Two recent programs of Revolution Rock featured intervew with members of Guided By Voices.  I speak with Doug Gillard (who currenlty plays with the band and originally played with the band from 1997-2004) and Tobin Sprout who played with the band from 1992-1996 and again when they reformed from 2010-2014.  The shows also feature music from Guided By Voices, Gem, Doug Gillard, Tobin Sprout, Brain James, Zoom, Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs, The Clash, The Evaporators and Iggy & The Stooges and several others.  

Show 655 Playlist (Doug Gillard Interviw):

1. Juliana Hatfield - Good Enough For Me
2. Tacocat - I Love Seattle
3. Slowdive - Don't Know Why
4. Chad Vangaalen - Clinically Dead
5. No Fun - Planet
6. Gem - Suburban Girl
7. Doug Gillard - No Perspective
8. Guided By Voices - Goodbye Note

DOUG GILLARD INTERVIEW

9. Robert Pollard & Doug GIllard - Pop Zeus
10. ESP Ohio - Royal Cyclopean
11. Guided By Voices - An Unmarketed Product
12. Zoom - Sweet Desperation
13. Cousins - Lullaby
14. Tuns - Throw It All Away
15. Slow Down Molasses - Secret
16. Construction & Deconstruction - Onomatopoeia
17. Shotgun & Jaybird - Borrowed Minivans
18. Woods - Bleeding Blue
19. Warm Soda - Don't Stop Now
20. The Finks - Now
21. The Scenics - Western Hills (Live - Toronto 2016)
22. Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs - Judy
23. Pavement - Unfair
24. Tim Darcy - You Felt Comfort
25. Guided by Voices - Dr. Feelgood Falls Off the Ocean
26. Guided By Voices - Universal Truths and Cycles
27. Guided By Voices - Hold On Hope

Download/listen to this show here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20170429-1900-t1493488800.mp3

Check out my blog post on Guided By Voice's August By Cake album and for a direct link to the interview here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2017/04/gbv-august-by-cake-doug-gillard.html

Show 654 (Tobin Sprout Interview):

1. The Clash - Police & Thieves
2. The Congos - Sodom & Gomorrow
3. Robyn Hitchcock - I Pray When I'm Drunk
4. Brain James - Why? Why? Why?
5. Feefawfum - No Content
6. Tobin Sprout - The Universe and Me

TOBIN SPROUT INTERVIEW

7. Tobin Sprout - Moonflower Plastic (You're Here)
8. Tobin Sprout - To My Beloved Martha
9. Guided By Voices - Awful Bliss
10. Fig.4 - Behind Her Eyes
11. The Kinetics - Take A Train
12. Ron Gallo - Pleasure Yourself
13. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Always Sad
14. The Evaporators - Welcome To My Castle
15. Lush Buffalo - Jane The Ripper
16. Jay Som - 1 Billion Dogs
17. Middle Sister - The Sea
18. Beams - Black Shadow
19. Elliot Smith - Speed Trials
20. Spoon - First Caress
21. Blessed - Endure
22. Mad Ones - It Never Rains
23. Iggy & The Stooges - I Got A Right (Raw Power Sessions Outtake)

Download/listen to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20170422-1900-t1492884000.mp3

Check out my blog post on Tobin Sprout's The Universe and Me and for a direct link to the interview with Sprout here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2017/04/the-universe-and-me-tobin-sprout.html

Here are two programs taht feature a larage selection of Chuck Berry songs and covers, in addition to healthy doses of garage, punk and new wave.  

Show 650 (Chuck Berry Tribute Show):

1. Chuck Berry - Reelin' And Rockin' (Alternate Version)
2. Chuck Berry - Rock And Roll Music (Demo)
3. Chuck Berry - I Want To Be Your Driver
4. The Rolling Stones - Come On
5. The Rolling Stones - Around And Around
6. The Courtneys - Silver Velvet
7. The Courtneys - Minnesota
8. Skye Wallace - Stronghold
9. Dean Drouillard - Mid Sea Flood
10. Bo Diddley - Fireball
11. Of The Pack - Feel The Same
12. Century Palm - Inner Vision
13. AC/DC - School Days
14. The Kinks - Beautiful Delilah
15. The Sonics - Roll Over Beethoven
16. Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Rock n' Roller (Take 11A)
17. Chuck Berry - Viva Viva Rock n' Roll
18. Chuck Berry - 21 Blues
19. The Famines - Zero Sum
20. TV FREAKS - Don't Read The News
21. Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs - Talk 2 Her
22. Dany Laj & The Looks - Sweet Pretender
23. The Matinee - Figure It Out
24. The Rolling Stones - Carol
25. The MC5 - Back in the USA
26. Chuck Berry - Big Boys
27. Chuck Berry - Wee Wee Hours

Download/listen to this program here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20170325-1900-t1490464801.mp3

Check out my blog post on this episode and Chuck Berry here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2017/03/chuck-berry-1926-2017-shows-649-650.html

1. Chuck Berry - Bio
2. Chuck Berry - Around And Around
3. Chuck Berry - Back In Memphis
4. The Routes - Thousand Forgotten Dreams
5. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Sleep Drifter
6. Cawama - Come Around
7. Specifics - 13
8. B.A. Johnston - I Need Donair Sauce
9. Cheap Trick - He's A Whore
10. Blank Square - Empty Head
11. Meatbodies - Scavenger
12. Tim Darcy - Tall Glass of Water
13. Temples - Certainly
14. Mick Futures - Mini Mag
15. T. Rex - Dandy In The Underworld
16. T. Rex - Teen Riot Structure
17. T. Rex - Celebrate Summer
18. The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale (Alternate Version)
19. The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man (Live - The Complete Matrix Tapes 1969)
20. The Feelies - Flag Days
21. Whoop-Szo - Another Show
22. Leonard Cohen - Leaving The Table
23. The Sadies - There Are No Words

Download/listen to this program here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20170318-1900-t1489860001.mp3

A few weeks ago, Revolution Rock did its annual surf rock and instrumental rock music special.  For this program I interviewed Don Pyle o fthe Canadian instrumental rock band Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.  

Shadowy Playlist:

1. La Luz - Phantom Feelings
2. The Gories - Nautiloid Reef (Live on CJAM 1989)
3. The Challengers - Red River Rock

SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 SEGMENT WITH DERK BRIGANTE

4. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Tired Of Waking Up Tired
5. The Ramblin' Ambassadors - Standoff At Calf Robe Bridge
6. Stories From Shamehill - Kahuna Haha
7. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Egypt Texas
8. The Tsunamibots - Robots Improving Robots
9. Toxic Mutants - Surf Machine

10. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Big Saxophone Lie
11. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Big Baby

DON PYLE INTERVIEW PT 1

12. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Three Piece Suit
13. Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet - Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother

DON PYLE INTERVIEW PT 2

14. Phono-comb - The Crass and The Switchblade
19. The Sadies - Clam Chowder
16. The Pistolrays - Long Way From Silver City
17. Minutemen - Cohesion
18. The 427's - Tijuana Sunset
19. The Cramps - I’m Cramped (Original Mix)
20. The Rumblers - Boss
21. The Bell Peppers - Doin’ The Moon Freak

Download/isten to this episode here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20170225-1900-t1488049200.mp3

Check out my blog post on Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet and to just hear the interview separate from this episode here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2017/03/shadowy-men-on-shadowy-planet-don-pyle.html

Playlist 05-06-17

4-Skins – One Law For Them
GBH – Drugs Party in 526
Hospital Food – I've Got A Gun
Anti – I Try
Mudhoney – Revolution
D.O.A. - Class War
Dirt Byrds – Janie Jones
99ers – Rockaway Beach
Barracudas – This Ain't My Time
Charms – So Romantic
Contrast – Caught in a Trap
Damned – Billy Bad Breaks
Ty Segall – Break a Guitar
Intended – Huguenot
Warm Soda – Young In Your Heart
Archaea – Absent Minded
Rhino 39 – J Alfred
Angry Samoans – I Lost My Mind
Shattered Faith – Right is Right
X – I See Red
Legal Weapon – Caught in the Reign
Sinners – High Risk Investment
Wayward Souls – See Inside Your Mind
Watermelon Men – Back in Your Dreams
Stomach Mouths – I Leave
Fox Sisters – Stuck On You
Penetrators – Keep On Rollin' (Stones)
Stupidity – Set Me Free
Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Bloody Hammer
Rollin Machine – Movin' On
Snide – Disorder
PaperWolf – Death of Me
CJ Ramone – Run Around
Wyldlife – Contraband
Routes – Worry
Lyres – Lily
Baby Woodrose – Never Coming Back
APB – Shoot You Down
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

Broadcasting from WITR's old Studio A, The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be back on the air and the web on Saturday May 6th from Noon-2:00PM EST. You can listen to your garage-punk favorites at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 04-08-17

Magnapop - Here It Comes
Fur - Blondi
Real Kids - All Kindsa Girls
Radio Birdman - What Gives?
Mekons - Memphis, Egypt
Impatient Youth - Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammunition
Love Battery - See Your Mind
Never Betters - Fair Warning
Cult - Peace Dog
Hellacopters - Gimme Shelter
D Generation - No Way Out
Clash - What's My Name?
Ty Segall - Break A Guitar
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Rattlesnake
Cherry Glazerr - Trash People
Penetrators - What They Said They Would
Fox Sisters - Stuck On You
Daisy House - Yellow Moon Road
True West - Lucifer Sam
Monster Magnet - I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time
Routes - Make You Hate Me More
Snide - Disorder
Rollin Machine - Roller
Dirt Byrds - Prime Mover
Johnny Thunders - Pipeline
Ramones - Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
Stupidity - King Midas
Giuda - Tartan Pants
Hospital Food - Punk Rock Heart
Mr. Happy Chainsaw - Charlie
General Chaos - I Don't Care!
Addictive Philosophy - Supernatural Race Fiend
Savage Gringo - Dope School
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday April 8th from Noon-2:00PM EST. (That would be 5:00-7:00PM in the UK). Tune in at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 03-11-17

Fashion - Sodium Pentathol Negative
Mighty Caesars - Come Into My Life
Lungfish - Mated
Upright Citizens - The Dark Side of My Mind
Downbeat 5 - I Found Out
Avengers - We Are The One
360's - Free
Snide - Go On
Cynics - Last Day
Ugly Beats - Take A Stand
Routes - Worry
Bevis Frond - Gemini Machine
Ty Segall - Break A Guitar
Intended - Huguenot
Thee Oh Sees - Unwrap The Fiend, Pt. 1
Tyvek - Tip To Tail
Penetrators - She's the Kinda Girl
Dirt Byrds - Chaos
Savage Gringo - Dope School
Plugz - Achin'
Rollin Machine - Moving On!
Godfathers - You Don't Love Me
Fashionism - Back in the Day
Who Killed Nancy Johnson? - Stay Out Late
Fall - Last Orders
Attila The Stockbroker - Russians in The D.H.S.S.
Toy Dolls - Dig That Groove Baby
Buzzcocks - Boredom
Addictive Philosophy - Supernatural Race Fiend
General Chaos - I Don't Care!
Urban Commandos - Jimmy the Bankrobber
Tony Goff and the Broken Colours - Hard Shoulder
PaperWolf - Death Of Me
Mr. Happy Chainsaw - Charlie
Underclass UK - Rats
Jacuzzi Boys - Refrigeration
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web from Noon-2:00PM EST on Saturday March 11th . There will be loads of trashy garage-punk tunes for your listening pleasure. So tune in at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live at http://witr.rit.edu.

Playlist 02-25-17

Rivals - Future Rights
Vibrators - Dragnet
Stiff Little Fingers - State of Emergency
UK Subs - New York State Police
Dirt Byrds - Chaos
Rioters - Dark Days
Underclass UK - Rats
Snide - Last Night, I Said
99ers - Come On Let's Go
Godfathers - You Don't Love Me
Fashionism - Back in the Day
When Particles Collide - The Whiskey Always Wins
Routes - Make You Hate Me More
Intended - Huguenot
Ty Segall - Break A Guitar
Va-Va-Voodoos - Cry Little Space Girl
General Chaos - I Don't Care!
Addictive Philosophy - Supernatural Race Fiend
Urban Commandos - Jimmy the Bankrobber
Who Killed Nancy Johnson? - Cops and Robbers
Savage Gringo - Dope School
Last Reserves - Burn
Dirty Fences - Sell You The Truth
Djävulen Möblerar Om - Stort Svart Hål
Pistolhead - I Don't Wanna Know
Pagans - Hopped Up
Motorhead - Rock 'N' Roll
Goo Goo Dolls - Laughing
Never Betters - Dirty
Nomads - Better Off Dead
Pegboy - Hardlight
Jawbreaker - Imaginary War
EK Decay - Nuclear Nation
Hashtag - Selling The Country
Johnny Moped - Hard Lovin' Man
999 - Feelin' Alright With The Crew
Redd Kross - Deuce
Bad Religion - Change of Ideas
Godfathers - Gone To Texas

The Jeff of the Future Radio Show will be on the air and the web on Saturday February 25th from Noon-2:00PM EST. Set your dial to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or stream it live from http://witr.rit.edu

Radio What Wave Playlist May 5/2017   Teenage Rampage On A Senior’s Discount….7” Of Pleasure

Started the show with a visit from Miesha and The Spanks (Miesha and Shawn) who were in town to play at Call The Office on the evening of this show. All the way from Calgary to play in our little town!!

From there, it was a TON of 7” singles that I really dig! Loads of rare stuff and some of my faves.

1. Miesha and The Spanks…..Stranger….from their brand new self released 7”
2. Miesha and The Spanks….Motorin’….the flip of the above 7”.
3. Miesha and The Spanks….Leather Jacket….from the Gods Of Love LP on Transistor 66 Records from a few years back. Around this time we finished with a quick interview of Miesha and Shawn and they are playing tonight at Call The Office.
4. Sacred Miracle Cave….Summertime….from a 7” on SFTRI from 1989 and a collaboration of sorts as some of the members of Clawhammer are involved in this project.
5. The Cramps….Drug Train….from 1980 release on Illegal Records
6. Tex Rubinowitz….Hot Rod Man….from a 1979 7” on Ripsaw Records. Lux Interior once said of Tex, that he gets down so far, there’s nothing but a hiccup between the floor and Tex, to paraphrase.
7. Martha Hull…Feelin’ Right Tonight….another Ripsaw 7”, this from 1981. Martha was at one time lead vocals for DC’s Slickee Boys.  Martha really lets loose on this one, but you already knew that.
8. The Customs….Bring My Cadillac Back… On Shake Records out of Cincinnati from around 1980. Features Peter Greenberg on the killer guitar, presently in Barrence Whitfield and the Savages.
9. Cherry Vanilla….The Punk….1977 release on RCA Records and at one time was on the jukebox at the Cedar Lounge here in London.
10. Immaculate Hearts…..Sugar Pussy….from a 1990 release on SFTRI and features Freddy Pompeii on lead vocals. Freddy is in hospital in Philly and needs our love and support!
11. Sydicate Of Sound….Hey Little Girl….from 1966 and on the Bell label. Freddy was in a late version of this combo.
12. The Yardbirds….Stroll On…from the Blow Up 7” soundtrack for the movie.  Locally the Boy From Nowhere cover this one.
13. The Nerves….Hanging On The Telephone….from their self released EP from 1976. Blondie later covered this one and had a bit of a hit with it.
14. Flamin’ Groovies….Shake Some Action….from a 7” on the Line Records label from Germany. Way different than the album version.
15. Barracudas…..1965 Again…from a 1980 7” on Zonophone Records. Features X Ottawa Jeremy Gluck on lead vocals.
16. Taxi Boys….I Can’t Kick…from a 7” EP on the Star Rhythm label. This is actually the Real Kids under a different name for some odd reason.
17. The Dawgs…Shot Of Your Love…..from a 1979 7” on Greenline Records and out of the Boston area.
18. The Blasters…..American Music…from a 1982 7” on FBEAT Records.
19. The Fleshtones….The World Has Changed….from a 1981 7” on IRS Records. The Fleshtones celebrate their 40^th anniversary of a band this year!!! One of my all time fave live combos, still doing it 40 years on!!!
20. The Last….She Don’t Know Why….from a 1978 7” on Bomp Records.
21. Miracle Workers…..Hung Up….from the Moxie EP from 1984.
22. The Ruts….Babylon’s Burning….from a 1979 7” on Virgin Records.
23. The Rezillos….I Wanna Be Your Man….from a 1977 7” on Sensible Records. Every Rezillos single I have, has way different versions of the songs as on the longplayer. Just love the bass playing on this one, so powerful!
24. The Buzzcocks….Boredom….from the Spiral Scratch EP from 1977. This has vocals by Howard Devoto who left the band to form Magazine.
25. The Crimson Shadows….You Can’t Come Down….from a 1985 7” on Sunlight Records and from Sweden.
26. Misanthropes….Why Do You Treat Me So Bad….from a late 80’s 7” on Get Hip Records.
27. The Cynics….Painted My Heart….from a 1985 7” on Dionysus Records. This is the only Cynics record without longtime vocalist Micheal Kastelic.
28. The Cunts….. Date With Disaster….from a 1982 7” on Disturbing Records and from Chicago.

Ran outta time, certainly not records as we had planned to play many more. We’ll play a few more on next week’s show and we have Shane from Coaching For Sarah as a visitor next week.

Big thanx to Ando for letting me play with the content rules for one week only, Huge Thanx to Miesha and the Spanks for taking the time to come on air live and yammer about their show tonight at Call The Office. And thanx for all the emails, facebook messages, phone calls and Heys!!! That’s what makes it all worthwhile!

You might be able to catch the archived show here:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist April 28/2016….Steven R. Stunning as Special Guest

First show in a coupla weeks, we had a special guest in Mr Steven R. Stunning, frontman, CEO of longlasting local combo 63 Monroe, a band that has helped put London Ontario on the map. Shoulda looked at my notes as there were a coupla questions on the agenda that got missed, but we went in way different directions than originally planned. Free form radio in the modern age only happens on college airwaves….and we had a TON of fun!

1. The New Christs….Born Out Of Time….played the Sonics Records 7” French press of this one and challenged the Boy From Nowhere to cover this one!! Had to get some anger out of my system due to some shit that happened today and no better way than this and the next blast o’sonic splash and free form vocalization courtesy the Boy Wonder Rob Younger. Grrrr!
2. The New Christs….No Next Time….flip of the above and the dueling guitars on this one always slay me…..so nice!
3. Downbeat 5….Kicked Around….from their debut CD dating around 2003 and on SFTRI. Singer Jen Rassler just lets loose and the anger leaves my system….whew!! Guitar crunch courtesy of DMZ vet JJ Rassler…maybe you remember him from the Queers. And he was probably a Lyre at one time or another as well. But I feel much better now.
4. The Hippies….Nuclear Disaster….from their only 7”, early 80’s and from London Ontario. This one went out to musicologist Jesse Locke who is looking for this record. And 2 of these guys are in The Boy From Nowhere…..who happen to be playing tonight at the SOHO here in London Ontario.
5. The Hippies….Can Teens….from the cassette, Slippery’s Club Hits, that came with What Wave 24 and also goes out to Jesse, as he hadn’t heard this one yet.
6. 63 Monroe….At The Boot….from the same cassette as above and recorded in 1980 at the Cedar Lounge here in town and the intro to Mr Steven R. Stunning who got caught in the Tim’s lineup due to exam week happening here on campus.
7. 63 Monroe….You Can’t See It….from the brand new Jeff LP. For late drummer Jeff Depew who did his last ever drumming on this recording.
8. 63 Monroe….Oh No You Again…. As above. Steven informed me this is a Rolling Stones song. And he did all the proper paperwork for this release.
9. 63 Monroe….Luxury….as above. And this is where Steven found out that the track order is incorrect on the LP sleeve.
10. 63 Monroe….TV Is Brain Damage…. As above.
11. 63 Monroe….Tickle Whisper Kiss…. As above.
12. 63 Monroe….Hijack Victim….from a live recording 11/26/2016 at the Dawghouse here in London. Recording by longtime CHRW host John Gardi, The NiteBat.
13. 63 Monroe….Battle Of New Orleans…. As above and this went out to local scribe Robert Pegg.
14. 63 Monroe….Weekend Punx…. As above.
15. 63 Monroe….Waiting…..from a live recording from Easter 1980 at the Cedar Lounge. I taped this one from the radio back in 1980 and it may have been recorded by Grammy winner and former CHRW host Peter Moore. He was known as Simon Less during his stint here many years ago.
16. 63 Monroe….Johnny B Goode…. As above.
17. 63 Monroe…..Road Runner…. As above
18. 63 Monroe….Bad Boy…. As above.
19. NFG….. After….. from a recording supplied by Robert Gliddon, bass player for NFG, the pre-cursor to 63 Monroe. Probably from 1979.
20. NFG….House Of The Rising Sun…. as above.
21. NFG….Give ‘Em Up… as above.
22. 63 Monroe……Punk Rock Goalie….from the recent Jeff LP
23. 63 Monroe…..Horizontal Hold….from the Hijack Victim LP on Rave Records out of Italy.

Big Thanx to Steven R. Stunning for taking the time to join us and answer a load of stupid questions, live on air. It was a blast, and judging by the feedback I’ve received so far, people had fun listening to us old farts yammer about things long gone!

Thanx for all the crazy phone calls, emails, facebook messages and texts!!

You might be able to hear the archived show at:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist For Friday April 14^th All Local Edition

Yet another all local edition as the Jack Richardson London Music Awards were held on Sunday. Our good pals Uranus were inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame.

1. Fiends….Falling In Line….from their self titled debut CD and they were live to air on the March 31^st edition of Radio WW.
2. Boy From Nowhere….Wild In The Streets….live recording from 11/26/2016 at the Dawghouse here in London. Coincidentally, Boy From Nowhere was playing live at exactly this time at the Really Good, Good Friday show in Exeter Ontario.
3. Boy From Nowhere….Tonight…. as above.
4. Randall and the Rivieras….All Work And No Play….brand new demo from this band of long time London/Exeter gang of lunatics.
5. Randall and the Rivieras….Drinkin’ From The Well…. As above
6. TVD….I’d Kiss You Honey But You’re Standing On My Bottom Lip….from the recent Salvation Through Distraction CD.
7. 63 Monroe…You Can’t See It….from the brand new Jeff LP from this longtime London combo.
8. Mogs….Gravy Train….from a mid 90’s demo from this combo formed by the late Rob Munro. A couple of years back, Rob finally released this as a CD with a brand new band. Rob passed away not long after the release.
9. Excelsior….Pornos….from the 2015 Punk Floyd EP.
10. Terminal Wallys….City Saviour….from the 2007 CD, The New Old School. Street punk from the east end of London Ontario and proud of it.
11. Bill Durst….Devil’s Man…..from a 7” on Axe Records from 1980. Bill was in Thundermug and still plays to this day.
12. Marcellus Wallace…Dollar Bill….from a CD a couple of years back. Only got to see them once, opening for Barrence Whitfield and the Savages and both bands put on killer shows.
13. Pacanomad…..Paranoid…from the recent Take It Slow CD.  Caught them at the Aeolian Hall a couple weeks back and they put on a great show.
14. Jim Ashby….Speed City….from a re-issue 7” on Speed City Records. Originally came out back in 1970.
15. Frank Ridsdale….Little Red Riding Hood….from a live to air on Radio WW, 10/13/2016
16. Feast Of The Mau Maus….Young Al Gleason…..from a live recording at Joe Kools, 7/84. Al Gleason was mayor of London many years ago.
17. 10 Heads….Mood Elevator….from the Swimming and Singing CD from 2001. This band has re-formed with a couple of new members under the name 10 Heads On 10 and put on a great live show.
18. J Geils…..It Ain’t Nothin’ But A House Party….from the 1973 Bloodshot LP. This goes out to guitarist J Geils who passed away earlier this week.
19. J Geils….It Ain’t What You Do….from the 1971 The Morning After LP.
20. J Geils….Love-it is….from the 1975 Hotline LP.  Some may remember that Canadian white soul combo Mandala recorded this a few years prior to the J Geils version. Both are great party inducing originals.
21. Bath Salts…Cool Like The Music…..from the recent Mardi Gras CD.
22. Coaching For Sara…..These People….from the debut self titled Cd from last year. We had Coaching For Sara doing a live to air on Radio WW a couple months back.
23. The Mongrols….Plastic Girl…from the Four Whom The Bell Tolls EP that came with What Wave zine #16 from 1988. Not to be confused with the present day Mongrels (note spelling difference)
24. Uranus….Secret Agent Man…from their 1980 7” on Trilogy Records and Uranus were inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame on Sunday.
25. B Girls….Fun At The Beach….from a 1979 7” on Bomp Records and features Londoner Marcy Saddy on the drums.
26. The Thing From Outer Space….Apache…from their recent self titled debut CD.
27. Dragsville…..Royal Drag….from a 2015 dowload and features a couple members of The Fine Print.
28. Ruth’s Hat……Rock’n’Roll 2006….from the Nostalgic For Now CD from 2006.
29. Condo Christ….Weekend Punx…from the 1986 CHRW compilation LP London Underground.
30. The Terminals…..Spiderman….from their We Killed CD and this stopped about 10 seconds into the song for some odd reason.
31. Heart Attack Kids….Eh Ok…from their EP on Speed City/ It’s Trash Records.
32. The Finks….Now….from their self released single from 1987.
33. The Zellots….Soldiers….from their 1980 demo recordings.

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!! And a HUGE thanx to all at the UIC/Boy From Nowhere/Myrtle Earl show that came up to say how much they enjoyed last week’s show!!! All these kudos are really helping with my sanity right now!!!

Next week…..it’s gonna be another special; Teenage Rampage On A Seniors Discount!!!!  Gonna screw the Canadian content and just play what I really love for one show only, and drool and rant about the songs/combos! You might hear music by such combos as; The Cramps, Flamin’ Groovies, Fleshtones and who knows what else.

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Extra Long Show Playlist April 7/2017

We started this show at 3:30 (Thanx to our Program Director Ando for giving us the extra time!) and the first half hour was pretty much all Uranus recordings. Uranus recordings as they will be inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame this Sunday. The show is happening at the London Music Hall, starts at 7PM and is a free show! Hope to see lots of you out at this event!

Then around 4PM we did the world radio premier of 63 Monroe’s latest LP, Jeff, which is dedicated to the late Jeff Depew, drummer in many of London’s finest bands over the last 20 or so years!

Then we had a special guest in Dave Dysart, guitarist for UIC who are returning to London Ontario for the first time in about 25 years! Dave is the new guy, but familiar to most of us via The Supreme Bagg Team and he has worked with most of the members of UIC in other projects over the years. We yammered like 2 old farts after having way too many beers and had a lot of laughs. Learned a few things too!! UIC will be at Call The Office on Saturday night with Boy From Nowhere and Myrtle Earle.

1. Uranus....Highschool….recorded live at the Embassy Hotel 3/22/1982 and broadcast on CHRW. Probably recorded live by Peter Moore.
2. Uranus….Route 66….live recording from a car show in Toronto and broadcast on CFNY, probably 1980.
3. Uranus….Around And Around….recorded live at Kellys Boogie Parlour and broadcast over the airwaves of CKSL here in London….early 80’s? Kellys later became Bullwinkles, which became Hard Times, then a mall and much later Salt Lounge and even later….
4. Uranus….Maybe Baby…..recorded live at Call the Office 10/27/12 as part of the Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 art show and extravaganza.
5. Uranus…..Secret Agent…. As above.
6. Uranus….You’re So Square….from the 1980 Trilogy LP You’re So Square….this is the song that made top 10 across Canada and number 3 on CKSL in 1980.
7. Uranus….53 Buick….from the You’re So Square LP
8. Uranus….Along The Watchtower…. As above.
9. 63 Monroe….Punk Rock Goalie….from the brand new LP called Jeff, for late drummer Jeff Depew. This is most likely the radio debut as the record just came out this past Wednesday when 63 Monroe played at Rumrunners as part of the Jack Richardson London Music week. Also on the bill that eve was The Mongrels and Black Donnellys.  Great turnout and a really fun eve of music!
10. UIC….Pushed In To The Hole….from the brand new Wiseman Sessions that came out on Yeah Right Records. The record release party is happening Saturday night at Call The Office and at this point, we were joined by Dave Dysart, guitar player for UIC.
11. Boy From Nowhere….. Southward Bound….recorded live at the Dawghouse, 11/26/16 and the Boy are one of 2 (the other Myrtle Earle) combos opening up for UIC on Saturday night.
12. Boy From Nowhere….Back In The USA….. as above.
13. The Supreme Bagg Team…. Crankin’ With Elvis….from the Mr Garager’s Neighbourhood LP on OG Records from 1989. The Bagg Team was a band that Dave Dysart was in and they appeared on a couple of What Wave compilation cassettes as well. In my opinion, my fave tune by these guys and this shoulda been a hit!!
14. The Supreme Bagg Team….20^th Century Dog Faced Boy….from their only longplayer, Stereo on OG Records.
15. UIC….Light It And Fly….from the Wiseman Sessions LP.
16. UIC….Outta Hand….from the Wiseman Sessions LP.
17. UIC….Green Lady…..from the Wiseman Sessions LP.
18. UIC…2 + 2….from a rarities CD that Dave brought and most likely from the Accusonic demos from 1985.
19. UIC….Blade In The Back…. As above.
20. UIC…..Who’ll Start The End….. as above.
21. UIC….Cure The War…. As above.
22. UIC…..Our Garage….recorded live at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto 9/16 and the only recording we have of Dave in the band.  Dave Dysart has only played 2 shows so far with UIC, but as he says, rehearsed a TON of times!
23. UIC….Crop Dusting….live recording from Call The Office 3/16/1985. This one goes out to regular listener Mike Burton as he phoned to ask if UIC was going to play this tune at the show.
24. UIC…..Shamrock Bang…. As above.
25. UIC…..I Got Nerve…. As above.
26. UIC…..Let’s Work Together…. As above
27. UIC….Telephone…. as above.
28. UIC…..Nashville Dreamin’….from the Our Garage LP on Fringe Records.
29. UIC….All Together Now…. As above.
30. UIC…..You Drive Mad…. As above.
31. UIC...I’m Alive… as above
32. The Chickens….Chicken Ride….from the Prepare To Plug In CD from 2000. 4/5 of this band was UIC and this same 4/5 are in the present UIC…..make sense?   Ken Mikalauskas was the other guitar player in The Chickens,  he moved out east and Dave Dysart came in when UIC reformed to do one show a year ago. Since then, they’ve played one more and Saturday marks their 3^rd show!
33. The Chickens….White Squirrel Town…. As above. We played this song as UIC will most likely be playing this on Saturday night.
34. UIC….Rich Kids….from the Wiseman Sessions and we had to fade this out as we more than ran out of time.

Huge Thanx to Dave Dysart for taking the time to come onair and yammer about UIC and things from days gone by. Hope you listeners had as much fun as I did!!!

Sunday is the annual Jack Richardson London Music Awards happening at London Music Hall. Uranus will be inducted into the hall of fame that night and play a couple of songs live. We're nominated in one of the categories....and it's free!   See you on Sunday night!

Next week will be a Good Friday show and we’ll continue with the almost all local tunes with a few new releases that have been dropped off at HQ…..Thanx to all the bands that take the time to send us stuff!!!

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist March 31/2017    Fiends Live To Air

This show is dedicated to Rory The Wonder Dog, our pal of 15 and a half years that passed earlier this week. Over the years, Rory had met many of the bands that stayed over at our place and always made everyone feel welcome!

And we had a live to air with the Fiends, who were a ton of fun to have on air! And this is an all London Ontario show as we work our way into Jack Richardson Music Week starting on Sunday.

1. Baby Giant…..Radio Youth…..brand new download from our pal Shawn McDonald who has been in many fine bands.
2. The Fiends…..Falling In Line….this was part of our live to air.
3. The Fiends….Never Old…. As above
4. The Fiends….Vacation….as above.
5. The Fiends….Trending…. as above.
6. The Fiends….30 Something…. As above.
7. Hurricane and Able…The Leaves On The Ground….from The Last Temptation download from 2013. Right around this time, Fiends members Jamie Dean and Darryl James came on air to talk about the band and let us know about their next show happening July 8^th at SOHO here in London. They also have a CD out that you should be able to get at Grooves very soon and the usual download methods.
8. The Fine Print….Tonite…from their Standing Out CD from a few years back.
9. The Comos….She Doesn’t Care….from their 2006 CD, Bandwidth
10. Boy From Nowhere….Tonite….recorded live at The Dawg House here in London 11/26/16 and they will be opening for UIC on Saturday April 8^th at Call The Office.
11. UIC….Heartache…from the Wiseman Sessions LP and they will play for the first time here in London in many years! Next week we’ll have one or 2 members of UIC on air to talk about the show and maybe some history.
12. Can Too’s….I Don’t Wanna Shake Your Hand….from their only CD and from 2005.
13. Giggleswitch….Pollyethylene….from theie Lucky CD from 2007 and they have reformed and played a show or 2.
14. Generics….Oh Well…..from a 1983 recording and originally by The Demics.
15. The Demics….Heart Of The City…..from a live recording from 1978 at the Cedar Lounge.
16. Uranus….You’re So Square….from their single on Trilogy Records that made the top 10 radio charts across Canada in April 1980. Uranus will be inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame on Sunday April 9^th as part of the awards night. They will be playing a short live set as part of the show. This will be a free show, in the London Music Hall, starts at 7 and should be over by 10PM or so. This is a really good opportunity to check out some of London’s amazing talent!
17. Shakey Jack….Won’t See You No More….from The Demics Covers CD that came out several years back and was compiled by original Demics drummer Nick Perry.
18. Positively Stompin’….Nashville Dreamin’…from the Junk Drawer CD that came out in 1993. Couple of former UIC members and a Legend Killer and his brother play some country rock type tunes.
19. Jane Doe….There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop…..single from the mid 80’s that features a lot of the local musicians from the time period.
20. The Haunted…..Mona….from a 7” and this goes out to Jurgen Peter, guitarist and founder of The Haunted who passed away earlier this week.
21. The Haunted….1 2 5….from a 7” on the Amy label.  This is the song that put The Haunted on the map of 60’s garage bands. Covered by just about every band and just one of the greatest songs of the era!
22. The Mongrels…..All Systems Go….from their 2013 demo and they will be doing their once a month shot at the Richmond Tavern on Sunday from 4 till 7PM. Then they are playing Wednesday April 5^th at Rumrunners along with 63 Monroe and the Black Donnellys as part of a pub crawl as part of the Jack Richardson Music Week here in London. There are about 7 clubs downtown all featuring local talent that night. Some of the shows start at 7PM and others start at 9PM and all free. We’ll be at Rumrunners to see Mongrels, 63 Monroe and Black Donnellys!
23. 63 Monroe….Weekend Punx….recorded live at The Dawghouse 11/26/2016.
24. The Dropouts…..Bored Stiff….from their debut CD from 2003.
25. The Black Holes….One Cup Of Coffee….recorded live at the Brunswick many years back.
26. Pink Cadillac Scat Cats….Ain’t No Rest For Elvis….from the Rip It Up CD and we had these guys on a live to air last July to celebrate Nick Perry’s birthday.
27. Larry Lee and the Leesures…..Odd Man Out….from their self titled LP from 1965 and a song sometimes covered by The Black Holes and this one should have been recorded by The Cramps as it’s definitely in their style.
28. Nihilist Spasm Band…..This Is A Test….from London Ontario’s longest running band???
29. Sheep Look Up…..Propaganda Train…..unreleased demo from this band that was inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame last year.
30. Suffer Machine…..Suffer Machine….from the LP of the same name and released in 1986.
31. Flying Squad….Brian Mulroney…..a demo about our former Prime Minister.
32. Strait Jacket…Dance To The Beat Machine….from a 7” from the mid 80’s.

Huge Thanx to the Fiends for taking the time to come in to play live to air here on Radio What Wave. And a Huge Thanx to Adam and his crew for making it sound so good!

Next week we’ve got one, possibly 2 members of UIC coming on air live to talk about the UIC reunion show happening next Saturday, April 8^th with Boy From Nowhere and Myrtle Earl!!

And this coming week, starting Sunday April 2^nd is Jack Richardson London Music Week with literally TONS of events happening. Check facebook for all the details.

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist March 24/2017. Special Guest Al The Killer Coulter

1. TVD….TVD…from their debut CD, Salvation Through Distraction and they are playing tonight at the St Regis Hotel and they will be celebrating the guitarists wife’s birthday, so just about anything might happen!
2. The Fiends…..30 Something…..local combo who will be playing live to air on next week’s edition of Radio What Wave!!
3. Blasting Fondas….Saddest Excuse….from a brand new 7” on Beluga Records and from Sweden.
4. Tommy and The Rockets….Get Ready....another brand new 7” on Beluga Records and these guys come from Denmark.
5. Dany Laj and the Looks….Defending Champ….from the brand new Alive and Kicking CD and they are on a North America tour right now! We dedicated this song to Al The Killer Coulter, London pro wrestler who joined us later in the show.
6. Baby Giant…..Summer’s Almost Gone….local talent featuring Shawn McDonald (and his brother) who was in Radio What Wave faves The Fine Print and many many other bands over the years.
7. Pacanomad…..Shot The Gun….from the recent Take It Slow CD and they will be playing tonight at Aeolian Hall along with….
8. Julian Taylor Band…..Coke Bottle Candle….from the recent Desert Star CD and from Toronto.
9. Chuck Berry….Bio….from the LP of the same name where Chuck tells the story of his life. It’s a slow bluesy little number and really shows off some of Chuck’s guitar picking.
10. Chuck Berry….Maybelline….from The Great Twenty-Eight double LP. This is the song that started it all and set up the prototype for the hits to follow. Believe it or not, this came out in 1955!!! On this particular recording is the genius piano playing of Johnny Johnson (who incidentally was in London about 10 years ago), the rock solid bass playing of song writing legend Willie Dixon, rock solid drumming of Jasper Thomas and soon to be a legend maraca shaker Jerome Green (he helped create the Bo Diddly Beat!).  Absolute killer lineup that set up your basic rock’n’roll band sound that still rules to this day (at least in my books!). Can’t say enough about Johnny Johnson as it was his band that Chuck joined to start it all off. Without those essential piano licks, who knows what would have happened!

If you only want to get one Chuck Berry LP for your collection. The Great Twenty-Eight is the one to get….all the hits from 1955 right up to 1965. It’s on the Chess label (Chuck’s original record label) and comes as a double LP with a gatefold sleeve with listing of all the musicians on each track (essential for geeks like me) and a few liner notes.

1. Hiroshima Hearts….The Well….from their debut CD and they will be playing at the SOHO as an afternoon show on Sunday.
2. Pack AD…..Blackout….from the Funeral Mixtape LP from 2007.
3. Lauren Agnelli and Dave Rave….Can’t Stop The Rain….from the Confetti CD from 1997 and goes out to Lauren who celebrated a birthday this week! Lauren was a real early contributor to the NYC punk scene and went under the pseudo name of Trixie A Balm in writing for such legendary magazines as Cream, NY Rocker, Village Voice and many others. Later, she formed The Washington Squares, a folk type band that were nominated for a Grammy.
4. The Secrets….All The Girls In The World….from the OPM CD called Teenage Rampage. Late 70’s Toronto garage/frat combo that were way out of step with the rest of the punk movement at the time. This one goes out to singer Freddy Pompeii who is in the hospital in Philadelphia fighting cancer. We send our best to Freddy!!!!
5. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners…..Blast Off….from the brand new re-ish of the 1987 Hot’n’Cold LP. Can’t say enough good things about this band, Ray and the boys put on legendary shows back in the late 80’s, even came to London at least 3 times and left some great memories!!
6. Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners….Worryin’ Kind….as above, just couldn’t play one song from this long time fave LP of mine!
7. Bloodshot Bill and The Hubcaps…..Touch Me….from the Crazy Fever CD that came out in 2003. This is prior to Bill going solo and touring the world on what seems like a non-ending cycle! If Bloodshot Bill comes to your town, he’ll put on a wild and sweaty show that you won’t forget!
8. Catl….Gotta Thing For You….from the Soon This Will All Be Gone CD from a couple years back. Another band you gotta check out live if they ever come to your town! They’ve put on many a killer show with Bloodshot Bill, but recently they’ve been doing more and more trips way down south to Clarksdale, where the legends say the blues all started!
9. Foreign Objects….Wrestling Is Real….from the Not Too Cool CD and recorded in 1981. This Boston area combo did a lot of wrestling and television related tunes back in that time period and this one is to start the wrestling portion of the show.
10. Foreign Objects….Rock and Wrestling Roll…. As above.
11. Tijuana Bibles….Custom Made Man…from the Custom Made CD and there might be a Leather Upper involved in this project!. Right about this time, Al The Killer Coulter arrived to talk wrestling and about the huge show happening on Sunday night at the London Music Hall. SMASH Wrestling is returning to London and they finally have a big enough venue to fit the people in comfortably! I’ve gone to several SMASH shows here in London and they’ve all been good entertainment value for the money. There’s always a few guys from the big leagues and this time is no exception as Colt Cabana, Cody Deaner, Tyson Dux, Davey Richards and many other big names will be at the show. Al layed it on the line and told us what he was going to do the young punks he and his partner Mr Atlantis were facing! I wouldn’t want to be one of those young punks!! Al also mentioned there were going to be a few surprises, but wouldn’t give out any hints…
12. Fred Blassie….Pencil Neck Geeks…..from the Rhino LP from the late 70’s and a special request by Al The Killer Coulter…..believe me, whatever Al wants, he gets!!!
13. The Dictators….Borneo Jimmy….New York New York CD on ROIR Records and Al was talking about working with Jimmy Snuka so this kind of fit in.

Big Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! And a HUGE thanx to all that came up to say HEY at the London Record Show last weekend!!! That was a blast!

And a HUGE THANX to Al The Killer Coulter for making time to chat with us on air about all things wrestling. If you haven’t figured it out, I’m a huge wrestling fan for Ring Of Honor and Lucha Underground wrestling leagues!

Next week, we’ve got a live to air to kick things off as The Fiends are going to be playing live just after 4PM if everything works out technically! There’s a TON of work that goes on in the background to make these things happen and I’d like to thank our tech crew in advance as they are the best!!

You can catch the archived show at:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist March 17/2017

1. The Mongrels…..Piece Of Crap….from their demos of a few years back, The Mongrels are playing the SOHO, formerly the Victoria Tavern on Saturday night.
2. Randall and The Rivieras…..All Work And No Play…brand new demo from this London and north of London trio, that features 3 veterans who have played in (and still do) some really cool local combos…..ie Boy From Nowhere, 63 Monroe and….
3. TVD….I’d Kiss You Honey But You’re Standing On My Bottom Lip…from the recent Salvation Through Distraction CD.
4. Bath Salts….Cool Like The Music…from the recent Mardi Gras CD and also from London.
5. Uranus…..53 Buick….from their very first EP from 1978 and one of the first of the new wave/punk/whatever records to come out of this city.  Uranus were inducted into the Jack Richardson London Music Hall Of Fame on March 8^th. Congrats to Uranus on this well deserved award!!!
6. Uranus….Handcuffs….. as above
7. Uranus…..Tommy Get Your Gun…. as above.
8. Uranus….I’m Wonderful…..as above.   Frank Ridsdale, one of the Uranus guitarist/vocalist has a show with his Stetson Brothers Band on Saturday at the London Music Club. Also in the band, is Uranus bass player Jerry Fletcher, who plays guitar in the Stetsons.
9. Dany Laj and the Looks…..Sweet Pretender….from the brand new Alive and Kicking CD and are presently on a North American tour.
10. Undertones…..Let’s Talk About Girls….from a 1979 7” on Sire Records and part of our St Patty’s Day tribute.
11. Rudi…..Time To Be Proud….from The Radio Sessions 1979-1981 CD and also from Ireland.
12. Protex…..Strange Things….from the Strange Obsessions LP on Sing Sing Records released in 2010 with recordings from the late 70’s/early 80’s. Another Irish powerpop combo and these guys played The Cedar Lounge here in London back then.
13. Death Drive……Firestar……brand new demo from this trio from Montreal.
14. Light Bulb Alley…..Who Do You Love….from their recent Bright Side Of The Dumpster CD and also from Montreal.
15. Gruesomes……Bikers From Hell…..from the Hey! CD on Ricochet Sound and a request.
16. The Hook Up…..Bellringer….from a recent demo and hopefully coming out soon on Transistor 66 Records.
17. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants…..Hate Van….from a 7” On Speed City Records and they are playing with Flesh Rag Saturday night at the Richmond Tavern.
18. Paul James Band…..Trespasser….from a 1980 7” on Lick’n’Stick Records. Paul James Band were at the London Music Club last night and were just amazing!!! Smiles all around as everyone had a great time in the packed and sweaty club! Trivia, bass player Mike Theodore is the brother of Robbie Rox, the infamous singer from Toronto.
19. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons….Scars Of Love….from the cassette Slippery’s Club Hits that came with What Wave 24 and we’ll have copies of this with us at the London Record Show on Sunday March 19^th at Centennial Hall.
20. Coaching For Sara…… Stick With You…..from the 2/10/2017 live to air on Radio What Wave. Catch these guys live if you can as they put on a great powerpop show.
21. Dahlmanns……Play It….from a brand new 7” on Beluga Records and from Norway.
22. Rory Gallagher…..Secret Agent Man…..from the Calling Card LP from 1976. On the Chrysalis Record label and features keyboardist Lou Martin, who seems to really propel the band with his frantic keyboard style.
23. Rory Gallagher…..Souped Up Ford….from the Against The Grain Lp from 1975 and as above.  Ireland’s finest guitarist and the master of the Stratocaster!!!
24. Matt Lucas…..Movin’ On….from a 7” given to me by Jack Whiteside, guitarist/vocalist for Uranus. Jack worked as Matt’s guitarist for a summer, a learning experience that Jack still uses to this day.
25. Rockin’ Bobby….Yup Yup Boogie……this one played for about 10 seconds and then the CD quit…..this is 2 shows in a row where this has happened…..both were home burned CD’s.
26. Leroi Brothers….Darlene Darlene…. From the Lucky Lucky Me Lp from 1985 and features Evan Johns on guitar and vocals. Evan passed away last weekend, way too young!! One heck of a guitar picker and really nice guy whenever we met him.
27. Evan Johns…..Rollin’ Through The Night….from the LP of the same name from the mid 80’s and recorded in 1982. This record was released on Alternative Tentacles as Jello Biafra was a huge fan of Evan’s! This is probably my fave Evan Johns LP as every track is an absolute gem of a song! Opener Vacation Time is such a classic song and brings the whole element of a vacation out in its lyrics! If you want to peruse the musical library of Evan Johns, this is a great place to start!
28. Evan Johns…..If I Had My Way….from the self titled LP from 1986 on Jungle Records. I have many records on the Jungle label and all are great rock’n’rollers.
29. Julian Taylor Band….Heard Good Things….from the recent Desert Star CD and these guys will be at Aeolian Hall on Saturday March 25^th. Congrats to Laurie Hamilton for winning the tickets for the show we gave away!
30. Pacanomad…..Strung Out….from their recent Take It Slow CD and they will be openers for the Julian Taylor Band at Aeolian Hall on the 25^th.
31. DT’s…..What’s Next To The Moon…..from the Hard Soul Hits Volume 1 LP from 2007 on Get Hip Records.
32. Downbeat 5….Radiates That Charm…..from their self titled CD on SFTRI from 2003 and from Boston.
33. Hiroshima Hearts…..14 Floors…from their debut CD and we had to cut this out as we went way over time…..

Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!!!!   Back again next week, might even have a real pro wrestler on the show as there’s wrestling coming to London next weekend!

We’ll be at the London Record Show on Sunday March 19^th downstairs at Centennial Hall from 11 to 5 with loads of records, CD’s, ephemera, etc ! Come say HEY!!

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist February 24/2017 Black History Month Special

Since February is Black History Month, it’s time to do another special on Radio What Wave. This time, we quickly covered a couple of the Canadian bands of African decent that have appeared at the local Sunfest Festival here in London. From there, we covered some of the early Toronto reggae scene, Toronto 60’s soul scene and into the later reggae scene. Then we went to Vancouver for a quick listen to some of their mid 60’s soul/R&B and back to London to cover Joey Hollingsworth, a name you’re going to be hearing a lot about shortly. One of the few punk/new wave combos from this area that featured black performers was The Dice….and we talked about their London Ontario connection. Then it was off to Jamaica for some real reggae! Hope you enjoyed the sounds on this show!

1. Marcellus Wallace…..Brothers and Sisters….from their self titled debut CD and from London Ontario.
2. Marcellus Wallace….Movin’ On Up…. As above.  One can only hope the band can get back together as they blew me away when opening up for Barrence Whitfield and The Savages almost 2 years ago!
3. Mighty Popo…..Turaje….from the Ngagara CD from 2003 and from Ottawa. Canadian Afrobeat!
4. Tarig Abubakar and the Afro Nubarians…..Yuma….from the Live CD from 1995 and from Toronto. Saw this combo a few times at Sunfest and they always got the crowd up and moving! My favourite show we saw by them, was when they  played the one off Winter Sunfest at the Western Fair and had a building full of people up and groovin’ to the tunes.
5. Alpha Ya Ya Diallo….Gugha…from his Futur CD from 1996 and based in Vancouver.
6. Ishan Band…..Egzebier….from the Last Pogo LP and the only non-white, non-punk band on the record.  Recorded in 1978 as part of the closing of the Horseshoe Tavern for punk/new wave combos and there’s an excellent documentary on this event called The Last Pogo and the more recent The Last Pogo Jumps Again, both by Colin Brunton (whom we had on Radio What Wave at the time of the latter’s release). Colin is presently producer of the CBC comedy Schitt’s Creek which is now on Netflix.
7. Noel Ellis….Memories…from the Jamaica To Toronto Soul Funk and Reggae compilation and we’ll be hearing lots more from this compilation. Noel is the son of legendary Jamaican artist Alton Ellis and this recording is from 1983.
8. Johnnie Osbourne….African Wake…. As above and from 1974.
9. Jackie Shane….Dual Trumpet Bounce….from his mid 60’s Live LP on Caravan Records. A big star in the 60’s Toronto soul scene, but troubled due to gender difficulties and disappeared for decades until found for a short time. Flamboyant and talented, Jackie could have been a major star in a different place and time! This LP has been re-ished on the OPM imprint out of Toronto.
10. Jackie Shane….High Heel Sneakers…..as above and this LP is from 1967.
11. Shirley Matthews….Big Town Boy….from the original 7” and a big hit in Canada in1963!
12. The Majestics….Sweet Soul Music….from the CTV After 4 compilation LP that came out around 1968. This was for the television show of the same name that I watched as a kid. Bought the LP back when it came out and still have it to this day!
13. Eddie Spencer….If This Is Love…..from the Jamaica To Toronto Soul Funk and Reggae compilation as heard earlier and this track is from 1967.
14. Jo Jo and the Fugitives…..Chips Chicken Banana Split…..from 1968 and from the same comp as above. Big Thanx to Alicks Gee who was the CHRW Music Director when this comp came out as she introduced me to it and played this tune many times on her Magical Mystery Mondays radio show on CHRW.
15. Jackie Mitoo….Grand Funk….from the same comp as above and from 1971.
16. Trials Of Jayson Hoover…..King Size….from the compilation LP The History of Vancouver Rock And Roll Volume 2 and this is the lead track for our short listen to some Vancouver soul. Way different than the Toronto variety as Vancouver was more influenced by the US West coast and even Mexico! This track is from 1966.
17. Night Train Revue…..Walk On The Wild Side…..as above and from the mid 60’s.
18. Little Daddy and The Bachelors…..Too Much Monkey Business….from the same compilation as above and from 1965. This features future comedy star Tommy Chong on lead guitar as does the next track!
19. Little Daddy and The Bachelors……Junior’s Jerk…..both this, and the above track were from their 1965 7” and on The History of Vancouver Rock And Roll Volume 2 LP.
20. Joey Hollingsworth…..In The Mood…..from the mid 60’s and played this from Youtube, first time I’ve ever done this on the radio as I don’t own anything by Joey Hollingsworth. Joey is from London and you’ll be hearing lots more about him in the not too distant future.
21. Joey Hollingsworth…..Little Dandelion….as above. Joey was most known as a tap dancer, appearing on Ed Sullivan, Mr Rogers and many many CBC television appearances.
22. The Dice….Young and The Wild….from their first 7” from 1980 and were based in Toronto at this time. Punk/new wave trio in which 2 of the band members were black which was pretty well unheard of in Canada at this time. Caught them a few times here in London at the Cedar Lounge. They did a live to air on Fanshawe College radio approx. 1980 and I’ve been searching for a copy of it since hearing it live! Any help appreciated.
23. The Dice….Typical Lies…..from their 12” from 1983.  Singer/guitarist Gary Lima went on to Fanshawe College as head of the Music Industry Arts program for awhile and drummer Hayden Vialva is currently here in London drumming for blues bands and other projects. We had Hayden on the radio several years back.
24. The Dice…..Chayla….their hit from their self titled debut LP from 1984. Lots of airplay on Much Music garnered them some success!
25. Jimmy Cliff….The Harder They Come….from the compilation and the movie of the same name.
26. Tommy McCook….Work Your Soul….from the compilation CD of the same name and features mid 60’s Trojan recordings from Jamaica.
27. Lloyd and Glen…..Mini Skirt and Go Go Boots…..from the same compilation as above. Just love the sound on these 2 recordings as it’s so primitive, yet alive and vibrant at the same time!
28. Boris Gardener……Melting Pot…..from a 1973 LP called Is What’s Happening on the Jamaican Dynamic Sounds label, yet it says licensed by Trans World Records from Montreal on the rear cover.  Very cool Memphis influenced reggae soul!!
29. Norma Fraser…..Respect….from a Studio One Soul compilation CD and originally released in 1967.
30. The Maytones…..Sha La La….from the Trojan Records compilation called Tight Rock from the mid 60’s. Way cool compilation LP I picked up the other day.
31. Fela Kuti…..Zombie…..from his Greatest Hits CD and didn’t get to play the full length as Jessie arrived for his show. Fela is one of my faves and there was a documentary on Netflix recently, that blended footage from the Broadway play about Fela with live footage and interviews with band and management. This song goes out to what is happening south of the border these days.

Big Thanx for all the emails, facebook messages and phone calls!!  This was a fun show to put together and barely skimmed the surface of Black music. Do yourself a favour, check out your local record haunts and pick up some soul, reggae, blues, Afrobeat and just about any other form of Black music and you might be in for a huge surprise!! Most of the records I’ve been buying lately are by Black artists and I’m really enjoying finding so many musical treasures! It’s great to keep an open ear to different styles of music!

Next week we’ll be doing a special on London’s Legend Killers, a band that released an EP on What Wave Records as well as appeared on all our compilations but one!  We’ll be playing many studio tracks as well as some audio of their very first club gig here in town from  1985…..it might really surprise you!!  And we’ve got a stack of new releases just waiting to be  played!

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

Radio What Wave Playlist February 17/2017

This show we had to say goodbye to Stuart McLean of CBC’s Vinyl Café, Trish Doan, bass player for local metal combo Kittie and George The Animal Steele, former WWF wrestler and high school teacher. And just found out that another former WWF wrestler, Ivan Koloff (the Russian Bear) passed away.

1. King Salami and The Cumberland 3…..Intro and No Stoppin’…from their brand new Goin’ Back To Wurtsville CD on Dirty Water Records.
2. Never Betters….Gold Stars….from their Bitchin’ download and from London Ontario.
3. The Darts…..Revolution….from their brand new self titled release on Dirty Water Records. All female combo from the west coast of the US.
4. Lucy and The Rats….The Situation……from a 7” on Dirty Water Records….detecting a pattern here? Dirty Water Records has been releasing some really fine records over the past few years!
5. Pacanomad…..Paranoid….from their Take It Slow CD and they will be playing tonight at Fitzrays in downtown London.
6. Lou Reed….Kill Your Sons…..from the Sally Can’t Dance LP from 1974 which features Michael Fonfara as keyboard player and band leader. Michael will be in town tonight at the Firehall reunion as part of the backing band.  Caught Michael in town at the Bluesfest this summer with his Lincolns (also featuring Prakash John and Danny Weiss….at one time all 3 were in Lou Reed’s band) which was one of the best shows I saw last year!
7. Immortal Lee County Killers…..Boom Boom….from the These Bones Will  Rise To Love You Again CD from 2005. This was the 3^rd and final full length from this combo who played at Call The Office just after releasing this CD and it was a phenomenal show!!
8. Richard James and the Special Riders…..Wounded Animal….from the Music For People Who Been Wronged CD from 2007 and from Memphis.
9. Lee Harvey Osmond…..Shake The Hand….from the Beautiful Scars CD that came out last fall. Caught them at the Aeolian Hall on this tour and one of the best shows we saw last year! For those that don’t know, LHO is basically Tom Wilson, Ray Farrugia and whomever else is around for the live band. Tom was in Florida Razors, Junkhouse (along with Ray) and also in Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
10. David Vest…..Heartfull of Rock’n’Roll….from the Roadhouse Revelation CD from 2014 and features Londoner Ted Peacock on the guitars. David will be in town tonight as part of the Firehall Reunion sho.
11. Paul James…..Trespasser….from a 1980 7” and Paul will be in town on March 16^th at the London Music Club.
12. Dex Romweber Duo…..So Sad About Us….from the Images 13 CD from 2014 on Bloodshot Records. Dex will be in Hamilton in June, opening for Rev Horton Heat and Agent Orange.
13. Keith Whittaker….I’d Kiss You Honey But Your’re Standing On My Bottom Lip…from the Drink To Me CD from 2007. A request to hear the original version of this song that local combo TVD recently released on their debut CD.
14. Alarm Cat…..Notches….brand new download from this local powerpop combo!
15. Zebrassieres…..I Am A Human….from their LP of the same name from 2013 and from Ottawa.
16. Cunts…..Date With Disaster….1982 7” from this Chicago based combo. Couldn’t say their name onair obviously.  We did a full length article on this combo many years ago in What Wave zine.
17. Cunts….Around The Corner….from their Midnight Party CD, probably mid 90’s, but no date on it.
18. The Thing From Outer Space…..Surf Rider….from their recent self released debut CD and from London. They have a show coming up on  March 4^th with Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants on March 4^th at Soho (Victoria Tavern).
19. The Deuce Couples…..Gear Masher…..from a compilation LP called Boss Drag ’64 which claims to be pressed in Brazil on the back cover! Love the squealing tires on this one!
20. Bounty Hunters….Echo Express….from Strummin’ Mental Volume 1 compilation LP. There were at least 6 volumes of this crazy guitar instro madness, supposedly dated from 1957 to 1964.  These are the kind of records you should be searching for at the upcoming London Record Show on Sunday March 19^th at Centennial Hall.
21. The Surfdusters….Gruesome….from the Surf After Dark CD from 1997 and from Canada’s west coast. This song is probably dedicated to those tyrants of teen trash, The Gruesomes!
22. UIC…..Leave Me Alone….from the recent Wiseman Sessions LP on Yeah Right Records. April 8^th is the date at Call The Office, tickets on sale at Grooves and Speed City as well as direct from Call The Office. Opening combos are Boy From Nowhere (a fave of Radio What Wave) and Myrtle Earle (features Chris Mittelholtz, one time Legend Killer amongst many other fine combos). Get your tickets quick as this one will sell out quick! 2 of the above mentioned bands played at our wedding party back in…….1985?!?!?!
23. Supersuckers……Coatail Rider….from The Smoke Of Hell CD that came out back in 1992. Supersuckers have a date of April 29^th at Call The Office, another one that’s gonna sell out, tickets at the above locations.  Supersuckers played their first London show 6/9/1992 opening for The Dwarves at Call The Office…..the infamous throat slashing incident…..LOL…I’ve told the story onair a couple of times over the years. Here’s some trivia, The Dwarves appeared on at least one What Wave cassette years prior to this show.
24. The Methadones…..I’m About To Crack….from the Career Objective CD from 2003 and from Chicago.
25. Noble Savages…..Who’s Gonna Solve The Mystery Girls….recent demo and they are about to release a CD on Transistor 66 Records out of Winnipeg.
26. Ancient Shapes…..Public Hymns…..from the recent self titled debut LP and they are at Call The Office on Saturday Feb 25^th.
27. First Base……If I See You With That Girl…..a recent 7” on La Ti Da Records and one of my fave new singles!! It’s got that infectious hook that won’t let go!
28. The Hippies….Can Teens….from the Slippery’s Club Hits CD that came with What Wave 24. You can grab a copy from me at the upcoming London Record Show, March 19^th.
29. Try-Umphs…..Never Let You Go…..recent download from this combo that has a London connection.
30. NYDolls….Seven Day Weekend….from the A Hard Day’s Night CD on Norton Records and is 1972 demos.  Since this is a long weekend around here, seemed appropriate. Besides, it’s a great song!
31. Amy Rigby…..Dancing With Joey Ramone…..from the Little Fugitive CD from 2005.
32. The Polymorphines……Billy Hates Sunday….from their self titled CD from 2008 and from Ottawa. Oddly (or coincidentally) I was wearing a Polymorphines T-shirt during this show.
33. Blood On The Saddle…..Bed Of Roses….from the Poison Love Lp from 1985 and part of the cowpunk thing that happened during this era. Singer Annette was in the original lineup of The Bangles. Caught this combo a couple of times at Key West and they put on a really good live show!
34. Torquemadas…..Teenage Head….from a 1989 New Zealand compilation LP called Positive Vibrations. This is NOT the Flamin’ Groovies tune, nor named after the band of the same name. Just some teenagers having some fun with rock’n’roll!
35. 905s….Stalemate…..from the Shake Down CD from 2015 and they will be opening up for Teenage Head in Brampton in a couple of weeks!

Ran out of time, certainly not tunes! Big thanx for all the emails, facebook messages and phone calls!!!

Next week’s show will be an all black edition as we commemorate Black History Month at CHRW. Any requests, get them in via facebook.

Here’s a link to the archived show:

https://chrwradio.ca/program/radio-what-wave

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