I think Fred Cole would be overjoyed to even be considered in this conversation , truth be known. He was and is a huge Yardbirds fan. A huge early career disappointment was getting the call to go to San Francisco to open for The Yardbirds at The Fillmore on one of their last U.S. tours , if not the last. When he and The Weeds got to the venue  , they were told no such booking had been made.    Pretty much anything Cole has done during , and since , The Lollipop Shoppe/Weeds (Same band.) era comes recommended , though , no , it's not for everybody.

 Julia , I think most people just call it "Brit R'n'B"....Turn yourself on to The Pretty Things , Downliners Sect , Yardbirds , Spencer Davis Group , stuff like that , if you have'nt already. I know these are more obvious suggestions , and other people may have more ideas , at the drop of a hat , that had'nt occured to me . Some of the British Invasion bands started out with more R'n'B leanings , but , went more Pop , like The Moody Blues , Zombies , Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders , Searchers , Manfred Mann . iT'S FUN TO GO BACK AND CHECK OUT WHICH ONES STARTED MORE BLUES OR R'n'B Based , THEN ,WENT INTO SOMETHING ELSE..... Best , John.

Eric Burdon and The Animals was an another setup of a band.. my favourite record is winds of change if you haven't heard that one.. He so friggin good singer..

Maybe not exactly like Animals but british(irish/scottish??) Marmalade has some very good tunes

The Wheels were Them's buddies in the Belfast scene. But they only released one 7"

and finally Mirage were really nice freakbeat-rockin stuff. they covered Tomorow Never Knows very well..

=)

No, both the Weeds and Lollipop Shoppe are '60s bands. Not sure which one you looked up on Wikipedia for that bit of (incorrect) info, but I wouldn't rely on it that much.

Fred Cole, who was in both those bands, is still active these days. He and his wife, Toody, were in Dead Moon and have a band called the Pierced Arrows these days. Very cool, unique bands. Not for everybody, though.

rockhousesally said:

Thanks for the video. I just looked them up on Wikipedia and was shocked to see that they came out in 1986! That sound is so typical of the 60's though. Very cool that they could capture that feeling :) thanks...

stiv rippengal said:

would the weeds/lollipop shoppe fall into this category?? regardless, they are awesome...was going to try putting a video in but dunno how to, check them out anyway if you haven't heard them!

Playlist Sept 22/2011

1. LIght Bulb Alley...Who Do You Love?...from The Sound Of Things CD on Ricochet Sound. A kickass way to start the show as this is easily one of THE best versions of this Bo Diddley tune.

2. The Polymorphines...The Clean And The Dirty...from The Slip CD. These guys were late arrival guests last week on Radio WW but we made up for it with a speedy interview prior to the live show at The Black Shire Pub that evening. The few who braved the rain (WTF, do Londoners not go out when it rains???) know that The Polymorphines can rock with the best! And BIG thanx to The Oily Birds and Wormwood Scrubs for playing as well.

3. Teenanger...Red Eye Station...from the Give Me Pink LP. Teenanger will be playing next thursday at Call The Office, along with catl.

4. Sloan...Give Me That...from their Action Pact CD and Sloan are in London while i'm typing this. Good radio friendly powerpop combo from Toronto.

5. Sloan...The Good In Everyone...from the One Chord To Another CD. If they were from the UK or US, they'd probably be big stars, but we like to keep our Canadian music to ourselves, unless it's Justin Beaver or Ceylon Dionne which you can have...please.

6. Bob Logg III...Boob Scotch...from the Log Bomb LP from 2003 and Bob comes to Call The Office on Oct 2nd.

7. Bradleyboy...Backdoor Man...from the Salt Gun CD. No, this isn't the Howlin' Wolf song, it's an original.

8. catl...Cards...from the With The Lord For Cowards You Will Find No Place LP. catl are coming to Call The Office next thursday night and catl will be checking in on Radio WW prior to the show. Lots of catl news to report, but you'll have to tune in to get the scoop from the source.

9. The Fleshtones...The Dreg...from the Roman Gods LP from 1981. Still remember the first time i heard this song 30 years ago and it still rings true! These guys really are Roman Gods and they will prove it at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton Ontario on Monday Sept 26th. I'll be the jackass at the front of the stage jumping up and down!

10. The Fleshtones...The Leather Kings...from The Fleshtones vs Reality LP...played the shit out of this record when it first came out and it still sounds great 24 years later!

11. The Fleshtones...Bite Of My Soul...from the latest LP, Brooklyn Sound Solution with Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group, Nuggets, etc).

12. The Fleshtones...Girl From Baltimore...from the Up Front 12" EP from 1980. You can never have too much Fleshtones...give this clip a look see as this is The Fleshtones the last time they came to Hamilton last year....jackass at the front jumping up and down!!

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

Thanx to Aldo Edric for the great video and putting it up on Youtube!! To Be Scene!!

13. The Hook Up...Minstel Boy...from the brand new Garagepunk Hideout compilation CD, Noises From The Hideout! with cover art by our good pal Darren Merinuk. The Hook Up will return to London Ontario Nov 5th, Brennan's Beer Bistro.

14. Sunday Sinners...It So Lonely...from the Sweet Jam CD from a couple of years back. Montreal based combo who came to The Black Shire Pub back in the early summer of 2009.

15. Lene Lovich...Lucky Number...from the Stateless LP from 1979 and a request.

16. The Zellots...Soldiers...1981 demo and The Zellots story is in the latest edition of Mongrel Zine which you can pick up locally at Grooves Records.

http://www.mongrelzine.ca/

17. Phil Ochs...Pretty Smart On My Part...from the Rehearsals For Retirement LP and goes out to John K who gave me a stack of his old records, of which this was one. Great sarcasm/satire on this tune.

18. Lords Of London...Time Waits For No One...7" on Apex and as above. No connection with London Ontario as The Lords were from Toronto.

19. The Paupers...Magic People...from the LP of the same name and Skip Prokop drummed on this one prior to his fame in Canadian classic rockers Lighthouse. And now Skip resides in London Ontario, or at least that's the rumour.

20. Scott Drake...Your Secret Face...from the latest Garagepunk Hideout, Noises From The Hideout CD. Scott's voice may sound familiar as he was in The Humpers for many years.

21. 63 Monroe....Bad Bad Rock'n'Roll...7" from London Ontario veterans.

22. The Regulators...That's Right, Nothing's Left...7" from 1979 from London Ontario.

23. The Boojies...Maddy...from the August Garagepunk Hideout Download called Hidden Tracks. Toronto combo, some of which are in a brand new band who will be joining The Hook Up and The Fine Print on Nov 5th at Brennan's Beer Bistro.

24. Wormwood Scrubs....Too Late To Go Home...from their self titled CD and from Guelph Ontario. They played with The Polymorphines last week in London and were quite good!

25. Midnite Snaxxx...A Guy Like That....brand new 7" on Total Punk Records.


That's it, thanks for all the call-ins, and all those people asking weird questions. Had several weird calls, that i had no clue about. And thanx for all the email, facebook, garagepunk hideout requests!

Next week we've got an interview with catl scheduled...prior to their show at Call The Office that evening.

And finally, here's the link to listen to the show...one week only and then it's gone for good:

http://chrwradio.com/podcasts/.. 94-9CHRWThu1900.mp3

Allin was influenced by Hank Williams, as well as the Stones, the New York Dolls, Alice Cooper, The Stooges, etc. I wonder what he could do with a Smiths song (and I'm a Smiths and occaisional GG fan)?

John Battles said:

Axel , It sounds like they mean they would like to hear The Ravonettes cover it...."Die When You Die" actually IS a cover song , of sorts. It's taken directly from "You're Gonna Die" by Destroy All Monsters. He changed it a bit ,  of course , the words are his. He did the same thing with "Scumfuc Tradition" ("Family Tradition" by Hank Williams , Jr.) , "Outlaw Scumfuc" ("Longhaired Redneck by David Allan Coe.) and even "Blow Jobs" ("She Got a Nosejob " , a Mad Magazine record !!!!). YES , I DO NEED TO GET OUT , TONIGHT.

Axel Björnsson said:

are you talking about they have already cover it or you like to hear them cover it? (don't find it on youtube)

Axel , It sounds like they mean they would like to hear The Ravonettes cover it...."Die When You Die" actually IS a cover song , of sorts. It's taken directly from "You're Gonna Die" by Destroy All Monsters. He changed it a bit ,  of course , the words are his. He did the same thing with "Scumfuc Tradition" ("Family Tradition" by Hank Williams , Jr.) , "Outlaw Scumfuc" ("Longhaired Redneck by David Allan Coe.) and even "Blow Jobs" ("She Got a Nosejob " , a Mad Magazine record !!!!). YES , I DO NEED TO GET OUT , TONIGHT.

Axel Björnsson said:

are you talking about they have already cover it or you like to hear them cover it? (don't find it on youtube)

I'd love to hear them cover it.

Axel Björnsson said:

are you talking about they have already cover it or you like to hear them cover it? (don't find it on youtube)

Hey , Mike. You might be thinking of "Hated in The Nation" , which was a ROIR cassette comp of various studio recordings , inc. the ones with Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson - or some of 'em - and the very Bubblegum Punk of "Gimme Some Head"  which I thought WAS the guys from The MC5 , but I guess was J. Mascis on Kramer-ish guitar - all spliced together with aggravated stage banter from the "Legendary" Twilite Room , Dallas 1985 show ( Which I was at.). It was later released on vinyl , and probably CD.

Retraction : Maybe you mean one of a few reissues of his first album , "Always is , Always Was , and Always Shall Be". I had a chance to buy it once , when Allin was virtually unknown beyond The East Coast. It is , as others , here , noted , truly innocent compared to what he put out in later years. I thought he LOOKED too innocent to be this monster I'd read a little bit about in Trouser Press....Little did I know...that , and the fact I could probably ask three figures for it , today , if I had bought it , then.

Mike said:

Only saw GG once. Way late. Maybe early to mid 90's up in San Francisco. I wasn't impressed. Just watched him do his poo thing and chase people around the club. Musically, it was boring and pretty generic sounding. With that said, I do like the two singles I have - 'Gimme Some Head' & 'No Rules' which it seems alot of people I know don't like. There was a CD that came out around '99/2000 that had most of his early stuff on it. i really liked it but can't find it now. Anyone know what it was called?

are you talking about they have already cover it or you like to hear them cover it? (don't find it on youtube)

"Die When You Die" is a good song, but I'd to hear The Raveonettes cover it with more menace and at a slower tempo. "Expose Yourself To Kids" is pure gonzo comedy at its most fuckwitted.

Axel Björnsson said:

I love "Die When You Die"

I love "Die When You Die"

Show #342: "Bands & Artists Starting With F, Part 6"

Every 3 weeks I do a show where I randomly draw a letter from the alphabet. Then I play all bands & artists in my collection from the 50s, 60s and 70s that start with that letter in alphabetical order. This week I drew the letter "F". This is the sixth time I've drawn the letter "F", so I will start from where I left off (which was with Five's Company). So, tune in tonight (Friday at 10:00pm EST) to hear 3 hours of bands and artists that start with "F" like: Sonny Flaharty & The Mark V, The Flame from Afirca, The Flame from the UK, Flamin' Groovies, The Flaming Ember, The Flamingos, 2 different Flares, Flash, Flash & The Memphis Casuals, Flat Earth Society, The Flee-Rekkers, Fleetwood Mac, The Fleetwoods, Les Fleur De Lys, The Flies, The Flirtations, Flo & Eddie, The Flock, Floh De Cologne, Floribunda Rose, The Flow, The Flower Children, The Flower Pot, The Flower Pot Men, and many many more!!!

***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live, listen to past shows, view playlists, etc…check out my website: eggmanrulez.com/ or wscafm.org (or portsmouthcommunityradio.org) Friday nights at 10pm EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

Watch my playlist unravel before your eyes LIVE here: wscafm.radioactivity.fm/

Egg

I'm happy that this thread exists.

 I don't think it's "Dead" , but , since Honeyboy Edwards passed , about a month ago , I DO feel The Blues is dead. Had a good run . I live in Chicago , where anything that has nothing to do with The Blues gets passed off as the real deal. Some people get close to it , but Honeyboy , and this is just my opinion , was the last of the greats.

As far as Punk Blues is concerned , I think it still has some life left in it , tho' I'm not crazy about some of the things I've heard.....Tijuana Hercules , who've been based in Chicago for at least 10 or 12 years , still play out on occasion , and they've got it. They are the missing link to that Axis of Evil - Howlin' Wolf , Captain Beefheart , Jim Dandy and even Tom Waits (To some degree.).  In the 80's ,I was wondering when someone was going to make the connection between Punk and Blues.

I did'nt know , yet , that Msr. Jeffrey Evans and The Gories , the primary founders of this stuff ( Along with Jack O' Fire , a little later.) , were just around the corner , or , to be fair , that Hound Dog Taylor was "Punk Blues" 25 years before people started talking about it.... 

Punk Blues Dead!!!! Damn Kopper, I guess the timing of the show was bad...send me your punk blues boys and girls..lets keep this shit going

Ey Marty,

quite the other way around, in the way that some great french Comic artists are making some great new covers for Rock'n'Roll records: Here's a show the comicartist BARU put together, the video's in german but you can get a look at the covers and the music is there too.

Here's the article on french - Including pictures.

The VIDEO won't embed, so here's the link:

stronger than dirt.... the mummies....

I think it is no way to rock harder...

Thee Manipulators!

Besides the other mentioned this year i like the s/t Night Beats and Davila 666 Tan Bajo.

I'm owner of an Ashbass Fuzzbrite (for more than four years) and I'm absolutely happy and love its sound. I didn't try any other than a Big Muff with my gear, though.

The customer support sucked at its time, when it came it didn't work and I had to fix it. It was a welding (and it meant 30 € extra). They never answered.

Mosrite Fuzzrite vs Ashbass Fuzzbrite on Youtube (lots of tests there)

PD: BTW, not really a musician, just a chord bad player but a fan.

Hey Dave, you'd have to ask Rob Wright from NoMeansNo, I'm not him!  Cheers, Rob

dave machine said:

Garage sure isn't trendy in northern British Columbia, which is why bands can't be dangerous up here. It's hard enough getting gigs at the northern folk festivals (and we do like playing them, it's all we have, plus it's a good way to get in free to a three day party). Bands are thrown out for being too rock and roll, sad but true. So no swearing at the audience or spitting whiskey on them - just ask a band called the Turncoats about their Kispiox experience.

I'm curious to know how NoMeansNo did at Atlin or Dawson City a couple years back? (sorry I didn't make it, it's still two days driving north of here) I used to love seeing NoMeansNo and never felt in danger near the stage. Moshing used to be a lot less violent than it is now, and it was fun. Rock and roll should be fun. I totally agree that passion and energy are often lacking, and are a requirement. But after our first gig a few years ago where we almost got into fights with local rednecks at the local pub, we decided that isn't the way to go for rockers in their 30s and 40s. Passion and energy can just mean a good fucking time is had by all.

OK. Live rehearsal; sounds like you'll probably need to treat that room.. especially in the immediate vicinity of your drum set.  This will undoubtedly tame those high frequencies, and maybe save you the expense of a new set of cymbals ;)...

You might also ease up on distortion levels on both guitar and (especially!) vocals... this can always be applied afterwards – in a more "controlled" manner.

Also: try isolating drums-guitar-vocals as best you can when recording live... build some "goboes", use carpets across backs of chairs, hang up blankets – whatever you can think of that might help separate the three... 

:) If you could give me some more info on your session set-up I could probably be more specific.

e.

stiv rippengal said:

the cymbals i have are sabian xs20, which i was led to believe were reasonably good, they have been bashed about a bit so you never know, may finally be time to cough up and get some new ones!

as you said, as a live rehearsal recording the sound was alright, but for anything more than a demo we were thinking of trying to be a little more 'pro' (not the right word at all but i guess you know what i mean...)

dublÉ said:

Not necessarily just a placement issue!.. crap cymbals can be a pain to sort out in a mix, so a better set might be a good investment.

e

stiv rippengal said:

haha yeah i suppose so...it's mainly the cymbals that are all just turning into a mush but i guess that's all down to mic positioning?? won't be going 'hi fi' any time soon though lol