Live! From the Brian May Wing of St Vincent's Hospital - it's West Midlands Hospital Radio. 120 minutes of loosely themed, lovingly curated songs in A and E. Old songs, new songs, but, if we're being honest, mostly 1992 songs. Request resistant rock and roll radio to make you feel a bit better...
This week's show features all the biggest hits of hospital rock from: Fugazi, New York Dolls, The White Stripes, Cypress Hill, Sleater-Kinney, Fucked Up, The Ramones, Circle Jerks, Pixies, Marnie Stern, Terry Corin and Her Boyfriends, Dinosaur Jr, KISS, Sparklehorse, Kraftwerk, Mike Krol, Public Enemy, Judas Priest, Julie Andrews, Jawbreaker, Julien Baker, Jackson Browne, Hot Hot Heat, Honeyblood, The Replacements, Roxy Music, Madonna, Doctor and the Medics, Mudhoney and The Modern Lovers. On top of that there are approximately two good jokes and a fistful of jingles. Your host Andrew Wolfman (West Midlands the band, Wolfmania the Podcast) gets marginally less annoying as the show goes on.
You can contact the show at westmidlandsband@gmail.com or @andrewWM on Twitter (or @andrew_wolfpack on Instagram). Next episode is a pharmaceutical special (there must be some songs about drugs, right?) so get your requests and drugs in now!
Here’s this week’s tracklist in full:
West Midlands Hospital Radio: Episode 1 - Songs in A and E
Fugazi - Waiting Room (Version)
New York Dolls - Pills
The White Stripes - Girl You Have No Faith In Medicine
Cypress Hill - Dr. Greenthumb
Sleater-Kinney - Heart Attack
Fucked Up - Dose Your Dreams
The Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
Circle Jerks - Operation
Pixies - Broken Face
Marnie Stern - Put All Your Eggs In One Basket And Then Watch That Basket
Terry Corin and Her Boyfriends - Sick! Sick! Sick!
Dinosaur Jr - Feel The Pain
KISS - Calling Dr. Love
Sparklehorse - St Mary
Kraftwerk - Elektro Kardiogramm
Mike Krol - An Ambulance
Public Enemy - 911 Is A Joke
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Julie Andrews - A Spoonful of Sugar
Jawbreaker - Outpatient
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
Jackson Browne - Doctor My Eyes
Hot Hot Heat - Bandages
Honeyblood - Love Is A Disease
The Replacements - Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Madonna - Open Your Heart
Doctor and the Medics - Spirit In The Sky
Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick
The Modern Lovers - Hospital