Drop-In: Playlist from May 28, 2022

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Upcoming events:

Sat. Apr 20th, 6pm - 7pm: Roll Up and Rock Out With The Sonic Dawn (More info...)

Jonas and Emil of the Danish acid rock group The Sonic Dawn return to Drop In to celebrate 4/20; once again dripping a dose of groovy psychedelia into your usual Drop In session on WFMU’s Rock and Soul Radio. Get ready to get weird with your new friends from Denmark.

Sat. Apr 27th, 6pm - 7pm: Drop-In presents: The return of Spastisk Ekstase with Courtney Noir! (More info...)

DJ Courtney Noir of KZUM.org returns to be your guide through some of the best Scandinavian Post-Punk & Cold Wave she can cram into an hour. FANTASTISK!

Sat. May 4th, 6pm - 7pm: Drop In Presents Scott_OZ Returns Again! (More info...)

Beloved Australian listener Scott_OZ returns again to DropIn with a 3rd installment of some more of the most wild and weird music from Down Under!

May 28, 2022: DJ LesleyK presents "All This & More": A buckeye blast of Northeast Ohio underground rock/punk/proto-punk and more, from the shores of Lake Erie and beyond. (in memory of her brother Dave K.)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Images	New * / Special ***	Approx. start time
The Mad Daddy	Hanging from the Ceiling   → "Hanging from the Ceiling" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958-1964	Norton Records	1959/2003	CD	Pete “Mad Daddy” Myers was a wacky radio DJ in Akron/Cleveland in the late 50s/early 60s. More info on Mad Daddy here			0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Dead Boys	What Love Is   → "What Love Is" by "The Dead Boys"	Younger Louder and Snottyer!!!	necrophilia records	1977/1989		Recorded March 1977 at Electric Lady Studios in NYC. This is the mix of the album that the Dead Boys endorse... discovered on a cassette 10 years after the album was recorded. From Cleveland (originally active from ‘75 -’80)			0:02:21 (Pop-up)
Pagans	Dead End America   → "Dead End America" by "Pagans"	Everybody Hates You	Crypt Records	1979/1994	CD	From Cleveland, orginally active from ‘77-’79 (but reformed several times). Pagans interview on vice.com			0:03:58 (Pop-up)
Rubber City Rebels	Child Eaters   → "Child Eaters" by "Rubber City Rebels"	The Hollywood Years (1979-1984)	Wizzard In Vinyl	1977/2005	CD	Formed in 1976, Akron, Ohio. Song originally from a split album with the Bizarros			0:06:04 (Pop-up)
Human Switchboard	Who’s Landing in My Hangar?   → "Who’s Landing in My Hangar?" by "Human Switchboard"	Who’s Landing in My Hangar? (Anthology 1975-1984)	Bar/None Records	1981/2011	CD	Formed in Cleveland in 1977.			0:09:56 (Pop-up)
New Salem Witch Hunters	Falling   → "Falling" by "New Salem Witch Hunters"		St. Valentine Records	1986	7"	Recorded at Beat Farm Studios. Cleveland-based garage rockers, since the mid- ‘80s. Self-titled album available on Bandcamp			0:12:31 (Pop-up)
The Reactions	Tomorrow’s Time Today   → "Tomorrow’s Time Today" by "The Reactions"	Strum & Thrum: The American Jangle Underground 1983-1987	Captured Tracks	1985/2020	CD	Originally released on St. Valentine’s label. Recorded at Beat Farm. Band from Cleveland, active in the mid-’80s. Bandcamp link			0:16:11 (Pop-up)
The Mice	Second Best   → "Second Best" by "The Mice"	For Almost Ever Scooter	Scat Records	1986/2004	CD	Power pop trio from Cleveland, active in the mid-’80s. Bandcamp link			0:18:45 (Pop-up)
Prisonshake	Precious   → "Precious" by "Prisonshake"	The Roaring Third	Scat Records	1993	CD	Founded in Cleveland in 1986. Album recorded at Coyote Studios in Brooklyn NY and produced by Andy Shernoff of the Dictators. Band features Robert Griffin, the the founder of independent label Scat Records. Bandcamp link			0:21:50 (Pop-up)
Death of Samantha	As Simple as That   → "As Simple as That" by "Death of Samantha"	Strungout on Jargon	Homestead Records	1985		Post-punk band from Cleveland, founded in 1983 (fun fact, their debut show was at the Ground Round Restaurant in Parma Heights, Ohio!)			0:24:20 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Lesley talks	→ "Lesley talks"						My brother David My brother David		0:27:32 (Pop-up)
The Mad Daddy	Wavy Gravy Flow   → "Wavy Gravy Flow" by "The Mad Daddy"	Wavy Gravy! Atom Smashin’ Zoomeratin Mello Jello Radio Broadcasts 1958-1964	Norton Records	1958/2003	CD				0:29:49 (Pop-up)
The Cramps	Mad Daddy (studio demo)   → "Mad Daddy (studio demo)" by "The Cramps"	Live At Club 57!! 1979 (Plus 9 Demos! 1977-79)	Moonlight Records	1979/2011	CD	Drummer Nick Knox was in the Cleveland punk band electric eels before joining the Cramps. Singer Lux Interior was originally from Stow, Ohio. >> THIS SONG GOES OUT TO CRISTINA IN BAYONNE-- HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!! <<			0:33:21 (Pop-up)
Archie and the Bunkers	Looking   → "Looking" by "Archie and the Bunkers"	The Traveler - Single ( B-Side)	Norton Records	2018	7"	Single available from Norton Records Duo from Cleveland, Ohio who self-describes themselves as “hi-fi organ punk” Archie & the Bunkers bandcamp page	Emmett and Cullen of Archie & the Bunkers with Nick Knox and Miriam Linna of Norton Records (at Franklin Castle, Cleveland OH) Emmett and Cullen of Archie & the Bunkers with Nick Knox and Miriam Linna of Norton Records (at Franklin Castle, Cleveland OH)		0:33:29 (Pop-up)
The Alarm Clocks	No Reason to Complain   → "No Reason to Complain" by "The Alarm Clocks"	Yeah!	Norton Records	1966/2000	CD	Sixties garage band formed in 1965 in Parma, Ohio LP & CD available from Norton Records			0:35:32 (Pop-up)
Pleasure Leftists	Future Fights   → "Future Fights" by "Pleasure Leftists"	Pleasure Leftists (EP)	Fan Death Records	2011		Post-punk from Cleveland Pleasure Leftists bandcamp page			0:37:42 (Pop-up)
Stiv Bators	Make Up Your Mind   → "Make Up Your Mind" by "Stiv Bators"	Disconnected	Bomp!	1980		power pop album by Dead Boys' vocalist			0:39:11 (Pop-up)
electric eels	Jaguar Ride   → "Jaguar Ride" by "electric eels"	HoZac Archival 7”	HoZac Records	1975/2014		Protopunk band from Cleveland, Ohio, USA founded by John Morton in 1972.			0:41:27 (Pop-up)
The Styrenes	Everything Near Me   → "Everything Near Me" by "The Styrenes"	It’s Still Artastic (‘75-’98)	Homestead Records	1977/1991		proto-punk rock band, formed in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975, by former members of other local underground scene bands, electric eels and Mirrors.			0:43:07 (Pop-up)
Mirrors	You Me Love   → "You Me Love" by "Mirrors"	Those Were Different Times (Cleveland 1972-1976)	Scat Records	1974/1997		Cleveland band that started in 1972 and was initially active between 1973 and 1975. Proto-punk / avant-psych			0:44:31 (Pop-up)
X_X	A   → "A" by "X_X"	Punk 45: Extermination Nights In The Sixth City! Cleveland, Ohio : Punk And The Decline Of The Mid-West 1975-82	Soul Jazz Records	1979/2005		Cleveland band led by John Morton of electric eels. Formed in 1978			0:47:00 (Pop-up)
Pere Ubu	Cloud 149   → "Cloud 149" by "Pere Ubu"	Datapanik in the Year Zero: 1975-1977	Radar Records	1978		Cleveland band formed in 1975.			0:49:54 (Pop-up)
Rocket From The Tombs	Search & Destroy   → "Search & Destroy" by "Rocket From The Tombs"	The Day The Earth Met The...	Smog Veil Records	1975		Proto-punk band from Cleveland, active from mid-1974 to mid-1975. After the split of the Rocket From The Tombs, O’Connor and Madansky formed Frankenstein (pre-Dead Boys), Laughner and Thomas founded Pere Ubu. Reformed 2003.			0:52:30 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Lesley talks again...	→ "Lesley talks again..."						My brother Dave's Stiv Bator's tribute ticket stub and more of his cool CLE rock items My brother Dave's Stiv Bator's tribute ticket stub and more of his cool CLE rock items		0:54:46 (Pop-up)
DEVO	Huboon Stomp   → "Huboon Stomp" by "DEVO"	Miracle Witness Hour [Live]	Futurismo	1977/2014	CD	Recorded at The Eagle Street Saloon in Cleveland. Band formed in 1973 in Akron.			0:57:25 (Pop-up)