Radio What Wave Playlist February 8/2021
- Gruesomes…..What Wave….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood, 1989.
- Chicken Snake….Bury My Trouble…from the brand new Shapeshifter on Beast Records and features Jerry Teel who was also in…
- Honeymoon Killers….Scootch Says…from their 1981 Hung Too Low release, which was just added to Bandcamp by the band.
- Creatures Of Condition….The Intruder…from the recent Uniforms Of Opposing Sides release and from Windsor Ontario.
- Isaac Rother and the Phantoms….Witches Brew….a recent release from this California combo.
- Pere Ubu….Final Solution….from Datapanik In The Year Zero box set. Originally came out in 1976 and one of the only songs I’ve heard the word insurrection used.
- Nach Dem Tode….Crow Dancer….from an upcoming release and the band already has a video for this one. From London and features Brian Lambert (former Enemas) and his brother Lucky Pete (got his start in NFG and has been drumming non stop since).
- Luddittes….Moonsong….from their 1989 self titled release. From London Ontario and former Free Press Entertainment editor James Reaney’s fave band.
- Suffer Machine….Suffer Machine…from their 1986 Deprogram release and from London Ontario.
- Radio 4….New Shoes….demo from about 1981 and from London Ontario. They evolved into Sheep Look Up, one of those bands that coulda and shoulda but…
- Mountain Of Wolves…Don’t Call My Name….from their self titled long player from 2017 and from London Ontario.
- Nihilist Spasm Band….This Is A Test….from their 1989 release and from right here in London Ontario.
- Goddo….The Bus Driver Blues….from their self titled long player from 1977 and the beginning of our transit worker appreciation set.
- MFC Chicken…29 Bus….from It’s MFC Chicken Time release from 2013 and from the UK.
- Roger Zuraw….Public Transit Worker Blues….from his 2013 Whose Blues Is It Anyway release and from Toronto.
- Hollies….Bus Stop….from their 1966 single and the end of our transit worker set.
- Full Throttle….Lockdown….brand new recording by these 3 14 year olds from London Ontario. This lockdown is bringing out the best in many artists and it’s great to hear kids following in their Dad’s footstesps. Singer/guitarist Max is the son of Mike from the Legend Killers. drummer Kaelin is the son of Chris from Syre and bass player Evan is the odd man but that’s not holding him back.
- Legend Killers….King For A Day….from their We’re Workin’ On It release from 2006 and from London Ontario.
- Losin’ Streaks… It’s My Pride….from their recently re-ished Sounds Of Violence release.
- Merinuks….Bent Outta Shape….from their recent EP2 release and from Hamilton Ontario. They took their name from legendary artist Darren Merinuk who did several What Wave zine covers.
- Miesha and the Spanks….Wanna Feel Good…..recent single from this duo from Calgary.
- Long Ryders….I Had A Dream…from their 1984 Native Sons and goes out to bass player Tom Stevens who recently passed away. We only saw the Long Ryders once, right near the end of their life and Tom had already left the band at that point.
- Long Ryders….Good Times Tomorrow, Hard Times Today…from the 1985 State Of Our Union release.
- Three O’Clock Train… The Devil Likes Me….from their Wig Wam Beach release from 1985 and from Montreal. Leader Mack, has dropped by and played live on Radio WW a couple times over the years and is always a fun time to see live.
- Fetchin’ Bones…. Black Lillies….from their 1985 Cabin Flounder and are from North Carolina. Remember seeing them in the mid 80’s at Folk City in NYC and they were a fun live band. Can’t seem to locate any pictures from that show.
- Blood On The Saddle…Black River…from their 1987 Fresh Blood release and from the west coast. We caught them twice at Key West here in London, and both were great shows!
- Tex and the Horseheads…. Guitar Obsession…from their self titled debut release from 1984 and from the west coast.
- Arson….Coho Coho…from their 1979 7” and from Toronto. This goes out to singer Rude Van Steenes who recently passed away. Remember seeing these guys at the Cedar Lounge fall 1978 and one of the first out of town punk bands I saw here in London.
- Arson…Telephone Drone….from their Not Always About You release from 2012 when they reformed the band. Saw this lineup, with David Quinton on the tubs, open for the Flamin’ Groovies at Lee’s in Toronto.
- Animals…. Outcast…..from the 1966 Animalisms release and goes out to guitarist Hilton Valentine who recently passed. Love the fuzz on this one!
- Animals….Hey Gyp….from the 1966 Animalism release.
- Animals…I’m Crying….from a 1964 7”.
- Howlin’ Wolf….300 Pounds Of Joy….from a greatest hits compilation and originally came out in 1963. This was to be the start of our all black set (February is Black History Month) but people keep passing and we have to pay our tributes.
- Andre Williams…. Detroit….from his 2001 Bait And Switch release.
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And a Huge Thanx to all the artists/bands that are making such Great music in these crazy times!!!
Back again next week with tributes to James Purify, Danny Ray (James Brown’s MC and cape guy) and hopefully no others.