WEBVTT 00:00:02.699 --> 00:00:07.040 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence. Welcome 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:10.560 to the season finale of Pop Rocks Radio. What 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:13.119 does that mean? Well, it just means that we've 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:15.939 done enough episodes that I arbitrarily decided 00:00:15.939 --> 00:00:18.640 we should start a new season soon. That work 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:23.079 for everyone? All right then. As always, I am 00:00:23.079 --> 00:00:25.890 your host, Bijan. Even though it's arbitrary, 00:00:26.190 --> 00:00:28.030 that doesn't mean I haven't tried to make this 00:00:28.030 --> 00:00:31.589 show special. Not only do we have great new music 00:00:31.589 --> 00:00:35.390 from Sharkeologist, The Dogmatics, HAIM, The 00:00:35.390 --> 00:00:38.750 Coolies, and so much more, our movie of the week 00:00:38.750 --> 00:00:41.689 is perhaps the greatest rock and roll cult movie 00:00:41.689 --> 00:00:44.990 of all time, Rock and Roll High School. And we'll 00:00:44.990 --> 00:00:46.950 be featuring artists from that soundtrack as 00:00:46.950 --> 00:00:50.219 well. So sit back, put your headphones on, and 00:00:50.219 --> 00:00:53.100 enjoy the latest from the Dogmatics. This is 00:00:53.100 --> 00:00:56.240 their new single on Rumbar Records. Their new 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:00.100 album is due out on July 18th. This is You've 00:01:00.100 --> 00:05:14.540 Got What I Want. You've got what I want Last 00:05:14.540 --> 00:05:16.920 week we played something from one of Steve Allen's 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:20.439 solo works. This was the other half of what is 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:24.160 now 2020. Ron Flynt with 3rd Street Girl from 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:28.160 his 2004 album L .A. Story. Together or apart, 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:30.480 these guys have just written the kind of songs 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:32.600 that make you fall in love with your radio all 00:05:32.600 --> 00:05:37.160 over again. Whatever, dude. Whatever. Peace. 00:05:37.180 --> 00:05:41.139 God bless. Welcome to Pop Rocks Radio. I can't 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:44.589 believe this is our 50th show. This is normally 00:05:44.589 --> 00:05:46.449 the part where I would say, it feels like just 00:05:46.449 --> 00:05:49.290 yesterday we started this, but really, sometimes 00:05:49.290 --> 00:05:51.949 I look back and realize no matter how far we 00:05:51.949 --> 00:05:55.009 have left to go, man, we've come a long way, 00:05:55.009 --> 00:05:57.870 baby. Though I still love the playlist of the 00:05:57.870 --> 00:06:02.290 first show, I cringe to listen to that now. Of 00:06:02.290 --> 00:06:04.290 course, it could be not so long till I cringe 00:06:04.290 --> 00:06:07.149 at this show, too. In fact, depending on how 00:06:07.149 --> 00:06:09.870 this turns out, that could be tomorrow. But I 00:06:09.870 --> 00:06:13.500 digress. This next band is a Seattle band that 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:15.519 I have just had the good fortune to be introduced 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:19.439 to. And to me, they really embody so much of 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:22.019 what I love about the Seattle music scene. Okay, 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:24.040 now I want you to think of the Seattle music 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:26.199 scene and what is the first thing that comes 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.740 to your mind? Is it a naked baby swimming after 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:32.990 a dollar bill? Of course it is. But the reality 00:06:32.990 --> 00:06:35.589 is that even though grunge gave us some indelible 00:06:35.589 --> 00:06:37.970 contributions to rock history with bands like 00:06:37.970 --> 00:06:40.689 Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, to 00:06:40.689 --> 00:06:43.870 name a few, the history of Seattle music is so 00:06:43.870 --> 00:06:47.009 unbelievably diverse. Whether we're talking about 00:06:47.009 --> 00:06:49.149 the Posies, the presidents of the United States 00:06:49.149 --> 00:06:51.990 of America, the Young Fresh Fellows, the Heats, 00:06:52.009 --> 00:06:56.120 the Cowboys, the Allies, to even Hart. the Sonics, 00:06:56.139 --> 00:06:58.860 and of course, Jimi Hendrix. And now the Seattle 00:06:58.860 --> 00:07:01.920 music scene is just brimming with that same sort 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:04.800 of eclectic diversity that only this place and 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:07.639 its unique flavor can bring. Bands like Sugar 00:07:07.639 --> 00:07:10.480 Bones, Jaws of Brooklyn, The Home Team, Chico 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:14.920 Detour, and this next band. This is Sharkiologist, 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:17.819 who just released their debut self -titled album 00:07:17.819 --> 00:07:20.540 on 20 Minute Records. They describe themselves 00:07:20.540 --> 00:07:23.319 as a synth rock band, but having listened to 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:25.399 the album, I think that really just scratches 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:28.180 the surface. They just did a gig at Easy Street 00:07:28.180 --> 00:07:30.860 Records in Seattle. If you're into record stores, 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.120 and I hope you are, Rolling Stone called this 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.000 place one of the top 10 record stores in the 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:39.459 country. This is a track from the Sharkiologist 00:07:39.459 --> 00:07:43.480 album that I particularly like. This is Told 00:07:43.480 --> 00:08:05.910 You So. You were sitting around. You were gathering 00:08:05.910 --> 00:08:12.009 dust. And I was drinking all tools like a miserable 00:08:12.009 --> 00:08:15.550 tooth. Cause my liver had fattened too much. 00:08:15.649 --> 00:08:20.230 We laughed at the thought. Maybe a little too 00:08:20.230 --> 00:08:25.750 hard. Yeah. We both wanted to scream like we 00:08:25.750 --> 00:08:29.449 were 17 in the back of your grandmama's car. 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:37.639 Disco, we can scream like we just saw Jesus. 00:08:37.720 --> 00:09:09.230 We're here. With a word or two and a memory of 00:09:09.230 --> 00:09:13.169 youth gallivanting around in your head. I laugh 00:09:13.169 --> 00:09:20.450 at the thought as I clean up the sink. And it 00:09:20.450 --> 00:09:24.429 was all I could do to put down the Sudoku and 00:09:24.429 --> 00:09:28.129 drown myself in spiritless drinks. Or ride down 00:09:28.129 --> 00:09:33.399 to the disco with sweet screams. Like we just 00:09:33.399 --> 00:18:37.359 saw Jesus we hear We're here. We closed out that 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.359 set with Sloan, our friends from Toronto with 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:43.319 You Don't Need Excuses to Be Good from 2014's 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.019 Commonwealth. The cool thing about Sloan is that 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:48.099 all their members contribute their own songs 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:51.079 to the band, so each track has a distinct flavor. 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:55.119 Much like another popular foursome from across 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:59.779 the pond, huh? Before that, we had the Blusterfields 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:01.940 from North Carolina with their latest single, 00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:33.720 Be Your Man. How else do you describe our Tuesday 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:37.000 movie of the week on Wednesday? The ultimate 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:40.299 cult classic midnight teen movie and the only 00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:43.660 film smart enough to cast the Ramones. And one 00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:46.759 of the only movies to truly get what teen rebellion 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:51.099 feels like. Messy, loud, idealistic, and just 00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:54.019 smart enough to burn it all down. I'm talking 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:57.339 about 1979's Rock and Roll High School, directed 00:19:57.339 --> 00:20:00.799 by Alan Arkush for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.400 Roger Corman was the walking embodiment of punk 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:07.880 DIY spirit. Sure, that spirit may have been born 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:10.720 from his being notoriously cheap, but there's 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:13.920 genius in that thrift. His autobiography says 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:16.680 it all, how I made a hundred movies in Hollywood 00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:19.920 and never lost a dime. Before our cush blew up 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:21.940 a high school with the Ramones, he cut his teeth 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:24.799 on Hollywood Boulevard, an exploitation film 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:28.519 about exploitation films made from actual exploitation 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:31.900 films. That film, like this one, starred Mary 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:34.720 Warrenoff and Paul Bartel, both veterans of the 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:37.380 underground movie scene. Mary having done films 00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:39.700 with Andy Warhol and Paul having worked before 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:42.759 with Corman. But the real star of Rock and Roll 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:47.400 High School is the irrepressible PJ Souls as... 00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:52.339 A teenage girl, played by a nearly 30 -year -old 00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:55.000 woman, of course, whose dream is to join the 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:58.079 Ramones and have them perform her songs. She 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:00.220 writes a tune for them, skips school to catch 00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:03.700 them live at the Roxy, and sets off a chain reaction 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:17.539 of rock -fueled rebellion. This is the big time, 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:21.019 girlie. This is rock and roll. Yeah, well, this 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:24.380 is rock and roll high school. Rock and roll high 00:21:24.380 --> 00:21:28.599 school? I just love Joey's delivery there. What 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:31.440 starts as one fangirl chasing her dream turns 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:34.420 into a full -blown youth uprising. Books are 00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:36.559 burned, records are blasted, and by the end, 00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:38.500 the students are literally running the school. 00:21:38.990 --> 00:21:41.490 Meanwhile, her best friend, Kate Rambeau, the 00:21:41.490 --> 00:21:44.170 school's straight -A student, is quietly in love 00:21:44.170 --> 00:21:47.170 with Tom Roberts, the painfully dorky quarterback. 00:21:47.670 --> 00:21:50.970 Tell me exactly what you want out of life. I 00:21:50.970 --> 00:21:55.190 want someone with huge breasts. Ah, youth. No 00:21:55.190 --> 00:21:57.710 teen movie is complete without unrequited love, 00:21:57.869 --> 00:22:00.890 even if it's surrounded by blow -up dolls, exploding 00:22:00.890 --> 00:22:03.470 lab mice, and a giant rodent smoking a peace 00:22:03.470 --> 00:22:06.859 pipe. Standing in their way is the fascist principal 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:09.940 Togar, played to camp perfection by Warrenoff, 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:13.539 who believes rock music rots the mind. Her hall 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:15.759 monitors are like leftover recruits from the 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:18.180 Hitler Youth, and she spends most of the film 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:20.900 trying to squash teenage joy with military -grade 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:24.200 discipline. The movie doesn't just borrow the 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:27.200 spirit of 1950s rock and roll, it's built on 00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:29.720 it. Like the early days of Elvis and Jerry Lee 00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:32.160 Lewis, rock and roll high school is all about 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:35.549 music as rebellion. But instead of ducktail hair 00:22:35.549 --> 00:22:38.650 and leather jackets, well, we have leather jackets, 00:22:38.809 --> 00:22:41.809 but we get shaggy bangs, loud guitars, and lyrics 00:22:41.809 --> 00:22:44.490 about sniffing glue. There's also a giant mouse 00:22:44.490 --> 00:22:47.769 and his wife. They show up in multiple scenes. 00:22:47.930 --> 00:22:52.349 No one explains why. No one asks, this is normal 00:22:52.349 --> 00:22:56.829 here. And the Ramones, punk pioneers, yes. But 00:22:56.829 --> 00:22:59.009 beneath the leather and the snarls are melodies 00:22:59.009 --> 00:23:01.630 worth of brill -building pop. They're not only 00:23:01.630 --> 00:23:04.369 the soundtrack, they are the soul of this chaos. 00:23:04.970 --> 00:23:07.309 For all the mayhem they spark in the film, they 00:23:07.309 --> 00:23:11.390 come across as, well, just four nice, shaggy 00:23:11.390 --> 00:23:13.450 -haired boys who happen to make things explode 00:23:13.450 --> 00:23:16.109 by showing up. Things sure have changed since 00:23:16.109 --> 00:23:19.730 we got kicked out of high school. Oh! Where are 00:23:19.730 --> 00:23:21.950 you going? I'm going to Mr. McGree's class. Oh, 00:23:21.970 --> 00:23:23.710 well, I'm proud to see that some students still 00:23:23.710 --> 00:23:26.430 are interested in their studies. Hey, we're not 00:23:26.430 --> 00:23:28.809 students. We're the Ramones. Ramones? You're 00:23:28.809 --> 00:23:30.849 responsible for making that horrible rock and 00:23:30.849 --> 00:23:33.049 roll music. You turned the whole school against 00:23:33.049 --> 00:23:38.829 me. Movie -starring bands weren't unheard of. 00:23:39.029 --> 00:23:41.829 The 60s gave us a whole wave of them in the wake 00:23:41.829 --> 00:23:44.329 of a hard day's night. But by the late 70s, they 00:23:44.329 --> 00:23:47.049 were mostly a punchline. Aside from oddities 00:23:47.049 --> 00:23:49.650 like Kiss's Phantom of the Amusement Park or 00:23:49.650 --> 00:23:52.250 the infamous Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club 00:23:52.250 --> 00:23:55.049 Band movie starring the Bee Gees, there hadn't 00:23:55.049 --> 00:23:57.009 been anything like Rock and Roll High School 00:23:57.009 --> 00:24:00.250 for a while. A film where the band isn't just 00:24:00.250 --> 00:24:02.490 a cameo, they're the heart of the rebellion. 00:24:02.869 --> 00:24:04.890 But it's not just Ramones songs on the soundtrack, 00:24:05.089 --> 00:24:08.490 the mood - is secretly packing one of the coolest, 00:24:08.670 --> 00:24:11.609 most varied soundtracks of any teen film ever. 00:24:11.869 --> 00:24:15.069 You get Devo bringing the twitchy new wave, Fleetwood 00:24:15.069 --> 00:24:18.450 Mac, that's blues era Mac before these scarves 00:24:18.450 --> 00:24:20.970 and soap operas, Eddie and the Hot Rods repping 00:24:20.970 --> 00:24:24.329 early British punk, and even Alice Cooper slathering 00:24:24.329 --> 00:24:27.029 the whole thing in hard rock attitude. It's like 00:24:27.029 --> 00:24:29.650 someone raided a record store in 1979 and just 00:24:29.650 --> 00:24:32.450 threw everything loud, weird, or cool into the 00:24:32.450 --> 00:24:35.730 mix. It shouldn't work, and yet it absolutely 00:24:35.730 --> 00:24:39.089 does. Speaking of punk pioneers, blink and you'll 00:24:39.089 --> 00:24:42.150 miss him, but that's Darby Crash from the germs 00:24:42.150 --> 00:24:44.990 in the front row of the concert scene. I'm not 00:24:44.990 --> 00:24:47.490 even sure midnight movies like this really exist 00:24:47.490 --> 00:24:51.349 anymore. That whole world cult film screened 00:24:51.349 --> 00:24:54.410 after polite society went to bed feels like it 00:24:54.410 --> 00:24:56.869 slipped into the past. But there was a time when 00:24:56.869 --> 00:24:59.500 these movies were more than entertainment. They 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:03.299 were rites of passage. Secret handshakes, soundtracks 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:05.680 for sneaking out of your bedroom window. Oh, 00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:08.980 and did you know there was a sequel? 1991's Rock 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:11.859 and Roll High School Forever, starring none other 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:14.460 than Corey Feldman. It tries to bring the same 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:17.099 chaotic energy, but trades the Ramones for a 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:20.619 fictional band and swaps punk rage for cringe 00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:25.789 early 90s energy. Let's just say it exists. Rock 00:25:25.789 --> 00:25:28.490 and Roll High School isn't a masterpiece. It's 00:25:28.490 --> 00:25:33.069 barely a movie. But it's a feeling. A fever dream 00:25:33.069 --> 00:25:35.890 where punk saves the day, the school burns to 00:25:35.890 --> 00:25:38.109 the ground, and the Ramones leave a cloud of 00:25:38.109 --> 00:25:40.869 distortion and glue fumes. By the way, because 00:25:40.869 --> 00:25:44.069 Ramone songs are awesome, to the point, blasts 00:25:44.069 --> 00:25:47.049 of rock mayhem, I needed three of them to serve 00:25:47.049 --> 00:25:49.269 as the background for this segment instead of 00:25:49.269 --> 00:26:10.220 the usual one. For our featured artists this 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:12.759 week, like we did last week with Valley Girl, 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:14.880 we're going to spotlight a few of the artists 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:17.480 connected to Rock and Roll High School. And not 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:20.059 necessarily tracks from the film, but songs I 00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:23.440 particularly love from those artists. Let's start 00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:58.369 with the Ramones. Look, in my opinion, they are 00:26:58.369 --> 00:27:02.529 the quintessential American band. Scrappy, messy, 00:27:02.769 --> 00:27:05.309 loud, and unlike anything the world had ever 00:27:05.309 --> 00:27:08.170 seen. They didn't just change punk, they defined 00:27:08.170 --> 00:27:11.569 it. In less than 20 years, they cranked out 14 00:27:11.569 --> 00:27:14.970 studio albums. I got to see them live at the 00:27:14.970 --> 00:27:18.210 Paramount in Seattle in 1992, co -headlining 00:27:18.210 --> 00:27:21.230 with Social Distortion. That lineup was Joey, 00:27:21.430 --> 00:27:24.769 Johnny, Marky, and CJ Ramone, and they were still 00:27:24.769 --> 00:27:28.529 pure fire. After they disbanded in 96, each of 00:27:28.529 --> 00:27:31.250 the Ramones went their own way. Dee Dee had always 00:27:31.250 --> 00:27:34.410 been the most adventurous. At one point, he even 00:27:34.410 --> 00:27:37.430 recorded a rap album and later formed a Ramones 00:27:37.430 --> 00:27:40.869 tribute band called The Remains. Yes, really. 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:44.759 But today we're playing something from Joey Ramone's 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:47.099 first official solo album, which didn't come 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:50.779 out until after his death in 2001. This is from 00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:54.359 Don't Worry About Me. This is Maria Bartiromo. 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:53.519 Nick Lowe is a legend. Even by the time Rock 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.440 and Roll High School came out, he'd already made 00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:58.680 his mark, with Brinsley Schwartz, alongside Dave 00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:02.059 Edmonds in Rock Pile, and as a solo artist scoring 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:06.380 a hit in 1979 with Cruel to be Kind. So it goes, 00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:08.319 his contribution to the Rock and Roll High School 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:11.660 soundtrack originally appeared on his 1978 album 00:32:11.660 --> 00:33:04.690 Jesus of Cool. Beyond his own music, Nick Lowe 00:33:04.690 --> 00:33:07.390 has produced artists like Elvis Costello and 00:33:07.390 --> 00:33:10.369 The Damned, and he's still releasing great records, 00:33:10.410 --> 00:33:13.769 including his 2024 album Indoor Safari with Low 00:33:13.769 --> 00:33:17.109 Straight Jackets. Now we are jumping to 1983 00:33:17.109 --> 00:33:22.049 from the abominable showman This Is Raging Eyes. 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:58.739 One band on the Rock and Roll High School soundtrack 00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:01.599 that holds a special place for me is the Paley 00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:03.960 Brothers. I actually featured them in one of 00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:06.559 my long -lost power pop band videos on YouTube. 00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:08.679 If you haven't seen that, please go check that 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:11.360 out. They had this clean -cut look and pure pop 00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:14.500 sound, but they came out of a much grittier scene. 00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:17.360 Jonathan was already part of the Boston punk 00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:19.260 scene when he started performing together with 00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:21.960 his brother Andy. leaning into these gorgeous 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:24.880 harmonies and power pop hooks that somehow felt 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:28.000 both timeless and totally out of step with the 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.460 punk movement around them. They only released 00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:33.360 one official album, but it's packed with charm. 00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:35.519 And they show up on the Rock and Roll High School 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.860 soundtrack with a collaboration with the Ramones 00:36:37.860 --> 00:37:09.619 that is just gold. After they disbanded, Jonathan 00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:12.059 played with the Nervous Eaters, one of Boston's 00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:15.380 best raw rock bands of the era. And Andy, who 00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:18.559 sadly passed away in November of last year, wasn't 00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:21.260 just one half of the Paley brothers. He was a 00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:24.039 brilliant producer and songwriter who went on 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:26.840 to work with everyone from Brian Wilson, The 00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:29.599 Real Kids, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, 00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:33.039 and the Greenberry Woods. This is one of my favorite 00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:36.000 Paley Brothers tracks from their 2013 compilation, 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:38.920 The Paley Brothers, The Complete Recordings. 00:37:38.920 --> 00:40:12.179 This is Ecstasy. Yeah. I heard a story from a 00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:15.300 gentleman named Dave Krenko, one of the masterminds 00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:18.639 of the 80s power pop band The Bings. He worked 00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:20.820 for Bomp Records starting in the late 70s, and 00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:23.239 he recalled an in -store performance that Eddie 00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:25.619 and the Hot Rods had at Bomp on Laurel Canyon 00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:28.659 Boulevard. Something went wrong with the lights 00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:30.880 outside where the band was set up to play, but 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:33.219 Dave ended up pulling his car up and lighting 00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:35.840 the stage with his headlights. Eddie and the 00:40:35.840 --> 00:40:38.000 Hot Rods were part of that crucial bridge between 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:42.030 British pub rock and punk. They were fast, loud, 00:40:42.230 --> 00:40:44.829 and tight and brought pure high -energy rock 00:40:44.829 --> 00:41:21.360 that felt a bit like a runaway train. Oh, by 00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:23.659 the way, I asked Susie Shaw from Bomp, who is 00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:25.619 literally one of the funniest people I've ever 00:41:25.619 --> 00:41:28.039 met. I asked her what she recalled from the Eddie 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:30.760 and the Hot Rods performance at Bomp. She told 00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:33.579 me that when bands played there, Greg Shaw was 00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:36.539 actually in charge of socializing and that she 00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:38.739 was always behind the counter keeping a close 00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:41.679 eye on the money. Since she didn't really have 00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:44.159 any interactions with the bands most of the time, 00:41:44.219 --> 00:41:46.679 she said I was free to make up whatever crazy 00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:49.889 shit I wanted to and attribute it to her. Because 00:41:49.889 --> 00:41:52.110 no matter how crazy the story I came up with, 00:41:52.250 --> 00:41:56.070 it probably happened. What she does remember, 00:41:56.190 --> 00:41:58.409 though, is that they were really nice guys and 00:41:58.409 --> 00:42:01.329 played a great set at the store. Eddie and the 00:42:01.329 --> 00:42:03.469 Hot Rods had a top ten hit in the UK with Do 00:42:03.469 --> 00:42:07.309 Anything You Wanna Do in 1977. This is from their 00:42:07.309 --> 00:42:09.969 second album, Life on the Line, that came out 00:42:09.969 --> 00:44:40.099 late in 1977. This is Quit This Town. Separately, 00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:42.300 all these artists on the Rock and Roll High School 00:44:42.300 --> 00:44:45.900 soundtrack were misfits, punks, pop smiths, outsiders 00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:48.820 with too much heart and too much volume. But 00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:51.599 together, they lit the fuse on something bigger, 00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:54.880 a messy, melodic rebellion that still echoes 00:44:54.880 --> 00:44:56.900 through busted speakers and backroom stages. 00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:59.820 They were the mixtape for anyone who felt out 00:44:59.820 --> 00:45:02.719 of step and proud of it. They were the reason 00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:06.280 the school exploded. And that's it for this week's 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:09.199 featured artists. If you have someone you'd like 00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:11.920 to see featured on Pop Rocks Radio, drop me a 00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:14.400 note in the comments or go ahead and email me 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:18.320 at bijan, that's B -I -J -A -N, at poprocksradio 00:45:18.320 --> 00:54:28.480 .com. Gabba gabba hey. We started that set with 00:54:28.480 --> 00:54:31.559 the artist Soraya, a band from Philadelphia with 00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:34.960 lead singer and songwriter Zuzu Mansour. That 00:54:34.960 --> 00:54:38.599 was their latest single, Alright Okay. We also 00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:41.699 had two great punk tracks, Shiftless When Idle 00:54:41.699 --> 00:54:44.599 from The Replacements off their 1981 album Sorry 00:54:44.599 --> 00:54:47.900 Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash, and Rebel Girl 00:54:47.900 --> 00:54:50.960 from Riot Grrrl Pioneers from Olympia, Bikini 00:54:50.960 --> 00:55:07.900 Kill off 1993's Pussy Whipped. More to come here 00:55:07.900 --> 00:55:11.420 on Pop Rocks Radio, but first, a word from our 00:55:11.420 --> 00:55:14.119 sponsor. But, since we don't have a sponsor, 00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:18.420 it's really just a word. Hey everyone, this is 00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:22.289 Bijan from Pop Rocks Radio. Kim Shattuck, frontwoman 00:55:22.289 --> 00:55:25.010 for the Muffs, bassist for the Pandoras, and 00:55:25.010 --> 00:55:27.230 a member of the Coolies, a band that we're going 00:55:27.230 --> 00:55:29.730 to be playing here shortly, was one of punk's 00:55:29.730 --> 00:55:33.409 brightest sparks. She lost her battle with ALS 00:55:33.409 --> 00:55:36.989 in 2019. If you're able, please consider supporting 00:55:36.989 --> 00:55:40.329 the ALS Association in her honor, because we 00:55:40.329 --> 00:55:42.190 shouldn't have to lose any more artists like 00:55:42.190 --> 00:55:46.269 her, or anyone for that matter. Learn more or 00:55:46.269 --> 00:59:50.420 donate at ALS .org. We'll see you next time. 01:00:33.449 --> 01:01:16.679 He loves to play. Like he'd done so many times 01:01:16.679 --> 01:01:21.079 before He's on the aisle with the other boys 01:01:21.079 --> 01:01:26.460 Checkin' the latest action figure toys Owns every 01:01:26.460 --> 01:01:32.019 episode of Ultraman He had him special ordered 01:01:32.019 --> 01:05:02.690 from Japan We closed out that set with the latest 01:05:02.690 --> 01:05:06.610 from The Coolies. That was Bad Bad Boy. The Coolies 01:05:06.610 --> 01:05:09.570 are a super group whose core is Melanie Vaman 01:05:09.570 --> 01:05:12.769 from bands like The Pandoras and The Muffs, Palmyra 01:05:12.769 --> 01:05:15.429 Delran from The Freaks, Pink Slip Daddy, and 01:05:15.429 --> 01:05:19.190 of course the awesome show on Sirius XM, Palmyra's 01:05:19.190 --> 01:05:22.849 Trash Pop Shindig, and of course the late great 01:05:22.849 --> 01:05:25.150 Kim Shattuck, who was a member of The Pandoras 01:05:25.150 --> 01:05:27.969 before starting her own band, The Muffs. They 01:05:27.969 --> 01:05:30.110 have done such great work on behalf of those 01:05:30.110 --> 01:05:32.530 suffering from ALS, which of course included 01:05:32.530 --> 01:05:35.369 Shattuck herself. This single was written by 01:05:35.369 --> 01:05:38.369 Shattuck and Delran, with Delran on vocals, and 01:05:38.369 --> 01:05:41.630 also included Kathy Valentine from the Go -Go's 01:05:41.630 --> 01:05:43.909 on bass and the late Clem Burke from Blondie 01:05:43.909 --> 01:05:46.909 on drums. Kim Shattuck is listed on the track 01:05:46.909 --> 01:05:50.329 as Ghost Echo. That single is out now on Little 01:05:50.329 --> 01:05:52.849 Steven's Wicked Cool Records, so check that out. 01:05:53.369 --> 01:05:55.670 Before that, we had Greg Pope from Nashville 01:05:55.670 --> 01:05:58.690 with Fanboy off the album of the same name from 01:05:58.690 --> 01:06:02.329 2015. And we kicked off that set with the latest 01:06:02.329 --> 01:06:05.889 single from Haim called Take Me Back. Just love 01:06:05.889 --> 01:06:09.170 that song. Their new album, I Quit, is out now. 01:06:09.269 --> 01:06:12.269 And since it's out on Columbia, obviously you'll 01:06:12.269 --> 01:06:14.929 be able to pick that up just about anywhere you 01:06:14.929 --> 01:06:18.369 can find music online. However, if you want to 01:06:18.369 --> 01:06:21.010 do your local folks a solid... Head down to a 01:06:21.010 --> 01:06:23.110 local record store in your town and pick it up 01:06:23.110 --> 01:06:25.429 there. Don't know where your local record stores 01:06:25.429 --> 01:06:30.030 are? Ah, we've got you covered. Just go to recordstoreday 01:06:30.030 --> 01:06:32.510 .com and enter your city, state, or zip code, 01:06:32.610 --> 01:06:34.469 and they'll show you the record stores nearest 01:06:34.469 --> 01:06:37.869 you. I will put a link in the show notes. Well, 01:06:38.110 --> 01:06:43.190 la -dee -freaking -da! Okay, we have time for 01:06:43.190 --> 01:06:45.489 a couple more sets. This is from the band Sharp 01:06:45.489 --> 01:06:48.769 Pins from Chicago, the project of Kai Slater. 01:06:49.280 --> 01:06:51.860 The album Radio DDR was mostly recorded last 01:06:51.860 --> 01:06:54.579 year and released back in March. This is the 01:06:54.579 --> 01:06:57.340 lead track from that album. This is Every Time 01:06:57.340 --> 01:17:46.779 I Hear. The Bats have a new album coming out, 01:17:46.880 --> 01:17:49.460 so before that happens, I thought I would plumb 01:17:49.460 --> 01:17:52.520 the depths of their so far amazing catalog for 01:17:52.520 --> 01:17:55.579 your listening pleasure. That one was Dying to 01:17:55.579 --> 01:17:58.899 Believe from Jump Rope Gazers in 2020. Their 01:17:58.899 --> 01:18:01.100 new album, Straight Line, was a lie is due out 01:18:01.100 --> 01:18:03.619 in August. You can pre -order that on Bandcamp. 01:18:04.199 --> 01:18:07.819 Before that, we had an artist from Sweden, Kristoffer 01:18:07.819 --> 01:18:10.979 Karlsson, who records under the name No Tears. 01:18:11.420 --> 01:18:13.859 That was Echo In My Head from his excellent debut 01:18:13.859 --> 01:18:17.539 album Heart -Shaped Eyes from 2023. I have to 01:18:17.539 --> 01:18:19.319 thank my friend Dave Franco for the recommendation 01:18:19.319 --> 01:18:22.560 on this. Dave is an amazing drummer who has worked 01:18:22.560 --> 01:18:24.880 with his friend Chris Vandelay for a number of 01:18:24.880 --> 01:18:28.619 years in bands like Oh Boy, The Quick, and The 01:18:28.619 --> 01:18:32.319 Vandelays. He has impeccable taste in music and 01:18:32.319 --> 01:18:35.699 has never steered me wrong. And he's probably 01:18:35.699 --> 01:18:38.619 the biggest Tommy Keene fan I've ever met, which 01:18:38.619 --> 01:18:41.920 is cool all by itself. Here's one from one of 01:18:41.920 --> 01:18:45.079 my new favorite labels. Well, the label isn't 01:18:45.079 --> 01:18:48.359 new, just their place on my favorite list. Well, 01:18:48.439 --> 01:18:53.739 la -dee -frickin' -da! Jeez, I'm getting heckled 01:18:53.739 --> 01:18:57.260 twice by the same guy on my own show. Okay, this 01:18:57.260 --> 01:19:00.020 is from Josie Cotton's Kitten Robot Records. 01:19:00.340 --> 01:19:03.159 This L .A. band is called Tombstones In Their 01:19:03.159 --> 01:25:18.659 Eyes. This is their new single, I Am Cold. We 01:25:18.659 --> 01:25:21.819 closed out that set with Hazy Maze by Eric Vox 01:25:21.819 --> 01:25:24.760 and the Ghosters from their 2023 album It Means 01:25:24.760 --> 01:25:27.380 Nothing Now. That was another recommendation 01:25:27.380 --> 01:25:30.180 from my friend Dave Franco. See? Told you he 01:25:30.180 --> 01:25:56.279 never steers me wrong. And with that, we have 01:25:56.279 --> 01:25:59.520 come to the end of season one of Pop Rocks Radio. 01:26:00.460 --> 01:26:03.699 We'll be back August 6th with a whole new season. 01:26:03.899 --> 01:26:07.119 Now, what does that mean? Well, join us and find 01:26:07.119 --> 01:26:11.739 out. That last track, Hazy Maze, was mixed by 01:26:11.739 --> 01:26:15.220 the one and only Adam Schmitt, whose 1991 album, 01:26:15.479 --> 01:26:18.420 World So Bright, is really some of the best that 01:26:18.420 --> 01:26:21.199 power pop has to offer. I couldn't think of a 01:26:21.199 --> 01:26:23.000 better way to wrap up this season than with a 01:26:23.000 --> 01:26:25.680 track from this amazing artist. Where have you 01:26:25.680 --> 01:26:28.359 gone, Adam Schmitt? Our nation turns its lonely 01:26:28.359 --> 01:26:31.800 eyes to you. This is from, to date, his last 01:26:31.800 --> 01:26:34.899 album, Demolition in 2001. This is Looking for 01:26:34.899 --> 01:26:37.460 Fate. And this is Bijan from Pop Rocks Radio. 01:26:38.060 --> 01:26:40.600 Thanks for listening. We hope to see you back 01:26:40.600 --> 01:26:44.180 here for season two. Till then, be good, be weird, 01:26:44.260 --> 01:26:45.899 and we'll see you next time.