| Never
being quite adept at self-promotion,
what follows is a listing of things
the Woggles have done or completed
over the years. In some ways it's
sort of a list of oddball accomplishments,
and in others, a list of occurrences.
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| The Woggles on NPR!
The Woggles album "Soul Sizzling 7' Meltdown," is featured on All Songs Considered! The show is the 2005 Music Preview from January 12, 2005 and The Woggles share the spotlight with the Raveonettes, Bright Eyes, Son Volt, King of Leon, and others. Just click the link http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/ and then go to Archives and scroll down till you see the show listed. The Woggles segment is at about 21:39 into the show. Give it a listen and you'll get to hear a panel of experts gush about how great the Woggles are! You already know that of course, but it's nice to occasionally hear others recognize the same brilliance! Not sure what all the tech requirements are but, Real Player would be good. |
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| Those Feisty Philly Minks
Philadelphia PA's all gal band, Thee Minks, have released their debut album, Are You Ready Now, on Steel Cage Records. It features what ought to be the biggest hit of the 21st century, "Do A Woggle" and was recorded at Mondo Topless' guitar player Kris Alutius' Slug Sound Studios. The song features lyrics about all the Woggles, but winds up with "The Flesh Hammer's got what I want." According to the Flesh Hammer, "This is the most important song you will ever hear."
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| Sirens' Song
Detroit's all gal band, The Sirens, have released their self titled album on Get Hip Records ! These ladies are high class and their good taste shows in their choice of material, including a version of the Woggles' tune "Push"!! The Sirens consist of Muffy Kroha (vocals), Melody Baetens (guitar), Aran Ruth (guitar), Michelle Lannoo (bass) and Deanne Iovan on drums. This, their debut album, was recorded and produced by Michael Ivins (Flaming Lips' bassist) and by Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders.
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| Coolest
Song of the Year
The
Woggles' song "Got A Heat On" (off
of Ragged But Right) is a radio
"hit"!!! Featured numerous times on
Little Steven's Underground Garage
in 2003 as "The Coolest Song of the
Week," listeners and staff voted the
cut as a top ten "Coolest Song of
the Year." In case you're not familiar
with it, Little Steven, of E Street
Band fame, has a nationally syndicated
weekly radio show called
Little Steven's Underground Garage.
Each week he mixes up contemporary
garage/rock and roll sounds with primeval
pounders of days gone by, from Nuggets
rejects to b-sides from bands like
the Kinks, Rolling Stones and Beatles.
So check out his site to find a station
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| Johnny
Cash opens for the Woggles!
Back
in the spring of '94, the Woggles
played Emo's for SXSW in Austin TX.
The bill was Johnny Cash, the Woggles,
That Dog, and Beck. That was the time
just before Cash's all acoustic album
came out on Rick Rubin's label. Cash's
performance was definitely set up
to "reintroduce" Johnny to Gen-X and
music industry types. Cash started
the evenings' festivities solo, playing
an acoustic guitar. Oddly nervous
at first and suffering from a lingering
cold, he flubbed some lyrics and stumbled
a bit at the beginning. Instead of
getting flustered, he finally realized
the reverence that the audience held
for him, and relaxed enough to allow
the show to wind up fantastic. The
Woggles appearance that year was sponsored
by the Athens based music paper Flagpole.
After Cash's set, the Woggles took
the stage and definitely rose to the
occasion. The folks at Rounder/Upstart
caught the set and included a Woggles'
cut on their Beyond the Beach
compilation, which was issued in November
of that year.
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| The
Woggles on BBC Television!
The
Woggles appeared on BBC Scottland's
The Beat Room on October 12,
1998. The program mixed variety show
elements and also had a Ready,
Steady, Go feel to it. At the
time, the band was in the midst of
its first European tour, in support
of the One Louder release Wailin'
With The Woggles. The show featured
four Woggles tunes, including "Ramadan
Romance" and "Tear Me Down," and was
later broadcast on digital television.
The Woggles performances were also
used in a "Best Of" The Beat Room
that was broadcast several months
later.
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| The
Woggles' "Ramadan Romance" Video on
MTV (Europe)!
As
part of the promotional efforts for
Wailin' With The Woggles, the
band made a video at the Star Bar
in Atlanta GA, April 18, 1998. Inviting
fans, friends, and family to join
them, the Woggles played "Ramadan
Romance," repeatedly, plus a number
of other songs, while the faithful
danced with wild abandon, take after
take, after take, . . . Everybody's
effort was spectacular and it wound
up paying off, when One Louder, the
record label, began to promote the
album. Though the video of "Ramadan
Romance" garnered some airplay on
Irish television and elsewhere, the
big break came in Germany, where the
video was aired weekly on the video
television program Viva. Because
it was played so heavily on Viva,
MTV Europe finally picked it up, and
aired it for a few weeks during the
summer.
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| Ray
Davies loves the Woggles!
In
May, 1998, the Woggles were on tour
with their pals Southern Culture on
the Skids, and opened for them in
Boston/Cambridge at the Paradise Theater.
Who should be in the audience that
night, but rock and roll legend Ray
Davies, who stood down font with a
big smile on his face for the entire
set. Hanging out briefly with the
band later, he exclaimed,"You were
so much fun, I should have brought
my video camera!"
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| The
Woggles Try To Sell Out, But The Corporate
World Thwarts Them Once Again!
Saturday,
October 21, 2000 found the Woggles
playing with the Swingin' Neckbreakers
& Greenhornes at the Continental in
New York City for CMJ. A couple of
weeks later, the Woggles were approached
by a big time ad agency and asked
to submit material, because the band
was "under consideration" for a spot
in a television ad. Reps from the
agency had seen the Woggles CMJ show
and thought the band would be perfect
for a spot in a Rolling Rock
beer commercial. The gist of the campaign
was to find bands that were representative
of "not selling out," but pursued
their art for art's sake (although
they wouldn't mind selling a few beers
along the way). Things were moving
along at a brisk pace, until the client,
Rolling Rock vetoed the idea
of the "artist who doesn't sell out."
Oh well, "The Man" continues to perpetrate
his oppression . . .
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| The
Woggles Enter the Lexicon of Popular
Music
In
1997, the Tallahassee based band Invaders
From A Forbidden Planet, included
the Woggles in their song "Ten Good
Reasons (Why We Hate REM)." Appearing
on their album The Ups and Downs
of Boyhood, the song begins with
the line "Athens GA can kiss my ass,
without the Woggles they have no class."
By 1997, the Woggles, for various
personal reasons (jobs, girlfriends,
school, etc.) had relocated to Atlanta
from Athens, where the band originated
some ten years earlier.
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| VPRO
(Radio Amsterdam) 50th Anniversary
On
December 6, 2000, the Woggles played
Amsterdam's famed VPRO’s 50th anniversary
show. This was the 50th show that
the station has broadcast live over
the past few years. Unlike radio stations
in the US where a band might get to
play a live set, at VPRO they set
up a bar in their studio and encourage
the public to come on down and see
the show for free! Calling the studio/club
Club Lek, VPRO brings all sorts of
bands from all over the world. Check
out our Live Shows page for the links
to VPRO and you can listen and see
streamed video of the show!
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| The
Wiggles, Portland ME's all female
Woggles tribute band!
2002
saw the emergence of the first Woggles
tribute band, The Wiggles. Based out
of Portland ME, the all female Wiggles
chose to play Woggles songs only,
because the Woggles are such a great
band and have such great rock and
roll dance songs. Most recently they
lost their guitar player to a move
to the west coast and are looking
for a new one. The Wiggles have no
connection to the Australian band
of the same name, nor do they even
seem to be aware of them.
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| Germany's
Ramadans take name from Woggles' song
Inspired
by the Woggles song "Ramadan Romance"
rockers in Villingen-Schwenningen
Germany formed the Ramadans in 2000
and later released a 7". Though they
perform the Woggles tune and consider
it their theme song, they have yet
to record their own version.
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| Mojo
Magazine takes note of the Woggles!
The
Woggles are mentioned in the Letters
to the Editor section in the October
2002 issue of Mojo. In response
to a cover article on the White Stripes,
Rob Keith writes, "I've just enjoyed
your piece on the White Stripes and
I have to say that I'm a bit amazed
by it all. . .I can understand their
own amazement with the fame they have
achieved. Maybe one day the Subsonics,
Hate Bombs, and Woggles will climb
out of their crypts and reap their
vengeance." Back in their August 1998
issue, Mojo gave thumbs up
to the Woggles' Wailin' With The
Woggles One Louder release, noting
that, "The Woggles like their guitars
fast and furious, like a more sprightly
Rocket From The Crypt; try
Waling With . . . for strength."
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| Fodor's
Rock & Roll Traveler USA lists
the Woggles
In
October of 1996, those gurus of travel
books, Fodors, put together a volume
exclusively on rock and roll haunts
in the USA for the music fan to seek
out. The Woggles are listed in the
Athens, Georgia section and are the
only band mentioned there that are
still together and perform regularly.
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| Rolling
Stone Magazine
You'll
no doubt be as surprised as the Woggles
to find out that the band is listed
in the Feb. 28th issue of Rolling
Stone. The issue features Creed
(ugh!) on the cover and a review of
the Johnny Ramone (yay!) solo album
inside. Way back in the back of the
mag on their Charts page, you'll find
The Woggles Live at the Star Bar
listed at #20 on their "On The Edge
Chart," supplied that month by our
pals at Vinyl Solutions in Tuscaloosa
AL.
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| The
Woggles Go To College
The
band put all their collective years
as former students together and show
off with a listing in the third edition
of Broadcasting/Cable and Beyond:
An Introduction to Modern Electronic
Media (NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996),
authored by Joseph Dominick, Barry
Sherman, and Gary Copeland, professors
at the University of Georgia and Alabama
respectively. The Woggles are mentioned
in the section questioning the role
of College Radio being a vital alternative
or an electronic sandbox. Which do
you think?
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| Deadbeats
In
June of 2000, writer/director Barry
Norman was trying to get his film
Deadbeats distributed by Troma
Studios/Entertainment. They were considering
releasing the short film, because
it stars wrestler extraordinary Mick
Foley as a small time crook turned
credit card bill collector. The most
important aspect of the movie, however,
is that it also features two Woggles'
songs in the soundtrack, the "Hoodoo
Healer," and "Frosty." For months
you could email Troma and lobby on
Barry's behalf, but in the end the
deal fell through.
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| Guitar
Wolf DVD
In
December of 2002, Japanese garage/rock
and roll greats released a DVD/VHS
that contains their various videos,
live footage, and special guest star
testimonials. One of those spots features
the Professor, as he pretends to construct
his own rock and roll monster, while
waxing poetic on the greatness of
Guitar Wolf.
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