Radio What Wave Playlist Oct 23/2014....The Knights Of Fuzz Meanwhile In Canada (non 7" songs)

For this part of our never ending  The Knights Of Fuzz, we explore Canadian garage punk from about 1980 onwards, and only from compilations, demo tapes, live recordings, and album tracks. That means no 7" records this time....all the previous shows were 7" only.

1. The Gruesomes....What Wave....from Mr Garager's Neighbourhood. This is a compilation LP we compiled and was released on OG Records back in 1989. At the time, we had no idea The Gruesomes would be recording this song for the compilation, a really nice surprise!

2. The Gruesomes....Unchain My Heart....recorded live at Key West Cafe, London Ontario 1/11/87. This was The Gruesomes very first time here in London and was on a sunday night, so we weren't expecting any kind of crowd. Instead, we got a packed house of cheering and jeering drunks that had a blast! As did The Gruesomes. Next day, we hit the record and comic book stores of London for the first of The Gruesomes many visits here.

3. UIC....Jumpin' In The Night....live recording from 4/17/87 and the cassette tape jammed up about 30 seconds into the song....yep, this show was going to be a fun one as i screwed up many times. And it wouldn't be a Radio What Wave without some fuckups!

4. El Speedo....Hot Rod Rally....from their self titled cassette, thanx to drummer Marky Toad for getting this to me! Some UIC members and Purple Toad members get together to crank out some rock'n'roll!

5. The Chickens....Summer Of Love....from the Prepare To Plug In CD. 4 of the former member of UIC get together with Ken Chicken to create some absolute killer pop'n'roll!! This is from 2000 and they released one more CD before packing it in. Runners up in the Little Steven's contest to find the coolest garage band a number of years back. And one of the few bands that i would dance my ass off to in this time period. And one time, the guy dancing beside me turned out to be Pete Moss from Drums Along The Gardiner and we hadn't seen each other in years!

6. Purple Toads...Gonna Have A Good Time...from their first LP on Star Records, mid 1980's. Oshawa combo that released 2 LP's and shoulda gone on to bigger things.

7. The Mongrels...Do It....from their Radio WW Session 2013. London Ontario combo who play the first sunday of every month at APK. It's called the Rock'n'Roll Rent Party, and if you haven't checked it out, you should.

8. The Stance....Impossible Baby....from their Shall Inherit The Earth CD. Halifax combo from 2006. They released a follow up LP, that moved in a more mid 60's Brit soul meets R&B styling. Really good live combo that we got to see a coupla times live here in London Ontario.

9. The Boy From Nowhere...Teenage Head....1986 demo from this London Ontario based combo, not to be confused with The Boys From Nowhere from Columbus Ohio. This was a pure covers combo that played songs by; 13th Floor Elevators, Kinks, DMZ, Elvis, Standells, Dictators, Yardbirds and mixed in some blues. The Boy From Nowhere will be playing SUnday Nov 2nd, 3PM at APK for our Rock'n'Roll Rent Party.

10. The Boy From Nowhere....Heartful Of Soul....from the compilation LP, Thee Cave Comes Alive, on Action Records from Greece 2004. This is a compilation of songs from the cassettes that came with What Wave zine back in the 80's and 90's. George Rigas picked some of the best 60's garage oriented songs and made an LP on Action Records. This was the impetus to get me back into music after several years of raising kids, renovating a house, night school and loads of other stuff.

11. Legend Killers...Cry Cry Cry....from the above Thee Cave Comes Alive. Another London Ontario combo, The Legend Killers are the only band to appear on every vinyl and cassette and CD compilation released by What Wave!! There's gotta be 12 or more cassettes and at least 3 vinyl comps, as well as one CD comp. Collect the whole series.

12. Fine Print....Remember....from a 2011 cassette release for Record Store Day. Yet another fine band from London Ontario and these guys released one CD, as well as this limited edition cassette on WW.

13. Frankenstein 5.....Go Away....from their Can You Dig It cassette. 1994 release from this London Ontario based gang of outcasts and criminals. Dedicated to guitarist Rob Munro who passed away earlier this year.

14. The Midways....Find Another Girl....from their Pay More And Get A Good Seat CD. Toronto combo from the early 2000's who also released one other CD/LP. Big in Europe, but ignored in their home land as is the case with most really cool garagepunk combos!

15. Raving Mojos....Yeah Yeah Uh Huh....1981 recording. Toronto based combo who were playing rock'n'roll when hardcore was the hipsters choice. There's some raging rock'n'roll on this recording and features a future Fleshtone in a young bass player by the name of Ken Fox.

16. The Secrets...I'll Cry Tomorrow....from their Teenage Rampage CD from 1997. This is a recording from 1979. Another out of time combo, this one playing frat rock'n'roll when 70's punk was reigning.  Critics loved the band but that doesn't sell records or get crowds out.

17. The Enigmas....Windshield Wiper....from the Strangely Wild EP. Vancouver based and released at least one other 12" EP and members went on to The Fiends and The Worst amongst others.

18. The Living Deadbeats....Lost....from their one and only LP from 2012. Vancouver combo that features a former Fiend in Pete, who coincidentally comes from London Ontario. Sadly, they just broke up, but at least they did come to London Ontario to play a coupla times!

19. The Hypnotics....Radio City....from their Static Fuzz Radio LP from 2011.  Windsor Ontario trio that features the Konstantino brothers, of which David hosts our sister radio show, Revolution Rock on CJAM out of Windsor Ontario, Saturday nights from 7 till 9PM. Great band and a great radio show!!

20. The Minstrels....Rhythm In Her Head....from the Come Out To Play EP from 1989. Another What Wave release, this time from the Quebec City trio who went on to live in many cities over their career. This is some really fine beat based power pop made for dancing!

21. The Chains....Soulin'....from the On Top Of Things CD on Get Hip Records. 2002 release from this Montreal based combo that Timothy Gassen deservedly gives really high marks to in The Knights Of Fuzz book!

22. Light Bulb Alley....Pepper Spray...from The Sound Of Things CD on Ricochet Sound from 2011. Montreal based trio that have gone through several member changes since this release and are about to release another CD in the near future.

23. Sunday Sinners....So Lonely....from the Sweet Jam CD released a few years back. Yet another Montreal based combo that we saw back at Wooly Weekend back in 2009.

24. Gerry Alvarez....Urban Shamen...from the Candy Prankster CD on Ricochet Sound.  Former Gruesome Gerry is back and he's released 2 solo CD's so far with this being his first from 2006. Quite a bit different from The Gruesomes as Gerry mines mid to late 60's Brit pop and psyche and gives it a bit of a modern feel....had to cut this short as we ran out of time.

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!! Back again next week as we're into fund raising at CHRW next week. Be sure to call 519 661-3600 and pledge your support for CHRW.

Here's a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Oct 16/2014  The Knights Of Fuzz As Heard on 7" Records Part 4

We continue with our tribute to Timothy Gassen's book, The Knights Of Fuzz via the 7" record only. No LP's, CD's digital files, cassettes etc, this is strictly a 7" record show.

1. The Ugly Ducklings....That's Just A Thought That I Had In My Mind....from mid 60's York Town 7" and a good way to start the show as The Ugly Ducklings are among the influences to many of the bands we're about to hear.

2. The Cynics...I'm In Pittsburgh And It's Raining....Get Hip 7". The Cynics from Pittsburgh have been around sinc e 1985 and released many many 7", LP's and CD's. They even formed their own record label, Get Hip, which is no a distributor as well as one of the coolest record labels around.

3. The Lyres....How Do You Know?...New Rose 1987 7". They started as DMZ in the mid 70's, playing garagepunk way before anyone knew what it was. Through constant member changes with only one constant, Jeff Conolly, they became The Lyres and continue to this day doing sporadic gigs.

4. The Hysteric Narcotics...Wild As Soul ...Tremor Records 1985. Detroit combo that released a couple of singles, a flexi and a full length that Timothy Gassen raves about in The Knights Of Fuzz book. They actually played here in sleepy London Ontario at The Key West Cafe 10/12/1986. As i remember it, this was our first time to this venue as it had been open only a couple of months. There was a really good turn out to check out this band from Detroit. I remember yelling out for one of their early songs that i'd heard somewhere and the band looked at me in a way that said, 'how the hell does this guy know our songs?' as they were in London for what became their only time....great live band and live audio of that gig survives.

5. Thee Milkshakes...Don't Destroy Me....Unique Records. Featuring the overly prolific Billy Childish who was in such bands as The Pop Rivetts, Thee Headcoats, Mighty Caesers, many others as well as solo projects. Anything with Billy Childish on it is worth giving a listen!

6. The Prisoners...Hurricane....Big Beat 1983. One of those UK bands that shoulda broke out and become big as they had mod, punk, garage and soul influences. Combine that with the frenetic keyboards and these guys shoulda broke into the mainstream. They released many LP's and members continue to this day in other equally good combos. We've played the latest release from bassist Allen Crockford's Galileo 7 many times.

7. Bananamen....The Crusher...Hava Banana 1983. UK band who were rumoured to be The Cramps when this first came out as they do all tunes The Cramps have covered. More likely The Stingrays in disguise and they feature a young Alec Palao who has gone onto fame as a compiler, archivist, writer, producer, engineer and fill in musician for many a cool vintage combo (Chocolate Watchband, Flamini Groovies and others).

8. The Gruesomes...Things She Does To Me....Primitive Records. Montreal combo who topped the alternative music charts here in Canada back in the late 80's. They released 3 LP's and a 12" in addition to this 7" and were on many compilations. Pretty well everything has been re-ished by Ricochet Sound from Montreal.

9. The Gruesomes....No More Lies....as above.

10. The Cryptics....You're Evil....Primitive 1992. Montreal combo obviously influenced by The Gruesomes. They only released this one 7", but what a Killer!

11. The Dogs....Shakin' With Linda....Epic 1982.  Formed in France in 1973 but didn't release any vinyl until the punk era hit and they were absorbed by that faction. They moved more into a 60's garage/pop sound releasing many great LP's and singles. They finally made it to North America in the fall of 2002, on support with Rick Blaze and The Ball Busters. The only original member, Dominique Laboubee who played guitar and sang was not well coming over for the tour. He thought he had pneumonia and would be able to do the tour. At their first show in Worcester (just outside Boston) on 9/25/2002, Dominique was only able to play the opening song and then left the stage ill. He went to the hospital and found out he had lung cancer. The Dogs continued on with their short tour, obviously hoping that Domique would be able to join them later but that was not the case and he passed away 10/10/2002, only days after being admitted. One of the saddest tales in rock'n'roll as The Dogs were often referred to as the best rock'n'roll bands  in France during their tenure and coming to America was in their dreams.

12. The Bogeymen....Candy....Fascination. France had and still has an amazing appreciation for real rock'n'roll and The Bogeymen prove it. 60's R&B influences abound on this and their other releases.

13. The Dukes....She'll Be Mine...Kavern 7. German combo endorsed by Terry  Gibson (former Downliners Sect member) and they released a couple of singles and an LP, like The Bogeymen they were into early 60's R&B sounds. Kavern 7 Records was an Australian record label run by Dean Mittelhauser who also published the Livin' End zine. Another archivist, historian, record label guy who unfortunatly passed away way too early.

14. The Chud....Don't Call Me Batman....Twang Records. Another German combo as the appreciation for garage music has always been high in Germany. Many artists of the genre end up living in Berlin and making a living at it. The Chud released at least one LP which features a multicoloured splash on the record.

15. The Raymen....Chosen One....Giant Claw. Yet another German combo on an Australian record label. The Raymen have been around since the early 80's and continue to this day, and are now in a slower spooky country mood. Singer Hank Ray has one of the most distinct singing voices with his ultra low baritone.

16. Lost Patrol....No Escape...Ali Records 1986. Windsor Ontario combo who played sleepy London Ontario many times over the years. They changed personel, and later recordings feature the Janis Joplin like vocals of Karen Marrero. This lineup released a couple more singles, cassettes and even an LP on a record label from France.

17. Lost Patrol....South Africa....as above.

18. Mr Haney's Revenge....Justine   Ali Records 1991. A one off project of some of the members and former members of Lost Patrol along with other Windsor musicians. Mr Haney of course references the 60's TV drama Green Acres.

19. Drums Along The Gardiner....75  Miracle 1988. Toronto combo who played an odd for the time mixture of punk, garage, metal and novelty songs all wrapped up in a jaw dropping live show. They released a cassette or 2, a CD and appeared on several compilations, but this is their only record.

20. The Cheepskates...Run Better Run...5 & 10 Records 1983. One of the earliers of the 60's influenced combos to emerge from NYC. They were more pop influenced than most of the other bands on this scene (Outta Place, Fuzztones, Tryfles, Maneaters, Vipers) and released several LP's, all the while moving in a more pop oriented direction. They did manage to play sleepy London Ontario twice, and at the Key West show set the place ablaze with their frenetic pop oriented rock'n'roll. Audio and pictures survive of this show.

21. The Leopards....Psychedelic Boy....VOXX 1986. Kinks inspired put down of the 60's scene and the crowd that lives it. Politics rears it's head in the tiny garagepunk scene. The Leopards released a couple of LP's, all top notch material and were on Greg Shaw's VOXX label. Greg passed away 10 years ago this week.

22. Royal Nonesuch....You Need Love...self released 1987. Springfield Missouri's only garagepunk combo and they created their own scene and brought touring bands to play it. Guitarist Mad Jon later moved out west to join the Tell Tale Hearts.

23. Royal Nonesuch....Two Can Play That Game.....Get Hip 1990. They were darlings of the scene during their tenure, but unfortunatly few recordings exist and Get Hip attempted to remedy the situation.

24.The Lust O Rama....Do Bee Doo....That's Entertainment 1990. From Norway and part of a 4 song EP. This just proves the 80's garage scene not only covered the world, but some of these bands from far away places could really rock out and were top notch as The Lust O Rama prove.

25. The Lust O Rama.....Don't Love Her....as above and faded out on this song.

Huge Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and likes and everyone that tuned in to dig the sounds!
Next week it's an all Canadian garagepunk show and we'll not only be playing 7" records, but some live, demo, LP's and maybe even some digital tunes!
 Here's a link to the archived show:

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

Paisley Terror , It seems like the availability of venues to play live music has been getting shifted around in the Bay Area. I may be mistaken , but , whenever I'm down there , it seems like a few places have closed and maybe some new ones have turned up. Do you ever try San Jose ? I've only been to San Francisco , Berkely and Oakland in the past 15 years or so....It seems like San Jose is picking up , but , as a "One Man Band" (Though I don't call myself that...) , I understand , if you do your own thing , it's harder to find an audience. But , they're out there. You may want to start with house parties , or even busking on the street , if you can.

I'm a one woman band.  I've been doing the guitar and kick drums thing in the Bay Area for four years now.  Haven't had a lot of luck finding places to play, though.  So I'm kind of an enigma.

If you go to Dublin check out Thomas House and Sweeney's.

You should hook up with the guys from the Hipshakes or The Brown Brogues here in the UK. I'm sure they could lead you to the right places. Look em up on the facetwat and send them a message.

It's way cheaper for me and my band to fly to london than u.s.

Is there a some raw rock n roll schene in the Uk?

And recommend towns and places to play in.

.... I think Hanson is probably more Punk than Sum 41.... And , of course , real , WILD , Rock'n'Roll , which Little Richard perfected , already had the raw energy and speedfreak tempos that Punk drew from 20 years later.  Personally ,  I still want to wreck the room , everytime I hear a Little Richard record.  

Chuck Berry , I never thought of him as a precursor to Punk , but , of course , he's one of a select few that really defined Rock'n'Roll. You'll find Berry's music in Beat , Brit R'N'B , Boogie  , Hard Rock , Pub Rock , and Punk Rock , too....Even if The Punks were quick to diss the originators of R'n'R , while bringing R'n'R back up from what appeared to be it's grave. Rock was'nt dead , just sick.

In Junior High School , I was friends with a Black fella who told me Little Richard was a Punk.

But....ummm...he meant something different , entirely. 

To answer Kopper's question:

 

MTV Iggy, a division of Viacom Media Networks, is focused on bringing cutting-edge global music and pop-culture to the U.S.

 So there you have it.

Probably named for Iggy Izalea, whatever that is.

 

I love the idea of Little Richard being more punk than Sum 41. I even regard Chuch Berry as the original punk rocker.

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 funner, weirder, louder music than whatever you are listening to

I like that. Maybe that's the definition right there.

 

Thanks for posting, Kopper.

That article isn't entirely horrible.

Hirao Masaaki . He was the first major R'n'R star in Japan. Ace Records put out the recent re - issues.

Pretty cool. He does a lot of Elvis , Little Richard and originals. I'm not real big on his ballads ,but , it's no big thing. 

....OHHHH , CRAP. I forgot the guy's name. I was going to write it down , the Japanese Elvis , Kirao somebody? No..... Well , I'd say keep trying , but , if you're making ANY money to do ANYTHING Rock 'n ' Roll , these days , you're one of the few , the proud......

I get paid commissions to come up with this stuff. Shame no one 's been commissioned to come up with a radio or TV. Show for teen and tween garage, psych, freakbeat, Shibuya-Kei or power pop acts . No, I'm not talking about Minipops.

"DISBELIEBERS" , THAT'S GOOD.You should patent that. There probably are enough kids in The UK , if their parents are about our age , and turned them on to this stuff.....OR , if their parents hate cool music , and this is the only way they can rebel....

John Battles said:

They might , here in the states , Chris , but it'd be all or mostly Mainstream Rock crap.....Still , I'm glad to see kids getting enthusiastic about starting bands. It's very formulaic ,now , the "School of Rock" thing , but , my friend's son is in one of those bands , are they're actually learning about presentation , and the business end of the music. Nothing wrong with that , if they aim to stay with it , later on.

If you're looking at it on a national or international scale , there must be teen and pre - teen bands doing Garage , Surf or Rockabilly as opposed to Alt - Rock or mainstream Metal.

In Austin , Freddie Krc (Roky's former Drummer.) , teaches a School of Rock program , and he's taught kids to do songs like "Pushin' Too Hard" , "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Two Headed Dog". Some of that turned up on You Tube.

I really hope there are kids getting into surf, garage, freakbeat, power pop and psych here in Britain. To get enough of it to feature in a regular radio or television programme each week would be a real achievement and make it global. I hope it makes disbeliebers out of kids and breaks someone like Tiny Masters of Today or that Japanese girl who is one of the best surf guitarists in Japan.

They might , here in the states , Chris , but it'd be all or mostly Mainstream Rock crap.....Still , I'm glad to see kids getting enthusiastic about starting bands. It's very formulaic ,now , the "School of Rock" thing , but , my friend's son is in one of those bands , are they're actually learning about presentation , and the business end of the music. Nothing wrong with that , if they aim to stay with it , later on.

If you're looking at it on a national or international scale , there must be teen and pre - teen bands doing Garage , Surf or Rockabilly as opposed to Alt - Rock or mainstream Metal.

In Austin , Freddie Krc (Roky's former Drummer.) , teaches a School of Rock program , and he's taught kids to do songs like "Pushin' Too Hard" , "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Two Headed Dog". Some of that turned up on You Tube.

Earlier this year, I was interning with the Good Toy Guide and bench raced with someone from Fun Kids Radio about what they did at the British Toy and Hobby Fair. They play child friendly top 40, with the more racy stuff cut out, as well as stuff for toddlers in the daytime. I even suggested a battle of the young bands, saying it would be great to hear kids form a surf band and get a station to showcase what talent they have.

Are there any freakish talents you know of knee high to a grasshopper and what do you make of them? Also, would a kids radio station do this?

The Trip! Oct. 5th! The Prog Show!

A tribute to former CJAM prog rock and jazz d.j. Julien Belanger.  Listen here: http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20141005-0000-t1412463601.mp3

 The setlist: 

aardvark- copper sunset
black mountain- angels
emerson, lake and palmer- the barbarian
emerson, lake and palmer- take a pebble 
u.f.o.- alpha centauri
u.f.o.- lettin' go
jethro tull- my sunday feeling
rush- territories
van der graaf generator- lemmings 
the battered ornaments- staggered
return to forever (feat. chick corea)- hymn of the 7th galaxy
the electric prunes- about a quarter to nine
wide hive players- sworn statement
jeff beck- led boots
deep purple- space truckin'

Born in Essex ? I wonder who that is ? I'd recommend Yuzo Kayawa , AND , what's that guy's name , the "Japanese Elvis" (Late 50's)...His material was recently released on CD and on a full length 10" LP.

Group Sound - Spiders , Carnabeats , Dynamites (Feat. Allan Merrill.) , Tigers , Beavers , and .....there's a lot of others...I HAVE A FEW COMPS WITH LESSER - KNOWN BANDS WHOSE NAMES I FORGET.....

i GOT TYHAT RECENT "Flowers Acid and Poetry" or whatever the Hell it's called , a volume dedicated to early Japanese Hard Rock/Psych , like Glue , Speed and Shin . It's a fine series , but , that particular volume stands out. Flower Travelling Band's first album was re - released a few years ago. I could'nt see paying $25 for it , though.....

I still like a group called Mescaline Drive , an all - female band from the mid - late 80's (Pre - Japanese Garage craze.). Kinda Psychedelic Power Pop , or something , lotsa good hooks.

I've got quite a few Japanese group sounds artists in my collection, one singer was born (apparently) in Essex. I've got a few Japanese Bossa Novas, The Mops, Takashi Terauchi and The Golden Cups. Who else would you recommend?

YES !!! I always forget how to say or spell his name. I have two Terauchi collections on Ace , but , Yuzo Kayawa is generally considered the forebearer of the Elecki movement....He got into some crazy movie soundtrack music and fuzzed out Space Age Bachelor Pad Rock , later on. He'sstill active. There's footage of him with The Ventures on YouTube. I guess teh two of them were closely connected , but , rivals , all the same.           That's kind of what I would have expected , re. Savile. He was virtually unknown in America , even after the scandal. I only knew him via "Go Go Mania"when I was younger. 

I'm quite into Tekashi Terauchi, as he is second to none.

By the way, Savile lies in an unmarked grave after his ornate headstone was pulled down due to public pressure on his family.

Chris , Well , your own Alec Palao and Ace Records have been doing the great "G.S.(Group Sound) I Love You"series. I used to go see bands like Guitar Wolf , 5,6,7,8's , Teengenerate , King Bros. , etc , but , in my mind , that stuff has'nt aged well. Jackie and The Cedrics were insane when I saw them about 15 years ago , but , I've always been more interested in Group Sound , and even early Japanese "Rockabiri" and Elecki (Surf and Ventures - influenced Instrumental Rock.). 

Does Jimmy Saville even have a public gravesite ?