmas Is Some White Stuff.....demo from a local 2 piece combo.

3. Bitchlove....Santa Eats Your Cookies While You Sleep.... as above.

4. 63 Monroe....White Christmas....1984 7" from this local combo that is still active.

5. Urban Surf Kings....Jingle Bells....download from this east coast surf combo.

6. Thee Evil Tones..... It's Christmas...download from this UK based combo.

7. The Gruesomes....Santa Claus....from their Unchained EP on Primitive Records.

8. The Fleshtones... Santa Claus Hooray....from the Stocking Stuffer LP  on Yep Roc Records.

9. The Fleshtones.... Super Rock Santa....as above.

10. The Turtles...Santa and the Sidewalk Surfer....from the Turtles Greatest Hits double LP on Sire Records from 1974.

11. Mojo Nixon and the Toad Liquors....Trim Yo' Tree.... from Trailer Trash Christmas compilation CD.

12. Patsy Raye and the Beatniks....Beatnik's Wish....from the compilation LP Swing For A Crime on GMG Records. A compilation record of late 50's/early 60's trashy instros and gangster type rock'n'rolla swing.

13. The Youngsters....Christmas In Jail....from the compilation CD Black Christmas....there's a message in this song!!

14. Jack Scott....There's Trouble Brewin'... as above.

15. Vel Mars.... Jingle Bells.... as above. Somehow i downloaded this CD from a Cramps fan site many years ago.

16. Lazy Cowgirls....Sock It To Me Santa....from a 1986 7" on Bomp Records. Yep, it's the Bob Seger song from the 60's.

17. MX 80 Sound....Christmas With The Devil....from the We're An American Band CD from 2005. Proto punk band from the mid 70's that reformed and rumour has it they just recoreded and released some more material.

18. Deja Voodoo....Bugs For Christmas....from the Too Cool To Live Too Smart To Die EP on Midnight Records from 1985. Sludgeabilly duo from Montreal, formed in 1982, created the OG Records label, toured Canada way too many times, released records by The Gruesomes, Dik Van Dykes, the It Came From Canada series and many others before retiring in 1990. They did it all and retired from the music industry when arriving at the age of 30.

19. The Razorbacks...All The Girls Look Prettier At Christmastime....from a 7" on Tradition Records from 1987.

20. The Shanks...Christmas Star....from The Dark Richard Show from 2010. The Shanks are a 2 piece from Orangeville Ontario and we've had the pleasure of their guest appearances on Radio WW at least once, if not more. And they have the pleasure of opening for Cheetah Chrome when he plays Toronto in a couple of weeks!!

21. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy.....with his annual Christmas message!!!

22. The Ramones....Merry Christmas.....from the Brain Drain LP....it wouldn't be a Radio WW Christmas Special without playing this tune!!

23. Shonen Knife.... Space Christmas....from a 7" from 1991.

24. Chris Peck....Christmas Eve Without You....from the Chris Peck Sings Exit to 32nd St and Other Holiday Favourites CD from 2013. Our good pal Dave Rave sings backup on several tunes on this CD!

25. The Tryfles....Gloria.....from Midnight Christmess Volume 1 LP from 1984. The Tryfles were a NYC based garage combo in the mid 80's who released an LP and a 7" on Midnight Records before breaking up and members forming many other combos.

26. Screamin' Jay Hawkins....It's Xmas....as above. Yep, it's the same character famous for I Put A Spell On You....and famous for exiting a coffin on stage!!!

27. The Droogs....Silent Night.... as above. These are The Droogs from the west coast who released many singles and LP's and were around from the early 70's pre-dating most other second wave garage combos.

28. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet....Winterfresh....from a CBC Christmas recording from the mid 80's. Shadowy Men were a Toronto based instro combo most famous for having their work used in the comedy TV series Kids In The Hall.

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!! Hope you enjoyed the Xmas tuneage!!!

We're not onair Dec 24th, but back on Dec 31st for a special 2.5 hour show running from 6 till 8:30 PM!!!  Think we'll be doing lots of tunes from 2015 and lots of new stuff we haven't aired yet. A great way to start your New Years Eve partying!!!

Here's a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist December 10th 2015

All female led combos tonite as we do our commemoration for the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre that happened in 1989.

1. The Johnnys.....Motorcycle Mama....from their 3rd CD, Rock from 2013. Toronto via North West Territories and led by the leather clad 6 foot tall Veronica Johnny! We've had Veronica on for an interview a couple of years back, probably around the time this CD was released.

2. American Flamewhip....Show Me...from the Winnipeg Riot CD compilation on Dionysus Records and features Joanne Rodriguez on vocals/guitars. Compiled by our fave Winnipeg artist Darren Merinuk, watch out for his next compilation coming out very soon!

3. Angry Dragons....Girlfriend....from their only 7" on Transistor 66 Records and also from Winnipeg and also featuring Joanne Rodriguez on vocals/guitars.

4. 24th Street Wailers....Spitfire....from their recent Where Evil Grows CD.  From Toronto but constantly on tour across North America, this combo features Lindsay Beaver on vocals and drums.

5. Twin Fin....Let's Get Drinkin'....from a soon to be released CD, as in the CD release party is set for Dec 19th at Call The Office. Local combo featuring Dana Hartman on the vocals.

6. Chica Boom Boom....Just Like Me....from the recent Transistor 66 100th Release download. Winnipeg combo that again features Joanne Rodriguez.

7. Vibrating Beds....Baby Tell Me....from their only 7" on Transistor 66 Records and came out in 2010. Features Jenna Diubaldo on vocals and guitars.

8. Detroit Cobras....Cha Cha Twist....from their Mink Rat Or Rabbit Lp on SFTRI. No date, but would guess late 90's as they played at Call The Office in 2002. Feature Rachel Nagy on vocals.

9. Big Maybelle....Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On....from the double OKEH Sessions LP  This particular session is from 1955 and pre-dates Jerry Lee Lewis' hit version of the song.

10. Ellen McIlwaine....Higher Ground....from The Real Ellen McIlwaine LP from 1975. She got her start in the NYC coffee houses playing blues and even playing with Jimi Hendrix, then came up to Toronto where she stayed for many years. Used to play at places like The Firehall here in London  and now lives out west, rarely playing live.

11. Betty Harris....Ride Your Pony....from a compilation called Soul Cellar. An Allen Toussaint cover, we played a version of this tune a few weeks back by The Fleshtones.

12. Aretha Franklin....Satisfaction....from Aretha Arrives....her second LP on Atlantic from 1967.

13. Lost Patrol....Pushin' Too Hard....from a cassette called Rarities 1986-1991. Lost Patrol were from Windsor Ontario but played London many times over their career, and this particular song was recorded at Dan Brodbeck's London studio when it was still in his parent's house. Lost Patrol released many cassettes, records and appeared on many What Wave releases and featured the vocals of Karen Marrero.

14. The Zellots....Soldiers....from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that came with What What zine 24 (available at Village Idiot). The Zellots were a local combo from the late 70's that lasted until the early 80's and were a band that coulda and shoulda but didn't. Their full story is in a zine called Mongrel Zine out of Vancouver.

15. Tyranna....Back Off Baby....from a 7" on Boppa Do Down Records. Late 70's Toronto based combo that have since released an LP of just about everything they ever recorded. Featured Vera Skye on vocals.

16. Living Deadbeats....Lost...from their only self released LP. Vancouver based combo featuring Lindsay on lead vocals. London connection in Peter Gripp on bass.

17. White Lung...Sleep Creep....from their first LP It's The Evil. Vancouver based punk combo featuring Mish on lead vocals and facial contortions.

18. Bush Tetras....Too Many Creeps....from a 1980 7" on 99 Records.....NYC based funk/dance/postpunk combo that released several records and cassettes, all worth checking out.

19. Delta 5....Mind Your Own Business....from Singles and Sessions 1979-81 CD. UK postpunk/funk political/feminist band that was fairly influential in the big picture.

20. Venus Fly Trap One Girl Band....Mean Old Negro Nudist....from a download and from France. Like the band name suggests, one person band that defies all musical conventions.

21. The Shangri-Las....Sophisticated Boom Boom....from a Greatest Hits CD....Mid 60's girl group that was supposedly influential in the sound of the NYDolls....just a Killer song!!!

22. The Whyte Boots....Nightmare....from Girls In The Garage Volume 2, mid 60's girl garage groups. Just listen to the song, that sums it up perfectly!

23. Palmyra Delran....Baby Should Have Known Better....from Volume 8 of Little Steven's Underground Garage  Presents The Coolest Songs In The World. Palmyra was in the all female combo The Friggs and did several projects with Ben Vaughn and presently has her own radio show on Sirius Radio. Check it out if you are able, i'm sure it's cool!

24. Vancougar....Mine First....from the Losin' It CD on Scratch Recordings from Vancouver 2006. An all female combo from Vancouver and they win the prize for the best band name ever!! There's a new release coming out in the new year, probably on Mint Records, their home for the last few.

25. Young Fast and Scientific.....You Told Me....demo from a local combo from the early 90's and appeared on a What Wave release. Features former Hippie Kelly Mulvey on vocals.

26. Patti Smith.... Ask The Angels....from Radio Ethiopia.....had to fade this as we ran outta time but certainly not tunes.

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!! All greatly appreciated!!!  Hope you enjoyed the show and had as much fun as I did putting this one together! There were so many more bands that I wanted to include, but time restraints won out!
Next week, it's all Xmas tunes.....get your requests in now!!

Here's a link to to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist December 3 2015

This is an all London Ontario show with the emphasis on late 70's/early 80's as we were broadcast live at the opening night for Andrew Lewis' Pop Up Poster Show and Sale happening at Westland Gallery here in London Ontario. We played several requests by Andrew Lewis as well as a few selections from Andrew's former combo Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons.

1. The Mongrels.... All Systems Go....from a 2013 demo. The Mongrels are doing their monthly Rock'n'Roll Rent Party on Sunday December 6 from 4 till 7 PM at the Richmond Hotel.

2. The Demics....New York City....from the New York City CD on OPM.  Probably the most known song to come out of this city for a certain age group.

3. The Demics....Heart Of The City....live at the Cedar Lounge 1978. Remember The Demics covering this one many times live. When The Demics first started, their sets consisted mostly of covers, assisting many of us in filling out our record collections!

4. The Demics...7 and 7 Is....live in Toronto in 1980/81, venue unknown.

5. Orie Hitt Machine....Killer Inside Me....recorded in somone's bedroom and featuring poet John Cone on vocals?

6. Uranus....'53 Buick...from their very first 7" EP. Recorded at Awes Studio here in London Ontario back in about 1978.

7. Uranus....Dixie Fried....live from CFNY, Toronto 1980 and recorded at a car show.

8. The Stoves...Just My Style....live at the Cedar Lounge 1979. One of those bands that had it all; good song writing, good musicianship, 3 part harmonies, great live show but never got around to releasing anything in their short lifespan.

9. The Regulators....Sherry Share-It....recorded live at The Polish Hall 1979. Heavily influenced by the Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, this combo did release one 7" and played out many times.

10. NFG....Cyanide.....early demo featuring original guitarist Simon. Found this at the end of a cassette that someone gave me. Sound quality is piss poor, but the overall sound of the song is so different than what came out later. NFG morphed into 63 Monroe which still exist to this day.

11. Radio 4....Is God A Man....early 80's demo from this band that features Mark Deroux on bass.

12. Sheep Look Up....Burning....from their cassette. This band evolved from Radio 4 and featured Mark Deroux on bass. Sheep were around for several years, released a 12" EP, appeared on a couple of compilations, moved to Toronto and appeared headed for bigger things until it all fizzled out.

13. 10 Heads....Solid On The Funky Bass....demo that was written for Mark Deroux when he passed and features the early 00 lineup of 10 Heads.  10 Heads have reformed as Ten Heads on Ten and we saw them last week and they put on a great live show!!!

14. Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons.... A Piece Of Me....from the cassette What's All The Fuzz About that came with What Wave Zine 17 back in 1989. The Scar, as they were commonly called, were a 3 piece with Andrew on the drums, Ian on the bass (now a high school teacher) and Tom Dunphy on guitar and vocals (now in internationally known country band The Rizdales).

15. Legend Killers....Shoot Magoo....from Four Whom The Bell Tolls...the 7" EP that came with What Wave zine #16. Meant to play the flip side with Capt Scarlet....ooopppsss!!!

16. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons....Wednesday Rain.....late 80's demo.

17. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons....Are You Really Gone....from Four Whom The Bell Tolls, the 7" EP that came with What Wave zine #16 1988.

18. Purple Toads....40 Pounder Blues.....from their first LP on Star Records and a request by Andrew. The only non-London band we played on this show, but the Purple Toads did play London many times in the late 80's. They were from Oshawa Ontario.

19. UIC....Cropdusting....recorded live at Call The Office 3/16/1985. UIC were from Exeter, just north of London on Highway 4, later moving to Toronto. This particular live recording has appeared with video but has been removed from youtube.

20. Boy From Nowhere.... Teenage Head....late 80's demo. Boy From Nowhere played at the Toys For Tots show last weekend and absolutely killed it!!! Check out the pictures on the Radio What Wave facebook page.

21. Flying Squad.... Think For Yourself.....mid 80's demo. London Ontario's only biker rock band!

22. Generics....Rockers....early 80's demo....they released one 7" EP that has been bootlegged a couple of times.

23. The Hippies....Nuclear Disaster....from their only 7" record.

24. Ukase....Jealousy....late 80's demo. This song was originally done by The Zellots, another London Ontario combo, of which a couple are members of Ukase.

Big Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, Facebook messages and Heys!!! And to Andrew Lews, Poster Artist of the Highest Degree, for playing Radio What Wave in the background at the opening night party for his Pop Up Poster Show and Sale. The Show and Sale continues until Sunday at the Westland Gallery here in London Ontario.
Next week, it's all female voices as we commemerate the Montreal Massacre, a 1989 shooting of female engineering students at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. If you tune in, you might just hear female led bands like; The Angry Dragons, Vibrating Beds, The Zellots, Hiroshima Hearts, Terror Lake, Twin Fin, Nikki and The Corvettes and so much more.

You can catch the archived show at:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist November 19, 2015

1. Long Day Journey....Lady and the Sun....from the not yet released The Further Adventures Of The Electric Trip. One man psychedelic band from Hamilton Ontario.

2. Oh! Gunquit....Head Bites Tail...from their recent Eat Yuppies and Dance! CD on Dirty Water Records. UK R&B based combo.

3. Oh!Gunquit....Hope In Hell.... as above.

4. The Hypnotics....New Wave Monday...from the brand new Modern Art Entertainment CD on New Values Records. Windsor based combo's second release and this will be released upon vinyl in the new year. Features our good pal Dave Konstantino on guitar/bass/vocals, host of CJAM's Revolution Radio, heard on saturday's at 7PM and one of our sister radio shows!

5. The Secrets....I'll Cry Tomorrow...from the CD Teenage Rampage on OPM Records. Late 70's frat/garage/doowop combo that came out of the Toronto punk scene. They are re-uniting for a show saturday night at This Ain't Hollywood.

6. Johnny Rivers....Secret Agent Man...from his Golden Hits Live LP as we pay tribute to P F Sloane, writer of this classic tune. PF passed away earlier this week and wrote many a classic tune and was involved behind the scenes on many hits of the 60's.

7. The Turtles....Eve Of Destruction....from their Greatest Hits CD and another classic P F Sloane tune.

8. The Searchers... Take Me For What I'm Worth....from a compilation CD called We Love The Pirates (47 Fab 40 hits) and yet another classic P F Sloane tune.

9. Hiroshima Hearts...14 Floors.... from their self titled debut and they will be playing monday night at the London Music Hall.

10. catl...Working Man's Soul....from the With The Lord For Cowards You Will Find No Place LP. Catl will be playing tonite at Call The Office and then they are off for their first of hopefully many European tours.

11. catl...Save Myself...from This Shakin' House LP, their latest LP.

12. The Scenics...Wild Trout.... from the In The Summer CD, studio recordings from 1977-78, another band that came out of the Toronto punk scene.

13. Teenanger.... Cheap Thrills....from their Frights LP and they were in town playing at Call The Office when this show aired.

14. The Leeches...Sluggish Orbit...from the Krampus Records Volume 2 download. From Sweden.

15. The Skeletors.... End Of The World.... as above.

16. Motorhead.... Train Kept A Rollin'...from a self titled LP released on Attic Records and has an added sticker that says their first British LP. No matter, this whole LP kicks ass and these 3 Motorhead tunes go out to Phil Taylor, who passed away last week.

17. Motorhead....  Leaving Here....from a Stiff 7" from 1978, part of the original Stiff Box set.

18. Motorhead.... We Are The Road Crew....from the Ace Of Spades LP from 1980.

19. Dany Laj and the Looks.... Best Thing In Town....from the Word On The Street CD.

20. Hurricane and Able.... Day More Day...from The Thin Edge Of The Wedge download. Toronto/London combo that features band junkie Shawn Larouge.

21. The Thrashers...Zombie Twist....from the Transistor 66 100th release download.

22. The Fleshtones....Ride Your Pony....from the Roman Gods LP and written by Allen Toussaint who passed away last week.

23. Allen Toussaint....Tequila....from the compilation LP New Orleans Funk Volume 2. Way different than your usual version of Tequila as it's done by the master!!

24. Dr John.... Right Place Wrong Time....from In The Right Place LP that is produced by Allen Toussaint and features his keyboards and congo playing on this particular tune. Had to fade this one out as we ran outta time.....

Big Thanx for all the phone calls tonite, much appreciated!!! And a Big thanx for the emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! That's what keeps us going!!!
Back again next week with lots more noise to annoy!
You can catch the archived show here:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist November 12/2015

One hour show due to a sporting event starting at 7PM....didn't get to really start our Allen Toussaint tribute, so that'll be next week along with some early Motorhead for Phil Taylor.

1. Dave Rave and the Governors...Sweet American Music....from the recent CD of the same name. Dave Rave is part of the Gord Lewis Band who open up for The Flamin' Groovies on Tuesday at This Ain't Hollywood.

2. Dany Laj and the Looks...Where's The Love....from the recent Word On The Street CD which is now available on vinyl. Played this song last week and it's been stuck in my head since, repeated plays is the only form of musical exorcism i'm aware.

3. Ten Heads...You Clean Me Up...from the Swimming and Singing CD from 2001. Local combo who have reformed with a few changes and are playing saturday at the APK here in London.

4. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants...El Camino...from their first 7" from 2007. They are also playing at the APK on saturday night, as well as Lucky 6's.

5. Sonny Vincent....Sink Hole...from his recent Bizarro Hymns CD on Get Hip Records.

6. The Flamin' Groovies....Shake Some Action....from a promo only 12" and it goes out to Rob the retired Mailman!

7. The Flamin' Groovies....First Plane Home...from the 1979 LP Jumpin' In The Night.

8. The Flamin' Groovies...Yeah My Baby....from the 1978 LP Now. And right around here i hit the wrong button and played part of a tune by Sonny Vincent....sorry Sonny!!!Meant to play a Flamin' Groovies commercial. Way too much crazyness happening in the onair studio with the phone a-ringing and 2 guests!!  All for fun!!!

9. The Flamin' Groovies....Teenage Head....from the 1971 Teenage Head LP

10. The Flamin' Groovies...Have You Seen My Baby....as above. We played all these Flamin' Groovies tunes as we're off to see The Groovies on tuesday at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton Ontario.

11. The Noble Savages....She's So Serious...from the brand new Noise Pollution compilation EP on It's Trash Records.

12. The Noble Savages....Fire In The World...from the brand new Four Off The Floor EP on Transistor 66 Records.

13. The Noble Savages...Take Some PIlls... as above.

14. Eve Hell.....The Truth....from the new Transistor 66 download to celebrate their 100th release. T66 is the finest record/CD label in Winnipeg Manitoba!!

15. The ArtWoods.... I Feel Good....from the 100 Oxford Street LP that collects most of their releases. This particular song was written by Allen Toussaint and released in 1966 and was to be the start of our Allen Toussaint memorial but we ran out of time.

Thanx for all that tuned in, all those crazy phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Back again next week, with a full 90m of rock action!!

You can catch the archived show and some blog posts here:
https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist November 5/2015

1. Hiroshima Hearts....Rust...from their debut CD. Last week they were number one on the CHRW charts, this week, not.

2. Louis Jordan....Caledonia....from a Mercury CD called Rock'n'Roll released in 1989. These are the Mercury sessions recorded back in 56/57 with the fabulous Mickey Baker on the guitar. Man can that guy play and so far ahead of his time!! An earlier version of this song was a hit for Louis Jordan back in the 40's. Most Louis Jordan compilations just collect his work from the chart topping work from the 40's, as great as it was, this later stuff was even better but didn't do as well in the charts.

3. Louis Jordan...Let The Good Times Roll... as above....again, Mickey Baker kills it!

4. The Limboos....Good Times....from a compilation 7" called We Want To Be Black Volume 4 on FOLC Records out of Spain.

5. King Biscuit Boy....Georgia Slop....from the Mouth Of Steel Lp from 1984 on Red Lightnin' Records and Distro'd in Canada via Stony Plain. King Biscuit Boy was from Hamilton and Canada's greatest harp player for many years running. He started out with Ronnie Hawkins, leaving to form Crowbar then went solo releasing many solo records and playing countless sessions for others. He passed away in 2003 after battling the bottle.

6. Muscle Souls....Nothing Today....download from a Toronto mod/soul combo who have played many gigs with...

7. The Reply.... I Must Stop...from their Downtown Soul CD from 2013. Toronto mod/soul combo that we've had play here in London a coupla times and they put on a fantastic live show!

8. The Balantynes...Argent...from the recent Dark Drives Life Signs Lp on La Ti Da Records out of Vancouver. A current fave of mine and a band i'd love to see live, but it probably won't happen as they are based in Vancouver and the logistics of touring across Canada aren't agreeable. So for now, i've got this record, a 12" EP and 2 singles.

9. Marcellus Wallace....Movin' On Up....from their self titled debut CD. Local soul/funk combo who put on a Killer live show!!

10. After Funk....Rage And Chuff...from the brand new download Til The Sun Comes Up. Toronto soul/funk combo who just happened to be in town at Call The Office the day this show aired.

11. The Scenics....In The Summer....from the brand new CD, In The Summer on Dream Tower Records. Studio recordings from 1977/78 that have been sonicly tuned and sound better than ever! You can catch live footage of The Scenics back in the day on The Last Pogo Jumps Again documentary.

12. Dany Laj and The Looks...Where's The Love....from the Word On The Street CD. The vinyl version of this is now available, just go to the band's facebook page for details on how to order. Hopefully we get the band back to London before year end as promised...hint hint.

13. Human Switchboard....Saturday's Girl....from the 1981 LP, Who''s Landing In My Hangar? on Faulty Products. Cleveland based combo that formed in the late 70's and survived until the mid 80's releasing only one studio LP, coupla singles, a live LP, and a compilation on ROIR cassettes after the fact. Huge Velvet Underground fans but not really obvious from this track as it sounds more like early 60's girl group sounds in the Blondie style.

14. Flamin' Groovies.... Shake Some Action....from a 1980 single on Line Records out of Germany. Slightly different than the version on the LP of the same name. FG's are scheduled to hit This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton on the 17th and Toronto on the 18th....

15. Flamin' Groovies....Let That Boy Rock'n'Roll....1975 7" on Philips Records from France.

16. Flamin' Groovies...River Deep Mountain High....1981 7" on Underdog Records from France. Recorded at Gold Star Studios and Chris Wilson has to strain a little bit to reach those high notes but sounds like he's having fun while doing it.

17. Long Day's Journey....The Oracle....recent download from this one man psychedelic band from Hamilton Ontario. And there's a brand new full length just released today called The Further Adventures Of The Electric Trip.

18. Hunger....Workshop....from the Strictly From Hunger! LP from this late 60's/early 70's combo from Portland.

19. Hank and Frank... Nancy Sinatra....from the cassette, Garunge that came with What Wave zine #14 in 1987. Current combo, Tuerto Loco play this song and they are playing at the St Regis on Saturday night.

20. Chris Houston....Girls Are Swell....from his 1986 LP, Hate Filled Man on Caucasion Records. Chris was in the Forgotten Rebels, a punk band, back in the late 70's and currently does the occasional solo acoustic gig, where he plays the odd song from that era.

21. Frankie and Jimmy....Maggie Camp Blues.... a demo from this Hamilton Ontario based blues combo and it looks like we've run outta time way before we've run outta tunes to play this week!

Big thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages, facebook thanx (there were quite a few this week!!!) and all the Heys!!!! That's what makes it all worthwhile!!!
Back again next week with more noise to annoy.
The CHRW website is all new and improved. Check it out after you check out the archived show (and blogs) at this link:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist October 29/2015

This was an all new show (with 2 exceptions) as so much cool new stuff has come out recently. And this is only the new stuff we've been exposed to, tons more hidden away waiting to be listened to.

1. The Mongrels...Do It....from their last Radio WW session. And they will  be playing at the monthly Rock'n'Roll Rent Party happening this sunday from 5 till 8PM at the Richmond Hotel in downtown London.

2. Dustbin Flowers...My Little World....brand new recording of this tune that's going to be on their next CD.

3. Hiroshima Hearts...14 Floors...from their debut CD which just happens to be number one on the CHRW Radio charts this week! Congrats to HH!!

4. 30 Helens...The Deep....from their recently released Vague Rants EP. Brand new local combo that features the bass player from Hiroshima Hearts.

5. M&M Meats... Runners Love....from the brand new Transistor 66 download to celebrate the 100th release on this Winnipeg based label. M&M are not associated with the food chain of the same name and come from Winnipeg.

6. The Zorgs...Milkshake....another track from the Transistor 66 download. The Zorgs also come from Winnipeg and the download is free from the T66 website.

7. The Ativans....Jump The Shark...as above, but this band comes from Calgary.

8. The Noble Savages....I Don't Wanna Be A Boy No More....from their brand new Four Off The Floor 7" on Transistor 66 Records. Hamilton based combo we've played many times on Radio WW!!

9. The Noble Savages...Lobotomy City.... as above. When this band first formed, our good pal and former Londoner Rob Munro (RIP) was on guitar.

10. Dynamite Pussy Club...Power....from their album that should be out next month....from Bath UK.

11. The Government...PhD on Beat....from a brand new 7" on FOLC Records out of Spain which is where this combo comes from. Not to be confused with the Canuck combo of the same name from the late 70's/early 80's.

12. The Government....Old New Age... as above.

13. Macumba Brothers....Preacher Man....from a brand new EP on FOLC Records and these guys are also from Spain!

14. The Trip Wires...Come On and Do The Swim....from We Want To Be Black Volume 4 on FOLC Records. West coast combo on this 7" compilation from Spain.

15. MFC Chicken....Study Hall....from the brand new Solid Gravy LP on Dirty Water Records from the UK. MFC are from the UK and have also just released a couple of singles on FOLC Records.

16. MFC Chicken...14 Girls.... as above.

17. Archie and the Bunkers...Sally Lou....from their brand new album on Dirty Water Records. Two teenage brothers from Cleveland that sound WAY beyond their age!!!

18. Flesh Rag...I Gotta Go....from the brand new Noise Pollution 7" EP on It's Trash Records. 4 song EP of all Hamilton combos.

19. Jimmy And The Jerks...Critical Mass, Critical Trash... as above. The Jimmy in this combo, is the same as Frankie and Jimmy, the blues duo we've played many times on Radio WW. And we had them do a live to air session back a couple months.

20. The Scenics...O Boy....from the brand new In The Summer CD on DreamTower Records. A remixing of recordings done back in 77/78. The Scenics were a Toronto based combo, who really didn't fit in with the rest of the punk/new wave combos of their time period. They were way more artier, but had a tough edge to their sound which doesn't sound dated at all.

21. The Scenics...Do The Wait... as above.

22. Dead Beat Poets....In My Iron Lung....brand new 7" that features Frank Secich who played with Stiv Bators in The Dead Boys and Stiv's later powerpop bands.

23. Sons Of Mod....This Is Sound....from a soon to be released LP. Australian combo with lots of mod and garage influences.

24. Sons Of Mod....Ghost Train.... as above.

25. 63 Monroe....Bloodstains...from their recent Punk Rock Soldier CD. Recent recordings from this band that has been around longer than many of our listeners!

26. The Cramps....The Crusher....from the 12" EP of the same name. This goes out to Danny P and to everyone that celebrates Halloween.

27. Sonny Vincent....Faster Pussycat...from his brand new Bizarro Hymns on Get Hip Records.

All brand new releases today, except The Mongrels and Cramps. Hope you enjoyed all the new sounds! Back again next week with more noise to annoy.

Since the CHRW website is still under construction, you can get to the archived show with the following link, then scroll down to thursday and you'll see Radio What Wave:

http://129.100.145.33/archive/
 

Radio What Wave Playlist Oct 22/2015

This was an almost all vinyl show as the London Record Show is happening on Sunday Oct 25th at Centennial Hall in London Ontario.

1. Marcellus Wallace...It Ain't Easy....from their self titled debut CD. London Ontario's finest soul combo.

2. The Ballantynes....PMA...from their recent Dark Drives, Life Signs LP on La Ti Da Records out of Vancouver. They've also released a couple of singles and a 12" that are just as good as this LP.

3. The Ballantynes....Let's Go....as above.

4. Vintage Experience....Little Bit Of Soul...from their latest demo. VE are playing saturday night at Jimbo's here in London.

5. GTV's....Organ Donor....new 7" on Hidden Volume Records. The label is from Baltimore, but the GTV's are from Philly.

6. Jr. Gone Wild....It Never Changes...from their debut LP, Less Art More Pop from 1987 on BYO Records. Jr Gone Wild are from Edmonton and reformed a year or so ago due to interest in the band. And now, there's a crowd funding going on to raise money to create a documentary on the band. See the link on the Radio WW facebook page for more info.

7. Jr. Gone Wild...Drivin' Thru Texas....as above. Jr played London several times in the late 80's and always put on a really entertaining show. There just might be some pics from the London shows in the documentary.

8. Elk...Shaking Hands...from the Balm Beach 7" EP from 2011. St Catherines/Welland/Toronto based combo that have some really nice poppy garage sounds.

9. Deadly Snakes...I Can't Sleep At Night...from a double 7" on In The Red Records from 2004. The last time they played Call The Office, Greg Cartwright of Oblivians fame was in the band on guitar and vocals.

10. 24th Street Wailers....Spitfire...from their Where Evil Grows CD.

11. Shirley Matthews... Big Town Boy....from her 1964 single on Tamarac Records. Top 10 in Canada right as The Beatles hit the airwaves.

12. Vibrating Beds....Baby Tell Me...from a 2010 7" on Transistor 66 Records from Winnipeg.

13. Angry Dragons....Love You Tonite....from a 2009 7" EP on Transistor 66 Records.

14. Chica Boom Boom....Just Like Me....from a brand new download from Transistor 66 Records which is celebrating it's 100th release!! A milestone in today's world!! Congrats Art!!

15.  Excelsior...Black Top Pilot...live recording on CHRW 10/2/2015 from It's Trash.

16. Evil Eyes....Good As Gold...2012 7" from this Hamilton/Toronto based combo. Featuring Count Brockula on guitar and vocals.

17. Evaporators...Brainwashed....from a 1992 7" on Nardwuar Records.

18. Evaporators...Detroit 69...as above.

19. Jim Ashby....Speed City....1970 7" that made the airwaves here in London Ontario. My favourite record to come out of London Ontario!

20. The Sinners....No Brains Required....1980 7" from London Ontario. We had these guys on  air for an interview about 10 years ago, when they did a reunion at Call The Office.

21. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons...Are You Really Gone....from a 7" called Four Whom The Bell Tolls that came free with What Wave zine #16 1988. Singer Tom Dunphy is now in The Rizdales, a country band that backs Wanda Jackson whenever she tours Ontario. Drummer Andrew Lewis is now a world famous poster designer and even did a cover for What Wave zine many years ago!

22. The Government....Drive My Car....1979 7" from this Toronto art/punk combo.

23. The Improbables....Gotta Calm Down....from a brand new 7" on Hidden Volume Records.

24. The Reprobettes...Leave My Kitten Alone...brand new 7" on Boppa Do Down Records from Toronto. The band is actually from Australia and this is their first release.

25. Fuad And The Feztones...Little Sally Walker...2002 7" EP on Ricochet Sound Records out of Montreal. The band is from Egypt....LOL....

26. Blue Demons....Goodbye Stinktown...2012 7" on Boppa Do Down Records. The band is from parts unknown and wear matching blue wrestling masks.

27. Magic Christian....Let's Shake....2012 7" on Schizophrenic Records out of Hamilton Ontario. This version of the band included; Cyril Jordan (guitar, Flamin' Groovies), Eddie Munoz (bass, Plimsouls), Clem Burke (drums, Blondie), Gord Lewis (guitar, Teenage Head), Dave Rave (vocals, Shakers), and Michael Fonfara (keyboards, Lou Reed). A SUPER group if ever such a thing existed!!

Hope you enjoyed the overload of 7" records!! It's always fun to spin records and you get to hear some sounds you don't always hear on the radio.   Big thanx for the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! That's what makes it all worth while!!

Come say HEY at the CHRW table at the London Record show this sunday at Centennial Hall. I'll have some copies of What Wave 24, Graphic Underground books and a coupla crates of records.
Next week's show is going to be almost all new releases as there's been a stack of stuff hitting my mailbox in the last little while!

You might be able to catch the archived show here, they're still working on updating the webpage:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

It's been a while since I was on here, but can I ask you something:

Are you in a band?

Do you come from south London?

Did you start in south London?

Do you have any tales of rock'n'roll derring do?

If your answer is "yes", then read on.

since I was last here, I started doing a book on the south London music scene, Old Kent Road To The World, so would you be interested in contributing stories and photographs to my project?

If you're interested, please contact me.

Contact me on the following, if your story should be told:

Phone: (07702)009745
Email: Chris.henniker@icloud.com
Skype: Chris.henniker

A few weeks ago I interviewed Nick Jones of the Vancouver punk band Pointed Sticks.  You can check hear that interview plus several other bands in this episode.  

Playlist:

1. Chips & Co. - Let The Winds Blow
2. Natives From Earth - How Can I Miss You (If You Won’t Go Away)
3. Archie & The Bunkers - Sally Lou
4. Bob Dylan I Want You (Take 4)
5. Chastity - Manning Hill
6. Hook And Eye - Poacher Of The King's Deer
7. Dirty Ghost - Cataract
8. The Milk Monitors - Drag You Down
9. The Victims - I Understand
10. Pointed Sticks - La La La

Nick Jones Pointed Sticks Interview

11. Pointed Sticks - You’re Not The One
12. Patti Smith - Wicked Messenger
13. Charlie Pickett & The Eggs - Overtown
14. Indian wars - Eight Feet High
15. George Jones - No Money In This Deal
16. Andre Williams - My Tears
17. Alex G - Bug
18. Pylon - Volume
19. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
20. Nervous Talk - Different Person
21. Young Rival - Living Like You Should

Download/listen to this podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20151205-1900-t1449342000.mp3

Read an article that was written about Pointed Sticks here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/12/pointed-sticks-nick-jones-interview.html

My most recent episode of Revolution Rock featured an interview with a member of the Vancouver garage-psych band Dead Ghosts.  They just put out their new album Love And Death And All The Rest.  Lots of otehr punk/garage/surf featured on the program as well such as Protomartyr, The Kinks, The Iguanas, Jack Wood, The Revels, Gun Club and more.  Check out hte playlist and listen to the show/podcast below.  

The playlist:

1. Newtown Neurotics - Hypocrite
2. Chris Knox - Honesty’s Not Enough
3. Beliefs - Colour Of Your Name
4. Sunwolf - Follow The Dreamers
5. Holy Ruth & The Grey Jays - Little One
6. The Locusts Have No King - This And That (CJAM Session January 2008)
7. Protomartyr - I Forgive You
8. W-X - The Lurk
9. Dead Ghosts - Another Love

Bryan Nicol of Dead Ghosts Interview

10. Dead Ghosts - Rat Race
11. The Kinks - Anytime (Lola vs. Powerman Outtake)
12. Plagues - I’ve Been Through It Before
13. The Iguanas - Again & Again
14. The Revels - Commanche
15. Jack Wood - Born To Wander
16. Johnny Cash - There You Go
17. Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners - Greenback Dollar
18. Leonard Coen - Love Calls You By Your Name
19. The Scenics - Not Dead Yet
20. Fuzz - Pipe
21. Death - Where Do We Go From Here???
22. The Revs - Just Ask Why
23. Steph copeland - Straight In A Heap
24. The Sylvia Platters - The Girl With Curious Hair
25. The Cramps - It’s Just That Song
26. The Gun Club - Carry Home

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20151128-1900-t1448737200.mp3

My blog post on Dead Ghost's new album here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/11/dead-ghosts-love-and-death-and-all-rest.html

Last week Revolution Rock featured an interview with Andy Meyers of teh Toronto punk/new wave band The Scenics.  The Scenics have recently released In The Summer, which is a remastered collections of studio recordings made in 1977/1978.  

The Playlist:

1. Archie & The Bunkers - I’m Not Really Sure What I’m Gonna Do
2. Juice Box - Rat Therapy
3. Neil Young - The Losing End (When You're On)
4. Big Mama Thornton - Black Rat (Take Two)
5. Patti Smith - Gimme Shelter
6. Pointed Sticks - Broke
7. The Scenics - O Boy

The Scenics Andy Meyers Interview

8. The Scenics - Great Piles Of Leaves
9. Talking Heads - The Book I Read
10. Pere Ubu - Misery Goats
11. What Seas What Shores - Blank Of America
12. Gram Parsons - The Return Of The Grievous Angel
13. The Pogues - Jesse James
14. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny "Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding
15. Allen Toussaint - Brickyard Blues
16. Ought - Celebration
17. Deerhunter - Duplex Planet
18. Paul Jacobs - Still Waiting
19. The Velvet Underground - Satellite of Love (Demo)
20. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (Early Version Remix)

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20151114-1900-t1447527600.mp3

Check out my blog post about In The Summer here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/11/the-scenics-in-summer-andy-meyers.html

Here are two recent episodes/podcasts of the Revolution Rock radio program.  

These programs featured music from Tommy Stinson (of The Replacements), The Triffids, Ty Segall, The Damned, The Gruesomes, The Wipers, Neil Young, Link Wray, Mudhoney, Pointed Sticks and more.

October 24th, 2015 playlist:

1. Coke Weed - New Jive
2. Cellos - The New Religion
3. KEN Mode - The Owl...
4. Shellac - Spoke
5. Protomatyr - Uncle Mother's
3. The Dead Weather - Lose The Right
6. Tommy Stinson - Not This Time
7. Deerhunter - Snakeskin
8. Meghan Hamilton - 4am
9. Long Distance Runners - Wolves
10. The Triffids - In The Pines
11. Snake River - I Saw You
12. The Deadly Hearts - Moon Walk
13. Fire Engines - Hungry Beat
14. Mick Futures - You Want It All
15. Titus Andronicus - Dimed Out
16. The Fits - Just Lust
17. The Scenics - Gotta Come Back Here
18. Public Image Limited - Selfish Rubbish
19. Joy Division - Colony (John Peel Session 1979)
20. The Pixies - Motorway To Roswell (John Peel Session 1991)
21. Elvis Costello - Mystery Dance (John Peel Session 1977)
22. The Undertones - Top 20 (John Peel Session 1977)
23. Ty Segall - Mr. Face
24. Link Wray - White Lightning
25. The Zils - Don't Ever Change
26. The Terminals - Do It Today
27. Mike Krol - La La La
28. The Damned - Stab Your Back

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20151024-1900-t1445709600.mp3

Check out my blog post on Mike Krol's Turkey album here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/10/mike-krol-turkey-show-583.html

October 17th, 2015 Playlist:

1. Pangea - Looked In Too
2. Kieran Douglas - Something To Bleed
3. Lime Spiders - Nine Miles High
4. Born Ruffians - Stupid Dreams
5. The Nips - All The Time In The World
6. The Standells - Why Did you Hurt Me
7. The Gruesomes - One Good Reason
8. The Chandelles - El Gato
9. Cold Country - A Letter To My Daughters
10. Holy Ruth & The Grey Jays - What More
11. The Deslondes - The Real Deal
12. The Sadies - Another Year Again
13. Indian Wars - George Ellis
14. Neil Young - It Might Have Been (Live)
15. Shannon & The Clams - Corvette
16. Teenanger - Alone On Acid
17. The Stooges - 1970 (Take 1)
18. The Wipers - Over The Edge
19. Mudhoney - Not Goin’ Down That Road Again
20. What Seas What Shores - The Ibex
21. Chris Crossroads - The Wolf
22. Tay Falco’s Panther Burns - Come On Little Mama
23. Thee Rum Coves - Nasty Evil Sickness
24. The D4 - Running On Empty
25. The Pointed Sticks - Real Thing (Alternate Version)
26. Buzzcocks - Lester Sands (A Drop In The Ocean)

Download/listen to the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20151017-1900-t1445104801.mp3

Check out my blog post on The Nips (Shane MacGowan of The Pogues first band) here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2015/10/bops-babes-booze-nips-show-582.html

Thanx for plugging Jerry Jerry and The Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra!! A great band that knew how to entertain!!!

THERE WAS LES TERRIBLES , I DON'T REMEMBER IF THEY WERE FRENCH OR FRENCH - CANADIAN.

the Press - Fodder For The Critics LP

Aussie band, this LP came out in '79. Fast paced stuff, sounded sort of like the fast songs on "Machine Gun Etiquette" meets the Saints.

Speedtwins - It's More Fun To Compete LP

Swedish band put out this thrasher in 1978.

the Rude Kids - Safe Society LP

another Swedish band who did this LP in 1979. this band was pissed!

THIS IS'NT REALLY A LIST , BUT , BEING AS HOW THE YEAR IS ALMOST OVER....

Best Shows in 2015.

Dead Moon (Two Gigs).

Fred and Toody Cole (One show as a duo , and an amazing live interview , downtown ,  in what looked like JFK's study !) .

REZILLOS.

Girlschool.

Damned.

Vibrators (This lineup is hot ! Never thought I'd like them again without Knox.).

CYNICS ( USUAL PATHETIC TURNOUT FOR THE USUAL SAVAGE SHOW.). 

SONICS , BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES ( Also BWATS , headlining.).

SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS.

REVEREND HORTON HEAT , ADICTS.

NICK LOWE WITH LOS STRAITJACKETS , BUT , SADLY , NOT IAN MACLAGAN , WHO DIED JUST AS THE TOUR WAS COMMENCING. (Actually Dec. '14).

Best shows I missed (I offer no excuses except *) - Simply Saucer , Rocket From The Tombs , Wanda Jackson , Woggles w/ Vendettas reunion (San Francisco.) *  Chocolate Watchband w/ Daryl Hooper from The Seeds , Powder (San Jose , San Francisco . ) * ( I was in the Bay Area the week of the previous three shows , but , did'nt get there til two days after the fact.).

That's right a new Big Enchilada podcast episode is here: The Android Baby Boogie

There is a set featuring a tribute to The Seeds (and their new documentary Pushin' Too Hard); there is an "Around the World in a Daze" set of rocking songs from around the word; and a basic set of (mostly) new songs by Jello Biafra, Acid Baby Jesus, The Vagoos, J.J. & The Real Jerks and more.

So make the android babies boogie and take a bite of this delicious Big Enchilada!

BIG ENCHILADA 90: Android Baby Boogie by Steve Terrell on Mixcloud

He is great! I saw him in Santa Fe a couple of years ago. Taped a song

Last Wednesday, he was great!