Radio What Wave Playlist Sept 5/2013

1. Rosy Red....Cloudy Day....demo from a short lived Brantford Ontario combo, who have since re-named and come back to life.

2. Marshmallow Overcoat...Suddenly Sunday...from The Complete Sound CD Boxset. The Marshmallow Overcoat were from Tucson and have just started a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to do a double LP best of collection.

3. Marshmallow Overcoat...Tears...as above.

4. Marshmallow Overcoat...Tried To Hide....recorded at Call The Office, 4/11/1989. The only time they ever played London Ontario.

5. The Mongrels...All Systems Go....from a Radio What Wave Session that aired 5/2/2013. The Mongrels will be playing at St Regis Hotel tonight.

6. The Mongrels...Do It...as above.

7. The Mongrols...Plastic Girl...from 4 Whom The Bell Tolls, a 7" that came with What Wave zine 16, October 1988. This is a different Mongrols than above (note spelling), yet both bands came from London Ontario.

The Mongrels, late 80's

8. The Shadows Of Knight...I'm Gonna Make You Mine...from the Edsel greatest hits LP. This is for Joe Kelley, their guitarist who passed away the other day.

9. The Shadows Of Knight...Gloria...from the original Dunwich 7" that coincidentally, I picked up at Speed City Records the other day.

10. The Shadows Of Knight...Light Bulb Blues...from the Edsel greatest hits LP.

11. The Black Rainbows...2 Day Rule...from their only CD, I Met This Chick....Toronto combo whom I saw at This Ain't Hollywood the other day, and put on an amazing show!! Well rehearsed, lots of harmony vocals, good between song banter and a whole lotta fun!

The Black Rainbows at This Ain't Hollywood

12. Shark Week...Get High...from their demo CD. DC based combo who played London recently.

13. The Ballantynes...Velvet...from their latest 7" on La Ti Da Records and from Vancouver.

14. THE...Grilled Cheese...from their only demo. 

15. Flying Squad....Health Food...from Mr Garager's Neighbourhood, a 1989 LP on OG Records that we compiled. Flying Squad were from London Ontario, mid 80's to early 90's band.

The Flying Squad, mid 80's

16. Boy From Nowhere...Heart Full Of Soul....from Thee Cave Comes Alive, a 2004 LP on Action Records out of Greece which collected some of the 60's garage style music from the cassettes that came with What Wave zine. Boy From Nowhere were an early 80's combo from London Ontario who will be doing a reunion on October 5th at the Town And Country. It's a special birthday bash and i'll be the DJ.

17. Bath Salts...recorded live on CHRW 8/16/13 on the Just Another Punk Show. And they will be playing tonite at APK in London Ontario.

18. Shortpants Romance...Heatwave... demo from this Montreal combo.

19. The Stolen Minks...Batman...from the Family Boycott CD, Halifax all girl combo.

A couple of Stolen Minks on Radio WW Aug 31 2006

20. The Weirdies...We Are The Weirdies...from their In 3D CD. Drummer Stacey Case has moved from Toronto to Hamilton and has just joined The noble Savages.

21. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper...Burn Down The Malls...from The Enigma Variations 2, a double LP that came out in 1987. In London we have a bit of a controversy over a possible new mall that is planned to be built by the major highway and will be where there is a forest, pond and a lot of wildlife. A lot of us are against it, yet our mayor and city council pushed approval through with the bullshit promise that it will create jobs. The local conservation authority was supposed to be involved and they have to give approval for projects like this to start. In this case, they were NOT consulted. Hence the playing of this and the next 2 songs.

22. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper...Where The Hell's My Money?...from the 1986 LP Frenzy.

23. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper....This Land Is Your Land...from the Root Hog Or Die LP.

Big thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and HEYS!!!    We're back again next week with lots more noise.

The archived show is available at:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist September 19/2013......from 6 to 7:30 PM

Big thanx to Colin from Fast and Bulbous who filled in last week's show!

1. Almighty Rhombus....Even Though....Sudbury popsters who played London the day after this show aired.

2. Black Rainbows...Bareback...from the CD, I Met This Chick. Toronto combo who put on a really fun live show.

Black Rainbows, This Ain't Hollywood 8/30/13

3. The Seatbelts...Joy Ride...from the CD of the same name. Detroit late 70's/early 80's combo who recently reformed, recorded and released this CD. The Seatbelts played London at least once at the Cedar Lounge. Members went on to such Detroit combos as The 3D Invisibles, The Cubes and Flirt among others.

4. 905s...NYC....from a Radio WW Session originally aired May 16 2013. Original bass player Ryan Snoek has rejoined the band and they should be back playing live again shortly.

Ryan Snoek of the 905s 11/14/08 Black Shire Pub

5. Tuerto Loco...Nancy Sinatra...from a live to air on Radio WW, originally aired 5/12/2011 and they are playing tonight at The St Regis Hotel.

Tuerto Loco live on Radio WW

6. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants...Please Don't Touch....from a live recording at Call The Office 7/27/12.

Fergus Tranzmitor joins J Terrien 11/14/08 at The Black Shire Pub

7. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants...Attack On Glen Arden Shores...from a 2009 demo.

8. The Alcohollys....from a live recording at Call The Office 7/23/12.

9. Rock and Roll Monkey and The Robots...Robot Trash....from the recently released LP of the same name.

10. The Gimmies....No Ambition....from the Rave Up tribute CD to The Reducers. The Reducers were a New London Connecticut combo who recently lost their bass player. This CD is a fund raiser for his family.

11. Agnelli and Rave....Company Man...as above.

12. Stark Naked and the Fleshtones....I Wanna Marry Your Mom....Toronto based combo from the late 70's/early 80's who reformed a couple of years ago and released this CD.

13. Stark Naked and the Fleshtones....I Broke Your Heart....as above.

14. Dave Rave and The Governors....She Likes Rock'n'Roll...from the recent Ashtray Makeup CD. We had Dave Rave live on the airwaves back on Aug 1st and he talked rock'n'roll stories and played some tunes live for us.

Dave Rave live on Radio WW 8/1/13

15. Pleasure Seekers...What A Way To Die...from the Norton 7" that i picked up at Star Records in Oshawa the other day. Star Records will be celebrating their 40th anniversary soon and is one of the best record stores around!

16. Magic Christian...Tomorrow Never Knows...from a 2011 7" on Get Hip Records. Magic Christian was Cyril Jordan's combo prior to reforming The Flamin' Groovies.

17. Gene Vincent...Double Talkin' Baby...from the Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps re-issue LP. Features legendary guitarist Cliff Gallup who was only in the band for a short time in 1956.

18. Hurricane And Able...11 On The Dial...local combo who have still not played out live yet....

19 The Draughtsmen...Lightning Strikes....a demo from a local band who were once known as The Nasty Rashes.

20. Dustbin Flowers...Bayside Jenny...a demo from another recent London combo.

21. Smokestack Lightning...Volcano....demo from a fairly new band with members formerly in The Purple Toads, UIC and El Speedo, speaking of which...

22. El Speedo...Hot Rod Rally...from a mid 90's cassette release.

23. Mott The Hoople...Drivin' Sister...from the 1973 LP, Mott.

24. Marc Bolan...My Mustang Ford...from the You Scare Me To Death LP. This is a 1966 recording, well before Marc found fame in T Rex.

25. Greg Prevost...Rolling Stone....from a 7" on Mean Records from Spain. Greg Prevost was the singer for The Chesterfield Kings and is now doing solo primal blues material.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!! Hope you dug the show as we covered lots of different styles of cool music this week.

Next week, we've got special guest Timothy Gassen calling in. Tim was in The Marshmallow Overcoat, wrote The Knights Of Fuzz, is president of the WHA Hall Of Fame and is a huge supporter of garage music! Tim will be phoning in to talk about his Kick starter campaign to release a double LP of the greatest hits of The Marshmallow Overcoat. As we've known Tim for over 25 years, who knows how this conversation might go....it'll be fun for sure!

L to R, Whatwave dave, Timothy Gassen and Gerry Alvarez (The Gruesomes) at Black Shire Pub 9/20/08

The archived show is available at:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Sept 26 2013.....Interview with Timothy Gassen of The Marshmallow Overcoat

1. The Gruesomes....You're Not The Boss Of Me....from the Cave In CD from 2000. Since this show is an almost all garage special, we started with the band the world associates with the garage scene here in Canada, The Gruesomes, The Teen Tyrants of Trash!!

3 of the 4 Gruesomes at WW HQ's, late 80's.

2. The Gruesomes...What Wave...from Mr Garager's Neighbourhood LP from 1989. We used to start the show each week with this tune and it's only fitting we bring it out tonite.

3. Marshamallow Overcoat...She's So Satisfyin'....from the Inner Groove LP from 1987. Tried to get the Frankenstein 5 cassette playing, but i couldn't get the cassette deck working. Luckily Adulis, our Program Director was around and pointed out my obvious screwup!!

4. Marshmallow Overcoat...Echoes In Time....From the Try On....LP from 1987. At this point, we were joined by Timothy Gassen on the hotline from Tucson, to tell us all about the Kickstarter Campaign to raise funds to release a double LP, gatefold sleeved, coloured vinyl best of The Marshmallow Overcoat. We also talked about Timothy's Knight's Of Fuzz book, whose 3rd edition he hopes to have out later this year. This is the bible for 80's garage/psych fans!! And we talked about Tim's involvement in the WHA Hall Of Fame, as he's not only the president, but the founder. This is a Canadian show, so we had to talk some hockey from the good old days!!

Here's a link to Timothy's kickstarter campaign

http://kck.st/15q22tn

5. Marshmallow Overcoat....Ahhhhhhhh.....recorded live at Call The Office April 11/1989. This was the only time The Marshmallow Overcoat played here in London Ontario.

Timothy at Call The Office, 4/11/89.

6. Purple Merkins...Get On This Plane....a 7" that came with WW zine 22. The Purple Merkins were The Marshmallow Overcoat with a few slight changes....fuzzier, noisier and a roving cast of members. There is an excellent best of Purple Merkins on Dionysus Records that is worth searching out.

7. Boy From Nowhere....Train Kept A Rollin'....from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that came with WW #24. Available locally at Grooves, Speed City, LA Mood, The Village Idiot and Phantastica. The Boy From Nowhere were the first 80's garage band from London Ontario, formed in the early 80's after The Hippies broke up and lasted to about 1990. They are doing a special reunion gig on Saturday Oct 5th at the Town And Country Tavern for Kelly Hippys Birthday Bash! I'll be DJ'ing and all are invited to this special night!

Boy From Nowhere....prmor shot, mid 80's

8. Boy From Nowhere...Heart Full Of Soul....from Thee Cave Comes Alive LP on Action Records. This is a compilation LP of some of the garagiest tunes that were on the WW cassettes that came free with the zine.

9. Boy From Nowhere....Hot Smoke And Sassafrass....recorded live at Langarth Bar and Grill Nov 1/1986.Boy From Nowhere got their name from the DMZ song of the same name.

10. Boy From Nowhere...Shake....as above.

11. UIC...Anything At All....from the Wiseman Sessions CD. UIC shared many  a stage with Boy From Nowhere.

12. Flying Squad...The Letter....a mid 80's demo and like UIC, these guys shared many a stage with Boy From Nowhere.

The Flying Squad 1989, Civitan Club

13. The Mongrols...Play My Guitar...1987 demo from another band that shared many a stage with Boy From Nowhere.

The Mongrols late 80's

14.The Hippies....Can Teens...from Slippery's Club Hits cassette.

15. Tenement 13...Underworld...early 80's demo. This is the Hippies under a different name...why? Who knows.

16. The Hippies....Nuclear Disaster....from their only 7".

17. Young Fast And Scientific...You Told Me....a demo from this band that features Kelly Hippy on lead vocals.

18. The Mongrels...No More Tears....from their Radio WW session that aired 5/2/13.

19. Lost Patrol....No Escape...from their first 7". Windsor based garage combo who played London many times.

Lost Patrol at Call The Office May 12/1989. Notice that ultra suave T-shirt Dave is wearing!

20. The Evil Hoodoos...Mary Had A Little Lamb....early 90's demo. Some of the Boy From Nowhere and Frankenstein5 were in this combo.

21. The Evil Hoodoos...Beg and Plead....as above. This song appeared on a WW cassette at one time.

Big thanx to Timothy Gassen phoning in to yammer about his upcoming record, book and all things garage as he knows his stuff!!!

And thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!! Back again next week with lots more tunes!!

Here's a link to the archived show::

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

Radio What Wave Playlist October 3rd 2013

1. Dragsville...Royal Drag....recorded live at Brennan's, 11/3/12 at their very first show. Saturday night at The St Regis is their CD release party. Congrats!!

2. Marvelous Beauhunks....Who Said The Kids Are Alright?...from the CD of the same name. The Beauhunks play Hamilton Oct 13th at the Casbah.

3. Hurricane and Able....Call On You...from their Last Temptation download. Local combo who still haven't played out live.

4. Dustbin Flowers....Start Out With Nothing...another local combo who have played only a couple of gigs so far.

5. Sean Byrnes....Rock'n'Roll Nights and Honky Tonk Days...from the Cold Beans and Broken Eggs CD. Recommended by Sue Weigand, AKA Suzie In Yer Ear of the infamous Oshawa fanzine of the same name. Some of our friendly competition back in the late 80's. If you can find any copies of In Yer Ear they're a great read!!

6. catl....Ragged and Dirty...from their very first release, a cassette. We started a short special on catl as they are playing at Call The Office tonight here in London. It's full circle, as catl's first label was run by Al Cole, who lived in London back in the late 70's to mid 80's. Al started What Wave fanzine which we took over in 1984 and also had a radio show called Young Fast And Scientific, which was a big inspiration for this radio show! And catl call London their second home as they play here so much. Their first London show was part of our Battle Of the 2 Piece Bands when we were doing those about 5 years ago. They cheated, and had just added a 3rd member in Sarah, but we let them play anyway and they tore down the house!! Don't miss them tonite at Call The Office!

catl at Battle Of The 2 Piece Bands Part 2  3/27/2009

7. catl...Church On Time...from their 2nd release, With The Lords For Cowards,You Will Find No Place.

8. catl...Get Outta My Car....from their 3rd and latest release, Soon This Will Be All Gone. A Hasil Adkins song they used to send out to me.

catl at CTO 7/13/2013

9. Bloodshot Bill and His Hubcaps...Touch Me....from the Crazy Fever! CD. 2003. And this starts the Bloodshot Bill special part of the show as he is in town tonite at Call The Office, fresh from a tour of Japan. Bill started with a band, moving to a one man band as it's easier to tour and do things spontaneously. There's a full length interview w/Bill in an issue of Mongrel Zine outta Vancouver that is well worth reading for the whole story. Our first encounter w/Bill was Rena meeting him at the OG reunion show about 9 years ago in Toronto. Bill was playing the drums in Deja Voodoo as original drummer Tony was not to be found. We invited him down to London to play at the London Music Club and we've been great pals ever since.

10. Bloodshot Bill....Riding In Your Car....recorded live at CHRW 5/25/07. Bill had a show at Call The Office that night, so i arranged to get him an interview and play live on Paul's Punk Rock show. Bill was in the studio and there were audio problems. Bill had to scream his answers because we couldn't hear him in the onair booth! That got fixed, then Bill couldn't hear his monitors so was playing without....once all the technical difficulties were ironed out, Bill played a few killer tunes, this being the first where he couldn't hear himself.

BB at The Victoria Tavern  7/12/2008

11. Bloodshot Bill...I'll Know...from the Trashy Greasy Rockin' Billy! CD on Flying Saucer Records. Bill has a brand new LP on Norton that he'll be bringing to the show.

12. Bloodshot Bill....Shick Shack...from the Git High Tonite! CD on Transistor 66 Records.

BB at This Ain't Hollywood 3/13/2013

13. Boy From Nowhere....Lift Up Your Hood....recorded live somewhere....Boy From Nowhere are doing a reunion show for Kelly Hippies Birthday bash on saturday night at the Town and Country Tavern here in London. All are invited and i'll be spinning the background music. It'll be a blast!!

Boy From Nowhere....late 80's

14. Boy From Nowhere...Ramblin' Rose....recorded live somewhere. And some comments about the Brunswick Hotel in there as well.

15. The Hippies....How You Gonna Live....from their only 7".

16. The Hippies....Can Teens...from Slippery's Club Hits...the cassette that comes with WW #24.

17. Lisa Doll...Bubblegum Boy....recent demo for an upcoming 7" from Lisa.

18. Dogmatics....Black Plastic...from the Rave On Compilation CD, dedicated to The Reducers whose bass player passed away recently.

19. Seatbelts....American Bandstand...from the recent Joy Ride CD. Detroit combo who played London in the late 70's.

20. Barrence Whitfield and The Savages..Hangman's Token...from their new LP, Dig Thy Savage Soul.

21. Marshmallow Overcoat....Psilocybic Mind...from the Complete Sound CD.

22. Marshmallow Overcoat....Knights Of Fuzz...as above. We had vocalist Timothy Gassen on a few weeks back to talk about his Kick Starter campaign to release a double vinyl greatest hits of the Marshmallow Overcoat and they made it!! Congrats to The Marshmallow Overcoat! That record should see the light of day before the end of the year.

23. The Above...Georgia Peach....NYC combo on Boppa Do Down Records.

24. Angry Dragons....Love You Tonite....from their self titled CD on Transistor 66 Records.

25. The Rezillos...Can't Stand My Baby....from a 7"....tried to play Let's Submerge by X Ray Spex but it didn't work for some reason as this was going to be a quick preview of what i would be playing on saturday night.

Thanx for all the callins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! And thanx for tuning in and reading this far.....i really try to put different stuff about the artsist in the blog from what i yammer onair....there's so much out there that's cool!! 

Back again next week with more noise to annoy....and inane yammering.

Here's a link to the archived show::

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

And if you haven't heard it yet, you've gotta hear this. It's Ryan In The Red, former host of In The Red (on CHRW for about 9 years), then changed the program name to The Freak Out and left CHRW this past April. He now does an ultra cool podcast called Rock City Madness on The Garagepunk Hideout. His latest podcast is dedicated to What Wave zine and record show....a really cool listen as he gets all the facts right on!! HUGE Thanx to Ryan In The Red!!! Here's a link:

http://garagepunk.com/public/music_song/5c/7f/01/17cde_6924.mp3?c=54be

Nice playlist Dave!

Radio What Wave Playlist Oct 17/2013

1. The Baketones....Bobby Fuller....from the Unite CD. Halifax garagepunks who were on Radio WW a coupla years back.

Baketones visiting Radio WW Aug 26/2010

2. Marvelous Beauhunks...Sticky Kisses...from the Who Said The Kids Are Alright CD. They will be in Hamilton at the Casbah on sunday night.

3. Marvelous Beauhunks...Think It Over...from the Do Not Resuscitate CD, early 90's recordings that came out a few years ago.

4. Hurricane And Able...Suddenly...from their first download from early this summer. A local combo who still haven't played live yet.

5. Dustbin Flowers...Bayside Jenny...another new local combo who are playing Friday Oct 18th at the Eastside.

6. Fireball Grant...All Write Now....from a demo. One man band we caught at Call The Office opening up for Bloodshot Bill and catl, a triple header show!! Fireball hails from Watford Ontario, west of here and put on a great one man band show. We'll be having him on a special live to air on Oct 31st!

Fireball Grant at CTO 10/5/13

7. Sean Burns....If You Need Me I'll Be In Wisconsin....from the Cold Beans and Broken Eggs CD....Oshawa based roots singer/songwriter.

8. Dave Rave...Anne Marie....a live recording from when Dave was on Radio WW, Aug 1 of this year.

Dave Rave on Radio WW Aug 1/2013

9. The Hippies....Neat Neat Neat...live recording 10/5/13 from their reunion show at Town and Country Tavern. This was The Hippies first show in 30 years!!! And they sounded as good as they did back in the day!

The Hippies reunion show...Town and Country 10/5/13

10. Boy From Nowhere....Train Kept A Rollin'....from the above show. Boy opened up the show with their first show in about 2 years! Jeff Ruby guested on second guitar on this track.

Boy From Nowhere at Town and Country 10/5/13

11. Recordettes...Candy Store...from their latest 7".

12. Dynamite Pussy Club...Nutbush City Limits....from their latest 7". UK combo that did the very first Radio WW Session Nov 1/2012.

13. The Gruesomes...3 Men 1 Coffin...from A-Billy 7" that came with WW #18 and a request.

14. Lisa Doll...Outsider....from a demo. Philly combo who were in Toronto recently.

15. Bitchlove...New York Shitty....local noisy combo...for Kyle.

16. Rave and Agnelli....Company Man...from the Rave Up CD compilation, that is a benefit for The Reducers bass player.

17. Radiators From Space....Television Screen....from a late 70's 7" and goes out to guitarist Phil Chevron who passed away.

18. Radiators From Space...Enemies...from the Long Shots, Dead Certs and Odds On Favourites compilation LP on Chiswick Records.1978.

19. Radiators From Space...Love Detective...from a late 70's single.

20. 63 Monroe...At The Boot...from Slippery's Club Hits compilation cassette....had changes going on all around me as the CHRW tech staff was trying to install a device to play memory sticks all around me as i was doing the show. Had to toss in a CD here as i couldn't access the turntables with the commotion.

21. Devo...Mongoloid....from a 1978 7" on Booji Boy Records...this was the start of me playing a bunch of singles that i didn't get to play at the Hippies reunion gig....had about 300 singles pulled out and only played about 60 or 70 of them that night.

22. Battered Wives....Uganda Stomp....on Bomb Records and from Toronto. Featured Cleave Anderson on drums.

23. Blue Swede...Hooked On A Feeling....oogga chucka oogga chucka....

24. Adverts...No Time To Be 21....from a 1978 single.

25. Mighty Caesars...Cowboys Are Square....from a 1990 Get Hip single. Brings to mind The Demics hit song, 'Cowboys Are Fags'.....Guys used to dress up like cowboys back in the late 70's and early 80's....now they dress up like gangsters and look equally ridiculous.

26. The Friggs...Bad Name For A Good Thing...or i mighta played the flip side, Friggs Theme....1993 Telstar single w/Palmyra Delran on guitar.

27. The Unknown Soldiers....I Quit Today...Funhouse Records 7" from 1987 and one of my fave anti-war songs.

Thanx for all the emails, facebook messages, phone calls and HEYS! when i'm out and about!!! And thanx for listening and reading this far!!

Back next week with lots of requests, including The Cramps, 905s and Headless Horsemen as well as some Bloodshot Bill and The Hubcaps.

Here's a link to the archived show::

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

Radio What Wave Playlist October 17 2013

1. The 905's...Under A Spell....from a Radio What Wave Session 5/16/13 and a request.

2. The 905's...Stay Inside...as above.

3. Dustbin Flowers....Start Out With Nothing...demo from a local combo who are playing twice this weekend.

4. Boy From Nowhere....Heartfull Of Soul...recorded live at The Town and Country Tavern, 10/5/13 for a reunion show.

5. The Hippies...Hanging Garden...as above. This was the first Hippies gig in about 30 years!

The Hippies at Town and Country Tavern 10/5/2013

6. Bloodshot Bill and His Hubcaps...Johnny Crap...from the Crazy Fever CD. BB is playing in Hamilton tonite.

Bloodshot Bill at Call The Office 10/4/2013

7. Bloodshot Bill...Two Timer...from the Lonesome Road LP on Norton Records.

8. The Greasemarks...Back Up Baby...from the Griddle Greasin' Daddies CD. The Greasemarks are playing saturday night at the Back Stage in Stratford Ontario.

9. Fireball Grant...Subway...from his demo. Fireball is coming into the studio on October 31st for a special Halloween live to air show!!

Fireball Grant at Call The Office Oct 4/2013

10. Teenage Head....20 Flight Rock...recorded live at The Spoke at Western University in the fall of 1980. TH are playing saturday night at This Ain't Hollywood with Robert Gordon singing.

11. Robert Gordon...Love My Baby...from his Rock Billy Boogie LP from 1979.

12. The Blue Demons...Empire Santo...from their self titled CD. The Blue Demons are playing saturday night at The Back Stage in Stratford.

Blue Demons 6/8/13 Back Stage Stratford

13. The Tryfles...When I See That Guy...from their self titled LP from 1986. This was the start of our Headless Horsemen special, as 2 members of The Tryfles joined The Headless Horseman at the demise of the former. Bassist/vocalist Peter Stuart and Celia Farber joined The HH.

14. The Fuzztones...Cinderella...from the She's Wicked 12" EP. Guitarist Elan Portnoy left The Fuzztones to join The Headless Horsemen. Also joining The HH, was Chris Such (AKA Cush) as he was in the Lords Of The New Surf with Elan and Peter who were both doing double duty.

15. The Headless Horsemen...Can't Help But Shake...from the 1987 LP, Can't Help But Shake on Resonance Records from Holland.

The Headless Horsemen, 9/25/86, Key West Cafe, London Ontario

16. The Headless Horsemen...Bitter Heart....as above. This song was originally done by The Tryfles, as Peter brought it with him to this band.

Headless Horsemen 9/25/86

17. The Headless Horsemen...Gotta Be Cool....from the 1988 12" EP of the same name, also on Resonance Records.

Headless Horsemen 9/25/86

18. The Headless Horsemen...Shake Some Action....recorded live at The Key West Cafe here in London, 9/25/86 and their only time here in London. I chose this song as The HH were scheduled to open for the Flamin' Groovies Canadian dates coming up next month, but for some reason, the promoter nixed them.

19. Chris Such and His Savages....Sick and Tired....from a 12"EP on Chaos Records. This is really The Headless Horsemen under a slightly different name.

20. Geoff Edmunds....Johnny B. Goode...live recording from the Best Of CD on Pacemaker. Geoff is the brother of Dave Edmunds, who happens to guest on guitar on this track 

21. Maniac...Dim Sum....brand new 7" release from La Ti Da Records.

22. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants....Back To The Beach....demo from a couple years ago. JT will be playing saturday night at the Richmond Hotel here in London.

23. The Cramps....Jackyard Backoff...from the Creature From The Black Lagoon 12' EP.

24. The Cramps...Beat Out My Love....as above.

25. The Cramps...All Women Are Bad....from the 12" EP of the same name.

26. The Cramps....Jailhouse Rock....from the Creature From The Black Lagoon 12" EP.

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

Here's a link to the archived show::

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

All above pics from the What Wave Archives

Radio What Wave Playlist October 24/2013

1. The Seeds...Pushin' Too Hard...from the recent GNP Crescendo release of the first Seeds LP on  CD. Remastered mono with bonus tracks and the other LP's are to follow.

2. The Mongrels...Piece Of Crap....from their Radio WW Session May 2/2013. The Mongrels are playing Saturday at the St Regis Hotel.

3. THE....Grilled Cheese...demo and they are playing saturday at the APK.

4. The Mogs...See The Mornin'...90's recording. This band has reformed and is playing in Hamilton on Friday Nov 8th...this is a What Wave presentation.

5. Dead City Soul Review....Burnin'...recent recording of this band that was known as The Hook Up until recently. They'll be recording for a full length release here in London in a couple of months.

Dead City Soul Review, Hamilton July 18 2013

6. Mere Humans....Temple....brand new demo from this Ottawa combo. 2 of the members were in The Evil Farm Children, a band we brought to London several times. They had the coolest T shirts of which i still wear mine proudly!

7. Black Rainbows...It's Blood....from the I Met This Chick...CD. Toronto combo and you have to ask them what this song is about.

8. Los Chicos Problema....El Plan...from their brand new CD, Estremecete Y Rueda!. Mexican duo of bass and drums that rock really hard!

9. Bitchlove...Now With Frosting....brand new release from this London one man band, soon to be released on record as Stigma.

10. Bloodshot Bill...Ding Dong Baby....a 7" on Hog Maw Records that i picked up when BB was in town a coupla weeks back.

Bloodshot Bill at Call The Office Oct 4/2013

11. The Diodes...Tired Of Waking Up Tired...live recording from 1978 w/manager Ralph Alfonso doing the intro.

The Diodes, Call The Office Nov 18 2011

12. 10 Commandments...Behind Those Eyes...demo from the early 90's of a Diodes song and this appeared on a WW compilation cassette.

10 Commandments, Key West, London Ontario March 12 1988

13. Fireball Grant...Evolution Blues...from his recent demo. Fireball Grant will be playing live on Radio WW next week, Oct 31st as part of our Halloween and fund raising special.

Fireball Grant at Call The Office, Oct 4 2013

14. Orie Hitt Machines....Killer Inside Me....local mystery combo.

15. Fred McDowell...Shake 'me Down....from an LP called Mississippi Swamp Jam on Blue Thumb...double LP i picked up at a London Record show a coupla years back. The London Record show happens this sunday from 11AM to 5 PM at Centennial Hall. I'll be at the CHRW table.

16. Flamin' Groovies...Let Me Rock...from a Marilyn LP, Chris Wilson and The Flamin' Groovies... The Flamin' Groovies are coming to Toronto, Wednesday Nov 6th, Lee's Palace. First time in 32 years they've been to Toronto!

The infamous Cyril Jordan guitars. 1/20/2009 Hamilton

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

18. Flamin' Groovies...Yeah My Baby...from the Now LP.

19. Higher State... Need To Shine...from their brand new self titled CD on 13 O'Clock Records. UK combo and this is about their fifth CD/record.

20. Arthur Alexander...The Girl That Radiates That Charm....from the ACE re-issue from the early 80's. This was a record that i picked up at a London Record Show.The London Record Show is happening on Sunday, 11AM till 5PM at Centennial Hall, lower level.

21. Jackie Wilson and Laverne Baker....Think Twice....from the compilation LP, If It Ain't A Hit, I'll Eat My... Another record picked up at the London Record Show.

22. Dr. Feelgood...She's A Windup....from the Be Seeing Yo u LP from 1978. This is for guitarist Gypie Mayo who passed away this week. Gypie had the task of replacing Wilko Johnson and was able to fill the shoes!!

23. Ultimatemost High....Tonight Alright...demo from this Toronto garage rock combo.

24. Smokestack Lightning....Volcano....demo from this Toronto Oshawa combo who feature some former Purple Toads and a UIC member.

Smokestack Lightning, This Ain't Hollywood July 18 2013

25. Big Al Downing...Georgia Slop...from the compilation LP, Twistin' Rumble Volume 3. Big Al at one time was the piano player for Wanda Jackson.

Big thanx for all the kind words of encouragement via phone, email, facebook message etc!!! All appreciated greatly!!!

Next week, we've got the pride of Watford Ontario (or is he the local guy they talk about?), the one and only Fireball Grant! One man band extrordinaire,  Fireball is going to be performing live over the airwaves on next week's edition of Radio WW!! And then we'll talk to him later and try to find out why they call him Fireball!

And next week is fundraising time here at CHRW. Phone in to pledge during the show, or use the handy webform on the CHRW website. Either way, all donations are welcome and if you donate $20 or more, you get a receipt for your taxes. The money  raised is used to outfit the station with new equipment. Since i've been at CHRW (over 9 years) there have been many  changes to the onair studio, everything from the mixing board, wavecart, microphones, speakers, cassette deck have all been replaced/upgraded! This stuff  isn't cheap and you want us to sound as good as possible so keep a pledge in mind for next week!

All pictures used above, from the What Wave Archives. Please don't reproduce without permission.

Here's a link to the podcast for this show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Oct 31/2013

Originally this was going to be a Halloween oriented show with the inclusion of a live to air with one man band Fireball Grant. Things changed when we got the news about Lou Reed....hence the following playlist.

1. The Gruesomes....Bikers From Hell...from the Hey CD on Ricochet Sound. This is an 85 basement demo, called The Garbage Pail Kids Demo.

2. The Beechnuts...Cycle Annie...from a 1962 compilation LP called Soundsville on Pickwick Records. No doubt that this is Lou Reed on vocals.

3. The Regulators....Satellite Of Love....live recording from Halloween 1979 at the Polish Hall. Local combo heavily influenced by Lou and The Velvet Underground. Had to play this, so i could turn over the Soundsville compilation LP.

4. The Roughnecks...You're Driving Me Insane...another song from the Soundsville compilations LP, and yep, it's Lou all right!

5. Velvet Underground...There She Goes Again.

6. Velvet Underground....White Light White Heat.

7. Velvet Underground...What Goes On....

8. Velvet Underground....Sweet Jane...

9. Fireball Grant...Subway....live over the airwaves.

10. Fireball Grant...90...as above.

11. Fireball Grant...Jean Genie...as above.

12. Fireball Grant...Perfect Score  as above

13. Fireball Grant....York Hotel....as above.

14. Fireball Grant...Alright Now...as above.

15. Velvet Underground...We're Gonna Have A Read Good Time....from the 1969 Live Double LP.

16. Velvet Underground....commercial. This is from the VU box set of singles on Sundazed Records.

17. Lou Reed....Heroin....live recording from 12/26/72 in NYC.

18. Lou Reed....Lady Day...from the Rock'n'Roll Animal LP. There's 2 Canadians on this one, Prakash John on bass and Pentti Glan on the drums. Another Canadian, Michael Fonfara has played keyboards for Lou on many releases. Michael is sometimes seen at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton Ontario playing killer keyboards!!

This was our annual fundraising show....ya it was mass confusion with a live to air and a Lou Reed special, but it's all for fun!!!   Big thanx to the following for pledging during the show; Rena, Kerry P, Cora L and Mark H!!  And thanx for all the emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! All appreciated.

Back again next week with more Lou Reed and lots of new material.

AND.....a Huge Thanx to all that said hello or came to yammer about music at the CHRW table at the record show on sunday!!! There's WAY more people out there digging this show than i ever imagined!!! Thanx Tons!!!

Here's a link to the podcast for this show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Nov 7 2013

1. Almighty Rhombus....She Didn't Want Me....from a demo they sent us sometime ago. They are playing at The APK in London Ontario tonite.

2. Forgotten Rebels....I Think Of Her...recorded live at the Cedar Lounge, 1980 and from the OPM CD. Forgotten Rebels play saturday night at Call The Office.

The Forgotten Rebels, summer 1981. Chris Houston on far RHS

3. Forgotten Rebels...Hello Hello...from This Ain't Hollywood LP on Star Records.

4. Forgotten Rebels...You're A Rebel...from In Love With The System LP on Star Records.

5. Chris Houston....Einsteins Brain's In Hamilton...from a 7" on Schizophrenic Records. Chris was in The Forgotten Rebels in the late 70's/early 80's. He's matured a little bit since.

6. Arson...Social Eyes...from the Not Always About You CD. :Late 70's Toronto combo (they played The Cedar Lounge here in London Sept 78 and they were the first out of London punk band i ever saw) who have reformed to play and have fun. Current drummer is David Quinton Steinberg, lawyer to the musical stars.

7. Cowlicks...I Wanna Be Your Man....from a CFMU (Hamilton's college radio station) download of all local combos! Obviously Hamilton has some cool combos that i wasn't aware of. And they have some really cool combos i am aware of; The Noble Savages, The Evil Eyes, The Squids and many more who aren't represented on this download.

8. Monarch Project...A Better Part Of You...from the above CFMU download.

9. Young Rival...Black Is Good...from the above CFMU download. Caught this trio live a few times and they put on a pretty good show. Formerly known as Ride Theory where they did the full on garagerock thing. Now they have a poppy Kinks inspired edge to their sound.

10. The Mogs...Smile....mid 90's demo. They are reincarnated and will be playing at Doors Pub in Hamilton tonite.

11. The Mogs...Vancouver...as above.

12. Trade Secrets...Of A Feather...Montreal combo who are playing with The Mogs tonite.

13. The Reply...The Reply...from their Downtown Soul EP and they are headlining the Mogs show tonite in Hamilton.

The Reply, Brennan's Nov 5 2011

14. The Seeds...You Can't Be Trusted...from the re-issue of their first LP.

15. The Higher State...Why Don't You Prove It...from their latest CD, which for some reason is self titled, and it's at least their 5th CD/LP. On 13 O'Clock Records from Texas, yet the band is UK based.

16. Mere Humans...I Confess....brand new demo from this Ottawa combo, with 2 former members of The Evil Farm Children.

17. Los Chicos Problema....Secuestrado En Otro Planeta...from their debut CD, Estremecete y Rueda!  2 piece garage combo from Mexico...

18. Dustbin Flowers...Start Out With Nothing....local combo with a 3 song demo. They play out live fairly often, yet i still haven't managed to catch them.

19. Bitchlove...Picket Fences...from the soon to be released EP, Stigma. More local noise!

20. The Flamin' Groovies...Slow Death....from the Slow Death LP on Norton....1971 demo. All of The Flamin' Groovies tunes being played on this show, were done live last night at Lee's Palace by The Flamin' Groovies. First time in Toronto in 31 years!!!

21. The Flamin' Groovies...Paint It Black...from a radio only 12" EP.

22. The Flamin' Groovies...Shake Some Action....as above.

23. The Flamin' Groovies...Teenage Head...from the LP of the same name.

24. The Flamin' Groovies...I Can't Hide...from the Shake Some Action LP and faded out as we ran out of time, but certainly not songs, memories and thoughts about The Flamin' Groovies.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Much appreciated!! Back again next week with more stuff! Still on a high from seeing The Flamin' Groovies on Wednesday eve!! Brought my youngest daughter and got her picture taken w/Cyril!!!  Proud Dad!!!!

All pics from the WW Archives

Here's a link to the podcast for this show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist....November 13/2013

1. Fireball Grant...All Write Now....from his latest demo. One man band outta Watford Ontario who we had live on RWW Oct 31st.

Fireball Grant on Radio WW

2. Dave Rave and The Governors....Light In The Window...from the Ashtray Makeup CD. We had Dave Rave on RWW on Aug 1st.

Dave Rave on Radio WW

3. Sean Byrnes...Rock'n'Roll Nights and Honky Tonk Days....from the Cold Beans and Broken Eggs CD.

4. Eddie Coffin and the Invisible Men...Hold That Ghost...Vestron Blues CD and from Hamilton Ontario.

5. King Beez...Dia Da Muertos....from Death Proof 2 CD. From the northern outskirts of Toronto Ontario.

6. Dragsville....Smile...from a soon to be released CD. London Ontario's version of The Flying Burrito Brothers.

7. Hurricane and Able...Leaves On The Ground...from the Last Temptation download. Local combo that has not played out live yet. Features Sean Larouge, who is also in Dragsville and previously in The Fine Print.

8. The Fine Print...Hanging Over Me...from their only CD, self titled.

The Fine  Print at Brennan's, London Ontario, Nov 5 2011

9. The Fine Print...Get You Alone...from their Record Store Day cassette from 2011, on What Wave Records.

10. The Smugglers...Pirate Ships...from the Mutiny In Stereo CD. Singer Grant Lawrence will be in town on Nov 26th to read from his latest book.

11. The Seeds...Pushin' Too Hard...from their debut LP which has been recently re-issued on GNP Crescendo.

12. Los Chicos Problema...Perdiendo (Humg Up)...from their new CD, EstremeceteY Rueda! 2 piece combo from Mexico.

13. The Higher State...No Feeling At All...from their latest CD, which is self titled and on 13 O'Clock Records from Austin,yet they are from the UK.

14. The Mystics...Get Away...from their cassette demo. Picked this up at Hammer City Records (Thanx Matt!) in Hamilton Ontario.

15. The Chob...We're Pretty Quick...from The Chosen Few Volume 1, and the start of our 60's snot punk set.

16. Mourning Reign...Satisfaction Guaranteed....from The Finest Hours of US 60's Punk.

17. The Charles...Motorcycle...from Scum Of The Earth.

18. Fantastic DJ's...Fight Fire...from Hipsville 29 BC and the end of our 60's punk set. Just found a zine/picture booklet about the Fantastic DJ's that had lots of fab pics of the band and their DJ manager who wrote and assembled the booklet.

19. Flying Squad...Brian Mulroney....local rabble rousers who borrowed Louie Louie (and actually asked Richard Berry's estate if it was OK to do this, and got turned down as they changed the 'lyrics' to Louie Louie) to dishonour one of our former prime ministers.

KP of Flying Squad at CTO...early 90's.

20. Arson...Motor City Suicide...from the Not Always About You CD. Late 70's Toronto punkers who have reformed and we caught them opening up for The Flamin' Groovies last week.

Arson at Lee's Palace, Nov 6 2013

21. Terror Lake....Emergency Poncho...demo from about a year ago. Toronto 3 piece who mix surf, garage, a little psyche and art school attitude to come up with a very cool sound.

22. Marshmallow Overcoat...The Knights Of Fuzz....from 26 Ghosts: The Best of 1986 to 2005. We had lead singer Tim Gassen onair a few weeks back when he was in fund raising mode to create a double vinyl LP best of The Marshmallow Overcoat, which was not only successful, but is presently at the record pressing plant! The Knights Of Fuzz is also the name of Tim Gassen's encyclopedia of 80's garage rock, which will be going into it's 3rd edition sometime in 2014.

Free Press listing for The Marshmallow Overcoat's only London Ontario show.

23. The Pack AD....Build...from the Mixtape LP. Think there was a Pack AD promo in  there as well, as we've had them in the studio and at our place many times over the years.

Pack AD, Moon Over Marin, London Mar 31 2010

24. Honey B and The T-Bones...Poison Train....from the 1990 On The Loose LP. From Finland and played London many times back in that era.

25. The Penetrators....Rock and Roll Face....from the Slovenly LP, Kings Of Basement Rock.

Thanx for all the phone-ins,  emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! All much appreciated!!!  Back again in  the same time slot next week with lots more noise!

Here's a link to the podcast for this show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist, November 21/2013

1.catl....Cocaine...from the Soon This Will All Be Gone CD. catl were recording in Ardent Studios this past week, home to ZZ Top, Big Star and so many others.

2. Dragsville...Royal Drag...from their forthcoming release...our local version of The Flying Burrito Brothers.

3. Fireball Grant...Evolution Blues...from his latest demo. We had Fireball live over the airwaves on Oct 31st.

Fireball Grant on Radio WW Oct 31 2013

4. Simply Saucer...The Story Of Simply Saucer...from a demo that Edgar Breau gave us last time we had him onair. Edgar suffered a heart attack about a week ago and is now on the mend

5. Stompin' Tom Connors...The Ketchup Song...from the Bud The Spud LP. This one goes out to the employees at the Heinz plant in Leamington Ontario that is closing down. Over 700 full time, 300 part timers and thousands more depend on this plant for income. Open for well over 100 years and one of the largest tomato processing plants in North America closed by big business decisions.

6. Pre-Historic Cavestrokers...Second Hand...mid 80's demo from this Windsor Ontario combo as we do a Windsor area band tribute to it's smaller neighbour, Leamington Ontario.

7. Weirdonia...Nymphochondriac...from the Freaks CD. We had this 2 piece combo for a live to air about 2 years ago and got stopped in the second song due to a university exam happening directly below our studios!

8.Lost Patrol...In Your Eyes...from their LP on Stop It Baby Records from France. Late 80's Windsor combo who played many many times here in London.This is the end of our Windsor set.

9. The Smugglers...Vancouver BC...from the In The Hall Of Fame CD. The Smugglers were a late 80's to end of 90's garagepop combo from Vancouver BC. Singer Grant Lawrence is now a published novelist and CBC personality. He'll be in town this tuesday at Landon Library to read from his latest book.

10. The Smugglers...Billy Billy... from the Mutiny In  Stereo CD. 

11. Seatbelts...Joy Ride...from the CD of the same name.

12. Lisa Doll....Bubblegum Boy....from a recent 7" EP.

13. Destroy All Monsters...November 22 1963....from the Singles and Rarities CD on Revenge that Ron Ashton gave me many years ago. This is the start of our tribute to the Kennedy assasination that happened 50 years ago.

Ron Ashton in London Ontario....10/12/1990

14. Dead Kennedys...California Uber Alles....from a 7" which has way better sound quality than the LP below.

15. Dead Kennedys...Police Truck....from the Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables LP. One of my all time fave surf LP's!!

16. Magazine...Motorcade...from the 1978 Real Live LP. Singer/soingwriter Howard Devoto claims this song is not about the Kennedy assasination....

17. Satan's Sadists....November 22 1963....from the Infinity CD and closes out our Kennedy set.

18.Dustbin Flowers...Bayside Jenny....local release.

19. Mere Humans....Temple...demo...Ottawa combo who have a couple of Evil Farm Children in their ranks.

20. Bloody Diamonds...Baby Don't Be Nice....from the They've Got Secrets LP. From Halifax, we've had them playing live to air on Radio WW about a year ago and they are back in town at APK on Thursday Dec 27th. We'll be doing a phone interview on next week's show as they are sound checking when we'reonair.

Bloody Diamonds on Radio WW Sept 27 2012

21. Dead City Soul Review....Burnin'...demo...from Hamilton and used to be called The Hook Up.

22. Mickey Finn....Garden Of My Mind....from English Freakbeat Volume 2 and a request to Iggy Pop's best friend who happens to live in London Ontario.

23. Mickey Finn...Night Comes Down...from Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks.

24. Mickey Finn...Reelin' and Rockin'...from English Freakbeat Volume 4.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Back again next week with Bloody Diamonds as they are in town that eve and lots of other cool stuff!!

Here's a link to the podcast for this show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Nov 28 2013

1. The Reply....Hey?....not sure of the song name, but it was recorded at Brennan's 4/21/12.

2. The Sadies...A Burning Snowman...from the Favourite Colours CD from 2004. An apt title as we've been welcomed to winter with a shitload of snow. The Sadies are coming to Call The Office, Sat Dec 7th....2 sets of The Sadies with no opening bands.

3. The Sadies...Tiger Tiger...from the Stories Often Told CD from 2002.

4. Dragsville...Always Win...local combo from a soon to be released CD.

5. The Dahlias...Call Me Dear....demo from a Montreal combo who are coming to EVAC this saturday night.

6. The Dahlias...Love And Devotion....as above. The Dahlias are pals with the next combo, who also come from Montreal.

7. Light Bulb Alley....Liquor Store...this a a demo from the upcoming Fear No Evil CD, to be released on Ricochet Sound out of Montreal.

Light Bulb Alley at Brennan's Beer Bistro....April 21/2012

8. Light Bulb Alley...Wanna Be Loved....as above.

9. Bloody Diamonds....Baby Don't Be Nice...from the They've Got Secrets LP. Sara and Jake did a phone in  interview at this point as they were loading in at the APK for a show the same night this radio show aired. Bloody Diamonds are from Halifax Nova Scotia and are almost always on tour.

Bloody Diamonds playing live to air.

10. Bloody Diamonds...Bright Lights Darling...from a live to air on Radio WW from 9/27/2012. The full recording is available on the Radio WW Soundcloud page.

https://soundcloud.com/whatwave/sets/bloody-diamonds-live-on-radio

11. Bloody Diamonds...Monopoly...as above

12. 63 Monroe...At The Boot...from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with WW #24. 63 Monroe is playing a Toys For Tots show on saturday at The Dawghouse here in London.

63 Monroe at The Cedar Lounge...circa 1981

13. The Sinners....No Brains Required...from their only 7". One of the early punk/new wave combos from London. And on Saturday Dec 7th, is the book release party for Graphic Underground London: 1977-1990 at the APK. This is an afternoon free show, running from 2 to 7PM...copies of the brand new book will be available (it's at the printers as we speak) and it's a museum style book....over 200 pages, colour and monochrome pics throughout of the posters, zines, ephemera from London's musical past. It's a must for anyone into that era of London's musical past!  There'll also be a couple of video screens set up showing some of the many photos of London combos from 1977 -1990 as the scene was fairly well documented photographically. And there'll be a couple of DJ's, Lucky Pete Lamber and yours truly whatwave dave spinning only 7" records for your aural delights (or maybe not)...It's going to be a blast, so come on down for a little bit on your busy saturday afternoon. We'll also have copies of WW 24, some WW Tees, and a couple of other zines we distribute.Here's a link to the event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/586923274696273/

14. Crash 80's....Thrills....from their only 7". Another of London's early new wave/punk records.

15. Marvelous Beauhunks....Fantasy Merry Go Round...from the Do Not Resuscitate CD. The Hunks will be playing at Toronto's International Pop Explosion this saturday.

16. The 905s...Running Full Speed....from a Radio WW Session first aired 5/16/13. The 905s will also be playing the IPO in Toronto on saturday.

17. The Seatbelts....American Bandstand...from the Joy Ride CD...Detroit combo from the late 70's/early 80's who have reformed and recorded.

18. Teenanger.... Minimum Wage...from their split LP with Charlie and The Moonhearts. Teenanger are playing the Black Shire Pub on saturday night.

Teenanger at Moon Over Marin, June 27 2010

19. Invasions....Jewel...from a demo CD. Toronto combo

20. Gerry Alvarez Odyssey...Urban Shaman....from the Candy Prankster CD from 2006. Gerry was in The Gruesomes in the 80's.

Gerry Alvarez at Black Shire Pub, Oct 2 2010

21. Barrence Whitfield and The Savages...Black Jack....from the Dig Thy Savage Soul LP.

22. Raised By Wolves....Outta Site....from the Hot Blood CD from 2006....had to fade this out as we ran outta time.

Radio What Wave Playlist Dec 5 2013; Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 Show

On this week’s broadcast, we did a special on the Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 show as we had the curator of the museum exhibit, and author of the book, Brian Lambert on air as special guest.

Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 was a McIntosh Gallery exhibit (curated by Brian Lambert) housed at the Forest City Gallery here in London from Oct to Dec 2012. The exhibit was the posters, zines and ephemera that was created here in London between 1977 and 1990, that accompanied the music scene happening here concurrently. Hundreds of posters, zines and other assorted artwork were dusted off and dug out of who knows where to be on display at the Forest City Gallery. Attendance records were set during the 6 week run of the exhibit.

Opening night at Forest City Gallery

Accompanying the exhibit is a museum type book, with the same name as the art show. The book is set to be released this weekend at APK, between the hours of 2 and 7PM  as the author will be doing a book signing.. Well over 200 pages, this book is literally packed with hundreds of pictures of posters, zines and vintage pictures of some of the people involved in the scene.

And this edition of Radio WW is only music recorded in London between 1977 and 1990 with almost all of it being unreleased and never before broadcast on the radio or elsewhere.

1. The Demics….New York City…recorded live in Toronto approx 1980. This is the song and the band that have put sleepy London Ontario on the map.

2. The Demics….Oh Well…as above as NYC segued right into Oh Well.

3. Uranus….5 Bucks….played live over the airwaves of CFNY in Toronto May 1980. Uranus are the starting point for punk/new wave bands in London as they were the first band to play at the Blue Boot (later called The Cedar Lounge, the only exclusive punk/new wave club in London and lasted from mid 1978 to May 1982) and opened the doors for others to play as it was proven that real rock’n’roll bands and their fans drink lots of beer, which make bar owners happy.

4. Ralph Alfonso did a shout out here. Ralph was the doorman (and behind the scenes guy) at the first punk/new wave club in Canada, The Crash And Burn Club in Toronto Ontario. Ralph was/is the manager of The Diodes and along with Mike Neiderman, brought The Diodes to London for the very first punk/new wave show here, back in March 1977. Mike was the very first person to poster (and was subsequently fined by the police) for an event here in London as he was a printer and knew how to make a poster. He ended up printing many of the early posters used in London as well as most of the zines that came out of London. He also hosted The Demics first ever show at his loft and we consider him the grandfather of punk rock here in London Ontario.
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          Ralph Alfonso, Mike Neiderman and Liz Worth (author of Treat Me Like Dirt) in London 2/14/10

5. Nihilst Spasm Band….This is A Test. And it was a test when Nihilst Spasm Band played as they built their own instruments and played free form experimental music long before it became trendy. Starting in the early 60’s, NSB had a weekly residence at the York Hotel (later named Call The Office) and the band consisted of a group of artists, some of which are famous Canada wide. They are listed as influences to many of the noise bands from around the world, including Sonic Youth as a couple of members have worked with the band. And NSB are big in Japan too!!  The children of NSB started to form their own art damaged bands in the late 70’s/early 80’s and some continue to this day.

6. NFG…Bloodstains On The Carpet….recorded live somewhere in London, late 70’s. Non Functioning Gear, Not For Girls or more likely No Fucking Good (and here to prove it) as Keith Whittaker of The Demics would introduce this bunch of long haired cowboys. More aggression than finesse, the guitar player for this combo would write some hook laden songs that would follow the band as they became 63 Monroe in later years.

7. Regulators….Sherry Share It…..recorded live at The Cedar Lounge in 1979. If Lou Reed had kids, this would be their band as the Velvet Underground and solo Reed sound emanate freely.

8. The Stoves…So You Say….recorded live at The Cedar Lounge 1979. This band was miles ahead of the competition here in town, as they combined 3 part harmony into high energy songs. Covers of Hollies and Searchers tunes set the standard of finely crafted tunes.

9. The Zellots….Sheik…1981 demo. They were one of the first to start a band in London, moved to Vancouver and reformed, then moved back to London with a new singer. This is the band that coulda and shoulda but luck wasn’t on their side. Full story is in Mongrel Zine 10 and 11.

The Zellots playing at a street festival, summer 1980

10. Radio 4….Is God A Man…demo that I thought was recorded by Chris Richards (Generics) but Chris corrected me as it was a Peter Moore Silent Head Recording. Peter Moore (lived in London a short time while studying MIA at Fanshawe College and has since gone on to work for the big names) would bring a white Styrofoam head with wires coming out of the ears to gigs. It was easy to pick out the head sitting on a table in a crowded bar. Many recording were done by Peter Moore this way and culminated in the first London compilation, Domestic Animals. And back to Radio 4, they were often lumped into the Joy Division clone ranks but there was a lot more intensity and musicianship in this band that later became Sheep Look Up.

11. Generics….Depresssion…1983 ghetto blaster demo. These kids came on the scene with a smart mouth attitude and proved themselves on their only record which is now on collectors lists worldwide.

12. 63 Monroe…Completely Sweet…recorded live at The Cedar Lounge and aired on CHRW in 1980. I taped this from the radio (and many others, some cassettes still survive) and I remember from some of singer Scott’s comments that I was at this show. 63 Monroe evolved from NFG (see above), renamed themselves First Date for a short while, went back to 63 Monroe and they still play occasionally to this day. These guys took the glam rock route, wearing tons of makeup and their grandmother’s undergarments on stage.

Markii and Rooster looking completely sweet, Cedar Lounge 1982?

13. The Hippies….He’s Frank….recorded live at Fryfogles1/16/84. Prior to The Cedar Lounge closing in May 1982, the bigger name bands started playing at Fryfogles (south side of Dundas St, where the Library is) due to the booking of Craig Deans and Dave Fellner who brought in many big names early on (The Stranglers, 999, John Cale, Simple Minds and more). The Hippies released one excellent single and recently reformed for the singers 50^th birthday.

14. The Terminals….Plastic World…from the We Killed Cassette. This band evolved from a late 70’s influenced sound to bring the newly evolving hardcore sound to London in 1981. They lasted many years and always put on a tight, energetic and fun show.

15. Spiral Scratch…No Familiar Faces…recorded live at The Cedar Lounge in 1981 for the wedding of a couple of well known scene members. This wedding bash brought back former Londoner Marcy Saddy with her latest combo from NYC, Certain General for the first of several visits.  Spiral Scratch evolved from The Sinners and stuck to an early 80’s UK punk sound and released one LP.

16. Dead Rabbits….Waiting Around…recorded live at The Cedar Lounge 2/9/82. Proof that anyone can form a band and get up on stage and get a crowd up and dancing! Some members went on to the biker rock combo, The Flying Squad.

17. Napalm Babys….Bullet…recorded live in Ottawa, 7/11/85. Another of the early bands to go in a hardcore direction, starting in 1981 and evolving with a different singer later on. Members of this band went on  to Bassbag, Schmagpies and many others.

18. Naplalm Babys…Gun Control….as above.

19. UIC….Telephone….recorded live at Call The Office 3/16/85. Recorded by Wayne Fisher (Napalm Babys) on video and you may see some of this show on Youtube with your DJ up front dancing like a fool! UIC were from Exeter, just north of London where they could get those fine fine Detroit stations and that became a big influence on several people from that area. UIC formed in 1982 and lasted into the early 90’s after a move to Toronto. Not really punk, metal or garage, these guys were loved by many and had a Huge following, releasing a couple of LP’s and CD’s.

UIC, Shillelagh? Lucan Ontario 1984

And that’s a wrap as we’ve run outta time, but certainly not tunes as we’ll continue in this direction next week. Huge Thanx to Brian Lambert for taking the time to come on air and talk about the Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 book. Anyone with even a passing interest in this, is well advised to pick up the book as it’s sure to be sold out.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!!

All pictures from What Wave Archives....please ask before posting elsewhere. No postcards please!!!

The archived show is at:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Dec 12/2013….Another all London Ontario show, 1978 -1995

Part 2 of an all London, almost all unreleased material show. Originally planned as a 90m show, at the last minute it was extended to 2.5 hours, hence multiple songs by the some of the bands.

1. The Demics…Takin’ My Time….live in Toronto approx 1980.

2. Uranus….Around and Around….recorded live at Kellys (later to become Bullwinkles, then Hard Times and much later the Salt Lounge) this was broadcast by local AM radio station CKSL approx 1980.

3. Boy From Nowhere…Teenage Head…demo from about 1986.

4. Redline…Brand New Cadillac…recorded live at Fryfogles, June 1983.

5. Carolyn and The Wayouts…How Do You Know?....basement demos from a band that probably never played out, let alone got radio airplay. Could be a Blood Brothers member or 2, maybe a Hippie…

6. Carolyn and The Wayouts…Let’s Dance….as above.

7. Carolyn and The Wayouts…High School…as above.

8. Radio 4….The Remedy….early 80’s demo recorded by Peter Moore.

9. Radio 4…New Shoes…as above.

10. Sheep Look Up…Burning…from a limited edition cassette, produced by Peter Moore.

11. Sheep Look Up…Jumper…as above.

12. Flying Squad…Lewd Behaviour….demo from about 1988. London’s only biker rock band.

13. Radiation Receivers…as above.

14. Legend Killers…Beg…May 1986 demo.

15. Legend Killers…Stepping Stone….as above.

16. Legend Killers…You’re Gonna Miss Me….recorded at Call The Office, 4/22/1989.

17. Legend Killers…One Body Too Many….as above.

18. The Finks… You Made Me Smile…demo from 4/29/1987

19. Mongrols…Day She Died…late 80’s demo. Not to be confused with the present Mongrels (notice spelling difference) led by Robert Village Idiot. We really like both of these local combos!

20. Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons….Wednesday…demo from 1989 and this may or may not be the actual title of the song. Guitarist/vocalist Tom Dunphy is presently in The Rizdales.

21. Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons…What Is Yours…as above.

22. Ukase…Jealousy…from the Lost Tapes CD. This song was originally done by The Zellots, and at this point in the life of Ukase, there were 2 former Zellots in the band.

23. Sci-Phonics…Revenuer Man…recorded live at Key West Café 3/11/87. This band existed for many years with a few personnel changes, with Frank Ridsdale as the only constant.

24. Workpants…Come On…recorded live at Key West Café 12/4/86. This was some of the Sci-Phonics….London has a very incestuous musical scene.

25. Frank Ridsdale…Shake Some Action…recorded live on Radio What Wave 10/16/2010. This was a special one time only version of this song, just for me!

26. Frank Ridsdale…Bang Bang….as above. Check out any of Frank’s current combos….Hoodoo 2, Slugfest and the occasional reunion of Sci-Phonics and/or Uranus.

27. Hank and Frank….Nancy Sinatra…late 80’s demo and one of my all time fave songs from London Ontario.

28. Tuerto Loco….Glacier….recorded live on Radio What Wave 5/12/2011. This combo features Hank of Hank and Frank (see above).

29. Tuerto Loco….Robert Q Public…as above.

30. Viv Sun and The Black Holes…Love Me Baby   early 90’s demo of this band that evolved into The Black Holes and still play out once in awhile.

31. Viv Sun and the Black Holes…Hobo…as above.

32. Nurotics….20 Flight Rock…recorded live at Call The Office 8/29/1987.

33. Nurotics…Lonesome Train…as above.

34. B5 Blue…Rack My Mind…recorded live, early 90’s in London Ontario.

35. The Stoves….Look Through Any Window…recorded live at The Cedar Lounge 1979. Killer cover of The Hollies first chart success in North America in 1966.

36. The Stove….Roller Coaster….live at The Cedar Lounge 1979

37. Teenage Head…Picture My Face….recorded live at The Spoke and Rim, on the campus of Western University and played live over the airwaves of CHRW 1980.

And that’s a wrap, thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!! Here’s more proof that London has a musical history! And don’t forget to pick upGraphic Underground: London 1977-1990 book that is now out. And thanx to everyone that came out to the book release party last Saturday night at APK. It was a blast!!

Here’s a link to the podcast:

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

And the last hour is here:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/fast-n-bulbous

Back next week with a regular 90m show.

Radio What Wave Playlist Dec 19/2013

1. Dragsville....That Girl...from a soon to be released local product.

2. Dave Rave....Long Way To Go...from the Ashtray Makeup CD.

3. Hurricane And Able...Call On You...from The Last Temptation download. Local combo that still haven't played out.

4. Dustbin Flowers...Bayside Jenny...self released CD that you can pick up locally here in London Ontario.

5. Arson...Social Eyes...from the Not Always About You CD.

6. Los Chicos Problema....Ella Destrozo...from the Estremecete Y Rueda! CD. From Mexico and the start of our 2 person band set.

7. Lo-Lite....Black Beatle...from the Basics LP on Slovenly. Dutch duo who have released several LP's.

8. Left Lane Cruiser...Lost My Mind...from the Junkyard Speed Ball on Alive Records.

9. Pack AD...8...from the Unpersons LP and the end of our 2 person set.

10. Fireball Grant...All Write Now...from a demo. This is the start of our one man band set.

11. Bloodshot Bill..Shame On You Miss Lindy...from a 7" EP on Squoodge Records.

12. Hasil Adkins...Big Red Satellite...from a 7" on Norton Records.

13. Harmonica Frank...Rockin' Chair Daddy...from the Sun Box set. Early 50's country with an up your attitude.

14. The Dahlias...Love And Devotion... recent demo from this band that broke up right before coming to London. And the start of our garage rock set.

15. Marshmallow Overcoat...I Don't Want You...from a self titled LP on 360 Twist Records. This particular record is the download of the week at the Marshmallow Overcoat website.

16. Lords Of Altamont....Velvet...from the Lords Have Mercy LP on Gearhead Records.

17. Mere Humans....Temple...demo from this Ottawa combo, some of whom were Evil Farm Children.

18. Kensington Hillbillies...Push Up The Rain....from a brand new self released 7". Features former Londoner Pete Lambert on the drums.

19. The Reply...Midnight Moses...recorded live at Brennan's 4/21/12.

20. Sex Pistols...No One Is Innocent...from the Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle with vocals by recently passed Ronnie Biggs, a one time great train robber.

21. Eddie And The Hot Rods....Teenage Depression...from their debut LP of the same name 1977.

22. The Fast....Kids Just Wanna Dance...from the Fast For Sale LP, 1980.

23. Eddie And The Hot Rods...Quit This Town...from the Life On The Line LP, 1977

24. Sparks...Big Boys....from the Big Beat LP 1976

25. Mott The Hoople...One Of The Boys....from the UK single (which is different than the LP version)

And that's a wrap, we'll be back next week with an all Xmas Special and run a marathon show from 6 to 8:30PM....Thursday Dec 26th for the Xmas songs you won't hear anywhere else.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!

Here's a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist.....Dec 26/2013. 6 to 8:30PM of only Xmas Music!

Lots of technical glitches on this show....almost all out of my control. The computer that controls the commercials locked up as the commercials were playing to start the show. Had to hard boot the computer twice to get it running, then the commercial program fizzled the first time i tried it. Eventually got it working....And that was after spending 20 minutes to get the turntables working prior to the show....the joys of college radio when the regular staff is on vacation! 

1. The Shanks...Christmas Star...from The Dark Richard Show from 2010

2. The Shanks...Start Taking You Home...from the above CD. Wasn't planning on playing this song, but had to play something while trying to get the commercial computer rumming....

3. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Santa's Comprimise...from Savvy Show Stoppers II from the Shadowy Men website Keeper.

4. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Faster Santa Claus, Ho Ho Ho....as above.

5. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Winterfresh....as above.

6. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...Deck The Halls....as above.

7. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet...The 12 Answering Machine Messages Of Christmas.... as above.

8. The Fleshtones....Hooray For Santa Claus....from the Stocking Stuffer LP. And Hooray I got the commercial computer running again!

9.The Gruesomes...Santa Claus....from the Unchained! EP.

10. Marshmallow Overcoat....Santa Fuzz...from the Light Show CD.

11. The Fleshtones....White Boomers....from the Stocking Stuffer LP.

12. Tony Low...Merry Christmas....a song sent to us. Tony was a member of The Cheepskates (NYC garagepop combo from the mid 80's to 90's).

13 The Cheepskates...Last Minute Rush...from A Midnight Christmas Mess LP. A series of 3 Christmas compilations put out by Midnight Records in the mid 80's.

14. Plan 9....Merry Christmas...as above. 

15. Yard Trauma...Christmas Tyme...as above.

16. Blues Magoos...Jingle Bells....from a 7" on white vinyl i picked up many years ago. No label or numbering on it, assume it's a bootleg.

17. Thee Eviltones...It's Christmas....from a special download for Christmas.

18. Blues Magoos....Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/Dante's Inferno...flip of the above 7".

19. Bitchlove...All I Want For Christmas Is Some White Stuff...local combo who are about to release another record.

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

21. 63 Monroe...White Christmas....7" from the mid 80's from this local combo.

22. Paul James Band...Run Run Rudolph....7" from this Toronto combo.

23. MX Sound....Christmas With The Devil....from the We're An American Band CD.

24. Urban Surf Kings....Jingle Bells...download from this Nova Scotia surf combo.

25. The Razorbacks...All The Girls Look Prettier At Christmas Time....from a late 80's 7". Canadian rockabilly combo that shoulda gone far but fizzled out.

26. Johnny Rabb....Christmas Dance...from the Midnight Christmas Mess compilation LP.

27. Johnny Rabb...Gotta Get Lucky For Xmas...as above.

28. Ramones....Merry Christmas....from the Brain Drain LP.

29. Jack Scott....Trouble Brewin'...from the Black Xmas Cramps download.

30. Elvis...Santa Bring My Baby Back To Me....from The Complete 50's Masters Box Set.

31. Elvis...Santa Claus Is Back In Town....as above.

32. Youngsters...Christmas In Jail....from the Black Xmas download.

33. Slade...Merry Xmas Everybody....from the Feel The Noize Greatest Hits CD.

34. The Creamers...Bob Kringle...from a single sided 7" on SFTRI.

35. The Creamers...Father Christmas...as above.

36. The Damned....There Ain't No Sanity Claus...from a 1980 Chiswick 7".

37. Deja Voodoo....Bugs For Christmas...from the Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die EP  on Midnight Records.

38. We Three Sings...O Holy Night...from a Wolf Beat Compilation CD called 20 Full Moon Hits.

39. Bob Seger...Sock It To Me Santa....from the Michigan Nuggers complilation LP.

40. The Sonics....I Don't Believe In Santa...from the Black Xmas download.

41. Patsy Raye....Beatniks Wish...from the Swing For A Crime compilation LP.

42. Mach Bell...C'mon Santa...from the Gulcher Records Christmas compilaton.

43. Crawlspace...Christmas Is Here....as above.

44. The Turtles...Santa And The Sidewalk Surfer...from Happy Together Again double LP on Sire Records.

45. The Fleshtones...Canadian Christmas....from the Stocking Stuffer LP on Yep Roc.

46. Phil Spector...Silent Night...from A Christmas Gift To You CD. We ended up playing this a couple of times as the program after Radio WW could not get their laptop working through the mixer, same problem as i had prior with the turntables. Ended up jerry rigging the mixer to get Lady L's program rumming.

Thanx for all the phone calls, facebook messages, emails and Heys!!! Hope you enjoyed (or at least tolerated) all this holiday music, a day late and a dollar short! Back again in the usual time slot next week with lots of new stuff for your listening pleasure.Happy New Year!!

The archived show is at:

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

and the last hour at:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/fast-n-bulbous

Radio What Wave Playlist, Jan 9th 2014

1. Evil Farm Children....Hangover....from the Evilling CD from 2008. This was going to be the opener for our post New Years show on Jan 2nd, which didn't happen due to complications.

2. Hurricane and Able....Who's That Girl....from The Last Temptation download. Hurricane and Able make their live debut Saturday at Wrongbar in Toronto. It's a half London/Toronto combo who will hopefully bring the show to London if all goes well at this debut show.

3. Dynamite Pussy Club...Nutbush City Limits....recent demo this UK combo sent us. They also did a Radio WW Session just over a year ago and have our seal of approval.

4. Los Readymade...Cat Blue...from the Automar CD. Brand new from this Argentinian combo who are on the Garagepunk Hideout.

5. Drug Dealerz....Mayor Ford....demo from this Toronto combo who are also on the Garagepunk Hideout.

6. Dave Campbell...The Time Is Now...from Finding The Real CD. Brand new London artist, who recorded this CD by himself at home. This particular song blew me away when i first heard it. Picked this up at Grooves Records here in London, it was a freebie with the fliers up at the front of the store. This was the world radio premier for this CD.

7. Faces....Pool Hall Richard....from their Greatest Hits CD. This kinda reminds me of Dave Campbell, the track prior.

8. Jim Jones Revue...Elemental.....from the Burning Your House Down CD. UK combo who will be at Call The Office next thursday as their first Canadian date on this tour. This is a show you don't want to miss!!

9. The Everly Brothers...Rip It Up....from the LP of the same name on Ace Records. This set goes out to Phil Everly who passed away the other day.

10. The Everly Brothers...Poor Jenny...from the All They Had To Do Was Dream LP on Rhino. This demo track has some Phil and Don audio interaction prior to the start of the track.

11. The Everly Brothers....Problems....from the Rip It Up LP. All 3 songs together tell a nice 50's teenage story.

12. The Mogs....Run Like Hell....from the about to be released CD from this Hamilton based 3 piece. There's a London Ontario connection here, with singer/guitarist/sometime bassist Rob Munro, who was in London combos Frankenstein 5, The Mood and Scratching Post. The official release party is Jan 25th at Doors Pub in Hamilton Ontario. And this release is going to be on What Wave Records!

The Mogs at Doors Pub, Hamilton Nov 8 2013.

13. Basements...Stop Rolling....from a brand new 7" on Lost In Tyme Records from Greece, the label of the way cool fanzine, Lost In Tyme.

14. Masked Boy....Cool....brand new demo from this one man band that might have some connections to Weirdonia!

15. The Mogs....Hate.....another tune from the above mentioned Mogs CD on What Wave Records

The Mogs at Doors Pub, Hamilton Nov 8 2013

16. The Knaves...Fashion Police....demo from a local combo from a coupla years back. There may have been a former CHRW DJ on the drums!

17. David Bowie...Panic In Detroit....from the Aladdin Sane LP and this goes out to everyone who is feeling hardship due to Detroit claiming bankruptcy.

18.Andy Shernoff and Gord Lewis....Master Race Rock....recorded live at Call The Office 6/11/2010. This is The Dictators song played acoustic by the writer and Gord Lewis, Teenage Head's guitar hero. Andy mentioned that this was the smallest crowd he had ever played to! Makes me proud to live in this sleepy city!!

19. Agnelli and Rave...Company Man...from the Rave On CD, a tribute to The Reducers.

20. Boy From Nowhere....Heart Of The City....recorded live at The Town and Country Tavern, 10/5/2013. The Hippies reunion was also that night.

21. The Hypnotics....Soul At Seven...from the CD of the same name. This one features David Konstantino, who hosts a radio show called Revolution Rock on CJAM, Tuesdays 10:30 AM to noon outta Windsor Ontario.A really cool show in a similar vein to this. And we stole Allison Brown from CJAM and brought her back to CHRW to be our new program director.

22. Kensington Hillbillies....Push Up The Rain....from a brand new 7" that features former Londoner Pete Lambert on the kit.

23.Los Chicos Problema....El Plan...from their EstremeceteY Rueda! CD. 2 piece from Mexico.

24. The Weirdies....Salt Shaker...from their in 3D CD.

25. The Baketones....That Boy....from their Unite CD. Halifax combo who played London Aug 26/2010 and completely destroyed the Black Shire Pub.

26. Black Rainbows....2 Day Rule...from their I Met This Chick CD....Toronto trio that put on an amazing live show!

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Much Appreciated.

Back again next week with more noise to annoy.

The archived show is at:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Jan 16 2014

1. Tony Low...Winter Of Black Ice...from the Time Across The Page CD. Tony was bassist in the NYC based garagepop combo The Cheepskates

2. Thee Hypnotics....Half Man Half Boy....from the Come Down Heavy CD from 1990. Jim Jones (of Jim Jones Revue) was the vocalist in this Stooge worshipping combo.

3. Dustbin Flowers...Start Out With Nothing....demo from this current London combo

4. Light Bulb Alley...Eye....demo for an upcoming release on Ricochet Sound. Montreal based garage combo who play out fairly often

5. Freddie Fingers Lee....I Really Wanna Boogie...from a 7" EP on the Finnish Goofin' Records label. UK based rock'n'roll pianist who passed away earlier this week.

6. Fireball Grant...All Write Now...from a recent demo. One man band we had live on Radio WW on Oct 31st of this year

7. Dave Campbell....My Way...from the Finding The Real CD. London based artist who recorded this CD by himself in his home studio.

Right around this time, Rupert Orton, guitarist for The Jim Jones Revue, called in to talk about the big show that was happening at Call The Office, here in London. The band was in transit from Chicago, fighting weather on the highway. Then Jim Jones came on to talk a bit....Thanx to The Jim Jones Revue for making the time to talk on Radio WW!

8. Jim Jones Revue....High Horse...from the Burning Your House Down LP.

9. Jim Jones Revue...Foghorn....as above

10. Jim Jones Revue...Big Len...as above. Just giving you a taste of the action that was about to happen that evening at Call The Office...Jim Jones tore the roof off Call The Office as anyone who was there can atest to!

11. Jim Jones Revue...Never Let You Go....from The Savage Heart CD

12. Jim Jones Revue...Catastrophe...as above.

13. The Mogs...Swamp Love....from their about to be released CD, on What Wave Records!!!  Hamilton based trio who will be playing at Doors Pub in Hamilton Sat Jan 25th

About this time, the Radio WW studios were invaded by Dead City Soul Review (Dave, Jaime and Ryan) who came in prior to their big opening slot at Call The Office, for The Jim Jones Review.

14. Dead City Soul Review....Burnin'...demo

15. The Hook Up (previous name of DCSR)....Skin and Bones....live recording at Grooves Records, Sept 8, 2012. This was the last time the band played London and the Jim Jones Revue show was the first time playing London under the new name.

16. The Hook Up...Church Belles....as above

Big Thanx to The Jim Jones Revue for taking the time to talk to us here at Radio WW on their treacherous wintery drive from Chicago to London. And Big Thanx to Dead City Soul Review for coming onair prior to their opening slot on the show!

Thanx to everyone for listening, especially those that listen each and every week!! Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!

Next week we've got an abbreviated show, as Western Mustangs have a 7PM hockey game being aired on CHRW.

And here's the link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist January 23/2014

1. Legend Killers....Man You Gotta Go....from a late 80's demo I found hidden on the end of a cassette.

2. The Squids...People Food...demo from this Hamilton duo. They are playing with The Mogs at Doors Pub on Saturday night.

3. Noble Savages...Fire In the World...demo from this Hamilton combo who just happen to be playing with The Mogs on Saturday night.

4. The Mogs....Hate....from their about to be released CD, El Mogamundo. The CD is on that What Wave label, so you know it's gotta be cool. The Mogs have their CD release party at Doors Pub in Hamilton on Saturday night.

5. The Mogs...Run Like Hell...as above.

6. The Mogs...Swamp Love...as above.

7. The Mogs...Bored...as above.

8. The Mogs...Thunder Lightning....as above.

9. catl....Gotta Thing For You....from their Soon This Will All Be Gone LP. catl are opening for Blackie and The Rodeo Kings at Aeolian Hall on Sunday night.

10. catl....Get Outta My Car....as above.

11. catl ....Workin' Man's Soul....from the With The Lord For Cowards You Will Find No Place record.

12.Blackie and The Rodeo Kings...Stoned...from the BARK CD. They will be headlining at Aeolian Hall on sunday night.

13. Blackie and The Rodeo Kings...Something On My Mind...from the Let's Frolic Again CD. Teenage Head cover, but you already knew that.

14. Blackie and The Rodeo Kings...49 Tons....from the Kings Of Love CD. I just love the lyrics in this one as it creates so much tension and you can almost feel the world coming down on you.

There was supposed to be a hockey game starting at this time. Our News Director wasn't told about the change to 7:30 and he kept asking me to play for a few more minutes as he was sure the hockey game was supposed to be starting. Then there was a big argument in the background as some piece of equipment wasn't working and it was going to screw up the game broadcast. As always, mass confusion makes for a better radio show....hahahaha

15. Junkhouse...Praying For The Rain....from a promo CD that came in a box of beer, hence the cheesy intro to this one. Tom Wilson, who is in Blackie and The Rodeo Kings was vocalist/guitarist for this combo.

16. Junkhouse...Hello Mystery...from a 1992 zine called Cool Soundzine, that came out of Hamilton. As did almost all of the bands on tonite's show.

17. Junkhouse...Jet Trash....from the Fuzz CD. There's some killer guitar sonics on this release and believe it or not, this combo got lots of play on the local yokel FM stations in sleepy London Ontario....and they would pack Call The Office regularly and singer Tom Wilson would yell out 'What Wave' as he spotted us in the crowd and the crowd wouldn't have a clue what he was talking about....hahaha...

18. Florida Razors...Let's Go...from the Beat Music LP. Hamilton based rock'n'roll band that had Tom Wilson as vocalist and guitarist.

19. Florida Razors...New York City....as above.

20. Radio 4....I Don't Wanna Go To New York City....local combo from the early 80's and it's on Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with What Wave 24, available locally and at Star Records in Oshawa.

21. The Only Ones....Another Girl, Another Planet.....Peel demo from Apr 1978....hear the difference between this version and the released version? This one is shorter, no keyboards and slightly more abrasive guitars.

22. The Hippies...Can Teens....from Slippery's Club Hits and had to cut this off as the hockey game was about to start.

Thanx to everyone for listening, especially those that listen each and every week!! Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!

And here's the link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist Jan 30 2014

1. Dave Campbell...Time Is Now....from the Finding The Real CD....local artist who is giving away (yes, you read that correct) his CD at Grooves Records right here in London! And this is a great song to start tonite's action!

2. Los Readymade...Cat Blue...from the Automar CD. Argentina garagepunks who are on the garagepunk hideout.

3. Drug Dealerz....Mayor Ford....from a demo, and these guys are also on the garagepunk hideout. Mayor Ford's been up to more lies and shit this week, so this song is certainly appropriate.

4. The Mogs...Run Like Hell....from the El'Mogamundo CD on What Wave Records....Burlington combo who we really like! Next show is at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton on Sat Feb 8th w/Saffron Sect and BB Guns.

5. The Basements...Stop Rolling....from a brand new Lost In Tyme 7". Greek combo who are on the label that is also a really cool zine!

6. The Byrds... Bells Of Rhymny....this goes out to Pete Seeger who passed away this week. A highly influential individual in the world of music...along w/Woody Guthrie, these 2 paved the way for folk, then folk rock and protest music in the early 60's.

7. The Byrds....Turn Turn Turn....as above.

8. The Byrds....I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better....had the Byrds LP's out and just had to play this tune...for Cyril Jordan whom we've had the pleasure of meeting twice in the past couple of years. Flamin' Groovies 

9. Kumari...Time Is Now....from another Lost In Tyme 7". This band is from the UK and features a regular Shindig contributor in Phil Istine.

10. Monarch Project...A Better Part Of You....from a recent CFMU compilation. CFMU is based out of McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, a radio station that has been very receptive to What Wave projects over the years.

11. Hurricane And Able....Call On You...from The Last Temptation download. Combo that features local musician Shawn Larouge and is based in Toronto...played their first live gig a week or 2 ago and it went over really well.

12. Frankenstein 5...It's A Cryin' Shame...from the CHRW London Underground CD from the early 90's. Wasn't planning on playing this, but it's relevant as it features a present day Mog member plus it sounded pretty damn good!

13. Spool....Entrepreneur's Walk....as above and a request.

14. Jim Jones Revue....It's Gotta Be About Me....from The Savage Heart LP. JJR hit London a coupla weeks back and man were they on a rampage!! Pure rock'n'rol in 2014 is a rare and much needed commodity!! If you ever get the chance, catch this band live!

15. Otis Redding and Carla Thomas....Tramp...from a brand new double CD that comes with the Oxford American Magazine. This is the music issue and features the music of Tennessee.

16. Ashley Cleveland...Rockin' In A Weary Land...as above. This was also a Grammy nominee, which proves there is some cool music at the Grammys! I've been getting more into gospel music the last coupla years, so you may be hearing more of this overlooked genre of music.

17. Jehosphat Blow...Oh Ya Oh Ya...from a self released download and the start of our Chinese New Year special. Jehosphat is a one man band, currently living in China and recording in his home.

18. The Heartbreakers...Chinese Rocks...from the LAMF LP....like a motherfucker!!!

19. Rodney and the Blazers...Oriental Rock...from the Chop Suey Rock Volume 2 compilation CD.

20. Vancougar...Mine First...from the Losin' It CD....this and the following tunes are all by Canadian female led bands.

21. BB Guns....Bang Bang...recorded live on CIUT in Feb 2013 and they will be at This Ain't Hollywood on Sat Feb 8th.

22. Stolen Minks...Consecutives...from the High Kicks CD from 2008. This was their last release and we were lucky enough to have the Stolen Minks as guests a coupla times on Radio WW.

23. Little Foot Long Foot...King Hipster....from the Harsh Words CD. 2 piece combo outta Toronto.

24. Living Deadbeats....Theme Song....from the Hey Girl CD. Vancouver based combo that features former Londoner Pete Fiend on bass. They came through town twice 2 summers back.

25. Poisened Aeros...T Rex...from the Turbulence CD. Hamilton combo w/some Syl Sylvain connections, who by the way is coming back this way in a month or 2.

26. Maow...Sucker...from the Unforgiving Sounds Of CD on Mint Records...Vancouver combo who came to London many years back....and where i first heard the term GBG....hahaha

Thanx to everyone for listening, especially those that listen each and every week!! Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!

And here's the link to the archived show:

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

Today's secret word is 5, so everytime you hear the secret word, SCREAM!!! Shades of Peewee's Playhouse as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles on Ed Sullivan, go back 55 years to the day the music died and 5 years ago our mentor Lux Interior left the planet.

1. The Cramps....5 Years Ahead Of My Time....from the How To Make A Monster CD. A 1982 demo for A&M Records....hahahahahah...fat fucking chance! We'll come back to this song a little later tonite.

2. Legend Killers...Rippin' It Up...from the Boot 2 The Head CD that was recorded live at Call The Office back in 2005. Time flies way too fast and we played this one as someone had a list of all the bands that mentioned The Ramones in songs....they missed this one! And there's 2 shout outs to What Wave on this one if you listen carefully.....

3. Dustbin Flowers...Bayside Jenny...from their only CD and the party is Feb 14 at Fitzrays here in sleepy London Ontario.

4. Mere Humans...Temple....demo from this Ottawa combo that has former members of The Evil Farm Children.

5. The Mogs....Hate...from the El'Mogundo CD on What Wave Records. They will be playing on Saturday night at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton, along with Safron Sect and The BB Guns....

6. BB Guns...I Shot My Baby In Mexico...recorded live on CIUT FM outta Toronto one year ago.

7. Kumari...I'm Sad....from a brand new 7" on Lost In Tyme Records outta Greece, but the band is from the UK.

8. The Cramps....5 Years Ahead Of My Time...from The Cramps Totally Destroy Seattle!!! Ivy's favourite bootleg of The Cramps and the very first one i bought, right here in London at Records On Wheels. And speaking of records, Sunday at Centennial Hall is the London Record Show....i'll be at CHRW table hawking What Wave 24 and the Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 book.

9. The Cramps....Don't Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk...from the Psychedelic Jungle LP. I learned all i know from listening to Cramps records....

10. The Beatles...Bad Boy....from a Mexican 4 song 7" EP.

11. The Beatles...Dizzy Miss Lizzy....as above.

12. The Beatles...She Loves You....from a Japanese pressing of Meet The Beatles....I was just a little gaffer in grade one when The Beatles played Ed and didn't see the show. Next day, on the way home from school on the bus, all the kids were screaming ' She Loves You YA YA YA!' over and over!! Warped my little mind and I haven't been the same since!!

13. Buddy Holly....Down The Line....from the double record Rocks set on Charly Records. This was recorded in 1955, some extra instrumentation was added in 1964 by Norman Petty and now you get to hear it!! Absolute Killer and this is probably where The Black Holes found the version that they cover.

14. Ritchie Valens...Cry Cry Cry....from the Ritchie LP on Del Fi. Killer guitar work by a young Ritchie Valens.

15. Big Bopper...Big Boppers Wedding....the flip of Chantilly Lace on Mercury. Love the maniacal laught on this track!

16. Dead City Soul Review....Burnin'....demo and they were in town last weekend recording their next release.

17. Dragsville....Royal Drag....from a soon to be released CD.

18. Sangomas....Chopping Heads....demo from this Montreal combo.

19. Light Bulb Alley....I Wanna Be Loved....a rough mix for their upcoming CD on Ricochet Sound.

20. Kensington Hillbillies....Front Line....from their recent 7" and former Londoner Pete Lambert is on the drums.

21. The Gruesomes...3 Men1 Coffin....from the 7" record that came with What Wave zine #18 back in 1989.

22. The Gruesomes....What Wave....from Mr Garager's Neighbourhood LP on OG Records from 1989. Our theme song!!

23. The Gruesomes....I Try....from Thee Cave Comes Alive LP on Action Records. This compilation LP is tracks from a few of the dozen or so cassettes we released that came free with What Wave zine.

24. Flying Squad...Fie On You.....from the 7" EP, Four Whom The Bell Tolls, yet another record that came free with What Wave zine.

25. Sidney J Lewis....Bopping To Grandfather's Clock....from the Lux Lives tribute CD. And that was Lux and Ivy yammering between some of the songs.

26. The Swingin' Neckbreakers....Mighty Mack....from the Shake Break! LP and goes out to the Mighty Hannibal who passed away this week.

27. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners....Could She Kiss.....had to fade this out as the clock on the wall spun way too fast!!

Hope you dug the show!!! Thanx to all that tuned in, all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and comments the next day!! Back again next week, but only for an hour as there's a hockey game that night.
See you all at the London Record Show, sunday Feb 9th at Centennial Hall here in London.

You can catch the archived show at:

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Radio What Wave Playlist February 13/2014

This show was only supposed to run for an hour due to a hockey game, but equipment wasn't co-operating and the hockey game didn't end up being broadcast. Hence the long songs toward the end of the show, hoping/assuming they would get things working and I would be taken off air quickly for the hockey broadcast. So no hockey game and the 5 listeners that were going to listen to the game were disappointed! Maybe they dug the 30m of cool music while waiting...hahahahaha....

1. Almighty Rhombus....She Didn't Want Me....from a demo they sent us as they are back in town tonite at the Black Shire Pub.

2. Dustbin Flowers...Start Out With Nothing...from their self titled CD. The CD release party is tonite at Fitzrays.

3. The Standstills....Black Betty....from the Human Element CD. The Standstills are at Call The Office on saturday night.

4. The Standstills...Blues Radio....a demo they sent us a few years back, right around the time we had them on for a live to air.

5. Tuerto Loco....Nancy Sinatra....from a live to air 5/12/11. Tuerto Loco are playing the St Regis on Saturday night.

6. Bitchlove....Rita...from the brand new Stigma 7". Lathe cut, square and on clear PVC!! And limited to 50 handnumbered copies!!

7. Sphinxs....Bad Head...from the split 12" w/Miesha and The Spanks. Their last show is tonite in Toronto.

8. Pack AD....Big Shot...from Do Not Engage, their brand new release. They are coming to the APK on March 17th, St Patrick's Day.

9. The Mogs...Run Like Hell...from their El'Mogamundo CD on What Wave Records.

10. Kumari...She Was Mine...from a new 7" on Lost In Tyme Records. This is a UK band on a Greek label, which is an offshoot of the great fanzine of the same name.

11. Sound Xplosion....Every Day and Every Night....from another 7" on the Lost In Tyme Label!

12. Marshmallow Overcoat...13 Ghosts....from the 26 Ghosts CD. There's a double LP of the best of The Marshmallow Overcoat that is going to be out any day....records are at the pressing plant as this is being typed out!

13. XTC....Homo Safari...the flip side of Life Begins At The Hop, which is what i thought i was about to play.

14. Phil Upchurch....You Can't Sit Down....from a compilation LP called From Route 66 to The Flamingo on Stateside Records. A mod, R&B, soul, blues compilation with a lot of fine tunes on it....released in 1988.

15. XTC...At The Hop...from the 7" mentioned above...from 1978 and on clear vinyl. Picked this up at the record show here in London.

16.The Wild Ones....Come Around....from a brand new 7" on La Ti Da Records outta Victoria British Columbia. This is part of their singles club which I joined last year, and so far there's been some mighty fine records that have arrived due to that deal.

17. Needles/Pins....Outta This Place....as above and on La Ti Da Records!

18. Steve Adamyk Band...High Above...as above. Believe this one might be sold out already, but get in touch with La Ti Da if you're interested in it.

19. Roxy Music...Mother Of Pearl....from the Stranded LP from 1974. This track used to get airplay on FM rock stations back in the day, they mixed it in with all the heavier crap they played and it was like a breath of fresh air back then!

20. Dave Campbell....The Time Is Now....from the Finding The Real CD. New local CD you can grab for free at Grooves Records. I really really dig this song and it reminds me of that early 70's sound that was coming out of some of the cooler UK combos!

21. Roxy Music....A Song For Europe....from the Stranded LP....I had to play some longer songs around here because it kept sounding like they were going to get the hockey broadcast going, and it would take over the airwaves. But no, you got stuck with me and my outsider noise!

22. Shanker And Romps...I Wanna Kiss....from the Pancakin' CD. Duo from Ottawa that sound like they should be recording cool kids tunes! We had them in town and coupla years ago and they are so much fun live!

23. Fireball Grant...All Write Now....from a demo. We had Fireball Grant live to air back on Halloween!!

24. Kensington Hillbillies....Up The Rain....from their recent 7". Hamilton Clash inspired roots combo.

Radio What Wave Playlist Feb 20/2014: Psychos and Other Unusual Canadians Part 1

Welcome to Part 1 of Psychos and Other Unusual Canadians....judging by the overabundance of phone calls this week, you people are either digging this show or you realize that you're as much of an unusual Canadian as I am. Hoping for the latter. Well dig in, this is only the tip of the iceberg of what's in the WW Archives!

1. The Gruesomes....Psycho....live at Larry's in Toronto, 3/29/1986. This was the Easter Og Weekend Special and the first time The Gruesomes were allowed out of their Montreal homebase. Also on the show that night were Deja Voodoo and Chris Houston, both of whom appear later in this playlist. And this was one of the few times I heard The Gruesomes play Psycho live...went through a ton of live tapes looking for another version and came up with nothing.

2. The Sadies... Black Sheep....from the Tales Of The Rat Fink Soundtrack CD. Ya, I've played this song on Radio WW many times as it sums up my life perfectly!

3. Nihilist Spasm Band....No Canada....1967 flexi and re-issued on CD 1996. 1967 was Canada's Centennial year, lots and lots of celebrations and this was the anti! Totally off the wall, artnoise combo who used to play weekly in London Ontario, that are huge in the world of noise. 

4. Orie Hitt Machine....Killer Inside Me....totally loony from London Ontario.

5. The Spoons...After The Institution....1980 7" from this combo who went mainstream new wave/synth/dance in the mid 80's. Remember seeing them at The Cedar Lounge here in London back in the late 70's and any song about being put away fit right into this episode.

6. Crash Kills 5....Special School....7" from this combo that morphed into Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet....songs about being special fit right into the late 70's/early 80's musical era.

7. Botched Suicides....Nuthouse Inn...from the Ottawa Gaga compilation. Another song about being put away...

8. Mainline...Brain Damage...from the Canada Our Home And Native Land LP. This one prominently features Joe Mendelson, presently an artist living, literally living on the fringes of society. We'll be hearing more from Joe on future episodes!

9. David Clayton Thomas....Brainwashed....from the Made In Canada Volume 3 compilation. David fronted Blood Sweat And Tears, a major band in the late 60's/early 70's and one of the first to do the jazz rock thing. This was before he became brainwashed, and was a struggling artist on the Toronto scene that also spawned Neil Young amongst others.

10. Chris Houston....Surfin' On  Heroin...from the Hate Filled Man LP. This is the only LP that i own that comes with one square foot of astro turf!! Ya, one square foot of plastic grass! Chris was in the Forgotten Rebels, where he composed this tune and has  been doing music ever since. Caught him live this past summer and his take on the world is totally hilarious!! We'll be hearing more from Chris in episodes to come.

11. Fridge Magnets...Hypodermic Beach...from a late 80's demo and this song also appeared on a WW cassette. If you only learn one thing from listening to Radio WW, it better be; Don't Do Heroin! I repeated that twice during this show and hope everyone got the message.

12. Deja Voodoo...Surfin' On Mars...from the Worst Of LP. Deja Voodoo were a duo from Montreal who invented sludgeabilly, formed their own record company that released some of the best music to come out of Canada, became stars of college radio and promptly broke up in 1990 when  they turned 30. And we still miss them after all these years! We'll be hearing more from Deja Voodoo as well as many of the OG Records stars!

13. Von Drats....Dratsylvania....from the Dratsylvania CD. From 2010, and these characters would dress up for every show (quite often in matching costumes) and play some of the wildest surf, monster and 60's garage punk you've ever heard! Quite often they had a character (The Canadian Wolfman) dressed up in costume to introduce them and invoke the crowd into a frenzy! If these guys had been around in the 80's, they would have been on OG Records!

14. Transylvania 500....Go 500!...from their only 7" on Wolf Beat Records. Count Suckula on the keyboards and Wolfboy on the drums...either a budget version of The Mummies or 2 totally whacked out individuals as they would run around the crowd when playing live shows and do just about anything for laughs! Another band that woulda been on OG Records if they were around in the 80's!

15. Transylvania 500....Death Drag...as above. Had to play both songs on this 7" as they are both equally stupid. Just the way i like my music!

16. The Dead Bolts....Torture Chamber...from a 7". This one is totally over the top whacko...just listen to those lyrics! And it's on  Coffin Records, outta Hamilton Ontario.

17. Cardboard Brains....Babies Run My World...from the And Now Live From Toronto, The Last Pogo. Aptly named band for this show and I've loved this song since first hearing it way too many years ago! This was the Cardboard Brains at their finest!!

Hope you dug the loonies tonite and we'll have more on part 2 in 2 weeks time! Next week we've gotta pay tribute to Marty Thau, who worked with ? and The Mysterians when they broke with 96 Tears, worked with the NY Dolls at the beginning, The Ramones at their infancy, early Fleshtones, early Real Kids, Suicide and sooooooo many others!! A true innovator in the music that we dig!  And a trib to Bob Devo who passed away this week, another highly influential band that we all laughed at when they first came out. Then after many listens of their first LP, most of us agreed, these guys are genius!! Yet, most probably know them as an insult to punk rockers back in the day. How many times did a carload of heavy metal mutants yell "Hey Devo" to you when you were minding your own business! Way too many times for me.

And thanx for all the phone calls....way too many times there was more than one call coming in at a time on this show, so I missed many calls, sorry, I'm just a one man show! And thanx for all the emails, facebook likes, facebook messages and Heys!!

You can catch the archived show at:

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Radio What Wave Playlist.....Feb27/2014

1. Dave Campbell....My Way...from the Finding The Real CD. Local artist and you can get his CD for free at Grooves Records here in London Ontario.

2. Heart Attack Kids....Have Heart....from their brand new download called Hooligans....local 2 piece.

3. The Mogs....Bored....from the El Mogamundo CD on What Wave Records. 3 piece outta Hamilton/Burlington who are presently looking for a drummer.

4. The Connexions....Against The Tide....from their brand new CD called Connect Four. From Newfoundland and connected with these guys via the garagepunk hideout.

5. Frankie And Jimmy....Let It Rock....from their soon to be released LP, Scream The Blues. Hamilton based duo who play out a fair bit.

6. Nazi Drugs...Atomic Terrorist...from the Dawn On Me CD. Penssylvania duo who have their own little label called Martian Ambassador Records.Another connection via the garagepunk hideout.

7. Grim Imperials....Morningside Lane....from the Martian Ambassador comp Terrible Things Always Happen.

8. Ding Dongs....Are You Ready?...from the Rang Tang Ding Dong LP on Norton Records. For those that don't know, this is Bloodshot Bill and Mark Sultan's 2 piece project.

9.Devo....Jocko Homo....from the Stiff 7" and goes out to Bob Devo who passed away last week.

10. Devo....Uncontrollable Urge....from the Are We Not Men? LP. Never ever understood this, but metal heads used to cruise by people they thought were punks and yell out of their car 'Hey Devo!!!' Just doesn't make sense, but then neither did metalheads back in those days.

11. NY Dolls.... 7 Day Weekend....from A Hard NIght's Day CD on Norton, the Marty Thau demos that they shopped around to the major labels. Probably my favourite NY Dolls track of all time, not only for it's idealism, but the way they plow through it, bringing a whole new life to this Gary US Bonds tune! And this is the start of our very short trib to Marty Thau, a HUGE influence on the music that we here at WW HQ's listen to!!

12. NY Dolls....Back In The USA....as above.

13. Suicide....Rocket USA....from their debut on Red Star Records (Marty Thau's label).

14. The Ramones....Basement....1975 demo produced by Marty Thau.

15. The Ramones....Boyfriend....as above...

16. The Fleshtones....Shadow Line...from Marty Thau Presents 2 x 5 LP. God fucking damn....what can you say about a guy that was at the very beginnings of the above bands!!! HUGE INFLUENCE on music back then AND what we listen to, to this very day!! Ran outta time due to the hockey game, but i was going to play some Real Kids from their first LP, again on Marty's label, Red Star. There is a book of Marty's memoirs being prepared and hopefully his death doesn't put a kibosh to that.

Thanx to all that tuned in and for all the crazy phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys in passing! As always we ran outta time but not tunes.

Next week we carry on with part 2 of Psychos and Other Unusual Canadians!! And it's a full 90m show, so we'll be playing some far out tunes....including Bloodshot Bill who is playing at Call The Office on Tues March 11th!!

You can listen to the archived show at:
http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave