It was week 1 of WMSE’s fall pledge drive, and Zero Hour featured plenty of new music, including Mark Sultan, Trolley,the Boss Mustangs, Curlee Wurlee, The Barreracudas and more. I won’t be around for the show next week cuz I’m headed to the event of the century happening Nov. 10-13 in NYC. The one-and-only Buzz will be sitting in for me. Last but not least, if you have time, check out my Q&A with Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team over at Sonic Diet. 

Download or stream the entire Nov. 4 show right here.

We All Love Peanut Butter – The One Way Streets
Bloodhound – Larry Bright
Sunshine of Love – Etta James

Path Finder – Teddy & the Rough Riders
Roadrunner (live) – Bo Diddley

Ring of Fire (live) – Johnny Cash
FBI Top 10 – DM Bob & the Deficits
Contact High – Ike & Tina Turner

Boss Hoss – Los Explosivos
Betty Lou’s Got a New Tattoo - Creep
My Baby Likes to Boogaloo – Don Gardner
Calloused Hands – Mark Sultan

Little Scream live in the studio

Dead of Night – Wheels on Fire

Local Lunchbox
She’s The Kind of Girl – Trolley
Marionette – Beach Patrol
Mess Around – Trent Fox & the Tenants

Black & White Memories – Thee Spivs
Burnout – The Boss Mustangs
Before You Came Here – The Party Lights
My Brian is Empty – Curlee Wurlee

I Need That Record – The Tweeds
Trash Talkin’ Woman – The Electric Mess
Scrap Collectin’ Man – Crankshaft & the Gear Grinders

Too Much Information – Terry Anderson & the Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team
Ooh-Wee – The Accelerators
Black Sheep – Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
He’s Coming – Stupidity

She’s So Satisfying – The Untamed Youth
Solid Gold (Thru & Thru) – The Real Kids
Squat With Me – The A-Bones with the Great Gaylord
Scalping Party – Jackie & the Cedrics

Shimmy Shake – The Hentchmen
I Wanna Join the James Gang – The Gaye Blades
Michelle (live) – The Flat Duo Jets
Shallow Grave – The A-Bones

Feet – The Barreracudas
Wrong End of the Leash – The Ribeye Brothers
Sick – Dynamite Pussy Club
Down in Mexico – Molly Gene One Whoaman Band
Guns & Knives – Swampmeat

Washing in the Blood of Rock-n-Roll – The Professor and His One Man Dirty Rhythm and Blues Explosion
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) – Sammy Davis Jr.

Dead Boys are The Godfathers of punk rock-look like punks and make dirty rock.

I like this video,because it contains also songs from the "we have come..." album,the video from 77-live at CBGB has more of that raw power and ernergy the Dead Boys always stood for even if the quality is not so good.Check it out

I don't imagine that Jello Biafra was lamenting the band for selling out, but songs do get 'ruined' after hearing them a few too many times, even the best songs. It's why they used it as a form of torture in Guantanamo Bay, although I think they were using mostly rubbish songs to begin with.

My opinion is use the coolest music you can in the adverts and I'll more likely buy the thing. They played the cool song while the plastic car is being driven around the store and had the dorky guy talking while the product they wanted to sell was being displayed. Big failure, now I want to buy the plastic car.

John Glover said:

>=oO that should not be

What shouldn't be? Poison Ivy shouldn't be allowed to make any money from their music? More people shouldn't be exposed to the great music of the Cramps?

I could never understand why people have a problem with cool music being used in ads. it's like they want the music to belong to them and no one else! I'd sure as hell rather watch this ad than one with hamsters and some lame-ass hip hop. Like John said, as long as royalites are being paid (and they are), then where's the problem?

That actually might be the point. The kids look pretty cramped drivin' around those tiny cars, then the music stops and they show the roomier VW model. But the point would've been "driven" (ha!) home more if they'd used a little bit of the vocals, too.

Matt said:

I think its hilarious that they chose "I'm Cramped " for a car commercial.... I like roomy cars.

It is , but that's what I thought when I first heard Link Wray ,The Buzzcocks , of course , The Ramones , then , later still , The Stooges and even the monks and The 13th Floor Elevators in TV commercials. It has'nt changed my view on the music , and , if the artists are getting their due royalties , I'm all for it. It's a pretty sure - fired bet that Poison Ivy does'nt have a big , sweet retirement package to sit on (Though , of course , I hope she has yet to retire.) , so opportunities like these should'nt be scoffed at as "Sellouts" , unless the artist can afford to refuse them , in which case , they've probably already sold out , anyway.   I remember Jello Biafra bellyaching over the over - saturation of "Blitzkrieg Bop" in TV commercials , saying he does'nt know if he can ever listen to the song , again. Seems to me "Holiday in Cambodia" was in a Nike commercial , or something similarly reprehensible....Not that I blamed the monks for doing  it , not that I'd blame him , either.    But , really...... I think both " I Was a Teenage Werewolf " AND "I'm Cramped" are in separate ads. I heard one , I could swear , and saw the other....This is where the Advertising Industry is taking us , because we have younger people , some with hipper tastes , visualizing on TV , music that could'nt even get on late night radio in many markets , when it was new....Of course , if I'd got that Advertising degree I originally shot for , who knows? Might have happened sooner.

Someone in the advertising business obviously has real cool taste in music!!! Too bad there isn't an alternate version with the lyrics.

I think its hilarious that they chose "I'm Cramped " for a car commercial.... I like roomy cars.

>=oO that should not be

Found it! Pretty cool, but it'd been cooler if they'd used some of the vocals, too...

holy hell!!  I'm Cramped shows up on my television as music in a new Volkswagen commercial.  That's just crazy

It`s not a girl band-but I have a single from Jeff Dahl with THE AMERICAN SOUL SPIDERS called"living in the shadows" incredible!!!I have lots of good music but what J.Dahl and these Japanese Boys made is great!!!!5 Songs on two 7 inches(3rd generation nation,livin´in the shadows,slow death,junkies deserve to die,ramblin´rose).And the version of SLOW DEATH is the best ever played version of this monolithic song.Everytime when I was dj-ing in clubs-this was areal highlight.try to get it!!!!!!!!

Oops, that should be Saturday November 5th.

I'll be on the air and the web on Saturday November 6 from 1:00-3:00PM EST. Listen live at 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or streaming live at http://witr.rit.edu .

Show #348: "Bands & Artists Starting With G, Part 7" playlist:

The Group, Inc. - "Like A Woman"
The Groupies - "Primitive"
The Growing Concern - "Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled"
The Growing Society - "Just For Fun"
Peter Grudzien - "Broken Bottle-Glass Sidewalks"
Grump - "Heartbreak Hotel"
Jack Grunsky - "Sally McGregor"
Grupa 220 - "Slike"
Grupo Ciruela - "Nada Nos Detendra"
Grupo 606 - "Busco Un Camino"
Gryphon - "The Last Flash Of Gaberine Taylor"
Gualberto - "Luz De Invierno"
The Guardians Of The Rainbow - "What Do You Do When You've Lost Your Love"
The Guards - "Fantastic Fair"
Gudibrallan - "Uti Var Hage"
The Guess Who - "I'd Rather Be Alone"
Earl Guest - "Foxy"
The Reg Guest Syndicate - "Guys, Guns, Girls, & Danger"
Guilbeau & Parsons - "Your Gentle Way Of Loving Me"
The Guild - "The Sun Shines For You"
The Guild Light Gauge - "14th Annual Fun & Pleasure Fair"
Isaac Guillory - "Staying Awhile"
The Guilloteens - "For My Own"
The Guise - "Waitin' Round The Corner"
The Guitar Ramblers - "Surf Beat"
Bonnie Guitar - "Dark Moon"
Les Guitares - "Les Martians Arrivent..."
Gulliver - "A Truly Good Song"
The Gullivers - "Dark Na Hitomi"
Gun - "Long Hair Wildman"
Gunhill Road - "Sag Harbor"
Guns & Butter - "The Wanderer"
Shirley Gunter & The Queens - "Oop Shoop"
Sandy Gurley - "On The Morning Side"
Guru Guru - "Baby Cake Walk"
The Gurus [CA] - "Shelley In Camp"
The Gurus [NY] - "Blue Snow Night"
Margo Guryan - "Sunday Mornin'"
Arlo Guthrie - "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"
Nora Guthrie - "Emily's Illness"
The Guv'ners - "The Kissing Had To Stop"
Art Guy - "Where You Gonna Go"
The Guys - "Ich Bin Froh, Dass Ich Dich Los Bin"
Y Gwenwyn - "Hen Benillion"
Gygafo - "A Room With A View"
Gypsy - "Turning Wheel"
Gypsy Trips - "Ain't It Hard"
Les Gypsys - "Proletaire"

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Probably the funniest rock 'n' roll book I ever read is Dave Marsh's history of the song "Louie Louie." Among the subjects he covers is censorship, the L.A. R&B scene of the '50s and the Pacific Northwest rock 'n' roll scene of the early '60s:

http://www.amazon.com/Louie-Mythology-Including-Persecution-Introducing/dp/047203023X/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320508335&sr=1-6

if a song is or was banned it almost automatically sparks my interest.

As for the children, I have two grown kids and I let them listen to anything they wanted. Both turned out to be fine citizens.

Here's the one act of "censorship" I engaged in. Back in the '90s my daughter, then a teen, wanted a copy of the Liz Phair album Exile on Guyville or whatever it was called.  (Didn't think much of it then -- still don't) I told her no. If she wanted to go out and buy her own copy, I wouldn't stop her. I just didn't think it was proper to a father to give his daughter a record with lyrics like "I want to be your blowjob queen."

So call me a prude.

When my son was in high school he'd play these crappy rap songs on his ipod in my car. I'd make sarcastic comments like, "My, he certainly seems angry about something" or, after the 3rd or 4th "motherfucker" I'd say "Why does he always feel compelled to resort to profanity?"

Drove the kid nuts.

A couple of weeks ago on my COUNTRY show on our local public radio (I also do a more garagepunk-oriented freeform show there too) I got a call from this dildo bitching about the fact that one of the songs I'd played (Road Bound by Bob Wayne) said "fuck" three times.

I thought it was a friend of mine just goofing on me, so I told him, "Sorry. My Fuckometer is broke."  But he was not a friend and he was serious. I politely told him that the FCC only enforces obscenity rules between the hours of 6 am and 10 pm. That's true. It's to "protect the children." (MY show starts at 10 pm) But the douche bag still threatened to write the FCC.

I figure if I can offend just one asshole a night, I'm doing my job.

Your profil says you are from the Netherlands, and I believe they are even more liberal than Germany, which is where I currently live. Garage punk is generally far too tame to be censored here, I mean they are releasing pop songs in all their mucky glory here and because they are in English a lot of parents just pass on the swearing. In Britain nothing gets past the censors and I think it might be similar in America.

At the moment all over town are adverts for an Erotik Messe (porn convention) with a couple of stars on the poster with their nipples blacked out. I can't imagine a porn convention being so blatently advertised in Britain and as for blacking out the nipples, I think that was done more for effect seeing as a photo exhibition poster earlier showed full frontal male and female nudity.

I have heard though that there is a 'black list' that songs and music can be put on. I think Bushido has songs on it (violence and mysoginy) and Böse Önkels (racism). I don't know if that means that the bands just can't play the listed songs on air or if it has any other effects.

Mina said:

Censorship where? I don't know any banned songs. Usually musicians change the lyrics, cuz they're too much of a coward and they like the money.

  It seems like record labels would post a warning for radio stations if any songs were of an "Offensive" nature , way back when.The most recent BIG controversy I remember was that of 2 Live Crew in The 90's. Personally , I did'nt care. We were still talking six , maybe seven digit returns at the end of the day. But , at the same time , you had people who knew their music was more than likely to offend , like GG Allin , and David Allan Coe's X- Rated LPs (He at least had the good sense to sell them privately.) before that.  

The late , great Cub Koda told me he saw a cassette tape in a truck stop with a song listed as "My Wife Ran Off With a N *****". He said he did'nt buy it , but , he could'nt believe how outrageous that sounded. "Hell" , I said , "I heard that on the RADIO , in Texas , when it came out.". (That's not the title , the title was a woman's name , and yes , there was an ironic , sorta -kinda - anti racist twist ending.). With the internet , now , there's so much material , I don't know who has the time to deal with all this , but , it WAS a big deal , from The FBI's unsuccessful attempt to prove "Louie , Louie" obscene to The MC5's (Clean version of)  "Kick Out The Jams" being pulled from the radio playlists as it climbed up the charts , because it was suddenly discovered the LP version had an "F - Bomb" , and John Sinclair's liner notes had several.  The Isley Bros.' "Fight The Power " contained the most annoying "BLEEEEEEEEP" EVER , IN PLACE OF THE WORD "Bullshit", on the radio version. So did Charlie Daniel's "Uneasy Rider" , Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue", and others . I think , thoughwith the popularity of REM , Nirvana , etc. , at least in Rock music , the trend was going toward unintelligible lyrical delivery , so , some songs could have contained all manner of "Dirty words" and still sold millions without any backlash. But , I don't know. Radio's so awful. 

John Battles said:

Mina , I can't think of any songs that were officially banned or censored , lately , but 20 years ago , and then some , it was still a big deal. I remember the Sound Warehouse chain , where I lived , removing ANY record thought to contain "Satanic content". Which meant anything from early Black Metal or Speedmetal to , yes , "Aloha From Hell" by The Cramps.

kopper said:

It used to happen a lot in the '50s & '60s, but not so much since then. I find it funny that Link Wray's "Rumble" was banned simply because people feared it would lead to increased street violence and gang wars, even though it's an instrumental!

Mina said:

Censorship where? I don't know any banned songs. Usually musicians change the lyrics, cuz they're too much of a coward and they like the money.

Mina , I can't think of any songs that were officially banned or censored , lately , but 20 years ago , and then some , it was still a big deal. I remember the Sound Warehouse chain , where I lived , removing ANY record thought to contain "Satanic content". Which meant anything from early Black Metal or Speedmetal to , yes , "Aloha From Hell" by The Cramps.

kopper said:

It used to happen a lot in the '50s & '60s, but not so much since then. I find it funny that Link Wray's "Rumble" was banned simply because people feared it would lead to increased street violence and gang wars, even though it's an instrumental!

Mina said:

Censorship where? I don't know any banned songs. Usually musicians change the lyrics, cuz they're too much of a coward and they like the money.

Have you checked out "Skullfuck" by UK band Walking Seeds on Probe Plus recs. I think this Lp fits into the whole Grunge thing & shows that it wasn't all coming out of Seattle, Si mon.

Do they do an online edition? I thought perhaps they were just print....

Playlist Nov3/2011....

1. Cramps....Weekend On Mars....from The Band That Time Forgot LP from Trash Is Neat. Limited to 250 copies and available to Cramps fanatics only, hence i have a copy. It's all live stuff, but the best of the boots, and this track featured Bryan Gregory from Club 57 in NYC, 8/18/79.

2. The Cynics...Baby What's Wrong...recorded live at Call The Office, London, Ontario 10/29/11. Best show i've seen The Cynics do since the 1990 tour with The Monomen. The Cynics were absolutely on fire here in London and we were lucky enough to be there to see the fury! Catch these guys live at all costs!

Micheal giving the evil face at Call The Office, London Ontario Canada 10/29/11!!

3. The Cynics...Rock Club...from the latest LP Spinning Wheel Motel on Get Hip.

4. Paul Revere and The Raiders...Kicks...from a Greatest Hits LP. Last week we were playing bands that played here in London 30 years ago and Paul and the boys certainly qualify. Remember catching them at the Western Fair (10 day fair held annually here in London) and they were just amazing live! Lots of comedy, stories and those amazing songs that made these guys legends.

5. Higher State...It's Not Up To You...from the Freakout At The Gallery CD on 13 O'Clock Records. Brand new, just got it in the mail minutes before the show and had to play it! UK combo who have released many records, all with very authentic 60's sounds!

6. Cordcalling...When I Scream...from their debut CD and they are playing the Brunswick in St Thomas tonight.

7. Party Lights...Before You Came...from a brand new 7" from this trio of ladies from NYC. Features Anna Anabolic on guitar and vocals.

8. Photoroman...Faux Depart....from their only 7" and they are from Quebec.

9. Pack ad...Hear Me Out...from their latest LP Unpersons on Mint Records which is still #1 on the Exclaim chart!! And they are coming back to town Dec 16th with The Standstills at APK club.

10. Velvet Underground....promo from 1969 that may have aired on the radio once or twice. It's one of the 7" records in the VU singles 1966-1969 Boxset.

11. The Sphinxs...Time Above Me...from the split CD with Miesha and The Spanks. We had both of these bands (along with Pelt) for a show at The Black Shire Pub back in June...you shoulda been there!

12. The Pack ad...Cobra Matte...recorded live at Call The Office 10/7/11.

13. The Fine Print...Haunt You No More...from their cassette from earlier this year. The Fine Print play tomorrow night at Brennan's Beer Bistro.

14. The Fine Print...Hanging Over Me...from their CD Standing Out.

15. The Fine Print...Tonight...as above.

16. The Hook Up...'65 Has No Blues...brand new and from the upcoming CD. First time aired anywhere. The Hook Up play tomorrow night at Brennan's Beer Bistro. And it's also their cassette release party tomorrow as we release our 3rd cassette of this year.

17. The Hook Up...Minstrel Man...from the Noises From The Hideout compilation from the garagepunk hideout.

18. The Hook Up...Quinine...another from the soon to be released CD.

19. The Hook Up...I Am The Letter Writer...from the Tomorrow And Today CD on Ricochet Sound.

20. Owl Farm...45 Sex...from their brand new CD...Kingston Ontario based combo.

21. 63 Monroe...Bad Bad Rock'n'Roll....from their latest 7" on red vinyl. A band that was played on our last show as they've been around for 30 years.

22. Freddy Cannon...Talahassie Lassie...from his Explosive! LP. Freddy played The Western Fair here in London, probably about 30 years ago and he was amazing! Played all of the hits and made me smile! Then Chubby Checker came on and he wasn't very good so we left.

23. Arthur Alexander...Girl That Radiates That Charm....from his A Shot Of Rhythm and Soul LP on Ace Records that came out in the early 80's. Some of you may recognize this song as one that was covered by Teenage Head, original version came out in 1962. This whole LP is as good or better than the one track we played. Great early 60's soul sounds!

24. Gene Simmons....Goin' Back To Memphis...from the LP of the same name. 1962 recordings that still sound good and menacing all these years later.

25. Hipbone Slim and The Knee Tremblers...Square Guitar...from the CD of the same name from Dirty Water Records in the UK.

26. Light Bulb Alley....Long Time Coming...from The Sound OF Things LP on Ricochet Sound...had to fade this one out as we ran outta time.

Thanx for all of the phone-ins, emails, facebook comments etc!! And thanx for reading this far! Next week, more new stuff and probably some catl, Speaking Tongues and Soup Cans as all 3 bands are in town next weekend.

And don't forget about our big bash on Saturday Nov 5th at Brennan's Beer Bistro....The Hook Up, The Fine Print and The Reply...starts at 9:30PM and only $5 for 3 killer combos!!! Hope to see some of you out there!


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