Fanatic! While you may very well be at Coachella, we will be live in the studio with Mr. Seymour Stein, of Sire Records fame. He’s got stories and we’ve got the music. If you can’t catch us live, then please try to check us out later. It’s going to be a great one.
If you are heading to the desert, have a great time.
Stay hydrated and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Fanatic! It’s April 5 and I am still recovering from the greatness of Alex Cameron’s show last night in Highland Park. The man is amazing. Later in the year, I think we should serialize Jumping the Shark one more time. So cool hearing some of those songs live. Mid week shows are hard but Alex and his band were worth it.
You know that record Larry from In the Red and I are releasing for Record Store Day, the one I tell you about but won’t tell you what it is? It’s back from the pressing plant and I think I will be seeing copies soon. I am writing up the notes for it and will post them soon. Can’t wait to see this one.
If at all possible, I want you to try to tune in for next week’s show as we will be live in the studio with our very special Guest Seymour Stein. Mr. Stein started working in the record industry when he was a teenager. He’s in his mid-seventies now and has seen a lot. He’s got stories for days. He started some label called Sire. He signed the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Madonna, the Dead Boys to name but a few.
Weeks ago, his daughter Mandy contacted me and asked if we would be interested in having her dad on the show and of course, that was a yes. I was on the phone with the man yesterday and he was great. Go online and check out some of his interviews. He’s been in the business of records all his life and his enthusiasm for music is only growing. He’s a perfect guest for us. So, be ready for stories, music and a very unique show. I asked him if there was anything I could bring to the studio for him and he said, “Espresso!” Oh, hell yes.
Let’s see, the week after, we will have another guest. I think his name is Ian MacKaye. Apparently, he has made some records. We will see what he has to say for himself on the twenty-third.
So, we have the below tracks for you for this coming Sunday, then there’s Seymour Stein and Ian MacKaye the week after that and we have Record Store Day to look forward to. I would say that in spite of what’s happening in the world, there are some good things happening too.
We hope you dig the show and get ready for Seymour Stein!
Keep jamming and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Black Eyes - Pack of Wolves / Black Eyes
02. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - And Time Will Act Upon Them / Corruptible Faces
03. Minami Deutsch - Vocalism Ai - Forever Takemitsu / Minami Deutsch
04. Killing Joke – Primitive / Killing Joke
05. Chain & the Gang - Mum’s the Word / Best of Crime Rock
06. Crystal Fairy - Sweet Self / Crystal Fairy
07. HTRK - Your Mistress / Marry Me Tonight
08. The Cigarettes - Frivolous Disguises / Will Damage Your Health!
09. Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Incorporated / Soundtrack To The Film: Space Is The Place
10. CFM - Desaturated / Dichotomy Desaturated
11. The Lower Plenty - Bondi’s Dead / Sister Sister
12. The Fall - The Mixer / Shift-Work
13. Erase Errata - How To Tell Yourself From A Television / Other Animals
14. Clarinette – 1960 / The Now of Then
Hour 2
01. POW! - The Razor / Crack an Egg
02. Makers of the Dead Travel Fast - Why Won’t We Wake? / G’arage D’or
03. Sort Sol - Off Morning / Dagger & Guitar
04. Damaged Bug - Bunker Funk / Bunker Funk
05. Meatbodies – Him / Meatbodies
06. High Tension - Are You Safe / Death Beat
07. Mark Robinson - Hair Messer-Upper / Origami and Urbanism
08. Thongmark Leacha - Now She Loves Every Man Except Me / Molam: Thai Country Groove From Isan Vol. 02
09. Nini Raviolette - Suis Je Normale / So Young But So Cold
10. Dax Riggs - Truth In The Dark / We Sing of Only Blood of Love
11. Generation X - Too Personal / Generation X
12. Buzzcocks – Autonomy / Another Music in Different Kitchen
13. The Damned - Love Song (single version) / Machine Gun Etiquette 25th Ann. Ed.
14. Bad Brains - The Man Won’t Annoy Ya / Black Dots
15. The Mad - Fried Egg / We Love Noize
Fanatic! I am very happy about this show. I built it several days ago, played it through a couple of times, made a few adjustments and reckoned it was ready for your evaluation and hopefully, your great enjoyment.
The new Ty Segall single is really good. I like the new album but like these two new songs even better. If his next album sounds like these two songs, we’re in for another great Ty album. The two color version is out of print but there is a red vinyl version on the way. I have not seen it yet. http://suicidesqueezerecords.tumblr.com
I hope you got your Damaged Bug album by now. Bunker Funk is an interesting record. It’s different than the last two. I have heard it a few times now and I’m liking it more and more. It’s on Castle Face. https://www.castlefacerecords.com
In the Red has so many cool records coming out now and in the not so distant future, I don’t know when Larry will get any sleep until the end of the year. We are playing some of them tonight. Keep your eye on ITR. http://intheredrecords.com
New music by Dan Valor also known as Clarinette. A record called The Now of Then. Very good. We have a track lined up in hour 2. https://clarinette.bandcamp.com
A few days ago, I wrote Steph from Dick Diver to ask what she and the band are up to. She has a couple of projects happening and will have some new music up hopefully this year. She sent me some demos and they are really good. When she is ready to release, we will be there.
There is a new Lower Plenty album out called Sister Sister. It came out last year. I was sent the songs before then and told to sit on them until I was told I could play them for you. They forgot to tell me the record was out, so like a good Fanatic, I held the line. Well, the record came out like four months ago and we are behind the curve, so we have some catching up to do. http://bedroomsuckrecords.com/shop/lower-plenty-sister-sister/
Enough of my prattling!
Dig the jams and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Rain - That Time Of Year / La Vache Qui Rit
02. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Which Way to Go / Primary Colours
03. Teen Idles - Trans Am / Dischord 100
04. Ty Segall – Pan / Sentimental Goblin
05. The Julie Ruin - Be Nice / Hit Reset
06. Damaged Bug - The Cryptologist / Bunker Funk
07. Antelope - The Demon / Reflector
08. Crystal Fairy - Bent Teeth / Crystal Fairy
09. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat - Cold Right Hand / Party Jail
10. Dick Diver - Calendar Days / Calendar Days
11. Chain and the Gang - Come Over / Best of Crime Rock
12. The Fall - Lost In Music / Infotainment Scan
13. Pure Hell - Lame Brain / Noise Addiction
14. UK Subs - You Don’t Belong / Diminished Responsibility
15. Spectres – Dissolve / Condition
Hour 2
01. CFM - Rise and Fall / Dichotomy Desaturated
02. The Birthday Party - The Plague / Drunk on the Pope’s Blood
03. Gun Club - Like Calling Up Thunder / Miami
04. Lower Plenty - All The Young Men / Sister Sister
05. Unrest – Time / Lisa Carol Freemont
06. The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (mono) / Ramones
07. Iggy Pop – Sixteen / Lust for Life
08. Terry – Alfred / HQ
09. Clarinette - Time Before And Time After / The Now of Then
10. The Chefs - Commander Lonely / Gunilla #21
11 The Wolfmanhattan Project - Smells Like You / single
12. Steve Treatment - Negative Nights II / 25 A-Sides
13. Wolf Eyes – Undertow / Undertow
14. Fugazi – Strangelight / The Argument
Fanatic! Did your Damaged Bug Bunker Funk album come in yet? I got mine a few days ago. Sounds great on vinyl as does the Crystal Fairy album.
Two great records set to come out soon on In The Red Records. Larry Hardy is tearing it up this year. Run, do not walk to these records. First, the new CFM album, Dichotomy Desaturated which will be out soon. Larry gave us the green light to start playing tracks now and of course, we did. Look at the beginning of hour 2. Great record. Also, Chain and the Gang are now on In the Red. They have a record called The Best of Crime Rock coming out soon. It is re-recordings of some of their earlier songs along with some new ones thrown in. The last time I saw them, they played The Logic of Night, new at the time, it really stood out. This song is on the new album and we have it on the show for you in our first hour. Both of these records will be available soon on In the Red. http://intheredrecords.com/blogs/news
Like I told you before, Larry and I are in cahoots, working together to release a very cool single for RSD. It’s being pressed right now. Since Larry and I did it, there are some interesting color variations. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THESE. So excited about this record. Get ready, get set. All profits from the record are going to the band. We want to see this one blow out in one day. We will announce soon.
We hope you dig the show. Already working on next week’s.
Keep up on the news and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Damaged Bug - Ugly Gamma / Bunker Funk
02. Dad Jokes – Jojo / Watch Out for Bullies
03. Rites of Spring - Hain’s Point / End on End
03. El Guapo – Inevitability / Super/System
04. Ween - Spirit Walker / La Cucaracha
05. Ty Segall - Black Magick / Sentimental Goblin
06. Seekae - You’ll / +Dome
07. Holland - Mint Missiles / The Paris Hilton Mujahideen
08. PJ Harvey - Harder (studio version) / The B Sides
09. Joy Division – Interzone / Heart and Soul
10. Wire - The 15th / Wire on the Box: 1979
11. Chain & the Gang - The Logic of Night / Best of Crime Rock
12. Unrest - Cath Carroll / Perfect Teeth
13. Metal Urbain – Ghetto / Les Hommes Morts Sont Dangereux
14. Zomes - Kaleidoscope of Sound / Near Unison
15. Meatbodies – Gyre / Alice
Hour 2
01. CFM - Lethal Look / Dichotomy Desaturated
02. James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved / Revolution of the Mind
03. Monty Python - Neville Shunt / Another Monty Python Record
04. The Saints - Demolition Girl / (I’m) Stranded
05. Chuck Berry - Too Much Monkey Business / Greatest Hits
06. Jay Reatard - I Know A Place / Singles 06-07
07. The Fall - Free Range / Code: Selfish
08. TV Smith – Cutbacks / I Delete
09. The Ooga Boogas - Rich ‘n’ Me / The Booga Box
10. Ya Ya Choral - My Friend The Chocolate Cake / What’s a Quaver
11. Devo - Strange Pursuit (demo) / Recombo DNA
12. The Minutemen - Nothing Indeed / Double Nickels on the Dime
13. Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy / Crystal Fairy
14. Drinks - I Could Loot You / single
15. POW - The Razor / Crack an Egg
16. Eastlink - Spring St. / Eastlink
17. Kikagaku Moyo - In a Coil / Stone Garden
Fanatic! Obviously I have no idea from where you’re reading this but here in Los Angeles it looks like the heat is back and while the east coast is digging itself out of several feet of snow, it’s turning back into the desert with traffic here.
The new Damaged Bug album is out. I ordered up and can’t wait to hear this one on vinyl. Here is where you can go for more information: https://www.castlefacerecords.com/products/damaged-bug-bunker-funk
A few different color variations, most of them selling out almost immediately. Those who are so inclined, who were nine seconds late for class can look forward to seeing these records at inflated prices at auction and purchase sites online starting almost immediately.
The Crystal Fairy album came out and its run of floro pink vinyl sold through. There is a small run of lavender colored vinyl out of the UK and another small run of a different color planned soon. I got a chance to hear the LP a few days ago and it’s a great one. We start our wonderful show with a track from it as we did last week.
For those with access to Netfilx, I would recommend the Danny Says documentary. The Danny mentioned is one Danny Fields. It’s hard to believe one guy was at the start of so much cool stuff in music but that was Danny’s life. It’s an amazing story.
For this show, we get to the other side of the Damaged Bug / Black Pus single that was just released by our sonic allies at Famous Class. Great record, great label: http://famousclass.com/
After a couple of drafts, I have listened to our gathering of tracks here and think it’s going to work rather well, that is to say, I’m on board.
I hope you find all these great tracks to be to your liking.
Heed the call of the record store and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Crystal Fairy - Vampire X-Mass / Crystal Fairy
02. Rites of Spring – Theme / End On End
03. The Fall - Totally Wired / Early Singles
04. The Birthday Party – Capers / Prayers On Fire
05. Iggy Pop – Girls / New Values
06. Serge Gainsbourg - Premiers Symptômes / L’ Homme A Tete De Chou
07. Black Pus - High Tide / LAMC #17
08. Dog Chocolate – Bookmarks / Snack Fans
09. Dad Jokes – Nothing / Bad Friends
10. The Damned - Melody Lee / Machine Gun Etiquette
11. Wire - Practice Makes Perfect / Chairs Missing
12. UK. Subs - Too Tired / Diminished Responsibility
13. Buzzcocks – Lipstick / Singles Going Steady
14. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides / single
15. The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea / Primary Colours
Hour 2
01. Chain & The Gang - I’m Not Interested Pt I / In Cool Blood
02. Damaged Bug - Gimme Tamanthum / Bunker Funk
03. Jungle Nausea – Uniform / Gunilla #01
04. Eddie Gale - The Gleeker / Black Rhythm Happening
05. Ty Segall - Would You Be My Love / Twins
06. Ex-Cult - Hollywood Heatseeker / Negative Growth
07. Dick Diver - Lonely Life single
08. Ever Had - Camels Eat Sand - Tididii Tididii Tididiididii - A 267 Lattajjaa Compilation
09. Zomes – Syster / Near Unison
10. Black Tambourine - Throw Aggi Off The Bridge / Complete Recordings
11. Mark Robinson - Volunteers Conquering Fires / Tiger Banana
12. Soccer Team - If You Were Here / Real Lessons In Cynicism
13. Soft As Snow - All Our Beasts / Glass Body
14. The KVB / Mirrors / ...Of Desire
15. Chain & The Gang - I’m Not Interested Pt II / In Cold Blood
16. My Cat Is An Alien - The Dance Of Oneirism #02 / The Dance Of Oneirism
Fanatic! Another week and another great show! I am just back from a week in Mexico City where I checked out Iggy Pop, the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of Rock and Roll, play three nights. It was a great time. Teresa and Omar from Crystal Fairy were there for the second night. As you can see below, we start the show with a track from their excellent new album.
I listened to Rain’s La Vache Qui Rit album a few days ago for the first time since last August. That’s a seasonal one for me, after August 31, it goes out of rotation until spring. I thought it would be good to put a track from it into the mix. It’s frustrating that the record is so scarce and expensive when you do see one. There are a few on Discogs but they are a lot. If you ever see this one, or any other record on the Peterbilt label at an affordable price, you might want to check it out.
The Tony Conrad documentary Completely in the Present will show on the 16th at The Theater at the Ace Hotel. Conrad was a fascinating musician and thinker. I strongly recommend this doc to you. Here is information:
http://www.acehotel.com/calendar/losangeles/un-private-collection-tony-conrad-completely-present
Did you notice the new Damaged Bug track in hour 1? That’s from a new split single on Famous Class. The flip side is Black Pus. Unsurprisingly, both songs are great. I think the color edition is gone but the black vinyl pressing is still available. Here is the Famous Class address for more information: http://famousclass.com/. It’s a good idea to get on the mailing list and get a heads up when these limited records hit.
Thanks for Engineer X, we have a sanitized version of H Eyes to start our second hour. It is restrictive, the language issues on radio but rules are rules. It is without a doubt, a great gathering of tunes that I hope you dig. Don’t you feel lucky that you like music? It’s not hard to find and always faithful. It’s one of the best deals humans get.
I hope you dig the show and listen to it at least twice.
Listen with intensity and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Crystal Fairy - Necklace of Divorce / Crystal Fairy
02. The Birthday Party - Guilt Parade / The Birthday Party
03. The MC5 - Call Me Animal / Back In The USA
04. The Mae Shi - Spoils Of Victory / Heartbeeps
05. Le Forte Four - Aye Ma Ma (I’m Amok) / Bikini Tennis Shoes
06. Rain - Snakeout / La Vache Qui Rit
07. Tony Conrad w/ Faust - The Death Of The Composer Was In 1962 / Tony Conrad w/ Faust
08. The Lost Sounds - I Sit I Watch I Wait / Lost Sounds
09. Dad Jokes - Party Goblin 2 / Hopeless Vacation
10. The Rangoons - C.B.T. Asylum / single
11. Robert Petway - Boogie Woogie Woman / Mississippi Blues Vol. 3
12. Damaged Bug - Rubber Lips / split single with Black Pus
13. Death from Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands / You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine
14. PJ Harvey - Losing Ground / Peel Sessions
15. Ty Segall - Warm Hands (Freedom Returned) / S/T
Hour 2
01. The Ruts - H-Eyes / single
02. The Bad Brains - I Against I / I Against I
03. Soccer Team - Nose To Chin / Real Lessons in Cynicism
04. Wire - The 15th / 154
05. Jah Stitch - Real Born African / Original Ragga Muffin (1975 -77)
06. Dinosaur Jr - Over It / Farm
07. The Heartbreakers - Let Go (original mix) / L.A.M.F. Definitive Edition
08. UK Subs – Victim / single
09. The Saints - (I’m) Stranded / (I’m) Stranded
10. Caetano Veloso – Jóia / Jóia
11. The Monks – Cuckoo / Black Monk Time
12. Ex Hex - Waste Your Time / Rips
13. Black Tambourine - By Tomorrow / Complete Recordings
14. The Fall - I’m Going to Spain / The Infotainment Scan
15. Empire - New Emotion / Expensive Sound
16. Jimi Hendrix - 3rd Stone From The Sun / Are You Experienced (mono)
MUTANT SOUNDS
Henry Rollins guest host
10 March 2017
Hello, fellow Mutant. Earlier this year, I met up with Eric Lumbleau & Matt Castille who host and curate the Mutant Sounds show on Dublab. I learned so much from the Mutant Sounds website. It was one of the best music resources ever. Many tracks I got from the MS site were incorporated into my radio shows for years.
In January, Eric & Matt asked me if I wanted to guest host their show. That was an easy yes and I got right to work.
What I came up with is much like the show I do on KCRW but perhaps with a little more emphasis on instrumental tracks.
If you are a Mutant Sounds listener, hopefully you will find these tracks interesting enough to listen to the entire show. It’s rare to get an opportunity to play exactly what you want without thoughts of someone getting steamed somewhere. If you want to hear more of what I’m up to with my own show, you can always find my shows online.
During the show, as per usual, I do a lot of explaining of what we’re listening to, how I found the tracks and where to get more information. I have a feeling that you would probably be able to get more facts about any of these tracks a lot faster than I would, so if anything catches your ear, as it were, there is plenty of ways to find out more online.
Eric & Matt are such great champions of interesting music. They do countless music fans all over the world a great service with their show I am amazed and grateful they threw the ball to me.
I figure we’re lucky to have an attraction music that is outside of the mainstream. It’s far more interesting to be skating on the fringes of anything than stuck in the thick of it. You might have had a similar experience to mine in that at an early age, I knew I was never going to be showing up for much of the regular thing when it came to music. Punk Rock changed everything for me. Hearing the first Suicide album around then made me realize there was a lot more happening and then getting turned onto people like Diamanda Galas, Iannis Xenakis (whose work Diamanda introduced me to about 32 years ago,) George Crumb and others that pretty much blew the doors off the hinges for me and that’s when things got very interesting. It becomes a mindset, an open-mindedness and curiosity that almost runs on its own power, sending you down paths of music that you feel so lucky to have discovered. A few years of this and you have more records than time to listen to them. I’ll take that over no music and hour after hour of silence any time.
Here are the tracks:
01. Mukhsin – no title available / Folk And Pop Sounds Of Sumatra Vol. 2
02. Augusto Klamm – Monologue / Poisonous Fragrances
03. Lydia Kavina - Improvisation / Music From The Ether: Original Works For Theremin
04. Hisato Higuchi - Girl Sister / She
05. Ben Simmons – Untitled / Living Is Hard - West African Music In Britain 1927-1929
06. Hei - ...Me Encontré Solo En La Oscuridad / Laivoja Ja Junia
07. Runhild Gammelsæter - Collapse - Lifting Of The Veil / Amplicon
08. Devo – U Got Me Bugged / Hardcore Devo Vol. 2
09. Uton – Költö / Kähe+
10. Joe Meek - I Hear A New World / I Hear a New World
11. The Four Plugs - Wrong Treatment
12. Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid - Morning Prayer / The Exchange Sessions Vol. 01
13. Ensemble Für Neue Musik Zürich - Proterozoic Vox Balaenae / George Crumb
14. Vlubä – Tarot / Horda Cryptic Vortex
15. Makers Of The Dead Travel Fast - The Dumb Waiters / G’arage D’or
16. Team Doyobi - Per Aspera Ad Astra / Cryptoburners
17. The Calico Wall - I’m A Living Sickness / Trash Box Vol. 3
18. Ashtray Navigations - Bubba O’Meiser / Spray
19. Fats Waller - Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece Of Pie / Last Years
20. 1/3 Octave Band - Cloud Chamber / Atem
21. Asian Women on the Telephone - Kljuch, Zamok, Yazyk / ICanT
22. Keiji Haino - untitled / Watashe Dake?
23. Suzuki Junzo - Black Pendulum / Buried Sky, Spider Torn To Pieces
24. Wolf Eyes – Undertow / Undertow
25. My Cat is an Alien - Love Is Like A Hiss From Outer Space / What Space is Made For
26. Scott Walker – Pilgrim / Bish Bosch
27. Les Rallizes Dénudés - Ice Fire / France Demo Tape Winter 88 - Spring 89
If all goes according to plan, this broadcast will cause one of the better problems you can have: a need to go the record store to get more records. That’s one of the best jams you’ll ever find yourself in. Thanks again to Eric and Matt for the confidence in letting me do this and thanks to you for listening.
Keep mutating!!!
–– Henry
Fanatic! I am presently in Mexico City. I am here to see the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of Rock and Roll, Mr. Iggy Pop play three shows. The first one was last night. It’s a night on and a night off. Iggy and the band were great. They played in front of over 60 thousand people. Metallica is closing the show. Years ago, I decided that it would be a good idea to see Iggy play as much as I could, so when he finally does hang up his spikes, I will have done my best.
Now that the sun is down, I am on the street, checking things out. I am at a coffee place, watching people go by. The weather is cool and perfect for hanging out.
As you know, Fanatic, to a certain extent, we make our show according to season and light cycle. I know that one person’s warm weather listen is another’s winter favorite. I also know that a lot of people think that all this is nonsense and they listen to what they want. All of that is fine with me, Fanatic. I just can’t help it, some music speaks to me at different times of the year. That being said, I reckon it’s spring time. I know the calendar says it’s March 20 but it’s feeling like spring to me.
Over the next few shows, I will start transitioning in some warmer weather tracks. Nico is one of my favorite cold weather artists. Awhile ago, I found two very rare Nico bootleg LPs and was intending to play them last month but forgot. I am going to wait until at least November to check them out. I know that’s ridiculous but that’s how I am. There’s plenty to listen to in the mean time.
Crystal Fairy LP on Ipecac is out right now and there will be a lot of great releases this year. Speaking of great records coming out this year, Larry Hardy at In the Red Records and I have a great Record Store Day release that’s being pressed up right now. We approved the test pressings a few days ago. It’s a co-release between In the Red and my label. I came to him last year with the idea, he was into it and we went to work. It’s going to be a great one.
Just in case you’re interested, I put together a show for Mutant Sounds. They do their show at Dublab. That goes out on Friday March 10 at 2000 hrs. PST. Here is where you can get more information: http://dublab.com/events/29092/vas-deferens-organization-%e2%80%93-mutant-sounds-radio/
If I have time, I will write up show notes for that show as well, so you know what’s happening.
For now, let’s dig all the great tunes we have lined up right here, shall we?
I hope you dig the show and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Crystal Fairy - Secret Agent Rat / Crystal Fairy
02. Electric Eels – Stucco / Those Were Different Times
03. Charley Patton - Poor Me / Complete Recordings: 1929-1934
04. Edwin Starr - Easin’ / Can You Dig It? The Music & Politics of Black Action Films 1968-75
05. Deerhoof - Dispossessor / The Magic
06. The Urinals - Black Hole / Negative Capability…Check It Out!
07. The KVB - Lower Depths / ...Of Desire
08. King Tubby & Soul Syndicate - King Tubby’s Key / Freedom Sounds In Dub
09. John Cale - Dead Or Alive / Honi Soit
10. Slug – Elevator / Swingers
11. The Silhouettes - Bing Bong / Memories Of Times Square Vol. 9
12. Birthday Party - Mr. Clarinet / The Birthday Party
13. Meatbodies – Touchless / Alice
14. The Horrors - Shadazz / Alan Vega 70th Vinyl Series - Radio Promo
15. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - La Araña / La Araña Es La Vida
16. Sort Sol - Hurricane Fighter Plane / The Violent Bear It Away
Hour 2
01. Drinks - I Am a Miserable Pig / Hermits on Holiday outtake
02. David Thomas - My Theory of Spontaneous Similitude/Red Tin Bus / Monster Walks the Winter Lake
03. Mohamed El Ezaby – Fattah Einak / mix CDR I got in Saudi Arabia
04. Swell Maps - Black Velvet / International Rescue
05. Living Eyes - Bad Example / Living Large
06. The Present Moment - The Distance Between Us / Loyal To A Fault
07. Seekae – Monster / The Worry
08. Pseudo Existors - Beyond The Zone / Stamp Out Normality
09. Dog Chocolate - Bent Wire Situation / Snack Fans
10. Mosquito Ego – Stew / Glomb
11. Spectres - Rubber Plant / Condition
12. Buzzcocks - Friends of Mine / Spiral Scratch
13. Filthy Little Star - White Bread / Community 4 - A Compilation of Hobart Music
14. Procedure Club - Questionable Tattoo / Pinky Swear
15. The Stooges - Asthma Attack / Music From the Motion Picture “Gimme Danger”
Fanatic! What a show we have for you. A lot of new bands in our second hour. As I am writing this, I am listening to Negative Growth by Ex-Cult. I think it might have overtaken Midnight Passenger as my favorite album of theirs. We have played tracks from Negative Growth before but to really get it, you need to hear the record all the way through.
Anyway, our show. We have been given the all clear to play any tracks we want from the new Crystal Fairy album and we will be using that to its fullest extent. Not a bad track on that one.
If you notice in our second hour, we have a lot of bands and artists that we have never had on the show before. I just got these records, so I am not at all able to tell you much about any of it, besides what I’ve heard so far is really cool. I will get into it as the days go on and hopefully have more information when we play them next.
I hope you dig the shows and that you are getting some listening in. I am turning in pretty good numbers, averaging about five records a day as I slowly bore through tonnage. It’s a great chore.
Now listening to the Alice album by Meatbodies, another great one!
Get your listening going and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Crystal Fairy – Chiseler / Crystal Fairy
02. Sinn Sisamouth - Navy a Go Go / Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten
03. Mosquito Ego - Local Zero / Glomb
04. Zomes - Mushroom In The Mirror / Near Unison
05. Astral Skulls – Landing / Contact-Light
06. Jack Name - Sound Was the Castle / Light Show
07. The Stooges - Gimme Danger / Music From The Motion Picture “Gimme Danger”
08. David Bowie - Queen Bitch / Bowie at the Beeb
09. Ty Segall - The Only One / S/T
10. Gary Wilson - Our Last Date / Mary Had Brown Hair
11. The Ruts - In a Rut / Peel Sessions
12. The Damned - Born to Kill / Damned Damned Damned
13. King Tubby - The Champion Version / Dub Gone Crazy
14. The Ramones - All’s Quiet On The Eastern Front / Pleasant Dreams
15. Tom Waits - Such A Scream / Bone Machine
16. Wire – Fragile / Pink Flag
17. Bootsy Collins – Bootzilla / Live in Louisville 1978
Hour 2
01. The Four Plugs - Biking Girl / single
02. The Hits - G-Banger / Hikikikomori
03. Spectres – Neck / Condition
04. The KVB - Night Games / …Of Desire
05. Pow! - Switchboard Scientist-Tech Boom
06. Deerhoof - Kafe Mania! / The Magic
07. The Adverts - Back from the Dead / Singles Collection
08. Dog Chocolate - Plastic Canoe / Snake Fans
09. Rattle - On Balance / Rattle
10. Zond – Six / Zond
11. Robert Bensick Band – Muse / French Pictures in London
12. Tyvek - Tip To Tail / Origin of What
13. Winternationale – Shadows / single
14. Hisato Higuchi – Dawn / Butterfly Horse Street
15. Motörhead – Electricity / Bad Magic
16. Cold Meat - Au Naturel / Jimmy’s Lipstick
17. Grouper - Stuck / Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Fanatic! Another great show lined up for you. I can’t be sure where you’re listening to the show from so I don’t know what the weather is like where you are. Around these parts (Los Angeles) it’s quite warm to the point of feeling like spring. Some of our selections are skewed towards the slightly increased temperatures of the last few days. It sure doesn’t feel like February around here.
We have new Spectres music. Thanks to Joe Spectres for sending us the new Condition album. I am not sure when that one comes out but I will get that information. Until then, we will get more tracks from it to you over the next several weeks.
Worth checking out is a new band that makes its appearance at the beginning of our second hour. They are called Crystal Fairy. Very happy to be able to start playing tracks from this one. You can pre-order from their bandcamp page. When you do, you get three songs from the album. I figured those would be safe to play, so tonight, we start in with this album that we will probably play all the tracks from. It’s that good. Omar from At the Drive In, Dale and Buzzo from the Melvins and Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes. That’s the band. It is a great record. https://crystalfairy.bandcamp.com/
We hope you dig the show.
Keep listening and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Spectres - Welcoming The Flowers Condition
02. Ty Segall - Break a Guitar / S/T
03. Black Sunday - This Heart Is Now Aluminum / Tronic Blanc
04. Boris – Pink / Crossing Waltz
05. Huun-Huur-Tu - Hayang (Name Of A Hunter) / Where Young Grass Grows
06. Embrace - Last Song / Embrace
07. Sex Pistols - C’mon Everybody / Flogging A Dead Horse
08. Joy Division – Transmission / Warsaw
09. Black Tambourine - Black Car / Complete Recordings
10. The Stooges - Down on the Street / Fun House
12. The Heartbreakers - Born To Lose (Original Mix) / L.A.M.F. Definitive Edition
13. Lamps - Bob The Cat / Lamps
14. Pere Ubu – Thanks / Lady from Shanghai
15. The New Christs - No Next Time / Tales From The Australian Underground
16. Tom Waits - The Return Of Jackie And Judy / Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
17. Public Image Ltd. - Careering (BBC TV, Old Grey Whistle Test 2-05-80) / Metal Box
Hour 2
01. Crystal Fairy - Drugs on the Bus / Crystal Fairy
02. Meatbodies - Creature Feature / Alice
03. Dahaga Bloom – Supa / No Curtains
04. Buzzcocks - Time’s Up / Spiral Scratch
05. Cured Pink – Essential / Four Piece Band
06. Chicos de Nazca - Only Place / Blowing Inside
07. Alèmayèhu Eshèté - Leb Tatèfalètch / Éthiopiques 9
08. Wire - Former Airline / 154 (CD version from 1990’s Japan)
09. Dinosaur Jr. - Over It / Farm
10. Death - Freakin Out / … For the World to See
11. The Misfits - Teenagers From Mars / single
12. Hissyfit – Scrunchie / Gunilla #04
13. Grouper - Heavy Water/I’d Rather Be Sleeping / Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
14. Charles Edward Cheese Band - White Unicorn / Philosophy Of Rap
15. The Ramones - The Return of Jackie and Judy / End of the Century
16. Cobwebbs - Everything In Slow Motion / single
Fanatic! Another week, another great show. We have more from the new Meatbodies album as well as more new Ty Segall. Also, new music from our sonic allies Zig Zags starts off our second hour.
Here is the information that I did not have at hand to tell you more about track three in our first hour. I thought I had the CD right next to me but I was wrong. If you want to know more about the Community 4 CD, here you go:
https://roughskiesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/community-4-a-compilation-of-hobart-music
There are two new releases on Castle Face. I bought them but have not heard them yet. I when they arrive, I will put them into the show as soon as I can. https://www.castlefacerecords.com/
I just got a download of the new Spectres album from the band and will get a new track into next week’s show. That’s a cool band.
Remember that records don’t play themselves, so listen often and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Funkadelic - Super Stupid / Maggot Brain
02. Soccer Team - World Series Apathy / 3 Song 7”
03. Ewah & The Vision Of Paradise - Walk The Night / Community 4
04. Motörhead(We Are) The Road Crew / All the Aces
05. Meatbodies - Haunted History / Alice
06. Ty Segall - Thank You Mr. K / S/T
07. Ata Ebtakar aka Sote - Pictures Of A Whisper / Persian Electronic Music
08. Ausmuteants – Stuck / Band of the Future
09. Public Enemy - Prophets of Rage / It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
10. Black Sabbath – Paranoid / Paranoid 2:52
11. The Pagans - Dead End America / Shit Street
12. Bad Brains - Pay to Cum / Black Dots
13. Dillinger - King of the Road / Bionic Dread
14. Red Cross - Annette’s Got the Hits / Annette’s Got the Hits
15. Wurm - I’m Dead / single
16. The Stains - Sick and Crazy / Chunks
17. JJ Starr - Roll Call (w/ Lady T) / tape
Hour 2
01. Zig Zags - Riddle Of Steel / single
02. Martin Rev - Black Ice / To Live
03. Wolf Eyes - Laughing Tides / Undertow
04. Transelement - Marlyborne Rusk / Nouvelle Vague “Pocket Raindrops” Vol. 1
05. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains / 21 Singles
06. Del Shannon - Move It On Over / Teenage Shutdown Vol. 01
07. The Damned - Teenage Dream / Tales From the Damned
08. Tim Presley – Clue / The Wink
09. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I’m Bored / Gorilla
10. Charlie Hilton – Palana / Palana
11. Guerilla Toss - Multibeast TV / Eraser Stargazer
12. Clash - Brand New Cadillac / London Calling
13. Generation X - Shakin’ All Over / single
14. The Ramones - I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement / Ramones
15. Sugar Pie DeSanto - In The Basement, Part One / Down In The Basement
16. The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack / Can’t Stand the Rezillos
17. The Buzzcocks - Whatever Happened To…? / Singles Going Steady
18. Thee Oh Sees – Contraption / Live in San Francisco
Fanatic! Another week, another great show. We have more from the new Meatbodies album as well as more new Ty Segall. Also, new music from our sonic allies Zig Zags starts off our second hour.
Here is the information that I did not have at hand to tell you more about track three in our first hour. I thought I had the CD right next to me but I was wrong. If you want to know more about the Community 4 CD, here you go:
https://roughskiesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/community-4-a-compilation-of-hobart-music
There are two new releases on Castle Face. I bought them but have not heard them yet. I when they arrive, I will put them into the show as soon as I can. https://www.castlefacerecords.com/
I just got a download of the new Spectres album from the band and will get a new track into next week’s show. That’s a cool band.
Remember that records don’t play themselves, so listen often and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Funkadelic - Super Stupid / Maggot Brain
02. Soccer Team - World Series Apathy / 3 Song 7”
03. Ewah & The Vision Of Paradise - Walk The Night / Community 4
04. Motörhead(We Are) The Road Crew / All the Aces
05. Meatbodies - Haunted History / Alice
06. Ty Segall - Thank You Mr. K / S/T
07. Ata Ebtakar aka Sote - Pictures Of A Whisper / Persian Electronic Music
08. Ausmuteants – Stuck / Band of the Future
09. Public Enemy - Prophets of Rage / It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
10. Black Sabbath – Paranoid / Paranoid 2:52
11. The Pagans - Dead End America / Shit Street
12. Bad Brains - Pay to Cum / Black Dots
13. Dillinger - King of the Road / Bionic Dread
14. Red Cross - Annette’s Got the Hits / Annette’s Got the Hits
15. Wurm - I’m Dead / single
16. The Stains - Sick and Crazy / Chunks
17. JJ Starr - Roll Call (w/ Lady T) / tape
Hour 2
01. Zig Zags - Riddle Of Steel / single
02. Martin Rev - Black Ice / To Live
03. Wolf Eyes - Laughing Tides / Undertow
04. Transelement - Marlyborne Rusk / Nouvelle Vague “Pocket Raindrops” Vol. 1
05. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains / 21 Singles
06. Del Shannon - Move It On Over / Teenage Shutdown Vol. 01
07. The Damned - Teenage Dream / Tales From the Damned
08. Tim Presley – Clue / The Wink
09. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I’m Bored / Gorilla
10. Charlie Hilton – Palana / Palana
11. Guerilla Toss - Multibeast TV / Eraser Stargazer
12. Clash - Brand New Cadillac / London Calling
13. Generation X - Shakin’ All Over / single
14. The Ramones - I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement / Ramones
15. Sugar Pie DeSanto - In The Basement, Part One / Down In The Basement
16. The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack / Can’t Stand the Rezillos
17. The Buzzcocks - Whatever Happened To…? / Singles Going Steady
18. Thee Oh Sees – Contraption / Live in San Francisco
Fanatic! I hope that if you were in the Los Angeles area last week, you were able to check out one of the Melvins/Sleep shows at the Fonda. So great.
If you check out our tracks below, Fanatic, you will see some new bands. When I was in Australia last year, I picked up a lot of records, not all of them from Australia. One of them was the Glomb album by Mosquito Ego. I was listening to it last week and really liked it, so I put a track into our show. If you like it, the rest of the record is as good.
Asa from Lungfish has been making records under the handle Zomes for quite awhile and they are very cool but on his last album Near Unison, he changed things up and brought in Hanna Olivegren for vocals, keyboard and bass. The results are really good. I thought you would like to hear a track from it. I have had this record for awhile but have not heard it in at least a year.
I got the Cold Meat single in Australia last year, I am guessing from Richie at Strangeworld in Melbourne. Great record.
Way down at the end of the show, we listen to Grouper, aka Liz Harris. I don’t think we have ever played her on the show before. I don’t know why. Her records are really good. I have vinyl of her stuff but not much on digital. I will work on that to get more tracks to you.
It’s a good show all the way through and I hope you will enjoy listening to it at least a few times through. No green card needed.
Play a lot of music and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Public Enemy - Dark Side Of The Wall: 2000 / There’s a Poison Goin’ On
02. Mosquito Ego - Bad Medication / Glomb
03. Zomes - Se Genom Tiden / Near Unison
04. Cold Meat - Praying to the Gaps / Jimmy’s Lipstick
05. Derek and Clive – Street Music / Ad Nauseam
06. The Blind Shake – Anaerobic / Key to a False Door
07. Farflung - Stella Volo / A Wound in Eternity
08. CFM - Diluted Dreams and Land Mines w: Intro / single
09. Public Image Ltd. – Poptones (Peel Session 12-17-79) / Metal Box reissue
10. Dillinger - Ital Fighting / Bionic Dread
11. Omar Souleyman - Dabke 2001 / Highway to Hassake
12. The Weirdos - Fort USA / Destroy All Music
13. White Fence - Destroy Everything / White Fence
14. Ty Segall – Papers / S/T
15. The Damned – Politics / Music for Pleasure
16. Julee Cruise - The World Spins / Floating Into the Night
Hour 2
01. The Cramps - Mad Daddy (Ohio 1979) / Cramps Demos
02. Buzzcocks - Time’s Up / Time’s Up
03. Kim Salmon & Spencer P Jones - A Bitter Projection / Runaways
04. The Once & Future Band - Magnetic Memory / The Once & Future Band
05. Male Gaze - Lesser Demons / King Leer
06. The Minutemen - Case Closed / Bean Spill EP
07. Lightnin’ Hopkins - Big Mama Jump / Complete Goldstar Sessions
08. Johnny & the Hurricanes - Red River Rock / Instrumental Oldies
09. The Ramones - Time Bomb / Subterranean Jungle
10. Martin Rev - Search For Stone / To Live
11. Die Cheerleader - Remember Zelda / Son of Filth
12. Hisato Higuchi - Ikutsumono Heya / Bara Bara Na Bamen
13. The UK Subs - I Couldn’t Be You / Another Kind of Blues
14. The Meatbodies - Count Your Fears / Alice
15. Litanic Mask – Executive / Litanic Mask
16. Grouper - Quiet Eyes / Ambient Not Ambient
Fanatic! We have one great show for you. Straight out of the gate, there is a new track by Damaged Bug, aka John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees. We got the green light from the label to play you this one track from the new album Bunker Funk. I am not sure when the album comes out but it’s great all the way through and of course, when we get the go ahead, we will play you all the other tracks on the album.
New Wolf Eyes as well, sounds great. I got an email from my old pal Barry Adamson of Magazine, the Bad Seeds, etc. He sent me this track Sweet Misery, that I thought was really cool, so we put that in the mix. I don’t know if you have had the chance to check out the new, well, kinda new Ex-Cult album Negative Growth. It’s really great. I am not sure if we have played any tracks from it before. Well, we definitely are tonight. New Ty Segall as well. His new album is on Drag City. Yet another track from Charles Moothart’s (CFM) new 7” on In the Red as well. It’s a great record. I think Mr. Larry Hardy over at ITR said there will be a new CFM album out this year. Of course, we will be getting into that one as soon as we get the all clear.
I have been back for about a week. It’s not easy coming down from the speed of a tour. I have been listening to a lot of music every day, that’s helping. Here’s what I listened to yesterday. Yes, I keep a list.
24. The Stooges – Rough Power LP
24. Joy Division - Morituri Tu Salutant – Victory (clear vinyl) LP
24. Wire – Pink Flag (test pressing Greece) LP
24. Martin Rev – Stigmata LP
24. My Cat Is An Alien - On Air At Sound Projecting LP
24. Klaus Schulze – Blackdance LP
24. Folklore Rasse El Oued (single on Orikaphone) 7”
24. Slugfuckers - Three Feet Behind Glass / Live At Budokan 7”
24. Jimi Hendrix – Let Me Light Your Fire / Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Spain) 7”
24. Boomgates / Bats – Widow Maker/December Ice 7”
24. Les Rallizes de Nudes – Fallin’ Love With (giveaway with Etcetera magazine) 7
24. Sham 69 – Don’t Wanna / Ulster Boy / Red London (incorrect label version) 7”
24. David Bowie – Sound & Vision / New Career in a New Town (Australia/New Zealand) 7”
24. The Stooges – Consolation Prizes / Johanna / Jesus Loves the Stooges (promo) 7”
24. Albert Ayler – New Generation / Heart Love 7”
24. Pumice / Grouper – split single 7”
No matter how strange things get, the music will always be there for you.
Life is hard. Get a turntable and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Follow me on Twitter: @henryrollins
Instagram: HenryandHeidi
Hour 1
01. Damaged Bug - Bog Dash / Bunker Funk
02. Cat’s Eyes – Drag / Treasure House
03. Wolf Eyes - Empty Island / Undertow
04. Scattered Order - Slot Car Synth / Prat Culture
05. Barry Adamson - Sweet Misery / new
06. Ex-Cult - New Face On / Negative Growth
07. Ty Segall - Orange Color Queen / Ty Segall
08. The Scorpions - Speedy’s Coming / Tokyo Tapes
09. UK Subs - Emotional Blackmail / Brand New Age
10. Parliament - I Can Move You (If You Can Let Me) / Up For The Down Stroke
11. Iggy Pop – Tonight / Lust For Life
12. David Bowie - Black Country Rock / The Man Who Sold The World
13. CFM - Homegrown Paranoia / 7”
14. Public Image Ltd.- Swan Lake (“Master”) / Metal Box
Hour 2
01. Cobwebbs - Kill / All Around
02. Monty Python - Spam Sketch / Another Monty Python Record
03. Astral Skulls - The Day That Never Comes / Contact-Light
04. Au Ras Au Ras – Left / The Great Nothing
05. Ausmuteants - Music Writers / Band of the Future
06. Boris - Room Noise / Pink
07. Guerilla Toss - Eraser Stargazer Forever / Eraser Stargazer
08. Cramps - Mystery Plane (unreleased version) / Songs the Lord Taught Us
09. Isaac Hayes - Walk From Regio’s / Shaft
10. ZZ Top – Loaded / Rhythmeen
11. Symbols Do the Zombie / Lux and Ivy’s favorites Vol 3
12. The Germs - Media Blitz / Germs Complete
13. The Fall - Neighbourhood Of Infinity / Perverted By Language
14. Erase Errata - Tax Dollar / Nightlife
15. Sleep - The Clarity / 12”
BBC RADIO 6
Henry Rollins in for Iggy Pop
27 January 2017
Hello BBC Radio 6 listener and fellow music fan. Here we are, back together again as I do my best to fill in for the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of Rock and Roll, Iggy Pop. I hope you dug last week’s show. I think we have yet another tremendous batch of tracks for you.
This show rolls out on Friday night, right? Easily the best night of the week. At that time, you might getting ready to get out and hit the streets and this is the soundtrack that plays in the background as you make your plans. I think the streets of cities in England are some of the best in the world for walking around at night.
Right now as I write this, it’s Saturday night, January 21st in Los Angeles. I am listening to a Joy Division bootleg called Die Kalten Winde Des Winters. It’s from January 15, 1980, in Koln, Germany. It’s a 2LP set and while it’s not the best quality, it’s still really cool. If you are a fan of JD bootleg albums, you have probably noticed that they keep coming out but they are usually the same shows over and over. Leeds, Preston, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, etc. This record, for some reason, rarely turns up. It sounds like the band is playing along through a steady whine of feedback. I don’t know what it is. This is the one show I have not seen pressed and re-pressed every few years. It could be because of all the extra noise. Of all the JD bootlegs I have ever heard, this is one of the harder going sonically but it’s still interesting enough to put on. I met the great music writer Jon Savage weeks ago. We spoke briefly about Joy Division. He said something that he got from actually being there, and that I got from listening to a lot of records. He said that they were one band in the studio and quite another live. I agree. Obviously, in the studio, when the band was working with Martin Hannett, it’s going to be quite a different thing. The studio work was tremendous and live it was, at least from what I can gather by just listening, one of the most intense bands ever.
I don’t hang out with people all that much but I spend a lot of time listening to music, so not only is the music my friend but so are the records. I don’t think you can ever have too many. If I am off the road, that’s probably what I’m doing on a weekend night, checking out the tunes. It never gets old and it never doesn’t make sense.
I try to listen to minimum five records every day, or at least five things—cassettes, CDs and singles count as well. That’s a lot of listening and often impossible to do when I am on the road but I try. My tour of about thirteen months ended five days ago. It’s not easy to be here. I would much rather be on the bus with a show waiting miles down the road. When I am here, I try to get a lot of listening done.
In case you have ever checked out the other times I have been on Radio 6 and wondered if there was any concept behind the assemblage, there is. Here is an explanation. When I put together tracks for a radio show, I basically make it for one person. Like when you make someone a mix tape and you agonize over each track, the order, etc. This is what I do and it often takes a lot of time. The person in my mind I am making the show for is alone in a room in a town or city where he or she doesn’t feel all that welcome or accepted. The locals might not understand but the music does, it always does. As the songs play, everything gets better. Never take your records for granted. Treat them with care and they shall do the same for you. As Sun Ra once said, “Be careful, the music is listening.”
We start out the show with Sister Midnight from The Idiot, for at least two reasons. It is a perfect night time song and let’s not forget whose show this is. Earlier tonight, I listened to The Idiot, a pressing out of New Zealand that I found weeks ago. Last year, I saw Iggy play four times in three countries. To hear him and the band totally pull off Mass Production was amazing.
There are no tracks on our show that you can’t find out more about online. That being said, let’s highlight a few of them because not only is music great to listen to, it’s also great to talk about.
There are a lot of albums by Gary Wilson and in my opinion, they are all worth checking out. If you dig tonight’s GW track, the album it came from, You Think You Really Know Me is a good place to start. An original is really expensive but the folks at Feeding Tube Records have put out a great sounding reissue that’s totally worth it. What a cool label!
As did last week, we listened to a track from the yet to be released album by Crystal Fairy, featuring the Melvins teaming up with Teresa Suarez, aka Terri Gender Bender. The album is out later this year on Ipecac Recordings and it’s really great. Thanks again to press person Monica who let us have the tracks. We were very fortunate to get these to you. http://ipecac.com
Also, I have to put a word in for Soccer Team. The band was, at its core, Melissa Quinley and Ryan Nelson. Now the band has been fleshed out by Dennis Kane on drums and Jason Hutto on second guitar. Just my opinion, there is not one bad song in the bunch. Ryan is a brilliant songwriter. The new-ish album, Real Lessons in Cynicism, is the excellent follow up to the ‘Volunteered’ Civility and Professionalism album. Tonight, we rock a song from their three song 7”. All of these records are on the mighty Dischord label, owned and operated by Ian MacKaye. Oh, I have to add this. Jason Hutto is in a really cool band called The Aquarium, they also have records on Dischord.
No way can I let you go without talking about Alex Cameron. One extraordinarily talented musician. He’s out of Australia. He has made records with George Nicholas and John Hassell under the name Seekae that are excellent. Their album The Worry is a great place to start. In 2014, Alex released Jumping the Shark. It’s a concept album about a has-been plotting a comeback. It’s is SO good. Secretly Canadian has re-issued it. If you like the track from the album we play tonight, the rest of the record is as great. The videos are not to be missed.
Tonight’s show was put together over several days in backstage areas of venues in at least a few countries. It was played over and over again, changes were made and after several drafts, it was done. BBC Radio 6 listener, I never phone it in.
Thanks to Adam Dineen for engineering and producing the show. Thanks to Radio 6 for letting me in the building. I can’t explain how cool it is for me to do a BBC Radio show! To fill in for the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of Rock and Roll is a rare honor that is not lost on me. Thanks for listening. Below are all the tracks.
01. Iggy Pop - Sister Midnight / The Idiot
02. Alternative TV - Action Time Vision / The Image Has Cracked
03. Magic Michael – Millionaire / single
04. Prince Jammy - Jammy’s No Fool / Prince Jammy vs. Crucial Bunny
05. Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee / Dreams Interrupted
06. Kraftwerk - Das Modell / Die Mensch Maschine
07. The Meters - He Bite Me / Good Old Funky Music
08. Gary Wilson – I Wanna Lose Control / You Think You Really Know Me
09. David Bowie - V-2 Schneider / Heroes
10. Ronnie Dee - Action Packed / Rockin’ Bones
11. The MC5 - Looking At You (single version) / The Big Bang!
12. Fats Waller - You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business / Last Years (1940-1943)
13. The Cravats – Precinct / Small Wonder Punk Singles Collection
14. Roky Erickson - The Interpreter / Gremlins Have Pictures
15. Walter Steding – Hound Dog / Walter Steding
16. Miles Davis - Black Satin / On the Corner
17. Miriam Makeba – Oxgam / Live At Bern’s Salonger, Stockholm, Sweden, 1966
18. Birthday Party - Little Doll – 11-06-81 Eindhoven Holland
19. Crystal Fairy – Chiseler / Crystal Fairy
20. Tim Presley - Underwater Rain / The Wink
21. Cluster – Marzipan / Zuckerzeit
22. Alex Cameron – Mongrel / Jumping the Shark
23. Lost Sounds - Throw Away / Black Wave
24. Lowtide – Held / Lowtide
25. Soccer Team - Letter To Saint Thomas Aquinas / 3 song 7”
26. Damaged Bug - Horse Egg 2 / The Tarot of Personal Experience
27. Nico - The Sphinx / The Drama of Exile
28. Meatbodies – Rotten / single
29. Devo - Be Stiff / B Stiff EP
30. X Ray Spex - I Can’t Do Anything / Germ Free Adolescents
31. Ludus – My Cherry Is In Sherry / The Seduction
32. Buzzcocks - Airwaves Dream / Singles Going Steady
Fanatic! After two days off to get from Saskatoon, Canada down to where I am now in Clearwater, Florida, tonight I start the last of the shows of the tour. After 13 months, exhausting as it can be, I would like nothing more than to start the whole thing over again.
I am very happy about this show and looking forward to start folding in a lot of new music that has been coming in. We are looking to make 2017 a great year of having the opportunity to bring you some really cool jams. As you know, that’s basically our plan every year, of course, but we are always trying to up our game.
In the next few days, I will be preparing next week’s show. It will be fresh made! We hope you enjoy what we have put together for you and look forward to being back with you next week.
Remember that every day is Record Store Day and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Follow me on Twitter: @henryrollins
Hour 1
01. Black Sabbath - The Wizard / Black Sabbath
02. The Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker / Rocket to Russia
03. Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - Chinese Rocks / LAMF
04. Wire - Lowdown / Pink Flag
05. The Make Up - Hey! Orpheus / I Want Some
06. Teledetente 666 – Toxic / Karen
07. Terakaft – Intidgagen / Akh Issudar
08. Terrible Truths - The Coast is Clear / Terrible Truths
09. X-Ray Spex - Art-I-Ficial / Germ Free Adolescents
10. J Mascis - Little Fury Things / 03-03-07 Oslo Norway
11. Sinn Sisamouth - Season Of Bloom / Cambodian Rocks IV
12. The Adverts - Television’s Over / Cast of Thousands
13. Thee Oh Sees - The Poem / An Odd Entrances
14. These Are Powers - Glass Blocks / All Aboard Future
15. Revolutionary Corps Of Teenage Jesus - Money Day / Righteous Lite
Hour 2
01. Savages - T.I.W.Y.G. / Adore Life
02. Miles Davis – Move / The Birth of the Cool
03. Melt-Banana - Blank Page Of The Blind / Bambi’s Dilemma
04. Iggy Pop – Tonight / Lust for Life
05. David Bowie - Sons Of The Silent Age / Heroes
06. → ↑ → - Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind / Kim’s 21st Birthday Party – 09-05-81
07. The Misfits - Hollywood Babylon / Box set
08. Rowland S. Howard – Autoluminescent / Teenage Snuff Film
09. HTRK – Eat Yr Heart / 12”
10. Joy Division – Interzone / Unknown Pleasures
11. Cobbwebs - Turn Out Right / All Around
12. Devo - Shrivel Up / Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!
13. Nile - Multitude Of Foes / Black Seeds of Vengeance
14. Batrider – Thing / Pink Guitars Yellow Stars
15. Bootsy’s Rubber Band - Roto-Rooter / Live In Louisville 1978
16. Conrad Schnitzler - Metall I / Ballet Statique
Fanatic! It is David Bowie’s birthday. I thought this was a great opportunity to listen to a lot of Mr. B’s amazing music. You might remember, we did a show kinda sorta like this last year. I pulled out that track list and did my best to not repeat.
I am no expert on the great man’s music, I am just a fan, so this is not some expertly curated overview of the entire catalog. I don’t think a mere two hours would be enough time to afford such a thing, so instead of that, what we have here is a cool David Bowie mix tape that we hope you enjoy.
I am on the bus, in Canada, on the way from Kelowna to Vancouver. The cold is incredible. A few shows from now, I will be in Florida. So for now, we are layered up but we will be shedding soon as we head south.
We hope you enjoy this slim slice of one of the greatest recorded catalogs ever. Perhaps this will inspire you to get some of these records on LP. Some of the best listening you’ll ever do, Fanatic.
Have a great, music filled week, and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Follow me on Twitter: @henryrollins
Hour 1
01. David Bowie – Blackstar / Blackstar
02. David Bowie – Changes (mono single version) / single
03. David Bowie – Breaking Glass / Low
04. David Bowie - She Shook Me Cold / The Man Who Sold the World
05. David Bowie – Up the Hill Backwards / Scary Monsters
06. David Bowie - The Secret Life Of Arabia / Heroes
07. David Bowie - Look Back In Anger / single edit Lodger
08. David Bowie - TVC15 (single edit)
09. David Bowie - I’ve Been Waiting For You / Heathen
10. David Bowie - A New Career In A New Town / Low
11. David Bowie – Star / Ziggy Stardust
12. David Bowie - Station To Station / Station To Station
Hour 2
01. David Bowie - Fame (single mix) / single
02. David Bowie - Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (radio edit)
03. David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes (single edit)
04. David Bowie - Cactus / Heathen
05. David Bowie - So She (extra track on CD version) / The Next Day
06. David Bowie - V-2 Schneider / Heroes
07. David Bowie - Oh! You Pretty Things / Hunky Dory
08. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust / Ziggy Stardust
09. David Bowie – Be My Wife / Low
10. David Bowie – Word on a Wong (single edit) / single
11. David Bowie – Lady Stardust (alt.) / Ziggy Stardust
12. David Bowie – Black Country Rock / The Man Who Sold the World
13. David Bowie - Suffragette City / Bowie At The Beeb
14. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out Fire) / single
15. David Bowie - Teenage Wildlife / Vampires of Human Flesh
Fanatic! We are starting in on the first possible day of the year. Hopefully, your holiday went well. I am back on the road with a few more weeks of shows.
I had about a week and a half back in Los Angeles. I used the time to try and get some listening in and I did. My goal, in the ten days I had, was to listen to 100 releases. I was able to check out 110.
Below you have all the tracks that we will check out on this show. We have prepared the first three shows of the year. I will be working on the rest of the January shows from backstage areas over the next few weeks.
2017 will be, at the very least, an interesting year. I think we better listen to a lot of music. We will be relentless as usual, serving it up as best we can, until we get canned. Please keep tuning in.
Greet the new year and STAY FANATIC!!!
–– Henry
Follow me on Twitter: @henryrollins
Hour 1
01. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life / Lust for Life
02. M.F.S.B. Feat. The Three Degrees – TSOP / AM Gold 1974
03. Ooga Boogas - Studio Of My Mind / Booga Box
04. The Aquarium – Golden Pyramid / The Aquarium
05. Ngozi Family- Night Of Fear / 45,000 Volts
06. Mel O’Dubhslaine - Blankety / I Can Remember The Faces Of All The Grebs At My School
07. Meat Puppets - Lake Of Fire / Meat Puppets II
08. Meatbodies – Hibernation / single
09. David Bowie - Queen Bitch / Hunky Dory
10. Boris – Talisman / Pink (Deluxe Edition)
11. Sun Ra - Solar Symbols / Secrets from the Sun
12. Astral Skulls - Run and Hide / Contact-Light
13. The Cravats – Bigband / single
14. Thee Oh Sees - You Will Find It Here / An Odd Entrances
Hour 2
01. Lightnin’ Hopkins - Happy New Year / Sittin’ In With Lightnin’ Hopkins
02. Jay Reatard - Hammer I Miss You / Singles 06-07
03. Mikal Cronin - Am I Wrong / MCII
04. Motorhead - Love Me Like A Reptile / Ace of Spades
05. The Damned - Ballroom Blitz / single
06. SoliPsiK – Zombod / Terrace Industry : M Squared Box 1980 – 1983
07. Joy Division – Transmission / BBC Recordings
08. Mick Harvey - Non Affair / Pink Elephants
09. Kim Salmon & Spencer P. Jones - It’s All The Same / Runaways
10. Charlie Hilton – Snow / Palana
11. True Widow – Theurgist / Avvoglere
12. The Lurkers - New Guitar In Town / single
13. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Hot Head / Doc at The Radar Station
14. VVV - Resurrection River / Resurrection River
15. King Sunny Ade - Happy New Year / Grace of God