D'Addario makes some awesome short scale strings. For my recording basses I use their black nylon flatwound strings. For live I use the Xl170S. these are round wound. I prefer flats, but live I use round wound so the bass cuts through more

I will be on the air and the web on Saturday March 23rd playing the usual garage and punk tunes that some of you may like.  You can listen from 1:00-3:00PM EST on 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Who are more cool?

Who would win in a fight?

Heya, you music freaks ! A new compilation is available on my blog. This one is the second part of my good friend Major Tom sonic experiences ! Again, his stuff is mostly from out of space, so you've been warned !

Blocked some time off to maybe make the Funtastic Dracula Fest depending on the lineup, but they moved it to the end of October this year so that's out. Any of these other fests happen in late September / early October?

The comp that John refers to below is called They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!, which had a better track selection and a WAAAAY better cover than the one I supplied the link to. Which was on Sony's budget label.
 
John Battles said:

 around 1995 , when Sony did a great comp

James is right. THE SONG "Poontang" ain't no fluke. 

I'm not gonna get on my high horse with the soapbox saddle , but, I'm gonna tell ya.

NO TRENIERS , NO ROCK'N' ROLL. IT'S NOT ROCKET SURGERY. They started out in 1947 and kept rockin' til 2002 ....THEY'RE THE FIRST , REAL , SELF CONTAINED ROCK'N'ROLL GROUP. YOU'VE GOT WYNONIE HARRIS , LOUIS JORDAN ,  ROY BROWN , BIG JOE TURNER AND THE LIKE , BUT THE TRENIERS HAD THE WHOLE ENCHILADA FOR R'N'R JUST AS THE RAMONES DID FOR PUNK , AS YOU NOTED , dave.

They DID indulge themselves the occasional ballad , as they were working side by side with also - rockin' Louis Prima by the early 50's , in Vegas , Atlantic City , and Wildwood, NJ. , BUT , THEY ALWAYS THREW IN THE OCCASIONAL SLOW SONG , CLIFF TRENIER WAS BILLED AS "THE SEPIA SINATRA" , BUT , HE AND IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER , CLAUDE , WHEN THEY GOT TOGETHER, IT WAS STARK RAVIN' NUTS !!!!  Their Okeh Records material was out of print for centuries. But , around 1995 , when Sony did a great comp , the group started incorporating more of the classic stuff into their set. James and I were both lucky enough to see them , several times , but , their last Chicagoland gig , in 2002 , found an 85 year old Claude pickin' 'em up and laying 'em down. But , if you like the dirty stuff , seek out "The Suitcase Song".
 dave said:

Sounds like a plan, thanks!

James Porter said:

Dave: ALL the Treniers' stuff rocked. "Poontang" was no fluke. Just ask John Battles. However, the album I just printed the link to isn't one of their best. There are other compilations of their essential OKeh/Epic sides, however...

SWT: just about all of Swamp Dogg's album covers were intentionally meant to shock...

Sounds like a plan, thanks!

James Porter said:

Dave: ALL the Treniers' stuff rocked. "Poontang" was no fluke. Just ask John Battles. However, the album I just printed the link to isn't one of their best. There are other compilations of their essential OKeh/Epic sides, however...

SWT: just about all of Swamp Dogg's album covers were intentionally meant to shock...

Dave: ALL the Treniers' stuff rocked. "Poontang" was no fluke. Just ask John Battles. However, the album I just printed the link to isn't one of their best. There are other compilations of their essential OKeh/Epic sides, however...

SWT: just about all of Swamp Dogg's album covers were intentionally meant to shock...

Best First Show ever , and the nominees are swt , swt and swt , and the winnner is.....
 
swt said:

I saw Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs at Springlake amusement park in Oklahoma City in the summer of 1965 when their current hit was "Ju Ju Hand."

When I was in junior high in OKC a couple of years later, there was a local band called The Inmates who had an intense Yardbirds fixation and did a vicious version of "The Hanky Panky." They were pretty punk.

I saw The Fall in Santa Fe in 1981 play in Santa Fe in an old movie theater. Before the show I got to interview Mark E. Smith, who told me The Fall wasn't punk rock. He was right but he was wrong.

Though most of the first two 20/20 albums are nothing but hits. I'm surprised they were not more mainstream. Great hooks and lyrics. The first album is my favorite, but the 2nd album's opening track "Nuclear Boy" is my favorite song. Seems like it should have been a top ten radio or MTV staple. Not too far of a stretch from Modern English, Ah Ha, or Simple Minds. I'm going to go play my 20/20 albums now.

...That sounds like Dahl and Meier. Thank God nothing on my stereo sounds like Dahl and Meier. I Was just as Anti - Disco as the best of 'em , but, When I heard The Loop (WLUP FM ,The station that sponsored The Disco Demolition.) in1979 for the first time , I thought , they're really no better, maybe even not as good as , the three Rock Titans in the Dallas /Ft.Worth area , KZEW , Z97 and Q102.....and of the three , KZEW produced ONE great show , George Gimarc's Rock'n'Roll Alternative , in the early 80's. Even Chicago's beloved WXRT ,which SUCKS!!!!! now , had Bobby Skafish and Terry Nelson playing the records Gimarc would soon , just not soon enough , get to play on one of the worst time slots in town , Sunday at 11:00PM.  If you were in Jr. High , or even in early HS years , you probably did'nt get to hear it. Kids did'nt stay up all night in our day.

First time I heard the Flying Lizards'"Money," it was on WLUP (The Loop), Chicago's "death-to-disco" rock station. And even then, I think Steve Dahl and Garry Meier may have been making fun of it. As the song faded out, Steve said something like: "keep taking music lessons, kids, maybe you'll get better...THIS is the sound of the eighties, on WLUP-The Loop, 98 FM"

i remember when Dr. Demento , on  Sundays at 10:00pm, was the only place to hear Punk , or stranger stuff like The Flying Lizards.....But , it was sporadic at best.
 I did'nt actually hear The Pistols' LP until my Brother bought it in 1980.

It was still rare that I'd meet anybody who went to The Pistols/Nervebreakers show at The Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas in Jan. 1978 , though , later , I'd meet several people who were there. They either hated it , but had a good time, anyway , or it turned their heads around , got them starting bands , or giving their already - formed bands an identity. Somehow , previous gigs by The Ramones and Dr. Feelgood did'nt seem to succeed at doing this.

Glenn Peart said:

I was listening to the Dr. Demento show on KMET, Los Angeles back in 1977. He was doing a 'Tribute to England' show playing comedy songs, but the last song he played was the Sex Pistols doing 'God Save the Queen'. I went out immediately and bought the import album on Virgin, since it had not been released in the U.S. on Warner Bros. yet. Right after that, I found the 'Rodney on the Roq' radio show on KROQ and starting listening every Sunday night at 9:00. I was lucky to have lived in LA at the time, since the scene there was an important one in the history of punk rock.

Radio What Wave Playlist Mar 21/2013

1. Bloodshot Bill...No Help Wanted...from the So Blue CD on Transisor 66 Records.

2. The Angry Breed...Sickle Girl...from a split 7" with The Hangee V on Surfin'KI Records.

3. The Ventures...Theme From Wild Angels...from the Guitar Freakout LP on Dolton Records.

4. The Dead Beat...2000Lb. Bee Part 2...from the Boss Sound CD.

5. The Beechnuts...Cycle Annie...from the Soundsville compilation LP. This is an all studio compilation and this particular track, features Lou Reed pre-VU, on guitar and vocals.

6. The Reply...The Reply...from the Downtown Soul CD.

7. The Hi-Lifes...Soul City...from the above mentioned Soundsville compilation. You probably recognize this song as a Fleshtones tune.

8. The Above...Imprisoned...brand new 7" on Boppa Do Down Records. NYC based combo on a Toronto based record label.

9. The Hook Up...Nerves...from the Call Up The Devil CD. Now based in Hamilton, the combo has been re-named The Dead City Soul Review.

10. Mad Anthony...Forget About Us...from their recently released self titled CD. They are in London tonite at Call The Office.

11. Mad Anthony...Soul...from the I Spent All My Money On Speed Metal CD.

12. The Shanks...Feel The Holes...from the CD EP of the same name. Thanks to The Shanks and Mad Anthony for coming on air last shw.

13. Bang 74...Clouds Of Rock'n'Roll...from the Hi-Flying Dreams CD. 

14. Danny Laj...Mr Rebound...from a soon to be released record on Boppa Do Down Records.

15. Chris Hart...Burn This City...from the Rock'n'Roll Revelation CD.

16. The Stoves...Can't Slow Down...from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that comes with What Wave 24. Available locally at; Grooves, The Village Idiot, Speed City, LA Mood and Hot Dog.

17. Outtacontroller...Creeps...from the download compilation North Of The Border on Synicalist Records. You can download it from Bandcamp. This was put out by Chris Forrest who has a radio show called Just Another Punk Show (W/Sean) on CHRW every friday at 8PM.

18. The noble Savages...Fire In The World...demo. These guys will be playing on Wed night at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton as part of the monthly garage show called Kissin' The Carpet.

19. The noble Savages...She's So Serious...as above.

20. Familiar Fiends...Shut Up Little Man...from a 4 song Brantford compilation. This combo will be playing with The noble Savages at This Ain't Hollywood.

21. Light Bulb Alley...Who Do You Love...from The Sound Of Things on Ricochet Sound. 

22. Passing Fancy...Losing Tonite...on Ugly Pop Records, this is the start of all 60's Can punk until closing.

23. Northwest Company...Hard To Cry...yet another 7" on Ugly Pop Records.

24. Luke And The Apostles...Been Burnt...from The Midwest vs The Rest Volume 1 LP.

25. Painted Ship...Little White Lies...from Back From The Grave Volume 8. David Konstantino of Revolution Rock (on CJAM out of Windsor Ontario every Tuesday 10:30 AM) did an interview with group vocalist/Captain William Hay that he has on his blog. Revolution Rock is also a very cool radio show!

26. King Bees....Little Girl...Frat stomper from Belleville Ontario.

27. MG and The Escorts...A Somday Fool...from Nightmares From The Underworld Volume 2.

Thanx for all the phone-ins, emails and messages! Next week, an all punk show to start the long weekend. We'll play all Canpunk from the 60's right up to the present time! And we're going to 8:30PM as Ryan In The Red will not be doing his Freakout this coming thursday.

Here's a link to the podcast:

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

Show #414: "The Eggman Collection #132"

The Eggman Collection is basically a big potpourri of every song I've ever liked in my life...EVER! It's literally a huge mixing bowl full of songs written onto tiny pieces of paper. Over 20,000 songs that I've been compiling for the past 20-plus years of my life. Every song I've ever liked has gone into this bowl, and every three weeks I draw them out randomly one-by-one and play them for you in no particular order. A mix of everything and anything I like, no matter what genre, era, style or year of release...if I like it, then I'll play it! No repeats of the same song ever! Tune in tonight (Friday) at 10pm EST for the 132nd installment of The Eggman Collection and hear bands and artists like: Queen, Badfinger, The Who, Van Morrison, American Blues, Le Orme, Dransfield, Cat Stevens, The Bachs, Marty Rhone, The Heptones, Status Quo, Rainbow, Erkin Koray, The Creation, Arcadium, Clifford T. Ward, Turquoise, King Crimson, Robert Wyatt, and many others!!

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Egg

I don't know too much about what Michael Draine mentioned but they sound great but I too would have mentioned anything with the Cramps stamp of approval.  And Howie's show also comes highly recommended.

well, that is my extreme specialty, something i have been collecting since the 70s and something i feature heavily (but not solely) on my long time radio show, oddly enough called INTOXICA! Here's a link to my archive of some old shows where you can hear many hours (weeks!) of this type of stuff (plus garage, frat, rockabilly & lotsa more, with guests and other surprises...). I have been doing the show for 7 years & have a big following of crazed collectors...

http://jellsmayhemsgarage.podomatic.com/

enjoy!

There are some great pre-Surf instrumentals on THE CRAMPS JUKEBOX and SONGS THE CRAMPS TAUGHT US 1-3, on the STRICTLY INSTRUMENTAL series, the GREASER INSTRUMENTALS series, INSTRUMENTALS FOR GREASERS, the THAT'S SWIFT instrumental compilation, BRIGHT LIGHTS by Wade Curtiss & The Rhythm Rockers, and “Take It off” by The Genteels  (on I BELIEVE IN MUSIC by the Gross Prophet).

That's what I am curious to know more about, as I'd like to know more about frat rock.

Many years ago, as I was just beginning to become obsessed with surf rock, I happened to pick up a copy of "Intoxica!" by the Revels on vinyl at a local music store.  I love the album and have treasured it ever since and though the biography inside intrigued me and my knowledge of and hunger for surf rock has grown immensely since then, I never really delved any deeper into that pre-surf rock "party band" instrumental sound of the late fifties.  Today I came across a recording of "Camel Walk" by The Saxons and the fire was lit once again.  Please, can anybody recommend their favorite tracks/artists from this slightly more primitive sub-genre or perhaps any amazing compilations I might be able to get my hands on?

The Ramones will be relevant as long as there's an interest in Rock and Roll.

They're the history of R&R, sped-up and pulped down to 3 minutes.

Thanks for that link Dave. Still going to get another copy.

Hey, guys, 'til it's gone, you can listen to the whole thing,

Ramones - It's Alive (Full Album)

Love It's Alive. Not heard it for a while as I only have it on tape and technology seems to have moved on. Think it might be time to get a copy I can actually play.