oh , I almost forgot , Captain Led and The Letdowns from St. Louis. Great THEATRICAL jOKE - pUNK. tHEY EVEN HAD A SONG ABOUT BEEFALO.

"Songs The Lord Taught us" is definitely high up there with me , too. The Cramps were , as Lux said , one thing separate from this universe. It was Punk , but , it was something not of this world , too. They GOT it , that Rockabilly was the original Punk Rock music , and the wildness most Rockabilly bands lack today , they had , in spades.  Lux said that Spin magazine did a big feature on CBGB's , and name checked every band nown to have played in the early days , but conveniently snubbed The Cramps. He said he phoned them to ask , WTF ? They said "Oh , we had a meeting , and decided you were'nt really Punk , you were just WEIRD ! ", and he said , we did all these shows at CBGS' ( I forget , 150 or something.) and played once a month at Max's (When a lot of bands could not play both venues.) , we supported The Ramones , The Dead Boys , and , now someone's saying we're not Punk ? 

 

My favorite Saints' album is "Eternally Yours". I LIKE THAT IT GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN.....But I like the first three albums , and the last two (that I KNOW OF.) , a return to the Punk sound.

 

I GUESS THE BIG THREE , TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE "THE CLASH" , "BOLLOCKS", and "Damned Damned Damned" . ALSO "IN THE CITY " BY THE JAM. You can say it was'nt Punk , but , it was very influential. sO WERE tHE sTRANGLERS' FIRST TWO ALBUMS , x- rAY sPEX'S lone album (Discounting the reunion CS.) . Then , there's Eater , The Lurkers , The Boys , SLF , EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS , Buzzcocks , Rezillos , Undertones , vIBRATORS, sLAUGHTER AND tHE doGS, etc.

 

 SOME OF MY (AMERICAN) FAVORITES ARE - DICTATORS (GO GIRL CRAZY ) , FIRST FOUR RAMONES LPs , plus "It's Alive" , Heartbreakers (lamf , dtk.) , Suicide (1ST lp) , Dead Boys (Young , LOUD AND sNOTTY) , The Real Kids  FIRST TWO, and dammit , "DMZ" is better than you've been told , X - fIRST TWO (tHO' i'D ONLY CALL "aIN'T lOVE gRAND " BAD.) , pERE uBU (tHE mODERN dANCE) - yOU CAN SAY IT'S NOT pUNK , BUT , LIKE THE cRAMPS , THEY WERE WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE PUNK SCENE....

 

FAVORITE JOKE BANDS - THE DICKIES , THE REZILLOS (THO' NEITHER BAND IS JOKING WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PLAY.) , LOS PUNK ROCKERS ,

THE CICHLIDS (FROM FLORIDA. IRRESISTABLE BUBBLE GUM /PUNK HOOKS AND GREAT TASTE IN COVERS.)  

The Cramps' Songs the Lord Taught Us, The Clash's debut and I'm Stranded by The Saints.

Playlist 11/16/13

 

 

Patti Smith Group	Privilege (Set Me Free)
Legal Weapon	Under Fire
Breeders	Lime House
Pylon	Look Alive
Bad Sports	Get You
Audacity	Couldn't Hold A Candle
Last	Danger
Hypnotics	She Gives Me Everything
Damned	White Rabbit
Bailter Space	tri5
La Luz	Sure As Spring
Cosmonauts	Shaker
D4	Get Loose
Best Kissers In the World	Workin' On Donita
Exploding White Mice	Enemies
Hoodoo Gurus	Be My Guru
Harmonica Lewinski	Red Shoes
Terry Malts	So Serious
Pedaljets	Clowns and Jackals
Spyrals	Comin Down
Zuzu's Petals	Do Not
Crass	Where Next Columbus
Get Smart	Knight
Persian Claws	Warm Chills
Overkill	What Do you Want
Shattered Faith	Right Is Right
Testors	Let's Get Zooed Out
Impatient Youth	Praise The Lord and Pass The Ammunition
Fleshtones	Haunted Hipster
Ace	Don't Go Baby
Spids Nogenhat	Mere Lys
Infrared Radiation Orchestra	The Munsters Really Got Me
Motorhead	Queen of the Damned
Cosmic Psychos	Down On The Farm
Deap Valley	Bad for My Body
No Bunny	Rotten Sweet Tooth
Mudhoney	Running Loaded
Husker Du	Dead Set On Destruction
Godfathers	Gone To Texas

 

I will be on the air and the web on Saturday November 16^th from 1:00-300PM.  There will be the usual garagepunk tunes you have come to know and love. Listening is as easy as tuning to 89.7 WITR-FM in Rochester, NY or going to the live stream at http://witr.rit.edu.

No shit ! It would have been in his best interests to just stand down , and say , I've got a problem , I'm going to get help.

BUT, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Speaking of contrition , I apologize for my last message appearing a half - dozen times. I tried to delete it , but , no luck. I'll try again , later.

 

Getting back to the subject at hand , it's cool that all the recent Groovies' shows have been so well - recieved. I'm more of a Loney - era Groovies man , but , I like the oft - bootlegged , finally compiled properly , post - Kama Suta , pre Sire stuff , with Chris Wilson , that came out as "Slow Death " on Norton.

 

I LIKE SOME OF THE SIRE MATERIAL , TOO , BUT , NOT AS MUCH AS MOST PEOPLE.... The Flamin' Groovies , as most of you know , have been working on a revolving door policy for about 30 years. When I first interviewed Roy Loney , he told me the original five - piece were planning to start playing out again , but , after practicing once , they decided , amicably , to put that project on the backburner. Cyril was already playing with The Magic Christian , and in an acoustic act with Mike Wilhelm. Roy was still occasionally doing solo shows. Eventually , Cyril and Roy started playing out , together , backed by The A-Bones. That may be as close to the original Groovies as we'll get. I saw them twice , and they DESTROYED.....

Roy's cool with the latter day band playing out under The Groovies' name. He even joined them on stage recently , in San Francisco. 

He even told me that if the original lineup did reform , he had no problem doing "Shake Some Action" , because people would want to hear it.

Oh yeah, Rob Ford would def have a place in Chicago/Illinois politics. He could run for governor -- he's got the crim skills!

I ALREADY TOLD BLOODSHOT BILL TO DO IT. IT'S HIS COUNTRY THAT'S BEING PUT TO SHAME , NOT MIN E(NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE OTHERS DOING THAT , HERE. WANTED TO LIKE EMMANUEL , BUT , SHEEE!!!) . WE KID AND JOKE ABOUT IT , BUT IT'S A FUCKED UP SITUATION , TO THE NTH DEGREE.  I did'nt know Rob  Ford , until recently , but , I could'nt name the mayor of Cleveland or Phoenix , EITHER .

 

iF LECKIE WANTS TO RUN , I SAY GOOD ON HIM. HOW MUCH WORSE CAN IT BE ?

 

"iF YOU SEE POSSIBILITIES , I'M LECKIE , VOTE FOR ME. IF YOU SEE POSSIBILITIES , THERE'S HOPE FOR YOU AND ME".

 

NARDWUAR FAKED HIS WAY INTO AN AUDIENCE WITH GORBACHEV AND (GERALD ) FORD. HOW MUCH HARDER WOULD IT BE TO GET A MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF THIS DENIAL - ADDLED PARTY BOY ( WHOM CHICAGO WOULD LOVE , BTW.).

here here -- Give Ford the Gentleman John Battles treatment! Oh, I'm sure you can get that done! :D

John.....who woulda had a clue who Rob Ford was just a coupla weeks ago....now the world knows who/what he is!!! He's such a fucking embarassment to all of Canada and you're right, it's time to get Nardwuar in there!!  And speaking of Steven Leckie, there's a Viletones reunion coming up next month, maybe, just maybe there's a major announcement regarding Steven's mayor campaign!

 

You should get that song out there John, there's a market for it, but you gotta be quick!!!

Really sorry to hear this.  Dodd and the Standells are true legends who inspired us and many others.

 

Our hearts are with him and his family.

 

THEE DIRTYBEATS - maximum vintage garage

http://www.theedirtybeats.com

 

Thanks , Melissa. I don't write this stuff to make myself look good. I THOUGHT THIS THREAD WOULD HAVE BEEN FLOODED , BY NOW , yes , but not to make myself feel better. As a GARAGE PUNK FAN , THE NEWS MADE ME FEEL LOUSY. We can only hope he's getting the best care available. Dick Dodd and The Standells were the state of the art mid-60's Garage band. The one most people think about when considering the genre. We've lost some of the true greats in the last few years......

This is sad and makes me angry because CANCER SUCKS AND I FUCKING HATE IT. So sorry to have read this news when it hit FUBook. I wish him healing and sending good thoughts his way -- a legend.

Great topic.

 

Here's "Cool One", our cover of the ultra-obscure 60's garage nugget by the Sounds Unlimited, from North Carolina USA.

http://theedirtybeats.bandcamp.com/track/cool-one

 

 

THEE DIRTYBEATS - 100% maximum vintage garage

FREE DOWNLOAD at http://www.theedirtybeats.com

 

Click the film icon above the text box, then paste the video URL into it.

 

Anyway, killer song!  You know, I have Volume 4 of this series on vinyl, but it's not the same album as "Part 4" (CD?) pictured above.  Weird...

 

 Is this what you were trying to post? 

Radio What Wave Playlist....November 13/2013

1. Fireball Grant...All Write Now....from his latest demo. One man band outta Watford Ontario who we had live on RWW Oct 31st.

 

 

Fireball Grant on Radio WW

 

 

2. Dave Rave and The Governors....Light In The Window...from the Ashtray Makeup CD. We had Dave Rave on RWW on Aug 1st.

 

Dave Rave on Radio WW

 

3. Sean Byrnes...Rock'n'Roll Nights and Honky Tonk Days....from the Cold Beans and Broken Eggs CD.

 

4. Eddie Coffin and the Invisible Men...Hold That Ghost...Vestron Blues CD and from Hamilton Ontario.

 

5. King Beez...Dia Da Muertos....from Death Proof 2 CD. From the northern outskirts of Toronto Ontario.

 

6. Dragsville....Smile...from a soon to be released CD. London Ontario's version of The Flying Burrito Brothers.

 

7. Hurricane and Able...Leaves On The Ground...from the Last Temptation download. Local combo that has not played out live yet. Features Sean Larouge, who is also in Dragsville and previously in The Fine Print.

 

8. The Fine Print...Hanging Over Me...from their only CD, self titled.

 

 

The Fine  Print at Brennan's, London Ontario, Nov 5 2011

 

 

9. The Fine Print...Get You Alone...from their Record Store Day cassette from 2011, on What Wave Records.

 

10. The Smugglers...Pirate Ships...from the Mutiny In Stereo CD. Singer Grant Lawrence will be in town on Nov 26th to read from his latest book.

 

11. The Seeds...Pushin' Too Hard...from their debut LP which has been recently re-issued on GNP Crescendo.

 

12. Los Chicos Problema...Perdiendo (Humg Up)...from their new CD, EstremeceteY Rueda! 2 piece combo from Mexico.

 

13. The Higher State...No Feeling At All...from their latest CD, which is self titled and on 13 O'Clock Records from Austin,yet they are from the UK.

 

14. The Mystics...Get Away...from their cassette demo. Picked this up at Hammer City Records (Thanx Matt!) in Hamilton Ontario.

 

15. The Chob...We're Pretty Quick...from The Chosen Few Volume 1, and the start of our 60's snot punk set.

 

16. Mourning Reign...Satisfaction Guaranteed....from The Finest Hours of US 60's Punk.

 

17. The Charles...Motorcycle...from Scum Of The Earth.

 

18. Fantastic DJ's...Fight Fire...from Hipsville 29 BC and the end of our 60's punk set. Just found a zine/picture booklet about the Fantastic DJ's that had lots of fab pics of the band and their DJ manager who wrote and assembled the booklet.

 

19. Flying Squad...Brian Mulroney....local rabble rousers who borrowed Louie Louie (and actually asked Richard Berry's estate if it was OK to do this, and got turned down as they changed the 'lyrics' to Louie Louie) to dishonour one of our former prime ministers.

 

 

KP of Flying Squad at CTO...early 90's.

 

 

20. Arson...Motor City Suicide...from the Not Always About You CD. Late 70's Toronto punkers who have reformed and we caught them opening up for The Flamin' Groovies last week.

 

 

Arson at Lee's Palace, Nov 6 2013

 

 

21. Terror Lake....Emergency Poncho...demo from about a year ago. Toronto 3 piece who mix surf, garage, a little psyche and art school attitude to come up with a very cool sound.

 

22. Marshmallow Overcoat...The Knights Of Fuzz....from 26 Ghosts: The Best of 1986 to 2005. We had lead singer Tim Gassen onair a few weeks back when he was in fund raising mode to create a double vinyl LP best of The Marshmallow Overcoat, which was not only successful, but is presently at the record pressing plant! The Knights Of Fuzz is also the name of Tim Gassen's encyclopedia of 80's garage rock, which will be going into it's 3rd edition sometime in 2014.

 

Free Press listing for The Marshmallow Overcoat's only London Ontario show.

 

 

23. The Pack AD....Build...from the Mixtape LP. Think there was a Pack AD promo in  there as well, as we've had them in the studio and at our place many times over the years.

 

Pack AD, Moon Over Marin, London Mar 31 2010

 

24. Honey B and The T-Bones...Poison Train....from the 1990 On The Loose LP. From Finland and played London many times back in that era.

 

25. The Penetrators....Rock and Roll Face....from the Slovenly LP, Kings Of Basement Rock.

 

 

 

Thanx for all the phone-ins,  emails, facebook messages and Heys!!! All much appreciated!!!  Back again in  the same time slot next week with lots more noise!

Here's a link to the podcast for this show:

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

i like.  I loved the movie title "The Weird Lovemakers' , so , I thought , if I ever started another band , I'd use that name. Of course , someone else beat me to the punch.            Years ago , I had "Brian Jones' Kids" MANY years before that other band.   Recently I thought of "The Empty Hearts". Probably been used already. We tried to start a band in college with , like , eight people , all from different backgrounds. I wanted to call it "THE MUSHROOMS THAT TURNED INTO PEOPLE". It did'nt get past the practice stage. We did have Patrick "Taz" Bentley , later with Reverend Horton Heat , signed on as Drummer.  When I'd sit in with THEE Shitty Beatles (That was before Wayne's World and all the bands that stole the name.) , and I'd been playing out as Elvis From Hell , we were called The Shitfaced Beatles from Hell. Horton Heat sat in with us once , and David Thomas from Pere Ubu walked in . From the word go , he hated it , but , was persuaded to stay. We began doing "Non Alignment Pact" by Pere Ubu. I never saw a man his size run so fast , since Gleason !   When Bloodshot Bill and I have performed together, in the past , I called it BLOODSHOT BATTLES OVERDRIVE. I have'nt seen him since the ban was lifted , hopefully there'll be a reunion performance.   

Somebody needs to grab this one NOW: The Craigslist Killers

I agree with John Battles. In the flick, all the bands make it clear that they are fully committed to their bands and won't be stopping anytime soon. They all make it clear that it has been a lot of work and they don't expect to make it big. All the bands express they enjoy what they do, but agree it is constantly challenging and gratifying at the same time.

 

Striking it big time like The White Stripes is a one in a million shot. I love The White Stripes, but it still boggles my mind that they blew up the way they did, considering there are so many other similar and great bands out there that hardly "made it big" from that White Stripes explosion.  Another reason I think it is amazing to me that The White Stripes got as big as they did: I would wager that the first three White Stripes records (being quite fuzzy/raggety garage) were very challenging for the masses, considering people tend to like slick and radio-ready stuff more along the lines of Strokes and other more "commercialized" bands. 

Side note: I also saw The Cynics when they toured a couple years back (they played Ann Arbor) and they performed to only about 40 people at that show, too. It was an amazing bill which included The Sights and The Hentchmen, from the nearby early 2000's neo-garage explosion "hotbed" of Detroit.  It was a great show chock full of legit garage acts, but it was sadly under-attended. 

Those are all people who KNOW , if they're all still together , they're not going to make it to the top....But , there's no dishonor in that , if you've worked your butt off , and maybe had some fun along the way , to at least be in an as good , or better place , than you were 20 years ago. Not everybody (Inexplicably.) GETS TO BE AS big as The White Stripes , Strokes , etc.  But , then again , for every Woggles who are still out there , buggin' , there were a lot of 90's Garage bands that were good , but threw in the towel , and are barely remembered , now. Last time I saw The Cynics , there were about 40 people there , and they still killed it like they did in the 80's , just as The Fleshtones always do , but , how many of their peer bands stuck it out this long (I grant you , the Cynics had split up for about 7 years.) , regardless of demand ? THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS ONLY RECENTLY SPLIT UP ,  and The Lyres and The Fuzztones have perservered through various lineup changes. Regardless of whether you do or don't like some of these bands , the point is , a handful of 'em stuck with it. There was a time you could'nt get arrested playing Garage Rock. On many levels , that still rings true.

Just checked out the trailer.  I need to get the DVD.

This week program featured a block of songs from Lou Reeds later 70s and early 80s albums.  I mainly focused on 1978's Street Hassle.

 

The Play List:

 

1.  The Rolling Stones – Dear Doctor (Alternate Version)

2.  The Folk Implosion – Waltzin’ With Your Ego

3.  Real Kids – Common At Noon (Live)

4.  Holy Wave – The Pass

5. Obits – Spun Out

6.  Invasions – Rosy

7.  Silent Movie Type – Pickpockets

8.  Daniel Romano - Chicken Bill

9.  James OL – Sk8 Or Die

10. Twin Library – They Have No Fallen

11. U.S. Girls – 28 Days

12. The Mo-Dettes – White Mice

13. TV Smith’s Explorer’s – I Live For Everything

14. Paul Jacobs - Frustration

15. Brazilian Money – Long Black Veil

16. Famines - TWA Flight 553

17. Lou Reed – Average Guy

18. Lou Reed – Don’t Talk To Me About Work

19. Lou Reed – Gimme Some Good Times

20. Lou Reed – Street Hassle

 

Download/listen to the show here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20131112-1030-t1384252200.mp3

 

Check out my blog post on Street Hassle here:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/11/street-hassle-show-481.html

So, I was wondering if anyone knows about any new music from Ron Ward from Speedball Baby (In The Red Records). I am a big fan of that band, but it seems like Ward has just disappeared. Please let me know if you have heard any new developments or news from the Ron Ward front.

What is he doing these days?

Has he made any new music or poetry?

Thanks.

See also:

http://www.intheredrecords.com/pages/speedball.html

Hi guys,

 

Sorry if I'm being a bit slow, here, but is there a way that we can view the tracklists that is similar to that on the old site (i.e. is there a webpage for each of the shows that holds the tracklists, and where we can express appreciation of the music contained in the podcasts, please)?

 

I find that the track listings that are on the actual GPPR player don't make it easy to see where the details of one track ends and the next one starts, and the listings by the side of the player are incomplete.  Do we need to go to mevio to see the lists?

 

Thanks,

 

Pete