When I listened as a kid, the show was syndicated and would frequently change stations without warning. I remember him vividly from listening as a kid, before the internet-and reconnected with the show years later online. Had you been following him all of these years or just remember him from listening as a kid?įor me, it’s a little of both actually. Hate to say it, but I didn’t even realize Dr. By the same token, if you take a novelty song and cover it with a punk attitude, the reverse rings true. Punk classics like “Beat on the Brat” or “Now I wanna Sniff Some Glue” by The Ramones are prime examples. A lot of punk lyrics, particularly old-school punk rock of the 1970s, could just as easily pass for novelty songs if performed with a different dynamic or arrangement. Both punk and novelty music are rooted in outsiders who have a unique POV that differs from the mainstream. Do you think punk music and comedy have always had a sort of connection? Our online radio station has received many very funny punk rock songs of the years. Demento, just as much as it is a tribute to the music he’s played over the years too. The project was always intended to be a tribute to Dr. Demento release and connect the project straight to the source who had immersed me, and countless others, in the world of novelty music to begin with. He’s the curator and ringmaster of the genre I wanted to pay homage to. From the very beginning I felt his name belonged on the project. No, I don’t think I would have followed through on it without the Doc. He liked what he heard, agreed to come on board, and with that, I started working on it.
I had a lot of artists and concepts in mind from the onset, and told the Doc what I was thinking. Demento about it, I hadn’t reached out to any artists yet.
Thanks, I’m glad you dug it! It’s something I genuinely wanted to hear (and see), so I decided to make it a reality. Demento before approaching the artists to cover these songs? What was his initial reaction to the project? Would you have done a project like this if he had turned you down? What a cool idea for an album! Did you approach Dr. NJ Stage spoke with Cafiero about the album and his band’s part in it.Īdvertise with New Jersey Stage for $50-$100 per month, click here for info Originally done by Barnes and Barnes, the song gets a new life and a great cartoon music video.
Demento, as well as facts, photos, and an array of dynamic paintings and illustrations created specifically for the project by a team of visual artists spanning the world of comic books, classic punk-rock album covers, Topps trading card series, Mad Magazine and more.Ĭafiero’s band, Osaka Popstar, plays a prominent role including covering “Fish Heads” - the most requested song of all-time on the Dr. The two-disc CD and three-disc vinyl LP come with a full-color booklet packed with extensive liner notes and quotes personally written by the artists, a foreword by Cafiero, an afterword by Dr. Together they bring a punk mentality to these songs of “mad music and crazy comedy.” Over 30 of the songs have never been released before, including an absolute stunner by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. It also features an impressive cast of artists including the Misfits, Fred Schneider of the B52s, Uncle Floyd, Weird Al Yankovic, the late Adam Batman West (in one of his final performances), and Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner (to name just a few). Demento radio show from the novelty songs down to the factoids and anecdotes by Dr. The compilation is the latest project by John Cafiero who grew up in New Jersey and graduated from North Bergen High School. Demento Covered In Punk, which was released in January 2018. Many of the legendary songs from the show’s history are celebrated in the compilation album Dr. Demento radio shows from back in the day? The show featuring music and comedy was nationally syndicated for decades and is still available weekly online.
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