Setting Sons by the Jam (punk?) started as a concept as did Siouxsie & the Banshees Join Hands...
May 21, 2013 11:03 AM CDT
Setting Sons by the Jam (punk?) started as a concept as did Siouxsie & the Banshees Join Hands...
May 19, 2013 11:18 AM CDT
The English Subhumans did a couple of concept type records. "From the Cradle to the Grave" tells the story of being born & trapped in the system & it's basically one long song.
May 21, 2013 10:54 AM CDT
I first read this thread a few of days ago but had to wait to contribute, sadly that means I'm repeating everyone, however... The sad fact is Rockabilly, Mod, Skinheads, Northern Soul, Punk or whatever, where started by kids, for kids and are youth cults. A lot of those kids were into it as a fashion or a fad and quickly 'grew out of it'. I've known kids starting out as Punks, then Mod, then Skin etc until finally 'becoming normal'.
As adults we are under a lot of pressure to act our age, from bosses, wives or friends. What does act our age mean? dress like our Parents / Grandparents? Go to a Gig, Dance, allnighter or Weekender containing music from any 50's-80's genre and you'll see a few 'normals' reliving their past but the vast majority are late 40's early 50's dressed in all the gear, having the time of their lives. Of course some of us, compromise and dress the part, so there's no mistaking what music - cult we still belong to, but without all the trappings. Jeans, Leathers, 40's, 50's or 60's suits but not the drapes, studs, patches or parkas. When was the last time you saw a Skinhead who wasn't naturally bald? For me, I grow old, I refuse to grow up, if growing up means dressing like a 50 year old direct from SAGA or from one of those cheap catalogues. What are you rebelling against? What have you got?
May 19, 2013 11:22 AM CDT
The older I get the less of a fuck I give & the more Rock&Roll speaks to me.
May 20, 2013 9:48 PM CDT
PLAYLIST FOR 5/20/13. SKATEBOARD MIX DURING THE FIRST HOUR.
06:03PM Dead Kennedys “Chemical Warfare”
06:05PM Dr. Know “SAVIOR”
06:06PM JFA “Great Equalizer”
06:08PM Bad Religion “Bad Religion”
06:10PM The Circle Jerks “Deny Everything”
06:11PM Plan 9 “War Of The Worlds”
06:12PM Modern Warfare “ONE FOR ALL”
06:19PM The Dwarves “Downey Jr.”
06:20PM Dead Kennedys “California Uber Alles”
06:22PM Pezz “Pimp Caesar”
06:25PM McRad “Prevent This Tragedy”
06:28PM White Flag “Celabate”
06:31PM Sacred Order “The Right To Be Poor and Radical”
06:31PM Venomous “The Lottery”
06:33PM Sin 34 “Not No Fun”
06:36PM Big Boys “LESSON”
06:36PM The Minutemen “Party With Me Punker”
06:37PM Anvil Chorus “Blue Flames”
06:45PM Minus-One “The Kids Don't Skate Here”
06:47PM Stalag 13 “SELFISH”
06:48PM Genocide “Peggy's Got A Problem”
06:49PM Disastroid “THREE STRIKES”
06:52PM Noise God “She Had No Shadow”
06:53PM Gang Green “LAST CHANCE”
06:56PM Adrenalin O.D. “World War 4”
07:00PM The Dictators “Fireman's Friend”
07:06PM Cheap Time “People Talk”
07:09PM Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Shirt Jac Train #3”
07:11PM Musclecar “You Got It, I Want It”
07:17PM Bitchschool “Runaways In the Night”
07:20PM New York Dolls “Human Being”
07:24PM The Coma-Tones “Drive Around My Head”
07:32PM Die Kreuzen “So Many TImes”
07:36PM The Coltranes “Fur”
07:39PM JONES CRUSHER “Mamasita”
07:41PM The Saints “Lost And Found”
07:50PM Trunk Dog “Safe Not Sorry”
07:50PM Asteroid B-612 “Straight Back To You”
07:54PM Clone Defects “Shapes of Venus”
07:57PM Radio Birdman “Non-Stop Girls”
08:02PM Link Wray & The Raymen “The Sweeper”
08:05PM 60's Second Swingers “Let Me Down”
08:06PM The Insomniacs “Don't Turn Away”
08:10PM Kempy & the Guardians “Love for a Price”
08:11PM Kid Congo & the Pink Monkey Birds “LSDC”
08:18PM Danny and the Darleans “Don't Ask the Question”
08:21PM Gino And The Goons “Gotta Getaway”
08:24PM Eddie and the Showmen “Squad Car”
08:30PM King Sound Quartet “Annihilate This Week”
08:30PM Flamin' Groovies “Comin' After Me”
08:34PM The Hook Up “Minstrel Boy”
08:37PM Thee Headcoatees “Davey Crockett”
08:39PM The Chargers “TAXI”
08:45PM The Dirtbombs “No Expectations”
08:50PM The Silencers “6 & 7 is...”
08:54PM The Creepy Creeps “C.C.M.C.”
08:58PM The Mono Men “Hate Your Way”
May 20, 2013 9:10 PM CDT
Yeah , Johnny , I DID , BUT I FORGOT WHAT I SAID....I remembered reading some of the lyrics when "..."And You Suck" came out , and wondering how long they'd last before some Radical Feminists set their practice space on fire ! But , a lot of things have been taken so seriously. Before those guys , you had The Child Molesters, Angry Samoans and Fear , pushing the anti- PC envelope in L.A. Some people even think Fear's segment in "Decline" was real , when even the audience /band baiting was DUBBED !
Johnny Lurg said:
Speaking of vegans, has anybody mentioned the Meatmen yet?
May 20, 2013 8:35 PM CDT
Speaking of vegans, has anybody mentioned the Meatmen yet?
May 20, 2013 7:24 PM CDT
He sure did. Of course , so did Judge Rhinehart (sic) , Jennifer Jason Leigh , and , briefly , anyway , Phoebe Cates. I still love that movie. I did'nt go see it when it came out , because it looked so stupid. I did'nt realize that , besides being pretty fuckin' funny , it dealt with some REALITIES , like teen pregnancy , abortion , go - nowhere jobs , and the illusion that High School is where life peaks .
"The fun's got to stop? I'm wondering when the fun's going to BEGIN !". Judge.
MikeL said:
Sean Penn did pretty well for himself after playing the stoner dude in that movie:)
John Battles said:Cheap Trick WERE yesterday's news by 1982 , unless you lived in Chicagoland or Rockford , I guess. They still sold records , just not as many , and they played smaller halls , I guess , than before. But , bands were forgotten a lot quicker, in those days. Who knew or cared where Kiss or Aerosmith were in 1982? They were around , Ted Nugent was around , but , it'd be years before their megabucks comebacks. Sorry....to answer your question....I remember "Pink Lady and Jeff".I watched all those Summer Replacement , or planned obsolescence TV shows , back then. The show was criticized for excessive Asian jokes. I don't remember , but , I think a friend gave me a tape with one or two episodes on it , but I only ever watched the Lancelot Link reruns on the same tape , more than once. Pink Lady had an album out on the US market. After the show tanked , I think they went back to Japan , and did well , there , for a few years. Jeff was the White guy. He stayed here.
Yeah , whatshisname in "Fast Times ". What a TOOL , but , capable of getting your trust. We all knew guys like that. I never saw him in anything else again. It's too bad , he was actually pretty good.
May 20, 2013 10:32 AM CDT
Sean Penn did pretty well for himself after playing the stoner dude in that movie:)
John Battles said:
Cheap Trick WERE yesterday's news by 1982 , unless you lived in Chicagoland or Rockford , I guess. They still sold records , just not as many , and they played smaller halls , I guess , than before. But , bands were forgotten a lot quicker, in those days. Who knew or cared where Kiss or Aerosmith were in 1982? They were around , Ted Nugent was around , but , it'd be years before their megabucks comebacks. Sorry....to answer your question....I remember "Pink Lady and Jeff".I watched all those Summer Replacement , or planned obsolescence TV shows , back then. The show was criticized for excessive Asian jokes. I don't remember , but , I think a friend gave me a tape with one or two episodes on it , but I only ever watched the Lancelot Link reruns on the same tape , more than once. Pink Lady had an album out on the US market. After the show tanked , I think they went back to Japan , and did well , there , for a few years. Jeff was the White guy. He stayed here.
Yeah , whatshisname in "Fast Times ". What a TOOL , but , capable of getting your trust. We all knew guys like that. I never saw him in anything else again. It's too bad , he was actually pretty good.
May 20, 2013 5:45 AM CDT
I just put D'addario Flatwounds Chromes SS on my Squier jaguar SS and it's sound very good. They are low but still got treble.
A very good bass, easy to play, made to rock, good choice !
May 19, 2013 10:29 PM CDT
Bonniwell Music Machine - Take Time Out For a Daydream. A rare Pop - oriented song by the late , great Sean Bonniwell , but , an effective one.
May 19, 2013 10:25 PM CDT
The Low Numbers - Try It (Standells) . This was a VERY early Punk Rock Joke band , on Rhino. So bad , it's passable , but, i TAKE IT THEY WERE NEVER A REAL BAND. In their liner notes , the Guitarist said he holds the title to the name "Johnny Thunder'' as that was his real name , and Johnny Thunders was'nt The Dolls/Heartbreakers' Guitarist's real name , it was Johnny Gonzales (Genzale. Close.). Never mind they already had a Johnny Thunder ("Loop De Loop".) . When asked their opinion on The Ramones , they said "We don't like Disco.". That's worse than what Crime said about them.
Try it (Standells' own remake , ca. 1987. Reportedly just as bad.).
Did'ja know there was a Chocolate Watchband in England , and a Velvet Underground in Australia , in the 60s? Where I COME FROM , THAT JUST AIN'T RIGHT.
May 19, 2013 1:58 AM CDT
Probably for the better.
John Battles said:
NO , I THINK IT'S FUNNY. Don't feel you're being mean. I still don't know who the Hell she is.
May 18, 2013 9:22 PM CDT
NO , I THINK IT'S FUNNY. Don't feel you're being mean. I still don't know who the Hell she is.
Jane Dear said:
Ha! I think she was still incubating when Urge Overkill got together. I feel kinda mean making fun because it just goes without saying.
May 18, 2013 9:20 PM CDT
No , no , no. You're thinking of Neko Case. Nash Kato was The Green Hornet's sidekick.
Andy Climax said:
Wasn't Nash Kato, Inspector Clouseau's assistant in dem Panther movies??? haha
May 18, 2013 9:19 PM CDT
Yeah , that was a joke. I , unfortunately, live in Urge Overkill , Liz Phair , Smashing Pumpkins , Ministry , etc. etc.'s home town , so , I always had to hear how great all that stuff was , but , I'm still not feelin' it . A former friend told me Urge Overkill was up shit creek because their record had only sold 100, 000 , which , in Punk Rock terms , is a Gold Record.
Johnny Lurg said:
No, that was Nash Kato.
John Battles said:Oh , GOD , IT BOTHERS ME , TOO. KATE NASH. WAS'NT SHE IN URGE OVERKILL?
May 18, 2013 2:29 PM CDT
Wasn't Nash Kato, Inspector Clouseau's assistant in dem Panther movies??? haha
May 18, 2013 11:11 AM CDT
Ha! I think she was still incubating when Urge Overkill got together. I feel kinda mean making fun because it just goes without saying.
May 18, 2013 4:58 AM CDT
No, that was Nash Kato.
John Battles said:
Oh , GOD , IT BOTHERS ME , TOO. KATE NASH. WAS'NT SHE IN URGE OVERKILL?
May 19, 2013 2:40 PM CDT
NAUGHT TO DO WITH SXSW , BUT , I THINK "HEY HAMBURGER PIMP" MIGHT BE THE BEST NAME ON THIS THING , TO DATE.
"Well...If it is'nt my old friend , The Hamburger Pimp."
"Man , you better watch who you fuckin' with. I'm so bad , I gotta kick my OWN ass twice a day !".
May 19, 2013 12:04 PM CDT
I do a radio show in Canada. I named my show after the Cavemen's hit B Side It' Trash!
Was wondering if there was anyway i could contact the members?
Recorded a single on 'Chelle Records ( PH 148) in 1966 with A side the Pillow Bit. Would like to get a interview with them.
On discogs it refers to the song being Written By – A. Johnson, B. Jabour, T. Rey
Engineered by Steve Kimball.
May 19, 2013 11:54 AM CDT
King Khan just sent me this great piece about the first time he met Jay Reatard. I guess there's a Jay Reatard documentary coming out. King Khan is making movies. Here's the piece.
May 18, 2013 7:22 PM CDT
Radio What Wave Playlist May 16/2013
1. King Beez....Showdown...from a CD called Singles 2008-2009
2. Deniz Tek...Always Out Of Reach...from the Glass Eye World CD on Career Records. Deniz Tek was in Hamilton at This Ain't Hollywood the night after this show.
3. Radio Birdman...Do The Pop... from Radios Appear from 1978.
4. Radio Birdman...Aloha Steve And Danno...as above.
5. catl...Untitled...from a TV broadcast from Louisville Kentucky as catl are on a Southern states tour.
6. Panther Burns...Shade Tree Mechanic...from the Shake Rag EP on New Rose 1986. Tav Falco and The Unapproachable Panther Burns are coming to This Ain't Hollywood 6/19, a rare chance to see a living legend in action. This song goes out to Pam H who was having car problems...Tav can get any car purring like a kitten.
7. The Reply...I Must Stop...from the Downtown Soul EP.
8. The Marvelous Beauhunks...Don't Mind Doin'...from the Who Said The Kids Are Alright CD.
9. The 905s...Under A Spell/Stay Inside....This is Part 3 of The Radio WW Sessions. It's a live studio recording, done exclusively for Radio WW. The Sessions are by invite only, ensuring that only the best bands out there are involved in the Sessions. This time, it was The 905s who are from the Greater Toronto area and play fairly often in that area. They've played London only 3 times, yet each time they come here, everyone is asking when are they coming back? Dunno when they are coming back, but hopefully it's real soon! Big thanx to The 905s for doing this for us!
10. The 905s...Running Full Speed...as above.
11. The 905s...Celebrity...as above.
12. The 905s...NYC...as above.
13. Weirdonia...I Like Rumble Fish...from a demo. 2 piece of which one half lives in London, the other Windsor. They are playing in London on saturday night at The Richmond.
14. Gatgas...Back To The Assylum...from a recent demo. Local punk combo.
15. Drivin' Beats...Nothing Really Matters....demo...US based surf/garage/fun combo.
16. BB Guns...I Killed My Baby...from a demo, they have just released a 7" with this song on it.
17. Legend Killers...Strychnine...from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with WW #24, out now in stores.
18. Legend Killers...Gonna Snap...from We're Working' On It CD. The Legend Killers music is going to be featured in a play at the Fringe Festival next month. Once more details are known, we'll let you know.
19. Frankenstein 5...It's A Cryin' Shame...from Dig Deeper, a CHRW CD compilation from the early 90's.
20. B5 Blue...Ramblin' Rose...live recording from Mortz's, early 90's.
21. Evil Hoodoos...It's My Pride...demo from 5/93, shit, that's 20 years ago!!
22. Royal Hangmen...Get Out Of My Way...from their self titled debut LP on Screaming Apple Records.
23. The Flesheaters...Pray Till You Sweat...from Prehistoric Hits, Volume 2 on SST Records. This is Chris D's combo from the early 80's featuring DJ Bonebrake on the marimbas.
24. Sons Of Hercules...Tight Fit...from a 7" on Unclean Records. Austin combo featuring Frank Pugliese, who played in one of the bands that opened for the Sex Pistols at The Longhorn Ballroom Jan 10/1978.
25. Sons Of Hercules...Once I Was...as above.
Huge thanx to The 905s for participating in the Radio WW Sessions. Get out and see this band if they are ever playing near you, tell them Radio WW sent you.
Thanx for all the call-ins, emails, facebook messages etc.
Back again with more noise to annoy next week.
And here's a link to the podcast:
May 18, 2013 3:07 PM CDT
Playlist 05/18/13
| Manitoba's Wild Kingdom | The Party Starts Now! |
| Electric Frankenstein | My World |
| Dee Dee King | The Crusher |
| Damned | Nasty |
| Coyote Men | All Action Man |
| Mummies | (You Must Fight To Live On) The Planet of the Apes |
| Upper Crust | You Put on Heirs |
| Baby Woodrose | Bubblegum |
| dRIVEN bEATS | Your Man is Back |
| Mysteios | Go Get It Somewhere Else |
| Phantom Six | Inspiration |
| Jackets | Freak Out |
| Even Worse | Illusion Won Again |
| Plasmatics | Butcher Baby |
| Willowz | Equation #6 |
| Fastbacks | Set Me Free |
| JJ and the Real Jerks | Short Term Memory Lane |
| Sleaze | Weird Truck |
| Dirty Fences | All I Want |
| Iggy and the Stooges | Burn |
| Midnight Spin | Neuroin |
| Black Angels | Evil Things |
| Thee Oh Sees | Tunnel Time |
| Traditional Fools | Allright |
| Thermals | Born To Kill |
| Warm Soda | Violent Blue |
| Restorations | Kind of Comfort |
| Deniz Tek | Twilight of the Modern Age |
| Optimists | Mull of Kintyre |
| Business | Harry May |
| GBH | City Babies Revenge |
| Joy Division | Warsaw |
| Swingin' Utters | I'm A Little Bit Country |
| Cab 20 | Can't Get You Out of My Head |
| Wire | Stealth of a Stork |
| Mobbs | White Collar Worker |
| Painted Willie | Monkey Mia |
| Replacements | We're Coming Out |
| Social Distortion | I Wasn't Born to Follow |
| Wreckless Eric | Semaphore Signals |
| Godfathers | Gone to Texas |
May 18, 2013 9:21 AM CDT
I will be playing garagepunk tunes on the air and the web on Saturday May 18th from 1:00-3:00PM EST. You can listen at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu
