.... I think Hanson is probably more Punk than Sum 41.... And , of course , real , WILD , Rock'n'Roll , which Little Richard perfected , already had the raw energy and speedfreak tempos that Punk drew from 20 years later.  Personally ,  I still want to wreck the room , everytime I hear a Little Richard record.  

Chuck Berry , I never thought of him as a precursor to Punk , but , of course , he's one of a select few that really defined Rock'n'Roll. You'll find Berry's music in Beat , Brit R'N'B , Boogie  , Hard Rock , Pub Rock , and Punk Rock , too....Even if The Punks were quick to diss the originators of R'n'R , while bringing R'n'R back up from what appeared to be it's grave. Rock was'nt dead , just sick.

In Junior High School , I was friends with a Black fella who told me Little Richard was a Punk.

But....ummm...he meant something different , entirely. 

To answer Kopper's question:

 

MTV Iggy, a division of Viacom Media Networks, is focused on bringing cutting-edge global music and pop-culture to the U.S.

 So there you have it.

Probably named for Iggy Izalea, whatever that is.

 

I love the idea of Little Richard being more punk than Sum 41. I even regard Chuch Berry as the original punk rocker.

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 funner, weirder, louder music than whatever you are listening to

I like that. Maybe that's the definition right there.

 

Thanks for posting, Kopper.

That article isn't entirely horrible.

It was an interesting read, alright.

Radio What Wave Playlist Oct 16/2014  The Knights Of Fuzz As Heard on 7" Records Part 4

We continue with our tribute to Timothy Gassen's book, The Knights Of Fuzz via the 7" record only. No LP's, CD's digital files, cassettes etc, this is strictly a 7" record show.

1. The Ugly Ducklings....That's Just A Thought That I Had In My Mind....from mid 60's York Town 7" and a good way to start the show as The Ugly Ducklings are among the influences to many of the bands we're about to hear.

2. The Cynics...I'm In Pittsburgh And It's Raining....Get Hip 7". The Cynics from Pittsburgh have been around sinc e 1985 and released many many 7", LP's and CD's. They even formed their own record label, Get Hip, which is no a distributor as well as one of the coolest record labels around.

3. The Lyres....How Do You Know?...New Rose 1987 7". They started as DMZ in the mid 70's, playing garagepunk way before anyone knew what it was. Through constant member changes with only one constant, Jeff Conolly, they became The Lyres and continue to this day doing sporadic gigs.

4. The Hysteric Narcotics...Wild As Soul ...Tremor Records 1985. Detroit combo that released a couple of singles, a flexi and a full length that Timothy Gassen raves about in The Knights Of Fuzz book. They actually played here in sleepy London Ontario at The Key West Cafe 10/12/1986. As i remember it, this was our first time to this venue as it had been open only a couple of months. There was a really good turn out to check out this band from Detroit. I remember yelling out for one of their early songs that i'd heard somewhere and the band looked at me in a way that said, 'how the hell does this guy know our songs?' as they were in London for what became their only time....great live band and live audio of that gig survives.

5. Thee Milkshakes...Don't Destroy Me....Unique Records. Featuring the overly prolific Billy Childish who was in such bands as The Pop Rivetts, Thee Headcoats, Mighty Caesers, many others as well as solo projects. Anything with Billy Childish on it is worth giving a listen!

6. The Prisoners...Hurricane....Big Beat 1983. One of those UK bands that shoulda broke out and become big as they had mod, punk, garage and soul influences. Combine that with the frenetic keyboards and these guys shoulda broke into the mainstream. They released many LP's and members continue to this day in other equally good combos. We've played the latest release from bassist Allen Crockford's Galileo 7 many times.

7. Bananamen....The Crusher...Hava Banana 1983. UK band who were rumoured to be The Cramps when this first came out as they do all tunes The Cramps have covered. More likely The Stingrays in disguise and they feature a young Alec Palao who has gone onto fame as a compiler, archivist, writer, producer, engineer and fill in musician for many a cool vintage combo (Chocolate Watchband, Flamini Groovies and others).

8. The Gruesomes...Things She Does To Me....Primitive Records. Montreal combo who topped the alternative music charts here in Canada back in the late 80's. They released 3 LP's and a 12" in addition to this 7" and were on many compilations. Pretty well everything has been re-ished by Ricochet Sound from Montreal.

9. The Gruesomes....No More Lies....as above.

10. The Cryptics....You're Evil....Primitive 1992. Montreal combo obviously influenced by The Gruesomes. They only released this one 7", but what a Killer!

11. The Dogs....Shakin' With Linda....Epic 1982.  Formed in France in 1973 but didn't release any vinyl until the punk era hit and they were absorbed by that faction. They moved more into a 60's garage/pop sound releasing many great LP's and singles. They finally made it to North America in the fall of 2002, on support with Rick Blaze and The Ball Busters. The only original member, Dominique Laboubee who played guitar and sang was not well coming over for the tour. He thought he had pneumonia and would be able to do the tour. At their first show in Worcester (just outside Boston) on 9/25/2002, Dominique was only able to play the opening song and then left the stage ill. He went to the hospital and found out he had lung cancer. The Dogs continued on with their short tour, obviously hoping that Domique would be able to join them later but that was not the case and he passed away 10/10/2002, only days after being admitted. One of the saddest tales in rock'n'roll as The Dogs were often referred to as the best rock'n'roll bands  in France during their tenure and coming to America was in their dreams.

12. The Bogeymen....Candy....Fascination. France had and still has an amazing appreciation for real rock'n'roll and The Bogeymen prove it. 60's R&B influences abound on this and their other releases.

13. The Dukes....She'll Be Mine...Kavern 7. German combo endorsed by Terry  Gibson (former Downliners Sect member) and they released a couple of singles and an LP, like The Bogeymen they were into early 60's R&B sounds. Kavern 7 Records was an Australian record label run by Dean Mittelhauser who also published the Livin' End zine. Another archivist, historian, record label guy who unfortunatly passed away way too early.

14. The Chud....Don't Call Me Batman....Twang Records. Another German combo as the appreciation for garage music has always been high in Germany. Many artists of the genre end up living in Berlin and making a living at it. The Chud released at least one LP which features a multicoloured splash on the record.

15. The Raymen....Chosen One....Giant Claw. Yet another German combo on an Australian record label. The Raymen have been around since the early 80's and continue to this day, and are now in a slower spooky country mood. Singer Hank Ray has one of the most distinct singing voices with his ultra low baritone.

16. Lost Patrol....No Escape...Ali Records 1986. Windsor Ontario combo who played sleepy London Ontario many times over the years. They changed personel, and later recordings feature the Janis Joplin like vocals of Karen Marrero. This lineup released a couple more singles, cassettes and even an LP on a record label from France.

17. Lost Patrol....South Africa....as above.

18. Mr Haney's Revenge....Justine   Ali Records 1991. A one off project of some of the members and former members of Lost Patrol along with other Windsor musicians. Mr Haney of course references the 60's TV drama Green Acres.

19. Drums Along The Gardiner....75  Miracle 1988. Toronto combo who played an odd for the time mixture of punk, garage, metal and novelty songs all wrapped up in a jaw dropping live show. They released a cassette or 2, a CD and appeared on several compilations, but this is their only record.

20. The Cheepskates...Run Better Run...5 & 10 Records 1983. One of the earliers of the 60's influenced combos to emerge from NYC. They were more pop influenced than most of the other bands on this scene (Outta Place, Fuzztones, Tryfles, Maneaters, Vipers) and released several LP's, all the while moving in a more pop oriented direction. They did manage to play sleepy London Ontario twice, and at the Key West show set the place ablaze with their frenetic pop oriented rock'n'roll. Audio and pictures survive of this show.

21. The Leopards....Psychedelic Boy....VOXX 1986. Kinks inspired put down of the 60's scene and the crowd that lives it. Politics rears it's head in the tiny garagepunk scene. The Leopards released a couple of LP's, all top notch material and were on Greg Shaw's VOXX label. Greg passed away 10 years ago this week.

22. Royal Nonesuch....You Need Love...self released 1987. Springfield Missouri's only garagepunk combo and they created their own scene and brought touring bands to play it. Guitarist Mad Jon later moved out west to join the Tell Tale Hearts.

23. Royal Nonesuch....Two Can Play That Game.....Get Hip 1990. They were darlings of the scene during their tenure, but unfortunatly few recordings exist and Get Hip attempted to remedy the situation.

24.The Lust O Rama....Do Bee Doo....That's Entertainment 1990. From Norway and part of a 4 song EP. This just proves the 80's garage scene not only covered the world, but some of these bands from far away places could really rock out and were top notch as The Lust O Rama prove.

25. The Lust O Rama.....Don't Love Her....as above and faded out on this song.

Huge Thanx for all the phone calls, emails, facebook messages and likes and everyone that tuned in to dig the sounds!
Next week it's an all Canadian garagepunk show and we'll not only be playing 7" records, but some live, demo, LP's and maybe even some digital tunes!
 Here's a link to the archived show:

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/radio-what-wave

It's way cheaper for me and my band to fly to london than u.s.

Is there a some raw rock n roll schene in the Uk?

And recommend towns and places to play in.

Hirao Masaaki . He was the first major R'n'R star in Japan. Ace Records put out the recent re - issues.

Pretty cool. He does a lot of Elvis , Little Richard and originals. I'm not real big on his ballads ,but , it's no big thing. 

....OHHHH , CRAP. I forgot the guy's name. I was going to write it down , the Japanese Elvis , Kirao somebody? No..... Well , I'd say keep trying , but , if you're making ANY money to do ANYTHING Rock 'n ' Roll , these days , you're one of the few , the proud......

I get paid commissions to come up with this stuff. Shame no one 's been commissioned to come up with a radio or TV. Show for teen and tween garage, psych, freakbeat, Shibuya-Kei or power pop acts . No, I'm not talking about Minipops.

"DISBELIEBERS" , THAT'S GOOD.You should patent that. There probably are enough kids in The UK , if their parents are about our age , and turned them on to this stuff.....OR , if their parents hate cool music , and this is the only way they can rebel....

John Battles said:

They might , here in the states , Chris , but it'd be all or mostly Mainstream Rock crap.....Still , I'm glad to see kids getting enthusiastic about starting bands. It's very formulaic ,now , the "School of Rock" thing , but , my friend's son is in one of those bands , are they're actually learning about presentation , and the business end of the music. Nothing wrong with that , if they aim to stay with it , later on.

If you're looking at it on a national or international scale , there must be teen and pre - teen bands doing Garage , Surf or Rockabilly as opposed to Alt - Rock or mainstream Metal.

In Austin , Freddie Krc (Roky's former Drummer.) , teaches a School of Rock program , and he's taught kids to do songs like "Pushin' Too Hard" , "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Two Headed Dog". Some of that turned up on You Tube.

I really hope there are kids getting into surf, garage, freakbeat, power pop and psych here in Britain. To get enough of it to feature in a regular radio or television programme each week would be a real achievement and make it global. I hope it makes disbeliebers out of kids and breaks someone like Tiny Masters of Today or that Japanese girl who is one of the best surf guitarists in Japan.

They might , here in the states , Chris , but it'd be all or mostly Mainstream Rock crap.....Still , I'm glad to see kids getting enthusiastic about starting bands. It's very formulaic ,now , the "School of Rock" thing , but , my friend's son is in one of those bands , are they're actually learning about presentation , and the business end of the music. Nothing wrong with that , if they aim to stay with it , later on.

If you're looking at it on a national or international scale , there must be teen and pre - teen bands doing Garage , Surf or Rockabilly as opposed to Alt - Rock or mainstream Metal.

In Austin , Freddie Krc (Roky's former Drummer.) , teaches a School of Rock program , and he's taught kids to do songs like "Pushin' Too Hard" , "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Two Headed Dog". Some of that turned up on You Tube.

Earlier this year, I was interning with the Good Toy Guide and bench raced with someone from Fun Kids Radio about what they did at the British Toy and Hobby Fair. They play child friendly top 40, with the more racy stuff cut out, as well as stuff for toddlers in the daytime. I even suggested a battle of the young bands, saying it would be great to hear kids form a surf band and get a station to showcase what talent they have.

Are there any freakish talents you know of knee high to a grasshopper and what do you make of them? Also, would a kids radio station do this?

The Trip! Oct. 5th! The Prog Show!

A tribute to former CJAM prog rock and jazz d.j. Julien Belanger.  Listen here: http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20141005-0000-t1412463601.mp3

 The setlist: 

aardvark- copper sunset
black mountain- angels
emerson, lake and palmer- the barbarian
emerson, lake and palmer- take a pebble 
u.f.o.- alpha centauri
u.f.o.- lettin' go
jethro tull- my sunday feeling
rush- territories
van der graaf generator- lemmings 
the battered ornaments- staggered
return to forever (feat. chick corea)- hymn of the 7th galaxy
the electric prunes- about a quarter to nine
wide hive players- sworn statement
jeff beck- led boots
deep purple- space truckin'

Born in Essex ? I wonder who that is ? I'd recommend Yuzo Kayawa , AND , what's that guy's name , the "Japanese Elvis" (Late 50's)...His material was recently released on CD and on a full length 10" LP.

Group Sound - Spiders , Carnabeats , Dynamites (Feat. Allan Merrill.) , Tigers , Beavers , and .....there's a lot of others...I HAVE A FEW COMPS WITH LESSER - KNOWN BANDS WHOSE NAMES I FORGET.....

i GOT TYHAT RECENT "Flowers Acid and Poetry" or whatever the Hell it's called , a volume dedicated to early Japanese Hard Rock/Psych , like Glue , Speed and Shin . It's a fine series , but , that particular volume stands out. Flower Travelling Band's first album was re - released a few years ago. I could'nt see paying $25 for it , though.....

I still like a group called Mescaline Drive , an all - female band from the mid - late 80's (Pre - Japanese Garage craze.). Kinda Psychedelic Power Pop , or something , lotsa good hooks.

I've got quite a few Japanese group sounds artists in my collection, one singer was born (apparently) in Essex. I've got a few Japanese Bossa Novas, The Mops, Takashi Terauchi and The Golden Cups. Who else would you recommend?

YES !!! I always forget how to say or spell his name. I have two Terauchi collections on Ace , but , Yuzo Kayawa is generally considered the forebearer of the Elecki movement....He got into some crazy movie soundtrack music and fuzzed out Space Age Bachelor Pad Rock , later on. He'sstill active. There's footage of him with The Ventures on YouTube. I guess teh two of them were closely connected , but , rivals , all the same.           That's kind of what I would have expected , re. Savile. He was virtually unknown in America , even after the scandal. I only knew him via "Go Go Mania"when I was younger. 

I'm quite into Tekashi Terauchi, as he is second to none.

By the way, Savile lies in an unmarked grave after his ornate headstone was pulled down due to public pressure on his family.

Chris , Well , your own Alec Palao and Ace Records have been doing the great "G.S.(Group Sound) I Love You"series. I used to go see bands like Guitar Wolf , 5,6,7,8's , Teengenerate , King Bros. , etc , but , in my mind , that stuff has'nt aged well. Jackie and The Cedrics were insane when I saw them about 15 years ago , but , I've always been more interested in Group Sound , and even early Japanese "Rockabiri" and Elecki (Surf and Ventures - influenced Instrumental Rock.). 

Does Jimmy Saville even have a public gravesite ?

I think this sounds quite promising, especially the Japanese bands that need to be heard in Britain. Come on BBC, show what you are made of and get Godzilla to trample Jimmy Savile's grave. Atone, before it's too late, and play some good J-rock on 6Music.

....People used to tell me they did'nt like the UK PSYCHOBILLY BANDS "BECAUSE THEY SOUNDED TOO MUCH LIKE THE cRAMPS". I did'nt hear that at all , but, I could readily see why the same people would like both The Cramps and The Meteors.   The Cramps were using the term "Psychobilly"(   Which they admitted they'd derived from Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time". )   to describe their sound in the 70's, but , I got the impression they thought their connection to the UK PSYCHOBILLY SCENE IN THE EARLY 80'S as a shotgun marriage. They distanced themselves from all that , even if it did help introduce them to a wider audience. They'd stopped calling themselves "Psychobilly" by then , anyway. But , they were diplomatic enough on "120 MINUTES" in 1990 , discussing what had gone on in England at that time , saying "We've been influenced by everying from The Sex Pistols to Charlie Feathers" , and , "The best Rockabilly has always been Psychobilly , even back when it started.".

It's not surprising the early Meteors would draw from a lot of the same material as The Cramps , but , what of The Bananamen ? THERE was a true progenitor to the classic Cramps sound.....

 

 

 

 

.....yes , I'm kidding.

True, true with reference to The Polecats 'Glam' influences....I actually am persuaded that the first and only relevant incarnation of The Meteors (all other line-ups are irrelevant) are as important as the Cramps. The initial line up fragmented in late 81 and officially split early 82, far more 'Rockabilly' than anything which came after....they brought to light the likes of The Phantom, Johnny Carroll, Peanuts Wilson, Johnny Powers etc etc....in fact they had a huge impact on the Cramps being adopted in the UK and in France in particular as the foundations had been layed and a lot of what the Cramps did was instantly recognisable to the fans, if you can get your hands on it, grab a copy of the Meteors 'Lost Album' which was originally funded by EMI, but they shelved it considering it to be a little too 'out there' for general release.....the track listing is virtually interchangable with a Cramps set list and it was no surprise they were lumped together and the whole debacle over 'psychobilly' started....it was Johnny Cash who first coined the phrase...apparently, but I'm sure some hick had probably come up with the term psycho rockabilly long before that without the kudos !!! And where as Fenech ran off with the name and some kind of vision to perpetuate and dominate the so called 'psychobilly scene' (I lost interest mid 80's when it became uncomfortably cliched) Nigel Lewis went off in the direction that the Meteors had already been steering to, that of Garage punk (the original line up had already covered 'Get me to The World On Time' as the Clapham South Escalators and with his Tall Boys, Nigel Lewis totally embraced the Garage Punk thing, albeit with a very British 'Trash Twist' to it,...christ this could go on forever !

I guess it does (Constitute a rant) , but , it's your right.  I caught up with a lot of the Teddy Boy stuff later. If I'd grown up with it , I might have felt different. I was'nt crazy about a lot of it , when I first heard it . 

I would'nt say Gordon (And , especially , Link Wray.) had anything to do with Teds (Tho' they may have liked him , Don't know.). he just did his own , slick , New York version of Rockabilly (But , not as slick as The Stray Cats' New York version . Gordon made some inroads at a time when you could'nt GIVE Rockabilly away in America , even commercialized RAB , but he was an afterthought by the time The Stray Cats returned from The UK and plundered The US (Same strategy as Hendrix.).

I liked The Meteors , I was probably one of the first people to play 'em on the radio in The US , but , after 10 or 12 years , I lost interest. Psychobilly did'nt start to catch on in the states until less than 10 years ago. By that time, I was long past caring , but , I saw The Meteors , once , in '96 . They played to about 40 people , and it was a great show , even tho' it was like nostalgia, to me , by then. Fenech turned out to be a very nice guy , too ,  tho' I'd always heard the opposite , even from him. 

Yeah , I know about Hank Mizell's fluke hit in '75 (?) . This would'nt have happened here , obviously , tho' there were a few reissues and re- recordings that charted , here , during the early 70's R'n'R revival. Not Rockabilly , of course. 

I bought some the White Label and Bison Bomp comps , mainly because they were so fucking cheap , here.  THE ROCKABILLIES ONLY WANTED SETZER AND THE MOST OBVIOUS SUN RECORDS stuff , here. SOME OF 'EM WERE CRAP , BUT , i FOUND SOME GOOD ONESl. It's only been fairly recent that comps are coming out with GOOD sound and great song selection from The UK , and making their way , here , largely because the copyright laws have been lifted on that stuff , and the tightarsed collector types are coming up with better material , , and with better sound....even on You Tube .

Levi does 'Get it" , I've talked to him a couple of times , good cat. Of course , when Levi and The Rockats relocated to New York , nothing happened , tho' they were accepted by the local club scene , and , he told me , Johnny Thunders was fiercely loyal to them ( And , Jerry Nolan toured with them.). I saw Levi and The Rockats at the last Green Bay festival , they killed it ,man . 

I met The Polecats , once , but , I did'nt recognize them. I thought they were British tourists , buying records. Then , I found out they were touring with that rockin' hellcat , Morrissey (Who at least has hired good bands , The Polecats and The Planet Rockers. TALK ABOUT SOMEONE I , MYSELF , WOULD WALK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET FROM .) . Good guys , tho' , enjoyed meeting them . I kind of liked the fact that they did'nt bring attention to their band. But , I like that about them , too , that they did Glam songs like "Jeepster " and "John , I'm Only Dancing" that already had a 'Billy base , anyway.

I just found the (Canadian) Bop Cats record , it sure holds up better than that band that rehashed "Blank Generation" !