I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPISED TO FIND A CD COLLECTION ON HELLO.

HELLO KIND OF BELONGS TO THAT SECOND TIER GLAM CLUB ( Geordie , Mud , Arrows .)  , bands that did have hits , but hardly threatened to knock Bowie , Bolan, Sweet , Slade or Gary Glitter's block off....

I had a few of their songs on comps , but , most of this material is surprisingly good - Locked -in grooves , big, bad  beats (PLAYED ON REAL DRUMS.) and vocals that sound alternately sinister and slightly androgynous. Infectious pop - harmonioes soar over discordant ,  pseudo - futuristitc ,guitar/ keyboard combinations. 

"New York Groove" (Covered in the late 70's by Ace Frehley , and , more recently , by Sweet ! )

is their best known song here in the states. There are plenty of strong originals , but , their unusual reworkings of 'Bend Me , Shape Me" , "ELENORE" (TURTLES.) and even "Hi - HO , SIVER lINING' ARE HARD TO GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD. There's no info on this CD - It was made in France ,though it does say the band became huge in Germany and Japan by the time Britain had written off Glam Rock as a fad. They actually kept going until 1979 , which means , yes, they outlived First Generation Punk.

THERE'S SO MANY, BUT , FOR STARTERS -

Cold Sun , Lithium XMas , Peyote Cowboys , Third Bardo , Plan 9 , United States of America / Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies ,  13TH Floor Elevators , Bubble Puppy , Moving Sidewalks , Blue Cheer , ORPHAN EGG , Lollipop Shoppe , Electric Prunes (Especially today !) , MobyGrape / Skip Spence solo , lots of others......

Always looking for new and old psych bands to check out. Love heavy acid drenched garage. Who are some of your favs?

JES , Yes, that's Cooper in all his glory. I lovethe comic book ads behind them , too. THE BAND WAS FIRING ON ALL EIGHT CYLINDERS. There's a great clipof "Public Animal #9" , for the same show , with a very "Velvets" intro and trippy multicolored graphics....

Michael's not in it , at all? I know an ex - member of his band , and , well , let's just day Bruce did some things he should'nt have to someone who helped him.....I don't know why he would'nt seize the opportunity to be outspoken , unless he's in hiding or in jail. He tears Alice a new one in his book , "No More Mr. Nice Guy" , tho' , of course , they made peace and the surviving ACG members have done several reunion gigs, since.

Bruce made a good point , to him , Alice Cooper was the group. But Vince Furnier had his name legally changed to Alice Cooper  and while the others were on vacation , and starting new projcts ,  together and separately (Most notably , Billion Dollar Babies , Flying Tigers and Neal Smith doing a stint with The Plasmatics.). THE IDEA WAS , THEY'D DO THEIR SOLO LPS , THEN REGROUP AT A LATER DATE.

Did'nt happen. Alice had aspirations of expanding on the theatrics that the others were getting tired of.  Alice owned the name , so , naturally , he was going to come back with a slicker version of his earlier show . This , of coure ,was a huge success . Sadly , Glen Buxton's drinking problem was so severe , he often played , unpluged , while Mick Mashbir would play his parts behind a curtain.

Alice was still in denial about his drinking , bu t, he was a pro. HE RECRUIED TO NO - NONSENSE GUITARS , Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter who'd , collectively , put in time wih Frost , Mitch Ryder and Detroit , and Lou Reed. Does'nt mean they were better than Bruce and Buxton , just more dependable.

Cool doc. I just wish it featured Michael Bruce, he wrote most of Alice's early classics. I'd love to hear his thoughts on Alice taking the band name and ditching the original lineup. 

Sweet, I'm looking forward to it. Doesn't get any better than Alice. This right here has always been one of my favorite performances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXZcJojTucg

JES , YOU'RE IN FOR A REAL TREAT. I HAVE'NT SEEN THE COOP IN ABOUT 10 YEARS (HIS LARGE SUBURBAN WHITE TRASH FOLLOWING NECESSITATES THAT HE DOES'NT PLAY IN CHICAGO , PROPER , ANYMORE , IT SEEMS.) , BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM FAIL. HE'LL REEL OFF A BUNCH OF "DEEP CUTS" (IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE!) AS WELL AS THE BETTER KNOWN STUFF. HE ALWAYS HAS A GREAT BAND , AND THE HUMOR AND THE HORRORGET EQUAL TIME......HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER, CALICO , USED TO DANCE AS DIFFERENT CHARACTERS (HER BRITTNEY SPEARS , COVERED IN PEPSI LOGOS , WAS ALWAYS A SHOW - STOPPER.) , MAYBE SHE STILL DOES(?). AS A SINGER , HE COULD BITCH SLAP HIS METAL "PEERS" ANY TIME OF THE DAY.  HE USED TO CLOSE WITH A COVER SONG CHOSEN AT HIS DISCRETION.  I've seen him close with "My Generation" , "Fire'' (Jimi Hendrix) and "Saturday Night's Allright For Fighting". Don't know if he still does that......BUT , BE READY FOR A LOT OF FUN.

Documentary looks awesome, can't wait to see it.  I'm gonna be seeing him live this July.  Of all my favorite bands/musicians, he's one of the few I haven't seen yet.

Still no sign of it , though , they tell me it's out.

"You know....Some people think me and my boys....are FUNNY BOYS !!! Now , is'nt that just a LITTLE  bit silly? "   

.....The other thing , Cheese , Freddie sings in a key very similar  to The Late Kent Morril of The Wailers....crossed with Noddy Holder. He COULD HAVE sang with The Wailers , though , of course , without Kent , there is no Wailers.

Even people who don't like The Cramps (CRIME!) have told me they have them to thank for turning us all on to all these crazy records from previous eras.....I did'nt know too many of the covers they were doing when I first heard them , barring "Surfin' Bird"and "Lonesome Town"...."Green Door" , my Mom had recently met the guy who wrote it , when their version came out.   A little later, of course  , I knew "PSYCHOTIC REACTION", TOO.     There were so many songs that even The Cramps did'nt have the moxie to cover (Though , if anyone could have , they could have.) , like "I Want Some of That" by Kai Ray. But , even tho' they were protective of the songs they covered. Lux and Ivy publically called Robert Gordon out for doing "The Way I Walk" after they did it. Gordon protested that anyone could do it , and ,  besides ,The Ramones covered Surfin' Bird after The Cramps , to which , Lux replied "But , The Ramones ASKED  us if they could do it....".

Still , The Cramps realized these songs that they may have popularized , first , now belonged to the world. It's The Cramps , Cramps , Cramps' world , man, we just live in it.

Wellll, apparently I goofed up on my post, and I made an error when I tried to attach a picture. Oops! Oh well, let me know what you thought of the show!

"Cheap Beer & BBQ Radio" is an hour-long podcast coming to Real Punk Radio, hosted by me. Some of you may remember me from "40 Oz. Nonsense", and it's my hope that this new show will be much better. Expect to hear lots of garage, surf, and trashy rock 'n' roll...

Here's the playlist for the first episode:

Satan's Pilgrims-"El Rey"

Bantam Rooster-"Miss Luxury"

The Makers-"Razorblade"

The Omens-"Searching"

The Loved Ones-"Surprise Surprise"

The Inmates-"You Tell Lies"

Eddie Angel-"Thunder"

The Cynics-"Business As Usual"

The Raunch Hands-"Never Comin' Home"

The Delmonas-"I Feel Alright"

The Agenda!-"I Want the Panic!"

Flipper-"Living For the Depression"

The El Caminos-"Reverb Explosion Pt. 1"

The Treytones-"Nonymous"

The Shandels-"Caroline"

The Vydels-"What I'm Gonna Do"

The Puddin' Heads-"Now You Say We're Through"

The Kaisers-"Watch Your Step"

Jon & the Nightriders-"Fuel Injected"

Yes Mistress!-"Gunna Get Arrested"

The Spastic Hearts-"Gimme Gimme"

The Phonocaptors-"Fool Around"

The Fresas-"I Heart Senior Citizens"

Elton Motello-"Jet Boy Jet Girl"

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I don't think Rockin and Reelin is a bootleg

THE CRAMPS' "ROCKIN AND REELIN' IN AUCKLAND , NEW ZEALAND" Is a monster , there is no doubt , but, I was just starting down the evil path of bootlegs at that time.....There's so many great ones....But I think we had this discussion , years ago. 

Mission of Burma - The Horrible Truth About Burma. I particularly love their version of the Stooges "1970"

The Cramps - Rockin and Reelin in Aukland New Zealand.

Cosmic Psychos - Slave to the Crave Live at he Palace. Quote "We're the Cosmic Psychos and we're three male models."

sleazy said:

I grew up with the antics of Tiny Tim......great underrated artist and man.....he was wrongly accused of paedophilia....stupid people:):):)!!!!!

 

 

 

.....I've never heard of him being accused of pedophelia (We don't spell it with an "a'' here in the states , tho' I say "Faeces Book "instead of "Face Book" , anyway .) ,,,,,That does'nt mean no one ever made such an allegation , it's just the first I've heard of it.....

Tiny Tim, a nonce? I don't buy it.

Radio What Wave Playlist May 22/2014   10 Years of Being Onair at CHRW

Yep, according to my notes, i did my first solo show on CHRW in May 2004, a whole 10 years ago. According to the rough list i scrawled out for that particular show, looks like i played all local music of the late 70's/early 80's variety, setting a precedent for future shows. After that first show, i did lots and lots of fillins, even  doing the world music show for most of that summer! We didn't get an official time slot for Radio WW until early the next year. By we, it was Mike Todd and myself alternating weeks for the first year or so. Then Mike left when he had family issues to deal with. And me, i won't go away, just like that bad smell coming from down in the basement.

This show, we're going to stick with some of the releases we did on the What Wave label, obviously including What Wave 24 (came out Oct 2012 in conjunction with the Graphic Underground: London 1977-1990 visual graphic show at Forest City Gallery). And cover some of the live to airs we've done as well as the Radio WW Sessions. The RWW Sessions is an invite only deal, where a band will send in 4 or 5 songs recorded in a studio with some banter inbetween, to give the impression of a live to air. We've only completed 3 so far, and we're waiting on quite a few bands to get their stuff into us. We all know bands don't operate on the same time scale as everyone else, hence the delay.

1. Hook Up.....Weatherly Mansion....from the C60 Go Cassette we released in Nov 2011. The Hook Up have appeared on Radio WW several times, even doing a live to air once. They'll be back on June 5th as they have a date at Call The Office that night and are now known as Dead City Soul Review.

2. Lonesome Ghost....Haunted By God....from a cassette we released by them April 2011 for Record Store Day. 2 piece outta Aylmer Ontario that did one live to air on Radio WW and were the only band from Southwestern Ontario to be on the international Garagepunk Hideout Compilations. They broke up right after the release of the cassette. At this time we tried to play another cassette but it didn't work....i still screw up as much as 10 years ago!!!

3. 63 Monroe....At The Boot....from Slippery's Club Hits, the cassette that came with What Wave 24. This cassette is 90m of unreleased London Ontario music from about 1978 to 1992!!What Wave 24 which is just over 100 pages, is the history of the punk/new wave/indy bands from London and area from about 1977 to the early 90's. Loads of pictures and info you won't find anywhere else and it comes with this 90m cassette. You can pick it up at Speed City, Village Idiot, Grooves, LA Mood, Star Records and other places.

4. Hippies....Can Teens....as above. The Hippies re-united for a one off gig this past fall and were amazing, just like we all remembered them!

5. Sinners....Not Worth My Time....as above. Sent this one out to Doug Sinner, drummer in this combo who last re-united in 2005 at the Boot 2 The Head reunion show at Call The Office.

6. Fine Print...Haunt You No More....from a cassette we released by them in April 2011 for Record Store Day. They promptly broke up right after!! This was the cassette that we were trying to play earlier in the show.

7. Cheshyres...Shake Your Money Maker....from Thee Cave Comes Alive LP that came out on Action Records in 2004. Back in 2003, George Rigas from Greece, wanted to release some of the songs that had been on the compilation cassettes that came with What Wave zine from the mid 80's to 90's. During that time, we released 10 compilation cassettes that came free with What Wave zine. At the time, this was the only way to hear the bands that we were yammering about in What Wave. George wanted to release some of the songs that were closest to 60's garage on a vinyl, hence Action Records from Greece released Thee Cave Comes Alive LP in early 2004. Took us about a year to locate the bands, get permission to use their songs again and in some cases, get better recordings of the songs. And that whole excercise is what got me onto CHRW as i brought the LP in to the station to see if we could get some airtime, next thing you know, Grant Stein has a mic in my face and i'm yammering! News Director Karlo Koskiala made a comment to me about how enthusiastic i sounded on air about the music and that comment sorta changed my direction in life....RIP Karlo!!! And Thanx!!

8. Mystic Eyes....She Put Me Down.... as above.

9. The Gruesomes....I Try....from the Hey CD on Ricochet Sound. Did the liner notes for this CD re-issue and supplied tapes for some of the bonus tracks as we used to work with The Gruesomes. We booked or had a hand in booking all their London Ontario shows over the years and during the early years, they'd stay at our place, sometimes for days after the local gig. These guys would consume all our junk food, watch all the cool movies we had, play all the cool records we had and generally make themselves at home. Great guys and lots of fun times! All their releases are now available on CD via Ricochet Sound in Montreal....hint hint!

10.The Gruesomes....Dirty Robber....from the Live In Hell CD on Ricochet Sound. This one initially only came out as a cassette and the original masters were not to be found. And it turned out that i had to lend my copy of the Live In Hell cassette to be used to create the CD! That's what sometimes happens when you have the WW Archives stored in your basement!

11. Legend Killers....Gonna Snap....from the We're Workin' On It CD that has our name on it.  Legend Killers were formed in 1986 under the influence of too many beer and What Waves and proceeded to be on every compilation cassette that we've released so far! And on every compilation record except for one!! That's a lot of releases just there, but we also released a 7" EP in 1989 called Better Than Hammerin' by the LK's that won several What's The Poop Awards back then! And they toured Canada on the strength of that little EP, making friends across the country!

12. Legend Killers...Rippin' It Up...from the Boot 2 The Head CD 2005. From the reunion show of the same name that took place at Call The Office. Only song where WW gets name dropped more than once! Thanx Earle!

13. The Mogs....Swamp Love....from the El Mogamundo CD on the What Wave label from 2014. Rob Munro, leader of the Mogs was in many London combos back in the late 80's/early 90's, ie Frankenstein 5, Evil Hoodoos,

14. Dynamite Pussy Club....Into The Groove....the first of the RWW Sessions and these guys sorta got the ball rolling on this one. DPC are from Bath UK, big fans of Radio WW and we always play their releases. Since a live to air was out of the question, they sent this recording and we aired it Nov 2012 and have done a couple more RWW Sessions since. A great idea that should be taking off!!

15. The 905s....Under A Spell/ Stay Inside....another RWW Session and from 5/16/2013. Brampton's finest combo doesn't come to London often enough, so we did this instead! This is the combo that caught our ears many years ago with their tale of Teenage Head in Hamilton Head, one of the coolest songs ever! Any band that can write a tune about Teenage Head certainly has its merits as these guys prove!! Rumour has it, Hamilton Head may be re-recorded for release!!

16. The Mongrels....Piece Of Crap....another RWW Session and from 5/2/2013. One of our fave local combos actually records and sounds Really Good!! Catch these village idiots whenever they play out as they've been known to do full sets of 60's garagepunk just for kicks!

17. Bloody Diamonds....She Ain't Pretty.....live to air on RWW from 9/27/12. Halifax 4 piece at the time of this recording as they had the super fuzz bass and big organ sound down just right during this session! Coincidentally Bloody Diamonds were in town as a 2 piece playing at the APK and Grooves Records yesterday!

18. Tuerto Loco....Robert Q Public....from a live to air from 9/16/2010. Local combo of nut cases that rarely play out, and when they do, it's always a pile of fun!! Led by Hank the Singing Bookman who used to do an act called Hank'n'Frank of which Frank is heard next.

19.Frank Ridsdale...Shake Some Action....live to air 9/16/2010 where Frank learned this song just for me as he knew it was one of my faves!! And a big Thanx to Frank for coming on air and doing this!! Frank h as been in Uranus, Sci-Phonics, Slugfest and many many other combos over the years!

20. Oily Birds....Love Me Till The Sun Shines....live to air 4/29/10 as John and Bryan of The Oily Birds dropped by to sing a coupla tunes live over the airwaves.

Hope you enjoyed the retrospective show!! There's lots more where the above came from and we may play a couple more tunes on next week's show! Thanx for all the email, facebook, and other congrats on 10 years of yammering!!!

See ya next week!

And here's a link to the podcast:

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

I SANG IT AT KARAOKE , RECENTLY. I REMEMBERED HIS GROOVY MOVES FROM THE "BEAT CLUB" VIDEO.  

10$ ? Geez.    I would have liked to have heard what he had to say about those days , too. 

I THINK HE OVERSTATED HIS IMPORTANCE , BUT HE WAS ONE OF THE MOVERS'N'SHAKERS. JUST NOT THE MAIN ONE.

Thau was living in my area here in Virginia when he passed. He would frequent a local vintage accessories/used record shop and ended up giving a couple of speaking engagements there (I think it was a $10 cover at the door). He had started to get a little involved with our local music scene (not much of one), and MC'ed an indie rock/alternative folk music fest that was staged by said record shop. I wished I could have made it to one of his public forums, but I had zero interest in attending the snorefest he was hosting here.

aNY VIDS????:)