Playlist June 28/2012, All Canadian show for Canada Day.
1. The Subhumans....Oh Canaduh...live at The Cedar Lounge in London Ontario 6/12/81.
2. Mainline...Oh Canada...from their 1971 live LP, Bump'N'Grind Revue.
3. Nihilist Spasm Band...No Canada...from a 1967 flexi disk.
4. NoMeansNo...Oh Canaduh...Subhumans cover on Allied Records.
5. Stompin' Tom....My Stompin' Ground...1972 7". The Stomper is an icon in Canada and unknown elsewhere. He's been playing for many many years and live, he stomps on a piece of plywood as he plays, hence The Stomper moniker.
6. Jerry Jerry and the Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra....Living On Top Of The USA...from the 1985 OG LP, Road Gore: The Band That Drank Too Much. Faves here at WW HQ's, Jerry always had a great take on political issues with his quick wit.
7. Ralph...Maybe Ontario...from the Sophisticated Boom Boom CD from 1997. Ralph is the grandfather of Canpunk and was the well dressed doorman at Toronto's first punk club, The Crash'n'Burn. He presently runs a gallery/store in Montreal where he occasionally showcases live acts.
8. Evil Farm Children...Hangover...from the Evilling CD. Ottawa greasy rock'n'roll trio that cover Max Webster's Hangover, a band that was big in Ontario back in the mid 70's and nowhere else.
9. B-Sides...Underground Radio Star...from the 1981 Vancouver Independence LP and sums up the songs on this radio show.
10. Evil Eyes...Jerry Lee vs The Wolfman...from a soon to be release 7" from this Toronto combo.
11. The Hypnotics...Radio City...from their recently released LP, Static Fuzz Radio. Windsor Ontario based 3 piece that should come up to London to play.
12. The Hypnotics...Run Johnny Run...from their 2010 CD, Soul At Seven.
13. Guess Who....Heart Broken Bopper...from their 1972 LP, Rockin'.
14. Nardwuar....Winnipeg 64...from a 1993 7" EP in which Nardwuar yammers about some of the cool combos to come out of Winnipeg in 1964.
15. The Quid...Crazy Things...from Winnipeg 1965-66 LP on VOXX Records.
16. Guess Who...It's My Pride....probably my fave Guess Who song.
17. Satan And The D-Men...She'll Lie..also from the Winnipeg 1965-66 LP although they were from Kenora Ontario, which is way closer to Winnipeg than Toronto, hence they recorded in Winnipeg.
18. Jim Ashby...Speed City...on Speed City Records and the start of our set of songs about London Ontario.
19. Osterberg....London Eats Its Own...from a 10" they released.
20. Terminal Wallys...The East End...from The New Old School CD and they will be playing friday July 13th at Call The Office, after the memorial for Katz Basic.
21. UIC...Shamrock Bang...from the Our Garage LP and about a hotel in Lucan which is just north of London.
22. Flying Squad....Brian Mulroney....an ode to a former prime minister of Canada, that makes our present prime minister look like a saint.
23. T.H.E. ...Grilled Cheese...from a recent demo and these guys will be opening for the Living Deadbeats when they play at Brennan's here in London on Saturday July 7th.
24. Legend Killers...Gunpowder...from their Better Than Hammerin' 7" from 1989 on What Wave Records.
25. Boy From Nowhere....Teenage Head...from a mid 80's demo.
26. Radio 4...I Don't Wanna Go To New York City...early 80's basement demo and rebuttal to The Demics New York City.
27. The Generics...Oh Well....1983 basement demo and a Demics cover.
28. The Demics... Blueboy...early 80's live recording from Toronto that someone uncovered recently.
29. Thundermug...Africa....a 1972 single that actually made AM radio charts back in the day.
30. Slugfest....Water Road...from the CD, The Port, songs about Port Stanley, just south of London.
31. Pagliaro...Loving You Ain't Easy...from an early 70's LP, just called Pagliaro. Virtually unknown out of his native Quebec, Pag had a few early 70's AM songs playlisted in the early to mid 70's.
32. Pagliaro...What The Hell I Got...from the LP Pagliaro I.
33. catl...Get Outta My Car...from the Soon This Will All Be Gone CD...catl were in town playing at Call The Office the day of this show.
34. catl...Don't Drag Me Away...recorded live at Call The Office, 3/16/12/
35. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Jumps Giggles and Shouts...from It Came From Canada Volume 3 on OG Records.
36. Budokan...The Queen's English...from their brand new CD, Spin A Little Gold. Victoria based combo who obviously are influenced by Cheap Trick.
37. Viletones....Sign Of The Times...from their What It Feels Like To Kill CD.
38. 905's...Rock'n'Roll Product...from a 2008 demo, Brampton Ontario powerpop/rock'n'roll combo that doesn't play out near often enough.
39. 905's....Hamilton Head...recorded live at Call The Office 4/21/97 for a birthday bash. My fave song by this combo!
40. Simply Saucer...Electro Rock...from their Cyborgs Revisited CD. Possibly the coolest combo to come out of Canada!
Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages etc...hope you dug all this Canadian tuneage. Back next week for a regular radio show.
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