Chuck Berry made a great impression on those of us of a certain age, what with his Ding A Ling being in yer face, and all that duck walkin’….never mind that daft song about his rubber duckie, he didn’t write that one. But he did pen a string of lyrical narratives that epitomised the very juice of rhythm n blues, and as a sage once said, Chuck Berry was America’s poet laureate of rock and roll. So needless to say Chuck gets a good window of opportunity in the radio show bedded beneath the classic image of the great man here. For this is Bugbear’s monthly insolent, insouciant, unstable orbital of the obituary….Dead On 4, give it a click, give it a listen. We wave ta-ta to musicians so fine, having done their final line….Stars who have faded from the firmament and are sinking into their final box set . But they’ll always be with us on account of all them great records they put out innit. So enjoy this latest installment of Dead On 4 outta Reel Rebels Radio and celebrate the lives and works of the likes of Chuck, Nat Hentoff, David Axelrod, John Wetton, Bobby Freeman and more more more.

Now, who’s up for a little New Wave Love and Joy Revisionism?

Saturday 22nd April

The Dublin Castle

Unknown Pleasures + Radio Generation + Dollie Demi + DJs We Got Killers

Unknown Pleasures- These guys and their primal, punky, poised and perky take on the incredible Joy Division canon have been doing the rounds as long as Buggerbear…we’re a match made in heaven, haha. Always an ace night out…yes ‘Ian Curtis’ has adapted the trademark moves a tad since he ahem died and is maybe slightly more padded than you recall, and Peter Hook seems to have transmogrified into a goff Yul Bryner etc etc but don’t watch that….a brilliant and lovestruck tribute to adore. Radio Generation– superbly augmented by these chaps..Rad Gen are our good friend Lord Numb in a new new wave, post punk and punk rock conceptualizing tribute scenario…the setlist will be a dream coz the guy has taste…there’ll be some Bowie I’d warrant…what else? Wait and see..it’ll be tremendous.. Dollie Demi- Exciting new talent outta Manc, natch… DD is a young female artist doing street attitiude imbued uber pop with dropped haitches but the key here is Manc not Cockney…some punky bits, some pop bits, even some power chords- and an anthemic pop tune that could really appeal across the board. Got something this gal, like a Northern punker Lilly Allen maybe. New EP ‘Boys Suck’ is due out this month. DJs We Got Killers spin the plates that are greats from indie, punk, soul, reggae, electro and more. Click Here For Cheap Tickets…

A decko at the greatest live music TV clip of all time? Click on the unfathomably iconic LP artwork below for Joy Division performing ‘Transmission’ on ‘Something Else’, 1979…never fails to get the shivers shooting up the spine.