Recently, I spoke with Wire's Colin Newman and we talked about Wire's first three albums, his early career and solo career and the recent reissues.  I also did a show featuring some Wire music, rare and from the reissues.  

Wire Play List:

1. Wire - Prove Myself (Demo) (1976 Demo - 2010)
2. Wire - After Midnight (Behind The Curtain - 1995)
3. Wire - It's So Obvious (Live) (1977.04.02 - Live At The Roxy, London - April 1st & 2nd 1977 / Live At CBGB Theatre, New York - July 18th 1978 - 2006)

Colin Newman Interview Part 1 

4. Wire - Low Down (Pink Flag - 1977)
5. Wire - Mannequin (Pink Flag - 1977)
6. Wire - Ex Lion Tamer (Demo) (Pink Flag: Special Edition - 2018)
7. Wire - 12XU (Pink Flag - 1977)
8. Wire - Culture Vultures (1978 Peel Session) (The Peel Sessions Album - 1989)
9. Wire - I Feel Mysterious Today (Chairs Missing - 1978)
10. Wire - Two People In A Room (154 - 1979)

Colin Newman Interview Part 2 

11. Wire - Ignorance No Plea (I Should Have Known Better) (Demo) (154: The Special Edition - 2018)
12. Wire - Once Is Enough (Demo) (154: The Special Edition - 2018)
13. Wire - Outdoor Miner (Demo) (Chairs Missing: The Special Edition - 2018)
14. Wire - French Film Blurred (Version 1) (Demo) (Chairs Missing: The Special Edition - 2018)
15. Wire - On Returning (154 - 1979)
16. Wire - Another The Letter (Live) (Wire On The Box: 1979 - 2004)
17. Wire - The 15th (Live) (Wire On The Box: 1979 - 2004)
18. Wire - I Am The Fly (Chairs Missing - 1978)

Colin Newman Interview Part 3 

19. Wire - Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (154 - 1979)
20. Wire - The Other Window (154 - 1979)
21. Wire - Our Swimmer (Notre Dame) (Live) (Document and Eyewitness - 1981)
22. Wire - Song 1 (154 EP - 1979)
23. Wire - No Romans (Demo) (Chairs Missing: The Special Edition - 2018)
24. Wire - Love Ain't Polite (Demo) (Chairs Missing: The Special Edition - 2018)
25. Wire - Sand In My Joints (Chairs Missing - 1978)
26. Wire - Three Girl Rhumba (Pink Flag - 1977)
27. Wire - Dot Dash (Dot Dash Single - 1978)
28. Colin Newman - Alone (A-Z - 1980)

Colin Newman Interview Part 4 

29. Colin Newman - Not Me (A-Z - 1980)
30. Wire - Read and Burn (Send - 2003)
31. Wire - Stealth of a Stork (Change Becomes Us - 2013)
32. Wire - Blogging (Wire - 2015)
33. Wire - Short Elevated Period (Silver/Lead - 2017)

Check out my blog to hear the interview on its own here:  http://revrock.blogspot.com/2018/08/radio-brain-drain-colin-newman-wire-interview.html

Or download/listen to the album here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20180818-1900-t1534615200.mp3

It's been a while since i've posted here, but check out this recent episode I did of Revolution Rock.  I got to speak with Richard Lloyd of Television and talk about key moments in Television's history, his early musical upbringings and his solo career.  

Here's the Play List: 

Richard Lloyd Radio Brain Drain Special:

1. Television - Venus (Marquee Moon - 1977)
2. Television - Ain't That Nothin' (Adventure - 1978)

Richard Lloyd Interview Part 1

3. Richard Lloyd - Blue and Grey (Alchemy - 1979)
4. Richard Lloyd - Watch Yourself (Field of Fire - 1986)
5. Richard Lloyd - Summer Rain Alchemy (Alchemy - 1979)

Richard Lloyd Interview Part 2 

6. Richard Lloyd - Should Have Known Better (Alchemy - 1979)
7. Television - Horizontal Ascension (1974 Ork Rehearsal) (Poor Circulation - 1998)
8. Television - Double Exposure (Demo) (Double Exposure - 1988)
9. Richard Lloyd - (I Thought) You Wanted To Know (New York New York: Ork Records Box Set - 2015)
10. Richard Lloyd - Connection (Get Off My Cloud/Connection - 1981)
11. Television - The Fire (Adventure - 1978)
12. Television - See No Evil (Marquee Moon - 1977)

Richard Lloyd Interview Part 3 

12. Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself (100% Fun - 1995)
13. Richard Lloyd - Fire Engine (Real Time - 1987)
14. Television - Little Johnny Jewel (Little Johnny Jewel - 1975)
15. Richard Lloyd - Wait Till Tomorrow (The Jamie Neverts Story - 2009)
16. Television - Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon - 1977)

Check out my blog post to hear the full interview on its own here:  https://revrock.blogspot.com/2018/08/richard-lloyd-interview-radio-brain.html

Or Download/listen to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/1257-Radio_Brain_Drain_Richard_Lloyd_of_Television_Interview-20180816-1430-t1534426200.mp3

It's been a while since i've posed here, but here are two recent episodes of my radio program Revolution Rock.  There's music from Iggy Pop, Forgotten Rebels, Gang of Four, Danny & The Darleans Tough Age, Captain Beefheart, Black Flag and The King Khan & BBQ Show.  One episode also features an interview and music from Bloodshot Bill.

Show 724 Play List (An Interview with Bloodshot Bill): 

1. The Forgotten Rebels - Hello, Hello (I'm Back Again) 
2. Iggy Pop - New Values 
3. Acid Tongue - Something In The Water 
4. Paul The Tailor - Baked Potato 
5. Masked Boy - Gritt Used Acid !! (Demo)
6. Black Sabbath - N.I.B (Alternate Version) 
7. The Ding Dongs - Weekend 
8. Tandoori Knights - Big Belly Giants 
9. Bloodshot Bill - I'm Telling You 

BLOODSHOT BILL INTERVIEW

10. Bloodshot Bill - Love me Twice
11. Deja Voodoo - Skeleton At My party 
12. Sonny Burgess - Red Headed Woman 
13. Warren Smith - Rock And Roll Ruby 
13. Otis Redding - Shake
14. Them - Bring'em On In
15. Parquet Courts - Tenderness 
16. Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
17. The Stranglers - Something Better Change 
18. Gang of Four - Glass
19. Roxy Music - She Sells
20. The Lounge Lizards - Incident On South Street 
21. Chain & The Gang - Don't Scare The Ghosts Away
22. Carbonas - Phone Booth
23. The Mods - Step Out Tonight 
24. Priors - Got in Me 
25. Daniel - Hopital
26. Danny & The Darleans - May-Ree Mack 

Download/listen to this show here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20180602-1900-t1527962400.mp3

Check out a post on my website about Bloodshot Bill here:  https://revrock.blogspot.com/2018/06/bloodshot-bill-interview2018.html

Show 723 Play List (Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison 50th Anniversary):

1. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes (Live At Folsom Prison)
2. The Statler Brothers - This Ole House (Live At Folsom Prison)
3. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Live At Folsom Prison)
4. Johnny Cash - Cocaine Blues (Live At Folsom Prison)
5. Buddy Selfish - Rip It Up 
6. Frankie & Jimmy - Minglewood Blues
7. Mark Malibu & The Wasagas - Hey Chiwawa
8. The Barracudas - Barracuda Waver 
9. Vamos - Outsiders 
10. The Shiverettes - Obsessed
11. Young Rival - Got What You Need 
12. A Place To Bury Strangers - There's Only One of Us 
13. Papermaps - Iron Stove 
14. Tough Age - Snakes & Ladders 
15. Paul Jacobs - How Did You Find Out?
16. South River Slim - 40 Day Crawl 
17. Chris Altman - Deadly Night Shade 
18. Bloodshot Bill - Don't Bug Me Baby
19. Danny Kroha - You Got To Move 
20. Nap Eyes - It's Only Life (Feelies Cover)(Laginappe Session)
21. Kevin Morby - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Bob Dylan Cover)(Laginappe Session)
22. Bob Dylan - Sitting On Barb Wire Fence (Take 6) 
23. Bob Dylan - Visions of Johanna (Take 5) 
24. The King Khan & BBQ Show - Shake Real Low 
25. The Wayouts - Red Rover
26. Black Flag - Fix Me
27. Captain Beefheart - Zig Zag Wanderer
28. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Second Show - Live At Folsom Prison) 
29. Johnny Cash - Jackson (With June Carter)(Live At Folsom Prison)

Sownload/listen to that episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20180526-1900-t1527357600.mp3

Playlist 08-25-18

Spacemen 3 - Revolution
Stranglers - No More Heroes
Newtown Neurotics - Kick Out The Tories
999 - Nasty Nasty
DOA - The Prisoner
Black Flag - Gimme Gimme Gimme
Sand In The Face - I Wanna Know
Dee Dee King - The Crusher
Wipes - CPO
Tio Rico - Newspeak
dragSTER - United Decay
Idol Lips - Outta Scene
dB's - Black and White
Bongos - In The Congo
Speedies - Let Me Take Your Photo
Television - Ain't That Nothin'
Fret Rattles - In Too Deep
Neighborhood Brats - Leaving Town
Slowcoaches - Found Down
Vanity - As Expected
Tiger Bomb - Baby Come On
Golden Coats - I Am Not Alone
Sound Explosion - In My Grave
Crushers - Wake Up
Anti-Nowhere League - Going Down
Chelsea - The Loner
Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
Eater - Outside View
Husker Du - Dead Set On Destruction
Rooks - Love Said To Me
Records - Teenarama
Romantics - When I Look In Your Eyes
Fox Sisters - Uum Uum Uum
Mummies - Land of 1000 Dances
Turnback - This Could Be Our Year
Painted Willie - Monkey Mia
New York Dolls - Vietnamese Baby
Descendents - I'm Not A Punk
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday August 25th from Noon-2:00PM EST. In addition to the usual loud and angry punk and garage tunes, I will be sneaking in a couple of sets of sugar-coated power-pop. Tune your radio dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 08-11-18

Monster Magnet - Crop Circle
Gang of Four - What We All Want
Devo - Smart Petrol/Mr. DNA
Idol Lips - Feeling Blue
dragSTER - United Decay
Fret Rattles - Make It Through
Ultra Sect - Class Hate
Neighborhood Brats - Night Shift
Slowcoaches - Found Down
Avengers - The American In Me
Josie Cotton - Maneaters (Get Off The Road)
Iron Prostate - Bring Me The Head of Jerry Garcia
Mad Daddys - Take Me Back To Woodstock
Joan Jett - Science Fiction/Double Feature
Pet Needs - Punk
Vanity - Yeah, Sure, Why Not
Radio Birdman - Aloha Steve and Danno
Exploding White Mice - Enemies
Meanies - Never
Saints - Know Your Product
Agent Orange - Somebody To Love
Strawberry Zots - Get Me To World On Time
16 Eyes - Don't You Know
Shocking Blue - Send Me A Postcard
World's Apart - Stop
Mojomatics - Losin' Time
Golden Coats - I Don't Want You
Crushers - Mirror
McFadden's Parachute - Phoenix Is Her Name
Battlefield - On The Island
Bleed - Duped
Skurvi - Better Way
Healthy Junkies - No Control
Dictators - Who Will Save Rock and Roll?
Curse - Superficial Jerk
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday August 11th from Noon-2:00PM EST. You can get your fix of punk and garage tunes by tuning your dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 07-28-18

Drivin N Cryin - Turn It Up or Turn It Off
MC5 - Tonight
Social Distortion - I Wasn't Born To Follow
Fret Rattles - Shake My Brain
Slowcoaches - Found Down
Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack
Healthy Junkies - No Control
dragSTER - Damned
Attack - Magic In The Air
Vipers - Medication
Golden Coats - One Fine Day
Quatloos - Ju Ju Hand
Monster Magnet - Rocket Freak
Ultra Sect - Set Sail
Idol Lips - Too Loud For The Crowd
Katalina Kicks - We Don't Care
Fiends - Die Bob Die
Leaving Trains - Bob Hope
Bleed - Nobody's Fool
Battlefield - Sell Our Soul
Skurvi - Till We Die
No Robell - Sold Out & Wrote A Love Song
Pet Needs - 2AM
Dean Landew - Job
Jet Buzz - I Believe in Miracles
Vista Blue - My Bat, My Glove and You
Klammer - Spiral Girl
Jam - Smithers-Jones
JK Historian - Digitized
Trash Street - World Without
McFadden's Parachute - Time
Black Hollies - When You're Not There
Lyres - Self Centered Girl
Fuzztones - 1 2 5
Agent Orange - Miserlou
Nobody's Heros - Summertime Girls
Velvet Underground - Foggy Notion
Devil Dogs - Time Enough For Love
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday July 28th from Noon-2:00PM EST. There will be the usual punk and garage tunes for your listening pleasure. Just tune your dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist -7-14-18

Vibrators - Into The Future
Fabulous Miss Wendy - Love Song
D Generation - Degenerated
Backyard Babies - U.F.O.Romeo
Healthy Junkies - No Control
Katalina Kicks - We Don't Care
Pet Needs - Punk
dragSTER - United Decay
Dead Boys - Son of Sam
Fret Rattles - Rising Towards A Dollar
Electric Frankenstein - My World
Monster Magnet - Ejection
Head Candy - Soul Grinder
Damned - Procrastination
Dean Landew - Romantic Dreamer
Jet Buzz - I Believe In Miracles
Golden Coats - Thoughts of A Madman
Sound Explosion - In My Grave
McFadden's Parachute - Good Girls
Quatloos - Never Going Back To Georgia
JK Historian - Digitized Night
Klammer - Spiral Girl
Elastica - Stutter
X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo
Battlefield - On The Island
Skurvi - Geezer
Bleed - Duped
Ultra Sect - Turn Up the Oi!
No Robell - Sold Out & Wrote A Love Song
Jet Reactions - More Reaction
Idol Lips - Don't Need Your Love
Trash Street - Books On Witchcraft
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - Pain
Pandoras - You Burn Me Up and Down
La Luz - Don't Leave Me On The Earth
Agent Orange - A Cry For Help In A World Gone Mad
Angry Samoans - I Lost My Mind
Fastbacks - See Me Free
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday July 14th from Noon-2:00PM EST. You will hear loads of new and old punk and garage tunes. Tune your dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 06-30-18

Clash - Guns On The Roof
Ramones - I'm Against It
Dead Boys - Ain't Nothin' To Do
Lemons - Come Ta Grips
Dictators - Slow Death
Bleed - Bombs Away
Battlefield - Sell Our Soul
dragSTER - Damned
Exploited - Alternative
Ace - Industrial Slit
Damned - Devil In Disguise
Dean Landew - Job
Trash Street - World Without
Golden Coats - I Am Not Alone
McFadden's Parachute - Time
Last - She Don't Know Why I'm Here
Va-Va-Voodoos - Kill Ugly Radio
Adolescents - Wrecking Crew
Legal Weapon - No Sorrow
Agent Orange - Bloodstains
Manic Hispanic - Manic Hispanic
No Robell - Sold Out & Wrote A Love Song
Ultra Sect - Built To Last
Skurvi - Better Way
Katalina Kicks - We Don't Care
Klammer - Spiral Girl
JK Historian - Digitized Night
New Math - Invocation
Sugar Twins - For You
Idol Lips - Outta Scene
Duck & Cover - Live It Up
Fret Rattles - Rat
Vrid Upp - Vi Mot Dom
Monster Magnet - Soul
Morbs - Nothing Nothing Nothing
Jet Reactions - I Hate The Scene
Jet Buzz - To A Friend
Weird Al Yankovic - Beat On The Brat
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - Adorable
Inspiral Carpets - Out of Time
Jello Biafra & D.O.A. - We Gotta Get Out of This Place

The Jeff of the Future Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday June 30th. I'll be playing loads of new punk tunes from England as well as many other garage-punk favorites. The fun runs from Noon-2:00PM EST. Just tune your dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 06-16-18

Legal Weapon - Daddy's Gone Mad
Saints - Lost and Found
Teenage Head - Little Boxes
dragSTER - United Decay
Bleed - Duped
Ultra Sect - Class Hate
Monster Magnet - Ejection
Fret Rattles - Shake My Brain
Golden Coats - Thoughts of a Madman
Damned - Procrastination
McFadden's Parachute - Sunshine Shadow
Harmonica Lewinski - Mango Mouth
Vrid Upp - Vi Mot Dom
Duck & Cover - Live It Up
Morbs - This Town
Jet Reactions - More Reaction
Va-Va-Voodoos - Kill Ugly Radio
Celibate Rifles - Dancing Barefoot
Naked Raygun - The Promise
Angry Samoans - Right Side of My Mind
Dean Landew - After Work
Kings - Switchin' To Glide
Humans - I Live In The City
Space Party - Girls Are My Thing
Jet Buzz - To A Friend
Trash Street - Missing Pieces
Why Oh Whys - Hootchie
Trousers - Dancer From The Dance
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages - Pain
David Harrison - Good Enough For Rock n Roll
Strays - Richard Dreyfuss
EMF - Search & Destroy
Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head
Wonder Stuff - A Wish Away
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
Cramps - Psychotic Reaction
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

Playlist 06-02-18

Swingin' Neckbreakers - So Less
D4 - Get Loose
Makers - Little Piece of Action
Morbs - Alan Alda
Monster Magnet - Rocket Freak
Trousers - Dancer From The Dance
Veins - Fallout Shelter
Giuda - Tartan Pants
Golden Coats - I Don't Want You
McFadden's Parachute - Time
Pandoras - It Felt Alright
Sound Explosion - Cause You Lie
dragSTER - Damned
Strays - Problematic
Ambition Demolition - Neverland
Slow Faction - Woody Guthrie
Dirt Byrds - The Loner
Misfits - Spinal Remains
Adrenalin O.D. - Suburbia
False Prophets - Good Clean Fun
Bad Brains - At The Movies
Damned - Standing At The Edge of Tomorrow
Va-Va-Voodoos - Kill Ugly Radio
Dean Landew - Romantic Dreamer
Space Party - Girls Are My Thing
Jet Buzz - To A Friend
Jet Reaction - Post Tour Depression
David Harrison - Good Enough For Rock n Roll
Trash Street - Cuts So Deep
Dag Nasty - Simple Minds
Descendents - I'm Not A Punk
Manic Hispanic - I Got A Right
Zeros - Going Nowhere Fast
Ultra Sect - Set Sail
Swingin' Utters - All That I Can Give
Mutants - Monster of Love
William Shatner - Garbageman
New York Dolls - Trash
Ramones - In The Park
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
Godfathers - Gone to Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be broadcasting live on Saturday June 2nd from Noon-2:00PM EST. There will be loads of new and old garage-punk tunes for your listening pleasure. Tune your dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it from the link at http://witr.rit.edu.

Radio What Wave Playlist August 24/2018

1. The Dahlmanns….Get It Right….from the brand new release on Beluga Records with The Nomads as the band. Powerpop meets guitar rock and we all win!
2. The Dahlmanns….American Heartbeat….as above.
3. The Nomads….The Way You Touch My Hand….from the Where The Wolf Bane Blooms , 1983, Closer Records and a fave from the moment I bought this one! The guitars just seer on this one and The Nomads version of 5 Years absolutely shreds!!
4. Tiger Bomb….Baby Come On….from a soon to be released record on Dionysus Records. This is Chris Horne, guitar shredder and howler outta the long running all girl combo, The Brood. Based in Portland, the legendary Brood actually made it into London one night many years ago. The extent of the advertising was a hand written poster on the doors of CTO. Missed that one and didn’t find out about it till somewhat later.
5. Dany Laj and the Looks…. Left Right To One….from a soon to be released 7” and these kids are coming to CTO on Saturday September 7^th, opening for Teenage Head. You’ve been warned!
6. Peter and the Wolves….Vera….from the Papa’s Goin’ Out Of Town CD from last year. These guys are coming to the Richmond on Friday August 31^st, and next week we’ve got a live to air scheduled with the band! Not to be missed after last year’s absolute Killer show!
7. Delta Stone and the War Dogs….Ain’t Got The Blues….from a recent release and these guys are playing the bluesfest here in London this weekend.
8. Thundermug….Big City….from the 1974 Ta Daaa LP and guitarist Bill Durst will be playing live at the bluesfest.
9. Foghat…..Mean Woman Blues….from the Before Foghat LP of 1969 recordings in which the band plays rockabilly and rock’n’roll tunes for their own enjoyment (actually for mine too!). They are also at the bluesfest, highly doubt they’ll sound like this.
10. Blue Oyster Cult….Summer Of Love….from the 1976 Agents Of Fortune and they are also at bluesfest.
11. Frankie and Jimmy…..Lil Red Riding Hood….from the recent Blues On The Brain CD and they are not playing at the bluesfest. Just saw a brand new video of this song with puppets and lots of cool effects that’ll get you laughing….
12. The Ramones….Danny Says…..from the 1980 End Of The Century LP and it was right around the release of this one, The Ramones made their first appearance here in London, at Centennial Hall with The Demics opening.
13. Talking Heads….Psycho Killer….from the Talking Heads 77 LP and goes out to Danny who requested this on.
14. The Mods….Step Out Tonight….from the recent Reactions LP on Ugly Pop Records. Late 70’s/early 80’s recordings from this Toronto based combo. They played The Cedar once as The Mods, then later on under the name The News….same band, but they felt Mods was a name used by too many other combos.
15. The Kards….Pipeline….from the Here’s The Deal CD from a few year ago, and The Kards are playing in Woodstock tomorrow.
16. Randall Pee Coltrane…..Let Your Freak Flag Fly….from the recent Atomic Love Burrito CD and goes out to The Cowboy.
17. Marcellus Wallace….Movin’ On Up….from their self titled CD from a couple years back.
18. K Man and the 45’s…..Piece Of The Action….from their self titled release and a new arrival here at CHRW….Montreal based combo who were in town a few months back.
19. Copper Crown…..Child’s Play….from the recent Walk With Fire release and they were at the Richmond a few weeks back.
20. Legendary Tigerman…..Fix Of Rock’n’Roll…..from the recent Misfit release on Dirty Water Records and from Portugal.
21. Jesse James Medicine Show…..I Just Lost My Mind…..new demo from this Hamilton based 2 piece who will be in London near the end of October….details closer to the time.
22. Archie and the Bunkers…..Roaring 20’s…from the recent Songs From The Lodge CD and from Cleveland….2 teenage brothers who make a lot of noise!
23. Sound Explosion…..Cause You Lie….from The Explosive Sounds Of… CD on Lost In Tyme Records out of Greece.
24. Lucy and the Rats…..So Simple….from their recent self titled debut CD on Dirty Water Records and from the UK.
25. Beasts Of Bourbon……Drop Out…..from the Axemans’s Jazz LP from 1985 and goes out to Spencer P Jones who passed away earlier this week. Spencer was a guitar player and song writer for this Australian combo. He played in many other fine bands, but this was probably not only the most influential, but the one he’s most associated with. Crampsian blues scronch songs about death and all things not so nice.
26. The Johnnys…..Edge Of Death….from the 1986 Highlights Of A Dangerous Life and this one actually came out in Canada on Enigma Records….another Spencer P Jones combo.
27. Beasts Of Bourbon….Save Me A Place….from the Axemans’s Jazz LP as above. RIP Spencer.
28. Samantha Fish…..He Did It….from the Chills And Fever CD from last year. This one features some of the Detroit Cobras backing Samantha’s red hot guitar.
29. The Reply….I’m A Man….live recording from the long gone Brennan’s here in London 11/5/2011. The Reply were based in Toronto, but had long time London resident James Bond on keys and sometimes vocals. A great rockin’ soul combo who should have gone on to bigger and better things! So glad I got to see them a few times over the years.
30. Johnny And The Canadians….Say Yeah…..1965 single from London Ontario and this was played from one of those Wyld Canada compilation CD’s.
31. Ray Charles….I Don’t Need No Doctor….from a Greatest Hits compilation and we had to fade this one out…….

Big Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, messages, texts and Heys!!!! That’s what fuels the fire here at Radio What Wave!!

Next week we’ve got a live to air with Peter and the Wolves, an amazing rockabilly/rock’n’roll combo from Calgary. Later in the eve, they play at the Richmond Hotel.

There might be an archived show at this link soon:

http://www.radiowestern.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist August 17/2018

1. The Thing From Outer Space….Mai Tai…..recent demo from this London Ontario based guitar instro combo.
2. Fryd Chikin…..I Want Your Head….from the brand new release on Dirty Water Records. One man band from the UK, not to be confused with a similar, but slightly different spelling, one man band from the US South. Probable homage to the original one man psycho combo, Hasil Adkins.
3. Tissues….Red Light….from the west coast and another new release here at CHRW.
4. White Lung…Two Seen….from the 2010 release, It’s The Evil and from Vancouver.
5. Simply Saucer….Nazi Apocalypse….from the Cyborgs Revisited LP from 1989 and originally recorded back in 1975. Simply Saucer’s former manager Rick Bissell passed away earlier this week and this goes out to him. Rick was responsible for getting the band into the Lanois home studio and getting these legendary recordings done. This was Bob and Dan Lanois long before they became world famous and at this point were still working in the family home.
6. Simply Saucer….Low Profile….as above and my theme song.
7. Joe Klassen….In My Town….from the Songs From The Gallows CD from a few years back. Joe was singer, guitar strangler in Lonesome Ghost, local 2 piece that played live on Radio WW and were the only local combo to appear on the legendary Garage Punk Hideout CD compilation series.
8. Low Down Dirty Mojos….Blow Wind Blow….from their first demo and from Hamilton Ontario and feature former Londoner Paul Wooten (Sinners, Spiral Scratch, Crawling Kingsnakes etc).
9. Tomas Nicolson….I’m Too Tired To Sleep…..from a recent 7” on Beluga Records out of Sweden.
10. Aretha Franklin…..I Never Loved A Man…..from the Rhino/Atlantic double CD compilation of demos and outtakes. This particular recording was part of a demo that Atetha’s then husband sent to Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in an attempt to get Aretha signed to Atlantic. And it was successful!!!
11. Aretha Franklin….Dr Feelgood….. as above.
12. Aretha Franklin…..Chain Of Fools…from the Lady Soul LP on Atlantic Records from 1968.
13. Aretha Franklin…..Money Won’t Change You… as above. RIP to Aretha.
14. Twin Fin….City Of Sin….from the Whiskey Wine and Venom Love release and they are playing this afternoon at the Richmond Hotel here in London.
15. Peter and the Wolves…..Hey Hey Veronica….from the Papa’s Goin’ Out Of Town CD. They will be doing a live to air on Friday August 31^st on Radio What Wave and then playing later that evening at the Richmond Hotel here in London. If last visit is any indication, this is a band you DON’T want to miss!! There’s gonna be Cowboy’s galore at this show!!
16. Jamie James….Night Rockin’….from his 1985 LP. The Big One on Quality Records. Jamie went to school right here in London Ontario and got his musical start here. He was also in the Kingbees, who actually got to play on American Bandstand!
17. The Legendary Tigerman…..Holy Muse….from the recent Misfit release on Dirty Water Records. This cat is from Portugal and has shifted his musical direction from the blues to this jazz/retro/soul/psycho/beat noire kinda sound that really kicks in after a listen or two.
18. Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis….Round Too Long….from the brand new Wild Wild Wild release on Bloodshot Records. Linda Gail is the younger sister of The Killer, and obviously listened to big brother pounding the 88’s! This is friggin demonic stuff and The Killer made his last appearance here in London 31 years ago on Thursday….connection? Maybe.
19. Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis…..Boogie Woogie Country Gal….as above and again, demonic stuff!!
20. The Blasters….Marie Marie….from the first Blasters LP from 1981 and goes out to Twin Fin as they played this last time we saw them live and I ended up doing the cowboy!
21. Positively Stompin’…..Nashville Dreamin’…..from their Junk Drawer CD from 1993 and feature a couple of UIC’ers….ie Murray and Ted and a Legend Killer, Chris. UIC have a show opening up for Wayne Kramers MC50 next month in Toronto.
22. DOA…..Communication Breakdown….from a 7” that came with a DOA compilation bootleg…this goes out to original bass player and high flying acrobat Randy Rampage who passed away earlier this week.
23. DOA….Rich Bitch….from the Triumph Of The Ignoroids release from the late 70’s.
24. DOA….Whatcha Gonna Do…..from the Something Better Change LP from about 1980.
25. DOA….DOA….from Hardcore 81 LP. Last time we saw Randy Rampage he was back in DOA, and they were doing a tour with Nash The Slash, who joined DOA on stage for a few songs at the end of their set! Probably my fave time seeing DOA as both Nash and Randy were jumping around and now sadly, both are gone.
26. Gun Club……She’s Like Heroin To Me….from the Fire Of Love LP from 1981 and not the song I meant to play….Danny phoned in, so hadda play the next song cause Danny Sez:
27. Gun Club…..For The Love Of Ivy…..with the legendary line ‘All dressed up like an Elvis from Hell!!’ to commemorate the 41^st anniversary of the passing of The King.
28. Mightabins…..Back To The Factory….from the brand new Epee release from this band of misfits!
29. Light Bulb Alley…..Bad Day….from The Sound Of Things CD on Ricochet Sound from Montreal.
30. The Comos….Some Days Suck….from the Bandwidth CD from 2006 and from London Ontario.

Ran outta time way before we ran outta tunes.   Thanx for all the crazy phone calls, emails, FB message and Heys!!! That’s what keeps us going and sane.

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Radio What Wave Playlist July 13/2018

1. Twin Fin…..Jungle Room….from the Whiskey Wine and Venom CD and they are playing Saturday night at the Legion on Oakland Ave…early show, 3 sets!!
2. Roger Zuraw…..Keep Your Mouth Shut….from a single and a timely reminder as the times are changing way faster than ever! And a request!
3. Crass….Berkertrex Bribe….from the Penis Envy LP from 1981.
4. Steve Earle…..Devil’s Right Hand….from the Copperhead Road CD from 1988 and Steve comes back to London Music Hall in September.
5. DOA….Liar For Hire….from the War On 45 LP from 1982.
6. 16 Eyes….Ride….from the brand new Look CD and from Pheonix. Orin Portnoy, vet of the early 80’s NYC scene is in this band.
7. Brad Marino….On The Brink….from a new 7” on Beluga Records from Sweden and a solo effort from this Connection member.
8. The Darts…Bullet….new 7” on Dirty Water Records out of the UK, but this all female combo is from the west coast of the US.
9. Running From Daylight….Mary Jane….from the Elvis Ain’t Dead Yet CD and they are playing tonight at the Richmond here in London.
10. Legendary Tigerman….Misfit….brand new on the Dirty Water label and from Portugal. This is the start of our biker set as Friday the 13^th the bikers from this area all head down to Port Dover.
11. The Ventures….Theme From Wild Angels….from their Guitar Freakout LP from 1967 and one of the first LP’s, if not the first I ever bought….50 years ago!
12. The Gruesomes…Bikers From Hell….from the Gruesomology CD on Sundazed. The Gruesomes were the only 80’s garage band from Canada to have a release on Sundazed! And now,  all of their recordings are available on Ricochet Sound based in Montreal.
13. Leather Boy…..I’m A Leather Boy….from Pebbles Volume 11 and a 60’s garage punk scorcher!
14. UIC….Leave Me Alone….from Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood LP from 1989 and a request! Great way to end a biker set as guitarist Ted was a Harley rider.
15. Super Elcados….Tambourine Party…..from a re-release of the 1966 Super Elcados Volume 2 LP from Nigeria.
16. Lucky 7….Lucky 7….from a live recording 2/23/1989 at Call The Office. A carry over from last week’s edition and on accordion and keyboards was Kenny Margolis…former Mink Deville member, noted session man and former long time member of Cracker.
17. Florida Razors….Memphis Connection…from the Beat Music CD and features Tom Wilson, who is coming to London next weekend as part of the Home County Festival in Victoria Park.
18. The Shakers….Jump In My Car….from the In Time LP from 1981 and features Dave Rave on guitar and vocals. There’s a reunion set for next weekend at This Ain’t Hollywood in Hamilton to celebrate Gene Champagne’s Labatt Birthday!!
19. 3 O’Clock Train….Stolen Thunder….from the Moon CD and 3 O’Clock Train will be in London on Saturday July 28^th as part of Ribfest happening in Victoria Park. This will be a full band affair and the first time for a full band in London in many years! We’ve had 3 O’Clock head honcho Mack MacKenzie live on air a couple of times in the past couple of years.
20. Harold Nix….Jimmy….from the Open Up The Sky CD from 1997 and from the west coast of Canada.
21. Frankie And Jimmy…..You Was Born To Die…from the recent Blues On The Brain CD and from Hamilton.
22. Lowdown Dirty Mojos…..Blow Wind Blow….brand new and from a coupla characters outta Hamilton, Stephen Foster and former Londoner Paul Wooten (Sinners, Spiral Scratch, Crawling Kingsnakes and others).
23. Certain General….Bedpan….1981 demos that is part of the download with their latest 7” release. From NYC and had Londoner Marcy Saddy on the drums.
24. Priors….Story Blind….from their self titled release and they are playing Call The Office on Saturday night.
25. Shoobies…..Monkey Eat Sandwich….from their recent download and from London.
26. Hit Bargain….Architect….from the Potential Maximizer release and from LA.
27. Lucy and the Rats….Can’t Surf….from their full length on Dirty Water Records out of the UK.
28. Knaves….Fashion Police….from their self titled release from 2007 and from London Ontario.
29. The Job….Gun….from their self titled release from 2008 and from Toronto with a member from London.
30. Invasions……Jewel….from a demo they gave us back in 2008 and from Toronto.
31. Pretty Things….Cry To Me….from their 2^nd LP, Get The Picture? From about 1966.
32. The Small Faces….E Too D….from a Greatest Hits CD and from 1966.
33. DT’s….Wrap It Up…..from a 7” from 2006
34. DT’s…..Wet Cake Part 2….from a 7” from 2006.

Big Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages with information (Thanx Atomic Love Burrito Randall Riviera), texts and Heys!!!

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Radio What Wave Playlist June 29/2018  All Canada Edition

1. Lee Harvey Osmond…..Love Everyone….from the Folk Sinner CD. Tom Wilson’s psych/folk project.
2. Art Bergmann…The Junkie Don’t Care….from the Crawl With Me CD from 1988, produced by John Cale.
3. Kensington Hillbillies….White Man In Hammersmith Palais….from The Crooked Beat CD from 2012 and features former Londoner Peter Lambert on the drums.
4. Bradley Boy….Old 59….from the Salt Gun CD from 2011 and from Oshawa.
5. Sugar Brown….What I Know…from his latest, Calling All Blues and from Toronto.
6. Delta Stone…..Ain’t Got The Blues….from their 2 song CD and they are playing tonight at the Eastside.
7. Osterberg….London Eats Its Own….from the 10” from 1993 and this song still rings true today.
8. Flying Squad….I’m So Cool….from the Come and Play cassette from the mid 80’s and this one is about a CHRW DJ.
9. 63 Monroe….At The Boot….from Slippery’s Club Hits, the cassette that came with WW#24. This song is about the Blue Boot/Cedar Lounge, about which we’ll be doing a radio special in a month or so.
10. Randall Pee Coltrane…..Let Your Freak Flag Fly…..from the recent Atomic Love Burrito and Randall Pee played The Cedar Lounge many years ago with The Verge.
11. Jerry Jerry…..Talk About My Dick….from The Sound and The Jerry CD from 1997 and from Edmonton. This is the same Jerry Jerry and the Sons Of Rhythm Orchestra from the mid 80’s.
12. Matadors…..Pink Lincoln….from The Devil’s Music CD and from London Ontario.
13. Maow….Wank….from the CD,  The Unforgiving Sounds Of…. from 1996 and Neko Case was in this band.
14. The Gorgons…..Girl Gang….from the Corpse Whale CD on Transistor 66 Records and from Winnipeg.
15. Miesha And The Spanks…..MMMMade For Me….from the CD of the same name and also on T66 Records. We had Miesha as a guest about a year ago here on Radio WW.
16. Nash The Slash…..19^th Nervous Breakdown…..from the Children Of The Night LP from 1981. Nash played as part of DOA a few years back and that was the last time we got to see him.
17. Dany Laj and The Looks….Left Right To One….from the soon to be released 7” and they were at Call The Office a month or so ago.
18. The Connexions…..Ridin’ On The Streetcar….form their Connect Four CD and from Newfoundland.
19. Flashing Lights….High School….from the Where The Change Is CD from 1999. Singer Matt Murphy is in The Tuns, a super powerpop band with a Sloan and an Inbred.
20. Coaching For Sara…..Show…..from their latest and from right here in London Ontario.
21. Krista D……Run Jane Run….from the recent Look At Me I’m CD.
22. Occasional Angels…..I Won’t Cry….from the recent Angels In Exile CD and from Ottawa.
23. Jr Gone Wild…..God Is Not My Father…..from the Pull The Goalie CD from 1992 and these guys have gotten back together for a short tour across Canada.
24. Harold Nix…..Tomorrow’s Another Day….from the Open Up The Sky CD from 1997 and from Vancouver.
25. The Mods….Reaction….from the brand new Reaction LP on Ugly Pop Records. Late 70’s/early 80’s mod/powerpop/punk out of Toronto and they played here at The Cedar Lounge.
26. Bon….Zig Zag….from the Static Electricity CD from 2011 on Boppa Do Down Records.
27. Holy Microphone….Beatle Bob….from the Goodbye Television Girl CD and from Toronto. One Fried Robinson could be playing guitar on this song about a legend out of St Louis. London has its own dancer in the Cowboy. If the Cowboy is at the same show as you, you’re at the place to be.
28. High Dials…..TV Mystic….from the A New Devotion CD from 2003 and from Montreal.
29. 905s….What Are We Receiving….from the Shake Down CD from 2015 and from Brampton Ontario.
30. The Del-Gators…Dynamite….from the Pound Down CD from 2001 and from Montreal.
31. American Flamewhip……Ace Of Cups…..from the Activate CD and from Winnipeg and 2008 and we had to fade this one out.

Big Thanx for the phone calls, emails, FB messages, texts and Heys!!! Next week we do a special on Call The Office, which has a GOFUNDME page set up. But as head Tony says, the best way to support CTO is to come down and have a couple of beers and watch a great band!!

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Radio What Wave Playlist June 22/2018

We dedicated this one to Nick Knox, longtime Cramp drummer and a purveyor of many excellent beats! The Cramps will always be special to me. Upon first hearing their second release, Psychedelic Jungle, my mind was blown wide open as they were treading similar ground to what I was really digging….that being 60’s garagepunk/psych! And that fueled my non-ending obsession, looking for those wild, crazy and obscure sounds that lurked below the surface! Thanx to The Cramps I bought and continue to buy way too many records that conceal these required sounds. Thanx Nick, Lux, Kid (and of course Bryan) and lastly Ivy!

1. 5 Years Ahead Of My Time…The Cramps....from the How To Make A Monster double CD of Cramps coolness. Still remember the first time I heard The Cramps do this one, on the bootleg The Cramps Totally Destroy Seattle! Had no idea it was in their songbook and had only heard the Third Bardo’s version prior.  And this song certainly summarizes The Cramps and their goals!
2. Long Day Jouney….Curio Shoppe…from The Count Bonniwell Electric CD and these guys are certainly Cramps fans!!
3. Shoobies….All My Profs Are On Strike….from a recent download and these guys are from right here in London Ontario!
4. Burning Peppermints…..I Wanna Go Home….from the Glitter Vomit release and from Birmingham Alabama.
5. Marc Ribot….Rawhide….from the recent Y R U Still Here release we have at the station.
6. Martin and The E Chords….Possibilities….from a demo our pal Gary Pig Gold sent us many years ago. Punk taken to its primitive basics.
7. Jim Ashby….Speed City….7” on Speed City Records and the story of our little town back in the late 60’s/early 70’s. My fave record to come out of this town.
8. Crash 80’s….Waiting For The Heat….from a 1980 7” from right here in town. Ties in with the recent blog I posted about The Beginnings of Punk In London Ontario….it’s a 3 parter on Blogger and there’s links on the Radio WW FB page. And oddly, lead singer Peter Tangredi just commented on the blog pointing out a missing step….ie The New York Dolls playing here in London Ontario….Thanx Peter!
9. Lithics….Dancing Guy….from the recent Mating Surfaces release here at the station. Modern post punk outta Portland Oregon.
10. Julia P…..Killer Chicks….from  yet another recent addition to the CHRW library and a re-ish of an early 2000 release and from Holland.
11. Archie and The Bunkers…..Bill’s Bad Day….from the recent Songs From The Lodge release and these 2 teenage brothers are from Cleveland. Didn’t know this till recently, but Nick Knox had been helping these kids out a bit! Kinda makes sense now!
12. Archie and the Bunkers….You’re My Pacemaker….as above. There’s a video on youtube for this one.
13. The Cramps….The Way I Walk…..from The Cramps boxset of singles on Munster Records out of Spain. It’s a 10 7” box set, picture sleeves, postcards and pristine sound!
14. The Cramps….Domino…. as above.
15. The Mods….Step Out Tonight….from the brand new Reactions LP on Ugly Pop Records. Limited edition, already sold out and the very first time The Mods have had a full length 12” record!  The Mods were based out of Toronto Canada, late 70’s/early 80’s mod/punk/powerpop and made a couple of appearances here in London at The Cedar Lounge. Drummer David remembered those shows well and gave me some further info about their visits here a number of years back. This particular song was one of my faves from Toronto combos of that era!
16. The Mods….You Use Me… as above.
17. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants….Only Game In Town….from the recent Half Wits LP and they are playing tonight at the Richmond.
18. BB Guns….Bang Bang….live recording from CIUT and Moondawg Ballroom from early 2013.
19. Catl….Gotta Thing For You….from the Soon This Will All Be Gone release from a few years back. Catl have a new release that hasn’t been released in Canada yet.
20. Bloody Diamonds….Lady Of The Night….from They’ve Got Secrets from 2012 and from Halifax. Around the time this was released, we did a live to air with Bloody Diamonds when they were in town for a show. Think that is still up on soundcloud.
21. Buttertones….At The Dojo…from the Midnight IN A Moonless Dream release that arrived recently at the station. From LA.
22. Subsonics….Johnny Left Hand….from the Flesh Colored Paint release on Slovenly Records and another recent addition here.
23. Newport Electric….Dancing To The Beat Of Your Broken Heart….from the brand new Thin Wild Mercury release, and NE had their release party at Aeolian Hall on the day this show aired.
24. Les Sympathics De Porto Novo….A Min We Vo Nou We….from the recent African Scream Contest Volume 2 that arrived here at CHRW. This is a compilation CD on the Analog Africa imprint, that has released a TON of cool stuff.
25. Picoby Band D’Abomey…..Me Adomina….as above.
26. Pat Thomas Introduces Marijata….Salvation….from the recent Mr Bongo re-ish of this 1976 classic. Yet another recent addition here at CHRW. From what I understand, Pat Thomas spent some time in Toronto after this, possibly doing something with the soul/reggae scene there, as some of the material on this release is similar sonically to what came out in Toronto not long after this…
27. Dustbin Flowers….Plasticine Nicotine….from their II CD and they are playing Fitzrays tonight.
28. Vypers….Mr Girl…from the recent Champion 100 release and from Toronto.
29. The Hippies….Je Cherche….from the Animals Fight Back cassette from about 1984 and was all London Ontario based combos of the day. The Hippies released a 7” around this time.
30. Gilbert Smith….Talking 1980…..as above, but Gilbert was in combos like Sheep Look Up and The Zellots back then.
31. The Cramps….Don’t Eat Stuff Off The Sidewalk….from the Psychedelic Jungle Lp from 1981. Every day I tell Joey, our pooch this, and he never listens.
32. The Cramps….Can’t Find My Mind….as above, but I don’t tell Joey this as he already knows.
33. The Cramps….Jungle Hop….as above.

Thanx for all the phoners, emails, texts and FB messages!!!

Next week it’s an all Canadian show as we start the long weekend off waving the red maple leaf!!

Soon to be archived at this link:

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Radio What Wave Playlist June 8/2018. Beginnings of Punk/New Wave in London Ontario

This is a special on the origins, causes and beginning of the punk/new wave music/art scene here in London Ontario. I wasn’t there for all of it, and haven’t run across anyone who has as there were so many somewhat inclusive events that you had to be in the know, to know about…so here’s my 2 cents.

1. Nihilist Spasm Band….This Is A Test….from a CD whose title is symbols. There’s no doubt that the NSB were the originators here, as they started playing at the York Hotel, now called Call The Office. They had a weekly residence that probably brought more complaints than compliments as these artists made their own instruments, played to their own beat and did just want they wanted. The originators of what was to be called Noise and they count amongst their admirers/fans Sonic Youth who have actually guested with the band.
2. Roxy Music…..Editions Of You…..from their second LP and they played London Arena 2/8/1975 and many who were to become involved in the punk/new wave scene were in attendance. Only thing missing was Brian Eno, as he had left the band prior to this gig and many were disappointed by this.
3. Rough Trade….Birds Of A Feather….from the 1976 Direct To Disc LP that Jack Richardson produced. RT made an appearance or 2 in London, long before they had their early 80’s Canadian hits and were a musical theatre troupe who were into bondage, S&M and many other so called perversions and eager to display this on the stage!
4. Nihilist Spasm Band….Stop and Think Shitheads…..yet another ‘song’ from NSB and the same release as above.
5. The Diodes…..Nothing Can Change The Shape Of Things To Come….from the Time/Damage Live 1978 LP and recorded at the El Mocambo Tavern In Toronto. Oddly, the same week a band called The Rolling Stones played the same venue! The Diodes were the first punk band to play London, May 1977 at Niederman’s loft in downtown London. This was also the very first gig here in which an 8.5 x 11 poster was made and put up around town. The police put a stop to that, the postering that is, but the gig went on for about 30 or so people. It was a deal made between Ralph Alfonso, manager of the Diodes and Mike Niederman, as Mike had published some of Ralph’s poetry and writing via Applegarth Follies. And part of the deal was to get a rehearsal spot in the basement of the Liberal Headquarters in Toronto, and turn this space into a club. The club became the Crash’n’Burn Club, the first punk club in Canada and lasted part of the summer of 1977.
6. The Diodes….Time Damage….as above. This was the oldest Diodes live recording that I could find in my collection.
7. Eddie And The Hot Rods…..Ignore Them….recorded live at Fryfogles, downtown London Ontario 11/7/1977 as the Rods did a few nights here. The very first of the UK punk/new wave (the band were actually pub rock or protopunk, but the press called them punk) combo to play here in London, and the proper folks were all in attendance. Some band called Red Rider opened up for the Rods.
8. Eddie and The Hot Rods….The End…. As above. Poor sound quality, but what do you expect from a 40 year old cassette?
9. The Curse…..Eat Me…..from a live recording at Forest City Gallery here in London, 11/25/1977 put on by artist Gerard Pas. The Ugly were supposed to play as well, but claimed transportation issues and never made it to the gig. Food was tossed, alcohol was consumed, insults flew both ways and everyone had fun. FCG continues to this day to have to occasional live music show, although they have moved several times since.
10. The Curse….He’s My Boy….from the Teenage Meat CD on OPM Records, and recorded at the above show…this is the only track on the CD from the above show.
11. Peter Tangredi….Life Is A Crazy Passion….from the Demics Covers CD and the summation of what it was like here in London (and many other places here in North America) back in 1977. Peter was in Crash 80’s, Idiot Savant, Suffer Machine and more.
12. The Demics….Heart Of The City….from a live recording at the Blue Boot 1978.
13. The Demics….Mystery Dance….as above.
14. The Demics….New Rose….as above. When The Demics first started, they did lots of covers, many of them of 60’s garage bands….ie Music Machine, Electric Prunes, Love and more. And the Blue Boot became the Cedar Lounge in the summer of 1978, London’s exclusive punk/new wave club. We’ll be doing a full show special on this venue to mark the 40^th anniversary this summer.
15. Uranus….Route 66….from a live recording on CFNY out of Toronto. The first new wave/alternative/whatever radio station in this part of the country.
16. Uranus….Cruisin’… as above.
17. Uranus….Motorbikin’…. as above. Uranus were the band of choice of the bikers around here and they did this song just for them! Uranus were also the first rock’n’roll band to play the Blue Boot, and eventually got The Demics in there and started the whole mess rollin’.
18. The Perks….McPig….from their only 7” from 1978 on the Awes Label. Awes was a downtown recording studio and also a short lived record label.
19. The Perks… Escape…as above. The Perks were a highschool project, recorded this and broke up.
20. Uranus…..53 Buick….from their first self released EP, and recorded at Awes Studio.
21. Uranus….Tommy Get Your Gun…. as above.
22. The Demics….Cowboys Are Fags….from the NYC CD on OPM label and recorded at Awes Studio.
23. The Demics….Factories…. as above.
24. The Demics….Oh Well….as above. The Demics released their first EP on Ready Records out of Toronto in 1979, the Awes recordings are from 1978.
25. The Regulators….Brainless Wonder….recorded live at the Polish Hall in 1979. The Regulators released one 7” and the Polish Hall was the site of many all ages gigs here in town.
26. The Stoves….Can’t Slow Down….recorded live at the Cedar in 1979.
27. NFG….Cowboy Rock….from a live recording, probably 1979 and maybe at the York Hotel.
28. NFG….Hyjack Victim….as above. NFG became 63 Monroe, then First Date for a short time, and then back to 63 Monroe and still play to this day.
29. The Zellots….Holocaust…..from a live recording at the Kent Hotel in Kitchener and broadcast over the airwaves of CHRW by DJ Simon Less. Simon’s real name is Peter Moore, and he recorded loads of local bands and broadcast some of these shows over the airwaves of CHRW. He went on to win a Grammy a year or so back, for his work restoring some Dylan recordings.
30. The Zellots….Object….as above. The Zellots story is told in an issue of Mongrel Zine out of Vancouver, and they were the local band that coulda and shoulda, but somehow didn’t!

Thanx for all the phone calls, texts, emails, FB messages and Heys on this show as it was a load of fun putting it together and playing these tunes that mean so much to me! We might just play a few more tunes from that era next week!

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Radio What Wave Playlist June 1/2018

1. Teenage Head….Let’s Shake….from the recent Fun Comes Fast CD and drummer on this version is Marky Ramone.
2. Wanda Jackson….Funnel Of Love…..recorded live at the Aeolian Hall 5/27/2005 and she had The Rizdales as her backing band. Rizdale Tom Dunphy has his Classic Country show at the Richmond at 4PM. And The Rizdales have a full band show at the Richmond on June 17^th.
3. The Rizdales….If You See My Baby….from the Bar and Lounge CD from 2004.
4. The Dropouts….The Night The Caddy Died….from the After School Specials CD from 2005 and they were from London Ontario. Released 2 CD’s then relocated to Vancouver and broke up.
5. Black Holes…..Super Freak….from a live recording at the Brunswick Hotel from 2002. Once in a blue moon the Black Holes surface.
6. Black Holes….Miss Pearl….as above.
7. Rockin’ Bobby Harris….Boppin’ The Blues….from a CD called With Two Dollar Bill and His Bad Pennies. Bobby is from Simcoe Ontario, and is an original rockabilly cat.
8. Burnin’ Ethyl….Kittens In Lipstick….from the Rock’n’Roll Combustion CD from 2006 and from Hamilton Ontario.
9. Dave Edmunds….Boys Talk….from a 1980 7”.
10. Oberon Rose….No Stranger…from their recent Tell Me About It CD we just received at the station and from New England.
11. Julia P….Killer Girls…..another new CD at the station, and this band is from Amsterdam.
12. E…..Untie Me….from the Negative Work CD which just arrived at the station, and this combo is from Boston and features Thalia Zadek, who many years ago, performed in the next band….
13. Dangerous Birds…..Alpha Romeo…..from a 1981 7” and from Boston.
14. Lithics….Specs….from the Mating Surfaces CD that just arrived at CHRW, and from Portland Oregon.
15. The Government….Paranoid Downtown Funk Part 2 and from the How Many Fingers Lp from 1981 and from Toronto. Part of the first wave of punk bands from Toronto, and The Government moved towards the funk sounds emanating from NYC in their last days.
16. Bloodshot Bill….Gonna Get Gone….from his Guitar Boy Lp from 2016 and on Norton Records.
17. Bloodshot Bill and Shannon….Honey Time….from a 7” on Slovenly Records.
18. Bloodshot Bill….Honky Tonk Angels…..recorded live on CHRW 5/25/2007.
19. Bloodshot Bill and Shannon…..True…..from a 7” on Slovenly Records.
20. Bloodshot Bill….Wolf Call….from his So Blue CD from 2013.
21. Bloodshot Bill….Don’t Wanna See You No More…..from his Guitar Boy LP and around this time we yammered with Bloodshot Bill as he had a show that evening at Call The Office.
22. NIghtseeker….Don’t Let Go….from the 3069:Spacerock CD that arrived in the station recently.
23. Lucy And The Rats….So Simple….from their recent self titled debut full length on Dirty Water Records.
24. Angry Dragons….Got To Be You….from their self titled CD from 2009 and from Winnipeg.
25. The Zellots….Let’s Play House….from the flexi of unreleased recordings from 1978.
26. The Mongrels….Do It…..from a demo and they play Sunday at the Richmond as yet another of their Rock’n’Roll Eddie And The Hot Rods….Ignore Them….from a 1977 7” on Island Records and from the UK.
27. Eddie and The Hot Rods….Horseplay….from a 1976 7” on Island Records.
28. Hit Bargain…..Untying A Knot…..from their recent Potential Maximizer release that showed up at the station, and from LA.

Big Thanx to Bloodshot Bill for taking the time to  yammer with us live on the radio! And Thanx for all the crazy phone calls, emails, FB messages and Heys!!!

Next week we’re doing a special on the beginnings of the punk rock/new wave scene here in London Ontario. We’ll be playing some snippets of a few of the live shows that helped get things going and probably some records from that era as well!

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Hey everyone! Just signed up here. My name's Alex Flamsteed, I'm the drummer of Speedlab. We have reuntited after 7 years. I recently moved back to Australia from the US where I was playing drums for Guttermouth and Bam Margera to reform Speedlab. We have just put out an EP 'ILL MIND TANK'. Would love your thoughts! We have an album written which we're recording in October/November. Our plan is to get our tunes out to as many people as possible so we can get on the road! 

Here is links to our Spotify and Band Camp: