I recently met the producer of a series of documentaries on the Akron Ohio garage punk scene, which has inspired me to re-start my documentary project on the Twin Cities Punk scene! Stay tuned...

A couple of months ago I started a discussion called Too Old To Rock?   There were loads of great replies that took two main directions - musicians of advanced years and listeners, like myself, who'd never see 50 again.  Now for the sequel - are there teenagers out there playing and listening to garage punk?  What should us old farts be listening to so that we look forward and not just back?  

Show #375: "Bands & Artists Starting With C, Part 7"

Every 3 weeks I do a series of shows I call the "Alphabetical Series" where I randomly draw a letter of the alphabet from a hat. Whatever letter I draw, I take all the bands and artists in my collection (from the 50's, 60's & 70's only) that start with that letter and play them in strict alphabetical order one by one until I run out of time. This week I drew the letter "C". This is the seventh time I've drawn the letter "C", so I will start from where I left off on show #6 (which was with Chubby Checker). So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "C" like: The Checkers, 7 different Checkmates, The Checkmates International, The Checkmates Ltd., Cheech & Chong, Chelsea, Shinki Chen, The Chentelles, Cher, 2 bands called Cherokee, 2 different Cherokees, Cherry Five, Cherry People, The Cherry Slush, Cherry Smash, Cherry Stones, Carl Cherry, 5 different Chessmen, The Chevell's, The Chevelle V, 3 different Chevelles, The Chevron's V, The Cheynes, and many others!!!

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Egg

Download or stream the entire May 25 show right here.

Satisfied &Lazy – Mark Sultan
I’m a Lover, Not a Fighter – Lazy Lester
I’m Just Too Lazy – Farmer Boys
Lazy Guy – Slobberbone

Crazy Date – T. Tex Edwards
Work that Sucker – The Bo-Keys
I Thank God – Andre Williams & the Sadies
Cinderblocks – catl

Hall of Mirrors – Cheap Time
Our Strange Powers of Speech – The Spartan Dregs
Blue Angel – Roy & The Devil’s Motorcycle
Eyes – El Pathos
Dung Beetle Rolls Again – Billy Childish & Sexton Ming

Crocodile Chomp – Thee Vicars
J’ai Toujours Raison – Les Playboys
Sugar Shake Shimmy – The Meltdowns
What You Deserve – Thee Witch Hazel Martinis

Local Lunchbox
Interview with Die Kreuzen

Looking at You – The Last
This Strange Effect – The Bon
As Nightmares Turn to Dreams – Paul Messis & Jessica Winter
Things That Shine & Glow – Trolley
Nice Guys Finish Last – The Electric Mess

Come Toobin – Mean Jeans
We Got to Get Out of Here – Gentleman Jesse
V is for Vulture – Hollows
Sit Right Down – The Resonars

My Last Mistake – The Phantom Keys
I Hate the Way You Make Me Feel – Vicky & The Vengents
Slow Down – Dave & the Stonehearts
Pictures of Her Demise – The Paperhead
Naughty Girl – The Showmen

I Will Change Your Mind – The Wrong Words
Born to Lose – Baby Woodrose
Always Looking for Something – Sonic Avenues
Chest Crawl – Guantanamo Baywatch
Black Rainbow – King Louie’s Missing Monuments

Dakota – Million Sellers
Too Tall – Midnight Reruns
That Girl – The Go Wows
Yeah, Yeah – The Connection
My Danger – Shake Appeal
Mine All the Time – Brat Farrar

Yeah, I have some Planet Pimp stuff. That's a great tribute site!

That actually reminded me of another defunct label that I miss a whole lot... this one's not as old (from the early '00s), but Boom Boom of Renton has been gone for several years now, too. Damn. There's no tribute site for Boom Boom, but there is this, for what it's worth.

TeenFink said:

holy crap! how did i forget about PLANET PIMP??!?!

*gulp*

let's all lookit this now: http://planetpimp.robertgomez.org/index.html

holy crap! how did i forget about PLANET PIMP??!?!

*gulp*

let's all lookit this now: http://planetpimp.robertgomez.org/index.html

I was right about to name OG but of course whatwave dave beat me to it! 

I miss OG Records the most....Canuck label for Gruesomes, Deja Voodoo, Jerry Jerry and others....bur i'm biased cause i'm a Canuck.

Oh, sorry, I misread your blurb about that...

Nope, it's defunct.

Wait a minute, is Talkin' Trash back on KDHX again now, too?

Thanks Michael! Glad ya dig it!

Cheap Thrills, my favourite of the lot

Thanks Peter!!

Hail Ryan!

Loved all those One Cup O Coffee podcast, (still got em) looking forward to hearing getting more Cheap Thrills!

If you aren't familiar with the Cheap Thrills podcast just yet, it's completely understandable. We've been few and far between since the programs inception back in May of 2009. A little background: For those of you who've been fans of GaragePunk Pirate Radio for a while now, you may recall my first podcast, One Cup of Coffee & a Cigarette, one of the original GaragePunk.com podcasts. It made its debut back in August of 2005 and featured 60's garage, rockabilly, soul, punk and modern noise. When I decided to end that show and start Cheap Thrills, I wanted the focus to be primarily new punk and garagepunk with a tinge of 70's-80's punk and KBD-style punk tossed in for good measure. On the other hand, don't be surprised if you hear some 60's jammers thrown in from time to time.

With all that said, today marks the Cheap Thrills Podcast relaunch! I'm happy to announce that we have added a new co-host to the show, Ashley! Ashley has played in some cool bands over the years and currently plays bass and sings in one of the best St. Louis bands going with Doom Town. In addition to that, she had a great radio show called Talkin' Trash on KDHX St. Louis Community Radio and regularly DJ's around the town.

Going forward, we plan to bring you a new episode on the 25th of every month. We are both pretty busy people so forgive us if we fail from time to time. I hope you all will enjoy the brand spanking new episode, Cheap Thrills #8. Thanx!

GET THAT MOTHERFUCKER RIGHT HERE

I don't think anybody expects him to "sound more like garagepunk." The problem with Bruce's music is it's rock without the roll.

The Ungodly 77s said:

Yeah, I've always felt that if he just got rid of the E Street Band, and stripped the sound down, his tunes would sound way better. E Street Band is talented and all, but way way too much. 

He is a good songwriter, good storyteller, but I guess we just want him to sound more like garagepunk, right?

Yeah, I've always felt that if he just got rid of the E Street Band, and stripped the sound down, his tunes would sound way better. E Street Band is talented and all, but way way too much. 

He is a good songwriter, good storyteller, but I guess we just want him to sound more like garagepunk, right?

LOL!!!  I do like Springsteen, but I have to admit, that is a very funny (and sadly accurate) observation about his later material, starting with "Born in the USA."

todd a williams said:

I'm no bruce fan; I am sure he has a great record collection and digs great records-he has made it clear in interviews i've read that he's a big fan of suicide....a band that is clearly not for everyone. 

the odd thing is that bruce springsteen is, to my ears, america's number one synth-pop band!  he's got 4 guitars in the band, sax, bass, drums, yet the synth is always way way up in the mix!! where are the goddamn guitars!

bruce springsteen; the working man's depache mode!

I'm no bruce fan; I am sure he has a great record collection and digs great records-he has made it clear in interviews i've read that he's a big fan of suicide....a band that is clearly not for everyone. 

the odd thing is that bruce springsteen is, to my ears, america's number one synth-pop band!  he's got 4 guitars in the band, sax, bass, drums, yet the synth is always way way up in the mix!! where are the goddamn guitars!

bruce springsteen; the working man's depache mode!

I kind of agree with everyone on this, in various ways:

I sure as hell wouldn't pay to see Springsteen, let alone Steven, not even if I could afford tickets that cost thousands of dollars. I am not a fan. But, as far as radio stations go (and trust me, I am NOT a fan of commercial radio), Steven's is better than most, and he does offer a better lot of music to the masses and squares that wouldn't normally hear music pointed in the direction of true garage. Does he spin tunes that we at the GPHO forum consider cool garage? Probably not. His stuff sounds relatively boring to me, but it might be provocative to the squares and they might eventually wind up here at GPHO enjoying our little forums and podcasts. 

Also, if Steven truly is trying to raise a good chunk of cash for music education in schools, good for him. Of course, I don't know what kinds of schools (public vs. private, needy vs. not-so-needy, etc.), where they are located, how much he is raising, how much he gives away, how much he pockets, etc. It seems like a good cause, but only rich people can afford to buy those super-inflated tickets. I hope that is not the only way you can get rich people to give back to their communities and to public services. 

Cheap Trick kicks Springstink's ass, though.

zacharythax said:

Really, who WOULD care about Springsteen tickets? Plus I remember one Halloween he had the "Cheap Trick or Treat" [GROAN] 

Really, who WOULD care about Springsteen tickets? Plus I remember one Halloween he had the "Cheap Trick or Treat" [GROAN] 

I gotta give Little Steven credit for bringing garage to the masses. He definitely gave the Creatures of the Golden Dawn much deserved national exposure. I see it as creating an appetite for what WE have to offer. Have you listened to the Sirius channel? It's OK and frankly it's more palatable to the average Joe on the street than a lot of the GP podcasts, but there's too much Springsteen, Cheap Trick, Beatles, and other stuff that has me reaching for the dial. 

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Stiff Little Fingers - Here we are nowhere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmvioi1glg