Author: blackwax

Former venue boss and current touring bass player, trying the venue thing again with a bit of radio and gig DJing to drown out my headache.

Let’s Go! March

Back on Totally Wired Radio for another 2 hours of new Punk, Rock & Roll, Garage and more, 40 mins of which was a live vinyl only rule breaking set I put together on my birthday. The full show can be heard below including the usual recommendations from Adrian of Heatwave Magazine and DJ Nixbeat(.com).
Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!

Playlist:

The Datsuns – Brain To Brain
Dead Meat – Through The Heart 
Mary’s Kids – Ain’t Got No Life 
The Wheelz – Politicians 
Top Left Club – RIP 
Deathskulls – Big Brother 
Tommy And The Commies – One Arch Town
Jordan Jones – Rumours Girls 
Lucy And The Rats – Stick To You 
The Hypnotics – Soul At Seven
Atomic Suplex – Who Do You Love 
Slander Tongue – Ride 
Liquids – More Thana Friend 
Sister Suzie – What’s Your Deal 
K7s – Tomorrow She Goes Away 
Johnny Madcap And The Distractions – Bad Decisions 
BBQT – Nod Out 
Dan Sartain – Nam Vet 
The Chisel – Enough Said 
Johnny Skalleberg – Train Train
Giuda – Saturday Night’s Alright For Fightingg 
The Paddingtons – 50 To A Pound 
Los Pepes – Never Get It Right
Swingin’ Utters – Taking The Long Way 
The Scaners – I Really Wanna Know 
Miscalculations – The Worst Possible Advice 
Thee Vicars – Every Day

40 mins vinyl only rule breaking birthday set:

Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind – Get Down And Get With It 
The Detroit Cobras – I’ll Keep On Holding On 
Muck And The Mires – I’m Down With That 
Cyanide Pills – Just For You 
The Veras – If You Ain’t Got Love 
Small Faces – Rollin’ Over 
The Rationals – Respect
The Mystery Lights – Too Many Girls 
Bern Elliott And The Fenmen – Nobody But Me
The Fame-Beats – Don’t Tell No Lies
Blues Explosion – Crunchy
King Khan And His Wild Dogs Of Kentucky – Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadows?
The Standells – Rari
? And The Mysterians – 96 Tears
Earl Vince & The Valiants – Somebody’s Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite

LOS PEPES NEW DOUBLE A SIDE ON BLACK WAX RECORDS!

BLACK WAX NOISE DIVISION TO RELEASE BRAND NEW LOS PEPES DOUBLE A SIDE!

London’s ‘Motorhead of Power Pop’ Los Pepes will see their next domestic release on the recently launched Black Wax Records. The multi-national band have released through labels based in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Canada and the USA. 

Want You Back / Never Get It Right are the lead tracks from the upcoming album ‘The Happiness Program’ due later in the year. The single also features an exclusive track ‘Tell Me.’

LOS PEPES – Want You Back / Never Get It Right
Black Wax Records (UK)
Catalogue Number PLOB002
Issue:
150 on black wax with picture sleeve
100 on coloured wax in company sleeve 

Available for pre order from 5th March 2021 – blackwaxrecordsuk.bandcamp.com

Provisional release May 2021

Let’s Go! February

Back on Totally Wired Radio for another 2 hours of new Punk, Rock & Roll, Garage and more. The full show can be heard below including the usual recommendations from Adrian of Heatwave Magazine, DJ Nixbeat(.com) and Brighton’s The Pipeline bar.
Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!

Playlist:
The Len Price 3 – Weekend Hippies
Romeo Spy – Stop The Future
The Blow Outs – Disposable
Johnny Throttle – I’m Looking At You But I’m Talking To Me
Scraps – Waste My Time
Thee Evil Twin – Don’t Wanna See Your Band
Suicide Generation – Last Bad Trip
The Urges – Passing Us By
More Kicks – Ain’t That Just The Way
Tomy And The Cougars – I Want Go
The Richard Kent Style – Just A Little Misunderstanding
Imperial State Electric – Reptile Brain
Black Radio – Black Radio
The Goldstars – With This Ring
Kenny Tudrick – Lightning Byrd
Archie And The Bunkers – You’re My Pacemaker
Radio Days – Til The End Of The Night
Appaloosa – Big Dinner
Jacob T Skeen – Elizabeth Felt Payne
Graham Coxon – Don’t Let Your Man Know
Matt Ellis – My Neighbourhood Is A Dump
CJ Ramone – Long Way To Go
Sator – Black N White
The Ricky C Quartet – Sweet Revenge
The Movement – Just A Little Rain
The Briefs – Orange Alert
Dyatlov – Wound Man
Sick Thoughts – Poor Boys
The Direct Hits – Ride My Bicycle
Long Tall Shorty – Turn It Up
The Hurricanes – In The Middle Of The Night
The Cavemen – Am I A Monster?
Brad Marino – What Do You Know?
Roger Rivas – Heavier Rock
The Bonnevilles – I Dreamt Of The Dead
Thee Dagger Debs – Ain’t Worth The Time

Let’s Go 2021!

Happy New Year! We were back on Totally Wired Radio this weekend for the first Let’s Go! of 2021. The full show can be heard below including recommendations from Adrian of Heatwave Magazine, DJ Nixbeat(.com) and Brighton’s The Pipeline bar. Also an exclusive first play of a brand new never heard before Los Pepes track.
Turn it up loud and share it with your neighbours!

Playlist:
The Exploding Hearts – Modern Kicks
NASDAQ – Young Professional
Scene Killers – Rev It Up
The Cute Lepers – Tribute To Charlie
The Chisel – Not The Only One
The Sorels – Spring Break
Hard Wax – Living The Dream
Poison Boys – Nothing But Darkness
Patsy’s Rats – Rock N Roll Friend
BBQT – Savage 512
Ruperts People – Hold On
Jarvis Humby – Pick Up The Pieces
Don’t Worry – As If By Magic
Life Drawings – Tony’s Lottery
Kool & The Gang Bangers – Wish You Were Dead
Chinese Junk – Bargain Bin Girl
Pounded By The Surf – Cowboys n’ Indians
Los Pepes – Sick And Bored
Telephone Lovers – Real Action
Diaz Brothers – All Of You
Ten O Sevens – Grim
The Aggrolites – Wasted Days
The X-Ray Eyes – Hallelujah
Real People – Life Without A Head
Top Left Club – Piss
The Loyalties – Til The Death Of Rock & Roll
The Routes – Do What’s Right By You
The Jackets – Be Myself
King Salami & The Cumberland 3 – Who Do They Watch?
Nasty Rumours – Where The Music’s Loud
Nico Bones – Cheatin’ Heart
Fast Eddy – Hurricane Ally
Sheer Mag – Cold Sword
Nasty Bastard – Street Tinz
Antibodies – I Ruin Everything

New Los Pepes Video!

The self proclaimed loudest power pop band in the world are kicking off ’21 with the release of a brand new video.

Never Get It Right was filmed during breaks in national lockdowns and is the first track taken from the forthcoming album ‘The Hapiness Program’

Best enjoyed at full volume:

With the release date of the new album TBC you can get your fix of the Los Pepes back catalogue from their bandcamp page – but be quick as remaining releases are in limited quantities!

It Felt Like Christmas! Let’s Go! Boxing Day Special

Well despite all the odds we managed some Christmas cheer and raised a glass to friends around the world. Here’s our Totally Wired Radio show for December, the Let’s Go! Boxing Day Special featuring a load of Rock & Roll Christmas tunes, some 2020 highlights and some brand new music. Get it on quick as you don’t wanna be caught listening to Christmas tunes much longer!

You can hear the full show here –

Playlist:
Eddie & The Hot Rods – It Feels Like Christmas
The Speedways – The Day I Call You Mine
The Len Price 3 – It’s Christmas Time Ebenezer
Giuda – Number 10
The Hives & Cyndi Lauper – A Christmas Duel
The Distillers – The World Comes Tumblin’
Faz Waltz – Rebel Kicks
Art Guy – Where You Gonna Go
Paul Collins Beat – Another World
Bad Nerves – Baby Drummer
Prima Donna – Mistletoe Blues
Mary Weiss – Stop And Think It Over
Radio Days – I Got A Love
Men Of The North Country – They Don’t Know
Our Friends Above – Never Meant To Last
The Reflectors – Storm And Thunder
Fried E.M. – Die Laughing
R.E. Seraphin – Leave Me In The Tide
The Parkinsons – Primitive
King Salami And The Cumberland Three – Sock It To Me Santa
The ArKaics – To Be Free
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind – Shazam
Chubby & The Gang – Moscow
The BellRays – Christmas Train
Newtown Neurotics – Fools
Jagger Holiday feat Lucy Spazzy – All Alone On Christmas
The Queers – Bubblegum Girl
Lazy – Rock n’ Roller
The Veras – Have A Merry Christmas Time
Imperial State Electric – Just A Little Misunderstanding
The Sha La Las – When Love Comes
Craig Shaw And The Excellos – Jump Back
Joey Ramone – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Tiger Bomb – Constellations
The Breakdowns – Christmas Time Alone
Dead Meat – I’m An Infection
The Chords UK – Come On It’s Xmas Day

Black Wax launches new record label

BLACK WAX LAUNCHES NEW RECORD LABEL WITH CHINESE JUNK

They are the punk rock equivalent of junk food. Cheap and nasty and so damn great. They’re bad for you, addictive as hell and as repetitive as acid reflux. They don’t write songs about pretty things, they write about crappy things. Mostly under two minute ditties about crappy jobs, discount stores, living in a dead end town, bargain bins and human trash. 
Ladies and genitals, I present you with your new heroes of low budget rock ‘n’ roll, the new purveyors of power flop and the “Kings of Pound Shop Rock”… CHINESE JUNK!
Formed in the suburbs of London loosely in 2019 and properly in 2020 (the year the world fell apart), CHINESE JUNK features members of the Griswalds, The Ulcers and The Unreleasables. 

I wanted to write and record songs and basically have another musical adventure but without spending any money, or at least very little, doing it. All the songs were recorded in one short session in a practice room on an 8 track recorder and mixed and mastered by our friend for beer and pizza.

Ben Nuthink


Adam Smith – A record label has been on the cards for a while, and with live music on hold, now is the time to launch the Black Wax Noise Division and end 2020 on a high. I’m well chuffed that our first release will be the Permanent Reduction EP. It’s too good to be restricted to digital formats – your turntable deserves some CHINESE JUNK!

Issue:
150 on black wax with picture sleeve and insert
100 on coloured wax in company sleeve

Provisional release February 2021

Available for pre order from 4th December 2020

Promo information here.

Let’s Go! again

Yesterday was the second episode of Let’s Go! our brand new 2 hour monthly radio show on Totally Wired Radio (a collaboration between Acid Jazz Records and Fred Perry Subculture).

You can hear the full show here –

Playlist:
Cyanide Pills – I Don’t Remember
Bad Nerves – Palace
Mash – Having A Ball
Lucy And The Rats – Dark Clouds
The Cavemen – Euthanise Me
The Gaggers – Sharp Lies
The Fame-Beats – Watford Stomp
The Len Price 3 – Got To Be Together
The Detroit Cobras – Stay Down
The Revellions – Ain’t No Fool
Kurt Baker – New Direction
Starcrawler – Hollywood Ending
Baby Shakes – Really Really
Chinese Junk – Best Before Date
Continental Lovers – Tape Deck
The Scaners – X-Ray Glasses: On
Sheer Mag – The Killer 
Muck And The Mires Interview – Part 1
Muck And The Mires – I’m Your Man
Muck And The Mires Interview – Part 2
Muck And The Mires – Too Soon To Fall In Love
Muck And The Mires Interview – Part 3
Muck And The Mires – Hashtag Loneliness
Chords UK – Listen To The Radio
British Jets – Another Day in the City
Nerve Button – Thirty Days
The Triggers – Clones 
The Schizophonics – Black to Comm
Black Mambas – Be Bad Too
Benny Trokan – Too Far Gone 
Dimorphodons – Searching for Dimorphodons
The BellRays – Fire On The Moon
Radiohearts – My Heart Has an Obituary
The About Blanks – She’s A Nosebleed
Poison Boys – Mean Queen
The Shanghais – Sick of You
The Hives – Good Samaritan