Back into the studio after a two week
live break with some top quality Rock and even some Roll. Kicking things off
are The Hives with a Hellacopters cover then it’s onto Nicke Hellacopter
himself and the James Williamson (Stooges, Sony Vice President) “Re-Licked”
track that he played on. I then turn or point you in the direction of three
Classic Bands that just so happen to have released new albums. Up first it’s
The Scorpions with a track of their 18th album “Return To Forever”
that had me doing a double take as I thought they’d covered The Wildhearts “Sick
Of Drugs”. Then it’s onto two of Britain’s finest in the form of UFO and
Thunder with a track from “The Conspiracy of Stars” and “Wonder Days” respectively.
Saddling up next are Black Star Riders with album number two “Killer Instinct”,
still plenty of Thin Lizzy flavours but less former and more current if you
catch my drift. Linking a Captain Sensible story to a Beckenham Night Club and
Train Station via Status Quo is no mean feet but I manage it and to celebrate
the fact I play the Quo song that brought them all together. As rumours of the
UK premiere of The Damned Documentary “Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead” fill
my head with potential glee a John Peel session Brian James’ Tanz Der Youth
track is aired. Back onto new music with Sweden’s Blasting Fondas who had me
thinking of The Nomads and The Boys with even a hint, large hint, of The Damned
on the particular track that I play. Still in Sweden the Shemales are up next;
The Stooges meets The D4? You tell me. The Diamond Dogs have a two CD set out
in May called “Quitters and Complainers” which is going to be dedicated to
their Sax play “Magic” Gunnarsson who sadly passed away last year. The
first track from it has already been let loose on the interwebs so I naturally
play it. Diamond Dogs’ vocalist Sulo’s other band The Crunch are also all set
to release a new album, “Brand New Brand” in April via PledgeMusic. The rest of
The Crunch consist of Terry Chimes formally of The Clash, Black Sabbath and
Hanoi Rocks, Dave Tregunna, Sham 69, Lords of The New Church, Mick Geggus,
Cockney Rejects and last but no means least Idde Schultz of Docenterna. I sneak you a listen to demo that will in a finished form
appear on the aforementioned new album. Friend of the show and Squirrel associate
Arkwright tipped me off over the next band who are based in Ashford. The band
in question are called The Rash and their 4 track ep “Ashford Royalty” is so
catchy it’ll be all over you like a….Rash. Winding up things this week is a
classic, in all senses of the word, track from Gillan as The Squirrel and I
finally managed, after a 32½ year wait, to hear Mick Underwood in his Glory
Road guise play drums live once again.
