14 years? I had no idea they'd been playing that long...

From www.ConsequenceOfSound.net on Friday

 

"Following a truly prolific 14-year-run, which has included a dozen or so full-lengths, piles of singles and EPs, and countless more contributions to various compilations, Bay Area garage rockers Thee Oh Sees are going on an indefinite hiatus. Frontman John Dwyer broke the news during last night’s show at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall, telling the crowd, 'This will be the last Oh Sees show for a long while. So dig in.'

"In an interview with SF Weekly, the band’s tour manager Annie Southworth confirmed the news, noting that Dwyer was looking to take some time off as he made the move from San Francisco to Los Angeles. She added, “They need a break after 5 years straight, so yes … hiatus time. Will be a little hard to continue with all the different locales so who know what is going to happen… Cross fingers, we all are (sure) that it’s not completely over.”

Full Story: http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/12/thee-oh-sees-announce-indefinite-hiatus/

http://youtu.be/26TGwZVQ6gE

If my memory is correct, the harpistis is same from the Big Foot Chester.

http://youtu.be/OSscKLEvlMg

Also, how about this?

Well ,I waited , I dunno , twentysomething years to see "Angels From Hell", standard Biker fare , no real surprises (Except that it's MGM , not AIP). It was just recently re - released to DVD ( I don't think it was EVER released , commercially , on video.). The reason it's of interest to any Garage Rock fan worth their salt is that THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE have two songs !!!! BUT....Fred Cole once explained to me that he was not allowed to be shown singing his own songs , because if he were shown lip - synching his own words , as is usually the case , MGM would have had to have coughed up a SAG (Screen Actors' Guild) card , which would make him (Gasp !) an Actor. Anyway , as I understood it , The Lollipop Shoppe ARE in this movie , and Fred is visible , only when he is'nt singing.......Well , you can hear one song , briefly , and see other members of the band , for about 5-10 seconds. I think Fred and band got a little more screen time on "Mr. Madison Avenue" , an outstanding slow/fast punker , but it does'nt appear on this new DVD.

 

COLE GOT SCREWED IN THE MOVIE , "HYPE !", TOO , BUT DEAD MOON MADE THE MOST OF THE ONE MINUTE OR SO (OR LESS?) THEY APPEAR IN THE FILM.

SpaceCase , I thought somebody did mention those.....Yeah, them were the days....Except I did'nt meet anyone who was into this stuff until I changed schools. I think i waited so long to buy any Pebbles LPs because I only knew some of the bands and songs , while , when I changed colleges , we had a record store , a REAL one , in town , and I found "Nuggets , The Hits' " , I said , holy shit ! I know these songs. I NEED these songs. What does that have to do with Christmas ? Nothing , just thought you'd like to get your mind off of it , momentarily.

Can't forget the three bonus tracks on the Norton re-release of Here Are the Sonics!!!

"Don't Believe in Christmas"

"Santa Claus"

"The Village Idiot" (weird little diddy)

 

Actually got that album for Christmas when I was just gettin into garage... them were the days...

EHHHHHH, WHO WAS THE BAND THAT DID THE MEDLEY OF "GLORIA" AND "GLORIA IN EXCELCISIS DEO" (THE POLKAHOLICS LATER DID THE SAME THING AS "GLORIA IN EXCELSIS POLKA")....I don't have any of 'em , but the series that track came from , Midnight Records' Christmas , had some good 'uns. Actually my favorite was rejected. My friend's band , DIMENTIA 13 , did a great , short , send up of "Inna Gadda Da Vida " as "In The Time of The Season", with a Farfisa ,supposedly played once by Sly Stone , and their (Female !) Bass player doing a letter - perfect impersonation of Doug Ingle.

J.D. Martignon , label Prez , did'nt want to use it.

Cheers everyone, I'm making my garage Christmas album now!

Almost any Elvis Xmas songs , and , ALL James Brown - esp. "Hey , America" - "....Let's come together , Black ,  Brown ,BLUE OR GREEN....Even a man I have never seen...LET'S CELEBRATE WITH WINE ! VOLARE ! HAVA NAGILA !".

Joe , Yeah  , I like it , too. Slade put out an album in the 80's called "Crackers". It's made up mostly of party songs . It was reisseued , years later , but , I doubt there's a version of it available , today. It's a great album.

Oh, forgot all about the Ramones tune. 

 

Speaking of Slade and holiday songs, I've always liked their rendition of "Auld Lang Syne"/"You'll Never Walk Alone". 

That's pretty funny "If only for the sleighbells.".

 

Wailers - Christmas Spirit.

 

Plan 9 - "Merry Christmas".

 

Andre Williams - "Poor Mr. Santa Claus" (XXX Rated version.)

 

Bob Seger - "Sock it To Me , Santa"

 

Teddy and The Tall Tops - "Christmas in The Congo"

 

James Chance - "Christmas With Satan"

 

Ramones - "Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight ).

 

Slade - Merry Christmas , Everybody

 

Gary Glitter - "(Let's Have a ) Rock 'n'Roll Christmas"  (Yeah , I know , bu t, you listen to the pHIL sPECTOR cHRISTMAS aLBUM , don't you ?)

 

Wizzard - "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day"

 

Cordell Jackson - "Rock'n'Roll Christmas".

 

Elvis - "Santa Claus is Back in Town".

 

Screamin' Jay Hawkins with The Fuzztones - "It's That Time Again'

 

Trashmen - " Dancing With Santa"

 

Royal Guardsmen "Snoopy's Christmas".

 

POLKAHOLICS "Sausage Balls" (Jingle Bells)........ok ,they're not all Garage Punk , but , if you're sick to death of Christmas music , already (And who could blame you?), it's a good place to start.....

......oh , yeah , I did a show wih 68 Comeback , once. tHE bASSHOLES WERE SUPPOSED TO PLAY , TOO, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE A GIBSON  BROS. REUNION, ALMOST...... BUT , DON HOWLAND HAD A PENCHANT FOR MISSING HIS OWN GIGS , VERY "GEORGE JONES". He called Jeff and said he'd be there , but , he did'nt show , so, I had to hold much of the shoe, myself, playing an hour or more.....The audience was really good, though.

That was me , in the 90's. Five new records a week , and even my little shIt job paid all right. I found myself trading in a lot of my Estrus stuff , except THE BROOD  AND THE WOGGLES, BUT , i'D BEEN INTO GARAGE ROCK FOR 10 + YEARS , BY THAT TIME. NOT KNOCKING IT, IF IT STILL DOES IT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. BY THE TIME THE NOMADS STARTED TOURING TEH STATES , I'D BEEN LISTENING TO THEM FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. I SAW THEM 3 TIMES , THEY WERE GREAT TWICE , AND AWFUL , ONCE. THE WASTE KINGS , BRIEFLY ON ESTRUS ,OPENED FOR THE NOMADS, AND THEY KILLED IT !

THEY COULD'NT GET ARRESTED IN CHICAGO , BECAUSE THEY DID'NT INTENTIONALLY SUCK.

Man, what was the record that got me hot for garage rock?  Hmm...coming up in the Norfolk underground exposed me to the legendary M-80s in the late 1980s.  They hipped me to the Stooges first two LPs.  I think it was those two albums that really whet my appetite for this music.  Then I "discovered" Estrus Records!  The Makers, the Mono Men, the Mummies, the Mortals, Sugar Shack, Man or Astro Man, the Drags, early Southern Culture on the Skids...Then I found out about Crypt Records and the Gories!  The Gories really hit me.  It was simple, primitive and rockin' like a roadside jukejoint on the bad side of town.  Of course I can't forget the Oblivians and the Bassholes.  I really like that visceral lo-fi blues/R&B base trashy rock and roll.

WELL , I THOUGHT SO , TOO , BUT , TARQUIN WALKED IN ON MALCOLM AND THE LADY FROM HIS FEMINIST CLUB HAVING TANTRIC SEX , AND , HE'S BEEN IN INTENSE THERAPY ,EVER  SINCE.

John Battles said:

Yeah , Chris , I was . But , Sid The Sexist and the lads came around and intervened.

Now I'm in the gutter ,  puking Newcastle Brown Ale and the spiciest curry they had at that Indian place....Mind , I only had one taste of it.

IT'S GOOD TO BE FREE.

I thought Tarquin would have sorted Malcolm & Cressida out.

Yeah , Chris , I was . But , Sid The Sexist and the lads came around and intervened.

Now I'm in the gutter ,  puking Newcastle Brown Ale and the spiciest curry they had at that Indian place....Mind , I only had one taste of it.

IT'S GOOD TO BE FREE.

You weren't hijacked by the Modern Parents, were you?

The Trip! Dec 15th show!  

 

Stream this week's show here!  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20131215-0030-t1387067400.mp3

 

The setlist! 

 

HAWAII SAMURAI- PSYCHO BEACH PARTY 
THE MAIDS - BACK TO BATAAN 
THE NEATBEATS - FARMER JOHN 
PRIMITIVE IDOLS - DEMOLICION 
THE MONSTERS - I WANT YOU 
THE JACKETS - FREAK OUT 
SANFORD CLARK - A CHEAT 
THE BARRON KNIGHTS- LAZY FAT PEOPLE 
THE PREMIERS - GET ON THIS PLANE 
WE WHO ARE - LAST TRIP 
HUEVOS RANCHEROS - JEZEBEL 
THE IGUANAS - I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING 
RONNIE LOVE - CHILLS AND FEVER 
THE HOLIDAYS - CONCUSSION 
FRANK ZAPPA - DO IT NOW PSA 
THE DEL-MONAS - HELLO I LOVE YOU 
ENILLE - THE WILD MAN OF WILDSVILLE 
WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE SPARTAN DREGGS - THE PHYSICS OF BLOWN SAND & DESERT DUNES 
THE WERPS - LOVE'S A FIRE 
COSMO - I'M A LITTLE MIXED UP 
THE ROBINS - LIVE WIRE SUZY 
JAN DAVIS - LOST IN SPACE 
THEE HEADCOATEES - WILD MAN 
BOB MCFADDEN AND DOR - NOISY VILLAGE 
KENNY & THE KASUALS - SEE SAW RIDE 
WILLIE WRIGHT & HIS SPARKLERS - GIBBLE GOBBLE 
BLOODSHOT BILL - THUNDER & LIGHTNING 
THE CADILLACS - SPEEDOO IS BACK 
THE FRATERNITY OF MAN - DON'T BOGART ME

Voix de Garage#9 Special Covers (11/12/2013)

Know Your Product / The Saints / Eternally Yours / 1978 / Australie (Brisbane)

She Cried / Lords of Altamont (cov. Shangri-Las) / Midnight to 666 / 2011 / US (LA)

Rosalyn / David Bowie (cov. The Pretty Things) / Pin-Ups / 1973 / UK (London)

Is It My Body? / Sonic Youth (cov. Alice Cooper) / Whores Moaning / 1993 / USA (NYC)

*French mood moment* (5' talk in French)

*Quiet moment*: Can’t Seem to Make You Mine / Alex Chilton (cov. The Seeds) / Single (face B de Bangkok) / 1978 / US (Memphis, Tennessee)

R.A.M.O.N.E.S. / Groovie Ghoulies (cov. Motörhead) / Built for Speed Compilation / 1999 / US (Sacramento, California)

California Sun / The Dictators (cov. Joe Jones) / Go Girl Crazy! / 05/1975 / US (NYC)

Please don’t touch / Motorhead/Girlschool (cov. Johnny Kidd & the Pirates) / St Valentine’s Day Massacre / 1981 / UK (Bristol)

Pirate Love / The D4 / 6Twenty (cov. Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers) / 2002 / NZ (Auckland) Flying Nun Records

*Lesson from Norway*: Suffragette City / Turbonegro (cov. David Bowie)/ Single / 1997 / Norway (Oslo suburbs)

Do You Love Me ? / Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers (cov. The Contours) / L.A.M.F. / 1977 / US (NYC)

You got me humming / Reigning Sound (cov. Sam & Dave) / Too Much Guitar / 2004 / US (Memphis, Tennessee)

*Listen to that glitter sound*: Doing All Right with the Boys / Joan Jett / Album éponyme / 1980 / US (LA)

*The 60’s Chapel*: You’re Gonna Miss Me / Radio Birdman (cov. 13th Floor Elevators)/ Radios Appear (overseas release) / 1978 / Australia (Sydney)

Hound Dog / Tales of Terror (cov. tradi blues ’52 by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller) / Tales of Terror / 1984 / USA (San Francisco)

*Maximum Volume Action: Moonage Daydream / Zen Guerilla (cov. David Bowie) / Trance State in Tongues / 1999 / US (Delaware)

- See more at: http://www.trensmissions.ens.fr/voix-de-garage-9

 

Also listen to the previous podcasts:

VOIX DE GARAGE #8 = Special "Voodoo Horror Psycho Freaks"

VOIX DE GARAGE #7 = anything we like

VOIX DE GARAGE #6 = Special "Live records"

VOIX DE GARAGE #5 = Special "Kiss" (99th degree...)

VOIX DE GARAGE #4 = a bit of anything

...

Listen to all shows podcasts HERE:

http://www.trensmissions.ens.fr/category/arts-et-lettres/voix-de-garage/

 

Voix de Garage is an ode to beautiful songs starting with "1.2.3.4!!!", to 3-notes guitar solos, to ear-bleeding larsens, to bands with less than two 7'' releases, to bass tom-based drum breaks, to simplistic bass lines. But also to glitter clothes and to guitar amps tuned up to 11!!!

 

In brief, Voix de Garage is the show for 1963 to 2013 garage, punk and rock 'n roll lovers!!!

 

It is in French, folks, take the opportunity to learn our 4 letters words ;)

 

Gabba gabba we accept you one of us!!!

 

Radio What Wave Playlist Dec 12/2013….Another all London Ontario show, 1978 -1995

 

Part 2 of an all London, almost all unreleased material show. Originally planned as a 90m show, at the last minute it was extended to 2.5 hours, hence multiple songs by the some of the bands.

 

1. The Demics…Takin’ My Time….live in Toronto approx 1980.

 

2. Uranus….Around and Around….recorded live at Kellys (later to become Bullwinkles, then Hard Times and much later the Salt Lounge) this was broadcast by local AM radio station CKSL approx 1980.

 

3. Boy From Nowhere…Teenage Head…demo from about 1986.

 

4. Redline…Brand New Cadillac…recorded live at Fryfogles, June 1983.

 

5. Carolyn and The Wayouts…How Do You Know?....basement demos from a band that probably never played out, let alone got radio airplay. Could be a Blood Brothers member or 2, maybe a Hippie…

 

6. Carolyn and The Wayouts…Let’s Dance….as above.

 

7. Carolyn and The Wayouts…High School…as above.

 

8. Radio 4….The Remedy….early 80’s demo recorded by Peter Moore.

 

9. Radio 4…New Shoes…as above.

 

10. Sheep Look Up…Burning…from a limited edition cassette, produced by Peter Moore.

 

11. Sheep Look Up…Jumper…as above.

 

12. Flying Squad…Lewd Behaviour….demo from about 1988. London’s only biker rock band.

 

13. Radiation Receivers…as above.

 

14. Legend Killers…Beg…May 1986 demo.

 

15. Legend Killers…Stepping Stone….as above.

 

16. Legend Killers…You’re Gonna Miss Me….recorded at Call The Office, 4/22/1989.

 

17. Legend Killers…One Body Too Many….as above.

 

18. The Finks… You Made Me Smile…demo from 4/29/1987

 

19. Mongrols…Day She Died…late 80’s demo. Not to be confused with the present Mongrels (notice spelling difference) led by Robert Village Idiot. We really like both of these local combos!

 

20. Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons….Wednesday…demo from 1989 and this may or may not be the actual title of the song. Guitarist/vocalist Tom Dunphy is presently in The Rizdales.

 

21. Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons…What Is Yours…as above.

 

22. Ukase…Jealousy…from the Lost Tapes CD. This song was originally done by The Zellots, and at this point in the life of Ukase, there were 2 former Zellots in the band.

 

23. Sci-Phonics…Revenuer Man…recorded live at Key West Café 3/11/87. This band existed for many years with a few personnel changes, with Frank Ridsdale as the only constant.

 

24. Workpants…Come On…recorded live at Key West Café 12/4/86. This was some of the Sci-Phonics….London has a very incestuous musical scene.

 

25. Frank Ridsdale…Shake Some Action…recorded live on Radio What Wave 10/16/2010. This was a special one time only version of this song, just for me!

 

26. Frank Ridsdale…Bang Bang….as above. Check out any of Frank’s current combos….Hoodoo 2, Slugfest and the occasional reunion of Sci-Phonics and/or Uranus.

 

27. Hank and Frank….Nancy Sinatra…late 80’s demo and one of my all time fave songs from London Ontario.

 

28. Tuerto Loco….Glacier….recorded live on Radio What Wave 5/12/2011. This combo features Hank of Hank and Frank (see above).

 

29. Tuerto Loco….Robert Q Public…as above.

 

30. Viv Sun and The Black Holes…Love Me Baby   early 90’s demo of this band that evolved into The Black Holes and still play out once in awhile.

 

31. Viv Sun and the Black Holes…Hobo…as above.

 

32. Nurotics….20 Flight Rock…recorded live at Call The Office 8/29/1987.

 

33. Nurotics…Lonesome Train…as above.

 

34. B5 Blue…Rack My Mind…recorded live, early 90’s in London Ontario.

 

35. The Stoves….Look Through Any Window…recorded live at The Cedar Lounge 1979. Killer cover of The Hollies first chart success in North America in 1966.

 

36. The Stove….Roller Coaster….live at The Cedar Lounge 1979

 

37. Teenage Head…Picture My Face….recorded live at The Spoke and Rim, on the campus of Western University and played live over the airwaves of CHRW 1980.

 

And that’s a wrap, thanx for all the phone-ins, emails, facebook messages and Heys!! Here’s more proof that London has a musical history! And don’t forget to pick upGraphic Underground: London 1977-1990 book that is now out. And thanx to everyone that came out to the book release party last Saturday night at APK. It was a blast!!

 

Here’s a link to the podcast:

 

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

 

And the last hour is here:

 

http://chrwradio.ca/programs/fast-n-bulbous

 

 

Back next week with a regular 90m show.

The Cramps - "Mama OO Pow Pow". That's a good one.

 

There were a couple of Mexican versions of "Surfin' Bird" called "Surfin' Trabajo". Can't remember who they were by.

 

Deke Dickerson - "Surfin' Sanford Bird"   "Lamont ! You big dummy ! Where my glasses at?!".

 

Beach Boys - Papa oo Mow Mow.

 

Knowledgeable parties , and even I , myself , agree, The Rivingtons put the whole Bird/Mow Mow in motion.

 

oh , and don't forget - " Flap doodle mammy doodle kitty kitty kow kow , mapatoodle , papatoodle , oom papa mow mow" ( Fat Freddie's Cat.).

 

 

In America , it was called "Glitter Rock" , which meant Elton John , who probably had a total of TWO Glitter or Glam songs ("Saturday Night's All Right For Fighting" , "The Bitch Is Back" , which always sat well with "Gudbuy T'Jane") was accepted as part of the genre , mainly because of his stage gear.

Kiss was accepted into the fold , early on , but , they were into something that I would'nt call Glam , just because they wore Glitter. They took elements of The Dolls , Slade and Alice Cooper , and commercialized them.   Alice Cooper and David Bowie were thrown into this battle of "Shock Rock" practitioners , which really was;'nt fair to either of them. They were so different. Alice leaned more toward Horror , booze and cheap sex. As he said , it was cabaret. Maybe Bowie was cabaret , too , but , he leaned toward Sci - Fi , Straight sex disguised as Bisexuality, and , eventually , prodigous Cocaine use. THE ORIGINAL SPIDERS (Alice , of course , started out with his own Soiders , 4 of teh fiveoriginal Alice COOPER Group.) had a hard raunch sound , comparable to The ALICE cOOPER gROUP , BUT , THEY WERE VERY DIFFERENT , TOO. Alice would'nt simulate fellatio or ....UM ..."rear entry" with ome of his boys. The amusing part is , David , not Alice , was married with a young Son. Of course , Alice would eventually marry and Father some kids , and he's still with his wife of almost 40 years , today.          It all read like a beef between professional Wrestlers , who were actually friends, but followed the Promotors.

Alice and David were FRIENDS !  I guess they figured , any press is good press. They were the two top (Diamond ) Dogs , but , Alice was all over the radio. I don't remember hearing David on the radio , until "Fame" hit it big , with 'Suffragette City" , "Space Oddity " , "Rebel , Rebel" , "Changes " , andothers , sunsequently going into rotation. bY THAT TIME , however, Alice was recieving more minimal airplay.  David's comeback , in 1983 , seemed to take forever. Alice did'nt jump on the modern HEAVY METAL bandwagon 'til '86 . BY '90 ,HE'D REACHED THAT AUDIENCE , BUT , ON THEIR TERMS. wHEN i FINALLY SAW HIM AGAIN , IN '98  , HE WAS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. I'm sure David's lad tour was just  as good , in it's own way , but , I did'nt have $100 to go see him in a venue with crap acoustics.