Radio What Wave Playlist February 24/2017 Black History Month Special

Since February is Black History Month, it’s time to do another special on Radio What Wave. This time, we quickly covered a couple of the Canadian bands of African decent that have appeared at the local Sunfest Festival here in London. From there, we covered some of the early Toronto reggae scene, Toronto 60’s soul scene and into the later reggae scene. Then we went to Vancouver for a quick listen to some of their mid 60’s soul/R&B and back to London to cover Joey Hollingsworth, a name you’re going to be hearing a lot about shortly. One of the few punk/new wave combos from this area that featured black performers was The Dice….and we talked about their London Ontario connection. Then it was off to Jamaica for some real reggae! Hope you enjoyed the sounds on this show!

1. Marcellus Wallace…..Brothers and Sisters….from their self titled debut CD and from London Ontario.
2. Marcellus Wallace….Movin’ On Up…. As above.  One can only hope the band can get back together as they blew me away when opening up for Barrence Whitfield and The Savages almost 2 years ago!
3. Mighty Popo…..Turaje….from the Ngagara CD from 2003 and from Ottawa. Canadian Afrobeat!
4. Tarig Abubakar and the Afro Nubarians…..Yuma….from the Live CD from 1995 and from Toronto. Saw this combo a few times at Sunfest and they always got the crowd up and moving! My favourite show we saw by them, was when they  played the one off Winter Sunfest at the Western Fair and had a building full of people up and groovin’ to the tunes.
5. Alpha Ya Ya Diallo….Gugha…from his Futur CD from 1996 and based in Vancouver.
6. Ishan Band…..Egzebier….from the Last Pogo LP and the only non-white, non-punk band on the record.  Recorded in 1978 as part of the closing of the Horseshoe Tavern for punk/new wave combos and there’s an excellent documentary on this event called The Last Pogo and the more recent The Last Pogo Jumps Again, both by Colin Brunton (whom we had on Radio What Wave at the time of the latter’s release). Colin is presently producer of the CBC comedy Schitt’s Creek which is now on Netflix.
7. Noel Ellis….Memories…from the Jamaica To Toronto Soul Funk and Reggae compilation and we’ll be hearing lots more from this compilation. Noel is the son of legendary Jamaican artist Alton Ellis and this recording is from 1983.
8. Johnnie Osbourne….African Wake…. As above and from 1974.
9. Jackie Shane….Dual Trumpet Bounce….from his mid 60’s Live LP on Caravan Records. A big star in the 60’s Toronto soul scene, but troubled due to gender difficulties and disappeared for decades until found for a short time. Flamboyant and talented, Jackie could have been a major star in a different place and time! This LP has been re-ished on the OPM imprint out of Toronto.
10. Jackie Shane….High Heel Sneakers…..as above and this LP is from 1967.
11. Shirley Matthews….Big Town Boy….from the original 7” and a big hit in Canada in1963!
12. The Majestics….Sweet Soul Music….from the CTV After 4 compilation LP that came out around 1968. This was for the television show of the same name that I watched as a kid. Bought the LP back when it came out and still have it to this day!
13. Eddie Spencer….If This Is Love…..from the Jamaica To Toronto Soul Funk and Reggae compilation as heard earlier and this track is from 1967.
14. Jo Jo and the Fugitives…..Chips Chicken Banana Split…..from 1968 and from the same comp as above. Big Thanx to Alicks Gee who was the CHRW Music Director when this comp came out as she introduced me to it and played this tune many times on her Magical Mystery Mondays radio show on CHRW.
15. Jackie Mitoo….Grand Funk….from the same comp as above and from 1971.
16. Trials Of Jayson Hoover…..King Size….from the compilation LP The History of Vancouver Rock And Roll Volume 2 and this is the lead track for our short listen to some Vancouver soul. Way different than the Toronto variety as Vancouver was more influenced by the US West coast and even Mexico! This track is from 1966.
17. Night Train Revue…..Walk On The Wild Side…..as above and from the mid 60’s.
18. Little Daddy and The Bachelors…..Too Much Monkey Business….from the same compilation as above and from 1965. This features future comedy star Tommy Chong on lead guitar as does the next track!
19. Little Daddy and The Bachelors……Junior’s Jerk…..both this, and the above track were from their 1965 7” and on The History of Vancouver Rock And Roll Volume 2 LP.
20. Joey Hollingsworth…..In The Mood…..from the mid 60’s and played this from Youtube, first time I’ve ever done this on the radio as I don’t own anything by Joey Hollingsworth. Joey is from London and you’ll be hearing lots more about him in the not too distant future.
21. Joey Hollingsworth…..Little Dandelion….as above. Joey was most known as a tap dancer, appearing on Ed Sullivan, Mr Rogers and many many CBC television appearances.
22. The Dice….Young and The Wild….from their first 7” from 1980 and were based in Toronto at this time. Punk/new wave trio in which 2 of the band members were black which was pretty well unheard of in Canada at this time. Caught them a few times here in London at the Cedar Lounge. They did a live to air on Fanshawe College radio approx. 1980 and I’ve been searching for a copy of it since hearing it live! Any help appreciated.
23. The Dice….Typical Lies…..from their 12” from 1983.  Singer/guitarist Gary Lima went on to Fanshawe College as head of the Music Industry Arts program for awhile and drummer Hayden Vialva is currently here in London drumming for blues bands and other projects. We had Hayden on the radio several years back.
24. The Dice…..Chayla….their hit from their self titled debut LP from 1984. Lots of airplay on Much Music garnered them some success!
25. Jimmy Cliff….The Harder They Come….from the compilation and the movie of the same name.
26. Tommy McCook….Work Your Soul….from the compilation CD of the same name and features mid 60’s Trojan recordings from Jamaica.
27. Lloyd and Glen…..Mini Skirt and Go Go Boots…..from the same compilation as above. Just love the sound on these 2 recordings as it’s so primitive, yet alive and vibrant at the same time!
28. Boris Gardener……Melting Pot…..from a 1973 LP called Is What’s Happening on the Jamaican Dynamic Sounds label, yet it says licensed by Trans World Records from Montreal on the rear cover.  Very cool Memphis influenced reggae soul!!
29. Norma Fraser…..Respect….from a Studio One Soul compilation CD and originally released in 1967.
30. The Maytones…..Sha La La….from the Trojan Records compilation called Tight Rock from the mid 60’s. Way cool compilation LP I picked up the other day.
31. Fela Kuti…..Zombie…..from his Greatest Hits CD and didn’t get to play the full length as Jessie arrived for his show. Fela is one of my faves and there was a documentary on Netflix recently, that blended footage from the Broadway play about Fela with live footage and interviews with band and management. This song goes out to what is happening south of the border these days.

Big Thanx for all the emails, facebook messages and phone calls!!  This was a fun show to put together and barely skimmed the surface of Black music. Do yourself a favour, check out your local record haunts and pick up some soul, reggae, blues, Afrobeat and just about any other form of Black music and you might be in for a huge surprise!! Most of the records I’ve been buying lately are by Black artists and I’m really enjoying finding so many musical treasures! It’s great to keep an open ear to different styles of music!

Next week we’ll be doing a special on London’s Legend Killers, a band that released an EP on What Wave Records as well as appeared on all our compilations but one!  We’ll be playing many studio tracks as well as some audio of their very first club gig here in town from  1985…..it might really surprise you!!  And we’ve got a stack of new releases just waiting to be  played!

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist March 17/2017

1. The Mongrels…..Piece Of Crap….from their demos of a few years back, The Mongrels are playing the SOHO, formerly the Victoria Tavern on Saturday night.
2. Randall and The Rivieras…..All Work And No Play…brand new demo from this London and north of London trio, that features 3 veterans who have played in (and still do) some really cool local combos…..ie Boy From Nowhere, 63 Monroe and….
3. TVD….I’d Kiss You Honey But You’re Standing On My Bottom Lip…from the recent Salvation Through Distraction CD.
4. Bath Salts….Cool Like The Music…from the recent Mardi Gras CD and also from London.
5. Uranus…..53 Buick….from their very first EP from 1978 and one of the first of the new wave/punk/whatever records to come out of this city.  Uranus were inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame on March 8^th. Congrats to Uranus on this well deserved award!!!
6. Uranus….Handcuffs….. as above
7. Uranus…..Tommy Get Your Gun…. as above.
8. Uranus….I’m Wonderful…..as above.   Frank Ridsdale, one of the Uranus guitarist/vocalist has a show with his Stetson Brothers Band on Saturday at the London Music Club. Also in the band, is Uranus bass player Jerry Fletcher, who plays guitar in the Stetsons.
9. Dany Laj and the Looks…..Sweet Pretender….from the brand new Alive and Kicking CD and are presently on a North American tour.
10. Undertones…..Let’s Talk About Girls….from a 1979 7” on Sire Records and part of our St Patty’s Day tribute.
11. Rudi…..Time To Be Proud….from The Radio Sessions 1979-1981 CD and also from Ireland.
12. Protex…..Strange Things….from the Strange Obsessions LP on Sing Sing Records released in 2010 with recordings from the late 70’s/early 80’s. Another Irish powerpop combo and these guys played The Cedar Lounge here in London back then.
13. Death Drive……Firestar……brand new demo from this trio from Montreal.
14. Light Bulb Alley…..Who Do You Love….from their recent Bright Side Of The Dumpster CD and also from Montreal.
15. Gruesomes……Bikers From Hell…..from the Hey! CD on Ricochet Sound and a request.
16. The Hook Up…..Bellringer….from a recent demo and hopefully coming out soon on Transistor 66 Records.
17. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants…..Hate Van….from a 7” On Speed City Records and they are playing with Flesh Rag Saturday night at the Richmond Tavern.
18. Paul James Band…..Trespasser….from a 1980 7” on Lick’n’Stick Records. Paul James Band were at the London Music Club last night and were just amazing!!! Smiles all around as everyone had a great time in the packed and sweaty club! Trivia, bass player Mike Theodore is the brother of Robbie Rox, the infamous singer from Toronto.
19. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons….Scars Of Love….from the cassette Slippery’s Club Hits that came with What Wave 24 and we’ll have copies of this with us at the London Record Show on Sunday March 19^th at Centennial Hall.
20. Coaching For Sara…… Stick With You…..from the 2/10/2017 live to air on Radio What Wave. Catch these guys live if you can as they put on a great powerpop show.
21. Dahlmanns……Play It….from a brand new 7” on Beluga Records and from Norway.
22. Rory Gallagher…..Secret Agent Man…..from the Calling Card LP from 1976. On the Chrysalis Record label and features keyboardist Lou Martin, who seems to really propel the band with his frantic keyboard style.
23. Rory Gallagher…..Souped Up Ford….from the Against The Grain Lp from 1975 and as above.  Ireland’s finest guitarist and the master of the Stratocaster!!!
24. Matt Lucas…..Movin’ On….from a 7” given to me by Jack Whiteside, guitarist/vocalist for Uranus. Jack worked as Matt’s guitarist for a summer, a learning experience that Jack still uses to this day.
25. Rockin’ Bobby….Yup Yup Boogie……this one played for about 10 seconds and then the CD quit…..this is 2 shows in a row where this has happened…..both were home burned CD’s.
26. Leroi Brothers….Darlene Darlene…. From the Lucky Lucky Me Lp from 1985 and features Evan Johns on guitar and vocals. Evan passed away last weekend, way too young!! One heck of a guitar picker and really nice guy whenever we met him.
27. Evan Johns…..Rollin’ Through The Night….from the LP of the same name from the mid 80’s and recorded in 1982. This record was released on Alternative Tentacles as Jello Biafra was a huge fan of Evan’s! This is probably my fave Evan Johns LP as every track is an absolute gem of a song! Opener Vacation Time is such a classic song and brings the whole element of a vacation out in its lyrics! If you want to peruse the musical library of Evan Johns, this is a great place to start!
28. Evan Johns…..If I Had My Way….from the self titled LP from 1986 on Jungle Records. I have many records on the Jungle label and all are great rock’n’rollers.
29. Julian Taylor Band….Heard Good Things….from the recent Desert Star CD and these guys will be at Aeolian Hall on Saturday March 25^th. Congrats to Laurie Hamilton for winning the tickets for the show we gave away!
30. Pacanomad…..Strung Out….from their recent Take It Slow CD and they will be openers for the Julian Taylor Band at Aeolian Hall on the 25^th.
31. DT’s…..What’s Next To The Moon…..from the Hard Soul Hits Volume 1 LP from 2007 on Get Hip Records.
32. Downbeat 5….Radiates That Charm…..from their self titled CD on SFTRI from 2003 and from Boston.
33. Hiroshima Hearts…..14 Floors…from their debut CD and we had to cut this out as we went way over time…..

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!!!!   Back again next week, might even have a real pro wrestler on the show as there’s wrestling coming to London next weekend!

We’ll be at the London Record Show on Sunday March 19^th downstairs at Centennial Hall from 11 to 5 with loads of records, CD’s, ephemera, etc ! Come say HEY!!

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist March 24/2017. Special Guest Al The Killer Coulter

1. TVD….TVD…from their debut CD, Salvation Through Distraction and they are playing tonight at the St Regis Hotel and they will be celebrating the guitarists wife’s birthday, so just about anything might happen!
2. The Fiends…..30 Something…..local combo who will be playing live to air on next week’s edition of Radio What Wave!!
3. Blasting Fondas….Saddest Excuse….from a brand new 7” on Beluga Records and from Sweden.
4. Tommy and The Rockets….Get Ready....another brand new 7” on Beluga Records and these guys come from Denmark.
5. Dany Laj and the Looks….Defending Champ….from the brand new Alive and Kicking CD and they are on a North America tour right now! We dedicated this song to Al The Killer Coulter, London pro wrestler who joined us later in the show.
6. Baby Giant…..Summer’s Almost Gone….local talent featuring Shawn McDonald (and his brother) who was in Radio What Wave faves The Fine Print and many many other bands over the years.
7. Pacanomad…..Shot The Gun….from the recent Take It Slow CD and they will be playing tonight at Aeolian Hall along with….
8. Julian Taylor Band…..Coke Bottle Candle….from the recent Desert Star CD and from Toronto.
9. Chuck Berry….Bio….from the LP of the same name where Chuck tells the story of his life. It’s a slow bluesy little number and really shows off some of Chuck’s guitar picking.
10. Chuck Berry….Maybelline….from The Great Twenty-Eight double LP. This is the song that started it all and set up the prototype for the hits to follow. Believe it or not, this came out in 1955!!! On this particular recording is the genius piano playing of Johnny Johnson (who incidentally was in London about 10 years ago), the rock solid bass playing of song writing legend Willie Dixon, rock solid drumming of Jasper Thomas and soon to be a legend maraca shaker Jerome Green (he helped create the Bo Diddly Beat!).  Absolute killer lineup that set up your basic rock’n’roll band sound that still rules to this day (at least in my books!). Can’t say enough about Johnny Johnson as it was his band that Chuck joined to start it all off. Without those essential piano licks, who knows what would have happened!

If you only want to get one Chuck Berry LP for your collection. The Great Twenty-Eight is the one to get….all the hits from 1955 right up to 1965. It’s on the Chess label (Chuck’s original record label) and comes as a double LP with a gatefold sleeve with listing of all the musicians on each track (essential for geeks like me) and a few liner notes.

1. Hiroshima Hearts….The Well….from their debut CD and they will be playing at the SOHO as an afternoon show on Sunday.
2. Pack AD…..Blackout….from the Funeral Mixtape LP from 2007.
3. Lauren Agnelli and Dave Rave….Can’t Stop The Rain….from the Confetti CD from 1997 and goes out to Lauren who celebrated a birthday this week! Lauren was a real early contributor to the NYC punk scene and went under the pseudo name of Trixie A Balm in writing for such legendary magazines as Cream, NY Rocker, Village Voice and many others. Later, she formed The Washington Squares, a folk type band that were nominated for a Grammy.
4. The Secrets….All The Girls In The World….from the OPM CD called Teenage Rampage. Late 70’s Toronto garage/frat combo that were way out of step with the rest of the punk movement at the time. This one goes out to singer Freddy Pompeii who is in the hospital in Philadelphia fighting cancer. We send our best to Freddy!!!!
5. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners…..Blast Off….from the brand new re-ish of the 1987 Hot’n’Cold LP. Can’t say enough good things about this band, Ray and the boys put on legendary shows back in the late 80’s, even came to London at least 3 times and left some great memories!!
6. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners….Worryin’ Kind….as above, just couldn’t play one song from this long time fave LP of mine!
7. Bloodshot Bill and The Hubcaps…..Touch Me….from the Crazy Fever CD that came out in 2003. This is prior to Bill going solo and touring the world on what seems like a non-ending cycle! If Bloodshot Bill comes to your town, he’ll put on a wild and sweaty show that you won’t forget!
8. Catl….Gotta Thing For You….from the Soon This Will All Be Gone CD from a couple years back. Another band you gotta check out live if they ever come to your town! They’ve put on many a killer show with Bloodshot Bill, but recently they’ve been doing more and more trips way down south to Clarksdale, where the legends say the blues all started!
9. Foreign Objects….Wrestling Is Real….from the Not Too Cool CD and recorded in 1981. This Boston area combo did a lot of wrestling and television related tunes back in that time period and this one is to start the wrestling portion of the show.
10. Foreign Objects….Rock and Wrestling Roll…. As above.
11. Tijuana Bibles….Custom Made Man…from the Custom Made CD and there might be a Leather Upper involved in this project!. Right about this time, Al The Killer Coulter arrived to talk wrestling and about the huge show happening on Sunday night at the London Music Hall. SMASH Wrestling is returning to London and they finally have a big enough venue to fit the people in comfortably! I’ve gone to several SMASH shows here in London and they’ve all been good entertainment value for the money. There’s always a few guys from the big leagues and this time is no exception as Colt Cabana, Cody Deaner, Tyson Dux, Davey Richards and many other big names will be at the show. Al layed it on the line and told us what he was going to do the young punks he and his partner Mr Atlantis were facing! I wouldn’t want to be one of those young punks!! Al also mentioned there were going to be a few surprises, but wouldn’t give out any hints…
12. Fred Blassie….Pencil Neck Geeks…..from the Rhino LP from the late 70’s and a special request by Al The Killer Coulter…..believe me, whatever Al wants, he gets!!!
13. The Dictators….Borneo Jimmy….New York New York CD on ROIR Records and Al was talking about working with Jimmy Snuka so this kind of fit in.

Big Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! And a HUGE thanx to all that came up to say HEY at the London Record Show last weekend!!! That was a blast!

And a HUGE THANX to Al The Killer Coulter for making time to chat with us on air about all things wrestling. If you haven’t figured it out, I’m a huge wrestling fan for Ring Of Honor and Lucha Underground wrestling leagues!

Next week, we’ve got a live to air to kick things off as The Fiends are going to be playing live just after 4PM if everything works out technically! There’s a TON of work that goes on in the background to make these things happen and I’d like to thank our tech crew in advance as they are the best!!

You can catch the archived show at:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist March 31/2017    Fiends Live To Air

This show is dedicated to Rory The Wonder Dog, our pal of 15 and a half years that passed earlier this week. Over the years, Rory had met many of the bands that stayed over at our place and always made everyone feel welcome!

And we had a live to air with the Fiends, who were a ton of fun to have on air! And this is an all London Ontario show as we work our way into Jack Richardson Music Week starting on Sunday.

1. Baby Giant…..Radio Youth…..brand new download from our pal Shawn McDonald who has been in many fine bands.
2. The Fiends…..Falling In Line….this was part of our live to air.
3. The Fiends….Never Old…. As above
4. The Fiends….Vacation….as above.
5. The Fiends….Trending…. as above.
6. The Fiends….30 Something…. As above.
7. Hurricane and Able…The Leaves On The Ground….from The Last Temptation download from 2013. Right around this time, Fiends members Jamie Dean and Darryl James came on air to talk about the band and let us know about their next show happening July 8^th at SOHO here in London. They also have a CD out that you should be able to get at Grooves very soon and the usual download methods.
8. The Fine Print….Tonite…from their Standing Out CD from a few years back.
9. The Comos….She Doesn’t Care….from their 2006 CD, Bandwidth
10. Boy From Nowhere….Tonite….recorded live at The Dawg House here in London 11/26/16 and they will be opening for UIC on Saturday April 8^th at Call The Office.
11. UIC….Heartache…from the Wiseman Sessions LP and they will play for the first time here in London in many years! Next week we’ll have one or 2 members of UIC on air to talk about the show and maybe some history.
12. Can Too’s….I Don’t Wanna Shake Your Hand….from their only CD and from 2005.
13. Giggleswitch….Pollyethylene….from theie Lucky CD from 2007 and they have reformed and played a show or 2.
14. Generics….Oh Well…..from a 1983 recording and originally by The Demics.
15. The Demics….Heart Of The City…..from a live recording from 1978 at the Cedar Lounge.
16. Uranus….You’re So Square….from their single on Trilogy Records that made the top 10 radio charts across Canada in April 1980. Uranus will be inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame on Sunday April 9^th as part of the awards night. They will be playing a short live set as part of the show. This will be a free show, in the London Music Hall, starts at 7 and should be over by 10PM or so. This is a really good opportunity to check out some of London’s amazing talent!
17. Shakey Jack….Won’t See You No More….from The Demics Covers CD that came out several years back and was compiled by original Demics drummer Nick Perry.
18. Positively Stompin’….Nashville Dreamin’…from the Junk Drawer CD that came out in 1993. Couple of former UIC members and a Legend Killer and his brother play some country rock type tunes.
19. Jane Doe….There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop…..single from the mid 80’s that features a lot of the local musicians from the time period.
20. The Haunted…..Mona….from a 7” and this goes out to Jurgen Peter, guitarist and founder of The Haunted who passed away earlier this week.
21. The Haunted….1 2 5….from a 7” on the Amy label.  This is the song that put The Haunted on the map of 60’s garage bands. Covered by just about every band and just one of the greatest songs of the era!
22. The Mongrels…..All Systems Go….from their 2013 demo and they will be doing their once a month shot at the Richmond Tavern on Sunday from 4 till 7PM. Then they are playing Wednesday April 5^th at Rumrunners along with 63 Monroe and the Black Donnellys as part of a pub crawl as part of the Jack Richardson Music Week here in London. There are about 7 clubs downtown all featuring local talent that night. Some of the shows start at 7PM and others start at 9PM and all free. We’ll be at Rumrunners to see Mongrels, 63 Monroe and Black Donnellys!
23. 63 Monroe….Weekend Punx….recorded live at The Dawghouse 11/26/2016.
24. The Dropouts…..Bored Stiff….from their debut CD from 2003.
25. The Black Holes….One Cup Of Coffee….recorded live at the Brunswick many years back.
26. Pink Cadillac Scat Cats….Ain’t No Rest For Elvis….from the Rip It Up CD and we had these guys on a live to air last July to celebrate Nick Perry’s birthday.
27. Larry Lee and the Leesures…..Odd Man Out….from their self titled LP from 1965 and a song sometimes covered by The Black Holes and this one should have been recorded by The Cramps as it’s definitely in their style.
28. Nihilist Spasm Band…..This Is A Test….from London Ontario’s longest running band???
29. Sheep Look Up…..Propaganda Train…..unreleased demo from this band that was inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame last year.
30. Suffer Machine…..Suffer Machine….from the LP of the same name and released in 1986.
31. Flying Squad….Brian Mulroney…..a demo about our former Prime Minister.
32. Strait Jacket…Dance To The Beat Machine….from a 7” from the mid 80’s.

Huge Thanx to the Fiends for taking the time to come in to play live to air here on Radio What Wave. And a Huge Thanx to Adam and his crew for making it sound so good!

Next week we’ve got one, possibly 2 members of UIC coming on air live to talk about the UIC reunion show happening next Saturday, April 8^th with Boy From Nowhere and Myrtle Earl!!

And this coming week, starting Sunday April 2^nd is Jack Richardson London Music Week with literally TONS of events happening. Check facebook for all the details.

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Extra Long Show Playlist April 7/2017

We started this show at 3:30 (Thanx to our Program Director Ando for giving us the extra time!) and the first half hour was pretty much all Uranus recordings. Uranus recordings as they will be inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame this Sunday. The show is happening at the London Music Hall, starts at 7PM and is a free show! Hope to see lots of you out at this event!

Then around 4PM we did the world radio premier of 63 Monroe’s latest LP, Jeff, which is dedicated to the late Jeff Depew, drummer in many of London’s finest bands over the last 20 or so years!

Then we had a special guest in Dave Dysart, guitarist for UIC who are returning to London Ontario for the first time in about 25 years! Dave is the new guy, but familiar to most of us via The Supreme Bagg Team and he has worked with most of the members of UIC in other projects over the years. We yammered like 2 old farts after having way too many beers and had a lot of laughs. Learned a few things too!! UIC will be at Call The Office on Saturday night with Boy From Nowhere and Myrtle Earle.

1. Uranus....Highschool….recorded live at the Embassy Hotel 3/22/1982 and broadcast on CHRW. Probably recorded live by Peter Moore.
2. Uranus….Route 66….live recording from a car show in Toronto and broadcast on CFNY, probably 1980.
3. Uranus….Around And Around….recorded live at Kellys Boogie Parlour and broadcast over the airwaves of CKSL here in London….early 80’s? Kellys later became Bullwinkles, which became Hard Times, then a mall and much later Salt Lounge and even later….
4. Uranus….Maybe Baby…..recorded live at Call the Office 10/27/12 as part of the Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 art show and extravaganza.
5. Uranus…..Secret Agent…. As above.
6. Uranus….You’re So Square….from the 1980 Trilogy LP You’re So Square….this is the song that made top 10 across Canada and number 3 on CKSL in 1980.
7. Uranus….53 Buick….from the You’re So Square LP
8. Uranus….Along The Watchtower…. As above.
9. 63 Monroe….Punk Rock Goalie….from the brand new LP called Jeff, for late drummer Jeff Depew. This is most likely the radio debut as the record just came out this past Wednesday when 63 Monroe played at Rumrunners as part of the Jack Richardson London Music week. Also on the bill that eve was The Mongrels and Black Donnellys.  Great turnout and a really fun eve of music!
10. UIC….Pushed In To The Hole….from the brand new Wiseman Sessions that came out on Yeah Right Records. The record release party is happening Saturday night at Call The Office and at this point, we were joined by Dave Dysart, guitar player for UIC.
11. Boy From Nowhere….. Southward Bound….recorded live at the Dawghouse, 11/26/16 and the Boy are one of 2 (the other Myrtle Earle) combos opening up for UIC on Saturday night.
12. Boy From Nowhere….Back In The USA….. as above.
13. The Supreme Bagg Team…. Crankin’ With Elvis….from the Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood LP on OG Records from 1989. The Bagg Team was a band that Dave Dysart was in and they appeared on a couple of What Wave compilation cassettes as well. In my opinion, my fave tune by these guys and this shoulda been a hit!!
14. The Supreme Bagg Team….20^th Century Dog Faced Boy….from their only longplayer, Stereo on OG Records.
15. UIC….Light It And Fly….from the Wiseman Sessions LP.
16. UIC….Outta Hand….from the Wiseman Sessions LP.
17. UIC….Green Lady…..from the Wiseman Sessions LP.
18. UIC…2 + 2….from a rarities CD that Dave brought and most likely from the Accusonic demos from 1985.
19. UIC….Blade In The Back…. As above.
20. UIC…..Who’ll Start The End….. as above.
21. UIC….Cure The War…. As above.
22. UIC…..Our Garage….recorded live at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto 9/16 and the only recording we have of Dave in the band.  Dave Dysart has only played 2 shows so far with UIC, but as he says, rehearsed a TON of times!
23. UIC….Crop Dusting….live recording from Call The Office 3/16/1985. This one goes out to regular listener Mike Burton as he phoned to ask if UIC was going to play this tune at the show.
24. UIC…..Shamrock Bang…. As above.
25. UIC…..I Got Nerve…. As above.
26. UIC…..Let’s Work Together…. As above
27. UIC….Telephone…. as above.
28. UIC…..Nashville Dreamin’….from the Our Garage LP on Fringe Records.
29. UIC….All Together Now…. As above.
30. UIC…..You Drive Mad…. As above.
31. UIC...I’m Alive… as above
32. The Chickens….Chicken Ride….from the Prepare To Plug In CD from 2000. 4/5 of this band was UIC and this same 4/5 are in the present UIC…..make sense?   Ken Mikalauskas was the other guitar player in The Chickens,  he moved out east and Dave Dysart came in when UIC reformed to do one show a year ago. Since then, they’ve played one more and Saturday marks their 3^rd show!
33. The Chickens….White Squirrel Town…. As above. We played this song as UIC will most likely be playing this on Saturday night.
34. UIC….Rich Kids….from the Wiseman Sessions and we had to fade this out as we more than ran out of time.

Huge Thanx to Dave Dysart for taking the time to come onair and yammer about UIC and things from days gone by. Hope you listeners had as much fun as I did!!!

Sunday is the annual Jack Richardson London Music Awards happening at London Music Hall. Uranus will be inducted into the hall of fame that night and play a couple of songs live. We're nominated in one of the categories....and it's free!   See you on Sunday night!

Next week will be a Good Friday show and we’ll continue with the almost all local tunes with a few new releases that have been dropped off at HQ…..Thanx to all the bands that take the time to send us stuff!!!

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist For Friday April 14^th All Local Edition

Yet another all local edition as the Jack Richardson London Music Awards were held on Sunday. Our good pals Uranus were inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame.

1. Fiends….Falling In Line….from their self titled debut CD and they were live to air on the March 31^st edition of Radio WW.
2. Boy From Nowhere….Wild In The Streets….live recording from 11/26/2016 at the Dawghouse here in London. Coincidentally, Boy From Nowhere was playing live at exactly this time at the Really Good, Good Friday show in Exeter Ontario.
3. Boy From Nowhere….Tonight…. as above.
4. Randall and the Rivieras….All Work And No Play….brand new demo from this band of long time London/Exeter gang of lunatics.
5. Randall and the Rivieras….Drinkin’ From The Well…. As above
6. TVD….I’d Kiss You Honey But You’re Standing On My Bottom Lip….from the recent Salvation Through Distraction CD.
7. 63 Monroe…You Can’t See It….from the brand new Jeff LP from this longtime London combo.
8. Mogs….Gravy Train….from a mid 90’s demo from this combo formed by the late Rob Munro. A couple of years back, Rob finally released this as a CD with a brand new band. Rob passed away not long after the release.
9. Excelsior….Pornos….from the 2015 Punk Floyd EP.
10. Terminal Wallys….City Saviour….from the 2007 CD, The New Old School. Street punk from the east end of London Ontario and proud of it.
11. Bill Durst….Devil’s Man…..from a 7” on Axe Records from 1980. Bill was in Thundermug and still plays to this day.
12. Marcellus Wallace…Dollar Bill….from a CD a couple of years back. Only got to see them once, opening for Barrence Whitfield and the Savages and both bands put on killer shows.
13. Pacanomad…..Paranoid…from the recent Take It Slow CD.  Caught them at the Aeolian Hall a couple weeks back and they put on a great show.
14. Jim Ashby….Speed City….from a re-issue 7” on Speed City Records. Originally came out back in 1970.
15. Frank Ridsdale….Little Red Riding Hood….from a live to air on Radio WW, 10/13/2016
16. Feast Of The Mau Maus….Young Al Gleason…..from a live recording at Joe Kools, 7/84. Al Gleason was mayor of London many years ago.
17. 10 Heads….Mood Elevator….from the Swimming and Singing CD from 2001. This band has re-formed with a couple of new members under the name 10 Heads On 10 and put on a great live show.
18. J Geils…..It Ain’t Nothin’ But A House Party….from the 1973 Bloodshot LP. This goes out to guitarist J Geils who passed away earlier this week.
19. J Geils….It Ain’t What You Do….from the 1971 The Morning After LP.
20. J Geils….Love-it is….from the 1975 Hotline LP.  Some may remember that Canadian white soul combo Mandala recorded this a few years prior to the J Geils version. Both are great party inducing originals.
21. Bath Salts…Cool Like The Music…..from the recent Mardi Gras CD.
22. Coaching For Sara…..These People….from the debut self titled Cd from last year. We had Coaching For Sara doing a live to air on Radio WW a couple months back.
23. The Mongrols….Plastic Girl…from the Four Whom The Bell Tolls EP that came with What Wave zine #16 from 1988. Not to be confused with the present day Mongrels (note spelling difference)
24. Uranus….Secret Agent Man…from their 1980 7” on Trilogy Records and Uranus were inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame on Sunday.
25. B Girls….Fun At The Beach….from a 1979 7” on Bomp Records and features Londoner Marcy Saddy on the drums.
26. The Thing From Outer Space….Apache…from their recent self titled debut CD.
27. Dragsville…..Royal Drag….from a 2015 dowload and features a couple members of The Fine Print.
28. Ruth’s Hat……Rock’n’Roll 2006….from the Nostalgic For Now CD from 2006.
29. Condo Christ….Weekend Punx…from the 1986 CHRW compilation LP London Underground.
30. The Terminals…..Spiderman….from their We Killed CD and this stopped about 10 seconds into the song for some odd reason.
31. Heart Attack Kids….Eh Ok…from their EP on Speed City/ It’s Trash Records.
32. The Finks….Now….from their self released single from 1987.
33. The Zellots….Soldiers….from their 1980 demo recordings.

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!! And a HUGE thanx to all at the UIC/Boy From Nowhere/Myrtle Earl show that came up to say how much they enjoyed last week’s show!!! All these kudos are really helping with my sanity right now!!!

Next week…..it’s gonna be another special; Teenage Rampage On A Seniors Discount!!!!  Gonna screw the Canadian content and just play what I really love for one show only, and drool and rant about the songs/combos! You might hear music by such combos as; The Cramps, Flamin’ Groovies, Fleshtones and who knows what else.

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist April 28/2016….Steven R. Stunning as Special Guest

First show in a coupla weeks, we had a special guest in Mr Steven R. Stunning, frontman, CEO of longlasting local combo 63 Monroe, a band that has helped put London Ontario on the map. Shoulda looked at my notes as there were a coupla questions on the agenda that got missed, but we went in way different directions than originally planned. Free form radio in the modern age only happens on college airwaves….and we had a TON of fun!

1. The New Christs….Born Out Of Time….played the Sonics Records 7” French press of this one and challenged the Boy From Nowhere to cover this one!! Had to get some anger out of my system due to some shit that happened today and no better way than this and the next blast o’sonic splash and free form vocalization courtesy the Boy Wonder Rob Younger. Grrrr!
2. The New Christs….No Next Time….flip of the above and the dueling guitars on this one always slay me…..so nice!
3. Downbeat 5….Kicked Around….from their debut CD dating around 2003 and on SFTRI. Singer Jen Rassler just lets loose and the anger leaves my system….whew!! Guitar crunch courtesy of DMZ vet JJ Rassler…maybe you remember him from the Queers. And he was probably a Lyre at one time or another as well. But I feel much better now.
4. The Hippies….Nuclear Disaster….from their only 7”, early 80’s and from London Ontario. This one went out to musicologist Jesse Locke who is looking for this record. And 2 of these guys are in The Boy From Nowhere…..who happen to be playing tonight at the SOHO here in London Ontario.
5. The Hippies….Can Teens….from the cassette, Slippery’s Club Hits, that came with What Wave 24 and also goes out to Jesse, as he hadn’t heard this one yet.
6. 63 Monroe….At The Boot….from the same cassette as above and recorded in 1980 at the Cedar Lounge here in town and the intro to Mr Steven R. Stunning who got caught in the Tim’s lineup due to exam week happening here on campus.
7. 63 Monroe….You Can’t See It….from the brand new Jeff LP. For late drummer Jeff Depew who did his last ever drumming on this recording.
8. 63 Monroe….Oh No You Again…. As above. Steven informed me this is a Rolling Stones song. And he did all the proper paperwork for this release.
9. 63 Monroe….Luxury….as above. And this is where Steven found out that the track order is incorrect on the LP sleeve.
10. 63 Monroe….TV Is Brain Damage…. As above.
11. 63 Monroe….Tickle Whisper Kiss…. As above.
12. 63 Monroe….Hijack Victim….from a live recording 11/26/2016 at the Dawghouse here in London. Recording by longtime CHRW host John Gardi, The NiteBat.
13. 63 Monroe….Battle Of New Orleans…. As above and this went out to local scribe Robert Pegg.
14. 63 Monroe….Weekend Punx…. As above.
15. 63 Monroe….Waiting…..from a live recording from Easter 1980 at the Cedar Lounge. I taped this one from the radio back in 1980 and it may have been recorded by Grammy winner and former CHRW host Peter Moore. He was known as Simon Less during his stint here many years ago.
16. 63 Monroe….Johnny B Goode…. As above.
17. 63 Monroe…..Road Runner…. As above
18. 63 Monroe….Bad Boy…. As above.
19. NFG….. After….. from a recording supplied by Robert Gliddon, bass player for NFG, the pre-cursor to 63 Monroe. Probably from 1979.
20. NFG….House Of The Rising Sun…. as above.
21. NFG….Give ‘Em Up… as above.
22. 63 Monroe……Punk Rock Goalie….from the recent Jeff LP
23. 63 Monroe…..Horizontal Hold….from the Hijack Victim LP on Rave Records out of Italy.

Big Thanx to Steven R. Stunning for taking the time to join us and answer a load of stupid questions, live on air. It was a blast, and judging by the feedback I’ve received so far, people had fun listening to us old farts yammer about things long gone!

Thanx for all the crazy phone calls, emails, facebook messages and texts!!

You might be able to hear the archived show at:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist May 5/2017   Teenage Rampage On A Senior’s Discount….7” Of Pleasure

Started the show with a visit from Miesha and The Spanks (Miesha and Shawn) who were in town to play at Call The Office on the evening of this show. All the way from Calgary to play in our little town!!

From there, it was a TON of 7” singles that I really dig! Loads of rare stuff and some of my faves.

1. Miesha and The Spanks…..Stranger….from their brand new self released 7”
2. Miesha and The Spanks….Motorin’….the flip of the above 7”.
3. Miesha and The Spanks….Leather Jacket….from the Gods Of Love LP on Transistor 66 Records from a few years back. Around this time we finished with a quick interview of Miesha and Shawn and they are playing tonight at Call The Office.
4. Sacred Miracle Cave….Summertime….from a 7” on SFTRI from 1989 and a collaboration of sorts as some of the members of Clawhammer are involved in this project.
5. The Cramps….Drug Train….from 1980 release on Illegal Records
6. Tex Rubinowitz….Hot Rod Man….from a 1979 7” on Ripsaw Records. Lux Interior once said of Tex, that he gets down so far, there’s nothing but a hiccup between the floor and Tex, to paraphrase.
7. Martha Hull…Feelin’ Right Tonight….another Ripsaw 7”, this from 1981. Martha was at one time lead vocals for DC’s Slickee Boys.  Martha really lets loose on this one, but you already knew that.
8. The Customs….Bring My Cadillac Back… On Shake Records out of Cincinnati from around 1980. Features Peter Greenberg on the killer guitar, presently in Barrence Whitfield and the Savages.
9. Cherry Vanilla….The Punk….1977 release on RCA Records and at one time was on the jukebox at the Cedar Lounge here in London.
10. Immaculate Hearts…..Sugar Pussy….from a 1990 release on SFTRI and features Freddy Pompeii on lead vocals. Freddy is in hospital in Philly and needs our love and support!
11. Sydicate Of Sound….Hey Little Girl….from 1966 and on the Bell label. Freddy was in a late version of this combo.
12. The Yardbirds….Stroll On…from the Blow Up 7” soundtrack for the movie.  Locally the Boy From Nowhere cover this one.
13. The Nerves….Hanging On The Telephone….from their self released EP from 1976. Blondie later covered this one and had a bit of a hit with it.
14. Flamin’ Groovies….Shake Some Action….from a 7” on the Line Records label from Germany. Way different than the album version.
15. Barracudas…..1965 Again…from a 1980 7” on Zonophone Records. Features X Ottawa Jeremy Gluck on lead vocals.
16. Taxi Boys….I Can’t Kick…from a 7” EP on the Star Rhythm label. This is actually the Real Kids under a different name for some odd reason.
17. The Dawgs…Shot Of Your Love…..from a 1979 7” on Greenline Records and out of the Boston area.
18. The Blasters…..American Music…from a 1982 7” on FBEAT Records.
19. The Fleshtones….The World Has Changed….from a 1981 7” on IRS Records. The Fleshtones celebrate their 40^th anniversary of a band this year!!! One of my all time fave live combos, still doing it 40 years on!!!
20. The Last….She Don’t Know Why….from a 1978 7” on Bomp Records.
21. Miracle Workers…..Hung Up….from the Moxie EP from 1984.
22. The Ruts….Babylon’s Burning….from a 1979 7” on Virgin Records.
23. The Rezillos….I Wanna Be Your Man….from a 1977 7” on Sensible Records. Every Rezillos single I have, has way different versions of the songs as on the longplayer. Just love the bass playing on this one, so powerful!
24. The Buzzcocks….Boredom….from the Spiral Scratch EP from 1977. This has vocals by Howard Devoto who left the band to form Magazine.
25. The Crimson Shadows….You Can’t Come Down….from a 1985 7” on Sunlight Records and from Sweden.
26. Misanthropes….Why Do You Treat Me So Bad….from a late 80’s 7” on Get Hip Records.
27. The Cynics….Painted My Heart….from a 1985 7” on Dionysus Records. This is the only Cynics record without longtime vocalist Micheal Kastelic.
28. The Cunts….. Date With Disaster….from a 1982 7” on Disturbing Records and from Chicago.

Ran outta time, certainly not records as we had planned to play many more. We’ll play a few more on next week’s show and we have Shane from Coaching For Sarah as a visitor next week.

Big thanx to Ando for letting me play with the content rules for one week only, Huge Thanx to Miesha and the Spanks for taking the time to come on air live and yammer about their show tonight at Call The Office. And thanx for all the emails, facebook messages, phone calls and Heys!!! That’s what makes it all worthwhile!

You might be able to catch the archived show here:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist May 11/2017

1. Hiroshima Hearts…..Fool Me Twice….from their debut CD from 2015 and they are playing at Rumrunners this evening.
2. Frankie and Jimmy….Death Letter….from their latest download and F&J will be at Call The Office tomorrow night.
3. Frankie and Jimmy….Let It Rock….from their debut LP, Scream The Blues from 2013.
4. Harmonica Frank….Rockin’ Chair Daddy….from the Sun Box set and originally released in 1951 and this could be where F&J got some of their ideas.
5. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners….Wild Guitar…from the re-release of the Hot’n’Cold on CD.
6. Coaching For Sara…..Stick With You….extended remix. This is when Shane Sawyer, guitarist/vocalist for CFS joined us to talk about the band, upcoming shows and upcoming releases.
7. Coaching For Sara…..Matter Of Time…. As above.
8. Coaching For Sara….Tonight’s The Night…. As above.
9. The Judys….Walking Talking Fertile Man….from their brand new self titled CD and features former Londoner Pete Feend on the fuzz bass.
10. The Judys….Mothers Day…. As above and timely.
11. Battered Wives….Everybody Loves A Loser….from their Live On Mother’s Day LP from 1980.
12. Durango 95….Guitar Guitar Guitar…from their 1990 Mother’s Day LP on Star Records. Durango 95 morphed into The Purple Toads.
13. The Shiverettes….Shout Your Assault…..from their recent Dead Men Can’t Cat Call on Transistor 66 Records and from Calgary.
14. Miesha and the Spanks….Stranger…from their recent 7” and big thanx to Miesha for dropping by on last week’s show!
15. Surprise Party….Psychedelic Girlfriend….from their self titled CD on Transistor 66 Records and from Winnipeg.
16. Death Drive….I Wanna….from their recent demo and from Montreal.
17. Pagliaro…..Loving You Ain’t Easy…..from one of his self titled LP’s. UIC covered this one a couple weeks back when they were here in London.
18. Big Star…Till The End Of Day….an outtake from the Ryko Sister Lovers/Third CD release.
19. Badfinger….No Matter What….from their Greatest Hits CD.
20. Dany Laj and the Looks….We Were A Gang….from their recent Alive and Kicking CD and from Montreal.
21. The Darts….Take What I Need….from their brand new Dirty Water release and presently on tour in Europe.
22. Vertical Pillows…..Jump Back….1985 7” and from Detroit. The rest of the show is all 7” singles we didn’t get to last week.
23. The Pandoras…You Don’t Satisfy…..1984 7” and from the US west coast.
24. Dead Moon….Hey Joe….7” from 1988 and on the Tombstone label. Features Fred Cole on vocals/guitars and he was in the Lollipop Shoppe back in the mid 60’s.
25. The Mo-Dettes….Dark Park Creeping….1980 7” and from the UK.
26. The Scientists….We Had Love….mid 80’s 7” on Au Go Go Records and from Australia.
27. Leopard Society….Screaming…..1981 7” and from Albany New York.
28. Unknown Soldiers….I Quit Today…..from a 1987 7” and from the north west US. The ultimate put down song!
29. Panther Burns….Surfside Date….from a SFRTI 7”.
30. Ben Vaughn… My First Band….mid 80’s 7” on Lindsay Hutton’s Next Big Thing Label.

Big thanx to Shane Sawyer for taking the time to drop by the studio and talk about Coaching For Sara and they have a gig tonight at the Back Alley in St Thomas.

Big thanx for the phone calls, emails, facebook message and Heys!!! That’s what keeps us going!!

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist May 19/2017

1. The Curators…..Catch Fire….from their self titled debut CD. Buncha Toronto vets from such combos as The Supreme Bagg Team, UIC, Von Drats and others.
2. The Viletones…..Dog Style….from the A Taste Of Honey CD and the start of our trib to guitar player Freddy Pompeii who passed away earlier this week.
3. The Viletones….Rather Be With Me…. As above.
4. The Secrets….Teenage Rampage…from the OPM CD of the same name. After leaving The Viletones, Freddy formed The Secrets, more of a frat/garage rock combo.
5. The Secrets….I’ll Cry Tomorrow…. As above.
6. The Secrets…Tattoo City… as above.
7. Immaculate Hearts….Sugar Pussy….from a 7” on SFTRI and one of Freddy’s bands from when he moved back to Philly from Toronto.
8. Pale Lips….Wanna Be Bad….from the CD of the same name and from Montreal.
9. Dany Laj and the Looks…..Mr Screaming Attitude….from the recent Alive and Kicking CD.
10. Coaching For Sara…These People….from the recently remastered debut CD and from London Ontario.
11. Long Day Journey….Exotic Travelogue….from their most recent CD, a homage to Hamilton and the start of our Hamilton set.
12. Chris Houston….Einstein’s Brains in Hamilton….from a 7” on Schizophrenic Records.
13. Cadillac Bill and The Creeping Bent….Leather Pants….from their self titled CD.
14. Trouble Boys….Bored Little Schoolgirl….from their Pass The Bottle LP from 1985 and features long time Hamilton scenester Tim Gibbons on vocals/guitar.
15. Florida Razors…..New York Screamin’….from the mid 80’s Half A Rock’n’Roll Record and features Tom Wilson on guitar/vocals.
16. Catl….Gotta Thing For You…..from the Soon This Will All Be Gone CD from a couple years back and catl will be at Call The Office on Thursday May 25^th.
17. Catl….Save Myself….from their latest LP This Shakin’ House.
18. Dex Romweber….Trouble Of The World….from his latest CD Carrboro.
19. Immortal Lee County Killers….Revolution Summer…. From their These Bones Will Rise To Love You Again CD from 2005.
20. 63 Monroe….Punk Rock Goalie….from their brand new Jeff LP.
21. UIC….Leave Me Alone….from the Wiseman Sessions LP on Yeah Right Records out of London Ontario.
22. The Judys….Freedom 85….from their brand new self titled CD and from Vancouver. Features former Londoner Pete Feend on the fuzz bass.
23. NYDolls….7 Day Weekend….from the A Hard Night’s Day CD on Norton Records.
24. 3 o’Clock Train…..Stolen Thunder….from the Moon CD and guitarist/vocalist Mack MacKenzie will be coming in to do a live to air on Friday June 16^th and will also be at Fitzrays on Wed June 21.
25. Randall and the Rivieras….All Work and No Play….from a brand new demo and features 63 Monroe bass player Pete Dekoker on vocals/guitar.
26. Pacanomad….Strung Out….from their recent Take It Slow CD.
27. Bum….Weekend….from a 7” on AuGoGo Records and from Victoria British Columbia.
28. The Ledge….I Hate CD’s….from a 7” on Norton Records.
29. Ray Campi….Pinball Millionaire….from the Rockabilly Rebellion LP from 1981.
30. Jimmy Wages….Take Me From This Garden Of Evil…..from the compilation CD Let’s Bop, a Sun Records compilation.
31. Dead Kennedys….California Uber Alles….from an early 7” and the start of our political set. This one went out to Danny the Bee Keeper!
32. The Stiphnoyds….Afraid Of The Russians….from the History Of Portand Punk CD and a timely tune.
33. The Neo Boys….Give Me The Message….from the above CD.
34. Robin Lane….When Things Go Wrong…..from the Boston Scene CD from 1980.

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

Here’s a link to where the archived show should be:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist May 26/2017

1. Bath Salts…Cool Like The Music….from the recent Mardi Gras CD and they will be playing on Saturday at SOHO with The Painted Dogs and 63 Monroe. Bath Salts are also playing Wednesday at Fitzrays.
2. Oiseaux….See My Face…from the brand new Pentagon Black 2 Compilation put out by The Famines in Montreal.  The compilation is a good cross section of Canuck indy/alternative/whatever kind of music and even has some soul as heard here.
3. Not You….Two Four….another track from the Pentagon Black 2 Compilation.
4. The Heavy….Oh No Not You Again…from the 2009 The House That Dirt Built CD. UK based soul/rock combo that is big there, but not here.
5. Richard Hell and The Voidoids….Destiny Street…from the LP of the same name from 1982. Just finished reading the updated version of From The Velvets To The Voidoids, The Birth Of American Punk Rock by Clinton Heylin and Richard Hell plays a pretty big part in the beginnings of the NYC punk scene. The book is a great read if you’re into the early and pre-punk scene and will surely introduce you to some music you’re overlooked.
6. The Thing From Outer Space….The Thing From Outer Space from their recent CD and they have a gig next Saturday at SOHO along with….
7. King Beez….Rumble Bee….from a recent demo and from the Toronto area.
8. Link Wray….Rumble….from 1957. Was talking with our station manager Timothy Glasgow about the Link Wray show at Call The Office Sept 1999….we both agree it was a Killer show and the only time we ever got to see Link.
9. Link Wray….Big City After Dark….from the Norton LP of the same name.
10. Deathdrive…..Deathdrive….from a recent demo and from Montreal.
11. UIC….Honest Can’t Survive…..a demo that Dave Dysart brought down when he was onair a couple weeks back, the day before the UIC reunion at Call The Office.
12. The Scenics….In The Summer….from the CD of the same name….early Toronto punk/new wave.
13. Birds Of Paradise….Beehive State….from a recent 7” on Hidden Volume Records.
14. Paul Collins….Rock and Roll Girl…from the 2014 Feel The Noise CD. Paul was in Sweden playing last night and you can find video on FB.
15. Nikki Corvette…..Trapped In The City….from the Back To Detroit CD from 2006.
16. The Barracudas….The Way We’ve Changed….from the Endeavour to Persevere CD from the early 80’s.
17. Ohio Express…. Down At Lulu’s….from a Greatest Hits CD and from 1968.
18. Ohio Express….Yummy Yummy Yummy….as above and one of my fave songs as a kid. This and similar tunes may have permanently warped my musical taste.
19. Blue Peter….Neon Girls….from the Radio Silence LP from 1980 and on Ready Records. Toronto combo that played London many times back then.
20. Steve Blimkie and the Reason….It Only Happened Twice….from his debut LP, also on Ready Records.
21. Dany Laj and the Looks….Sweet Pretender….from a brand new 7” from this Montreal based combo.
22. The Barreracudas…..Because….from their Nocturnal Missions LP from a couple years back. This Atlanta based combo played the Black Shire Pub, opening up for the New Barracudas several years back.
23. The Vibrators…..London Girls….from their Pure Mania LP from 1978. One of my fave LP’s from the era.
24. Pinx….Rock All Night….from the recent Best of 2016 CD from Pop Geek Heaven.
25. 63 Monroe….You Can’t See It…from their brand new Jeff Lp and they play Saturday night at SOHO.
26. The Fiends….30 Something…..from their recent EP and from London Ontario.
27. Edgar Winter….Hanging Around….from They Only Come Out At Night from 1973.
28. Pagliaro….What The Hell I Got….from one of his self titled LP’s.
29. 5 Man Electrical Band….Money Back Guarantee….from their Greatest Hits LP and from 1972.
30. 3 O’Clock Train….Train Of Dreams….from the It Takes A Lot To Laugh CD. Lead singer/guitarist Mack MacKenzie will be live to air June 16^th on Radio WW and will be playing at Fitzrays on Wednesday June 21^st.
31. Blue Shadows…If It Ain’t Rockin’….from the On The Floor Of Heaven CD from 1993. Vancouver based pop/county combo that featured Billy Cowsill. As a child, Billy was part of the Cowsills, the family band that the Partridge Family TV show was based upon.
32. Magic Christian….Run and Hide….from the Evolve CD from 2008 and features Flamin’ Groovies Cyril Jordan on guitar.
33. 905s….Sight and Sound….from the Shake Down CD from 2015.
34. The Raspberries….Tonight….from their Greatest Hits Lp and from 1973.

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

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist June 2/2017

1. The Mongrels….All Systems Go….from their only demo and they are playing on Sunday at the Richmond Hotel as part of their ongoing Rock’n’Roll Rent Party series.
2. The Thing From Outer Space….FBI….from their recent CD and they will be playing on Saturday night at SOHO, formerly the Victoria.
3. The Kingbeez….Swarm….from their latest and they will be playing Saturday night at SOHO.
4. Blue Demons…..Penetration….from their self titled CD from 2009 and from Toronto.
5. The Ventures….Wild Angels….from the Guitar Freakout LP, one of the first LP’s I ever bought back in 1967 and this is from my original 50 year old copy!
6. Dirty Fences…..Keep Your Kitten….from their recent EP on Dirty Water Records out of the UK. The band is from New York and have several other releases.
7. The Judys….Human Fly….from Vancouver and this is a brand new demo, not on the recent CD. Features former Londoner Pete Feend on the fuzz bass.
8. Archie and the Bunkers…..You’re My Pacemaker….from their upcoming release, most likely on Dirty Water Records out of the UK. Archie and the Bunkers are 2 teenaged brothers from Cleveland who really have the early punk/proto punk sound and attitude down quite nicely.
9. Playboy Manbaby…..Don Knotts In A Wind Tunnel….from their recent Don’t Let It Be release on Dirty Water Records and they are from Phoenix.
10. Miesha and the Spanks….Motorin’…from their recent 7” and they just finished recording their latest LP in the UK with some of The Buzzcocks crew.
11. The Buzzcocks….You Say You Don’t Love Me….from their A Different Kind of Tension LP from 1979.
12. The Diodes….Child Star…from their Greatest Hits CD and it was 30 years ago this week, The Diodes opened Canada’s fist punk club, The Crash And Burn in Toronto. Also on the bill for opening night was….
13. The Nerves….Hanging On The Telephone…from their 1976 EP and goes out to drummer Paul Collins who is on tour in Europe right now.
14. Pale Lips….Hiding From The Moon….from the brand new Pentagon Black Compilation put out by The Famines. Pale Lips are from Montreal.
15. The Betrayers…..For The Kill…..from the above compilation and from Edmonton.
16. The Shiverettes…..Betty….from their recent Dead Mean Can’t Cat Call CD on Transistor 66 Records and from Calgary.
17. 3 O’Clock Train….The Devil Likes Me…from their 1985 EP, Wig Wam Beach and features Mack MacKenzie on vocals and guitar. Mack is presently on a solo North American tour and will be our live to air guest on June 16^th, 2 weeks from this show.
18. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners….Burn Your Playhouse Down….just recently re-released on CD and from Montreal.
19. Wanda Jackson….Tore Down…from her 2012 CD Unfinished Business. This goes out to her husband/manager Wendall Goodman who  passed away recently.
20. Randall and The Rivieras…..Drinkin’ From The Well….recent demo and from London via Exeter and Happy Birthday to Randall!
21. Coaching For Sara….Tonight’s The Night….from their recent demo and from London Ontario.
22. The Ramones…..The Shape Of Things To Come….from the Acid Eaters CD from 1994.
23. The Methadones….Heart Of The City……from the 21^st Century Power Pop Riot CD from 2006 and from Chicago.
24. MC5…..Tonight….from the Greatest Hits CD on Rhino and a great way to start this summer weekend.
25. MC5….Shakin’ Street….. as above.
26. Evil Farm Children…..Border Blaster…..from the Evilling CD from 2008 and from Ottawa.
27. Polymophines….Anna Lee….from their 2011 The Slip EP and recorded by Tim Kerr down in Austin. Polymorphines are from Ottawa Ontario.
28. Bureaucrats…..She’s An American….from their self titled LP and probably from around 1979/80 and also from Ottawa.
29. The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol…..Penguistics….from the Pathfinder LP and also from Ottawa. This features John from Birdman Sound Record Store/label on the skins.
30. Artful Dodger….Think Think….from their 1975 debut LP. Used to hear this one on the Cleveland FM stations I listened to in the mid 70’s when London had nothing for radio and it wasn’t always possible to get the Detroit stations.
31. 1910 Fruitgum Company….Goody Goody Gumdrops….from their Greatest Hits CD and from 1968. This is the kind of music that warped my mind as a kid.
32. Fine Print….Last Night….from their only CD and from London Ontario. An amazing band that didn’t last long enough.
33. The Figgs….Bus….from the Low Fi At Society High CD from 1994.
34. The Odds….Jackhammer….from the Bedbugs CD from 1993 and they will be in Tillsonburg on June 16^th. Melissa, who hosts the show prior to Radio WW is scheduled to interview the band next week.
35. The Cokes….Love Elevation….from their First Album CD from 2003 and from Japan.

Big thanx for the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!

Back again next week, with Ian Gifford, former CHRW host who is putting on London Railway Heritage Day on Saturday June 10^th.

You can catch the archived show at:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist June 16/2017. With Mack MacKenzie Live To Air

1. Hiroshima Hearts….The Well….from their debut CD and they played last night at Rumrunners.
2. Black Frame Spectacle…..A Line In The Sand….from their Grady Sessions CD and they played with Hiroshima Hearts last night.
3. The Nervousmen….Stride Adjustment….from a download and they played at Call The Office last night.
4. Sulfur City….Whispers…from their Talking Loud release on Alive Records and they also played Call The Office last night.
5. Noble Savages….I Need Action…from their brand new Trouble Brewing CD on Transistor 66 Records and they also played Call The Office last night.
6. Pacanomad….Paranoid…from the recent Take It Slow CD and they play Call The Office tonight.
7. Fluer De Lys….Circles….from the Pop Goes Immediate Volume 2 CD. From 1966 and released on the Immediate label and by request. Locals Fine Print used to cover this one.
8. Coaching For Sara…Stick With You….from their soon to be released CD and they are playing in Aylmer Ontario today for a benefit.
9. Pale Lips….Hiding From The Moon….from the recent Pentagon Black Compilation Volume 2 and from Montreal.
10. The Smugglers…Up and Down….from their very first 7” on Nardwuar’s record label. The Smugglers did their first Toronto show in a decade last night and tonight they play at the Ottawa Explosion festival.
11. Mack MacKenzie….The Devil Likes Me….live to air here on Radio What Wave. For those that don’t know, Mack was the leader of 3 O’Clock Train, a mid 80’s Montreal based country/punk/garage combo who had the hit Train Of Dreams. They released several records at the time and most will be re-issued towards the end of the summer.
12. Mack MacKenzie…I’m Not Your Indian Boy…..as Mack said, this was a newer song, only about 20 years old.
13. Mack MacKenzie….Love To Rain…..
14. Mack MacKenzie…A Fire I Can’t Put Out…
15. Mack MacKenzie….Fake Honeymoon….
16. Mack MacKenzie….Love Hurts…a non-original done by The Everly Brothers (and Nazareth who had a hit with it).  And right after this one, Mack came into the studio to talk about things past, present and future. He’s presently on a solo cross North America tour right now and from here he heads east. You can catch Mack live at Fitzrays on Wednesday June 21^st.
17. 3 O’Clock Train….Stupid Little Angel…recorded live at the Key West Café here in London 2/23/1987.  As Mack said, the band was really tight from touring constantly at this time.
18. 3 O’Clock Train….The Devil Likes Me….as above. Both tunes recorded on the What Wave mobile recording unit over 30 years ago!
19. 3 O’Clock Train….Train Of Dreams….from the Wig Wam Beach EP from 1987. Finally got the scoop on the different versions of this song….Mack thinks there are 5 different recordings of this….all explained on the show.
20. The Smugglers….Jailbait….from the cassette compilation called Cat’O’Nine Tales that came with What Wave zine 21 back in 1992.
21. The Smugglers….Don’t Mess With Beez….from the Mutiny In Stereo CD from 2004. Beez was/is the bass player for the band.
22. The Gruesomes….What’s Your Problem….from the same Cat’O’Nine Tales cassette as The Gruesomes were a HUGE influence to The Smugglers (as well as many other combos across Canada)
23. Link Wray….Batman….from the Link Wray self titled LP on Ace Records from the early 80’s. This one goes out to Adam West who passed away last weekend.
24. The Marketts….Batman….from The Batman Theme LP released around the time of the Batman TV show to cash in on the craze. Almost soul like!
25. The Rolling Stones…..Happy…..from the Hot Stuff Volumes 1 and 2 compilation bootleg. This goes out to long time Keith lover Anita Pallenberg who just passed away.
26. Kasenetz Katz Orchestra….Quick Joey Small….from the Super Circus LP from about 1968 and goes out to our newest family member, Joey.
27. Joey Ramone….Maria Bartiromo….from his Don’t Worry About Me CD.

HUGE Thanx to Mack MacKenzie for taking the time to drop by the studio, play live and chat about all things happening!! It was a real pleasure and a TON of fun. Mack and I haven’t crossed paths in over 30 years as 3 O’Clock Train used to play London as part of their regular tour.

Mack will be at Fitzrays on Wednesday June 21^st for a solo show.

And a HUGE thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! That’s what makes it all worthwhile!! Back again next week with more noise to annoy.

Here’s a link to what should be the archived show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist June 23/2017

1. Coaching For Sara… Tonight’s The Night….from the soon to be released CD. Local power pop combo.
2. The Judys….Venus Of Avenue D….from their recent self titled debut CD and from Vancouver. Feature former Londoner Pete Feend on the fuzz bass. A cover of a tune by….
3. Mink Deville….Gunslinger…from their 1977 debut on Razor Records. Based out of NYC and they played CBGB’s more than any other band!
4. King Khan and the Shrines….The Street Where I Live…from the Mr Supernatural CD from 2004. It was around this time KK played Call The Office to about 12 people….and then there were about 12 people in the band as well!
5. Kumonga…Marmalade….from their self titled debut CD from 2012 and from the Toronto/Oshawa area. Singer/keyboards Danny Walters was in The Brown Hornets that used to play London a fair bit.
6. The Sci-Phonics….All By Myself…from a demo from the mid 80’s and from London Ontario.  Guitarist/vocalist Frank Ridsdale and lead guitarist Jerry Fletcher both play in The Stetson Brothers.
7. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners… The Worrying Kind….from the recent re-ish of their 1987 Hot’n’Cold LP.
8. B5 Blue….King Creole….live recording from the Brunswick Hotel. You may know this combo under their more common name of The Boy From Nowhere.
9. Lionel Lodge…Smile… from The Agitator CD from 2014. Lionel is back in London and playing at the Food Festival in London tomorrow and at Fitzrays on Wednesday June 28^th as part of their Indy Wednesdays. Lionel is a former Londoner currently residing and playing music in Austria.
10. Lionel Lodge….The Agitator….recorded live on Radio WW 2/5/2015.
11. Rosie….as above. This went out to Rose Piggott who passed away just before this was recorded.
12. Nosmo King Jr…..I Can’t Hear You…..from the cassette that came with What Wave zine 12 and features Lionel Lodge in the band.
13. Miesha and The Spanks….Motorin’….from their recent 7” record.
14. Surprise Party….Psychedelic Girlfriend….from their self titled CD on Transistor 66 Records. The band broke up just prior to the release of this and they were from Winnipeg.
15. Archie and The Bunkers….You’re My Pacemaker….from their soon to be released LP. 2 teenage brothers from Cleveland who play Europe regularly.
16. UIC….Green Lady….from the recent Wiseman Sessions LP on Yeah Right Records and available at local record stores.
17. 63 Monroe……Media Junkie…..from the Only In Canada, Eh CD compilation from a few years back.
18. 63 Monroe….Punk Rock Goalie….from the recent Jeff LP and available at local record shops.
19. Joey Shithead….Bust Me Loose…from the Band Of Rebels CD from 2007.  We named our brand new poodle puppy after Joey Shithead!
20. Dany Laj and the Looks….Sweet Pretender….from the recent Alive and Kicking CD and they are playing Call The Office on Saturday July 15^th.
21. Lene Lovich….Home….from the Stateless Lp from 1980 on Stiff Records.
22. Mighty Ffud…Caught….from their 2014 self titled CD and from Montreal. Features former Londoner Mark Goodwin on guitar.
23. Peter Zaremba’s Love Delegation….I’m Gonna Knock You Out…..from the Spread The Word LP from 1986. This is Peter Zaremba from the world famous Fleshtones!!
24. Noble Savages…..Hangin’ At This Ain’t….from the brand new Trouble Brewing CD on Transistor 66 Records. Believe it or not, this is the number 1 release on the CHRW charts right now!!
25. The Johnnys….I’m Hot…from the I Like It A Lot CD from 2007 and from Toronto via the Arctic!!
26. Frankenstein 5….Going All The Way….from their self titled CD from 1994 and from London Ontario.
27. 006….What Me Worry?....from the Garage Beat 66 Volume 1 CD compilation on Sundazed Records.
28. The Sparkles….No Friend Of Mine…as above and from Texas.
29. Jerry Jerry and the Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra….How Can People Be So Wrong?....from the Don’t Mind If I Do CD from 1992. From Edmonton via Montreal via Edmonton and used to play through London a fair bit….
30. The Hypnotics….Lost In The Details…from the Modern Art Entertainment CD and from Windsor Ontario.
31. The Midways…..Just My Kind….from the Manners Manners CD and from Toronto. This release came out in Germany on the Screaming Apple label and is from 2006.
32. Free For All….Show Me The Way….from the Psychedelic Microdots Volume 1 CD on Sundazed Records and from California.
33. We The People…..In The Past….as above, but from Florida.
34. Con Safos…..Con Safos….from the Los Angelinos compilation from Rhino Records from 1983. A compilation of East LA soul/pop/punk combos.

Huge Thanx for all the crazy phone calls, facebook messages and Heys!! Next week it’s an all Canadian show as we celebrate Canada Day!!!

You might be able to catch the archived show here;

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

Radio What Wave Playlist June 30/2017.  All Canadian Show.

1. The Mongrels….All Systems Go….from a demo and the Mongrels are playing their monthly Rock’n’Roll Rent Party on Sunday at the Richmond.
2. Coaching For Sara…..Show….from a live to air on 2/10/2017 on Radio What Wave. Coaching are playing downtown on Saturday at 5PM as part of Canada 150 Day celebrations.
3. Almighty Rhombus….Even Though….from their first EP and from Sudbury. They played downtown right after this show aired as part of the Canada 150 Celebrations.
4. The Statues….Dirty Thoughts….from the New People Make Us Nervous CD from 2006 and also from Sudbury.
5. Pale Lips….Run Boy Run….from their recent Wanna Be Bad CD and from Montreal.
6. Century Palm….Dead Soon….from the recent Pentagon Black Volume 2 Compilation. These guys also have a recent LP on Deranged Records.
7. The Famines….Second World War….from the same Pentagon Black Volume 2 Compilation and from Montreal. These are the guys responsible for the Pentagon Black compilations.
8. Fiends….30 Something….from their recent EP and they will be playing on July 8 at SOHO along with Pacanomad and Cordcalling.
9. The Creamcheeze Good-Time Band….Milverton….from their early 70’s EP called Perth County Green. Some kinda bluegrass, family band record that looks like it was self released. It’s on the Dominion Record label and came out in the early 70’s. Dunno if the Perth County green is a reference to a herb, or these kids are really naïve as the drummer is only 11 years old! Perth County is north east of London, and the town they are from, Gads Hill is just north of Stratford Ontario.
10. Pacanomad….She’s Gone….from the recent Take It Slow CD and they will be at SOHO on July 8^th.
11. Soul Motivators….Dr Know It All….from the Free To Believe CD from 2015 and from Toronto.
12. Rough Trade….No Control….from their Direct To Disc LP from 1977.
13. Robbie Rox….Trauma….from his Construction Site LP from 1978 and from Toronto. Robbie Rox is still active to this day with various projects.
14. McKenna Mendelson Mainline…..I Think I’m Losing My Marbles…from the 1969 Stink LP and from Toronto.
15. Roger Zuraw….Just May Go Crazy Blues….from his Feels Like Blues To Me CD from 2007 and from Etobicoke.
16. Stompin’ Tom Connors….Horseshoe Hotel Song….from his Live at The Horseshoe LP from 1971. You can’t do an all Canadian show without The Stomper!!
17. Kensington Hillbillys….Days Of My Life…from the Bones In The Backyard CD from 2006 and features former Londoner Pete Lambert on the drums.
18. 3 O’Clock Train….Train Of Dreams….from the Wig Wam Beach EP. We had singer/guitarist Mack MacKenzie on for a live to air 2 weeks ago. Mack is coming back to Fitzrays here in London on August 30^th.
19. Lee Harvey Osmond….Loser…from the Beautiful Scars CD from 2015 and this is basically Tom Wilson.
20. Junkhouse….Pearly White….from the Fuzz CD from 1997 and also features Tom Wilson.
21. Florida Razors….Switchboard….from the Beat Music compilation CD on Bullseye Records. This particular track was unreleased until this CD came out.
22. Smugglers….Canadian Ambassadors….from the In The Hall Of Fame CD from 1993. Smugglers did a pair of reunion shows a couple weeks back in Toronto and Ottawa.
23. The Gruesomes….3 Men 1 Coffin….from Gruesomology, a CD compilation from Sundazed Records.
24. Deja Voodoo….Blast Off…from the Swamp Of Love Lp from 1986.
25. Light Bulb Alley…..Bad Day….from the recent Bright Side Of The Dumpster CD and from Montreal.
26. The Dave Rave Group…..Weight Of The World….from the Valentino’s Pirate CD on Bullseye Records and from 1989. Dave is opening up for Graham Parker on Thursday at This Ain’t Hollywood in Hamilton.
27. Ralph Alfonso…..Maybe Ontario…from the Sophisticated Boom Boom CD from 1997. Did you catch the reference to buying clothes on Richmond St in London in the middle of this song?
28. Chilliwack….Lonesome Mary…from the Segue LP and initially came out in 1970.
29. The Sadies….Guns Talk….from the self titled CD on Bloodshot Records from 1998.
30. The Sadies….Little Sadie….as above.
31. The Guess Who……Guns Guns Guns….from the Rockin’ LP from 1972.

Hope you dug the Canadian tunes this week as we only celebrate our 150^th birthday once! Thanx for the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Back again next week with more stuff!!

Here’s a link where the show might be archived:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist July 6/2017

1. Suicide Generation…..London Blues….from a brand new self titled release on Dirty Water Records and from the UK.
2. The Thing From Outer Space….Too Drunk To Surf….brand new demo from London Ontario’s only surf band.
3. Fridge Magnets…Hypodermic Beach….from Baloney Sandwich, the cassette that came with What Wave zine #19 from October 1990.
4. Sweet Dave and the Shallow Graves….Bad Year….from the recent Pentagon Black Volume 2 compilation put out by The Famines in Montreal.
5. The Johnnys…..Green Back Dollar…from the 1986 LP Highlights Of A Dangerous Life and from Australia. Not to be confused with the Canadian band of the same name.

1. Chuck Berry…..Dutchman….from the recent Chuck CD and the very last recordings of Chuck Berry. This particular tune is something way different than the usual fare that Chuck has made a living at.
2. Pat Todd and the Rank Outsiders….Known To Stumble, Known To Fall…from a brand new release on the Beluga Records label out of Sweden.  Years ago, Pat was the lead singer for…
3. Lazy Cowgirls….Here Comes Trouble….from the Little Sex and Death LP on Crypt Records and came out in 1997.
4. Legend Killers….You’ll Get Yours….from the Better Than Hammerin’ EP from 1989 and from London Ontario. Singer Earle sounds a bit like Pat when he was with the Lazy Cowgirls.
5. Cordcalling….One Road…from their recent We Are Still LP and they are playing on Saturday night at SOHO, along with….
6. Pacanomad….Slippin’….from their recent Take It Slow CD and they are playing SOHO on Saturday night along with….
7. Fiends….Falling In Line…..from their self titled CD and these 3 bands are playing SOHO on Saturday night.
8. Coaching For Sara….Stick With You….from their latest demo and they are playing Saturday night at Old 765 East here in London.
9. Stunning…..Tattoo…..from their Punk Rock Soldier LP and they are playing Saturday night at Fitzrays along with…
10. Ten Heads On Ten…..Safe Canadian Home…..from a live recording done at The Dawghouse as part of the Toys For Tots show last fall. They are playing Saturday night with Stunning.
11. UIC….Leave Me Alone….from the recent Wiseman Sessions LP.
12. Noble Savages….The Music Will Kill You….from the brand new Trouble Brewing CD on Transistor 66 Records.
13. The Dahlmanns…..Forever My Baby….from the brand new 7” on Next Big Thing Records out of Scotland, but the Dahlmanns are from Norway.  There is also a brand new, and probably final print edition of Next Big Thing zine….a mighty fine read and it’s great to have a print zine to read again! You can find Next Big Thing on facebook.
14. The Dictators….Who Will Save Rock’n’Roll….from the New York New York LP.
15. The Dictators….Cars and Girls….from the Go Girl Crazy LP from 1975.
16. Masterplan….What’s Up With That….from the Colossus of Destiny CD and from 2004.
17. Alter Boys….One Step Ahead Of The Rain….from their Soul Desire LP from 1987 and produced by Adny Shernoff of The Dictators.
18. Dany Laj and the Looks….Mr Screaming Attitude…from the recent Alive and Kicking CD and they will be in London on Saturday July 15^th at Call The Office. We’ll be talking  to Dany on next week’s edition of Radio WW.
19. The Cry…I’m In Love…from their first LP from a couple years back.
20. Don’t Touch The Dancers….Don’t Be Shy….from Laundromats Make Me Nervous bandcamp download and from London Ontario. They released this just after they broke up last fall.
21. Paul Collins….King Of Power Pop….from the CD of the same name from 2010.
22. Dave Rave….A Little Messed Up….from the recent A Little Messed Up In Rock & Roll LP that we got from Dave last night at This Ain’t Hollywood as Dave and Tim Gibbons were the opening duo, sounding a lot like The Every Brothers!
23. Graham Parker….Mercury Poisoning….from the Passion Is No Ordinary Word best of compilation CD. Graham and Brinsley Schwarz put on a great show last night in Hamilton! They covered hits from 1976 all the way up to today and Graham’s voice sounds as good as it did 40 years ago!
24. Foreign Objects…Wrestling Is Real…from the Not Too Cool compilation CD and this song was recorded back in 1982. Smash Wrestling is coming to London on Sunday night at London Music Hall.
25. Cheap Trick….California Man….from the Essential Cheap Trick CD and originally from 1978.
26. The Fastbacks….On The Wall….from the Answer The Phone Dummy CD from 1994.
27. Detroit Cobras…..My Baby Loves The Secret Agent….from the Baby Cd that was released by Bloodshot Records.

Thanks for all the Heys, emails, facebook messages and phone calls.

On next week’s show, we’ll be talking to Dany Laj on the phone as Dany Laj and the Looks are playing Saturday night at Call The Office.

Here’s a link to what might be an archive for this show:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist July 14/2017

1. Pale Lips….Rock’n’Roll Dipshit….from the recent Wanna Be Bad CD and from Montreal.
2. Running From Daylight….Coffin For 2….from a recent demo and from London. They will be doing a live to air on CHRW’s Shakin’ Katz Radio on Wednesday.
3. Buzz Deluxe….Long Legged Boogie…..from a self titled Australian release from 2008, but from just north of Toronto. This duo used to play London a fair bit and are just starting to play live shows again.
4. Big John Bates….Psycho Garage Blues….from the Mystiki CD from 2003 and from Vancouver.
5. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners….Lonely Wolf….from the recent re-ish of Hot’n’Cold from 1987.
6. Dany Laj and the Looks…Sweet Pretender….from the recent Alive And Kicking CD and they are in town on Saturday July 15^th at Call The Office.
7. Dany Laj and the Looks….Diamond In The Rough…. As above.   About this time Dany called in from Toronto to talk about the show on Saturday night and the show they were about to play; opening up for Teenage Head at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto.
8. Dany Laj and the Looks….I Know You Want Out…from the Word On The Street Lp from a a year or so ago.
9. Dany Laj and the Looks….Best Thing In Town…. As above.
10. Nervousmen…..The New Break….from a recent demo and from London Ontario.
11. Priors…..Hungry For Love….from their brand new release and from Montreal.
12. Dusty Mush….Not Wild….from their recent Cheap Entertainment CD on Howlin’ Banana Records out of France.
13. Birds Of Paradise….Beehive State….from their recent 7” on Hidden Volume Records and from Montreal.
14. Bloody Diamonds….Lady Of The Night….from They’ve Got Secrets CD from 2012. Bloody Diamonds are from the east coast and did a live to air on Radio WW around the time of this release.
15. The Judys….Freedom 85….from their recent debut CD and features former Londoner Pete Feend on the fuzz bass.
16. The Forty Fives….Trying To Get Next To You….from their Fight Dirty CD and from Atlanta.
17. Small Faces….Grow Your Own….from 1966 and a mighty fine soul inspired dance instro!
18. The Dahlmanns…..The Last Time…from the brand new 7” on Next Big Thing out of Scotland and this combo is from Norway. Song writing courtesy of Mr Andy Shernoff.
19. Dave Rave….Anne Marie….from the recent A Little Messed Up In Rock’n’Roll Lp that Dave released for Record Store Day.
20. The Ramones….I Want To Be Your Boyfriend…..demo from about 1975 and on the Rhino CD of the first Ramones LP as a bonus track.
21. Elvis Costello….Working Week….from My Aim Is True from 1977.
22. Graham Parker…..That’s What They All Say….from his 1976 LP Heat Treatment. Got to see Graham Parker and guitarist Brinsley Schwarz last week at This Ain’t Hollywood in Hamilton and they were amazing!!!
23. The Singles….Since You’ve Been Gone….from the Bettern Than Before CD on Rainbow Quartz Records and from Detroit from 2003. This is the start of a 4 song Rainbow Quartz spotlight, a long departed label that specialized in powerpop and psych sounds.
24. Myracle Brah….I’d Rather Be….from the Super Automatic CD from 2000 and from Baltimore.
25. Morning After Girls…..Run For Our Lives….from the Prelude EP’s: 1 and 2 CD and from Australia
26. Three For 10’s….Philly Blues….from the Taking Northern Liberties CD and from Philidelphia from 2004. This was the last of the Rainbow Quartz spotlight.
27. Plastic Heroes….Everyday….from the Escape the Lower End CD on Bongo Beat Records and from the UK from 2008.
28. Material Issue….Goin’ Through Your Purse…from the Freak City Soundtrack CD and from 1994.
29. The Individuals….My 3 Sons….from the Fields Ep from 1982 and part of the NYC/Hoboken powerpop scene from the early 80’s.
30. Katrina and the Waves…..Going Down To Liverpool….from the CD The Original Recordings 1983-1984 on Bongo Beat Records. Katrina used to play London back in the early 80’s at a long gone place called Bullwinkles.
31. The Plimsouls…..Now….from the Plus CD from 1981 and goes out to Pete Feend.

Thanks for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! Back again next week with an early start, we’ll be hitting the airwaves at 3PM and go right through till 6PM….we’ve got Fireball Grant scheduled to pop in for a short time.

You might be able to find the archived show here:

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

Radio What Wave Playlist July 21/2017

This was a 3 hour show, starting at 3, then at 5PM we had Fireball Grant in a a guest.

1. Dany Laj and the Looks….Best Thing In Town….from the Word On The Street LP. Last weekend Dany Laj and The Looks played Call The Office and put on a super powerpop show!!  Powerpop is where it’s at!!
2. The Thing From Outer Space….Too Drunk To Surf….latest demo from this London surf combo and they play Saturday night at Fitzrays.
3. The Surfdusters….Gruesome….from the 1997 CD Surf After Dark and they were from British Columbia. They had a song or 2 on What Wave cassettes many moons ago.
4. The Gruesomes…Bikers From Hell….from the Tyrants Of Teen Trash LP on OG and currently re-ished on Ricochet Sound (as are all The Gruesomes releases).
5. The Sadies….Black Sheep….from the Rat Fink Soundtrack CD.
6. The Ramblin’ Ambassadors...Hairless Cat…from the Avanti CD and from Calgary.
7. Newport Electric….The Way Out Is in….from the So It Goes CD from a couple years back and from London Ontario.
8. Dave Campbell….The Time Is Now…from the Finding The Real CD from a couple years back and from London Ontario.
9. Hurricane and Able….Suddenly….from a download and features local band groupie Shawn MacDonald….Shawn is also in Space Slave and many other combos.
10. The Knaves…..unknown song as there is no song listing but this was a London Ontario based combo that featured former CHRW Rob Gordon on the drums.
11. Hot Kid….Knock You Down…from the Got It To Give Cd from 2007.
12. Stolen Minks….Bring It…from the High Kicks CD and from Halifax.
13. Del-gators….Get Down….from the Pound Down! CD from 2001 and released on SFTRI. This is a Montreal combo whose members have all gone on to many other projects.
14. King Khan and His Shrines….3 Hairs and Your Mine….from the CD of the same name and released on Voodoo Rhythm Records out of Switzerland.
15. The Diodes….Blonde Fever…..from the Tired of Waking Up Tired CD and originally released in 1977. Diodes box set due out this fall with some unreleased material.
16. UIC…Outta Hand….from the Wiseman Sessions….planned on playing a Chickens track at this point but for some reason there was this UIC CD in the case!
17. Crummy Stuff….Jag The Ripper……from the self released I Dig Chicks CD and features former Londoner Brian Young on the bass.
18. Budoken….For Badge Holders Only…..from their 2008 sessions and from Victoria British Columbia.
19. Raving Mojos….Yeah Yeah Uh Huh….from a download and features Ken Fox on bass, who later joined The Fleshtones and is still with them.
20. It’s All Meat….Feel It…..1970 single that is on the It’s All Meat bootleg CD.
21. Northwest Company…..Get Away From It All….from the 8 Hour Day CD put out by Neptoon Records. This is the late 60’s/early 70’s garage combo from Vancouver.
22. 49^th Parallel….Citizen Freak…from the 49^th Parallel CD on Pacemaker Records. BTW, Pacemaker is run by former CHRW DJ Peter Burns.
23. Mississippi Hippies….Rockalator….from their self titled CD.
24. Maow…..Wank…from their 1996 CD, The Unforgiving Sounds Of…..released on Mint Records and features Neko Case on drums and some vocals.
25. Maow….Mean Man…. As above.
26. Crazy Rhythm Daddies….Bip Bop Bip….from their self titled CD from 1996 and were based in Montreal. There’s a couple former Hardrock Goners and a Gruesome involved in this one.
27. Greylands….Another Lie…from their Right Arm CD from 2015 and from Hamilton Ontario.
28. The Junction…..Factions…from their Grievances CD from 2012 and from Toronto.
29. Invasions…..Rat Bastard….from their Magic CD from 2008 and from Toronto.
30. American Flamewhip….Gasoline…from their 2006 CD Hand Tighten and features J-Rod on vocals and guitars.
31. Elad’s Guitar Army….Drop The Gloves…from their 1999 CD Rock’n’Roll Circus CD and from Windsor Ontario.
32. Myles Deck and the Fuzz….El Mariachi….from their 2010 CD You Can’t Heal A Sick Riff and from Halifax.
33. The Minstrels….Can’t She Be Mine….from their Ev’ry Which Way CD from 1992.
34. The Comos…..She Doesn’t Care….from their Band Width CD from 2006 and from London Ontario.
35. High Dials…Desiderata….from their A New Devotion CD on Rainbow Quartz Records and from Montreal.
36. Fireball Grant….York Hotel….right about at this point in the show, Fireball Grant arrived to talk about one man bands and  his recent trip to Italy.
37. Fireball Grant….Baltic…from his most recent demo.
38. Fireball Grant….Alright Now….as above.
39. Harmonica Frank…..Rockin’ Chair Daddy….from the Sun Records box set and from 1951
40. Bloodshot Bill….Midnight On Mars….from the 10” The Out Of This World Sounds Of….
41. Fireball Grant….Subway….from his most recent demo.
42. Hasil Adkins….She Said…from the Ace Hasil compilation.
43. Hasil Adkins…..My Baby Loves Me….as above.
44. Vinnie Crowley…..Cheap Pub….this is one of the people that Fireball Grant played with in Italy.
45. Leadfoot Tea…..Coronet Hemi….from a brand new 7” on Beluga Records and from Sweden.
46. Leadfoot Tea….Leadfoot Down… as above.
47. Bradleyboy MacArthur….Backdoor Man…..from his Salt Gun CD from 2011 and from Oshawa Ontario.
48. John Schooley…..Drive You Faster….from his self titled Lp on Voodoo Rhythm Records.

Big Thans for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and to Fireball Grant for taking time to drop by the studio and yammer…..always fun with Fireball!

Back again next week with a couple of requests and a set dedicated to the recent passing of Peter Principle, long time bass played with Tuxedomoon.

You might be able to find an archived show here:

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Radio What Wave Playlist July 28/2017

1. Coaching For Sara…..Sister Won’t….from their latest demo and playing tonight at the 765 East.
2. Nihilist Spasm Band….This Is a Test…..for Ben Portis who passed away last week. Ben was a former CHRW host and put on the No Music Fests here in London in the 90’s. He’d moved on into a highly successful career in the art world.
3. Black Donnellys……Anything And Everything….from London Crawling, the cassette that came with What Wave zine #22. The Donnellys are playing tonight at Call The Office along with Red Arms.
4. Flying Squad….Radiation Receiver….from a late 80’s demo and from London Ontario.
5. The Famines….Second World War….from the Pentagon Black Compilation Volume 2 that came out earlier this year.
6. Bath Salts….We Should Surf….from their recent Mardi Gras CD and from London.
7. Pat Todd and the Rank Outsiders…..Failure Is My Name….from a recent 7” on Beluga Records. Pat was in The Lazy Cowgirls who released many LP’s back in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
8. The Chickens…..Summer Of Love…from the 2000 CD Prepare To Plug In.
9. The Dahlmanns…..Forever My Baby….brand new 7” on Next Big Thing Records out of Scotland but this combo is from Norway. Featuring Andy Shernoff of Dictators fame on vocals and song writing.
10. Dany Laj and the Looks….Mixing A Drink….from their recent Alive and Kicking CD and from Montreal.
11. Tuxedomoon…..19^th Nervous Breakdown….from the Live at The Deaf Club LP from around 1980 and goes out to bass player Peter Principle who passed away last week.
12. Tuxedomoon….What Use?....from the Half Mute LP from 1980 on Ralph Records.
13. Tuxedomoon…..Desire….from the 1981 LP Desire, also on Ralph Records.
14. Tuxedomoon….Dark Companion…..from the Ralph compilation LP Frank Johnson’s Favorites.
15. The Offs…..624803…..from a 1980 7” and from San Francisco as were Tuxedomoon.
16. Pearl Harbour……Alone In The Dark….from her 1980 LP, Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost Too and also from San Fran.
17. The Screamers…..The Beat Goes On…..from the bootleg 1977/1978 demos and from LA.
18. Archie and The Bunkers….You’re My Pacemaker….2 teenage brothers from Cleveland who were heavily influenced by The Screamers. This track is from an upcoming release.
19. The Shiverettes….Broken Record….from the recent Dead Men Can’t Cat Call CD on Transistor 66 Records and from Calgary.
20. Never  Betters…..Gold Stars…from a recent download and from London.
21. Pale Lips….Doo Wah Diddy….from their recent Wanna Be Bad CD and from Montreal.
22. Stark Naked and the Fleshtones…..I Wanna Marry Your Mother….from a self released/titled CD and from Toronto. Late 70’s/early 80’s punk combo that are not to be confused with The Fleshtones from NYC.
23. Teenage Head….Kissin’ The Carpet….from a 1980 live recording from the Spoke and Rim Tavern on the Western University campus. This was broadcast live by CHRW back then and I recorded it on my cassette deck. CHRW did many live broadcasts from the Spoke Tavern back in those days.
24. Dave Rave…..Picture My Face….from the recent  A Little Messed Up In Rock’n’Roll LP that Dave released for Record Store Day.
25. The Stoves….Look Through Any Window…..live recording from 1979 at the Cedar Lounge here in London Ontario.
26. The Straits…..This Mess….from a self titled CD from 2004 and appears to be from a London combo.
27. Art Bergmann….My Empty House….from his 1988 CD, Crawl With Me.
28. Songs From A Room… We Are The Ones….from a self titled CD from 2008 and from Toronto.
29. Green Hour Band…..Real Lovin’…..from a self titled CD from 2008 and from Vancouver.
30. Sunday Sinners…..A Mountain Fall….from their Sweet Jam CD from 2006 and from Montreal.
31. The Mutants…..Too Much Too Soon….from their Fun Terminal CD that collects their recordings from 1978-1982.
32. Ugly Ducklings…..Hangman….from their Thump and Twang CD on Pacemaker and from 1967. Had to cut this one short as we ran out of time.

Big Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!Back again next week and we’ll do a short spotlight on Dave Edmunds as he is retiring from music this week.

You might find the archived show here:

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Radio What Wave Playlist August 4/2017. Jason Dickson as Special Guest

We had Jason Dickson (Co-author, along with Vanessa Brown of London 150 Cultural Moments) on as a special guest to talk about the book and London Ontario history. We had a delightful conversation, bringing up a few of the moments caught in the book as well as a few that weren’t in the book. Talked about the musical history of London Ontario, start of the punk rock scene and loads more!! It was a total blast and hope you listeners had as much fun as we did!

1. Mongrels….Nice Tits….didn’t mean to play this song and hopefully no one was offended. Meant to play All Systems Go. The Mongrels are celebrating the 3^rd anniversary of their monthly Rock’n’Roll Rent Party at the Richmond on Sunday from 4 till 7 PM.
2. Nihilist Spasm Band….Stop And Think  Shitheads….an early 70’s recording of London’s longest lasting band?!? Well covered in the book, as are its participants as they were a key part of an art/cultural movement here in London. This band has toured a good part of the world and are legends in many places, yet almost unknown in their home town. Which says a lot about London Ontario.
3. The Demics….New York City….from their 1979 EP, Talk’s Cheap on Ready Records. London’s most known punk combo and their most popular tune and it’s all about leaving London! Forgot to mention that Ready Records formed right here in London as its main participants were students in Fanshawe College Music Industry Arts. A program founded by former UK Pirate DJ Tom Lodge….and was later joined by famed Guess Who producer Jack Richardson (hence the Jack Richardson Music Awards here in London).
4. The Demics….Heart Of The City….live recording from the Cedar Lounge 1978, London’s infamous punk/new wave/whatever club that was at the north west corner of King and Talbot. Ironically, there are large balls located there now! This particular song sums up going down town to see the bands at the clubs in the 70’s/80’s.
5. Uranus….You’re So Square….from a live recording broadcast on CHRW 3/22/1982 from the Embassy Hotel. You’re So Square was the top 10 single that put Uranus on the Canadian musical map and even allowed them to travel to Vancouver to be on CBC television.  The Embassy was a hot spot form the mid 80’s onwards until closing and mysteriously burning to the ground not long after. London has an issue with former hot spots burning to the ground…ie The Brunswick Hotel.
6. Uranus….Shake Some Action….from a live radio broadcast on CFNY 5/1980. CFNY was the first commercial radio station in Canada to play the punk/new wave thing when it started. Unfortunately you couldn’t receive their signal here in London. In the summer of 1978, 6X, the Fanshawe Radio station hoped on the bandwagon and started playing punk/new wave music!! That was a godsend for many of us! A year or so later CHRW started broadcasting over the TV cable network for part of London. I was lucky enough to live in the area that received CHRW! Many live shows were aired over CHRW, with DJ Simon Less (Peter J Moore who won a Grammy last year!) recording many of these live shows. You’d be at a show and see a white styrofoam head in the crowd with wires coming out of the ears. This is what Simon used to record the band.
7. Jim Ashby….Speed City….from a 1970 7” that was re-released by Speed City Records a couple years back. In 1970 London was referred to as the speed capital of Canada, hence this amazing song by CJOE DJ Jim Ashby. You can grab a copy of this 7” from Speed City Records on Springbank Drive here in London.
8. The Blackholes…..Superfreak….from a live recording at the Brunswick Hotel. The Brunswick was a hot spot from the late 80’s onwards and many a young combo was fermented here. Closed down a few years back and mysteriously burned to the ground right after closing. The Blackholes have been around for years, starting as Viv Sun and The Blackholes and show up at art openings every now and then. Guitarist Tom Hilborn is a well known visual artist.
9. Osterberg…..London Eats Its Own….from a 10” record they released in 1993. This one is a who’s who collection of punk musicians and misfits.
10. The Stoves….Just My Style….live recording from the Cedar Lounge circa 1979 and one of the bands that shoulda gone on to big things. Just listen to those harmony vocals. Drummer Greg Moore went on to play in…
11. Sheep Look Up…..Burning….from their 1982 cassette and another London combo that should have and almost did make it. They did get play on Much Music, released an EP and were on the cusp of greatness….
12. 63 Monroe….At The Boot….from a live recording aired on CHRW around 1980. The Boot refers to the Blue Boot, the previous name of The Cedar Lounge. 63 Monroe featured (and still does to this day) Steven R Stunning on lead vocals, a one time mayoral candidate and he even had a weekly music column in the London Free Press, our only daily rag.
13. NFG…..Weekend Punx….from a live recording from the York Hotel. NFG stood for non-functioning gear or some reference to not that great. Steven R Stunning was vocalist for this combo and they morphed into 63 Monroe (there may have been a First Date along the way). The York Hotel is now known as Call The Office (with a stop at The Promised Land along the way) and is one of the best known rock’n’roll clubs in North America!! Some of the shows I’ve seen there include; The Cynics. Monomen, Das Furlines (probably the best show ever!!), Subhumans, DOA, Link Wray, The Sadies, Andre Williams, Dictators, Teenage Head, Forgotten Rebels, Paul Collins Beat and soooo many more! My fave club here in London!
14. The Zellots….Soldiers…from a 1980 recording and our first punk/new wave combo to feature 3 females in the band! Another one of those band that coulda and shoulda but didn’t quite make the next step. They opened for John Cale (Velvet Underground) at Fryfogles here in London and he asked them to come to the UK to open a tour for him. The band couldn’t muster up the airfare and had to cancel.  But, The Zellots are about to release their first record next month! Some late 70’s recordings they did in Vancouver when they lived there for a year or so. More details on that real soon!
15. Thundermug…..Africa…..1972 single that got radio airplay across Canada and helped put us on the musical map. The members of Thundermug are still active on the local music scene to this day!
16. Larry Lea….Odd Man Out….from his mid 60’s LP on  Canatal Records. This is rockabilly music released when the Beatles are the second coming! Timing is everything in music luckily we have the Black Holes to cover this one! The song title surmises my life and should have been covered by The Cramps.
17. Terminal Wallys….City Saviour….. from their New Old School CD from a few years back. Again, screwed up and played the wrong song, meant to play The East End, a tune about living east of Adelaide St but this song means just as much to London.

Ran out of time, but certainly not things to talk about with Jason Dickson, nor London songs to play. One of the fastest 2 hours of my life and a pure joy to talk about London.

You can pick up Jason Dickson and Vanessa Brown’s book. London 150 Cultural Moments at their bookstore, Brown and Dickson on Richmond St, at Chapters and most other cool book stores around! It’s a fun read for the reading room and brings out all kinds of trivia that you probably didn’t know.

Back next week with Andrew from Running From Daylight (new local rockabilly combo) and some of the members of Hiroshima Hearts as we do the world premiere of their brand new 7” record!!! And they have a record release party set up for September 16^th at the Aeolian Hall!

You might be able to catch the archived show here:

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Radio What Wave Playlist August 11/2017

We started a new feature with this edition of Radio What Wave, Meet Your Local Band. We met 2 local bands, Running From Daylight, a fairly recent addition to the London music scene, and Hiroshima Hearts, a well established band who are just about to release their first 7’ record. In fact, we did the world premiere of this about to be released record on the show!

1. Twin Fin….Jungle Room….from their brand new just released vinyl  LP Whiskey Wine and Venom Love. The record release party was last weekend at the Richmond Hotel, and it was to a packed and enthusiastic crowd!
2. Running From Daylight….Elvis Ain’t Dead….live recording from Call The Office. Right about this time, Andrew Bellini-Rutledge (vocals and guitar) from Running From Daylight came onair to talk about the band’s big show happening on the eve of this radio show and all things Running From Daylight. This was our first attempt at Meet Your Local Band and it seemed to go over well.
3. Running From Daylight….Folsom Prison Blues….as above.
4. Running From Daylight…Coffin For 2….from a recent demo that you can download from Bandcamp.
5. Running From Daylight…Devil’s Night….as above.  Big Thanx to Andrew for coming onair to talk and be the inaugural (guinea pig) for our new Meet Your Local Band feature!
6. The Zantees….Please Give Me Something….from their 1980 LP Out For Kicks on Bomp Records and played this as Andrew sounds a bit like the young Billy Miller on this track. And that ain’t anything to be taken lightly!
7. The Thing From Outer Space…..Too Drunk To Surf….their latest demo and they are playing with Running From Daylight at the Richmond on the eve of this show.
8. The Thing From Outer Space….The Thing From Outer Space….from their recent CD of the same name.
9. Roger Zuraw….Homeless Man….brand new and from an upcoming release by Etobicoke resident.
10. 3 O’Clock Train….Train Of Dreams….from the 1985 LP Wig Wam Beach. Features Mack MacKenzie on vocals and guitar and we’ll be featuring Mack on a live to air in 2 weeks time here on Radio WW (August 25^th).
11. Fireball Grant….Alright Now….from his latest recordings and we had Fireball on a couple weeks back.
12. The Bandits….Bandito….from The Electric 12 LP from the mid 60’s and this features Glen Campbell on the 12 string Rick. RIP to Glen Campbell.
13. The Heck….Waiting In Line…from a brand new 7” on Dirty Water Records from the UK.
14. Steppenwolf….Born To Be Wild…from a Greatest Hits LP and goes out to Goldy McJohn who played the big keyboards on this one. RIP to Goldy. For those that don’t know, Steppenwolf started out in Toronto as The Sparrow, then moved out to California, renamed themselves and took off from there.
15. Hiroshima Hearts…..Spend Your Money….from the Bone Music EP and right about here, Jenn Marino and Michael DV joined me for the second Meet Your Local Band feature on this show.
16. Hiroshima Hearts….Reach Out….from the about to be released 7” on Hiroshima Hearts Records. This was the official world premiere over the airwaves! The official release party is September 16^th at Aeolian Hall along with their good pals Pacanomad. For those that have never been, Aeolian Hall has Amazing acoustics and is an old style music hall.
17. Hiroshima Hearts….Got Me Moving….the B side of the single. The covers aren’t finished yet, but the artwork is by local (soon to be legendary) artist Jeremy Bruneel!
18. Hiroshima Hearts….Pistol….also from the Bone Music EP.
19. 63 Monroe….Punk Rock Goalie…from the recent Jeff LP and they will be playing Saturday night at SOHO along with 44i and Running From Daylight and former Terminal Dave Clark’s band.
20. B Girls….B Side….from their Who Says Girls Can’t Rock CD on OPM Records. B Girls have just released a vinyl LP on Bomp Records which features many of the songs from this CD. There is a London connection as Marcy Saddy was the drummer for most of the B Girls recordings.

Big Thanx to Andrew of Running From Daylight and Hiroshima Hearts, Jenn and Michael for coming live onair here on Radio WW!! Hope you listeners had as much fun as I did!

And a big thanx for all the phone calls, emails and facebook messages while onair!! Much appreciated!!

Here’s a link to what could be the archived show:

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Radio What Wave Playlist August 18/2017

1. Crankin’ With Elvis….Supreme Bagg Team….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood compilation from 1989 and the perfect way to start this show as Wednesday was the 40^th anniversary of the death of The King.
2. Elvis Presley….Heartbreak Hotel….live recording from 1956 and it gives you a bit of the idea of the craziness that surrounded any live performance by Elvis back then!
3. Elvis Presley….Long Tall Sally…. As above.
4. Elvis Presley….That’s All Right….Sun recording from January 1955. If it wasn’t for Elvis, Scotty Moore, Sam Phillips and Bill Black the world would have been a lot different musically and culturally! Teenagers flipped when they first heard Elvis!!
5. Cowboy Project…. All Shook Up….local combo with Hayden Vialva (The Dice), Kevin Kardsley (The Kards) and others.
6. Boy From Nowhere….King Creole….recorded live at Mortz’s according to the scrawl on the CD. Boy From Nowhere are still active and well worth checking out live if you ever get the chance! We’ve had them on Radio WW a couple of times for live to airs and each time has been a treat.
7. Frank Ridsdale….Mystery Train….live recording from Radio WW 9/16/2010. Frank was a member of Uranus, the combo that was just inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall of Fame this year! And he’s a member of The Stetson Brothers who gig around town quite a bit.
8. Peter Singh….I’m on the Phone Elvis….1982 7” from the UK and the only Elvis tribute record by a Sikh I’ve ever seen! Lavender Sweep Records from the UK is currently working on a compilation of Peter Singh’s recordings and a possible documentary!
9. Satan’s Cheerleaders with Vampira….Tribute To Elvis….1987 7” on the Living Eye Records imprint. Vampira is the actress who appeared in Plan 9 From Outer Space as well as some other flicks.
10. Gun Club….For The Love Of Ivy…..from the Fire Of Love LP from 1981 with the classic refrain of “All dressed up like an Elvis from hell!!’  Remember reading about this record in NYRocker when it first came out and sounded like something that I would really dig!! Ran over to Records On Wheels (only record store in London that sold the punk/new wave records back then) and it’s been one of my fave records ever since! A few years later Gun Club played Mingles here in London, with Kid Congo on the git, Patricia Bagg on bass and not sure who drummed. It was packed, hot and sweaty and a fight broke out between some cat that does a show here on CHRW and Dougie Sinner that resulted in a bunch of people getting kicked out! Kid Congo was wearing a heavy black sweater with a huge skull on the front and someone from the crowd yelled, ‘Hey Kid, where’d you get the sweater?’ and Kid nonchalantly replied ‘my Mom knit if for me!’  There’s a coupla pics from this show in a long ago edition of What Wave zine. Jeffrey Lee Pierce came back to London a few years later to play at Bullwinkles, Deja Voodoo opened and this was the infamous wrestling on the dance floor show with some Legend Killers and others going at it. Jeffrey wasn’t very inspiring at this show, but Deja Voodoo sure got the wrestling going!
11. Janice K….Teddy Bear….from Wave From The Grave, the cassette that came with What Wave zine #12 back in 1987. Janice became a famous Elvis interpreter, appearing on many television show, national magazines and even books!
12. Pale Lips….Old Flame….from a brand new 7” from this all female combo outta Montreal.
13. The Darts….Strange Days….from the soon to be released LP Me.ow, on Dirty Water Records out of the UK, but these gals are from LA and the west coast!
14. Leadfoot Tea….Coronet Hemi….brand new 7” on Beluga Records out of Sweden and LT is a one man band.
15. Bath Salts….Cool Like The Music….from their recent Mardi Gras CD and by request.
16. Peter and the Wolves….Let Me See You Growl….from a live recording from this Calgary based rockabilly combo. They are scheduled for September 7^th at the Richmond Hotel here in London.
17. Pat Todd and the Rank Outsiders…Failure Is My Name….from a 7” on Beluga Records. Around this time I dedicated a set to Steve Bannon.
18. 3 O’Clock Train….Stupid Little Angel….from the mid 80’s Wig Wam Beach LP. Singer Mack MacKenzie is scheduled for a live to air on next week’s edition of Radio WW. He will also be appearing locally at Fitzrays on Wednesday August 30^th.
19. Dave Rave…..Sweet American Music….from his latest LP, A Little Messed Up In Rock’n’Roll.
20. Dany Laj and the Looks….Mr Screaming Attitude….from their latest release, Alive and Kicking and we sent this out to our pal Kerry Piper.
21. The Judys….Genda Benda….from their self titled debut and from Vancouver.
22. The Dahlmanns…..The Last Time….from their latest single on the Next Big Thing label out of Scotland and as they say on their website, ‘the best powerpop band on the planet’ and couldn’t agree more. This particular song was penned by Andy Shernoff and that’s  him  playing on it as well.
23. Jill Porter….Just Ask….from her self titled CD and from 2005 and from Newfoundland.
24. Scott Biram…..Judgement Day…..from the Something’s Wrong/We’re Lost CD and the start of a set to help me forget about the shit that’s going on in the world right now! Listen to the lyrics on this one and you’ll get where I’m coming from!  Scott is appearing at This Ain’t Hollywood on Monday night.
25. Noble Savages….I Don’t Wanna Be a Boy No More….from the recent Trouble Brewing CD and from Hamilton Ontario. This CD was released by Transistor 66 Records out of Winnipeg.
26. The Subhumans….Mindless Tough Guy Act….from the New Dark Age Parade from a few years back and this little ska number sums up a lot of the shit that is going on now. The Subhumans played London back in 1981 and it was one of their best shows on their first and only cross Canada tour back then. Years later they reformed and played at Call The Office, energy intact and politically astute as ever!
27. Cardboard Brains….Babys Run My World….from the Last Pogo Lp that was recorded at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto for the last day of punk/new wave combos. The show was documented in a movie, and then later in a full blown doc on the Toronto/Hamilton punk scene in The Last Pogo Jumps Again. Recommended if you have any interest in the early punk scene from this area. We had Colin Brunton Director/producer as a guest on Radio WW a few years back.
28. Drastic Measures…Big Town Boy….from their self titled Lp from 1980 and they also played at the above mentioned Last Pogo. Art rock, but the message is still there!
29. Last Poets…..This Is Madness….from the LP of the same name and one of the first rap records to be released, circa 1970. Sums up a lot of the shit going down today.
30. Last Poets….When The Revolution Comes….from their self titled LP and a double shot of the Last Poets that probably lost us a few listeners. For those that kept listening, hope you could decipher some of these lyrics and relate them to our situation.
31. Fela Kuti….Zombie….from the Lp of the same name and from 1975. One of my fave Fela Kuti songs and again, the lyrics say it all in so few words! Fela’s son Seun made an appearance at Sun Fest here in London a few years back and absolutely killed it!! Dancing for over an  hour on solid concrete takes its toll on the body but worth every second!
32. The Subhumans….I Got Religion….from the New Dark Age Parade Lp and had to play this as the next DJ was late arriving. Again, timely.

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

Back again next week with a live to air with Mack MacKenzie of 3 O’Clock Train fame!

You might be able to catch the archived show here;

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Radio What Wave Playlist August 25/2017. Live to Air with Mack MacKenzie

1. Flying Squad….Fie On You….from Four Whom The Bell Tolls, the 7” EP that came with What Wave zine #16 ,  came out fall 1988. This was our first record and we learned a lot from the experience. This whole set goes out to Kerry Piper, drummer for Flying Squad, who is at home on the highway to recovery!!

2. Flying Squad….Ronnies Raygun/Question Of Temperature….late 80’s demos and Ronnie’s Raygun appeared on the cassette Wave From The Grave #2 that came with What Wave zine #12 back in the spring of 1987.

3. Flying Squad….Brian Mulroney…..early 90’s demo with Kerry Piper moved up to vocals.

4. Flying Squad….Health Food…from the compilation LP Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood, came out in 1989 on the OG/What Wave label. This is the song that most remember Flying Squad for…a classic shot of guitar noise and attitude!

5. Sonny Burgess….Red Headed Woman….from the Legendary Sun Sessions LP and Sonny’s best known song. Sonny passed away last weekend, one of the last of the original Sun Session crazies! Sonny and Conway Twitty came up to Canada on the advice of Rockin’ Ronnie Hawkins, Sonny stayed for part of a year before heading back to Memphis. Haven’t been able to find proof, but there’s a really good chance he played here in London back in 1960….Conway definitely did shows here in London, but he stayed in Canada much longer than Sonny.

6. Pat Todd and the Rank Outsiders….Known To Stumble, Known To Fall….from a recent single on Beluga Records out of Sweden. Pat was in The Lazy Cowgirls for many years and remember going down to Call The Office to catch them, and they were stuck at the border trying to enter Canada. They never did make the show….not the first or last time for this kind of thing to happen, as London is often the first stop for US touring bands.

7. Sonny Burgess…We Wanna Boogie….the flip side of Red Headed Woman and another cooker. RIP to Sonny!

8. Hiroshima Hearts….Pistol….from their recent Bone EP and they’ve got a record release happening at Aeolian Hall on September 16^th. We did the world premiere of the record a couple weeks back on Radio WW. Thanx to Jenn and Michael for dropping by on that show!

9. Mack MacKenzie….Not Your Indian Boy….this is our live to air with Mack MacKenzie and was being filmed for part of a documentary by Marc De Mouy.  From what I could hear in the onair booth, the sound going out was just Excellent!! Huge Thanx to Adam Courts and his crew here at CHRW for making it sound so good!!

10. Mack MacKenzie….Second Hand Couch….as above.

11. Mack MacKenzie…Ballad Of An Ignorant Man…. As above

12. Mack MacKenzie….The Devil Likes Me….as above and sent out to the DJ….LOL

13. Mack MacKenzie….Nightmares…. as above.

14. Mack MacKenzie….Muscle In… as above

15. Roger Zuraw….I’ve Got A Hunch….from our good pal in Etobicoke and he’s going to the  horse races and going to win a fortune….LOL.

16. Peter And The Wolves….Hey Hey Veronica…from a live download and they are coming to the Richmond Tavern on Thursday September 7^th. Rockabilly via Calgary Alberta.

17. The Darts….Strange Days….from their soon to be released LP Me.ow on the Dirty Water label out of the UK. This song was released as a video this week to help get the news out about the upcoming LP.

Right around this time Mack came into the onair studio to talk about things….like his late 70’s/early 80’s combo Sid Serious and the Pseuds, the big tour he’s on, upcoming re-ishes of all his back catalogue and lots of other crazy things! Mack plays  Fitzrays on Wednesday August 30^th at 11PM and it’s a free show.

18. Sid Serious and the Pseuds….I Live For TV….from a youtube video. The band did release a cassette and Mack has promised to send the songs our way!

19. 3 O’Clock Train…..Train Of Dreams….from the Wig Wam Beach EP from the mid 80’s Mack explained they recorded this EP 3 times before they got the sound they were after!  This is also the song many know the band from!

20. 3 O’Clock Train….Love To Rain….from the Muscle In LP that came out Feb 14^th 1987, which explains the red cover Mack joked to us off air!

21. The Judys….Revolution Blues….from their recent CD and from Vancouver. This is the start of our revolution set due to some things happening south of the border. A peaceful revolution is what we want!

22. Immortal Lee County Killers….Revolution Summer….from the 2005 CD, These Bones Will Rise To Love Again. Caught these guys at Call The Office just after this came out and prior to the band breakup. And they were Fantastic!! This show is etched into my brain forever and made me an instant fan that night!!

23. Delta 72…Get Down…from The R&B Of Membership CD from 1996 on the Touch and Go Label.

24. James Brown….Get Up, Get Down, Get Into It, and Get Involved…..from the 1971 Live in Paris CD (Love Power Peace) and sums up what we all should be doing right now!!

25. Elvis Costello….What’s So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding….from the 1978 Armed Forces LP and sums up everything!!! Thanx to Nick Lowe for writing this amazing song that still means so much today!!

Huge Thanx to Mack MacKenzie for dropping by to do the live to air and talk onair about stuff and things!! It was a Blast!! You can catch Mack at Fitzrays on Wednesday August 30^th and he goes on around 11PM.  And thanx to Adam Courts, his sound crew and CHRW for letting us do the live to air!!

Back again next week playing tunes for a long weekend!

You might be able to find the archived show here;

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

Radio What Wave Playlist September 1/2017

1. The Mongrels….All Systems Go….from the usual demo and they have their monthly Rock’n’Roll Rent Party happening at the Richmond on Sunday from 4 till 7.
2. Underground Divas…..This Train Is Running Out Of Faith…..brand new demo from a Montreal friend of Mack MacKenzie (who was live to air on last week’s show).  Timely and true this one.
3. John Schooley….Black Diamond Express Train….from his self titled LP on Voodoo Rhythm Records and John is from Austin.  We had John in town at the Victoria Tavern along with Lonesome Ghost and Speaking Tongues several summers back.
4. Lightning Hopkins…..Highway Blues….1953 recording from the Arhoolie LP, Historic Recordings. This one and the next go out to all the folks in Houston who are dealing with Hurricane Harvey.
5. Lightning Hopkins….My Starter Won’t Start….from the Arhoolie LP, Po Lightnin’.  For years, Lightning was the King of the Blues in Houston.
6. Satan’s Little Helpers….Another Girl….brand new release on Beluga Records out of Sweden.
7. The Hypnotics…New Wave Monday…..from their Modern Art Entertainment CD from 2016. We’ve got The Hypnotics for a live to air on Friday September 22^nd, and they have a show that eve at the Richmond here in London.
8. TVD….I’d Kiss You Honey But You’re Standing On My Bottom Lip….from the recent Salvation Through Distraction CD and they are playing tonight at Call The Office.
9. Suicide Generation….London Blues….from the brand new self titled release on Dirty Water Record out of the UK.
10. Long Day Journey….Space Age 5….from the brand new Stero-Phonic Adventures in Space! CD. From Hamilton and this is the soundtrack from a fictitious television show.
11. The Thing From Outer Space…..Too Drunk To Surf…..latest demo from this London Ontario surf combo.
12. Kathy Lynn and the Playboys….Rock City….instro from the Girls In The Garage Volume 2 LP, which is all 60’s female garage combos. Played this, as there was a picture of this combo at the Brass Rail Tavern here in London  on one of the FB history groups.
13. 24^th Street Wailers….Wicked….from the CD of the same name. This is from a Toronto based combo that moved to Austin and have been there a couple of years.
14. Rough Trade….What’s The Furor About the Fuhrer…..from the 1980 LP. Avoid Freud.
15. Sparks….Big Boy….from the 1976 LP, Big Beat.
16. Chambers Brothers…..Time Has Come Today….single version and is on the CD of the same name.
17. DOA….War….from the War On 45 Lp from about 1982. DOA come to Call The Office with The Black Donnellys October 13^th.
18. Belmondos….Have You Got Someone…..from the brand new International Pop Overthrow CD, #20 .
19. Virtues….One Eyed Car…. As above.
20. Leslie Periera and the Lazy Heros….Fly Like A Bird…as above.
21. Ronnie Lee….Dare To Be Different…from the Permanent New Wave LP from about 1980 or so.
22. Peter and the Wolves…Rock It Back In Time…..live recording and this combo hits the Richmond Tavern on Thursday.
23. Agnelli and Rave….Let’s Shake….from the recent A Little Messed Up In Rock’n’Roll LP from Dave Rave.
24. The Bop Cats….Rockin’ A Dream….from their first full length from 1981. Based in Toronto, but features the bass talents of Londoner Cam Marshman.
25. The Road….James Brown….2009 recording from a former Ugly Duckling or 2.
26. Ugly Ducklings….10:30 Train….from the Somewhere Outside Lp from 1966.
27. The Paupers…..If I Told My Baby….1965 recording and goes out to drummer Skip Prokop who passed away this week. Skip was also drummer for top 40 combo Lighthouse.
28. Dave Edmunds….Sabre Dance….from the Singles A’s and B’s LP and this song is from 1968. Finished the show with a tribute to Dave Edmunds as he announced his retirement this past summer.
29. Dave Edmunds….Down Down Down….1972 recording from the Rockpile LP.
30. Dave Edmunds….I Hear You Knocking….also from the Singles A’s and B’s LP and Dave’s top of the chart single from 1970.
31. Dave Edmunds…..Get Out Of Denver….from the 1977 Get It Lp as are the rest of the songs from this show. This is one of those albums that really packs a punch and these songs deserve to be heard together…..and some of them are quite timely.
32. Dave Edmunds…..I Knew The Bride….
33. Dave Edmunds…..Back To School Days….

Thanx for the phone calls, emails, FB messages etc….that’s what makes it all worthwhile!!

Back again next week with lots more noise to annoy.

You might find the archived show here;

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

Radio What Wave Playlist September 15/2017   w/Mark Kearney As Special Guest

Mark Kearney, co-author of the book As The Years Go By was our special guest for the first half or so of the show. Mark talked about most of the bands from London that are in his (and partner Randy Ray’s) latest book. The book is just over 400 pages of info and stories on many of Canada’s forgotten bands/artists from over the last 60 years or so. It’s a great read for the throne room, as each listing only last a couple of pages. And available locally at Brown & Dickson or the University Book Store.

And near the end of the show, Dany Laj called in as Dany Laj and The Looks are in town tonight at Call The Office for a show.

1. Uranus….Shake Some Action….from a live 1980 recording in Toronto. And we started the show by talking about Uranus, their hit and the fact the band made little money despite a hit in Canada.
2. Uranus….You’re So Square…..from the 1980 7” and this one made #3 on the CKSL charts in May of 1980.
3. Uranus….Tommy Get Your Gun….from their 1978 self released 7”.
4. Uranus….I’m Wonderful….as above.
5. Bluesmen Revue….Spin The Bottle….from their 1965 7” record on Columbia Records. Around this time we talked about Bluesmen Revue, how they won a battle of the bands contest, yet got none of the  promised prizes! Local man about town, Jim Chapman was a long time member of this combo.
6. Thundermug….Africa….their top 10 single on AM radio back in 1973.  And right about here we talked about how Thundermug was the loudest band in London (and their rehearsal space) in Toronto.  One listener called in with a Thundermug request I didn’t have and said he saw the band about 40 times!
7. Thundermug…..Duckworth Stomp….from the Ta-Daa LP from about 1975.
8. Grant Smith…..Keep On Runnin’…..from a 7” record and around here we talked about Grant Smith and The Power who had this top selling record. One story that came out, was that when Grant was playing Las Vegas, he told Tom Jones (yep, that Welsh guy) to Fuck Off in front of a packed crowd! And right after this we talked about Truck, Gary and Dave and Priscilla Wright, all Londoners who have done, or are still doing wonderful musical things!!
9. Grant Smith….Her Own Life….the flip side of the above single. It was a blast having Mark Kearney on the radio to talk about these London bands from the past. The reaction to the show was quite amazing, so we may bring Mark back at some future date to talk further about the history of Canadian music.
10. The Hypnotics…..Radio City….from the Static Fuzz Radio LP from 2011. The Hypnotics are from Windsor Ontario, and they will be doing a live to air on next week’s show. And then later that eve, they play a show at the Richmond with Space Slave and Running From Daylight.
11. The Hypnotics…..Can’t Stand It Anymore….from the Modern Art Entertainment CD from 2015.
12. The Hypnotics….Our Generation….from the Static Fuzz Radio Lp.
13. Hiroshima Hearts….Fool Me Twice…from the Bones EP and HH have their record release party at Aeolian Hall on Saturday night.
14. Pacanomad…..Raspberry Jam….from their recent Take It Slow CD and they will be opening up for Hiroshima Hearts on Saturday.
15. Dany Laj and the Looks…..Mr Screaming Attitude….from their recent Alive’n’Kicking CD and right about this time, Dany phoned in to talk about the show about to happen that night and what’s been going on in Dany Laj and the Looks world….ie opening for The Fleshtones, Teenage Head’s 40^th Bash, Rubinoo’s and playing/recording with some of the kids of Cheap Trick members for starts!!
16. Dany Laj and the Looks….Sweet Pretender….from the Alive’n’Kicking CD.
17. Dany Laj and the Looks…..Small Town Kid….from the Word On The Street LP from a year or so ago.
18. Steel River….Dream Is Country….from their 1970 LP, Weighin’ Heavy and we had to fade this one out due to time constraints.

Big Thanx to Mark Kearney for taking the time to drop by the studio and talk about his book. It’s a great read for all that are interested in the history of Canadian music. And a big Thanx to Dany Laj for taking the time to talk to us about the show happening tonight at Call The Office!

And Thanx for all the phone calls!!  There was a lot of interest in what we were talking about during this show judging by the number of calls that came in! And Thanx for all the emails, messages and Heys!!!

Next week, we have The Hypnotics playing live to air before they head down to the Richmond to play with Space Slave and Running From Daylight.

Here’s a link to the archived show:

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