Joe , you've got your mind all around it , as usual. The things about Johnny that people disliked , and , still do , I've found , still had as much to do with creating , and maintaining, The Ramones as the things in this book that make him seem appealing.

I saw an advance screening of "End of The Century" with a handful of local critics ( Such assholes.) . Toward the end , Johnny was asked if he'd tried to contact Joey , while he was on his on his deathbed , and he says " No. I did'nt think he'd want to talk to anybody he hated.".

The next day , Johnny died.   Man , I sure hope they're talking to each other again.

Fleshtones , 9/14 , Fitzgerald's. You in ?
 
Joe Bonomo said:

My take on Commando, fwiw:

http://www.nosuchthingaswas.com/2012/03/i-never-wore-earplugs-that-...

My take on Commando, fwiw:

http://www.nosuchthingaswas.com/2012/03/i-never-wore-earplugs-that-would-have.html

I found it very informative.....It's true , on some level , it seems to be more about Levy (Did'nt know he was the inspiration for Hesh - who seems like an angel by comparison. I actually thought he was based on Seymour Stein ! ). Someone else complained that it could have been better written , but , Tommy , a non - Author , had to tell the story , himself , once all the guys that could have killed him were dead. Tommy's non - hit stuff remains very interesting. Like the "In Touch" album , Glam revisited , six years before Joan Jett (Who , of course , scored big with a Tommy James cover that I personally , never dug.) did the same thing.

Tommy still puts on a rockin'  show , too.

OK , if anyone's interested , I found a Blue Ash LP , I think , their 2nd. Blue Ash were a Power Pop band , to generalize , comparable (In ways.) to The Raspberries , but with a harder guitar crust than even the last two Raspberries records , and some REAL ballsy vocals.

Their Guitarist , Frank Secich (sic) later went on to play with Stiv Bators , on his great early solo stuff , and in the revamped Dead Boys lineup , ca . 1980. In his last interview (In Black To Comm) , Stiv stated that his first band , Mother Goose , opened for Blue Ash in 1972. 

This week's show had a feature on the Rolling Stones album 12 X 5, but also music form Light Bulb Alley, The Visitors, Tranzmitors, Teenage Head, Sebadoh, Reigning Sound and more.

Listen/download the podcast here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20120904-1030-t1346751000.mp3

Check out this week's blog post on 12 X 5 by The Rolling Stones:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2012/09/confessin-blues-rolling-stones-12-x-5.html

The Play List:

1.  The Visitors - Living World
2.  Teenage Head - Top Down
3.  Tranzmitors - Concrete Depression
4.  Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock
5.  Sugar - Changes
6.  Dog Day - What She Says
7.  Craig Martinson - Heartbeat
8.  Woods - Military Madness
9.  Swans - The Daughter BringsThe Water
10. The Spooky But Nice - Sun Goes
11. Elk - Flowers
12. The Howlies - Stunned
13. King Khan & The Shrines - (How Can I Keep You) Outta Harms Way
14. Kyuss - Hurricane
15. Japandroids - Evils Sway
16. Wolf Parade - You Are A Runner…
17. Tom Waits - Make It Rain
18. Reigning Sound - Shaw
19. Mystics - Can't Be Happy
20. The Rolling Stones - Confessin' The Blues
21. The Rolling Stones - Empty Heart
22. The Rolling Stones - 2120 South Michigan Avenue
23. Light Bulb Alley - Pepper Spray

Robble!  Robble rob rob Robble ... The Hamburglars need your help to Robble Up Riot Fest this year by winning The Battle Royale With Cheese.

We're in the finals of a voting contest that runs from Sept 4th (today) til' Sept 7th (friday) at Midnight (CST) and we'd appreciate all the votes & sharing (of this vote plea) that you can stand.  It's just a few clicks & you can use your facebook to sign into the do312 site that is running the contest.

http://do312.com/battleroyale/the-hamburglars  or  http://www.robblerobble.com takes you to the voting page.  You can vote once a day every day of the contest.

Robble!

Eric Friedl starts some rumors in a new Get Bent interview:

Interviewer: And I have to ask, anything you can tell us about the new Oblivians record?

Eric: We’ve secretly been working on it since 1998. It’s our Fleetwood Mac Tusk. People will hate it when it comes out and in 30 years, when it doesn’t matter any more, kids will think it’s really great. Get ready for Techno Oblivians, with Memphis horns!

Link to the full article

The Trip! Sept 2 Show.

Listen here: http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20120902-0030-t1346542200.mp3

The setlist:

Hi my name is Joaquín, 38 years old, from Spain, I play guitar in several bands, one instrumental (Phil and the Spectras on myspace), and a beat band. Also I am starting a new band band with my brother, basically covers from Index, Plastic Cloud, Golden Dawn, Rising Storm etc...........

I collect guitars, I own 4 mosrites, 3 Rickenbackers, 1 Burns, 2 Fender (Lseries), 2 Guild, 1 Epiphone, 1 Hofner all 50s and 60s. Also vintage amps, 3 fender, 2 VOX, 1 Standel (25L15) and 1 Electro.

I have been into garage for the past 22 yeares

Well All I have to add to this is that, I went to their first farewell tour back in 81! Guess that worked out too well. Don't think I could/would afford the tickets now.

What a great subject. For me its early stones. I know this is a bit of a cliche BUT ITS TRUE, The Stones were no longer The Stones when they removed Brian Jones.

Whilst we are at it, what gets on my nerves is there are a lot of people that go to Stones concerts, because they are HUGE FANS, or more likely it is because they can afford the tickets, anyway a lot of these people wouldn't and dont any early stones track. I work with a lot of people like this.

Just to name a few...

The Shangri-Las
The Ronettes
The Crystals
The Tammys
The Honeys
The Westwoods
The Paris Sisters
The Cinderellas
The Girls
The Breakaways
The Chantelles
Lesley Gore
Nancy Sinatra
Donna Loren
Jackie DeShannon
Annette Funicello
Emy Jackson

She's The Queen.The rest are all Ladies in Waiting. Not a bad thing to be.

NoHitWonder said:

...just too lazy to search through all of the 11 pages here, but I hope anyone mentioned WANDA JACKSON!!!

In recent years , The Sirens , who are fronted by Muffy Kroha , Danny's Sister. She can really scream right up there with Roky , Little Richard and Noddy , too. But , she also has quite a dynamic range. She laughed when I told her I thought it was two people singinging on their first album. I like Wendy Case , too , but much more with Ten High than with The Paybacks. I mow against the grain , sorry. Jezebel from The Friggs , Heidi Liebe from Sit'n'Spin , Chris Horne from The Brood (Tho' it's too bad she had that clip taken down.) , Mary Huff from Southern Culture on The Skids (Younger people , please ! Save SCOTS FROM BECOMING A SOCCER MOM BAND, AND ATTEND THEIR GIGS.) , Lil' Lisa - Louise from The Dyes.

my favs at the moment:

Fidlar                   love their proud mary version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDCjHjqnmWA&feature=relmfu

OBN III S              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1u6pnRwBcc

Allah Las               nice cover of long journey by the roots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwYMhfMORw8

Peoples Temple      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05QeSrKB098&feature=related

In the track "Run and Hide" from the band's Head Shrinkin' Fun album, the chorus ("Hey now girl" etc.) sounds familiar, but I can't quite recall the source material. Can anyone help? Thanks!

I have to admit I'm a bit bummed that "Listen While I" didn't make the cut. Probably my favorite Creatures tune.

I'd say the entire "Thriller' video ranks up there pretty high. I still like some of The Jackson 5's stuff. But , JACKSON WAS PUSHING 30 AND still SINGING LIKE A LITTLE GIRL. iT WAS CREEPY.

The whole album is one Vincent Price cameo short of sheer Pop hogwash.

OTHER VIDEOS , ESPECIALLY IN THE 80'S , WERE ONLY WORSE BECAUSE THEY COMBINED BAD MUSIC AND MUCH CHEAPER PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES. I know I'm supposed to be brimming with nostalgia for The 80's , and the worst music the decade excreted , but , the only thing MTV had going for it , then , was IRS's Cutting Edge (With Peter Zaremba) , Andy Warhol's 15 minutes , Closet Classics (Blue Cheer , Arthur Brown , Nazz , Tommy James , etc. , in rotation.), and the occasional great guests (Ramones , Cramps , Iggy, e.g.) on 120 Minutes.  I did think the host was Morrissey for years.

Wow , another one of those great "What ifs" in Rock' n 'Roll. I think Eric's sensibilities are just diverse enough ( Even if he stared in disbelief at me , when he'd mentioned Cliff Richard and Johnny Hallyday , and I replied that I liked 'em.) that he could have probably been in The Cannibals. But , his true calling was writing and singing what I call "Bitter Bubblegum".

 
Mike Spenser said:

Yes, I have the whole documentary as all Channel 4 gave me was a normal VHS tape of the show. I had a large party at my house the night it was first shown and taped it off the TV and my copy is better than the one the TV producers sent me! Anyway, I had a friend who also taped it and he sent me a CD which I use to pick parts out of if and when I need them. The program, with the adverts for the channel ran 30 minutes but in all it is about 25 minutes long. I don't think I can upload it complete on Youtube as Channel 4 would probably come down heavy on me. But I may try one day. As for Wreckless Eric, yes he did come down to audition for the early Cannibals, in fact it was just before I changed the name to the Cannibals, sometime around 1976. I was for him to play on but Pete, the other guitarist was against it so I decided to give it a miss. We auditioned the same day Tony Oliver and he wound up being in the Cannibals for a few years.

You betcha, Doc.

Doc Sanchez said:

So actually they are better but cheaper guitars than "normal" western guitars. Hence cool. Damn, I was wrong.

Thanks for the info!

So actually they are better but cheaper guitars than "normal" western guitars. Hence cool. Damn, I was wrong.

Thanks for the info!

Dancin' Bop Party Labor Day special today on the Wrekking Hours - all your favorite early rock, rockabilly, jump blues, jump garage & psycho jump dance tunes for the last big dance part day off of the summer!!

Tune in now till 6pm - live on 89.3fm in the Detroit area and under WHFR on any of your favorite online radio players & phone apps.

Chicago Psvengali of Psych , Steve Krakow , returns with his biggest issue , yet. It's $21.98 , all right? , but you get a CD (STEVE HAS BEEN DOING SOME AMAZING CD COMPS OF HIS OWN , WITH EXTREMELY RARE PSYCH AND EARLY HARD ROCK RECORDINGS.) , SEVERAL SHEETS OF HIS INFAMOUS "DAMAGED GUITAR GODS" TRADING CARDS , AS WELL AS FOLK GODDESS CARDS....SPEAKING OF GODDESSES , STEVE MEETS UP WITH SUSAN JACKS OF THE LEGENDARY POPPY FAMILY , AND , WHILE SHE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME TRAFFIC - STOPPIC FIGURE , SHE STILL LOOKS LIKE A GODDAMN GODDESS! OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE INDEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH ARTHUR BROWN , RODRIGUEZ  (AM I THE ONLY PERSON ON THE PLANET THAT STILL HAS'NT HEARD HIM? YEAH , MOST LIKELY. HE'S DEFIED AGE , REMARKABLY , TOO , BTW.) AND A COOL , ILLUSTRATED OVERVIEWOF INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS RECORD , THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE , THE DAILY FLASH , KAK , BOB SEGER'S "NOAH" (IF YOU SEE A BOOTLEG, BUY IT. IT'S GREAT , BUT SEGER SEEMS TO DISAGREE HEARTILY.)AND MORE , MORE , MORE , LIKE A STATUS QUO (LIKE SOCCER , HUGE EVERYWHERE BUT AMERICA.) COMIC , DRAWN BY AVI SPIVAK , WHO DID THE NORTON RECORDS COMIC BOOK. THE 110 PAGER RAGER ALSO FEATURES PLENTY OF PSYCHEDELIC COMIC BOOK OVERVIEWS (WE'RE TALKING LARGELY MAINSTREAM FREAKOUTS , DC , MARVEL , ARCHIE...), AND NEW CONTRIBUTORS LIKE THE ALWAYS QUOTABLE BYRON COLEY.

Gotta add Tosches' Country, also.

I read "England's Dreaming" , recently , too. One of the most personal and in- depth takes on the early UK Punk scene. YES!! NO ROCK'N'ROLL BOOK LIST IS COMPLETE WITHOUT "HELLFIRE", or Tosches' "Unsung Heroes of Rock'n'Roll".
 
Jon S said:

I see most of my favorites are mentioned here. I also enjoyed England's Dreaming by Jon Savage (on The Sex Pistols and punk), Passion is a Fashion The Real Story of The Clash by Pat Gilbert, The Dirt by Mötley Crue/Neil Strauss (of course) and I really loved Hellfire by Nick Tosches.

Anybody read Keith Richard's Life or the John Einarson's Arthur Lee bio?