Power Pop Pappys -- Cheap Trick. As a kid growing up in Chicago, you could not escape 'em. And yeah, my friends and I used to see them at the Amphitheatre -- I think Graham Parker opened for them one time. Anyway, it was a party atmosphere and lots of screamin' kiddlets. I shrug now when I think of those shows -- musical junk food maybe? Really fun while in the process. Nice energy on every night I saw them.

That said, I'm not one for listening to bands where the singer's voice is higher than mine, so I lost interest pretty quickly... Can't imagine Nielsen runs around the way he did then! He was manic, in a good way. :D Happy powerpoppy dreams to you MikeL and all who go and enjoy.

Re the Live LP -- yup, a benchmark perhaps? They really captured the excitement and momentum somehow. Can't say as I've heard it for a very long while.

 I was never a Cheap Trick fan ( Which is heresy for a White , male Chicagoan, I know) , Mike , but , I always enjoy your threads. I JUST BOUGHT A SWEET -ASS 8 TRACK PLAYER WITH A BUILT - IN AMP , SPEAKERS , AND TWO CASES OF TAPES......INCLUDING CHEAP TRICKS' DEBUT , which I sort of like . It's very Roy Wood and Gary Glitter influenced , at a time when it'd still be years 'til Glam Rock would be co - opted by American acts like Joan Jett and (UGH) Quiet Riot (Or are they British? Who cares.) and even Krokus (YEESH) from Switzerland , to say nothing of bands people mistook for Glam like Poison and Motley Crue. All the while ,Tommy James had already glommed on to the previously - ignored Glam bandwagon , with "In Touch" around the time "Cheap Trick " came out. Cheap Trick , at least , get bonus points for  doing "California Man" by Wizzard.                     Anyway , enjoy the show. Don't go to Rockford , Illinois , the band's original home. It's DEPRESSING !

Check out this Cheap Trick tribute band, Cheapest Trick.
https://www.facebook.com/CheapestTrick

I almost saw them for free last year! But it was for Wal-Mart shareholders week and they played with Aerosmith and I was a loser and stayed home. Sigh.

I've seen them twice. The first time was when they played at my university (I think it was my senior year... most likely 1987) in Warrensburg, MO, of all places, and the 2nd time was sometime in the late '90s at a private gig at the Blueberry Hill Duck Room in St. Louis—pretty small venue to see such a big-name act. It was a "Marlboro Points" show. You had to have a certain number of Marlboro Points to get in. I didn't even smoke Marlboros back then, but a friend of mine somehow was able to get enough points for us to get in. It was amazing, though. Rick Nielsen's guitars (probably a couple dozen of them) were all cordoned off in one section off to the side of the stage.

It's just been announced that they are coming to Pittsburgh on Aug. 21, and they will play at Stage AE, which is a fairly new venue on the North Side. This will be my first time seeing Cheap Trick, and it will also be the first show I'll see at Stage AE. BTW, before you ask, I just never got around to seeing them before, hence that is why this is my first time.

I take it there are some Cheap Trick fans around here, right? Anyone have any memories to share about this band, or any thoughts on songs and/or albums? When I was a kid, they were the only other band I liked besides KISS, and I used to have a vinyl copy of "Live at Budokan." I now have the complete concert on CD, and I still think it's a great live album.

"Ships May 24."

http://www.intheredrecords.com/pages/order-us.html

True that. I found my bestest friend ever because of music and even let him marry me! Best decision I ever made. 

John Battles said:

It is. Don't think my friend does'nt like the sound of that word , either ! It's great when two people are on the same path , and , if you want to say music is'nt a BIG part of that , you may fool yourself, but you don't fool me.
 

Ha ha. A mclusky t shirt would look good wi anything really!
 
SURFERFUZZ said:

Funny! My wife was telling me to grow up when I was 26 doing that, that part will never go away. I think a McLusky T would look good with chinos, you rule.

Wow , I just heard that song for the first time in years. Great Fuzztone. Could have been a Nancy and Lee song , but , the breaks were'nt right.
 
Megan Hawthorne said:

A cowboy's work is never done.

Funny! My wife was telling me to grow up when I was 26 doing that, that part will never go away. I think a McLusky T would look good with chinos, you rule.

A cowboy's work is never done.

The Trip!  May 5th Show!  It's Springtime!  Listen here: http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20130505-0030-t1367710200.mp3

The setlist: 

Hey Drew, 

Feel free to provide me with any files in my garagepunk.com PM box!  Would be more than happy to play you guys over the Detroit airwaves! 

Drew Starr said:

Hay Black Cat 69, check out the dRIVIN bEATS on Reverbnation or facebook. I'll send ya some tunes if you are interested. Everything recorded in 2013.

Drew Starr 

Very clever John Battles hahaha, knit one, Purl Jam? hahaha Sorry Johnny Lurg... GJB was just making a very obscure joke -- but I like it... Purl Jam... Hmmmm Might have to be the title of my book. Thanks John!

No doubt there will be 10,000 copies of the ridiculous CD trifecta the former punks of GD produced recently. Stinkeroos. I guess they are entitled to a few like everyone else who hangs on as long as they have...

Wondering if it impossible to have a punk opera? I mean... the songs are pretty short... speed opera :D Concept? Fuck you, we don't need a stinking concept. Concepts are for those Stadium Rawk twats! Just kidding really as I love it when people play around on the margins of genres... Awaiting more candidates to fit the Concept category ....

OH , YOU KNOW , "KNIT ONE , PURL TWO "( KNITTING.) ... I was just doing my own parody of an out -of - it old man , which is'nt much of a stretch....I finally had to ask Melissa , who is "American Idiot " by , anyway?  My first guess was Green Day , but , I saw about 2O GREEN DAY CDs AT A STORE I WAS AT , THE OTHER DAY , BUT , THERE WAS NO SUCH TITLE. It IS a Green Day album , she confirmed.
 
Johnny Lurg said:

I don't even know what "Knit One" is supposed to be a parody of.

John Battles said:

I'm just not up with these kids and their IPUDs and their VINYLS and doohickies and whatchamacallits. What band are we talking about , again ? Knit One , PURL JAM? 

I don't even know what "Knit One" is supposed to be a parody of.

John Battles said:

I'm just not up with these kids and their IPUDs and their VINYLS and doohickies and whatchamacallits. What band are we talking about , again ? Knit One , PURL JAM? 

"dOWN IN tHE sEWER" QUALIFIES AS A MINI CONCEPT ALBUM. I'm missing The Stranglers next month , and they'll probably be much better than they were, 20 years ago , too. A very SMALL CLUB SOLD $3 TICKETS , which sold out in minutes , so MAYBE about 300 people , total will see them in two nights.

I'm just not up with these kids and their IPUDs and their VINYLS and doohickies and whatchamacallits. What band are we talking about , again ? Knit One , PURL JAM? 

Every single song on The Residents' Commercial Album is around a minute long because that's how long most pop songs would be without repetition.

John Battles said:

THE DICKIES HAD QUITE A FEW VERY SHORT SONGS , SOME THAT SEEMED LIKE ALBUM FILLER (I MEAN THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY) LIKE "SHE LOVES ME , SHE LOVES ME NOT" , AND "I'm a Chollo" , which , evenwith the extended percussive break ,  could'nt be over 1:30. Of course , The Residents had a lot of less - challenging songs that clocked in at well under 2:00 , like "Easter Woman" , "(Here I Come ) Constantinople" (BTW , we used to drive the High Schoolers and our Manager crazy ,  playing that in the kitchen of The Pizza Gulag in MTV - occupied 1983.), and "Elvis and His Boss". Speaking of Elvis , his shortest hit must've been "One Broken Heart For Sale". The much - needed final verse exists , but , was omitted , for some reason , making the song about 1:30.

But , keeping it Punk , lest anyone should whine (AS THO' THERE'D BE ANY PUNK W/O ELVIS , GENE , Jerry Lee , etc. , first.) , there's .......

Davie Allan and The Arrows - Blues Theme (vocal) , The Loser's Burial (Both from teh second Wild Angels'Soundtrack album. Both WELL under 2:00.

Suburban Lawns - Janitor , Mom and Dad and God , Intellectual Rock , and, well ,probably half their first and only LP , which still holds up today. OK , maybe it's more NOO WAVE than Punk.

Cichlids - Longtime bargain bin liners , who still warrant your attention. Their one LP is a pretty sturdy mix of Punk , NOO WAVE , and Garage , Bubblegum , and even Rockabilly influences (This was 1980. Almost NONE of that stuff was hip , yet.) . Very short songs include - Missionary Man , Bubble Gum , (Looking for a Good) Jewish Girl , and covers of "14 0r Fight" (Max Frost and The Troopers.) and "Ups and Downs" (Raiders.) ......They had very good taste in covers for the day (They also did "Ubangi Stomp" and "Boots' before the whole world did it....). But , they were lacking in "Punk cred" , being based in Florida (Even though The New York Dolls played their last shows , there.). They reformed a few years ago , there used to be some great footage from the shows on their myspace. Dunno if it's on youtube , now.......
 
Johnny Lurg said:

Nirvana - Mexican Seafood

Dicks - Lifetime Problems
Operation Ivy - Jaded

The Monks - Drunken Maria

The (other) Monks - Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face

Secret Hate - The Ballad of Johnny Butt

Descendents - 'Merica

Dead Milkmen - Laundry Song, Gorilla Girl, Dean's Dream

The Dickies - Howdy Doody in the Woodshed

The Vandals - Anarchy Burger

The Reatards - Your So Lewd

THE DICKIES HAD QUITE A FEW VERY SHORT SONGS , SOME THAT SEEMED LIKE ALBUM FILLER (I MEAN THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY) LIKE "SHE LOVES ME , SHE LOVES ME NOT" , AND "I'm a Chollo" , which , evenwith the extended percussive break ,  could'nt be over 1:30. Of course , The Residents had a lot of less - challenging songs that clocked in at well under 2:00 , like "Easter Woman" , "(Here I Come ) Constantinople" (BTW , we used to drive the High Schoolers and our Manager crazy ,  playing that in the kitchen of The Pizza Gulag in MTV - occupied 1983.), and "Elvis and His Boss". Speaking of Elvis , his shortest hit must've been "One Broken Heart For Sale". The much - needed final verse exists , but , was omitted , for some reason , making the song about 1:30.

But , keeping it Punk , lest anyone should whine (AS THO' THERE'D BE ANY PUNK W/O ELVIS , GENE , Jerry Lee , etc. , first.) , there's .......

Davie Allan and The Arrows - Blues Theme (vocal) , The Loser's Burial (Both from teh second Wild Angels'Soundtrack album. Both WELL under 2:00.

Suburban Lawns - Janitor , Mom and Dad and God , Intellectual Rock , and, well ,probably half their first and only LP , which still holds up today. OK , maybe it's more NOO WAVE than Punk.

Cichlids - Longtime bargain bin liners , who still warrant your attention. Their one LP is a pretty sturdy mix of Punk , NOO WAVE , and Garage , Bubblegum , and even Rockabilly influences (This was 1980. Almost NONE of that stuff was hip , yet.) . Very short songs include - Missionary Man , Bubble Gum , (Looking for a Good) Jewish Girl , and covers of "14 0r Fight" (Max Frost and The Troopers.) and "Ups and Downs" (Raiders.) ......They had very good taste in covers for the day (They also did "Ubangi Stomp" and "Boots' before the whole world did it....). But , they were lacking in "Punk cred" , being based in Florida (Even though The New York Dolls played their last shows , there.). They reformed a few years ago , there used to be some great footage from the shows on their myspace. Dunno if it's on youtube , now.......
 
Johnny Lurg said:

Nirvana - Mexican Seafood

Dicks - Lifetime Problems
Operation Ivy - Jaded

The Monks - Drunken Maria

The (other) Monks - Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face

Secret Hate - The Ballad of Johnny Butt

Descendents - 'Merica

Dead Milkmen - Laundry Song, Gorilla Girl, Dean's Dream

The Dickies - Howdy Doody in the Woodshed

The Vandals - Anarchy Burger

The Reatards - Your So Lewd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiZTeHCw74E

Wimps - Nap

Nirvana - Mexican Seafood

Dicks - Lifetime Problems
Operation Ivy - Jaded

The Monks - Drunken Maria

The (other) Monks - Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face

Secret Hate - The Ballad of Johnny Butt

Descendents - 'Merica

Dead Milkmen - Laundry Song, Gorilla Girl, Dean's Dream

The Dickies - Howdy Doody in the Woodshed

The Vandals - Anarchy Burger

The Reatards - Your So Lewd

Radio What Wave Playlist May 9/2013

ON this show we did a short tribute to Ray Condo (it was Ray Condo day in Vancouver and Ray passed on Apr 15/2004, just about 10 years ago) and then we played band tree with Durango 95 as the starting point....see the scrawl below.

Since doing the scrawl and posting it, there have been a TON of other bands step up and point out all the missing bands. In fact there's even a band prior to Durango 95, The Other Guys that should have been the starting point.

1. Ray Condo and his Hard Rock Goners....Crazy Mixed Up World...from the Condo Country CD and originally on the first Ray Condo LP. Ray Condo was one of the first to delve into rockabilly, western swing, cajun rock and all kinds of other crazy music, always going back to the source. He was also known as Canada's skinniest cowboy! Tried to play a second Ray Condo tune, but i could not get the CD to play...it was almost as if the CD player was possessed by Ray's ghost!! Search out the tribute page to Ray Condo and you'll see a bunch of pics from his 2 London shows.

Ray Condo and The Hardrock Goners outside Call The Office the morning after a gig.

2. Durango 95....Lose Control...from the LP of the same name, on Star Records. Not only is Star a label, they are one of, if not the coolest record store in all of Canada. Lose control (with slightly different spelling) is the name of Lou Molinaro's (booker for the coolest club this side of Toronto, This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton) radio show, heard every Wednesday on CFMU out of McMaster University in Hamilton.

3. Durange 95....Lorraine...also from Lose Control and a true story as we all spotted the cool girls coming out of the woodwork during the early punk years.

4. Durango 95...Guitar Guitar Guitar...from their second LP, Mothers Day, also on Star and released after the band's demise.

5. Purple Toads...40 Pounder Blues...from their self titled debut LP, also on Star Records. Probably my fave Purple Toads tune...couple of the pics on the back were taken by Rena as we saw the Toads many many times and always had a good time tonite!!!

Rob Purple Toad in action, possibly The Bridge Tavern in Toronto

6. Purple Toads...Gotta Move...a demo and this song also appeared on a What Wave cassette.

7. Boneyard Devils...I Need Love...from their only 7", and once again on Star Records. Rob from the Purple Toads was the singer/guitarist in this combo.

8. Smokestack Lightning...Volcano...brand new demo from a fairly new band that features 2 members of the Purple Toads, guitarist Paul and bass player Roger. Also in the band now is former UIC drummer Murray.

9. Smokestack Lightning...Wicked Heart...as above.

10. Crummy Stuff...I'm An Idiot For Your Love...from the I Dig Chicks CD. Crummy Stuff is Rob and Mark from the Purple Toads and Brian from The Boy From Nowhere. Crummy Stuff played here last weekend for Jon Traut's 50th, and they were absolutely killer that night. They also back up the legends when they come up to Ontario without a band..ie Lyres, Chris Masuak, etc.

Crummy Stuff, Town and Country, May 4/2013

11. Crummy Stuff...Ejection...as above.

12. The Hippies...Can Teens...from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with What Wave 24. The Hippies were an early 80's band from London Ontario, and Brian, who is in Crummy Stuff, played bass.

13. Young Fast And Scientific...Victoria...recorded live at Call The Office, 1/5/91. A short lived London band that featured singer Kelly from The Hippies and guitarist Lindsay from The Hippies.

Young Fast And Scientific, Call The Office.

14. Legend Killers...Strychnine...from Slippery's Club Hits. Features bass player Bryan from Young Fast and Scientific. The Legend Killers are the only band to be featured in every compilation cassette, record and CD that we have released! And that's about 15 compilations if my math is correct. And, the Legend Killers music is going to be featured in a  play coming up at the Fringe Festival sometime next month. More details when available.

15. Crash 80's...Thrills...from their only release. London based combo that started in the late 70's, and sorta morphed into Suffer Machine. Drummer Billy Wallace was in the Legend Killers.

16. The Zellots...Soldiers...from Slippery's Club Hits. They started in the late 70's in Vancouver, moved back to their home of London and continued on until about 1984. You can read the full story in Mongrel Zine 10 and 11. Guitarist Gilbert came from Crash 80's.

The Zellots, street fair, Aug 1980.

17. The Stoves...Can't Slow Down...also from Slippery's Club Hits. One of the first new wave/punk/whatever combos in London and featured drummer Greg Moore from the Zellots.

18. UIC...What I Want...recorded live at Call The Office 3/16/85 and there is also video footage of that show that features your DJ dancing up front and having fun! Drummer Murray is also in Smokestack Lightning and was in Positively Stompin'.

Fred of UIC, possibly Toronto and looks like it was either a hot solo or a really good fart!

19. Positively Stompin'...Barbwire...from their Junk Drawer CD and also featured guitarist Ted from UIC.

20. Legendary Dirtbikers...First Dog In Space...from their only 7" and features guitarist Fred (who also runs Mitzi's in Toronto, where the cool bands play) who was in UIC and The Chickens...

21. The Chickens...Super Bee...from the Prepare To Plug In CD....and features 4/5 of UIC and guitarist Ken. This song might be out of order as my playlist is a bit of a mess.

22. Ultimatemost High...Killer Wolf...from their only 7" and features drummer Mike McKeever who was/is in Crummy Stuff. They will be releasing a 7" on Get Hip in the not too distant futures.

23. Ray Condo...Big Dog, Little Dog...from the tribute 7" that was released after Ray passed by Peter Sandmark, who was the drummer for Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners.

And that's a wrap, hope you dug the tunes. Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!

Next week, we've got The 905s doing a Radio What Wave Session, the third band in this ongoing series of handpicked bands from around the world!

All pictures from the What Wave Archives, please don't repost without permission.

And here's a link to the podcast:

http://chrwradio.ca/content/radio-what-wave#prev-shows

6-9PM CST Monday nights, streaming and archived at wmse.org

5/6/13

06:02PM Teengenerate “Six And Change”

06:04PM Big Ginger and the Nobodies “Fall of Conformity”

06:06PM Evil Conduct “Days Of Glory”

06:09PM Cold Cock “I Wanna Be Rich”

06:11PM Beat Beat Beat “Sinking Slow”

06:16PM The Spits “Tonight”

06:19PM The Spits “Rip Up the Streets”

06:20PM Burning Sons “Reflective Confessions”

06:22PM Wooly Bullies “Weekend Warriors”

06:25PM Gasoline “Killer Man”

06:27PM New Bomb Turks “Rat Feelings”

06:31PM Funhouse Strippers “KGB”

06:34PM Shit Box Jimmy “Black Eye”

06:36PM The Dogs “Slash Your Face”

06:42PM The Dwarves “Like You Want It”

06:45PM Fluf “Sheela Na Gig”

06:48PM The Ramones “I Don't Care”

06:51PM Nobody's Heroes “Retard”

06:53PM Vox Pop “Cab Driver”

06:56PM Irish Brothers “Psycho Pompadour”

06:58PM The Slugs “Problem Child”

07:04PM Die Kreuzen “Shake Loose”

07:09PM The Coltranes “Gallery”

07:11PM The Psyclone Rangers “I'm Straight”

07:18PM Girlschool “Demolition Boys”

07:21PM L7 “Fast and Frightening (Live)”

07:24PM BLACK ACTRESS “Danger City Deadmen”

07:26PM The Hellacopters “Such a Blast”

07:32PM LOCAL SIZZLER: The 57S “Rollin' Dice or Playin' Nice”

07:35PM The Stooges “TV Eye (Takes 7 & 8)”

07:40PM Cheap Time “Push Your Luck”

07:42PM The Alchemysts “Fault Line”

07:51PM The Shock Headed Peters “Are You Happy Or Are You Real?”

07:54PM Sonic Youth “Silver Rocket”

07:57PM The Dictators “Faster And Louder”

08:02PM The Makers “Nobody Gonna Break My Soul”

08:06PM The Psykicks “ONCE UPON A TIME”

08:09PM The Mainliners “Sinkin' Feeling”

08:11PM Blacktop “I Think It's Going To Rain”

08:20PM The Sherwoods “Tickler”

08:22PM The Gruesomes “Things She Does to Me”

08:23PM Gino And The Goons “Hit It”

08:24PM Edd "Kookie" Byrnes “Kookie's Mad Pad”

08:27PM Southern Culture On The Skids “Viva Del Santo!”

08:31PM The Ventures “The 2,000 Pound Bee Pt.1”

08:33PM The Cramps “People Ain't No Good”

08:38PM Jean and the Statesiders “Putty”

08:40PM The Blind Shake “Hurracan”

08:44PM Earl And The Losers “John Waynes Got Blues”

08:48PM The Hard Feelings “Leave Me Alone”

08:51PM Pretty Things “She's Fine, She's Mine”

08:52PM The Customs “Keep My Big Mouth Shut”

08:55PM The Caps “The Red Headed Flea”

08:57PM Chum “Corned Beef & Whiskey”