Radio What Wave Playlist December 31st
Happy New Year!!! This show was a look back at some of our fave music from 2015 and paying our respects to the departed, this time; Carson Van Osten (bass for Nazz), John Bradbury (drummer for The Specials), Stevie Wright (vocals for The Easybeats) and Lemmy of Motorhead infamy. We also ran right through till 8:30 so this is an extra long 2.5 hour show and we still ran outta time well before tunes....
1. The Mongrels....Do It....from their 2013 demo and they are playing sunday at the Richmond Hotel from 4 till 7 as part of the Rock'n'Roll Rent Party.
2. Sloan...Good In Everyone....from their One Chord To Another CD from 1996. Sloan were playing Victoria Park as part of London's New Year's activities. Don't let this power pop sound fool you, these guys are real tough as one of them was just wearing a short sleeve tee shirt outside while playing....it's winter here in London!!!
3. Sloan....Penpals....from their Twice Removed Cd from 1994.
4. Sloan...Underwhelmed....from their Smeared CD from 1992, this is the song that people remember. Jack Rabid's Big Takeover Zine had an in depth interview w/Sloan in the last couple of issues.
5. The Nazz....Open My Eyes....from the Best Of Lp on Rhino....a vehicle to bring Todd Rundgren to mass exposure and this was the last band that Carson Van Osten was involved in. From here, he went on to work for Disney and Todd went on to international stardom.
6. The Easybeats....Gonna Have A Good Time....from the Best Of LP on Rhino Records....a song covered by many, here's the original written by the team of Vanda/Young who went on to produce the first LP's of AC DC and brought them to stardom. The Easybeats featuring Stevie Wright on vocals, were the first of the super groups to emerge from Australia in the mid 60's.
7. The Easybeats...For My Woman....from the Easy As Can Be Lp on Fan Club Records....killer tune!!!
8. The Easybeats....Wedding Ring.... as above.
9. The Easybeats....Friday On My Mind....from the Best Of Lp on Rhino....absolute killer tune that we can all identify with and still stands to this day almost 50 years after it's release! RIP Stevie Wright!!!
10. Motorhead.....Overkill....from the Take No Prisoners CD. By now, everyone should know that Lemmy passed away earlier this week. I can't top any of the tributes you can find on the internet....just do a search and there are literally TONS of glowing tributes. We'll stick to playing the tunes at Radio WW.
11. Motorhead....Dead Men Tell No Tales....as above.
12. Wendy and Lemmy....Stand By Your Man.....from a 7" on Bronze Records. Wendy is Wendy from The Plasmatics, a band similar to Motorhead in that they were like by punks and metalheads for their destructive behaviour and do it their own way approach to the music. RIP to Wendy, Lemmy and Phil who were all involved in this recording.
13. Motorhead....Leaving Here....from a Stiff 7" from 1978. This song was done by The Birds (UK combo that Ronnie Wood was in from 1965).
14. Motorhead.....Motorhead.....from the LP of the same name....talk about marketing!!RIP Lemmy!
15. The Specials....Rude Boy....recorded live at Hurrahs New York 2/1980. This is for drummer John Bradbury who passed away earlier this week. He was involved in the band right at the beginning, left after a few years, then rejoined and was involved right to the end.
From here on, we play some of our fave tunes/bands from 2015...
16. Hiroshima Hearts....14 Floors.... from their self titled CD. Local combo who we had live to air earlier this year and put on a great performance!! They've got a show coming up later this month and we'll give you details when the time is closer!
17. Newport Electric....One Of A Million....from the So It Goes CD. Local combo who played a Rock'n'Roll Rent Party earlier this year and they have a show this saturday night at the APK with our good pal Fireball Grant!
18. 63 Monroe....She's Electric....from their Punk Rock Soldier CD. Local combo that has been around longer than most of the people involved in CHRW!
19. Red Arms....Chorus Of Life....from their recent CD, Welcome To The New Cold War. This has been available as a download for awhile, but was made a physical product for a recent show at Grooves Records. Caught the show and the band was super tight and sounded almost exactly like the recorded product!! Check them out if you get a chance!
20. Red Arms....Quiet Resolution... as above.
21. The 905s....What Are We We Receiving....from the Shake Down CD. Our fave band from Brampton Ontario and this CD got a lot of airplay this year on Radio WW and deserved it all!!
22. The Hypnotics....Modern Art Entertainment....from the Modern Art Entertainment CD. Windsor Ontario based rock'n'roll combo that features David Konstantino of our sister radio show, Revolution Rock, heard saturday eve from CJAM on the University Of Windsor radio station. A really cool CD that you'll be hearing lots of in the new year!! And it'll be out on vinyl shortly!!!
23. Mere Humans...Ain't All Gone....from their download and they are from Ottawa. Former members of The Evil Farm Children and they hope to have this out on vinyl in the near future.
24. Dave Rave and the Governors....Sweet American Music.....from the CD of the same name. We had Dave Rave live on Radio WW this past fall and as always, he had loads of great rock'n'roll stories and songs for us. Dave also got to open for The Flamin' Groovies when they played Hamilton recently, a life long dream of his!!!!
25. Noble Savages.....Fire In The World....from the Four Off The Floor 7" EP on Transistor 66 Records. Hamilton's oldest teen punks finally get a proper vinyl release!!
26. Noble Savages....She's So Serious....from Noise Pollution 7" EP on It's Trash Records, a 4 song EP of Hamilton bands. It's Trash is also a radio show heard alternate fridays at 6PM right here on CHRW.
27. The Sir John A MacDonalds....Beer And Ignorance....from the Quit School CD. Brand new and from Ottawa this features our good pal Patrick on vocals and guitar. This is as Canadian as can be as the band is named for our first Prime Minister....and for some weird reason, all the band members are named Sir John A......
28. Dynamite Pussy Club....Power....from their most recent CD and they are from Bath UK. They were featured on our first ever Radio WW Session a couple of years back.
29. Sons Of Mod....Hamburg Stomp....from their brand new self titled release and they are from Australia.
30. The Reprobettes.....Danger....all female combo from Australia who have released a 7" on Boppa Do Down Records from Toronto. On shiny purple vinyl.
31. Alex Maiorano and The Black Tales....Black Snake....from the Everything Boom CD on the Off Label from Germany. Cool R&B influenced sounds.
32. Barrence Whitfield and the Savages.....Willow....from the Under The Savage Sky LP on Bloodshot Records. Barrence and company came through London this past summer and were absolutely KILLER on stage!!! Easily one of the best shows of the year that we saw!!
33. Dany Laj and the Looks.....Mr Rebound....from the Word On The Street Lp....one of my faves from this year and it's finally out on vinyl. The band came through to a really small crowd this past spring and are due back April 1st opening up for Paul Collins at Call The Office here in London. Don't miss this band that plays powerpop that way it was played in the late 70's!!!
34. The Routes.... It's My Time....from the Skeletons CD.....another of my faves of this year and this trio is from Japan. Recently did a tour of Europe where they went down really well!!
35. Archie and The Bunkers....Sally Lou....self titled on Dirty Water Records....another of my faves of the year, this is 2 teenage brothers from Cleveland who are mature way beyond their years and understand rock'n'roll. Drums, keyboards and vocals is all it takes as these kids have the chops to actually open up for the likes of The Sonics and others in their home town!! Would Love to see these guys live!!
36. The Ballantynes....Argent....from the Dark Drives Life Signs LP on La Ti Da Records out of Vancouver. Another of my faves of the year and this LP has to be played all at once to really appreciate it. It's got a great late night soul vibe that goes down really really nice!!!
37. The Scenics....Do The Wait....from the In The Summer CD on Dream Tower that just came out. Re-masterings of recordings done in the late 70's of this Toronto combo that was lumped in with the punk scene, but had more in common with bands like The Talking Heads and XTC for their quirky pop sounds.
38. Bloodshot Bill.....Man In Love....recorded right here at Radio WW when Bill dropped by prior to a show at Call The Office that evening. Bill played some of his fave tunes and told some rock'n'roll stories during that show.
39. Twin Fin.....Jungle Room....from their brand new CD Whiskey Wine and Venom Love. Local combo that has a late 50's R&B influence to its sound. Some of the members were in the local rockabilly combo Duke Sedan and the Hi-Tones and few years back.
40. The Vagoos.....I Guess You're My Girl.....from their brand new release on Off Label from Germany.
As always, we ran out of time well before we ran out of tunes. Big thanx for the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and Heys!!!!
Back again next week with more Rock'n'roll action here on Radio What Wave.....
Happy New Year!!!!
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