The ’60s-’70s Welsh R&B/Prog/Boogie/Jam collective known as MAN had a particular connection with San Francisco, being arguably the UK’s answer to MOBY GRAPE.  It got a scandalous start when the track “Erotica” from MAN’s first LP was banned by the BBC, and then went in many varied and unpredictable directions, even spinning off another fine Prog-Rock act The NEUTRONS.  Hear plenty of early MAN tracks plus peripheral work by front-man DEKE LEONARD on this GE episode.  Grove with the Wales/SF connection, fellow music geeks!

In 1971 geeky maestro FRANK ZAPPA led The MOTHERS OF INVENTION and a dysfunctional family of friends and fans (including the likes of RINGO STARR, KEITH MOON, and THEODORE BIKEL, and TURTLES’ alumni FLO & EDDIE) on a wild excursion into the extremes of self-indulgence with his film 200 Motels and the accompanying 2-LP soundtrack record.  Much of the guided insanity seems dated today, but the project still commands attention as an inspired work of collective stream-of-consciousness.  Hear the entire soundtrack and more music from the early-’70s era MOTHERS on this GE episode.  Hail to the geek king, fellow music geeks!

2014 was a great year for new vinyl releases and re-releases, and The Rock’N’Roll Nurse’s personal LP collection got much fatter as a result.  Hear new music from EDWARD ROGERS and SHELLAC, and re-releases by DEVO, CRIME, PETER JEFFERIES and the LA PLANETE SAUVAGE soundtrack, along with classics by BESSIE SMITH, FRED FRITH and plenty of others.  Vinyl is clearly here to stay, fellow music geeks!

CHROME is a seminal SF darkwave/psych/industrial band that put its first LP out in 1975!  Ahead of its time is a huge understatement.  The most recent record Feel It Like A Scientist was just released last month, and it rivals the best they’ve ever done.  Your humble servant The Rock’N’Roll Nurse was graced with an interview opportunity with CHROME mainstay HELIOS CREED to boot.  Hear most of the new LP and the coherent parts of the interview on this GE episode.  Get out the acid goggles, fellow music geeks!

Back in the 1980s, workout albums and videos hit a fever pitch, buoyed by the massive success of Jane Fonda’s Workout.  In the midst of the repackaging of rock and disco hits with barked workout instruction overlayed, Richard Simmons took a different tack.  He put out a legitimate pop/rock record with songs he wrote himself!  Reach is his magnum opus, and lucky listeners to this podcast get to hear the 1982 masterpiece in its raw and uncut glory.  Time to get in shape, fellow music geeks!

Welcome to Geek EmaNation at a brand new time!  This exciting debut show features 2 engaging “experimental pop” artists:  Zarko from PROGRESS BAND (who performs live in the studio!) and BILL NELSON (in his various recorded incarnations including BE BOP DELUXE).  Barriers being pushed in a big way this time around, fellow music geeks!

Hailing from Vancouver, BC, MARRY ME play a kind of updated classic rock that brings to mind HEART and AEROSMITH.  Not necessarily the usual fare on GE, but The Rock’N’Roll Nurse is old enough to remember when Classic Rock was being invented with a certain fondness.  Hear an interview with smatterings of music old and new.  Don’t be afraid to rock classically, fellow music geeks!

The mighty DAMNED recently played our fair town, untold years after they first started playing their brand of punky pop music, and it was quite an amazing thing to witness.  The experience inspired yours truly, The Rock’N’Roll Nurse, to play their epically undercheered power-pop masterpiece Strawberries in its entirety, and plenty of other great DAMNED songs as well.  Out DAMNED spot out I say, fellow music geeks!

If you haven’t yet heard the wonderfullness that is Scottish Space-Punk band The REZILLOS, you are in for a major treat this episode of GE!  I’ll be playing both Sire LPs released in the 1970s by the band, featuring some of the wildest yet tastiest bass playing committed to vinyl.  Pogo ’til your eyeballs pop out, fellow music geeks!

Perhaps it’s the harsh terrain, or the ever-present sense of isolation, but Australia exploded in the 1970s and 1980s with bands spitting and sputtering with intense punk fervor.  Bands like RADIO BIRDMAN, The BIRTHDAY PARTY, X, FEEDTIME, The HARD-ONS and plenty of others blasted fiery sounds that were destined to jump off the island empire to the rest of the world.  Hear some still-smouldering Ozzie mayhem from 30+ years back on this final “down-under” episode of GE.  Time to scream G’day mate with your middle fingers extended, fellow music geeks!