Show 1089 - The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

(Weekend of February 10 – February 12, 2023)

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre!

Hey baby Little Steven here. Breath deeply.

Go ahead, it won’t hurt you, unless you’re in New York.

Love is in the air, or is that gunpowder?

It’s the St Valentines Day Massacre this weekend in the Underground Garage, that’s what it is.

Where you can find such lovers as Radio Birdman, the Crystals, the Beatles,the Kinks, and the Stones.

Find out what Lou Reed, Randy Newman, Bruce Springsteen, and Al Capone have in common.

It’s the St Valentines Day Massacre, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Killing Floor (Electric Flag)

Murder Inc. (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)

One Hit To The Body (Rolling Stones)

Hunt You Down (Hate Bombs)

Murder City Nights (Radio Birdman)

Your Funeral And My Trial (Sonny Boy Williamson)

Set 2:

You Better Run (Rascals)

Lipstick On Your Collar (Saints)

I’ve Just Seen A Face (Weeklings)

He Hit Me (And It Felt Like A Kiss) (Crystals)

Vicious (Lou Reed)

Set 3:

Hush (Deep Purple) 4:13

Bits And Pieces (Dave Clark 5)

St Valentine’s Day Massacre (Twylight Zones)

Bad Valentine (Transvision Vamp)

I Want To Destroy You (Soft Boys)

Killer Joe (Rocky Fellers)

Set 4:

Argentina (Bayonets)

The World Keeps Goin’ Round (Kinks) Boom Boom (Little Walter)

Kill City (Iggy Pop)

Set 5:

Psychotic Reaction (Count Five)

You’re Gonna Kill That Girl (Ramones)

Gone Dead Train (Randy Newman)

Hollywood Forever (Havanna Winter)

Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Beatles)

Show 1088 - The Big Bang

(Weekend of February 03 – February 05, 2023) 

The Big Bang!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and we are celebrating The Big Bang of Rock n’ Roll this weekend, the Beatles television performance on a crazy cat, Ed Sullivan’s TV show.

We will have something for all you youngsters out there.

Joining us will be the Swinging Blue Jeans, the Bee Gees when they were a rock band, Badfinger and the Raspberries.

Come find out what Fats Domino, Joe Perry, and Martin Lewis have in common.

It’s the Big Bang of Rock n’ Roll in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio.

I’ll see you in the Underground Garage. 

Set 1:

I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles)

All My Loving (Beatles)

Hippy Hippy Shake (Swinging Blue Jeans)

When Love Knocks You Down (Tisburys)

Streamline Train (Van Morrison)

Shake It Some More (Tony Sheridan)

Set 2:

Words Of Love (Beatles)

I’m Gonna Love You Too (Buddy Holly) 

Hollywood Forever (Rock Mix) (Havanna Winter)

In My Own Time (Bee Gees)

Haunted By The Holy Ghost (Ryan Hamilton)

From Me To You (Del Shannon)

Set 3:

Please Mr. Postman (Beatles)

Billy (Shang Hi Los)

Tonight (Raspberries)

Playboy (Marvelettes)

Set 4:

I’ve Just Seen A Face (Weeklings)

Nothing Shakin’ But The Leaves On The Trees (Billy Fury) 

Baby Blue (Badfinger)

Love Again (Little Steven)

Solider Of Love (Beatles)

Set 5:

Every Little Thing (Beatles) 

Everybody’s Got Something To Hide (Except For Me And My Monkey) (Fats Domino)

My Baby Don’t Care (Gants)

Hammersmith Palais (Demolition 23)

I’ll Be Back (Beatles) 

Show 1087 - Running Around

(Weekend of January 27 – January 29, 2023)

Running Around!

It’s a new year and things are slowly gearing up.

The revolution continues within us and without us, and we have absolutely nothing to say because we are still burned from the horrors of ’06.

So you know what that means?

That’s right, we’re going to party in the Underground Garage this weekend for no apparent reason.

We’re going to be serving up some British Invasion coolness from Gerry & the Pacemakers, Donovan, and the Swingin’ Blue Jeans.

Find out what Garland Jefferys, Todd Rundgren, and Arthur Conley have in common.

It's no apparent reason to party, so let’s party anyway this weekend in the Underground Garage. 

Set 1:

Hippy Hippy Shake (Swingin’ Blue Jeans) 

Boys (Beatles) 

It’s Gonna Be Alright (Gerry & the Pacemakers)

Some Other Guy (Kaisers) 

Bluejean Bop (Gene Vincent) 

Hollywood Forever (Rox Mix) (Havanna Winter) 

Set 2:

The Night Before (Beatles) 

Sunshine Superman (Donovan) 

I’ll Know Better (Next Time) (Sandi Shore) 

My Sharona (Knack)

Bristol Stomp (Dovells) 

Streamline Train (Van Morrison) 

Set 3:

Runnin’ Around (New York Dolls) 

Da Doo Ron Ron (Crystals) 

Black Girl White Girl (Lords Of The New Church)

The King Is Half-Undressed (Jellyfish)

Haunted By The Holy Ghost (Ryan Hamilton) 

Set 4:

When Love Knocks You Down (Tisburys)

R.O.C.K. (Garland Jefferys) 

All Sold Out (Rolling Stones) 

Billy (Shang Hi Los) 

Funky Street (Arthur Conley) 

Set 5:

Open My Eyes (Nazz) 

Lies (Knickerbockers)

This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamar (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp)

Going Nowhere (Moby Grape) 

Show 1086 - Wouldn't It Be Nice

(Weekend of January 20 – January 22, 2023)

Wouldn’t It Be Nice!

Hi sports fans, Little Steven here with your weekly pop quiz.

Where can you go to find out how to straight guys named Dan Rowan and Dick Martin changed the world for every freak in America?

Who was the first black entrepreneur in rock & roll? And most importantly, who invented the beer can?

All is revealed this weekend in the Underground Garage. Joining us will be Blind Faith, the Pretty Things, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, the Searchers, the Ramones, the Beatles, and the Stones.

It’s a non-stop rock & roll dance party baby, this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Talk Talk (Music Machine) 

Wouldn’t It Be Nice (Beach Boys) 

Friday On My Mind (Easybeats)

Haunted By The Holy Ghost (Ryan Hamilton) 

Well All Right (Blind Faith) 

This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamar (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp) 

Set 2:

Death Of A Clown (Kinks) 

Don’t Start Me Talkin’ (Sonny Boy Williamson) 

Lies (Knickerbockers) 

Billy (Shang Hi Los)

Victim Of Circumstance (Joan Jett) 

Set 3:

Sock It To Me Baby (Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels) 

Are You Gonna Be There At The Love Inn? (Chocolate Watchband) 

He Ain’t No Angel (Leola & the Lovejoys) 

I Ain’t Done Wrong (Yardbirds) 

Streamline Train (Van Morrison) 

Set 4:

Hollywood Forever (Rock Mix) (Havanna Winter)

Walk In The Room (Searchers) 

On My Way To You (Brian Ray)

Please Go Home (Rolling Stones) 

You Don’t Know What You Mean To Me (Sam & Dave)

Set 5:

Ain’t That Good News (Les Paul, Sam Cooke, Jeff Beck)

I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party (Beatles) 

Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) (Bruce Springsteen) 

Rock Therapy (Johnny Burnette Trio) 

My My Kind Of A Girl (Ramones)

Show 1085 - 1958

(Weekend of January 13 – January 15, 2023)

1958!

Hey baby, Little Steven here. This weekend in the Underground Garage we have a fantastic, wild Rock ‘n Roll dance party going on.

We are going to talk about how 1958 was the year that Rock n’ Roll almost stopped.

We are going to talk about the coolest band in England that never made it in America.

We are going to talk about how Jeff Beck got in the Yardbirds when he wasn’t their first choice, second choice, or even their third choice.

Joining us will be the Blues Magoos, Junior Walker and the All-Stars, Johnny Burnette & the Rock n’ Roll Trio, The Ronettes, The Ramones, and Sonic’s Rendezvous Band.

Come find out what Sonny Boy Williamson, the New York Dolls, and Arthur Conley have in common.

It’s the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio. Two hours of nonstop rock.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage. 

Set 1:

Carol (Rolling Stones) 

Long Tall Sally (Little Richard) 

Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet (Blues Magoos) 

La La La Lies (Who) 

Haunted Buy The Holy Ghost (Ryan Hamilton)

Try Too Hard (Dave Clark 5) 

Set 2:

I Can Hear The Grass Grow (Move) 

Shake And Finger Pop (Junior Walker & His All-Stars) 

Streamline Train (Van Morrison) 

Bad Girl (New York Dolls)

Look Through Any Window (Hollies) 

Set 3:

Heart Full Of Soul (Yardbirds) 

Train Kept A Rollin’ (Johnny Burnette & the Rock & Roll Trio) 

This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamar (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp) 

I Adore Him (Angels) 

You Don’t Love Me (Birds) 

Set 4:

Billy (Shang Hi Los) 

Party Lights (Bruce Springsteen)

Funky Street (Arthur Conley)

On My Way To You (Brian Ray) 

Rain (Beatles)

Cold Metal (Iggy Pop) 

Set 5:

I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones) 

I Wonder (Ronettes) 

Do I Love You (Bruce Springsteen) 

Confessing The Blues (Little Walter) 

Empty Heart (Rolling Stones) 

City Slang (Sonic’s Rendezvous Band) 

Show 1084 - Whisky A Go-Go

(Weekend of January 06 – January 8, 2023)

Whisky A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

We will be doing a tribute to four of the coolest people in Rock n’ Roll history.

Joining the Doors, the Byrds, Love, Buffalo Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Solomon Burke, Moby Grape, and the Kinks.

Join me in the world’s only Rock n’ Roll dance party on the radio. I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage. 

Set 1:

It Won’t Be Wrong (Byrds) 

Break On Through (Doors) 

My Little Red Book (Love) 

On My Way To You (Brian Ray) 

Special Care (Buffalo Springfield) 

Streamline Train (Van Morrison) 

Seventh Son (Johnny Rivers)

Set 2:

634-5789 (Wilson Pickett) 

Since You’ve Been Gone (Aretha Franklin) 

Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) (Bruce Springsteen) 

Everybody Needs Somebody (Solomon Burke) 

Good Times Bad Times (Led Zeppelin) 

Set 3:

Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin)

Good Lovin’ (Olympics) 

Where Did My Baby Go? (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) 

Stay With Me Baby (Ten Wheel Drive) 

Time Is On My Side (Rolling Stones)

Set 4:

Haunted By The Holy Ghost (Ryan Hamilton) 

Doctor Robert (Beatles) 

Omaha (Moby Grape) 

This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp) 

See My Friends (Kinks) 

Set 5:

Murder Incorporated (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) 

Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers) 

Had To Make You Mine (Cheap Trick) 

Mrs. Robinson (Frank Sinatra) 

Show 1083 - New Years Part 2

(Weekend of December 30 – January 1, 2023)

New Years Part 2

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Did you miss part 1 of our New Year’s special playing every Coolest Song in the World?

Check that out at Underground Garage dot com, and prepare yourself for part 2 this weekend in the Underground Garage!

It’s the only Rock n’ Soul dance party on the radio. I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage! 

Set 1:

Wild Eyes (Nervous Eaters)

Paper Planes (Ryan Hamilton) 

Ooh Baby Ooh (Master Plan) 

Keep On Burning (Jesse Malin) 

Undercover (Midnight Oil) 

Lately Always (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners) 

Set 2:

Glow Girl (Anderson Council) 

Speed Of Sound (Slim Jim Phantom)

I Seek Fire (Soraia) 

Flesh Hamer (Woggles)

Superman’s Hands (Nervous Eaters) 

Set 3:

Whatever It Is (I’m Against It) (Kula Shaker)

Ain’t Nothing You Can Do About It (Prima Donna & Michael Des Barres)

Barking Up The Wrong Tree (Fuzztones)

On The Edge (Ryan Hamilton)

Work In Progress (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners)

Set 4:

Streamline Train (Van Morrison) 

You Are The One For Me (Babblers) 

Isolation (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp) 

Secret Medicine (Soraia) 

Broken Satellites (Marc Valentine) 

Set 5:

Chad (Nervous Eaters) 

Manchester Rain (Buzzcocks) 

On My Way To You (Brian Ray)

Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) (Bruce Springsteen) 

Show 1082 - New Years Part 1

(Weekend of December 23 – December 25, 2022)

New Years Part 1

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

Do you still have friends and family who think there isn’t any cool, amazing Rock & Soul being made anymore?

Tell them to gather around the radio, grab from Little Steven apothecary, and hear the first half of the Coolest Songs in the World!

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage! 

Set 1:

Getting Started (Sam Fender)

All Tomorrow’s Parties (Grip Weeds) 

On The Run (Stupidity) 

Easily Lead (Professionals) 

Too Fun For Your Health (Dollyrots) 

Taking Me Back (Jack White) 

Set 2:

Holy (Now) 

Reap A Hurricane (Hellacopters) 

I Got A Message (Mickey Leigh’s Mutated Music)

Farewell, Ok (Elvis Costello) 

Take A Look (Fast Eddy) 

Set 3:

Hooray Hooray (Ry Cooder & Taj Mahal) 

Equinox (Hoodoo Gurus) 

She Came From Out Of The Sun (Len Price 3) 

Bigger Than Heroin (Split Squad) 

Open The Line (Datura4)

Set 4:

This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamar (Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp) 

Do The Damage (Ryan Hamilton) 

Riches To Rags (Bleeding Hearts) 

Born Weird (Nerf Herder) 

Wild Child (Black Keys) 

Cut From A Different Cloth (Fabulous Heydays)

Set 5:

Wasted Times (Ginger Wildheart & the Sinners) 

My Mind (Plays Tricks On Me) (Nick Piunti) 

King Of Confusion (Coolies) 

Hammer & the Anvil (Soraia)

Can’t Stop Falling Apart (Michael Monroe) 

Show 1081 - Christmas A Go-Go

(Weekend of December 16 – December 18, 2022)

Christmas A Go-Go!

Hey baby, Little Steven here.

It’s our favorite time of year in the Underground Garage. It’s time for our annual Christmas A Go-Go show, featuring the Ramones, the Beatles, Dar- lene Love, the Ronettes, and what would Christmas be without Jan & Dean.

Tune in to find out what Joe Pesci, Soupy Sales, Tiny Tim, and Rufus Thomas have in common, and yes we are keeping tabs on Ed ‘Kookie’ Brynes too.

This weekend it’s the wildest Christmas party in town, baby. I’ll see you in the Underground Garage. 

Set 1:

Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want To Fight Tonight) (Ramones)

Santa Claus (Sonics) 

Sock It To Me Santa (Bob Seger & The Last Heard) 

Under The Christmas Tree (Swingin’ Neckbreakers) 

Little Drummer Boy (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts) 

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Ronettes)

Set 2:

Frosty The Snowman (Jan & Dean) 

Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade) 

Do Christmas (Dollyrots) 

Santa Claus Is Surfin’ To Town (Soupy Sales) 

Jingle Bells (Danny Aiello) 

Set 3:

I’ll Be Your Santa (Rufus Thomas) 

If It Doesn’t Snow On Christmas (Joe Pesci) 

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Four Seasons) 

Merry Christmas Loopy Lu (Kaisers)

Set 4:

Reindeer Twist (Stupidity feat. Keith Streng) 

Daddy’s Kissing Santa (Havanna Winter) 

Must Be Santa (Bob Dylan)

Christmastime Is Here Again (Beatles)

White Christmas (Tina Sugandh) 

Set 5:

Spirit Of Christmas (Kurt Russell & Darlene Love) 

Christmastime (Empty Hearts) 

Yulesville (Ed ‘Kookie’ Byrnes) 

Little Silent Boy (The Boo) 

Peace Be With You (Ringo Star) 

Show 1080 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

(Weekend of December 09 – December 11, 2022)

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

Hey baby, Little Steven here, and guess what?

Santa Claus is coming to town, that’s right! This weekend in the Under- ground Garage it’s our pre-Christmas show, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, where we recommend all kinds of cool gifts.

And don’t worry, they are the kind you can afford. We know what’s going on out there.

Joining us will be the amazing Keith Richards, Darlene Love, the Crystals, the Kinks, and Cheap Trick

I know you can’t wait to find out what Louis Prima, Vibeke, and Mojo Nixon have in common.

Come join us this weekend for Rock n’ Roll Radio’s only Christmas dance party.

I’ll see you this weekend in the Underground Garage.

Set 1:

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Crystals)

Hey Santa Claus (Chesterfield Kings)

Santa Got Run Over By My Chevy (Manic Hispanic)

Christmas Time Is Cruel (Bayonets)

Run Rudolph Run (Keith Richards)

Set 2:

Christmastime For Everybody But Me (Hank Ballard)

Santa Baby (Dollyrots)

Christmas Dream (Grip Weeds)

Don’t Let The Bells End (Darkness)

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) (Darlene Love)

Set 3:

A Christmas Duel (Hives With Cyndi Lauper)

Joy To The World (Butties)

Christmas In Jail (Youngsters)

Christmas Christmas (Mojo Nixon)

Set 4:

Daddy’s Kissing Santa Claus (Havanna Winter)

Another NY Christmas (Piss The Season (WYLDLIFE)

Shake Hands With Santa Claus (Louis Prima)

Regifting For The Holidays (Alice Project)

Set 5:

Silent Night (Fab Four)

White Christmas (Tina Sugandh)

Father Christmas (Kinks)

Merry Christmas (To All Of The World) (Jean Beauvoir)