This show crisscrossed the USA during the years of the late 70’s and early 80’s as bands that just “Gotta Get A Record Out” find their new wave nuggets, power pop platters, garage goober gems, snotty singles and appearances on regional compilations resurrected from that dusty box of time.
Playlist (Artist -Title- Album -Year)
Man or Astroman – Maximum Radiation Level – Experiment Zero – 1996
Green – Gotta Get A Record Out – Green – 1986
The Mosquitoes – Darn Well – Garage Sale – 1985
Nikki & The Corvettes – Just What I Need – Nikki & The Corvettes – 1980
Boys From Nowhere – Beg – Beg/You Can Make It – 1984
The Mumps – Crocodile Tears – Crocodile Tears/I Like to Be Clean – 1977
The Marbles – Red Lights – Red Lights/Fire & Smoke – 1976
Nervus Rex – There She Goes – Nervus Rex – 1980
Tina Peel – Fifi Goes Pop – Fifi Goes Pop/ Weekend Geek – 1979
Slickee Boys – Manganese Android Puppies – Hot and Cool – 1976
The Razz – You Can Run (But You Can’t Hide) – Declaration of Independents – 1980
Dark Side – In The Dark – Battle of The Garages – 1981
The Shirkers – Drunk & Disorderly – Drunk & Disorderly/ Suicide – 1979
Bomb Squad Babies – Potential Suicide – Potential Suicide/ Youth Crimes – 1981
The Left – Youngster of The Force – Hell, It’s The World – 1984
The Plugz – Achin’ – Achin’/La Bamba – 1981
The Zeros – Beat Your Heart Out Beat Your Heart Out/ Wild Weekend – 1978
The Nuns – Savage – Savage/Decadent Jew/Suicide Child – 1978
Abuse – No Money – flexi disc – 1980
The Embarrassment – Sex Drive – Sex Drive/Patio Set – 1980
Get Smart! – Numbers and Colours – flexi disc – 1981
The Spongetones – Shock Therapy – Shock Therapy/(My Girl) Mary Anne – 1983
The Shout – I Won’t Be There – I Won’t Be There/Sha-Day-La- Day – 1982
The Toms – Let’s Be Friends Again – The Toms – 1979
The Scruffs – She Said Yea – Wanna Meet The Scruffs – 1979
Shivvers – Teen Line Teen Line/When I Was Younger – 1980
The Trend – She’s Hi Fi – She’s Hi Fi/Lucky Day – 1981
The Vertabrats – Left In The Dark – Battle of The Garages – 1981
The Last – She Don’t Know Why I’m Here – LA Explosion – 1979
Pylon – Crazy – Crazy/M-Train – 1981
The Impossible Years – Baby Baby – Baby Baby/She’s No Fun – 1981
Suburban Wives Club – Guru Eye – Casual Cat/Guru Eye – 1982
Bunnydrums – Boundaries- Holy Moly – 1984
Bloodless Pharoahs – Nowhere Fast – Marty Thau Presents – 1980
The Viceroys – Dance My Life Away – Back In The U.S.A. – 1982
The Revelons – Red Hot Woman – Marty Thau Presents – 1980
The Tweed – I Need That Record – Perfect Fit – 1980