Cool music from the 1930's up to the present. Fave artists include: Flamin' Groovies, Cramps, Fleshtones, Howlin' Wolf, MC5, Ramones, Buzzcocks, Velvet Underground, Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, Pat Hare, Carl Perkins, Slickee Boys, Fuzztones, Chesterfield Kings, Tryfles, Pandoras, Junkhouse, Nomads, Demics, NFG, Chickens, UIC, Purple Toads, Simply Saucer, Panther Burns, early Rolling Stones, Pretty Things, Downliners Sect, Hoods, Telltale Hearts, Crawdaddys, Gruesomes, Smugglers, Saints, Bobby Fuller Four, Yardbirds, Black Holes, Bloodshot Bill, Deja Voodoo, A-Bones, Zantees, Gene Vincent, Raised By Wolves, Monomen, Subhumans, Stranglers, Pandoras, Zellots, Captain Beefheart, Byrds, Chrome, Swinging Neckbreakers, Immortal Lee County Killers, Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet, Blasters, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, Cannibals, Milkshakes, Headcoats, Mighty Caesers, Eyeliners, Barracudas, Real Kids, Jerry Lee Lewis, Lyres, Mighty Ions, DMZ, DM3, Scientists, Hoodoo Gurus, Ugly Ducklings, Chuck Berry, Florida Razors, Teenage Head, Joy Division, Warsaw, Singles, 3for10's, Eddie Cochran, Records, Johnny Cash, Fela Kuti, Buddy Holly, Bloody Hollies, 10 Commandments, Legend Killers, Dictators, Foreign Objects, Psychotic Turnbuckles, Duke Sedan and the Hi-Tones, Buzz Deluxe, Girl Trouble, Stolen Minks, Tijuana Bibles, Leather Uppers, Oblivians, Standells, Chocolate Watchband, Charlie Pickett and the Eggs, Bo Diddley, Dr John, Dr Feelgood, Lords of Altamont, Vipers, Purple Merkins, Diodes, Pointed Sticks, Nikki and the Corvettes, Dogmatics, Tina and the Total Babes, Methadones,Florida Razors, The Pack AD, The Paperboxes, Brown Hornets, The Stance, Terror Lake, The Nasty Rashes, Speaking Tongues and tons of other bands/artists that only record geeks know about. And there ain't NO emo here!
Movies
Rock'n'Roll High School
Television
One upstairs and one in the den...
Books
R'nR related books...and rock'n'roll zines like Kicks and Bomp and Ugly Things and Lost In Tyme and Rumble Skunk and Ansia de Color and Mongrel Zine and hopefully you get the picture.
Heroes
Link Wray, Greg Shaw, The Cramps, The Flamin' Groovies
About me: Record geek who hosts a radio show every thursday on CHRW-FM, 7 to 8:30 PM EST called Radio What Wave. Speedy hosts the show on some thursdays. We play garage (60's, 80's and the latest), rockabilly (50's, 70's, 80's and the latest), powerpop (70's and the latest),protopunk, 70's and 80's punk, surf, 50's trash, lots of rare Canadian stuff, the best of the local recordings and other obscure tunes you won't hear anywhere else ...Not only that, but we put on cool rock'n'roll shows around town. You can listen live at:
http://chrwradio.com/
You can also listen to the latest edition of Radio What Wave there as well, by going to the archived show page that is accessed through the programming button at the top left hand corner, then scroll down to thursday at 7PM.
The official What Wave website is at;
http://ca.geocities.com/whatwave@rogers.com/index.htm
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Thank you for allowing us these few lines, and sneak listen to the firstBEATSCHAFFE Live Studio Recordings by the fabulous W A I S T C O A T S!!!
RELEASE DATE: August 22nd, 2008!
The BEATSCHAFFE Tontraeger Originalaufnahmen series is a collection of limited 7" 4-track EPs by international bands, recorded live and analogue, without any overdubs in the ol' good manner of Beat-Club, Starclub and John Peel Sessions. Released on vinyl, they come out in a smart DJ styled sleeve including a wonderful band's postcard with each record.
For your next surprise party, DJ nightclubbing or just as a gift for your girlfriend, never forget to get your BEATSCHAFFE Tontraeger Originalaufnahmen!!!
Mongrel Zine #3 is out and has 48 pages of interviews hipping ya to Rick Trembles, Mark Sultan/BBQ, The Tranzmitors, The Pointed Sticks, Bloodshot Bill, Oily Chi, The Stolen Minks, we meet Defektors, plus all the usuals: music reviews, live reviews, drawings, Baron Fingers, Make-A-Match, and more!..
my pleasure to find you here Dave, after all those years, and see that you are still motivated by passion indie musics need more like you so here my best wishes from yer 'ole Filth Simpson ;-)
thanks Dave! and especially thanks for doing the interview. we got our copies in the mail and it looks great. can't wait to hit london again in september!
